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 | ||||
| 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.
