ACT GT Fashion On The Field

At the ACT GT this year I took some snaps of the armies on display. There were as usual a high level of painting on display with some players presenting very nicely turned out forces.

I have had these pictures for a while and have been slack in getting them up on the blog! Still, here they are in all their glory.

If you are interested in the event itself, you can find my report here.

DAK and Italian Tanks

Crusaders and Grants.

British Motor Rifles and Crusaders

Crusader Company ready for battle.

US post battle

Ken's DAK with Display Board

Robert's Brits

Yank Tank.

Every Armoured Car and a Tiger

All the Crusaders

Germans

US on display

Stephen's US forces.

Tournament Report - Cancon 2018 - FOW

Cancon is hands down the largest Wargaming event on the Aussie Calendar. This year was the 40th Cancon and like those before it was not to be missed. Cancon, being a national event is the one weekend that draws players from all over Australia and occasionally overseas. Aside from the numerous competitions and campaigns, there are lots of participation games, a large board game area, traders, a 2nd hand stall, roleplay games and even Cosplayers. Something for everyone.

This year there were no less than 6 different FOW and TY events. In the past few years I had played during the day and night flames but this year I setting on Mid War v4. The total list of events were:

Mid War V4
Early War Campaign
Team Yankee
Team Yankee Campaign mm)
Night Flames Arab Israeli
Night Flames Late War`

I suspect the total FOW and TY numbers were down slightly on past years . We had a very healthy 22 players for MW. Given the newness of the rules and the fact that there are only 3 books out, I think this is pretty good.

Caunter Corner

Players could select 80 points of troops with up to 10 points of cards. Only the 80 points of troops counted towards reserve calculation.

I ran my newly painted Crusader company with some 17/25 pounders, Carriers, Infantry, Bofors and Hurricanes. Over the 8 games I played a variety of different forces - German Tanks,  German Infantry, German Armoured Cars, British Crusaders, British Grants and a US Tank force. The top four players were running British Crusaders, German Armoured Cars, German Infantry and British Grants. Every British army I saw seemed to have Scout Tank and this is still a problem. I think that is a pretty good spread and highlights that MW V4 is otherwise largely balanced.

Interestingly, I played against 2 different German lists with Tigers. Even at these low points, they can be a threat. I don't think they can work with DAK tanks but certainly can with infantry or mechanised Companies.

The MW tournament was well run in the capable hands of Trick and Ben. I didn't see any major issues or heated arguments. The hottest anyone got was the warm pavilion where the air conditioning struggled with 30 plus degree temperatures and too many sweaty gamers.

Darren's Bunkerflak

EW Eastern Front Campaign table

I didn't have a lot of time to look at the other FOW and TY events but I had time to snap a few pics. These events also seemed well attended and the players having a good time.

Nappy game on Monday

Trick doing TO stuff

Some of the lovely desert terrain.

Ben not doing TO stuff

It was this long...

V4 MW Event at Rebel Outpost

I took a drive up the coast to the Rebel Outpost in Wyong. I hadn’t been to the store before and it is located in an industrial estate just a few minutes from the center of Wyong. It was a good 90 minute drive from home but what is 3 hours in the car compared with the prospect of a day of toy soldiers?

The store was offering a FOW Version 4 MW 80 point competition where players could bring an additional 10 points of cards. There are a few events popping up with this format but this is the first one I have played in. Cancon 2018 will have the same format.

I arrived early and had time to wonder around the store which is pretty well stocked. There is a good selection of a variety of Table top games. FOW and Bolt Action appeared to be most represented.

The store is well laid out. On the bottom floor is the shop with a separate dedicated table area. There was lots of terrain and lots of space for card games. A side from the FOW tables set up for the day was also an X wing table with games going all day. There is a quite role-play type space upstairs too.

There were 4 nice tables setup for the event with a mix of desert and European tables. I played on three different tables, each well thought out with different challenges presented to players.

The store is offering a slow grow league so there were a few pieces of unpainted kit and proxied figures on the tables as players build up their forces. This event was a bit of an introduction tournament organised around players learning V4.  

I packed by Crusaders for the event as I am currently enjoying playing them.  I am busy painting up a US force but that is not ready yet. The 80/10 format is interesting. I would like to play some more games before I can be sure if I like it or not. 10 points of cards can provide some pretty big changes to a list. Aside from the characters that buff a big portion of the list, there are lots of re-roll cards and opportunity cards. Mostly though, I think Scout Tank is the card I am most worried about. It continues to provide well more than a single point of value. For a full company of Crusaders of Stuarts, I think this card would still be good value at 10 points.

The day ran really well with a nice mix of fun games and some good chatter. I will defiantly come back to future events at the store. I rounded off a fun day buy buying a box-set for a future project for myself as a Christmas present. I highly recommend Rebel Outpost for a visit. It is a friendly, well stocked, well organised store.

 I hope you enjoyed this article.