Deathrain’s UK Tour: February

This month it’s off to Folkestone to participate in the tournament at Chaos Cards. It is my understanding that they are running a series of tournaments throughout the year and you earn yourself points each time you come back. So it’s not too late to come on down and visit this lovely costal town.

You think a bomblet will make it to the other side?

With Premier Inn a bit too far out the way of my destination I’ve opted for the Best Western Clifton hotel. It is by far the most bizarre building I’ve been in. Every section of floor and staircase has a different carpet. Every part of the building is uneven. Some light fixtures are on sideways. Each floor doesn’t meet up with itself, so if you went up the wrong set of stairs then you my friend are lost. The lift reminds me of a Dark Souls pit trap as there aren’t any standard shutters, just a door. I love it. Come stay the night at the wizards tower! :P

Today’s travel book. Can you guess which one?

From the last event, Deathrain has dropped a bandmate and recruited another.

Deathrain with LWF, bomblet, unguided rockets and trajectory simulator. 34pts

Vessery with TIE/x7, adaptability. 33pts

QuickDraw with spec ops, adaptability, LWF, FCS. 33pts

I’m sure you’ve seen QuickDraw and Vessery plenty of times, but have you seen them slimmed down like this? I’m paying points for their abilities alone without the extra bits on top. While this may seem like a bad idea they’ve held their own on plenty of practice runs and offer interesting MOV-related options with the points spread out evenly across all three ships. Deathrain is usually the first into the fray, with QuickDraw keeping distance and Vessery somewhere in the middle. Regardless of which one bites the bullet first, the remaining two seem to get by just fine.

Let the practice sesh commence !

Every game I play brings me closer to the secrets locked within. Practicing the same list over and over in preparation for a tournament with an opponent who’s in the same boat has really pushed me to my limitations (no pun intended). The battle is not on the table anymore it’s in our minds, much like the game of chess that I grew up with. Another thing I’ve noticed is that I finally understand the dice hate. When you make the perfect moves and have all your ships set up for dat sweet af killbox. Then the dice blow raspberries at you. Very frustrating.

Enough warbling, it’s time for fighting!

Round 1: 5x unguided bombers

Mine! Mine! Mine!

I underestimated this list. Yeah I reckon I’ve got this I thought to myself. 15 attack dice later. Nope, I don’t got this. The war of attrition really took its toll. Loss 60–100.

Round 2: Boba, Backdraft and Sabacc

Deathrain squaring up like he got something to prove

This was a fun one. Lots of twists and turns and ended on the last turn. QuickDraw on one health and Boba going off the board by a minuscule amount. I came away from the game frustrated with myself. Sure the game was won but I felt that I’d been sloppy and bled more mov than was necessary. Perhaps I’m being to hard on myself. Win 100–67

Round 3: Soontir, Vader, Tomax

Vader: Wat? *boom*

Haven’t seen these guys on the table in a long time. Deathrain’s bombing shenanigans jolted my memory as to why that was the case. Soontir is still just as slippery as he ever was. Win 100–0

Round 4: Han and Poe

You better tell him the odds

Bomblet is a gamble of the dice and this game it tore through both enemy ships. Followed up by range 1 pews from QuickVess and this game got a little one sided real quick. Win 100–0

Unfortunately there was a bit of a mix up with the final standings but it all got sorted out by our swell host. Oh forgot to mention, the participation prize was a ship. £15 ticket to play for the day, take a ship home. Pretty banging right?

My final results for the day were as follows: 3 wins 1 loss. MOV 593. Sos 0.38. 3rd place out of 16. And do you know what the prize support was for 3rd place? That’s right. Another ship to take home. The m3-a and the alpha class have been added to my collection.

Danger zone

Join me in March where me and Deathrain will be heading back to that wretched hive of scum and villainy, the UK System Open.