500 Points about 500 Points (Lists, Touraments & Rules, oh my!)

[Bill]

What? Who would bring one of those!?!??!!!!

[Benjamin]

Dan Bunker would. He whooped my ass badly in the last tournament, and I've never forgiven him for my terrible list and bad luck.

[Chase]

When the Escalation League started a brand new player was SMOKING people at 500 and 750 with a Tervigon.  People couldn't handle it, let alone the ~11 dudes it craps out every round.

Beast mode!  Literally.

[andalucien]

Damn... I guess my "secret" idea for the 500-pointer isn't so secret after all....  Maybe I need to think of a secret-er idea.

[Mad Dok Rob]

500 points of Grots!!!!  Nobody expects the Grot Inquisition....

125 models on the table...

except, I am not painting up that many grots....

Maybe I should buy some more.  Actually Grot Inquisition themed models would be pretty cool.

[Benjamin]

Grotquisition would be awesome.

The grot list mercilessly destroyed the initial idea last year of giving away a 500 point army. Sam's list somehow fit 144 wounds in there. That's alot of painting!

[King of the Elves]

Air force list anyone? Take the 2 lowest point troops you can, and them spam them with bombers, and whatnot. If I could use the eldar flyers (and if I could afford them) that's what I would do.

[Chase]

Air force list anyone? Take the 2 lowest point troops you can, and them spam them with bombers, and whatnot. If I could use the eldar flyers (and if I could afford them) that's what I would do.

But you couldn't score any objectives once the opponent wastes your troops. 

[King of the Elves]

Air force list anyone? Take the 2 lowest point troops you can, and them spam them with bombers, and whatnot. If I could use the eldar flyers (and if I could afford them) that's what I would do.

But you couldn't score any objectives once the opponent wastes your troops. 

 True, but as long as you can lay waste to all the troops before then, your all good!

[Benjamin]

Three weeks later, and I'm tinkering with the Round order again. Much happier with this.

Round 1
Deployment: Hammer and Anvil
Mission: The 6th Hits the Fan
5 objectives (4 in center of table quarters, 1 in center of table), mysterious objectives.

Round 2
Deployment: Dawn of War
Mission: Church & Trench
This mission will function as The Relic (p 131), with the following exceptions. This mission will have two Relics equidistantly placed along the center line. Relics cannot be moved until Game Turn 2. Each Relic will be able to be moved at most 3" (instead of 6"). A unit can control only one Relic at a time.

-- BRACKETS --

Round 3
Deployment: Spearhead (modified), 9" circle of 'non-deployment' in middle of table
Mission: No Quarter, No Retreat
Game decided by Victory Points. For this mission only, your units with the last model killed in your deployment zone count as double Victory Points for your opponent. At the end of the game, your opponent counts your half-strength units remaining in your deployment zone as full VPs scored. A unit is in a deployment zone only if the majority of the unit's models are in the zone. If a model or unit's position is unable to be determined, it is settled by a roll-off.

Round 4
Deployment: Vanguard Strike (modified) / Diagonal. 34" in each direction from the corner of deployment.
Mission: Kill Troops!
Game decided by Victory Points. For this mission, Troops choices are worth double VPs. Troops choices at half-strength will be worth full VPs.

Round 5
Deployment: Dawn of War
Mission: 3 Objectives, 2 Armies, 1 Winner, 0 Tolerance.
Place one objective in the table center. After deployment is decided but before any models are placed, the player going first places an objective along his deployment line by each player, at least 6" from table edge. The second player then does the same on his deployment line. The winner controls more objectives than their opponent at the end of the game.


I have irons in the fire regarding the diagrams for these missions, so hopefully we'll have a professional looking packet for everyone. For now, we'll have this mess.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9uaJDE7Iqy1cEFFZ0IybU9pVnM

[Chase]

The napkin diagrams are way cooler than fancy stuff, in my opinion.

[Benjamin]

There's much less discussion on lists and list theory this time around.

What can Chaos Space Marines look like at 500 points?

[Bill]

Typhus and 60 zombies. Done

[Loranus]

A lot or very little they can fjt like 40 cultists and still have points left over I think. 4 choices 10 man cultists at 50 points each leaving you with 300 points left which you coould toss something super serious in with.

[steelforge]

Missions Feedback:
Mission 3, No, just no.  In addition to penalizing entire codices, exactly no one will score this correct
Seriously, way too complex and will lead to issues.


Mission 4, I just don't like it, but that's not constructive feedback.

But seriously, Mission 3 is too hard to keep track of.

Round 3
Deployment: Spearhead (modified), 9" circle of 'non-deployment' in middle of table
Mission: No Quarter, No Retreat
Game decided by Victory Points. For this mission only, your units with the last model killed in your deployment zone count as double Victory Points for your opponent. At the end of the game, your opponent counts your half-strength units remaining in your deployment zone as full VPs scored. A unit is in a deployment zone only if the majority of the unit's models are in the zone. If a model or unit's position is unable to be determined, it is settled by a roll-off.

Round 4
Deployment: Vanguard Strike (modified) / Diagonal. 34" in each direction from the corner of deployment.
Mission: Kill Troops!
Game decided by Victory Points. For this mission, Troops choices are worth double VPs. Troops choices at half-strength will be worth full VPs.