G’day, Warmachine (and Hordes) fans!  Here I present, for your delectation, an exhaustive report of my experience at the 2^nd Irish Masters, hosted by Leprecon 2012.  I was more excited about this tournament than a grown man ought to be, and that was in no small part due to the imminent appearance of Jason Soles – one of the original Warmachine designers.  He was bringing the trophies over from Seattle for us, and I was determined he wouldn’t take any back with him!  The format for the event was three 35pt lists (with 7pts reinforcements); but every list had to be played at least once, and no list more than twice over the five games across the weekend.  Here are the lists I took…

List one: (No Quarter Theme list – tier 3)

Dawnlord Vyros                                     (+6 points)
Hydra                                              (8* points)
Manticore                                    (7* points)
10 Dawnguard Sentinels                            (9 points)
+UA                                     (2 points)
+Marshalled Griffon                   (4 points)
10 Houseguard Halberdiers                  (7 points)
+UA                                     (2 points)

2x Arcanists                                     (2 points)
Reinforcements:
Manticore                                     (7* points)

A pared-down version of the 50pt list I took to Gamers World in February, but which didn’t do so well in my 35pt play-testing.  The extra 15pts gave me double Covering-Fire and a whole lotta Focus-efficiency (ie with the Tier 4 bonus), whereas I found just two Warjacks got destroyed too easily.  Anyway, this was a still my attrition-based, *anti-Stealth * list.

List two: (Theme list – tier 3)
Adeptis Rahn                                     (+6 points)
2xPhoenix                                     (20 points)
Arcanist                                     (0* points)
10 Houseguard Halberdiers                  (7 points)
+UA                                    (2 points)
6 Battle Mages                                     (5 points)
+ Soulless Escort                  (1 point)
3* Battle Magister Solos                            (6 points)

Reinforcements:
Arcanist                                             (1 point)
6 Battle Mages                                    (5 points)
+ Soulless Escort                  (1 point)

Except for a slight shuffle to include reinforcements (wouldn’t normally include Soulless Escorts), this has been my default Rahn-list for 35pts for a very long time.  He just dominates control-based scenarios, and can stay well back with his mighty Control Range and double Arc-Node… But has the most hard-counters of my three lists: Protectorate of Menoth and Circle Orboros can completely shut down his spells (as will any Stealth-heavy army), and the conspicuous lack of Pathfinder means Rough Terrain is a big problem too.  For all these reasons and more, my third list is:

List three (“Snipe, Feat, Go!”)

Ravyn, Eternal Light                            (+6 points)
Phoenix                                             (10 points)
Aiyana & Holt                                    (4 points)
10 MHSF                                     (8 points)
+UA                                     (2 points)
6 Dawnguard Invictors                            (6 points)
+UA                                     (2 points)
4 Stormfall Archers                            (5 points)

Epic Eiryss                                     (3 points)

Arcanist                                             (1 point)

Reinforcements:
Destor Thane                                     (4 points)
Narn                                              (3 points)

Models with Pathfinder to deal with terrain; Aiyana & Holt to hand out Magical Weapons (handy for Incorporeal models as much as Menite Warjacks); dirty Assassination potential to *hopefully* discourage my opponents from taking the nastier Control-Warcasters (looking at you, Harbinger and Major Haley!).  My rough kinda plan was to use each list once on the Saturday, and leave myself with full choice for the Sunday – but to let the Scenario and opponent of each game to take precedence in my choice.  So… How’d I do?

Game one – Anthony (Cryx)“Gauntlet” (#2)

Warwitch Deneghra                     (+5 points)

2x Deathrippers                            (8 points)

Skarlock                                       (2 points)

6 Bane Thralls                               (5 points)

+UA                                     (3 points)

6 Bile Thralls                                 (5 points)

10 Satyxis Blood Witches                 (6 points)

+UA                                       (2 points)

Bane Lord Tartarus                           (4 points)

Pistol Wraith                                    (3 points)

Warwitch Siren                                    (2 points)

Anto’s other lists were led by Skarre1 and Skarre2, both with juicy targets for Ravyn… but I didn’t want to risk the possibility of a Stealthy Warcaster (and $%&@ Bane Thralls) so took Adeptis Rahn.  Turned out I’d made the right decision for the scenario as well – only problem was the Killbox Artifice meant he couldn’t hang back as far as I’d like; but with a wall of Halberdiers between himself and the filthy undead horde, I figured he’d be Okay.

This was an extremely bloody fight for both sides: highlights being my left-flank Phoenix getting wiped out by just two charging Bane Thralls (with a little help from Parasite), and my Battle Mages thumping the Incorporeal Blood Witches into a panic with their Magical boxing-gloves (which I never previously knew they had!).  On my Feat turn I was able to clear my scoring zone and run a Battle Magister Solo in for my first Control point.

My screen of Halberdiers had almost evaporated by this point, and my remaining Phoenix couldn’t run/charge/do anything much except walk 4” and be Channelled through…  Luckily though, the zone was still pretty much uninhabited (did I mention it was a bloody game?!), and after the last two Halberdiers killed the Blood Hag with a single Combined Melee Attack, Adeptis Rahn was able to use his spells to Push/Slam the last guys out of the zone for the second Control Point and the win.  Good job really, or he would have died HORRIBLY the following turn!

Picture: Force Blast FTW!

WIN – 2 Control Points to 0

Game two – Ian (Minions)“Restoration” (#15)

Picture: Ian

Dr Arkadius                            (+6 points)

4x Warhogs                                    (28 points)

4 Bone Grinders                                    (2 points)

6 Farrow Brigands                           (5 points)

6 Slaughter-housers                           (6 points)

Ian had brought all three Farrow Warlocks to the tournament, and had painted his mass of Pig-flesh very well.  I’ve used Dr. Arkadius and Lord Carver myself before, but had yet to see what Sturm and Drang were capable of.  I decided to take Ravyn for the Scenario, as I figured her guys would shoot the Objective to rubble in one turn.  However, when Ian selected Dr. Arkadius and elected to go first, I changed my plan…

At DEF 15 and ARM 14, Dr. Arkadius is *theoretically* an ideal target for “Snipe, Feat, Go”; so long as he ends his turn within 22” of the Mage Hunter Strike Force.  He did; and I actually apologised to Ian before I even rolled any dice!  Guess what though…

After my failed assassination attempt, Dr. Arkadius Feated, and all of a sudden four hopped-up Warhogs were in my face – one in fact B2B with Ravyn after having Trampled over my useless Mage Hunters (luckily by then it was out of Forcing range so was unable to buy more attacks that turn).  I had another turn of un-boosted shooting to try and salvage the situation, but in the end only brought the deviant scientist down to two hit-boxes.  Ravyn then got splatted.

Picture: Warhog to the face…

I ended the game with only 1 army point, from killing half a unit of Bone Grinders!  For all that my dice failed me, I didn’t deserve to do any better because I’d ignored the scenario, and gone for the Assassination without any sort of contingency plan.  Well done Ian!

LOSS – 0 Control Points to 0

Game three – Adam (Skorne)“Envelopment” (#12)

Picture: Adam

Archdomina Makeda                           (+5 points)

Cyclops Brute                                    (5 points)

Molik Karn                                    (11 points)

Titan Gladiator                                    (8 points)

4 Beast Handlers                           (2 points)

10 Praetorian Swordsmen                           (6 points)

Agonizer                                    (2 points)

2x Ancestral Guardians                           (6 points)

Reinforcements:
Rhinodon                                             (7 points)

If I wanted to keep all my options open for the Sunday, then I had to take Vyros this round… but I took a risk and selected Rahn for the second time, figuring that whereas he doesn’t mind fighting Skorne, he HATES fighting Menoth and Circle, and I could end up fighting one or t’other the next day.  Besides, this was another scenario which Rahn ought to dominate.

I’ll not dwell on this battle; suffice to say that it was my best game of the weekend.  Adam, who is an incredibly nice guy (even though he kept trying to distract me with his dodgy dancing), was actually a Trollbloods player, but had to borrow his mate’s Skorne because his latest order hadn’t come in on time.  He told me he hadn’t played against Warmachine armies much, and I got the impression he didn’t know the Retribution at all…  One day I’d like a rematch against your Trollz Adam, so if you’re reading this, please contact me!

Picture: Rahn DOES love scenarios…

So Saturday was done, and although I was disappointed with Game two, I was reasonably happy with my overall performance.  I was out of the running for the awesome trophy (unless some very weird stuff happened on Sunday…), but figured I was still in the running for a podium-finish.  BRING IT ON!

WIN – 3 Control Points to 0

Game four – Gerry (Legion of Everblight)“Diversion” (#17)

Picture: Gerry

Lylyth, Shadow of Everblight                (+5 points)

Nephilim Bolt Thrower                           (6 points)

2x Ravagore                                    (20 points)

6 Blighted Nyss Striders                           (6 points)

+UA                                    (0* points)

6 Blighted Nyss Striders                           (6 points)

Strider Deathstalker                           (2 points)

Gerry straight-up told me who he was taking this round before I even had a chance to look at his lists (Kallus and I believe Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight were his other options), *probably* because I’d been telling him for weeks just how much Epic Lylyth makes the Retribution cry!  Certainly, had I taken Ravyn it would have been a very one-sided match, so I took Vyros and hoped he’d be able to tough it out.

I immediately screwed up my deployment by putting the Sentinels on the WRONG SIDE of a house from the Flag they needed to defend; but luckily they had enough SPD to get there by turn two, and enough ARM to survive the Striders’ bows.  Vengeance helped me out a lot here, and for the first time I can remember, the Offcier survived all game!  It was at about this point that we realised we hadn’t deployed properly…  Whoops!

Picture: “radial deployment, you say?”

On the other side of the table, Lylyth and her Battle-group were having uncharacteristic trouble mowing down my guys.  Even the three Halberdiers that were on fire managed to beat out the flames!  I managed to sneak in a Control Point by running my soon-to-be-dead Manticore up to the flag under Mobility the same turn a single, solitary Sentinel (say THAT ten times fast) put a toe into the Zone.  I tried to engineer a second point, but “Dice Down” was called.  I won on first tie-breaker, and now feel like I‘ve *sharked* Gerry with all my talk of how broken eLylyth is – honestly, I was expecting to get wiped out!

WIN 1 Control Point to 0

Game five – Harry (Cygnar)“Incursion” (#7)

Picture: Harry

Commander Adept Nemo                         (+6 points)

Charger                                             (4 points)

Lancer                                             (6 points)

Stormclad                                    (10 points)

Squire                                             (2 points)

6 Arcane Tempest Gun Mages                  (6 points)

+UA                                    (2 points)

Aiyana & Holt                                    (4 points)

Arlan Strangewayes                           (2 points)

Gorman di Wulfe                                    (2 points)

Journeyman Warcaster                           (3 points)

Ooh, I LIKE this scenario!  Partly because I have my own cool little flags made from spare Myrmidon parts.  I decided to take Ravyn because I reckoned I could out-shoot any of Harry’s own gunlines (he also had General Adept Nemo and Siege I think, though I don’t remember which list he’d already used twice).  Harry chose table-side.

Picture: Gunline vs. Gunline

…Turns out I was right!  On my Feat Turn I turned the Lancer and Stormclad into wreck-markers, and the following turn I wasted the Charger, the Journeyman Warcaster, the *fake* Aiyana & Holt (because mine were the real ones…) and Gorman Di Wulfe.  By the time the smoke cleared there was no way for Cygnar to contest my last Control Point in the third turn (I also got lucky with that – the one on the left disappeared which was ideal), so I won my last game of the weekend.

Thanks for the game Harry – I’m worried I didn’t shake your hand afterwards, and have been worried about it ever since!  See you at Itzacon, Maybe?

WIN – 3 Control Points to 0

Results and stuff…

With nine Control Points over the weekend, I JUST edged out Jason Soles for 3^rd Place, as he also had four wins over the tournament (he’d played five additional games over the weekend just for the Craic – beating me both times we faced off…).  I won a nifty Steamroller certificate and commemorative coin, and a hardback Prime Rulebook signed by the development team.  I also won the randomly-assigned fully-painted army prize, which was a cool poster of Kommander Strakhov that I bullied Jason into signing for me!

Picture: Me & Jason

All in all, a fabulous weekend!  Well done Stu for organising the event, and thanks to everyone who took part.  I hope to see y’all around on the forums and the next few tournaments.  I’m taking Garryth and Kaelyssa to Itzacon this weekend – who’s up for a beat-down?

Parenthetically yours, (Neil)

Tris is pleased to announce Wargames at Retcon 2012, held in the UCD Student Centre (MAP) on the 31st of March and 1st of April

Entry to the Convention is 10 Euro for a Weekend Pass and 7 Euro for a Day Pass. Entry to all Wargames events is free.

Warhammer 40k

The rulespack is finished. Find it here: Rulespack

Important Information:
There will be painting requirement of minimum three coulours and based for entry to the tournament.

List submission deadline: 25th of March. 
Saturday Start time: 09.30
Sunday Start time: 10:00

The prizes will be as follows:
First, Second and Third on Battle Points
Best Painted Army (Judge’s Choice)
Best Battlefield (Players Choice)

Tris is accepting pre-registrations; send an e-mail to Retcon-40k(at)onthestep.net and you’ll be signed up

The Current number of spots available is 12 as of 23/2/12

An Infinity tournament will also take place. For more details, see here:
http://w-ired.org/blog/2012/02/03/infinity-tournament-retcon-april-1st/

Encore is hosting a Warhammer 40K tournament on the Saturday The 21st of April During the Event.
Entry For tournament will be £5 and will include:

Every Player will get a free bottle of water and a selections snacks
will be handed out to players throughout the day.

Please Remember it costs £5 to get into the Encore Event as well

If you buy a ticket Online below you will pay for the entry to the event
as well as the tournament therefore Online tickets cost £10
Buy Tickets: Click Here

There shall be 12 tables therefore maximum attendance is 24 people.
* maximum attendance will increase to 30 if we reach a total of 20+ tickets bought Online*

Held at: Magee University, MF Building (beside the bottom car park), University of Ulster – Magee, Derry (Londonderry)

Get to Uni, Get to MF Building

Alcohol is not permitted as it is held on University Grounds
Over 18s Only 

Rules Pack:
Click Here

Prizes:

* Prizes have not been finalized so prizes may change*

1st Prize £40 voucher and Certificate
2nd Prize £30 voucher and Certificate
3rd Prize £15 voucher and Certificate

Accommodation:

Hotels and B&BS are available on the link below
http://www.derryvisitor.com/

There is also this hostel which is £15 a night or if any of you guys are going as a group then you can all share a dorm (4 people) for £15 a night.

Hostel

please feel free to comment or criticize this as it is not fully finalized yet.

I would also like to Inform you that if we have 10+ People for this Tournament it will count as a Ranking Event, and therefore the results will be shown on The ETC N.Ireland forums and the players points will be added to their current ranking score on the Ranking list for Team N.Ireland or Republic of Ireland.

Arkham Gaming Centre is proud to host this Warhammer 40K tournament, run in conjunction with Jonny Fisher. This 2 day ranking 1850 point tournament will allow the best 40K players in Ireland North & South to make war across the tabletop.

Tickets cost £20, and include;

• Tournament entry
• Unlimited tea, coffee & bottled water
• Occasional snacks

The ticket does not include lunch. Orders for lunch will be taken each morning and brought to the centre. Players can bring their own lunch and/or snacks if preferred. Soft drinks and snacks are also available to purchase at the centre.

Alcohol is permitted, but we ask that players refrain from falling over during play.

The centre opens at 9am on Sat 19/5/12, with the first game starting at 10am.

The tournament will close with a prize-giving ceremony at 6pm on Sun 20/5/12.

There will be spot prizes given out, as well as the following fixed prizes;

1st place: Trophy, £80 gift voucher & 1 year club membership

2nd place: £50 gift voucher & 6 month club membership

3rd place: £25 gift voucher & 6 month club membership

Best painted army: £10 gift voucher

Player’s choice award for best sportsman: £10 gift voucher

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2993418395

http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2575

WAC is proud to welcome you to MooFool . This ranking tournament is being held to celebrate one of our members becoming 18 . Yes Lil’ Dave is growing up so fast .

The tournament will be held in UCC from the 31 March to 1 April . It will be 5 games at 1850 points using ETC style missions and ETC clarifications . Standard force organisation chart and special characters will be in use . No Forge World(boo) . The entry fee is E10 . There will be 5 battle points for pre submission of army list up to the 23 March . Full rules pack to follow . If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me at Gearshead1@gmail.com .

Sign up here: http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2561&sid=064805d3f7e2c988e8afa80cdc3cdbb4

Itzacon 2012 (9th – 11th) of March
Location: NUI Galway will be held in the Aras na Maclaeinn building beside the collage bar
Main Website:http://www.itzacon.com/

Details on accommodation can be found here:http://www.itzacon.com/content/accommodation-information

The 40k event will be a 1850 point tournament
with 5 games over the Saturday and Sunday
Timetable below

Day one Saturday
Player Registration from 9am
First Dice rolls at 10am
10:00 -12:30 game 1
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:00 game 2
4:00-4:30 break
4:30-7:00 game 3 (play till end of game)

Day two Sunday
11:00-1:30 game 4
1:30-2:30 Lunch
2:30-5:00 game 5

An Infinity tournament will be run on the Sunday at the University College Dublin RetCon games convention.

Details below.

For anybody who might be interested and doesn’t know, 250 points is a 30 euro starter box, plus two of the higher point value 9 euro blisters . So it can be reasonably done for 50 euro if you want. Here’s a guide to starting Infinity for anybody considering it - http://infinity-ireland.org/node/13

All available from Gamers World on Jervis street of course.

Quozl

RETCON Infinity tournament – Sunday April 1st.

2nd member tournament of the 2012 All-Ireland Infinity Cup.

Free to enter – however you need to pay in to the convention, 7 euro for the day or 10 euro for the weekend.
250 points.
5 SWC.
Beginner friendly.
Scenario based.
Painting NOT required – minor bonus for fully painted forces of +1 to willpower for starting roll.
Space for 12 players – maybe more, TBC.

Rules are as per the Infinity cup rules – available here http://www.dragonslayers.org.uk/images/files/infinity%20cup%20rules.pdf

With two minor changes:
Sign-up email address is ‘events at infinity-ireland dot org’ (replace at with @, and dot with .)
Players can sign-up on the day as well as in advance. Spaces will only be held for those who have signed up beforehand until official tournament start time.

2012 is of to a great start for Warmachine and Hordes, a great turn out for Warpcon’s war machine tournament & a big congrats to Neil Kettles & his Retribution of Scryah army  for taking the win in his first Irish tournament, great stuff.

But whats next? Well the next 2 tournaments coming up for Warmachine are just around the corner:

February 12th in Gamers World – 50 Point Tournament, SR2012 – Starts at 10pm for registration & costs 10 Euro entry - Details

Looks like its going to be a busy couple of months, can’t wait!

Hope to see you all there!

Ciaran

As promised …

Gamers World will be offering a 5 round 1000 point 40K tournament on Saturday February 11th. Capacity will be max 32 players.

There is no reservation of tickets for this event. Tickets are available on a first come first served basis for those who wish to purchase them.
Tickets are available after 10:00 Friday 13th January 2012 and can only be secured by following the instructions in the rulespack.

The rules-pack is available here …

The TO reserves the right to update rulespack based on questions received.

Any queries you can PM me or email me at warriorviii@gmail.com

Hey all!

My name is Daire and I am the chairman of a new wargamming club called WarSoc set up in Thurles, LIT Tipperary.
WarSoc are running “Conquer”, a one day Warhammer 40k event in Thurles, on the 18th of February. The tournament will be held in the college campus of LIT Tipperary Thurles. It will be a 1000 point tournament with standard force organisation rules. It will be €5 entry on the day and five games shall be played. There will be a maximum capacity of 32 players for the tournament.
Conquer will be our first event and we hope to share it with ye all, mostly we want to just have some fun! See ye all on the 18th!

http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2459

The Warmachine/Hordes Irish Masters will be taking place at Leprecon 33 on March 3rd and 4th.

The format for the Irish Masters will be:
35 points (+7 points of Reinforcements per list)
5 rounds
10 minute turns, one 5 minute extension per round (relaxed timing)
3 Lists Required, each list must be used once and no list may be used more than twice
Characters Restricted (Note: Epic and Non-Epic versions of the same model count as separate characters)
Steamroller 2012 Rules: http://privateerpress.com/files/SR2012Final.pdf

Entry will be 20 Euro at the door or 17 Euro if you pre-book online.

Alternatively players will be able to pre-book in person with me for a discounted rate of 15 Euro (which is entry to Leprecon, basically making the Masters free). I’ll try and state times when I’ll be available to take pre-books. The first time will be at Warpcon in Cork I’ll post other times and places in this thread when they arise.

http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2455

Following Barry Lynch’s victory at the inaugural event in 2011, King of the Gnoblars returns for a second year this March. The Wargaming Association of Cork invites Warhammer Fantasy Battle players from all walks of gaming life to come and compete for the title of 2012 champion.

The event will run in UCC on the 3rd and 4th of March and will cost €10/person or €40 for a team ticket of 5 people.

Less than 2 weeks to go!!!

Irelands First 50 Point Warmachine/Hordes Tourney Sunday 12th Feb Gamers World

50 points of metal crashing against beast!
Unleash the full might of your army on your foes!

This will be the first tournament of this size being run here & will run the finalised steamroller 2012 rule set.

When – 12th Feb 2011
Where – Gamers World, Dublin
Cost – Euro 10
Prizes – 1st, 2nd, and a variety of others/spot prizes
Players – Max 20
Rounds – 4 rounds
System – Steamroller 2012

Pre-booking available – email me/pm me and i will send on the details

This year Conspiracy will be the staging ground for the resurrection of the Irish Grand Tournament!

This tournament, to crown the best of the best in Ireland, will be using the missions being used at this year’s European Team Championship, a mixture of primary and secondary mission conditions using the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. The higher standard of play required to master these missions will allow only one victor through to the top but prizes are available for runners up also.

Terrain is kindly being provided by different sources and we welcome all and any input people may have regarding this tournament.

Questions and comments should be sent to irishgrandtournament@gmail.com

The submission deadline for this event is: 9th September 2011

The Rules pack can be downloaded here.

Rules packs and more information to follow.

Sign up thread see http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1725

If anyone is interested in attending, throw your name down here and I’ll add you to the list!

Merlin.

For more information see http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1667

Road to Glory II : The Revenge – Saturday September 3rd, Gamers World Dublin, 10am. 1000 points Fantasy. 4 games. Non-ranking. €10.

Road to Glory III : Mercury Rising – Saturday October 1st, Gamers World Dublin, 10am. 1250 points Fantasy. 4 games. Non-ranking. €10.

All welcome. Please note that players may attend as many or as few of the Road to Glory events as they wish. Free doughnuts will be provided (I’m not making that mistake again).
Entry fees break down as follows – €5 to the shop for tables. €3 for prizes for the current event. €2 retained for overall series prizes.
Full rulespacks with composition systems will be posted soon. One event will have very little comp, the other will have more.

Rules pack and registration for Road to Glory II : The Revenge see http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1739

Entry For tournament will be £6 and will include:

Unlimited Tea & coffee,Orange Juice
and Biscuits

Held at: Magee University, MF Building (beside the bottom car park), University of Ulster – Magee, Derry (Londonderry)

For more information see http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1729

I am pleased to announce the first annual (hopefully) BannerCon!

Tournament Information

Cost: 20 Euros
Capacity: Places for 52 players
Points: 1,750 points
Rounds: 5 games over 2 days
Location: Auburn Lodge Hotel, Gort Rd., Ennis, Co. Clare
Date: Weekend of the 13th and 14th of August
Other: This will be a Ranked Event with Prize Spport

James

Ciaran here, just a quick note to anyone thinking of trying Warmachine & Hordes, Owen Conlon (a fellow Pressganger) and myself will be running demo games in Gamers World, Dublin on the following days:

Tuesday 2nd August from 4pm

Wednesday 10th August from 6pm

We will have a mix of all the different factions, so you don’t need to bring anything. Though if you have a battle box already that you’d like to try, bring it along.

I have some copies of the Quick Start rules, which you can also get here -

Warmachine:

Hordes:

Let me know if you’re interested. Spread the word!

Ciaran

I will be running a 35 Point Warmachine/Hordes Tournament on 28th August in Gamer’s World Dublin. Full details are:
Steamroller 2011 Rules (can be found here: http://privateerpress.com/files/Official%20Steamroller%202011%20Rules.pdf )
35 points
2 lists allowed
10 Minute Turns
Registration begins at 10:30 am
Entry 10 Euro
No painting requirement

Prizes will include best general, 2nd place and a few spot prizes

I hope to see some of you there, it should be good fun. Spread the word to anyone i may have missed,

Ciaran

Vampire Lord – General – LV3 (Lore of Vampires) – The Flayed Hauberk – Talisman of Preservation – Helm of Commandment – Dark Acolyte – Forbidden Lore – Summon Ghouls

Vampire LV1 (Lore of Vampires) – BSB – Armour of Fortune – Black Periapt – Master of the Black Arts
Necromancer – Vanhel’s Danse Macabre- Dispel Scroll
Necromancer – Vanhel’s Danse Macabre – Power Stone

40 Crypt Ghouls
35 Crypt Ghouls
30 Crypt Ghouls
20 Skeleton Warriors FC
20 Grave Guard FC – The Banner of the Barrows

4 Cairn Wraiths
With the list decided I submitted it for Brocon and all was well.
Well so I thought, as I tried to get my Ghouls ready in time, I realised if current rumours are correct this would be the last fantasy tournament I’d be attending before an Ogre update, all going well and if Conclave II was at a similar time to last year,  the ogre update would be tournament legal.
Having played through 7th edition and into 8th I surely couldn’t give up on Ogres at this stage, it just didn’t seem right, so I quickly wrote out my standard list and sent it Brocon to replace my filthy Vampire list.
As Brocon quickly approaches my Ogres step once more and perhaps finally as the bottom tier army in to the breach, looking not to get beaten about the place. Although, there’s a saying in poker,” Look Around the Poker Table; If You Can’t See the Sucker, You’re It”. So I’ve looked at the sign up list so far for Brocon and I can’t seem to find the Bunny!
Should I be worried?

I will be running a 35 Point Warmachine/Hordes Tournament on July 24th in Gamer’s World Dublin. Full details are:
Steamroller 2011 Rules (can be found here: http://privateerpress.com/organized-play/steamroller-tournaments)
35 points
2 lists allowed, the second list must have a different Character warcaster/lock
10 Minute Turns
Registration begins at 10:30 am
Entry 10 Euro
No painting requirement

Ciaran

Q-Con features a wide selection of games and events over the convention weekend; with Role-Playing Games, Board Games, LARPs, War Games, Collectable Card Games, Console Games, Anime Screenings, Cosplay, Special Events, Exhibitors, and much more!

Big events to watch out for this year include: Rock Band Live, the Cosplay Masquerade, and Warhammer competition tournaments. Come along and make yourself known – from 24th to 26th of June…

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Early registration for the full weekend ticket for Q-Con costs just £15/€17.
Accommodation is available for just £17/€20 per night – availability is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment.

For registration/accommodation details, information on all our games and events or if you would like to run games at Q-Con XVIII then please visithttp://www.q-con.org.uk for more details. You can also follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/QConBelfast

After a good start last year Brocon is back this summer with an aim to rise to a higher standard. After carefully taking into account all reviews of last year UL Gsoc and the LDC are proud to present Brocon 2011.

Location: EGO10, University of Limerick
Price: 10euro day pass, 15euro weekend pass
Date: 16th-17th of July

Warhammer Fantasy: 2400pt two day tournament, rulespack soon to come
Warhammer 40,000: 1750pt two day tournament, rulespack soon to come

This will be a ranking event (assuming it stands to the criteria set for 2011/2012)

Full details – http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1251

The King of the Gnoblars 2011 is a Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament being held in University College Cork, Ireland,

during Paddy’s weekend in March 2011. All Warhammer Fantasy players of age 18 or older are invited to come and compete for the grand title of King of the Gnoblars. Do you have what it takes to be crowned King? Probably not, but come anyway!

Time/venue: UCC , Cork, 19-20th March. Registration will begin at 10.00am on Saturday, with round one from 10.30-13.00, round 2 from 13.30-16.00 and round 3 from 16.30-19.00. On Sunday, round 4 will be from 10.00-12.30, round 5 from 13.00-15.30, and awards at 16.15.

Full details – http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1051

This is the second year we have run this event and we are delighted to be hosting it yet again. The first thing we want you all to do is to have fun. The event is hopefully a place where like minded people can have a proper weekend away with toys and socialising being the only real concerns.

As such; this is an over 18’s event.

The event takes place in a Hostel just outside of Skibbereen, in lovely West Cork. We have the whole place to ourselves for the weekend. We will be in the dorm bedrooms with toilet, shower and kitchen facilities at our disposal.

More information – http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1225

ItzaCon 2010 takes place in University College Galway from March 12th-13th and features a Warhammer 40k ranking tournament on both days.  Full details and rulespack is available here – http://w-ired.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1272.

The rulespacks and so on are currently been worked on, and we expect to be able to release them pretty soon.  Darragh Cullen from the DGG will be running the 40k side of things, while I’ll be heading up the Fantasy organisers with Fergus and Jarvis.

Accommodation is available in the hotel itself, and we’re currently working on block-booking the Loch gCarman Arms Hotel in the town as well for a budget option.