Exterminatus 2018 - Results

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.

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