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Spotted these Dark Angels up for pre-release this Saturday. I have a gazillion DA and will be happy to roll them out at a gaming table near you soon.

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Fast train of new releases and it looks good.

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GuardCon 2013 is confirmed for the weekend of the 21st & 22nd of September.

Watch out for more details to come from the club's forum Here.

GuardCon 2013

when: Weekend of September 21st & 22nd.

Systems offered: Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40k, FoW, LOTR and Historicals.

Contact: guardcon2013@hotmail.com

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It's been a long Hobby year of organising events and helping to run our local Wargaming club. Dealing with a lot of larger than life personalities, it leaves you very little time for your own hobby pursuits. I've managed to get everything done but at the expense of very little table top wargaming time. So brilliant plan, only organise one event next year 'Equinox' in March. Which will be pretty much co-hosted by Nikola of the East Auckland Elites and myself. This should free up some well deserved hobby time so I can get more games rather than having it all go into organising events.

So it's that time for some memorable moments of the year and the giggles.

That High Elf army - Love it when you win some beers backing your type of army. It's a very similar design of High Elves as I usually play and some will say it's a rather soft army. Ruffled some feathers of a majority of pundits and the army did run over a very good warhammer buddies challenge at the masters (not so good). You should never underestimate a build especially if the general knows what that build can do. The army was there to win 5 games out of the 6. It only won 4 but on it's way it 20-zipped a couple so it proved itself as a good build to take to the Masters setup. It came second so you can't knock that.

Batreps are here and here.

Equinox Convention - I started Equinox a few years back as my way of giving back to the hobby what good times it has given me over the years. The Convention has really taken off and consistently over the last couple of years become one of the largest Warhammer and Wargames tournaments in New Zealand, which is co-hosted by good fella Nikola of the East Ackland Elites. This years tournament had the largest Warhammer Fantasy field and largest tournament attendances in the North Island for some time. The next Equinox convention is in early March 2013 and has already got the making of reaching some large tournament bench marks in numbers for Warhammer 40k & Warhammer Fantasy, three months out from the tournament. I'm very proud to be a part of the Convention and a big thanks to all of the guys who support and attend wargaming events every year. It couldn't of happened without you the Hobbyist.

Equinox 2013 is here and this years Equinox is here.

A New Wargamers Forum - We launched a new forum for the community a couple of months ago. It's mainly aimed at New Zealand wide hobbyists where you can check out Tournaments, goings on around the region and also catch up with a broad range of Wargamers. There's no special system we cater for and all systems are welcome from Warhammer, Warmachine and everything in between. Much like the old City Guard forum but the only slight difference is that it will be part of our club 'Auckland City Guard'. Easy to join up we'd welcome your positive hobby stories. It already is well established and supported by most of our club members and Wagamers New Zealand wide.

Auckland City Guard can be found here

Hobby Giggles - Have been catching some sharp but hilarious reading, hobby related and not at NZ's premium blog. It's run by one of the god fathers of Wargaming and I remember going to one of his events in the very first serious year of tournaments for me. There isn't much he hasn't done or been involved in hobby wise over here. Here's some hilarious excerpts that's kept me entertained this Holiday season on his said blog.

Avert eyes if you're of a sensitive nature.

Phil's Playhammer picture, "I couldn't find a Shaver on holiday". Link here.

Nikola's Playhammer spread, "40k TO's are so sexxxy". Link here.

Charlie - Playhammer profile "It's the pressure of Winning and Authoring". Link here.

Big Merry Xmas and hope you stay tuned in the New year.

Don't forget to Elf yourself for the merry season here.

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Second tournament in as many weekends means a very happy chap indeed!!

Game 1 Vs Glen 'Beastman' Tibbles.

Glen had leant his entire repertoire of armies he owned to competitors of this event and he came shot guns loaded to our game. I've never really been too wary of a Beastmen army and have been told that you need to stop 'Wildform' and you're a go. I'm sure that not viewing them as a threat was going to be hampering for my game. Glen's been playing them for a while and I've had a couple of games against his army with H Elves and it's never ended pretty for the Beast's army as shooting tends to reduce the entire army to shreds. Well the army I was using today had no real shooting except for the Hell Cannon and 5 axes so it was going to be interesting and a bit hairy. He's a great guy any way so I was looking forward to a chat and some hammer time.

Beastmen army had two large unit of Gors, Gore Bull BsB led by a Lvl2 Sharman. the Army didn't look too threatening except for the unit of 4 Minotaurs. Razorgor & a Chariot and some ambushing chaff seemed fairly containable so I was expecting a full force battle it out in the middle for our contest. Little did I know that with Primal fury a Beastman army is just epic. The Gor blocks stomped apart my infantry and with re-rolls to hit they had no problems wiping out Blocks of Forsaken, Khorne Marauders and Tzeentian warriors and stood firm in the centre. I Manoeuvred the Knights around the flank and the Hell Cannon rampaged from the first turn to gain me some valuable points from the other flank. I think the Gorebull had 8 attacks by the time I high tailed and camped away from his charge at the end of the game.

Lesson learnt that Primal Fury is something to watch out for and swings combats significantly. Beastmen with their WS4 and T4 may look a easy target but they definitely punch above their weight for sure.
10 - 10 Draw

Game 2 Vs Andy (Mr UK) Potter, Woodies.

Andy had come fresh from the UK Masters but also with a freshly borrowed Wood Elf army. For my second game some drastic concrete pill would probably be needed to pull off a alright game against someone as experienced as this man. He was fielding a very solid list which included a Treeman, Treekin, accompanying 2 units of Dryads with a symphony of Glade guard shooting. The great thing about my opponents army was that it also had a double unit of wildriders in 5 formation being used as a duo purpose redirecters and solid combat cav.

The deciding factor of the game I think giving me a good solid advantage was getting the first turn. this gave me ample opportunity to deal some damage and whittle down a flank and move my blocks of infantry up to put pressure on the centre and right flanks. With the Marauder Cavalry matching his wild riders I got what I wanted which was to let my army decide when combat was to start and left Andy with nothing to redirect the combats. The Chaos knights ran through Treekin and cleaned up the right flank and it was up to the Forsaken to absorb all the glade guard fire and they were reduced to two remaining at the end of the battle.

Andy showed how good an opponent he was and with his Treeman commanding the centre he collected some solid points from the Marauders & unit of Chaos warriors who were no match for the gnarled Oak going wild. I learnt a lot more about wood elves this game and the the importance of Dryads in a forest which benefit from stubborn and in a close game would be a game decider. So Andy had his Treeman left and I had a fair chunk of my army still around.
17-3 Win

Game 3 James "The Battle for the Favour of the Gods!!!!",Warriors.

James is from the same club as me and we both play High Elves usually so great bloke. We both were coming into this tournament discussing how it would be to be driving Warriors about and not having a clue what the army was designed for so here's the battle to decide the fates at the end of day one and it was gonna be a stunner of a game, let the battle commence!

James had Zuggernaut mounted Bsb in a unit of Chaos Knights and LvL2 Tzeentch Mage luckily for me not rolling gateway for this game. Large ~40 man block of Slaneesh marauders, Large unit of Slaneesh Warriors supported by a warshrine, Chariot, a unit of 4 Dragon Ogres and three units of Marauders Cav. So a very similar force to my army but with less chaff and from where I was sitting better one for one combat troops when it came to face off. With deployment with us both matching unit to unit the Hill that counted as the watch Tower for the mission would be a hard ask to hold and it would be the last man standing to see who won.

So with my tournament game plan of not firing the Hell Cannon this would be a game that I would definitely have to take a chance and lob some rocks. Evening and perhaps tipping the odds to my favour if the rock would hit the intended target, as his marauders were far too many in numbers for a straight out combat. First turn of lobbing the big rock see's the Hell Cannon misfire and I rolled a 3 and flicked through the pages to see what devastation this would unleash... To all those Hell cannon enthusiasts, you'd know that this makes every mage on the table suffer a miscast, such unplanned dastardliness this cannon is.

So with the Infantry face off on either side of the hill stuttering and both of us trying to magic away numbers before engaging the battle would be decided by the flanks and the Fast Cav duel on the fringes. On one flank my BsB and Chaos Knights charged into James's BsB and Chaos Knights and on the other flank my Ogres needed to hold his Dragon Ogres for at least a couple of turns which was highly unlikely as Chaos Ogres are just really bad. Even with my Hell Cannon whittling down the opposition it was gonna be a real close finish and we both knew it and it was head down and see what the dice gods had to say...

The Battle of chaos Knights is rather epic as you can imagine Daemon possessed Elite hulking warriors bashing the day lights out of each other but so heavily armoured that it's just a cacophony of tank against tank hammering blows. The combat was like that and it went for at least 6 fighting turns neither of us getting an advantage until finally I managed to dispatch his BSB in the challenge and raised the sword for a warriors blessing. Mean while the Ogres were wiped out to a man but not before reducing the Dragon Ogres to a single lone figure which would defo earn them the MVP award as they were shite and they actually held James flank advance to have one of the most decisive roles maybe in the battle.

With the Chaos Knights winning and sweeping back around the flank James army tried the last ditch charge but I had superior numbers at this stage and the the control of the hill. This was the most epic game ever for a long time and we both were captivated by how cool it was. High Elf vs High Elf is so vanilla, but Warriors vs Warriors deserves an epic beer yeaaahh! In no way did the score reflect how close the game was, top game of the day and top opponent.
20-0 Win

End of day 1 and possibly in the lead of the pack. No submarining this tournament it looks to be a matchup against the Brets on day 2.

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Almost the approach of the New Year and theres some exciting releases expected really soon from GW. Never have been an Undead player but some of the leaked pictures and rumours would impress the most reluctant hobbyist. Check out some of the new monster sized models.

Looks like GW are continuing the trend of adding alot of bits to their soon to be released new kits. I especially like the coven of vampires and I'm sure those amongst you with conversion skills will be eyeing them up for your respective armies like I am.

With talk and leaked pictures of the new Black Knights kit I'm wondering if I can pick up a horde of ghouls and skellies so I too can push some new toys in January. Vampire Counts here I come...

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Found a very good bag for carrying around armies that also has excellent foam protection for your mini's. HB products have sponsored and helped us out and I'd like to give him a shout out. They can be found Here .

Reasonably priced and offers a selection of foam to load out your bag. It's capable of fitting 6 layers of foam which I must admit fits in two whole High Elf armies or my Ultra Marines army and all it's vehicles. Lee who supplies them is friendly and great to deal with.

They also sell individual foam trays as well. All their trays are standard sized that fit into your normal GW case, which is really helpful for those of you like me with a huge selection of armies that need storage.

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Monsterpocalypse is a fast moving, action packed strategy game played with pre-painted miniatures. Each game takes place in a city that you and your opponant construct by placing buildings on a map. You then fight it out to be the last man standing, using a giant monster, and his (or her) support units from one of twelve factions. The factions range from giant bugs, to huge robots, there's something for everyone.

The gameplay isn't hard to pick up, but the level of strategy you can take the game to can be quite rewarding. You can also have a look at all the available factions Here

If you live in the Auckland area and want to learn how to play, or just get some gametime in with your monsters, drop us a line at chrismjorgensen@gmail.com

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Equinox is one of the biggest tournament conventions in Auckland and will be held next year March 2012. Sytems held will be Warhammer Fantasy & 40K and will feature a host of competitors from all around the country. There will be trophies and prizes a plenty so come and catch some tournament fun. As a thank you for making this Blog a success and visiting the site I've extended the early registration cheap entry fee for the tournament til January the 1st..

The Warmachine and Flames of war tournament's are close to reaching their capacity as well now. It's great to see the tournament scene in New Zealand catching on fire and taking off. Keep wargaming and join in the fun at a tournament near you.

More information Here.

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The very first competition held with out any comp scoring for Masters this year and all the lists are in. The overall tournament scene hasn't seen much of this kind of competition and it will be good to see how it goes with the top players in the country gathering for this event. Some very saucey lists out below for your perusal.

Andrew.Bartosh: Alpha Legion

SORCEROR 145pt

terminator armor, combi melta, mark of slanesh, lash of submission.

DAEMON PRINCE 155pts

wings, mark of slanesh, lash of submission.

8x TERMINATORS 330pts

mark of tzeencth, combi melta x 2, 2 x power fists, chain fist, champion

10x CHAOS WARRIORS 265pts

mark of chaos glory, champion, power fist, melta, flamer, rhino, extra armor.

10x CHAOS WARRIORS 265pts

mark of chaos glory, champion, power fist, melta, flamer, rhino, extra armor.

10x CHAOS WARRIORS 290pts

mark of chaos glory, champion, power fist, combi plasma, 2 x plasma guns, rhino, extra armor.

2x OBLITERATORS 150pts.

2x OBLITERATORS 150pts

TOTAL = 1750PTS.

Charlie St Clair: Space Wolves

Njal Stormcaller 245pts

5x Wolf Guard 215pts

Combi-melta x5, Powerfist x5.

5 Wolf Scouts 85pts

Meltagun

8x Grey Hunters 175pts

Meltagun, Wolf standard, Rhino, dozer blade.

8x Grey Hunters 175pts

Meltagun, Wolf standard, Rhino, dozer blade.

7x Grey Hunters 160pts

Meltagun, Wolf standard, Rhino, dozer blade

7x Grey Hunters 160pts

Meltagun, Wolf standard, Rhino, dozer blade

5x Grey Hunters 150pts

Flamer, Razorback, Lascannon + Twin-linked plasmagun.

5x Long Fangs 115pts

Missile launcher x4

5x Long Fangs 115pts

Missile launcher x4

5x Long Fangs 155pts

Missile launcher x4, Razorback

Total = 1750pts

Damien Avery: Tyranids

Hive Tyrant 195pts

Lash Whip & Bone Sword, Scything Talons, Old Adversary, Leech Essence, Paroxysm

2x Tyrant Guard Brood 130pts

Lash Whip.

3x Hive Guard Brood 150pts

8x Ymgarl Genestealer Brood 184pts

Tervigon 210pts

Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Stinger Salvo, Dominion, Catalyst, Onslaught

10x Termagant Brood 50pts

Tervigon 210pts

Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Stinger Salvo, Dominion, Catalyst, Onslaught

10x Termagant Brood 50pts

Trygon 210pts

Adrenal Glands

Trygon 210pts

Adrenal Glands

Total = 1749

Daniel Hayden: Tyranids

The Swarm Lord 280pts

Tyrant Guard 65pts

Lash

3x Hive Guard 150pts

10x Ymgarl Genestealer Brood 230pts

Tervigon 195pts

Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Catalyst.

10x Termagants 50pts

Trygon 210pts

Adrenal Glands

Trygon 210pts

Adrenal Glands

Trygon 210pts

Adrenal Glands

Total = 1750pts

David Dawn: Tyranids

Hive Tyrant 280pts

Wings, Hive Commander, Old Adversary.

Tyranid Prime 100pts

Lash Whip & Bone Sword, Deathspitter.

15x Termagants 150pts

Devourers.

6x Genestealer Brood 150pts

Broodlord, toxin sacs, scything talons.

6x Genestealer Brood 150pts

Broodlord, toxin sacs, scything talons.

20x Hormagaunt Brood 160pts

Toxin Sacs.

Doom of Malan'tai 130pts

Mycetic Spore

5x Ymgarl Genestealers 115pts

Trygon 200pts

Total = 1750

David Foster: Chaos Marines

Daemon Prince 155pts

Wings, Mark of Slaanesh, Lash of Submission.

4x Chaos Terminators 165 pts

Power Fist, Combi-plasma x4, Mark of Slaanesh.

5x Chaos Terminators 195 pts

Power Fist x2, Heavy Flamer, Combi-melta x4.

10xChaos Space Marines 260 pts

Chaos Glory, Flamer, Melta gun, Rhino, Aspiring Champ with Combi-flamer,Power Fist.

10xChaos Space Marines 260 pts

Chaos Glory, Flamer, Melta gun, Rhino, Aspiring Champ with Combi-flamer,Power Fist.

8x Khorne Berserkers 243 pts

Rhino, Skull Champion with Power Fist.

2x Obliterators 150 pts

5x Havocs 170 pts

Chaos Glory, Plasma gun x4, Rhino

Total = 1748pts

David Wilson: Sisters of Battle

Saint Celestine 115pts

10x Battle Sisters Squad 180pts

2x Meltagun, Rhino.

10xBattle Sisters Squad 185pts

Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino

10x Battle Sisters Squad 185pts

Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino

10x Battle Sisters Squad 185pts

Flamer, Heavy Flamer, Rhino

5x Seraphim Squad 135pts

Eviscerator, Two Inferno Pistols.

5x Dominion Squad 180pts

Combi-melta, 2xMeltagun, Immolator, Twin-Linked Multimelta.

5x Dominion Squad 180pts

Combi-melta, 2xMeltagun, Immolator, Twin-Linked Multimelta.

Exorcist 135pts

Total = 1750pts

Doug Sainsbury: Grey Knights

Coteaz 185pts

Ordo Xenos Inquisitor, Psychotroke Grenades, Rad Grenades, Level 1 Psyker.

5x Purifiers 190pts

Psycannon x2, Razorback, Psybolt Ammo

5x Purifiers 190pts

Psycannon x2, Razorback, Psybolt Ammo

5x Purifiers 190pts

Psycannon x2, Razorback, Psybolt Ammo

5x Death Cult Assassin 147pts

3x Warriors, Meltagun x2, Rhino.

5x Strike Squad 195pts

Psycannon x1, Razorback, Assault Cannon, Psybolt Ammo.

3x Warriors 62pts

Razorback, Psybolt Ammo.

3x Warriors 62pts

Razorback, Psybolt Ammo.

3x Warriors 62pts

Razorback, Psybolt Ammo.

3x Warriors 62pts

Razorback, Psybolt Ammo.

Dreadnought 135pts

Twin Linked Autocannons x2, Psybolt Ammo

Dreadnought 135pts

Twin Linked Autocannons x2, Psybolt Ammo

Dreadnought 135pts

Twin Linked Autocannons x2, Psybolt Ammo

Total = 1750pts

Haydn Korach: Eldar

Eldrad Ulthran 210

5x Fire Dragons 190

Wave Serpent, Spirit Stones, T/l Shuriken cannons.

5x Fire Dragons 190

Wave Serpent, Spirit Stones, T/l Shuriken cannons.

5x Dire Avengers 190

Wave Serpent, Spirit Stones, T/l Missile Launcher.

5x Dire Avengers 190

Wave Serpent, Spirit Stones, T/l Missile Launcher.

5x Dire Avengers 180

Wave Serpent, T/l Missile Launcher.

5x Dire Avengers 60

3x Warwalkers 180pts

Each with two scatter lasers

3x Warwalkers 180pts

Each with two scatter lasers

Falcon 180pts

Holofields, Missile Launcher, Spirit Stones.

Total = 1750pts

Henare Akari: Black Templar

Emperors champion 140pts

Accept any Challenge

Marshal 183pts

Power fist, Terminator armour, Adamantium mantel, Storm shield, Tank hunter.

Command squad 222pts

4x Terminators, 2x Cyclone missile launchers, Tank hunter.

5x Terminators 265pts

2x Cyclones, Tank hunter.

5x Terminators 265pts

2x Cyclones, Tank hunter.

5x Initiates 153pts

Missile launcher, Melta gun, Rhino, Smoke launcher.

5x Initiates 153pts

Missile launcher, Melta gun, Rhino, Smoke launcher.

5x Initiates 101pts

LasCannon, Plasma gun

2x Typhoones 140pts

3x Bikers 126pts

3x Melta gun

Total = 1748pts.

Jack Dunn : Dark Eldar

Baron Sathonyx, 105 pts

3x Kabalite Trueborn 146 pts

Blaster x3, 1 Venom, Splinter Cannon

3x Kabalite Trueborn 146 pts

Blaster x3, 1 Venom, Splinter Cannon

3x Kabalite Trueborn 146 pts

Blaster x3, 1 Venom, Splinter Cannon

5x Kabalite Warriors 125 pts