Warhammer 40,000 Conquest LCG – Watchtower Games 27/8/2016 Summer Kit Event.

Ok I had already been to an event earlier this week and I had already won the main prize for this event so I didn’t want to turn up with anything too serious however I didn’t want to run something too soft. I had tempted fate and I built a Nahumekh deck built with an ELITE focus. I had only played one game with this deck before this event so I hadn’t really got much of a true idea of how the deck would work. It turned out not as well as I would have hoped.

The deck I took was as follows:

Total Cards: (50)

 

Warlord:

 

1x Nahumekh (Legions of Death)

 

Army Unit: (27)

4x Destroyer Cultist (Legions of Death)

3x Firedrake Terminators (The Threat Beyond)

3x Immortal Loyalist (Jungles of Nectavus)

2x Nightshade Interceptor (Legions of Death)

3x Rogue Trader (Core Set)

3x Venomous Fiend (Legions of Death)

3x Void Pirate (Core Set)

3x Warriors of Gidrim (Legions of Death)

3x Wildrider Vyper (What Lurks Below)

 

Attachment: (4)

1x The Staff of Command (Legions of Death)

3x Promotion (Core Set)

 

Event: (13)

2x Hate (Legions of Death)

3x Backlash (Legions of Death)

1x Extermination (Legions of Death)

1x Fall Back (Core Set)

3x Mechanical Enhancement (Legions of Death)

3x Reanimation Protocol (Legions of Death)

 

Support: (6)

1x Obedience (Legions of Death)

3x STC Fragment (Legions of Death)

2x Shroud Cruiser (Jungles of Nectavus)

 

As I hadn’t really played much with this deck at this point I wasn’t really aware of what I should keep and what I should change moving forward but this event was a great opportunity to do so.  We had an 8 player turnout for this event which isn’t as strong as previous events but some people simply weren’t able to get there this time. Still a strong turnout I think.

 

Round 1: Vs. Richard Watkins (Eldorath Starbane)

This game did not go as expected, Richard started really strong out of the gate and managed to win command pretty consistently during the first couple of turns, however the team of my Venomous Fiend and Nahumekh managed to clear them out and I quickly found myself with the dream team of Elite units out on the board and enough firepower to pick up the win myself. Richard is very new to the game and I still think this game could have gone either way, I think had we replayed this game it could have been different. However I managed to pick up the win this time.

Win – 1-0.

 

Round 2: Vs Joshua Johnson (Ku’Gath Plaguefather)

Now this went badly from turn one, I never got out of the gate, I think I only managed to get 1 elite out the whole game and I didn’t see an STC Fragment until the second to last turn of the game. We joked as my first game with Nahumekh was against this exact same deck and it went very differently, in fact it went the opposite with Josh not really getting my leverage and me picking up the win. So a bit of payback there for Josh. J

Loss – 1-1

 

Round 3: Vs Martin Smitherman (Urien Rakarth)

Now, again, another game where I never got out of the gate, I got one elite out turn 1 and he quickly removed that with Power From Pain and I never recovered. I had no cards in my hand but never saw any of my elites until the final rounds command step. I love Urien Rakarth and I do think moving forward in an elite heavy meta he will see more play as he can quickly work around those elite builds.

 

Loss – 1-2

 

 

Sadly not good enough to get into the top 4 cut with this result. However I did already have the prizes so I guess it was more for testing out the deck. I have already made some massive changes to the deck so moving forward I am hoping to have a bit more success. Was a good day though and I enjoyed the games I had, I really enjoyed the games I had after the event too and they were a bit of a laugh.

 

Another fun event put on by Watchtower Games in Crewe and anyone interested in gaming should certainly check them out. You can follow me on Twitter @bigboss010 and Instagram @bigbosstp010. Thanks for reading.

I’m Big Boss, I’m out.... Peace.

 

 

Warhammer 40,000 UK Nationals – 12th August 2016

This is my first national tournament for Conquest; I am hoping it will not be my last either. The tournament saw 51 players enter and sadly due to this, the top cut was lowered from 16 to 8. I went with the Packmaster Kith deck that I took to the Lincoln regional event, just with a few updates in the deck and I felt that these changes really did help me get the record that I did. Noted changes to the deck were the removal of the Bloodied Reavers for 3 copies of Murder of Razorwings and the removal of Suffering for 3 copies of Thousand Cuts. I opted to go for a more card choke variant of the deck instead my original resource choke variation.

Round 1. – Vs. Swarmlord (Sorry cannot remember my opponents name)

This game started off so well for me and then a couple of really stupid mistakes cost me the whole thing. I used Archons Terror as a shield on a planet that I really didn’t need to win and the  I dropped a Warpstorm at the same planet when I should have waited for his nearly dead Synapse creature to return to HQ before playing it. My opponent had no cards in hand but enough resources to keep powering up his Termagent Horde equipped with the Ymgarl Factor to a point where I just couldn’t kill it and I opted to throw in the towel at that point. This was a real shame because had I not thrown away my Archons Terror so foolishly I probably would have won there.

Loss 0-1

Round 2. – Vs Subject Omega (Sadly I cannot remember this chaps name either)

This game went much better for me, I didn’t throw away my key events as shields in this game, I dominated the command pretty early on and a key placed Warpstorm bloodied Subject Omega himself and the Stalking Liktor Synapse creature too. My opponent had no hand and a few resources but I didn’t allow my opponent to power up his Ymgarl Factor.

Win 1-1

Round 3. Vs Epistolary Vezuel (Ben Davis)

Ben admitted after the end of this game that he made a couple of very critical mistakes during the first turn and he was never able to recover. I dominated the first two planets while hindering my opponent’s resource economy and after bloodying Vezuel on the 2^nd turn, Ben decided to call it there. A very short game and sadly Vezuel never really got going.

Win 2-1

Round 4. Vs Archon Salaine Morn (Shirin Hassan)

The Dark Eldar mirror matchis horrific at best and I think the fact that we both played Archons Palace as our opening moves didn’t help matters either. This match went to the very last planet and sadly ended in my 2^nd loss of the day. Was a very hard match though, I had pretty much choked her of cards but sadly she choked me or resources and due to having no resources I ended up on the losing side.

Loss 2-2

Round 5. Vs Talyesin Fharenal (Mark Challenger)

Another game where the card choke worked to perfection, I managed to win most of the command struggles and I stopped him from drawing cards where I could. The double team of Syren Zythlax and Solarite Avetys works really well. I managed to pretty much sweep all the planets until I won my victory condition planet, I think it was turn 4. My opponent was really cool though and I was good to play against another warlord that only saw 1 entrant in the event, the other being Swarmlord.

Won 3-2

Round 6. Vs Nazdreg ( Dan Mossman)

This game really surprised me, as soon as I saw Nazdreg across from me I figured that 3-3 was a respectable record and boy was I shocked when my opponent played 2 units on his first turn. I managed to pick up a lot of command and also win the first planet. The next turn looked a lot tighter for me as my opponent had 2 big hitting elite units (Venemous Fiend) out and they all but cleared planet 1 when they arrived. However a well timed Archons Terror managed to really help and I managed to go for a 3 planet sweep to pick up the win. I never really saw any choke in this game especially with it being so short a game and him only having 2 army units out. This again was another game that was really fun as my opponent was another cool guy. I was just hoping this win would take me into the top 16.

Won 4-2

Sadly I placed 17 / 51 in this event, a tad heartbreaking in the same manner I feel as the guy who came 9^th, just missing the top cut and I do feel I could have done better had I not made the critical errors in the very first game. However it was a pleasant day and I met some pretty cool people.

A few local events coming up and I am gonna move away from Kith for a while as I feel like I have reached a peak with her. Got my eyes on a couple of different builds moving forward and very excited to try them out.

Thanks for reading. I’m Big Boss.... I’m Out.... Peace.