tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22070017017494529482026-06-01T01:07:12.715-07:00Analog Games. Digital Commentary.AbsoluteBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13769637874873924205noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207001701749452948.post-67538712046390176392012-12-12T13:45:00.000-08:002012-12-12T13:46:28.075-08:00

Continuing the "Top Ten" list theme from my previous post, I've decided to explore spot removal in multi-player commander and attempt to put together a best of list for cards that fall into this category.   As before this top ten is for cards otherwise in a vacuum and doesn't take into account potential synergies that might benefit specific decks.  The goal is to create a short list

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     I thought I'd put together a "top cards" commander series based on my experiences with my weekly playgroup.   We've put some thought into this, and time and again when I'm playing blue I tend to reach for the same counterspells over and over.   This list is a bi-product of those deck creation sessions.  Note most of my decks in the blue color identity don't

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My most recent playgroup really enjoys playing Commander so I've been putting my constructed focus into that lately. I purchased the pre-constructed decks and have tinkered with them a bit. But rather and just build from those, I really wanted to try something with a bit more style. It doesn't hurt to have a closet full of old cards to keep costs down. I read over some of the forums on

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Reecius and crew pulled off an amazing event up in Northern California. The Bay Area Open fielded 75 40k players over 7 rounds of Swiss and produced some incredible highly competitive no holds barred 40k gaming.Blogs around the internets are taking in the batreps. Table top war has a nice account here along with some pictures from the event. Galaxy in flames has their account here. The Ninja Hut

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I decided to try my hand at the M12 prerelease last weekend. I haven't played in a sanctioned tournament in years and I haven't played in one this large, 60 people, in even longer.Here was my full card pool:GreenOverrunGarruk's CompanionStampeding RhinoLurking CrocodileArachnus WebTitanic GrowthStingerfling SpiderLureGreater BasiliskBountiful Harvest x2Gladecover ScoutNaturalizeDoubling

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The Sprue Posse presents the: SPRUE POSSE OPEN 5th Edition Warhammer 40k Tournament Saturday, May 21st, 10:30 AM Hosted by Aero Hobbies and Games 1500 Points 4 Rounds Swiss-System INAT FAQ* Unpainted Models Allowed; WYSIWYG Standard Missions from the 5th Edition Rulebook To be announced on day of tournament Prize Support for Best General Prize Support for Best Painted $12

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I've been messing around with Army builder lately trying to put together a quality Witch-hunters list. With some back and forth about including inducted guard at the 1500 point level I've decided to finally drop the platoon in favor of less troop choices and putting the points into other aspects of the army.My latest version originally had a cannoness and an inquisitor in the elite slot but

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Sprue Posse #7 was a success with 12 players coming out to Aero Hobbies and Games to compete for prizes and pride. Allan Hernandez won the event with the only undefeated record at 3-0-1 beating John Mann's Dark Angels in the final round to secure the tournament victory. Round by Round results for this event can be found here. Army lists and pictures are below.First PlaceAllan Hernandez -

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Sprue Posse #7 has wrapped and after 4 rounds of Swiss Allan Hernandez and his Daemonhunters have proved to be the best of the field with a 3-0-1 record. This is Allan's first Sprue Posse victory in twice as many appearances.List of PlayersNo Name Feder Rtg Loc Army1. Northover, Mike 1659 Space Wolves2. Conversano, Ryan 1605 Blood Angels3.

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The guys up in Nor Cal have opened pre-registration for the Bay Area Open. This should be one of the best and most competitive tourneys on the West Coast this year. It's a 64 slot 40k tournament. They also have a WFB competition as well.The 40k tournament is Sprue Posse Sanctioned! That means ELO scores are tracked with a K-Value of 60 and the top 2 generals at the event win an auto invite

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I've been experimenting with a new army type lately: Foot Eldar. Despite the propensity lately to "mech up" armies this one army type keeps showing up at tournaments and doing quite well. I'm not sure if Foot Eldar are a "tier 1" type of list, but they are certainly competitive and my explorations of this army type have yeilded good results and educated me greatly on how the army works.First

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The Sprue Posse presents the: SPRUE POSSE OPEN 5th Edition Warhammer 40k Tournament Saturday, March 5th, 10:30 AM Hosted by Aero Hobbies and Games 1500 Points 4 Rounds Swiss-System INAT FAQ* Unpainted Models Allowed; WYSIWYG Standard Missions from the 5th Edition Rulebook To be announced on day of tournament Prize Support for Best General Prize Support for Best Painted $

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My latest creation is an oldie but a goodie way back from Kamigawa block. The Samurai are a relatively small tribe but have solid synergy and can put together a nice swarm attack when backed by quality removal.Note that Classic Tribal Wars is no longer a format. It has been supplanted by Legacy Tribal Wars, which is appreciated by those of us who don't feel like stuffing the likes of Library of

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Below are the army lists and pictures for the Sprue Posse Grand Prix GT. You can find the final standings here. Results from day 1 and day 2 are also available. Battle Report links can be found here. 2011 player of the year standings are here.Congratulations again to Dave Fay for winning our inaugural Grand Prix event!First PlaceDave Fay - Chaos Space MarinesHQChaos Lord (Bike, Mark of

Kevin Nashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503985277633882927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207001701749452948.post-2976493396742733882011-01-27T16:46:00.000-08:002011-01-27T16:54:31.737-08:00

Batreps are starting to show up on Dakka and around the interwebs. Links are below:Blackmoor's Dark Eldar - Dakka Report / BlogShep's IGSomnicide's Crimson FistsReecius' Space WolvesNick the Wise's Dark EldarYriel's EldarI hope to finally get the army lists up before the weekend. Just working on some formatting. Stay tuned.

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Congratulations to Dave Fay for capturing the Sprue Posse Grand Prix championship! Dave weathered a brutal field of competitors to a 4-0-1 record with his Nurgle Chaos Space Marines and captured not only the Best Generalship award but the Best Overall Renaissance Man Award as well. Dave's efforts earned him a significant sum of prize support and invites to both the Sprue Posse and Nova

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Congratulations to Dave Fay for capturing the Sprue Posse Grand Prix championship! Dave weathered a brutal field of competitors to a 4-0-1 record with his Nurgle Chaos Space Marines and captured not only the Best Generalship award but the Best Overall Renaissance Man Award as well. Dave's efforts earned him a significant sum of prize support and invites to both the Sprue Posse and Nova

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Below are the army lists for the SLO Ironman held over Martin Luther King weekend. Full tournament results and final standings are here. Congratulations again to Reece Robbins for winning the Ironman event and earning a slot in the Sprue Posse Invitational!First PlaceReece Robbins - EldarHQEldradAvatarTroops Rangers x5Dire Avengers x10Guardians x10 and Seer (Shuriken Cannon, Destructor,

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The Sprue Posse Grand Prix is underway with an interesting field dominated by, surprise! Space Wolves! It remains to be seen if volume translates into victory.Update: Day 1 is complete and the meat grinder that is this circuit is already taking its toll on some of the more famous top players. Still, some renowned participants are at the top of the list: Dave Fay and Jon Regul stand out in

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The Tourney standings page is up with tracking for 2011 player of the year, 2011 events, and lifetime ELO standings for sanctioned events. The 2010 page still exists in post form. You can find it following the archive link.

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SLOW PLAY AND STALLING Both slow play and stalling are infractions against tournament rules for the Sprue Posse events. Both infractions are difficult to clearly spot and police as they are somewhat subjective in nature. Below are the definitions of each, examples of each and the action the judging staff will take against the infractions. As with all violations of tourney rules, if you are

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Update: Full army lists from this event can be found here.The Cal Poly SLO Ironman was held on Saturday and hosted at the Super Winter Minicon at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Special thanks to Alex Haag for organizing this 40k tournament and Game Theory ch2 for hosting the convention!A hearty congratulations to Reece Robbins for piloting his Eldar to victory in the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ironman

Kevin Nashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503985277633882927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207001701749452948.post-43761177236593722272011-01-18T06:00:00.000-08:002011-01-26T10:18:27.523-08:00

Due to demand from some other TO's I've put together some guidelines to tournament sanctioning for our ELO tracking and list database. I thought I'd outline that here.The below criteria are required to be sanctioned by our gaming group. What does sanctioning do for you? Well for starters I'll promote your event right here. After the event I'll put up all the results complete with any data

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The Sprue Posse Grand Prix participant list is below. Note we do have a single slot available. If you would like to play in this tournament you can click the "buy now" button in the upper right hand corner of this blog and purchase a 25 dollar ticket using paypal. First come first serve. Once someone has purchased the final ticket I'll be removing the buy now button and locking the below

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A couple of last minute cancellations have put these tickets back in play. There are exactly two tickets now available. This is your last chance to get them.I have re-enabled the "Buy Now" button in the upper right hand corner of this blog. Tickets are $25 dollars payable via paypal. First come first serve. If you are interested in participating in this event you now have a second chance if

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