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
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Bat
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KP
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Tie
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Total
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|||
1
|
Scott Paterson
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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
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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
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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.
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