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Oceanborn
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 06, 2016 at 8:49 PM
my list has now been submitted...nothing new as moving house at the end of November killed any plans I may have had earlier in the year!

Akenatum
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Posted: Saturday, Jan 09, 2016 at 9:08 PM
So what factions are people looking at running?

I am rocking my wendigogo...

Lord Erik
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:12 AM
Entries for CanCon have now closed. CGS closed it off early, as the venue has reached capacity.

We have 7 players registered for WarGods, and I have a dedicated bye army (which someone other than me will be playing).

I'm currently finalizing the Players Pack, including all six scenarios, and hope to have it out to you early next week. I would encourage you all to read it before the Tournament.

Nebseni Hammerhand
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 at 3:52 AM
Aeacus, Holder of the Key, son of dread Hades will lead his warriors of Mycenae, rich in gold, into glorious battle.

hazpak
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:41 PM
Long shot but does any of the players have any titan slaves? i need to borrow 2 as a backup for my list

I'm converting and building enough masters from the seven i already have - but ran out of slaves for the two headed guy (turns out i only had 12 not 16 slaves as i originally thought - well that or they weren't in my olympus model box as they should have been)

too late now to order any in :(

ps taking the crayon titans again.

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Lord Erik
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Posted: Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:55 AM
Nope I don't have any Titans. I'm not aware of any of the Canberra guys having any either.

Nebseni Hammerhand
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Posted: Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:52 AM
I have four titan slaves (bought more for RPGs than wargames) I'll bring them along. :)

hazpak
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Posted: Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 6:52 AM
Thanks Barry much appreciated,

I might not need them if the post arrives with my tentacles (assuming they even fit as i've not managed to find anything yet that works).. or i manage to finish another conversion while trying to paint more of the 'little' buggers....

but its nice to know they are there - i can relax now

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Oceanborn
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Posted: Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:01 PM
I'll just say that my warband is disappointingly short on missile weapons...

Lord Erik
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Posted: Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:22 PM
Ok, I've got all eight lists in now. We have:
  • Mycenaeans (Hades)
  • Trojans (Zeus)
  • Spartans (Hades) (bye Warband)
  • Amazons (Artemis)
  • Titans (Hera)
  • Wendigo (Hera)
  • Wendigo (Hera)
  • Typhon (Hades)

Akenatum
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Posted: Friday, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:29 AM Edited on 2016-01-15 00:30:36.0
so oceanborn and myself on wendigo, stormcircket on typhon or trojans, Nebseni on Mycenaens, pahket on amazons, Hazpak on titans..

should be fun look forward to catching up with everyone it's been far too long.

hazpak
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Posted: Friday, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:02 PM
so who has the trojans?

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Akenatum
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Posted: Sunday, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:48 AM
think that's stormcricket wasn't sure if he was on trojans or typhon till i read some other threads.

Akenatum
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Posted: Sunday, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:48 AM
think that's stormcricket wasn't sure if he was on trojans or typhon till i read some other threads.

stormcricket
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Posted: Sunday, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:07 PM
I am packing Trojans

So who has the Typhon?

Lord Erik
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:36 AM
Players Pack has been finished and emailed to all players. Let me know if you haven't received it.

hazpak
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Posted: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:10 AM
Got it... And the typhon mystery is solved

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Lord Erik
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Posted: Friday, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:32 AM
For those attending CanCon, we are in C Pavilion. If you come in through the front doors of C, turn right and follow the main walkway towards the Budawang Pavilion. Our four tables are in a row at the corner of the main walkway and a cross walkway. Look out for the white circular greek temple on the table.

Alcibia
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Posted: Saturday, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:49 AM
Please let us know the outcome - pictures, results, best tactics, favorite demi-gods, etc..

Akenatum
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Posted: Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM
I wanted to thank Eric and everyone who came down for a wonderful tournament it was great to catch up again and a blast to play with all you wonderful people. I hope to be able to play against you again next year if not sooner, thanks for the fun and hope you all enjoyed as much as me

Lord Erik
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Posted: Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 at 2:37 AM
Here are the results:

Champion of Zeus, 1st overall - Mark
Favoured of Zeus, 2nd overall - Shane
Champion of Dionysus, best sport, - Murray
Champion of Aphrodite, best painted - Jacqui
Favoured of Athena, highest score junior – Jenna

The overall scores were based on 20% sports, 15% painting, 15% participation in Provocation, and 50% battle score (a combination of achieving objectives and casualties taken).

Some other interesting stats from the games
  • Of 24 games, only 8 provocations were fought.
  • Of eight Harbingers/Demigods/Overlords/Ice Witches, all but one started at Ka 2; two ended the tournament at Ka 3.
  • The highest points lost by a warband in a single game was 1470 points (in a 1750 point warband).
  • The lowest points lost by a warband in a single game was 88 points.
  • The highest points worth of destroyed/routing models suffered by a single warband across the tournament was 4310 points (of a total possible 10,500). Interestingly, this was Favoured of Zeus.
  • The lowest points worth of destroyed/routing models suffered by a single warband across the tournament was 1871 points.

  • Lord Erik
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    Posted: Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 at 2:39 AM Edited on 2016-01-24 04:48:48.0
    And what happens next year you ask?

    I intend to run another two day tournament for CanCon 2017, with the working title WarGods of Olympus - Curse of the Snake People.

    Oceanborn
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    Posted: Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 at 6:51 PM
    In terms of the warbands against prizes, they were: Champion of Zeus - Wendigo Favoured of Zeus - Titans Champion of Dionysus - Trojans Champion of Aphrodite - Amazons Favoured of Athena, highest score junior – Spartans

    As the games are very objective based, the best tactic was to attempt to hold off the other warband whilst going for the objective....or failing that let the other player do all the work and pinch the objective at the end...

    Using Wendigo I found that the best general approach against the Olympian forces was to generally avoid engagement unless I could engage on terms that were favourable to me...usually trying to get units or independent characters into the flanks or rear of opposition units and avoiding the front. Not really any different to how I use the Wendigo against any other warband though!

    Alcibia
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    Posted: Monday, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:09 AM
    Thanks, sounds like a good time.

    Akenatum
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    Posted: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:08 AM
    It really was, I came a mighty 5th of 8 (7 when you skip the bye player) overall.

    Got 5th on battle, 6th for painting, tied 5th on sports before the tiebreaker placed me 6th.

    Got horribly smashed most of the weekend and had a blast playing, sorry to my opponents who had to deal with my frustrations at my army. Need to not have such long breaks from the game. I will be trying to organise a 2 day tournament with the okay of my local hobby store to be in April so we can have more events to catch up at. Probably looking at a 5-6 game event with a $10 entry fee to go to the shop for allowing us to host the event need to see if I can get the approval for it and then I'll get more detAils up.

    Nebseni Hammerhand
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    Posted: Friday, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:56 PM Edited on 2016-01-29 14:57:25.0
    Thanks Erik for running the comp, and Jenna for being a remarkably tough bye player. hope to see you next year too. :) Congratulations to Mark for a well deserved win, thanks to Murry for his gentlemanly conduct and to Shane for playing so well and to my other opponents for putting up with my lapses.

    Adam, yes, at the very least practice games and a tournament (Hall of Heros Penrith?) sound like a great idea. I don't know if it's any use but I've been working on frostgrave ruins which could be useful for Atlantean or Hyperborean ruins for a themed comp. I'd suggest a one day comp though, I usually wind up spending one day of the weekend on laundry and general housekeeping.

    Looking forward to next year.

    Dreadaxe
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    Posted: Sunday, Feb 21, 2016 at 6:39 AM
    Congratulations!

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