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W40K -- Canopener 2020 -- Wargaming for Charity

2020-07-28T19:51:00.001+12:00

Wargaming for Charity --- Canopener 2020

One of my all time favourite events in Wargaming is this tourney. Playing with miniature armies but at the same time doing something for the community and supporting the Auckland mission winter kitchens with donations is awesome! This event is steeped in history and goes back a couple of decades past my time at our local Club 'ACG Inc', here in Auckland NZ. Always good to see 40k scene doing their bit and showing off their generosity to the max. This year we raised just over 500 cans for the cause and would have raised more but we're limiting the size of our events due to Covid this year. Only smaller events till next year hits for our community.

The day consisted of 1000pt armies and 4 games of 1v1 using ITC scenarios. The crowd was full of new players and it was the last hurrah for 8th edition of 40k. 9th edition has hit the shelves and all that new plastic will have to wait till the next event. So with familiar 8th edition armies we saw a good mix of factions in the field, with Marines making up a majority. I took Tau for the day and the drones repulsed some serious amount of fire power incoming.

Congratulations to the winners and to the very closely fought final games. The Title was decided by 1pt on the scenario. Third place had also only lost by a couple of points when he faced off against the Champion. Well done Liam for being crowned the eventual Victor!! Many thanks to all the competitors who came to support the event. Without you guys we wouldn't have such a friendly and welcoming wargaming show. Keep he wargaming strong and tell all your friends what a great game this is.

Results.

	Player	Score
1	Liam H	4091	IH
2	Julien	3183	Ultra
3	James W	3181	DE
4	David H	3155	Tau
5	Warren R	3149	Marines
6	David M	2285	Eldar
7	Charlie	2270	IH
8	Dylan	2264	AM
9	Raymond	2260	Necrons
10	Phil	2247	Tau
11	Milton	2242.1
12	Jeff	2242
13	Hennie	2233
14	Luke	1745
15	Andrew	1742
16	Ben R	1360
17	Ronin	1334
18	Sam P	429
19	Marcel	412
20	Matt P	404
21	Jacob T	400.8
22	TJ	400.7
23	Daniel V	400.6
24	Tim L	400.5
25	Rich	400.4
26	Cody M	400.3
27	Ben L	400.2
28	Daniel C	400

	Best Paint	Milton
	Best Sport	Sam P
	Young Blood	Ronin

If you every are in Auckland, NZ. Come visit our humble club on the link Here.

Stacks of cans that will no doubt be put to good use in the Missions kitchen's.

Bloodthirster chews through my Riptide easily.

Sam's impressive Looted knight.

Apocalypse 2020 - Pandemonium edition

2020-07-10T12:57:00.003+12:00

Always time for one of my favourite formats of the game of 40k, Apocalypse. We do it oldskool here in Auckland for Apoc games and just use straight 8th ed rules. We've held almost 10 games in this way and have had no problems getting to turn 6+ before 5pm in the afternoon with a 9am start. This time out we held two tables of 5v5, with 3000pts each player, which makes a massive battle of 15,000pts vs 15000pts. Playing with endless reserves as a rule the battle kept rolling through out the day. Much enjoyment had by the score of peeps taking part.

We had a roomy venue and lots of different armies taking part for this mid year affair. The second Apoc game is usually held just before Xmas and will be 9th ed by the looks. The atmosphere was cool, calm and relaxed where you could just roll dice with careless abandon. Perfect for a day of games with good company. I'll just let the pictures speak for a superb day had by all.

Many thanks to the ACG Club guys for attending and special mention to Ben for most of the epic pics!

Prebattle coffee and a gnatter

The Ork waaagh was prolific

The Xenos vs Imperium main table

Knights was the backbone of the massive battler

Ultra marines added their firepower to the battle

Tau vs Pandemonium table

The MVP's for each table

The Crew!

Exterminatus 2020 - W40k Doubles Results

2020-02-23T10:17:00.000+13:00

Doubles W40k has become the staple of wargamers looking for a fun and action filled day of hobby down here in NZ. Exterminatus hosted 40 enthusiasts for 3 games of ITC scenarios over the course of a Sunday. The fact that modern busy lives means less time for hobby pursuits, makes a Oneday competition a pretty attractive option to roll your games out. Having 900pt armies with your doubles pair and running a full 1800pts together gives variety to the already full competitive 40k scene.

The tournament was run with the help of 'Spellbound games - Auckland' and 'Auckland City Guard Inc (ACG) - Auckland'. One a popular FLGS in Highland Park and the other a Non-profit Games group with Games meets on Tue, Wed and Sundays around the Auckland area (Parnell & Highland park). If you're just starting or a veteran of the games, go support them as they are helping your community grow games. Join in the fun and help build and make bigger the already thriving hobby.

With a good solid field of players we saw a varied field with Marines notably dotted around the landscape. Still great to see the spread of almost every codex represented in the field for a very picturesque assemble of the Warhammer universe. There were some notable popular choices and Iron Father Feirros was at the forefront of many armies.

Here is the results.

Congratulations to the winners and all those attendees that made it a memorable hobby day for all!!

	Team Name		Score		Army

1	Wang Bros		60.1		IH/IH
2	Team 3 of 20		60		IH/IH
3	Your Turn		51		IH/Tyranids
4	Something Witty		49.3
5	Pity Points		49.2
6	12 cents in the bank		49.1
7	Cole Train		49
8	Flesh and Iron		47
9	Sleep Deprived		46
10	Uneasy Alliance		44
11	Pox PoxWalkers		43
12	Chaos Eldar		40
13	10mins late boss		39
14	Big Daddy		38
15	It was only a kiss		37
16	The Greatest Good		36
17	Winky Dinky Dog		35.1
18	Damiens Team		35
19	Dan & Ryan		29
20	Elfstar		24

	Best Paint	Michael S
	Best Sport	Something Witty		Charlie & Ian

Best Painted - Tyranids

Notable - Iron Hands

A great day of hobby had by all. Great atmosphere in the room and all credit to the attendees for putting on the friendly show of our hobby. You guys represented our group superbly and the many spectators who saw the impressive show will surely join our growing ranks of hobbyists.

Don't forget to stay tuned and come and support our events in the future.

Follow the link here to the ACG Club's facebook page Here.

A massive thank you to our Sponsors, without whom we'd be hard pressed to put on the show. Go support them and show them that we're there to support them too.

Vagabond Games & Spellybound Games & Livewire Games.

Arch Enemy 2019 - Warhammer 40k Doubles

2019-08-06T21:34:00.000+12:00

Arch Enemy had great numbers of 30+ even though a few teams had to remain home due to the nasty flu that is going about mid winter (Nurge was rife). With the doubles format popular in Auckland we took the opportunity to run a event scaled up to 900pts each to test for the upcoming GuardCon 2019 convention. This meant that in a 2v2 it would be 1800pts vs 1800pts on a standard 6x4 table.

We saw some interesting combinations for teams and everyone took a bit of variety to the competition. Doubles is always a great starting point and guaranteed fun when it comes to 8th edition 40k. The atmosphere was lighthearted and friendly all day. Great place to catch up with regular faces or meet new players.

Here is the results for the day.

Arch Enemy 2019 - 40k Doubles results

		ITC	Tie	S		Tot
1	PG Bag Riders			1	Knights/Chaos TS	60
2	For the greater Nom	88	0.2	1	Tau/Tyranids	51.2
3	Pick on your own size	85	0.1		Tau/Chaos Nurgle	51.1
4	Cheesy Custodes	40		3	Custodes	51
5	1st place or garage sale				Eldar/Tau	49
6	Team Christmas Marines					46
7	Black Pink			1		41
8	Ghostkeel Gang					38
9	Touched by a Nurgling					36
10	Team Jacob		0.1	1		34.1
11	For the greater tank					34
12	Blood Chron Alliance					30
13	Black Death			1		19
14	Team Phil		0.3			18.3
15	Father Eldar		0.2			18.2
16	Deadly Watch		0.1			18.1
17	Black Ork					18
18	Montka Speed Waaagh					17

	Best Sports	Cheesy Custodes

	Best Paint	TJ Lowen

Guaranteed for you and your miniatures to get in some fun times over a weekend. Come and join us for our upcoming events: -

August - Canopener 40k 900pt Singles, Onedayer of 4 games Here.

September - GuardCon 40K Doubles, 2 Day Convention of 5 games Here.

Visit 'Auckland City Guard' on facebook for events Here.

Congratulations to the prize getters.

MonsterCon 2019 - 40k doubles results

2019-05-27T16:28:00.000+12:00

Another fine weekend of wargames at MonsterCon 2019. The tournament introduced the first ITC doubles format to the country and it was a splendid success by all accounts. The reports from all the competitors seemed up beat and positive, which is great feedback to continue with the format. Plus the 3 games my team played was probably the some of the best action in 40k on the table top for a fair while. Some truly spectacular games were played.

Thank you to all the competitors and the Umpires that helped to make the tournament such a enjoyment. Also a massive nod to our sponsors for making it happen as well over the weekend. Spellbound Games & Vagabond Games are champions, and their links will follow the post. Go and shop with them as they will have exclusive discounts for the tournament faithful and also some awesome pricing for your hobby needs.

Here follows the results and big ups to those new and familiar to our tournaments. Come join us for more fun in our future events. Congratulations to all the victors!!.

		Tie Break	Total Pts	paint	sport	ITC
1	Pick on your own size	0.1	80.1	4
2	Biomass		80	3	1
3	The Blood Cron Alliance	0.5	71.5			81
4	Baldy and Beanie	0.4	71.4	4	1	78
5	Winky Dinky Dog	0.3	71.3		1	77
6	Decafex	0.2	71.2		1	67
7	Red & Gold	0.1	71.1			43
8	Black and Gold	0.1	69.1	1	2
9	Pirates of the 40 Bean		69	1
10	Lemme Smash	0.1	61.1		2
11	Black Pink		61
12	Emperor is a Necron	0.1	60.1		1
13	Winged Drop & Blade		60
14	Gross Weebs		56		1
15	Alien Alliance		54		1
16	Boyz in blue		51	1	1
17	Assorted Aquilar		50	1	1
18	Bicycle Man		49	1	1
19	M and M		39		1
20	Tanks out/ Bugs out		38		1

Best Paints: Matt E & Brendan K

Best Sports: Mitchell H & Chris Mc --- Richard H & Phil W

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Room full of wargaming content.

Iconic combat in the very first round of the tournment. "Guilliman vs Trajan"

Trajan smashes 8 wounds and recieves none in return.

A Custodes & Deathwatch force go on a monster hunt.

Some superb painted forces were in attendance.

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We have to all do our part to help it grow.

MonsterCon 2019 - The 9th Age tournament

2019-04-08T23:23:00.001+12:00

It's official, Monstercon is back for 2019. Come along to the 9th Age tournament where the more Gribbly your army is the better. Bring your Beasts and Monsters to battle for glory on the battlefield. Time to roll some dice with more monsters, more points and more fun.

RSVP ASAP to guarantee yourself a spot in some 5000pt vs 5000pt point madness!

MonsterCon 2019 - The 9th Age tournament

18th & 19th of May, Auckland NZ.

5 Games of 5000pts over two days to decide the Champion

To be won...

'The MonsterCon Trophy' & much more prizes

Let the Monsters battle!!

*** Email to register at Wouster7@hotmail.com ***

Equinox 2019 - Warhammer 40k results.

2019-04-01T21:53:00.001+13:00

What a fantastic weekend of gaming for the IX th edition of the Equinox tournament. I have not seen a gathering of such spectacular painted armies in a while. Played in good spirit the tournament was relaxed and very enjoyable from the feedback got among the competitors and the Umpiring team.

With the W40k scene growing exponentially here in Auckland and around the country. We will definitely make sure that we have more space at our next few events. Tournaments we hold are there to develop and grow the community. If you get a chance, do come and enjoy a weekend of fun with like minded fellow Wargamers.

We had a very good variety of different codex armies, and that made for some very good competitive matches played throughout the event. It was also encouraging to see a Ork army leading into Day 2 of the competition and bar the final game that army would have been the Champion. So here is the results and congrats to the Victor and also the whole entire field for showing off our hobby to all those spectators in such a good light!

			Battle	Sports	Paint	Tie Break	Total
1	Ben Clarke	Eldar	93	12.5	12.5	0.1	118.1
2	Chris Ward	AM	93	12.5	12.5		118
3	Edmund Whittaker	Eldar	87	12.5	12.5		112
4	Finn Decker	Knights	86	12.5	12.5	0.1	111.1
5	Sterling Arnet	Eldar	86	12.5	12.5		111
6	Dean Oldham	Orks	81	12.5	12.5		106
7	Anthony Davy	Knights	80	12.5	12.5		105
8	Sam Barnard	Tau	79	12.5	12.5	0.1	104.1
9	Hamish Reeve	GSC	79	12.5	12.5		104
10	Pascal Roggen	Knights	78	12.5	12.5	0.1	103.1
11	Michael Sheahan	Nids	78	12.5	12.5		103
12	Daniel Jordan	Sisters	76	12.5	12.5		101
13	Cameron Robertson	BA	75	12.5	12.5		100
14	Adam Thornton	GSC	72	12.5	12.5		97
15	Alistair Morgan	DW	69	12	12.5	0.1	93.6
16	Scott Nicholls	DA	69	12	12.5		93.5
17	Haydn Korach	Daemons	68	12.5	12.5		93
18	Ashley Pitman	AM	67	12.5	12.5		92
19	David March	Eldar	66	12	12.5		90.5
20	Ben McIntosh	Eldar	65	12.5	12.5		90
21	Daniel Hayden	Orks	64	12.5	12.5	0.1	89.1
22	Rich Holtzhausen	DG	64	12.5	12.5		89
23	Ivan Soo	Knights	63	12.5	12.5		88
24	Nathan Covavich	Knights	60	12.5	12.5		85
25	Kyle Wilson	TS	54	12.5	12.5		79
26	T.J. Lowen	Custodes	53	12.5	12.5		78
27	Brendan Knight	WS	52	12.5	10		74.5
28	Logan March	Orks	46	12.5	12.5		71
29	Greg Henderson	Ultra	44	12.5	12.5		69
30	Cameron Lyell	Tau	38	12.5	12.5		63
31	Nick Brunner	DA	31	12.5	3.125		46.625
32	Ryoma Ashikaga	AM	21	12.5	12.5		46
33	Phil Wu	Ultra	17	12.5	12.5		42
34	Nik Barthow	DA	5	12.5	10		27.5
35	Anton Allen	Orks	5	12.5	3.125	0.1	20.725
36	Jess Ewan	DW	5	12.5	3.125		20.625

	Best Spot	Ben Mc
	Best Paint	Anthony

Keep an eye out for our upcoming events in the next few months.

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Wouster7@hotmail.com

--- Champions gallery ---

Here is Anthony's Winning best presented army

Here are some honorable mentions

The Ork Horde swarming on the top of Day 2.

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The 9th Age - Equinox 2019 -Tournament

2019-03-11T22:12:00.000+13:00

Gold Edition for T9A is out so lets run it at the 9th edition of Equinox! Generals, gather your troops and come compete for the Equinox Cup here in Auckland. The spoils will be fought over 5 rounds of 4500pts. Let the games begin!

The 9th Age - Equinox 2019 -Tournament

6th & 7th of April, Auckland NZ.

5 Games of 4500pts over two days to decide the Champion
To be won...

'The Equinox Cup' & much more prizes

Come lead your armies into battle for the spoils of war!!

*** Email to register at Wouster7@hotmail.com ***

MonsterCon 2018 - W40k doubles

2018-07-30T18:45:00.000+12:00

Doubles is just the right mix of hobby and enjoying the experience with a mate as you negotiate the Grim Dark of W40k combat. GW's 8th edition has given us a great opportunity to hold events that have seen good numbers of hobbyists throughout. Enjoying your hobby is key and doubles gets better and better. The smaller points makes sure you get close to/or completing your game at every encounter and leaving you wanting more. In designing the event, that's exactly what we were aiming for.

MonsterCon this year saw 48 competitors (24 teams) compete in the W40k competition. This fitted perfectly in our regular venue at the Hotel. With catered food and a bar it was the perfect place to host some doubles Warhammer. Big thanks goes to all those who came and competed in the right spirit. Good to also see so many new faces that are either attending tournaments more regularly or starting their hobby adventure with W40k.

Well played to all who competed and grats to the winners.

MonsterCon 2018 W40k Doubles results:

1	Team Toko		75
2	Superfantastic		67
3	Harlecrons		66
4	Hatman		62
5	Wholetthenedsout		59
6	Dazed and Confused		58
7	Something beginning Death		56
8	Team GT		55
9	Magnus & Co		55
10	Custard Knights		54
11	Sam & Jed		51
12	Diametrically opposed		49
13	Facemelter		47
14	Deathwatchtanks		46
15	Ben & Raymond		44
16	Greypower		41
17	Big red machine		41
18	Slowmo		34
19	P.W. Fan Club		31
20	Dunecrawler		29
21	Team Nik		19
22	Team Phil		18
23	Team Oscar		16
24	Team Chris		15

	Best Sport	Haydn & Oliver
	Best Paint	Stephen

Thank you to you all for your positive comments. We can see that a visible timer clock with time remaining maybe useful in keeping everyone on time. We'll see what we can do in the following events this year for sure.

Remember that GuardCon 2018 is on in late September. Email me or the event page to get in quick and support your community. We're already gathering heaps of new terrain and have help from the community to make it a spectacular event this year. Keep the games fun and see you at a table soon.

GuardCon 2018

2018-06-03T23:08:00.001+12:00

** GuardCon 2018 **

ACG Club's annual convention of Wargaming.

Featuring the largest Warhammer 40K doubles tournament in NZ,
(We're aiming for 100 for just the W40K)
Also in attendance: 9th Age: Fantasy Battle, Age of Sigmar,
The Hobbit/LOTR, X-Wing, Board gaming and more!!

Hosted by Equinox Tournaments in association with the ACG Club.

When: 29th & 30th of September,
Venue: Auckland Bridge Club.

Email for Information & Registration now at

guardcon@outlook.co.nz

Sponsored by:

(The tournament is open for FLGS who would like to help sponsor the event. Please get in touch and help us build the community)

Arch Enemy 2018 - Warhammer 40K Doubles

2018-04-19T16:12:00.000+12:00

Arch Enemy held this year was W40K doubles format. It was a great opportunity to test a few ideas and also to fine tune the System that we plan to have in place with GuardCon in September. It attracted a good crowd as 40K doubles really does encourage some friendly banter and fun times. With four players to a table, it creates some memorable moments that you and your mate can celebrate or lament together.

With a good spread of twenty teams we got some great C&C over the weekend. Some spectacular games were witnessed and great fun was had. From the experience we can say that a much easier and neater scoring system will be used in our next event which will fix almost all the issues we encountered. Also smaller Army points allowance for each team will speed up games, making sure each team still has enough points so they can field an effective force whichever faction they choose. Expect a up to date players pack at our next event 'International Tabletop Day' in April.

Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to the competitors. Continue to support your local events and lets build on the great game we have community!

Arch Enemy 2018 Leaderboard:

1	Team Ben	96
2	No Beta Club	87
3	Mmm Yes Slaanesh	83
4	Pox unto you	82
5	Phoenix	77
6	We Be Screwed	72
7	The Greater Guard	71
8	Wobbles	68
9	Grevious	66
10	Team GT	65.1
11	Marchosaur	65
12	Nids hell	58
13	The Fags	56
14	Spelunkers	53.1
15	Omniflex	53
16	The Devilled Fish	52
17	Team smash	51
18	Corrupted Steel	48
19	R & J	47
20	Champions of the Word	36

	Best Sports	Team Smash
	Best Paint	Glen

Good mix of new and veteran players at the event.

Team work makes the game!

Good atmosphere all day for some spectacular games.

Top Table clash last round.

Thank you to our Sponsors:

Equinox 2018 - Tournament Report

2018-03-20T04:50:00.004+13:00

Wargaming interest in the North Island of NZ is super strong at the moment and Equinox was run at the beginning of March so Hobbyists could rock their game during tournament season. This year saw a strange phenomenon which we haven't seen before of Hobbyists almost all registering their interest within three weeks till the tournament start. This meant that to ensure the tournament didn't see a huge loss, the venue was downsized for the Wargaming section of the convention. Some might say we upgraded as well, since we were Wargaming at the 'Auckland Rose Park Hotel' with full Bar, Restaurant, and Air Conditioning. Hosting almost 50 players, the venue was a den of happy gamers.

Help us Event Organisers out Hobbyists. Pre-register early so that the tournament can have the time and resources to prep and plan a awesome weekend for you to enjoy fully. With almost 30 on the waitlist wanting to come to Equinox on the books and no space because of the smaller venue, we couldn't capitalize on perhaps another large gathering for our hobby . If those waitlisted had been a little earlier in the show of interest, then it would have seen another super sized event that regularly happens at this annual Convention. The more attendees at an event means that we can promote our game to the public better and this is why we do this isn't it? We all want to grow our hobby so it doesn't just stay a small niche market. Lets do it better next event and make the hobby great again!

This year Equinox concentrated on the ever growing strength of numbers of Warhammer 40K and Fantasy battle. We saw travellers and locals competing at the Auckland venue and it created a great friendly rivalry between the group. It was spectacular to see Old and new players finding joy again playing their game at the venue. I for one have got wargaming in the blood and to see it amongst the whole group was a marvelous thing to witness.

Warhammer 40K Results

This year we had a great contingent from the Far North and Lower North Island providing some stiff competition for the locals. We saw a seasawing at the top of the tables with Tau, Tyranids, AM, Chaos and a few other factions all closely packed for the first days honours. It would be a very competitive second day that would decide the top tables. With so many varied factions and lists the majority of attendees reported that they were all enjoying the experience too.

Astra Militarum has been dominating events both here in Auckland and around the world lately. At Equinox, their dominance was going to be sorely tested. It was going to be a test of Strategic skill and the fall of dice to decide the Champion.

			adj Paint	Bat	KP	Tie	Total
1	Scott Paterson	Tau	14.3	95	39		109.3
2	Pascal Roggen	BA	14.3	91	70	0.1	105.4
3	Ben Clarke	CD	14.3	91	62		105.3
4	Felix Nesbit	Tyranids	10	91	33		101
5	Aidan Corlett	Tyranids	14.3	86	68	0.1	100.4
6	Adam Thornton	Tyranids	14.3	86	31		100.3
7	Chris Ward	AM	14.3	82	70	0.5	96.8
8	Simon Smith	AM	14.3	82	68	0.4	96.7
9	Andrew Bartosh	Alpha	14.3	82	52	0.3	96.6
10	Dave Hodgetts	CSM	14.3	82	52	0.2	96.5
11	Haydn Korach	CD	14.3	82	49	0.1	96.4
12	Michael Sheahan	Tyranids	14.3	82	39		96.3
13	Ignus Ferreira	AM	14.3	81	51		95.3
14	Henare Akari	DA	14.3	77	41		91.3
15	Ben McIntosh	Ynnari	14.3	73	49	0.6	87.9
16	Kyle Wilson	BA	14.3	73	37	0.5	87.8
17	Sam barnard	Tau	14.3	73	36	0.4	87.7
18	Cameron Lyell	Tau	14.3	73	34	0.3	87.6
19	Justin Reti	Admech	14.3	73	22	0.2	87.5
20	Ivan Soo	Tyranids	14.3	73	22	0.1	87.4
21	Greg Henderson	Ultra	14.3	73	19		87.3
22	Scott Nicholl	DA	14.3	72	40		86.3
23	Oliver Scott-Hushes	Necron	10	73	17		83
24	Alistair Morgan	DW	14.3	68	38	0.1	82.4
25	Dean Oldham	CSM	14.3	68	38		82.3
26	Josef Arnet	Orks	11.44	64	30		75.44
27	Ryoma Ashikaga	AM	7.15	64	25		71.15
28	Cole Mendoza	Tau	14.3	55	13		69.3
29	Conal Evans	Aeldari	14.3	50.1	0	0.1	64.4
30	Ghost	DA	14.3	50	0		64.3

	Best Paint		Bartosh	7 votes
	Best Sport		Josef	3 votes

Congratulations to the Champions. The tournament had been designed to encourage maximum carnage and Kill points was the key to winning the tournament (mentioned in the morning pre-tournament brief) More complexity is planned for our next tournaments with a emphasis on making sure that it doesn't impact on the time required to play. With only 2hrs 30 in rounds, it left the game slightly tight for 2000pts. All those factors will be taken into consideration with future Players packs.

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle

Good field of contestants and short a fair few regulars with real life commitments this time around. It would of been great to see more players support this event from around the country but ultimately it's a big journey if you don't live local. The tournament will endeavour to provide more advance notice where we can. It's good that the game is getting more traction and exposure and hopefully from word of mouth we can jump start this amazing real Fantasy Battle game into a heavyweight in the future.

This time around the tournament was using the Ver 2 Beta rules. I hear from good sources that this will be the stable rules for the next foreseeable future. It plays amazingly well and is an excellent design with signature innovation. If you've been a WHFB or other type of Fantasy Battle enthusiast then this ranked battle game you should definitely give a go. Use a Army builder and it makes it easy to create your lists for tournaments. The ability to build multiple lists to chose from will not only make you enjoy the game better, it will make submitting your lists to tournaments a breeze.

With Ver 2 so new to the community there wasn't a meta just yet. Equinox was a great way to test your army and play in a tournament environment with multiple new opponents. From the games I saw, you were rewarded if you stacked the phases to your advantage and was rewarded with action vs inaction.

			Total	Late	Paint	Tie
1	Mccrae Loudon	Sylvan	126.1			0.1
2	James Brown	Dread	126	-4
3	Glenn Patel	Vampire	111
4	Basil Moskovis	Vampire	107
5	Nick Irvine	Sylvan	105
6	E.J. Loef	Infernal	100
7	Glen Tibbles	Warriors	96
8	John Willenbruch	Kingdom	95	-4
9	Damian Treanor	Dwarf	90
10	Ken Hay	Dwarf	89
11	Richard Holtzhausen	Vermin	86
12	Kelly Gragg	Ogre	77
13	Josh Workman	Saurian	74
14	Chris Ellis	Vampire	70.1			0.1
15	Phil Wu	High Elves	70
16	Brian Wigzell	High Elves	65.7		-4.3

	Best Paint = Kelly	6 votes
	Best Sport = Rich	3 votes

NB:

1. There were numerous late lists and we waived the first offence. Multiple repeated resubmits are not acceptable in any situation and a minor 4pts was deducted. We will look at this situation moving forward and perhaps introduce a disqualification for repeated offences. A more concise list of strict penalties will be available in future. Honestly we never thought anyone could muck up repeatedly in this age of gaming support apps.

2. Penalties were not added to your scores during swiss chess so it would not in any way affect match ups to give advantage or disadvantage.

3. Scores were open to view at all times to all competitors through to round 4 of the 5 round event.

4. The tournament used multiple Umpires from ACG to help run the event and this is the usual policy with all events Equinox tournaments run.

A Big thank you to our Sponsors. Go support them as they help

us make events happen for you!!

The Winners of the raffle were

Stan

Ken

Chris

If you're up in Auckland and Wargame, Board Game or Card Game then visit the ACG Club in central Auckland. Click Here.

ARCH ENEMY 2018 W40K Doubles

2018-03-08T16:22:00.000+13:00

Warhammer 40k doubles. Ally with your gaming buddy and register to enter the battlefield of Warhammer 40K!!

25th March 2018

Registrations and Questions to:

Wouster7@hotmail.com

Location: Parnell, Auckland.

***Aircon, Restaurant, Bar and Free Carparking onsite***

Event page, Click HERE.

Bring your mate as an Ally to our W40k doubes tournament. You will field 900pts each for a total of 1800pts v 1800pts, fought on a table of 6'x4'.
1. Three games of 2v2 , with 2hr30min rounds.
2. LOW and FW are allowed
3. This is a beginner friendly tournament and if you want to join in you don't have to be a club member. We however will have club members who can ally with you if you want to enter as a single competitor.
4. There will be prizes for 1st to 3rd, Best Paint, Best Sport and a whole lot of spot prizes too.

Exterminatus 2018 - Results

2018-01-25T00:06:00.002+13:00

Exterminatus 2018 was the second tournament we ran using the Random Doubles W40k rules. It was held as a one day event, which allowed a few competitors a chance to come play, whom would otherwise find it hard to come to a traditional 2 day tournament. Numbers were great and we got our 32 man cap quite easily to the event.

A big thank you needs to go out to the Host Spellbound games and also all the field of competitors for playing in the right spirit on a very hot and muggy weekend in Auckland. First we had a tropical cyclone hit the top of the North Island and then a blazing few humid days to add to the frenetic weather conditions. We were lucky that everyone was so engrossed in the fun of 40k action that we made it through to the other side.

The system for W40k Random doubles meant that you were teamed with a unknown Ally and fighting a unpredictable opposition team each game. It made for surprising match ups as the Ally you may have just been playing with could be your opponent the very next game. No Swiss-chess predictability here, which was also the challenge if you were to win the event. So the victor of this tournament really deserves his win as it proved once again that the standard Space marine is still
supreme if played right. Here are the results.

Exterminatus 2018 - Results

1	Sam		38	Black Templars
2	Nikola		36	Astra Mil
3	Ed		34.1	Tau
4	Stefan		34	Dark Angels
5	Cole		32	Tyranids
6	Stuart		31.2	Astra Mil
7	Jed		31.1	Iron Hands
8	Caleb		31	Aeldari - Drukhari
9	Conal		29	Aeldari
10	Michael S		28.1	Tyranids
11	Matt		28
12	Chris B		27
13	Simon		24.3
14	Josef		24.2
15	Chris M		24.1
16	Ty		24
17	Stan		23.2
18	Neal		23.1
19	Oliver		23
20	Kyle		22.1
21	David		22
22	Greg		21.1
23	Jack		21
24	Alistair		20
25	Damien		19
26	Michael P		18
27	Mike L		17
28	Phil W		15.4
29	Nathan		15.3
30	Deepesh		15.2
31	Connor Hutton		15.1
32	Dan Stark		15

	Best Sport	Stan
	Best Paint	Simon

My favourite image for the tournament was this.

It was iconic to see a full flight of Dark Angels facing off the horde upon a battle scarred Imperium world. Only hot plasma holding off defeat and Lasguns crackling on armour plate tearing and ripping to topple your ranks. Suffice it to say that I went and checked the game a few times over the course.

Gots to luv a good WAAGGHHHH!!!

The eventual peer voted 'Best Painted Army'. Mechanised Orks.

Well braved gents, that Souring Auckland humidity.

Everyone was more interested in their fun as games, Doubles rocks!

After two of these Random doubles events it was good to have a sit down and a chat about the validity of the Random partner selection to continue on to bigger events. Reflecting back to the biggest doubles tournament that was held in Auckland recently, which was 'GuardCon 2017', with 80 participants as a reference point. The T.O's genuinely felt that the reason normal doubles is more popular is the fact that you can play the whole tournament with your buddy. Knowing that you have your battle brother for all five games of the two day event seems the major plus as well as the predictability of list designing to complement each others force. Both 'Random Doubles' and 'Regular Doubles' definitely has its place in the tournament calendar. After running a few events now, I can say that 'Regular Doubles' is definitely the choice with a 40+ field of players, and 'Random Doubles' would work best as a Single day event up to 40 players for the now.

Big Thanks to our Sponsors

Juggernaut 2018 - Warhammer 40K random doubles tournament

2018-01-08T19:04:00.001+13:00

Warhammer 40K doubles events seem to be on the rise. They give you the opportunity to make an otherwise 2 person game into much more of a social event. The atmosphere is friendly and the game play is jovial. No wonder it is gaining momentum. It brings out players who want to be competitive and those who are more about the hobby and social side of Warhammer 40k.

Warhammer 40K doubles events usually aren't ranked like Singles (1v1) events. With the introduction of 'Random pairing' each round of the doubles event, it is possible to adjust the tournament so that you can easily find individual goals that give each competitor a unique score for each round played. Juggernaut 2018, we did just that and had scoring conditions that meant every one was able to achieve a unique score every game. With the Random pairing element making it a much more social occasion too.

Here is the results for the first trial of Random pairs 40K doubles that we tried.

Juggernaut 2018 - W40k Random Doubles:
(1000pts ea, 2v2 Doubles)

1	Sam B - Tau		40
2	Kyle - Daemons		39
3	Stan - Admech		31.1
4	Josef - Orks		31
5	Dan S - Death Guard		30
6	Rich G - Admech		29
7	Cole		28
8	Chris M		27
9	Michael S		26.1
10	Oliver		26
11	Phil		25
12	James C		22
13	Chris B		21
14	Deepesh		20.1
15	James O		20
16	Sterling		18.1
17	Reuben		18
18	Christian		17
19	Jesse		16
20	Dave R		15

	Best Paint	Rich G
	Best Sport	James C

The expertly piloted XV109 Y'vahra, laying waste to the opposition.

Reception post tournament was positive and encouraging. Everyone seemed to have had fun and the restrictions on LOW in such a low points engagement meant lists were much more varied. Even my foot slogger Dark Angels had a good day out on the Table top. We will be holding more of these casual events so keep your eye out and come and participate, meet the crowd :)

DA plasma face the oncoming Admech charge!

The Ork Horde

Death roller and Ork truck charge!

Robotzz!

The next event will be "Exterminatus 2018 - Random 40K Doubles'.

Click for the Event page HERE.

Details & Rego at wouster7@hotmail.com.

Many Thanks to our sponsors and you the competitor,

without whom we wouldnt have such a great community.

Equinox 2018

2017-12-06T18:23:00.000+13:00

Plan for the weekend now Guys!
Equinox is back on the 3rd & 4th of March 2018.

Wargaming Convention with multiple systems.

--- Auckland Central ---

Warhammer 40k

Fantasy Battle T9A

Age of Sigmar

X-Wing

and more, with details to come....

Contact: wouster7@hotmail.com

Read about previous Equinox tournaments:-

The most recent tournament in 2017.

Another Equinox held for Gamers.

Here.

NZ Wargaming Invitationals 2017 - Results

2017-11-23T17:30:00.001+13:00

The second annual NZ Wargaming Invitational has just been held over the weekend. We had solid competitive turnout this year so it should from now on be cemented into the Hobbyists calendar of events every year. NZWI is hosted at a fully catered hotel venue with a restaurant and bar so you can relax and just concentrate on having a fun gaming weekend. Contestants brought their best lists to compete and we have our Champions.

With the ever expanding list of events in NZ, the community is growing fast. NZWI hosted Warhammer 40K & The 9th Age: Fantasy battle this year and will expand the number of systems if the numbers demand. With all the tournament results around the country available to NZWI now our database of players for NZ is becoming more complete. We will endeavor to work on the invite process and new systems that join the event over the course of the next rankings year. Keep it free on your calendar and come join us and compete in future NZWI end of year events.

Warhammer 40k : T.O: Christian

The competition was over 5 rounds using 8th edition rules and with 2000pts. Competitors gained their invite by placing in the top 10 of a NZ W40k tournament. It was a pleasure to host such a able group with a good half of the field also in the top 25 of the NZ rankings. Here is the results for the W40k competition.

1	Chris Ward	97
2	Haydn Korach	73
3	Andrew Bartosh	69
4	Kyle Wilson	67
5	Ivan Soo	67
6	Cole Mendoza	62
7	Glen Tibbles	58
8	Ben McIntosh	55
9	Regan Harris	52
10	Connor Hutton	42
11	Jess Curtis	41
12	Josef Arnet	37
13	Gordon Pilot	28
14	George Williams	21

Best Paint: Glen

Best Sport: Ben

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle: T.O: Phil.

Fantasy Battle numbers has grown and 9th Age has captured the imagination of generals around the world. Another huge turnout for ETC (European Team Champs) this year means that the game is growing and the interest is strong. NZ has a fledgling community and it was brilliant to get so many travelers from out of town and from overseas to compete at this years event. Some truely competitive and some whacky lists made the cut and the competition was very close throughout the two days.

		Day One	Overall

1	Jack	45	73
2	James	45	69
3	EJ	44	67
4	Erdem	25	59
5	John	37	57
6	Ken H	23	51
7	Rich	17	50
8	Tom C	33	48.1
9	Michael	34	48
10	Ethan	34	45.1
11	Glen	21	45
12	Josh	33	43
13	Jacob	20	33
14	Chris E	9	12

	Best Paint	Josh
	Best Sport	Jacob

A big thank you to all the competitors, the tournament staff and our sponsors for making NZWI happen for another year. Get those games onto the table top and have a fantastic upcoming year of gaming. See you across the table at the next tournament.

Big shout out to our Youngblood player Jacob who took out the spot prize.

NZ Wargaming Invitationals 2017

2017-10-20T01:04:00.001+13:00

Another year of fantastic Wargaming tournaments around the country is about to culminate with the end of year event of events. The second annual 'NZ Wargaming Invitationals' will be the pinnacle Tournament for those wargamers looking to finish off on a high after competing around the country. Headlining NZ Invitationals will be 'The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle' & 'Warhammer 40K', come November. Wargamers invited will compete to secure their own piece of history with Plaques of distinction and their name engraved on the Perpetual Trophy to celebrate the success as the Champion of that system.

NZ Invitationals are hosted annually mid-November to avoid the busy Xmas season. Rankings pages for each individual system will be used to determine the field of competitors.You earn points according to your placing in each tournament you attend in the country. With the top 3 results counting towards your total.

Your Invitation will be on it's way this

Saturday the 21st of October

NZ Wargaming Invitationals. November - Auckland.

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle

9th Age has proven itself at the biggest major European Tournament (ETC) to be the dominant Fantasy Battle system in the world. With the current edition already gaining 360,000+ downloads it can only build from strength to strength. With those kind of numbers following the game globally, it was inevitable that NZ moved to adopt the popular games system. I can personally attest to the games fantastic balanced clarity and replay-ability.
This year in New Zealand, there have been notable Conventions around the country hosting 9th Age events. The tournament results have been collated and the Top 12 competitors along with 2 Wildcards will be invited to compete at Invitationals.

Warhammer 40K

The new popular edition of WH40K has gained a massive audience here and around the world again. This year with overwhelming response from the community, Invitationals will be competed for with a capped field of 20. Tournament competitors placing in the top 10 in each NZ based tournament will be invited first with wildcards to fill the remaining places if needed.

If you are unable to make it to Invitationals this year, we will have a Twitch TV channel prepared dedicated to the event. Support your wargaming community and have a look in. More equipment is along the way for future tournaments and we are planning multiple channels in future events.

Thank you to our Sponsors.

GuardCon 2017 - Report

2017-09-20T12:46:00.003+12:00

Wargaming was at the fore this past weekend in Auckland. GuardCon hosted a massive gathering of Hobbyists at the Auckland Bridge Club. It was fantastic to see the resurgence in Warhammer in record numbers and I for one look forward to seeing more players joining the community. Thanks to our local friendly club AGC, backed by supportive sponsors, the tournaments saw everyone getting a prize.

The Atmosphere was electric, friendly and fun. If you ever want to come to a convention, GuardCon is definitely about meeting people who are like minded, playing the games that you enjoy. I've always gone to tournaments to share my hobby and to get inspiration for my future projects. What better way is there to grow your hobby by helping the community and showing off the games you play. Gone are the days of exclusivity and Conventions are all welcoming and look forward to boosting you into the games you enjoy. If you have any questions, bring them along.

GuardCon hosted, Warhammer 40k doubles, The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle, Age of Sigmar, X-Wing and Board Gaming. Thank you to all the Attendees, Sponsors, Fellow Organisers and the community for making another massive convention a success.

Here follows the results and also some photos of the event. I'll try to get a photo dump in on a following post. If you have any photo's that you want to share, please get in touch.

GuardCon W40K Doubles: T.O's: Stan & Corey.

Rank	Team Name	Tournament Total

1	Team Chris	128.53
2	Thousand Guns	114.75
3	New Meta	110.18
4	Fungi & Cheese	104.41
5	Team Min Max Spam	102.07
6	Kyle & Stan	100.89
7	Ramrod	99.73
8	Hen & Ben	96.31
9	Never Give Up	94.32
10	Bobby Timlers	91.9
11	Kamikazi	91.63
12	Aeldari United	91.02
13	Ultra Guard	89.99
14	Reagan & Jessie	89.93
15	Reclamation Legion	88.83
16	Jed & Connor	87.13
17	Martin & Ben	85.98
18	M & M	84.55
19	Paul & Greg	83.88
20	Ryoma & Cam	82.84
21	Edmund & Owen	81.73
22	Max Push-ups	80.83
23	Team DG	79.54
24	Ben C & Ben L	78.14
25	Heretic Query	76.8
26	Jessie & Nathan	75.09
27	Chris & Gordon	73.2
28	George & Chris	72.54
29	Biggie Smalls	70.05
30	Waaagh!	69.16
31	Dan & Damian	67.88
32	Westside Marines	63.3
33	Can we go home	53.24
34	The Rock	28.12
35	Waaagh 2	27.34
36	Q& M	26.83
37	Tim & Geoff	20.1
38	Ghost	20.05

Best Sports: Waaagh!
Best Paint: Julien Lestat

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle. T.O's: Rich, Mccrae & Erdem.

		BP	Army

1	Jack B	73	ID
2	Thomas B	71	WoDG
3	Tom C	69	Sylvan
4	E.J	65	ID
5	Mccrae	63	HE
6	Damian T	59	Ogre
7	Erdem O	58	HE
8	Glenn P	53	Vamp
9	Michael P	52.1	Empire
10	Basil M	52	Vamp
11	Nick L	47.1	Sylvan
12	Jade C	47	O&G
13	Ken H	44	Beast
14	Bill G	42.1	Dwarves
15	Brian W	42	HE
16	Jacob C	38	Beast
17	Josh W	35	Saurian
18	John W	34	Vamp
19	Curtis T	30	HE
20	Bobby G	26.1	O&G
21	Chris E	26	Vamp
22	Richard H	25	Vamp

Best Sport: Brian

Best Paint: Josh

Age of Sigmar. T.O's: Dan, Andy and John.

Tournament total

1) Finn (100 TP)
2) Andy (76 TP)
3) Ron (66 TP)

X-Wing Miniatures. T.O: Chris

1. Abby

2. Damien

3. Alan

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Till next time. Play hard, fair and with good miniatures...

GuardCon 2017

2017-08-17T13:31:00.002+12:00

GuardCon 2017

ACG Club's annual convention of gaming.

Featuring the largest Warhammer 40K doubles tournament in NZ, The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle, Age of Sigmar, X-Wing, Board gaming and more!!

Hosted by Equinox Tournaments in association with the ACG Club.

Email for Information & Registration now at

guardcon@outlook.co.nz

Thank you to our sponsors.

Please support them. There generosity goes a long way to making your events happen.

ETC - Mega Wargaming at the European Team Championships

2017-08-08T21:29:00.002+12:00

It's that time of the year that I get invigorated again for our hobbies. So what is the state of play for the wargaming miniatures community, I hear you ask. Tournaments and pictures tell more than internet fake news and those vociferous groanards behind a keyboard. This post is gonna be short and sweet and here is some photo's... IT'S HUUUGGGGEEEE!!!

ETC This year wasn't in a air craft hangar. Just a hall the size of a air craft hangar for 1500+!!

The 9th Age: Fantasy battle rocking major numbers 400+

Teams makes it so much more fun amongst your mates, representing your country.

X-Wing was amongst the field this year along with Warhammer 40k and FoW.

Top fun had by all. Pictures are courtesy of the community.

Team NZ!

MonsterCon 2017 - 9th Age: Fantasy Battle

2017-07-29T22:47:00.002+12:00

MonsterCon 2017

The Annual gathering of Monsters for '9th Age Fantasy Batlle' is here. Bring your Beasts and Monsters to battle for glory on the battlefield. The more Monsters you bring the more bonus victory points you'll gain each round.

We'll be using the latest T9A rules for army design for a 3000pt (or under), Single army list tournament. To encourage you to field your menagerie. Monsters will gain special conditional rules in the Players Pack.

Aug 19th & 20th, at Spellbound Games, Aviemore Dr, Auckland.

Event Page is Here.

Wouster7@hotmail.com

*Hosted by Equinox Tournaments in association with the ACG Club.

Blood bowl team of the week

2017-05-23T16:57:00.001+12:00

Ever since the new release of Blood Bowl by GW, my interest in the game has soared. No longer will it be relegated to the almost never played and will take pride of place in the regular section. (I play far too many genres of games :) ) Checking out the amazing work the community of Gamers put out constantly inspires me to get more into my collection. Here's another team one of the guys has finished and it looks amazing.

IMP: This is not mine and all rights remain with their relevant owners.

Equinox 2017 - Wargaming Tournament.

2017-03-25T02:41:00.002+13:00

Equinox has concluded for another year and Wargaming had a great resurgence up here in Auckland. Numbers have started coming back into the hobby nationally. This was demonstrated with 40 at the 40k tournament alone at Equinox, all mostly of North Islanders. Lets get more South Islanders up to compete and we should hit some massive numbers! We have the venues and the gear to handle a lot more gamers, so spread the word about how fun the Hobby is fellow Wargamers and lets really get the community churning with excitement.

A big thanks needs to go to the competitors for supporting the tournament in it's 8th year. Also a big pat on the back to the first time T.O's and Umpires who volunteered to help run the events on the weekend. Those of you who are wanting to be more involved in officiating, get in touch because we need you. There's MonsterCon and GuardCon coming in the next few months and they all need help if you are interested.

Equinox this year had four main systems that were hosted, 'Warhammer 40K', '9th Age: Fantasy Battle', 'Age of Sigmar' and 'Flames of War'. All of the systems had a good attendance, keeping Equinox one of the Largest tournaments held in Auckland again this year. Plenty of thanks needs to go to our sponsors for helping us put on the big show. Go support them as they are supporting your community events.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Vagabond Games, Gateway Cyber Cafe, Mr Minit & Battlefront Miniatures.

Warhammer 40K:

Some great new recent releases has brought 40kers back to the tournament scene. Our prize structure always encourages all levels of gamers to enjoy their hobby. This year we had a strong Auckland attendance and travelers from the Australia and the South Island competing. With the huge mix of new hobbyists this year, the game is really enjoying a revival. Your continued support of the tournament scene will see it help with more and more updated tournament terrain. The tables are really starting to look better and better with the new GW terrain you can enjoy your games on.

Rank	Player Name	Army		Comb
Rank	Player Name	Army		Final
1	Chris Ward	Genestealers		100
2	Ben McIntosh	Eldar		87.4
3	David Jiang	Eldar		87.4
4	Corey Buchanan	Eldar		87.2
5	Haydn Korach	Daemons		81.1
6	Dave Foster	Chaos Marines		77.6
7	Kyle Wilson	Daemons		76.8
8	Glen Tibbles	Space Wolves	Best Sport	74.8
9	Pascal Roggen	Blood Angels		74.8
10	James Stott	Ad Mech		74.8
11	Ryoma	Necrons		70.8
12	Hamish Reeve	Genestealers		68.5
13	Scott Nicholl	Dark Angels		68.5
14	Ben Clarke	Daemons		68.5
15	Ivan Soo	Genestealers		68.5
16	Stirling Arnett	Ad Mech		67.3
17	Ashley Pitman	Dark Eldar		67.1
18	Patrick Crockett	Chaos Marines		65
19	Stan Van der Ham	Ad Mech		65
20	Stephen Gillard	Orks	Best Paint	62.2
21	Jonas Kortner	Chaos Marines		62.2
22	Cole Mendoza	Tau		62.2
23	Josef Arnet	Orks		62.2
24	Stephen Davis	Tau		61.5
25	Ben Foster	Castellans of the Imperium		61.5
26	Sam Barnard	Tau		59.3
27	James Piese	Orks		58.7
28	Andrew Bartosh	Flesh Tearers		55.9
29	Cameron Lyell	Tau		55.7
30	Tu Tamase	Grey Knights		49.6
31	Conner Hutton	Daemons		37
32	Alessio	Space Marines		35
33	Simon Dennerley	Genestealers		30
34	Brendan P	Daemons		28
35	Wayne H	Dark Angels		28
36	Dean W	Space Marines		27
37	Oscar D	Dark Angels		27
38	Cameron H	Tau		26.5
39	Campbell P	AM		26
40	Ghost			20

*Tie breakers were Sports and Paint.

The 9th Age: Fantasy Battle

If you played Warhammer Fantasy 8th ed, then 9th is the natural progression of the game for many. 9th Age is a Free ruleset, with 16 Armies that you can use to fight your tabletop battles. From my last look it had attracted 250,000+ downloads of the rules. That's a solid player base around the world that gives this system the thumbs up. The European Team Championship this year will be mainstreaming 9th Age: Fantasy Battle and will again Attract the 500+ for the tournament by estimates.
9th Age is a fledgling game system in NZ and with dedicated hobbyists, you'll see it played in your region soon. Give it a go and you'll see why it's the awesome game that it is. At Equinox it attracted a ever building field and a wide range of armies. Even though the Elven forces are favoured amongst the field they aren't necessarily the dominant force that everyone expected. Equinox qualifies for 'NZ Invitationals' ranking points.

		adj Paint	Sport	Battle	overall
1	Mccrae Loudon	10	20	87	90.9	Dwarves
2	Tom Cochrane	10	20	77	83.9	Sylvan
3	Bill Shera	10	20	59	71.3	Vampire
4	Tom Brazier	10	20	58	70.6	Warriors
5	James Brown	10	20	57	69.9	DE
6	Erdem Oguz	10	20	56	69.2	HE
7	Ken Hay	10	20	53	67.1	Beasts
8	Michael Partridge	10	20	52	66.4	O&G
9	Nick Lironi-Irvine	10	20	51	65.7	Sylvan
10	Josh Workman	10	20	50	65	Saurian
11	Dave Emery	10	20	46	62.2	Warriors
12	Curtis Tweedale	10	20	42	59.4	HE
13	Richard Holtzhausen	7.5	20	43	57.6	Vampire
14	Glenn Patel	10	20	40	58	Vampire
15	Damian Treanor	10	20	38	56.6	Empire
16	Jacob Cochrane	9	20	33	52.1	Beasts
17	Chri Ellis	10	20	30	51	UD
18	Connor L-M	10	20	24	46.8	DE
19	Brian Wigzell	10	20	19	43.3	HE
20	Jade cochrane	8.5	20	8	34.1	O&G
21	Frank ansell	10	20	0	30	HE
22	Evert Loef	10	20	0	30	ID
23	Reuben Yu	10	20	0	30	HE
24	Phil Wu	10	20	37	55.9	HE

Best Paint: Ken Hay

Best Sport: Jade Cochrane

Age of Sigmar

AoS has come a long way with the release of the 'Generals handbook'. This has made a fantastic tournament environment developing around the world. With its novel way that you can start collecting and playing competitively quickly it's picked up a very large player base here and abroad. We've just added AoS as one of the systems offered for Equinox and we expect it to pick up momentum quick. Games Workshop keeps on bringing out amazing kits in their miniature range. If you're a collector or a competitive General, 'Age of Sigmar' is the game system you should have a look into.
Definitely sporting some fantastic looking armies amongst the field. It was great to see all the friendly players willing to encourage new players into the fold. You can get a demo game in local Clubs and Stores near you.

	Rd 1		Rd 2		Rd 3		Rd 4		Rd 5		List	Etq	Paint	TPS	K pts	Tot
Name	Score	Pts	Score	Pts	Score	Pts	Score	Pts	Score	Pts
Julien	12	460	12	1720	12	1020	12	80	8	860	5	25	28	56	4140	114
Dan M	12	1360	12	1100	0	420	12	1980	12	1080	5	25	30	48	5940	108
Tim	12	1940	0	460	12	2000	12	1940	0	1360	5	25	38	36	7700	104
James P	12	1980	12	1940	12	1860	0	900	8	1150	5	25	28	44	7830	102
Geoff	12	380	0	0	12	560	12	650	4	720	5	25	28	40	2310	98
Andrew Long	0	1100	12	2000	0	450	12	1700	4	1280	5	25	38	28	6530	96
Adam Pinfold	4	0	0	480	12	1220	12	1400	0	1400	5	25	32	28	4500	90
Dan S	8	1220	12	2000	0	1420	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	25	36	20	4640	86
Fraser	12	1980	0	160	12	1640	0	480	8	1400	5	25	21	32	5660	83
James MCG	0	180	12	1840	12	460	0	420	4	600	5	25	22	28	3500	80
John C	12	1322	0	560	0	1980	0	720	4	1340	5	25	32	16	5922	78
Jim McP	0	520	12	790	0	180	0	630	8	1720	5	25	26	20	3840	76
Jared P	0	480	0	1580	0	2000	12	1660	8	1460	5	25	26	20	7180	76
James O	0	320	12	720	0	200	0	480	12	840	5	25	12	24	2560	66
Marlin	0	180	0	160	12	300	0	100	0	420	5	25	22	12	1160	64
Tristan	0	540	0	`1580	0	1660	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	25	N/A	0	2200	30

Best General: Julien Lestat
Best Painted: Timothy Lind
Best Opponent: Andrew Long

Flames of War

Thanks to the Hamilton Immortals who helped us put on a 1515pt Mid War event at Equinox this year. Always with some spectacular tables of terrain to play on, We welcomed a good solid field of participants. Thank you to Ian for his efforts in running his first event. We hope to retain his services for many future events. Battlefront Miniatures came to the party and provide some great help with the prize support.


		Rounds
Position	Player name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Michael Haycock	6	5	6	6	6	6	35
2	Sofia Chambers	5	4	4	4	1	6	24
3=	Lance Knighton	2	5	4	5	5	1	22
3=	Kevin King	3	3	4	2	6	4	22
3=	Ray O'Connor	1	6	1	3	6	5	22
3=	Steve Eyles	6	1	6	1	2	6	22
7	Rob Shirley	5	6	1	3	2	3	20
8	Glen Horsman	6	2	3	2	1	5	19
9	Jonathan Carryer	2	2	6	1	6	1	18
10=	Ian Cameron	X	X	X	6	5	6	17
10=	John Lee	2	4	3	1	5	2	17
12=	Harry Bird	1	6	3	2	3	1	16
12=	Brent Young	1	1	6	4	1	3	16
14	Kim Styles	2	3	1	4	1	4	15
15	Dominic Wilshier	X	X	X	6	4	1	11
16	Phil Petry	1	1	1	3	2	2	10


	Best General: Michael Haycock
	Best Sport: Kim Styles
	Best Painted: Phil Petry
	Best Terrain: Kim Styles
	Equinox 2017 Spot Prize: Glen Horsman

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I'll do a Photo dump post a little later on too.

Blood Bowl - Auckland Casual Carnage League

2017-03-23T22:37:00.000+13:00

Blood Bowl is available to be played in our casual league.

1. Your Team(s) tracked via OBBLM.

2. Play as many games as you wish over each month (max 2 games per team)

3. NAF Official merchandise included with your $15 entry fee

4. Final round tournament with the entire league (Date to be confirmed)

5. If you have just started or want to pic this game up, we can make this happen too.

Contact: Wouster7@hotmail.com