Columbus Brewhammer was a five game event over two days that took place in the US on 5th and 6th Feb. It saw a massive 40 players duking it out to be claimed champion.
Most Selected Faction/Subfaction
Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar once again see themselves at the top of the most selected faction/Sub-faction sheet.
Win Rate
The Top Three Lists
These were the top three lists from the Columbus Brewhammer.
Tom’s Stormcast take on Jon’s Idoneth in the final round
Tom won all five games beating Stormcast Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 1, Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in Round 2, Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 3, Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 4 and 2nd place Jon Anderson with his Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan in the last round.
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Army Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADER
Lord-Relictor (145)* – General – Command Traits: High Priest – Artefacts: Mirrorshield – Prayers: Translocation Battlemage (115)*
BATTLELINE
4 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (460)*
– Reinforced: Once 15 x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (600)* – Reinforced: Twice 4x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (440)
Jon won all but one of his five games and only lost to first placed Thomas Zhennan Guan and his Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar. He beat Sons of Behemat/Taker Trive in Round 1, Soulblight Gravelords/Avengorii Dynasty in Round 2, Cities of Sigmar/Hallowheart in Round 3 and Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in Round 4.
Allegiance: Idoneth Deepkin – Enclave: Fuethan – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
LEADERS
Isharann Tidecaster (105)* – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Lore of the Deeps: Arcane Corrasion Eidolon of Mathlann, Aspect of the Storm (330)* – Artefact: Cloud of Midnight
UNITS
20 x Namarti Reavers (340)* -Reinforced: Once 20 x Namarti Reavers (340)* – Reinforced: Once 20 x Namarti Reavers (340)* -Reinforced: Once 3 x Aetherwings (65)* 3 x Aetherwings (65)*
BEHEMOTHS
Akhelian Leviadon (380)* – Mount Trait: Reverberating Carapace
CORE BATTALIONS
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL: 1965/2000
Michael Rausch – Ossiarch Bonereapers
Michael also won four games, along the way he beat the Lumineth Realm-Lords/Syar in Round 1, lost to Cities of Sigmar/Hallowheart in Round 2, then went on to beat Nighthaunt/Emerald Host in Round 3, Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Duplicitous in Round 4 and Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 5.
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers – Legion: Petrifex Elite – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
Liege-Kavalos (185)* – General – Command Trait: Mighty Archaeossian – Artefact: Helm of the Ordained Arkhan the Black, Mortarch of Sacrament (360)* Mortisan Boneshaper (135)* – Artefact: Godbone Armour – Lore of Mortisans: Empower Nadirite Weapons
Battleline
30 x Mortek Guard (420)** – Nadirite Blade and Shield – Reinforced: Twice 20 x Mortek Guard (280)** – Nadirite Blade and Shield – Reinforced: Once 5 x Kavalos Deathriders (190)** – Nadirite Blade and Shield
The Quest of Champions is a series of two day events that take place during the course of the year organised by the Warrior Lodge. The top twelve from each event go through to a grand final at the end of the year. The first heat took place this weekend just gone in Nottingham (UK) at the heart of the wargaming world. A total of 26 players took part over five games.
Most Selected Faction/Subfaction
Unusual in that there’s only one Stormcast army present which isn’t a Hammers of Sigmar list, and only one Ironjaws/Bloodtoofs army present.
Win Rate
The Top Three Lists
These were the top three lists from the Quest of Champions 1st Heat.
Tom won all five games beating Ironjaws/Bloodtoofs in Round 1, Sylvaneth/Gnarlroot in Round 2. 4th placed Gabe Huddlestone and his Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 3, Maggotkin of Nurgle/Filthbringers in Round 4 and Soulblight Gravelords/Kastelai Dynasty in the last round.
Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle – Subfaction: Befouling Host – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumph: Bloodthirsty
Leaders ———- Great Unclean One (General) (495)** – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: The Witherstave – Spell: Fleshy Abundance Lord of Afflictions (210)** – Artefact: The Splithorn Helm Rotbringer Sorcerer (145)** – Spell: Gift of Disease Morbidex Twiceborn (320)
Battleline ———- 20x Plaguebearers (300)* – Reinforced: Once 1x Beast of Nurgle (110)* x Beast of Nurgle (110)*
Units ———- 3x Nurglings (105)** 1x Pusgoyle Blightlord (110)
Endless Spells ———- Soulscream Bridge (70)
Core Battalions ———- *Hunters of the Heartlands **Warlord
Total Points: 1975 pts
Andy Hughes – Seraphon
Andy won all but one of his five games and only lost to fourth placed abe Huddlestone and his Ironjaws/Ironsunz. He beat Maggotkin of Nurgle/Befouling Host in Round 1, 3rd Placed Freddie Leggett and his Cities of Sigmar/Tempest’s Eye in Round 2, Lumineth Realm-Lords/Zaitrec in Round 3 and Maggotkin of Nurgle/Filthbringers in Round 5.
Travis Kelly also won four games and like Shawn, he only lost to 2nd placed Andy and his Seraphon/Dracothian’s Tail. Along the way he beat the Fyreslayers/Lofnir in Round 1, Flesh-eater Courts/Feast Day in Round 3, Stormcast Eternals/Hallowed Knights in Round 4 and Ironjaws/Ironsunz in Round 5.
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar – Subfaction: Tempest’s Eye – Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders ———- Runelord (General)(100)** – Command Trait: Hawk-Eyed – Prayer: Curse Doralia ven Denst(115)** – City Role: General’s Adjutant Celestial Hurricanum with Celestial Battlemage(280)** – Artefact: Patrician’s Helm – Spell: Aura of Glory Anointed on Frostheart Phoenix (315) – Artefact: Arcane Tome – Spell: Flaming Weapon
As with everything I would like this to be community driven, so if you see any typo’s or think paragraphs need rephrasing or moving then please let me know in the form at the end of this article.
Last Weeks Poll Results for Orders
Here are the results from last weeks polls.
Based on these results, the following wording will be added to our living rules:
“If an order is successfully issued, then the commanding player may perform one ACTION with the specified unit. Actions range from moving and shooting to charging into combat. Before issuing an order and rolling to see whether it is successful a player should first specify what their order is and to which unit the order is being directed. The maximum number of orders a unit can receive in any one turn is two.“
THIS WEEKS POLLS
I believe that completes the Order phase (for now), so let’s move on to the movement.
Firstly, should all infantry types move at the same rate? Should all vehicles move at the same rate, or should the player be able to change these values which then affect that units points cost in the game?
How far should Infantry or Vehicles move at their base rate (i.e. the basic value which can then be adjusted up or down later on). Bearing in mind that you’ve all already voted on a gaming area of 4 foot square.
This is likely just to be the tip of the iceberg when drawing up movement rules, as the future will probably involve Grav-Tanks etc, as well as incorporating aerial assets such as fighter craft. Not to mention terrain.
But establishing the essential question of whether variation is allowed within a certain unit type will go some way to resolving some answers for future units as well.
–Peter
Name Suggestions?
Do you have a name suggestion for the game or do you have any rules suggestions, or a topic you would like us to focus on next. Or perhaps you would like us to reword something in the main document. Anything you want, let us know below.
Peter wrote a great article earlier in the week on the Top 3 at Las Vegas Open 2022 which can be found here. Las Vegas was a huge tournament (the largest ever in AoS I think) but that meant that there were 6 5-0 winners at the end of the five rounds… so to find a winner they did a third day on the 30th January in knockout format with the top 4-1 players included.
As Peter has done the top 3, I’ll do the next 5! There’s also a bonus choice included at the end of my favourite 4-1 from the event.
4th – Mrigank Jha – Stormcast Eternals
Credit: Games Workshop
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals – Stormhost: Knights Excelsior – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Lord-Imperatant (175)** Lord-Relictor (145)** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Spell: Thundershock – Prayer: Translocation Knight-Judicator with Gryph-Hounds (205)** – Artefact: Mirrorshield Knight-Incantor (125)*** – Spell: Lightning Blast
Battleline 3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)* 3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)* 3 x Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers (240)*
Units 3 x Aetherwings (65)*** 3 x Aetherwings (65)*** 6 x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)** – Reinforced x 1
Core Battalions *Hunters of the Heartlands **Warlord ***Vanguard
Similar lists are fast becoming the most popular Stormcast Eternal List and shows that you can do well without Dragons… although this combination is just a horrible. The key here is the 6 Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows. They have 30″ range so Mrigank’s opponents are going to struggle to hide. The Lord Relictor (General) has the Translocation prayer (2+ with a re-roll) to teleport them so that they really can’t be avoided, and Aetherwings to block the counter charge and allow unleash hells. They can also shoot once in the hero phase, are normally 2+/2+/-2/2 with All Out Attack and 2 mortal wounds on 6+ to hit. Ouch! They can easily delete a unit of Brutes with 30 wounds in a turn!
If you manage to survive that the Annihilators will take an age to kill whilst holding objectives. It’s no suprise this came 4th.
5th – James O’Brien – Stormcast Eternals
2022 wouldn’t be the same without a dragon flying around the top tables… and James has obliged by bringing 9 of them.
Credit: Games Workshop
Army Faction: Stormcast Eternals – Army Type: Scions of the Storm – Army Subfaction: Hallowed Knights – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumps: Inspired
LEADER
Gardus Steel Soul (150)*
Lord-Castellant (155)*
Knight-Draconis (300)* – General – Command Traits: Master of Magic – Artefacts: Arcane Tome (Flaming Weapon) – Mount Traits: Scintillating Trail
BATTLELINE
1 x Stormdrake Guard (680)* – Drakerider’s Warblade
Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Warblade
Stormdrake Guard (340)* – Drakerider’s Warblade
CORE BATTALIONS:
*Battle Regiment
TOTAL POINTS: (1965/2000)
This isn’t subtle, but it’s good. The reinforced Stormdrake are excellent with mortal wound shooting (no negative to hit on unleash hell), incredible speed (12″ and a hero phase move), and good combat damage these are no slouches. Sure, if you kill them there’s nothing left but they punch back hard if you fail. Definitely an army we’ll be seeing in the future (and have already seen doing well).
6th – Nate Trentanelli – Nighthaunt
Credit: Games Workshop
I know what you’re thinking… Nighthaunt WTF? – how are they 6th! Well Nate obviously knows what he’s doing but 50% of the army is Nagash who is never a bad model despite the recent changes. Being able to cast 8 arcane bolts if required and go and smash stuff is great… and then heal back any damage taken.
Leaders Spirit Torment (115)* – General – Command Trait: Lord of the Host – Artefact: Pendant of the Fell Wind Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead (955)*
Battleline 10 x Chainrasp Horde (95)* 10 x Chainrasp Horde (95)* 10 x Chainrasp Horde (95)* 5 x Hexwraiths (150)* 9 x Spirit Hosts (375)* – Reinforced x 2
The Umbral Spellportal also allows Hand of Dust at excessive range so be careful of your Maw-Krushas. He’s also got Spirit Hosts as a tarpit and Chainrasps to hold objectives whilst the Big Lad does the heavy lifting. Take nothing away from Nate… I have no idea how he managed to get this into the top 8 – well done!
7th – Jiwan Noah Singh – Ironjawz
Credit: Games Workshop
Eventually, we hit the Destruction vein. And it’s the poster boys in the Ironjawz. They smash & bash and take on all comers.
Leaders Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480) – Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist – Artefact: Destroyer Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)** – Boss Choppa and Rip-tooth fist – Artefact: Armour of Gork – Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un Orruk Warchanter (115)** – Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat Orruk Warchanter (115) – Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat Orruk Weirdnob Shaman (90)** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Lore of the Weird: Bash ‘Em Ladz
Battleline 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)** – Jagged Gore-hackas 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Jagged Gore-hackas 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Jagged Gore-hackas 3 x Orruk Gore-gruntas (170)* – Jagged Gore-hackas
Core Battalions *Hunters of the Heartlands **Warlord
Jiwan has gone Bloodtoofs to make the Gore-Gruntas battleline and the two Maw Krushas are going to smash up the world. If you want to beat this you’ll need screens… lots of them … and acknowledge that they are going to die – quickly. And even then there’s a lot of beef in your face turn 1. At 9 drops Jiwan won’t often get to chose first or second, but the army is scary to let go first and worse to let go second – chose your poison neither option is great!
8th – Russ Tanner – Ogor Mawtribes
And another Destruction force rounds off the top 8… with Ogors. The US AoS scene has some great different versions of Ogors who aren’t seen much in the UK.
This is more what I would call a traditional Ogor list with 3 big monsters and cheap battleline. The monsters charge, do mortal wounds, and shed loads of damage. The addition of magic is an interesting call, but I imagine very useful to try those key dispels and both spell caster rocking the same build-out for spells. Molten Entrails’ gives +1 Damage to mount attacks, and Ribcracker subtracts 1 from enemy saves. Nice!
Well done to all in the top 8, and to everyone who got to Vegas to play some Warhammer. Looks like the event was amazing.
Bonus Pick – Matt Nguyen – Beasts of Chaos
Chaos was missing from the top 8 following the changes to Archaeon, but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to shout out Matt. Not only did he go 4-1 with Beast of Chaos but he was also dressed as a cow all weekend! What a legend.
Credit: Games Workshop
Allegiance: Beasts of Chaos – Mortal Realm: Ghur – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders Dragon Ogor Shaggoth (155)*** – Artefact: Tanglehorn Familiars – Lore of Dark Storms: Hailstorm Grashrak Fellhoof (150)** – Lore of the Twisted Wilds: Tendrils of Atrophy Doombull (115)*** – General – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact) – Universal Spell Lore: Flaming Weapon Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (210)*** – Axe – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Allies
Battleline 6 x Bullgors (260)* – Great Axes – Reinforced x 1 6 x Bullgors (260)* – Great Axes – Reinforced x 1 6 x Bullgors (260)* – Great Axes – Reinforced x 1 3 x Bullgors (130)*** – Great Axes 3 x Bullgors (130)** – Great Axes
Units 5 x Grashrak’s Despoilers (0)** 9 x Untamed Beasts (70)** – Mark of Chaos: Khorne – Allies 1 x Mindstealer Sphiranx (95)** – Allies
I honestly struggle to know how this works as I’ve not been paired against BoC in AoS3, but with all those Bullgors I’ll be amazed if there isn’t close combat involved. Rooooar!!!! The Endless spells give reach and board control and Matt has maxed out the Allies with a cheap monster (Sphiranx), a cheap screen (Untamed Beasts) and the essential Deamon Prince of Khorne. For those who haven’t met this chap yet, he halves charge distances within 18″ for a command point. It’s so difficult to avoid and even makes short charges not automatic.
Great work Matt – a brilliant army and a great result.
The Warpfire New Year Knockout is a one day event that took place in Florida, US. It involved 12 players duking it our over three glorious rounds of AoS.
Most Selected Faction/Subfaction
Win Rate
The Top Three Lists
These were the top three lists from the Warpfire New Year Knockout.
Karl Rohr – Legion of the First Prince
Karl won all three games beating Ossiarch Bonereapers/Petrifex Elite in Round 1, 3rd placed CJ Cole and his Daughters of Khaine/Hagg Narr in Round 2 and 2nd placed Shawn Todd with his Sons of Behemat/Taker Tribe in the last round.
Allegiance: Legion of the First Prince – Subfaction: None – Grand Strategy: – Triumph:
Leaders ———- Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (General) (280)* – Command Trait: Ruinous Aura – Artefact: Armour of the Pact Kairos Fateweaver (435) – Spell: The Master’s Command The Contorted Epitome (255)** – Artefact: fourfold Blade – Spell: Flaming Weapon Be’lakor (360)** – Spell: The Master’s Command Synessa (260)** – Spell: The Master’s Command – Spell: Entire Slaanesh Lore
Shawn won two of his three games and only lost to first place Karl and his Legion of the First Prince. He beat Sylvaneth/Harvestboon in Round 1 and Ossiarch Bonereapers/Petrifex Elite in Round 2.
Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Subfaction: Taker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders ———- Kraken-eater Mega-Gargant (General)(490)* – Command Trait: Old and Gnarly – Artefact: Glowy Lantern – Spell: Flaming Weapon
Core Battalions ———- *Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent **Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent
Total Points: 1955 pts
CJ Cole – Daughters of Khaine
CJ also won two games and like Shawn, he only lost to Karl and his Legion of the First Prince. Along the way he beat the poor Kruleboyz/Big Yellers in Round 2 and Lumineth Realm-Lords/Helon in Round 3.
Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine – Subfaction: Hagg Nar – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders ———- Melusai Ironscale (General)(115)** – Command Trait: Devoted Disciple – Artefact: The Ulfuri The Shadow Queen(660)* Morathi-Khaine(660)** Hag Queen (105)** – Artefact: Khainite Pendant – Prayer: Catechism of Murder
The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that I painted these in January, but I’m counting them as February for our Hobby Roundups.
2 x 2 Big Stabbas
I needed something to replace the Marshcrawler Sloggoth in my Big Waaagh! army as I didn’t need the +1 to hit. Having decided on the Big Stabbas, I grabbed some bits from my Gargant bits box to make the chaps on the right.. and the actual models on the left.
As Savage Orruks they have a slightly lighter skin tone than my Ironjawz, but still have the significant 90s style line edge highlighting throughout the model.
They were great to paint and very quick, so I may get a few more done.
They have also already had their first outing at Nameless King event in Derby were they definitely caused more damage than the Marshcrawler and served as a useful second defense against the double turn!
Hobby Bingo
I’ll be counting these are the Unit of 2+ models for Age of Sigmar (B2) and A4
So that’s another two boxes completed, and one at expert level. I may catch Peter at this rate!
The Las Vegas Open is different to most other events that you would probably attend. 177 players took part in five games over two days on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th January. The top eight of from the first two days then played in a knockout tournament on Sunday 30th January to decide the overall winner.
Most Selected Faction/Subfaction
Ironjawz/Bloodtoofs are the most common faction at the LVO this year, closely followed by the usual Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty and Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar.
Win Rate
The Top Three Lists
These were the top three lists from the Las Vegas Open 2022.
Gavin Grigar – Cities of Sigmar
Gavin Grigar went though the whole tournament unbeaten, winning eight games and winning the crown.
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar – Subfaction: Living City – Grand Strategy: Hold the Line – Triumph: Inspired
Leaders ———- Doralia ven Denst (115)* Sorceress (General)(95)* – Command Trait: Master of Magic – Artefact: Arcane Tome – Spell: Ironoak Skin Freeguild General (100)* – City Role: General’s Adjutant
Units ———- Corpse Cart with Balefire Brazier (80)**
Core Battalions ———- *Warlord **Battle Regiment
Total Points: 2000 pts
Jeremy LeFebvre – Cities of Sigmar
Jeremy also went the whole three days with a remarkable win rate of 6 wins to one loss. The loss was to eventual winner Gavin.
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar – Subfaction: Phoenicium – Grand Strategy: Dominating Presence – Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders ———- Annointed on Frostheart Phoenix (General)(315)* – Command Trait: One with Fire and Ice – Golden Mist – Artefact: Phoenix Pyre Ashes Assassin(80)* Assassin(80)* Assassin(80)** Celestial Hurricanum with Celestial Battlemage (280) – Spell: Golden Mist Annointed on Frostheart Phoenix (315)* – Artefact: Arcane Tome – Spell: Flaming Weapon
The first month of the year is out of the way already, so it’s time to look at how we’ve all got on at Woehammer with our respective goals and painting pledges this month.
It’s because of Dave that both Declan and I are doing the hobby bingo this year. Dave has started out with a large model in the form of a Basilisk for his Renegades & Heretics army.
Peter: I love the webbing on this miniature and the weathering overall. It really looks like its been based near the front for some time now.
Declan: There’s some great work here – first it’s a lovely cleanly painted tank, and with the addition of the netting and the weathering on the barrels this is a great addition to any Astra Militarum army!
Dave:Thanks guys, unfortunately being painted didn’t make it shoot any better in my last game! I’m umming and aahing on my next bingo square so I guess we will see!
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
C2
Vehicle or Monster (Warhammer 40k)
Basilisk
So that’s 10 points for Dave right off the bat, and one of the larger models/boxes ticked off already!
Declan also has managed to get one of the harder boxes out of the way, ticking off his scenery for Warhammer 40k. Declan had a number of other goals he was also hoping to complete this year. How is he doing?
Peter:Declan is one of those hobbyists I’ll always be jealous off! He can crank out painted miniatures at a fantastic rate and they look great when they’re finished! Something like this would have taken me a couple of months to do!
Declan: Cheers to Peter for his kind words… I love this kit and have written a full article on it already!As Peter has aluded to aboveI have some other Hobby Goals as well. The good news (for me) is that I’ve managed to tick off 50% of one of the aims already – I’ve finished 4-1 in my first tournament of the year. One of my aims was to get two 4-1s so thats a great start. I’ve also got 3 games of Warmaster played… so a great start to the year and the Hobby. I’ll need to get going to get more of the Bingo sheet completed though.
Dave:I’m not sure if this 40k or part of Declan’s homebrew kit but I like it. I’ve just started playing ninth edition so it’s all a bit confusing for me but this looks cool.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
B1
Fortification or Scenery (Warhammer 40K)
Sector Mechanicus
Also 10 points and an Expert Level goal ticked off for Declan.
I’ve been hard at work this month trying to get my Kruleboyz force painted up in time for Burning Skies on March 26th. So I’ve managed to produce Rippa’s Snarlfangs and the Swampcalla Shaman for that. I also managed to finish off my first Rogue Trader model in the form of Marneus Calgar.
As an added goal this year, I wanted to try and reduce the number of unpainted models in my collection. So my months summary is:
Plus Dave has mentioned that he has some old Dwarfs he’s looking to sell……
Peter:I’m quite proud that I was able to get this lot finished this month, it meant reducing the quality of the Snarlfangs slightly, but I can always revisit them in the future if I need to.
Declan: Peter’s leaving us all in his shadow here with 3 boxes ticked off and the lovely Rogue Trader diamora finished. I’ll take credit for Rippa’s being in his Kruleboyz list and wish Peter luck in finishing off an army. It’ll be great to see it all finished. I think the yellow on the Kruleboyz is a great call and the Shaman and Pot Grot are looking like real killers!
Dave:Pete’s diorama looks excellent and I’m pleased to see him painting the best marines there are, especially as it’s Marneus Calgar – the spiritual liege of all marines everywhere. Rippa and the snarlfangs may sound like an awful college punk band but they look great. I actually disliked the Kruleboyz when they came out but I like what Pete has done with them.
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Expert Level Goal:
Miniature Painted
C1
Hero or Character (AoS)
Swampcalla Shaman
D2
Unit of 2+ Models (Underworlds)
Rippa’s Snarlfangs
E4
Hero or Character (Warhammer 40K)
Marneus Calgar
That brings me to 30 points and 3 Expert Level goals completed.
Hopefully we’ll continue this each month to let you know how we do with our goals.
We’ve covered a lot of Top 3 lists over the last month, so I thought it would be good to look at some of the stats surrounding them.
Be wary those, these are for all the one day and two day events that we’ve covered plus two or three more. All armies are at 2,000 points and using the current rules and FAQ’s.
The below list are the tournaments that have been used to populate this data.
Golden Sprue AoS GT 2022 Clash of Swords Tempest Coliseum of Sigmar PSU: March to War Norwegian Masters Kirwans Game Store Monthly AoS Tournament January 8th Metagames 2k Tournament Grudge Hammer LVO Prep Event Atomic Dallas Defenders New Year New Player TTWG Sigmar Bash MOX Age of Sigmar Tournament Forge & Fire 2k Age of Sigmar Viking Games RTT: Realm of Viking Part I Gitmob Charity Brawl 2022
Most Selected Grand Alliance
Order tops the table with almost half of all armies being from an Order Battletome.
Grand Alliance Win Rates
The win rate for each Grand Alliance tells a difference story though with Destruction being the most successful and Chaos the least.
Most Selected Faction
Out of those 280 armies that we’ve focused on it’ll be no surprise that the Stormcast Eternals are the most played faction with nearly 20% of the field playing Stormcast. This would mean on average at a five day event you’re likely to play at least one Stormcast army.
Faction Win Rates
Idoneth Deepkin lead the table here with a massive 72.7% win rate over 22 games. However, let’s narrow this down to the more popular factions who have played at least 50 games:
This leaves the five most popular factions, with Ironjawz heading this mini-league with a 57.7% win rate.
Top 10 Most Selected Sub-Faction
It’ll probably come as no surprise that the Hammers of Sigmar lead the table in the most played sub-faction. The appeal of Dragons and Dracothian units is just too great possibly.
Surprisingly for me, Skaventide is in fourth despite having possibly once of the most outdated books?
Top 10 Win rates for Sub-Factions with 20+ Games
Idoneth Deepkin/Fuethan top the charts showing that perhaps they’re the easiest faction to pick up and play? My own beloved Kruleboyz/Big Yellers prop up the rest of the table with a measly 30.3% win rate.
Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar Analysis
So who’s their bogey enemy? Who do they lose to most often?
The data set is too small to have a any reliability at the moment, but Legion of the First Prince and Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe have had the most success against them.
If we reduce the opposition to Sub-Factions who have played them at least ten times then only the Ironjaws/Bloodtoofs have a favourable win ratio against them.
Ironjaws/Bloodtoofs Analysis
Again, the data set is to small to have any significance.
This event saw a total of 24 players take part over three games.
Gitmob Gaming are proud to announce their 1st one day event, which is also in support of the brilliant charity CALM, the campaign for living miserably. The charity seeks to break taboos around mental health, offer support for mental health issues and prevent cases of Suicide. This Age of Sigmar matched play event is open to 30 players and will consist of 3 games, held at the Bowlers Arms, Newbury.
Tournament Description
Most Selected Faction/Subfaction
For the first time since we’ve covered the top three lists in 2022 the Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty are the most played faction in a tournament. The lack of an Ironjawz list is also quite surprising.
Win Rate
The Top Three Lists
These were the top three lists from Gitmob Charity Brawl 2022.
James won all of his games and beat Disciples of Tzeentch/Hosts Arcanum in Round 1, Ogor Mawtribes/Bloodgullet in Round 2 and Soulblight Gravelords/Vrykos Dynasty in Round 3.
Allegiance: Sons of Behemat – Subfaction: Breaker Tribe – Grand Strategy: Beast Master – Triumph:
Leaders ———- Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (525)* – Artefact: Vial of Manticore Venom Gatebreaker Mega-Gargant (General)(525)* – Command Trait: Louder than Words – Artefact: Arcane Tome – Spell: Flaming Weapon
Core Battalions ———- *Bosses of the Stomp – Magnificent **Hunters of the Heartland
Additional Enhancement ———- Artefact
Total Points: 2000 pts
Mark Paddon – Soulblight Gravelords
Mark won all three games beating Beasts of Chaos in Round 1, Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 2 and losing to Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 3.
Leaders ———- Coven Throne (290)* – Artefact: Arcane Tome – Spell: Vile Transference Belladamma Volga, First of the Vyrkos (200)* – Spell: Soulpike Radukar the Wolf (150)* – Spell: Amethystine Pinions Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (General)(435)* – Command Trait: The Hunter’s Snare – Artefact: Sangsyron – Spell: Flaming Weapon – Mount Trait: Foetid Miasma
Battleline ———- 10x Dire Wolves (135)** 10x Dire Wolves (135)** 10x Dire Wolves (135)**
Units ———- 5x Blood Knights (195)** 5x Blood Knights (195)**
Steve won two of their three games and beat Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty in Round 1, Soulblight Gravelords/Vyrkos Dynasty in Round 2 and lost against Sons of Behemat/Breaker Tribe in Round 3.
Leaders ———- Gravestride Corpse Eater (Drogg) (525) – Allies Belladamma Volga, First of the Vyrkos(200)* – Spell: Spirit Gale Necromancer (125)* – Spell: Fading Vigour Wight King on Skeletal Steed (General)(130)* – Command Trait: Kin of the Wolf
