Battle Report
What a day of gaming!
I attended the "Ides of March" Epic:Armageddon tournament yesterday. There are two twists to this tournament to make it interesting.
The rules were simple, you brought a 2,700 point Space Marine army with a supreme commander. Everybody plays Space Marines to make sure that everyone starts on an even footing.
First, everybody secretly draws a random card, one has "Caesar," one has "Brutus," and the rest say "Senator." If your supreme commander is killed, you surrender your card. If Brutus kills Caesar, many points are given, enough to just about automatically win the game. If Caesar kills Brutus, less points are awarded, but enough to possibly win. Last year, I was Caesar and I killed Brutus, but that "reverse" rule wasn't in the tournament.
Second, you randomly picked which army you would play. You could draw your own army, you could face your own army.
So on to the battle reports.
First round, I faced John, who drew his own army. I had Mike G's army (we had three Mikes at the tournament), who he purposefully hosed. He weighed down his terminators with a Dreadnought, so they couldn't teleport. He also had one Tactical Detachment without transports. The short story is, I was spanked. I was so hobbled with the army and I faced a Warlord Titan that I didn't have a chance. I lost 3-0.
Second round, I faced Mike H, with Johns army again. This time, I had my army, which while not optimized to face a titan, I was better equipped to face the rest of his army. This one I won 1-0. This is the first time in a while that I won (albeit by the skin of my teeth) against Mike. The last 3 times we faced each other with SM vs SM, we fought to a 4 turn draw on victory points. So winning, even with my own list, felt pretty good.
Third round, I faced Mike G, with guess what? John's army. This was getting annoying. For this round, I had Greg's army. At least this time I had a Warhound titan (a smaller version of the Warlord I have been facing all day). This one was a very bloody battle ending with me losing by victory points in 4 turns.
So I went 1-2 for the day, but my army went 3-0. This, with my perfect sportsman scores, boosted me to 4th place out of 8. A respectable showing for the day.
MONDAY UPDATE: I just got an email from Greg, the organizer of the tournament, and he said I got Best Army for composition. I had a little of everything, best equipped to handle anything. Except Titans.