Bugeater AoS GT took place in Nebraska, USA on 4th and 5th June. It involved 19 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5 game tournament.

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Army Faction: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Army Subfaction: Befouling Host
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumphs: Inspired

LEADER
Bloab Rotspawned (300)
– Spells: Gifts of Disease
Rotigus (495)
– Spells: Favoured Poxes
Horticulous Slimux (225)*
Sloppity Bilepiper (130)*
– General
– Command Trait: Nurgling Infestation
– Artefact: The Witherstave

BATTLELINE
Beast of Nurgle (110)*
Beast of Nurgle (110)*
Beast of Nurgle (110)*
Beast of Nurgle (110)*

OTHER
Plague Drones (200)**
Plague Drones (200)**

TERRAIN
Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)
Feculent Gnarlmaw (0)

CORE BATTALIONS:
* Battle Regiment
** Hunters of the Heartlands

TOTAL POINTS: (1990/2000)

Peter: A bit different to your usual Nurgle lists, but no less deadly! This list relies on building up Contagion Points so that you can summon in units onto the battlefield – in this case, that’s likely to be even more Beasts of Nurgle! Mainly because Horticulous will allow you to set up a third Gnarlmaw, as well as give all those cute Beasts of Nurgle re-rolls on their charges and +1 to hit rolls on their attacks. Sloppity can then give them +1 on their wound rolls to boot!

Army Faction: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Army Subfaction: Hosts Arcanum
– Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery

LEADER
Kairos Fateweaver (435)*
– Spells: Bolt of Tzeentch
Changecaster (135)*
– General
– Command Traits: Spell Hunters
– Staff of Change and Arcane Tome
– Spells: Tzeentch’s Firestorm
The Blue Scribes (135)*
– Spells: Fold Reality
Be’lakor (360)**
Ogroid Thaumaturge (165)**
– Artefacts: The Fanged Circlet
– Spells: Arcane Suggestion

BATTLELINE
Kairic Acolytes (115)*
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
Kairic Acolytes (115)*
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
Kairic Acolytes (115)**
– Cursed Blade and Arcanite Shield
Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (250)**
– Split and Split Again

ENDLESS SPELL
Chronomantic Cogs (45)
Umbral Spellportal (70)
Tome of Eyes (55)

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (1995/2000)

Peter: Lots of magic to contend with here. Starting with Big Bird who can cast and unbind 3 spells as well as knowing any spells of friendly wizards within 18″, which includes the Changecasters Pink Fire of Tzeentch which can cause D6 mortals on a single enemy model within 18″, this combined with the Changecasters Tzeentch’s Firestorm (fishing D3 mortals on 6’s with 9 dice!) – means between them, they’re a good monster killer (a good anything-killer really). Then you’ve got the Umbral Spellportal to extend the range of all these mortal wound dealing spells by another 18″. Chronomantic Cogs will potentially add +3 spells across those casters. While they’re sniping away with those mortals you’ll find summoned units popping up everywhere.

Army Faction: Gloomspite Gitz
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line

LEADER
Kragnos (720)
Dankhold Troggboss (240)*
– General
– Command Traits: Alpha Trogg
– Artefacts: Arcane Tome
– Spells: Levitate

BATTLELINE
1 x Rockgut Troggoths (290)*
Rockgut Troggoths (145)*
1 x Fellwater Troggoths (310)*
Rockgut Troggoths (145)*

OTHER
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (150)*

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment

TOTAL POINTS: (2000/2000)

Peter: Troggs, your time is coming (if the cover of the GHB 2022 is anything to go by). This list is fairly simple but effective. Kragnos will do much of the heavy lifting but the Troggs are no slouches when it comes to combat especially when combined with the Marshcrawla Sloggoth who gives them +1 to their hits, Kragnos who’ll give them a charge buff and the Dankhold who’ll allow them to re-roll 1’s to hit.

Army Faction: Blades of Khorne
– Army Subfaction: Reapers of Vengeance
– Grand Strategy: Beastmaster
– Triumph: Inspired

LEADER
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (210)**
Skarbrand (380)
Slaughterpriest (110)*
– Prayer: Blood Sacrifice
Bloodsecrator (125)*
– General
– Command Trait: The Mage Eater
– Artefact: Skullshard Mantle
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (280)*
Bloodthirster of Unfettered Fury (295)*
– Artefact: The Crimson Crown

UNITS
1 x Razorgors (55)*
1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)***
– Allies
1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)***
– Allies
1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)***
– Allies
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**
10 x Bloodreavers (80)**

CORE BATTALIONS:
*Warlord
**Vanguard
***Hunters of the Heartlands

ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Artefact

TOTAL POINTS: (1980/2000)

Peter: You’ll find the Bloodthirsters, Skarbrand and Daemon Prince running around trying to blend stuff while the rest of the army will essentially play back up and claim objectives. The Mindstealers are an interesting inclusion as they’ll subtract 2 from enemy bravery meaning the opponent should really suffer in the battleshock phase.

Final Tournament Placings