40kTournamentinMotion2006

40k TOURNAMENT 2006

IN MOTION

Tournament number Eight in OGC’s long 40k history. Can someone break the

deadlock and become only the third champion of OGC’s most prestigious title?

Background

Emperors Reach lies at the fringe of the Greater

Trident Sector's Imperial border. Following the

advance of Chaos, Ork and Necron in Trident

alike in the past century, Emperors Reach has

become a key focus in preparing a Vanguard

defence against the potential for Trident to be

used as a staging ground for an insurgence into

Imperial territory. Imperial interests such as

Lesser Trident, Auriantia and Port Isaac had all

fallen into alien hands, and thus Imperial forces

had withdrawn from the sector. The plans to

fortify Emperors reach were given haste when an Ork cruiser, fleeing Necron controlled space crash

landed on Emperors reach a decade ago. The Orks began to multiply and it was with significant horror

that it was discovered that Tyranids had also infested the original landing craft leaving two extremely

dangerous enemies running loose on the unclaimed arid surface of the planet. Astartes forces were

moved in to bombard the planet, however, Chaos forces, holding significant control in the Greater

Trident Sector began orbital shelling the Imperial battle cruisers forcing a withdraw. The Space Marine

forces had little choice but to withdraw and plan for a planetary assault.

The Chaos forces soon joined them, though their true intent became

clear with the sudden appearance of the Eldar, who had long since held

base son the planet, and only with the new congestion had their positions

been compromised. The Space Marines were caught between the Orks

and Tyranids battling for territory, and the Chaos forces aiming to wipe

out the Eldar. Things were to become murkier however. The Trident

Sector had long since drawn the attentions of the Ordo Malleus, and it is

under their guidance that the Scorched Earth policy earlier taken in the

utter obliteration of Lesser trident continue. And so the Adeptus

Sororitas arrived, intent on cleansing the planet with flame, bot from the

skies, but from the barrels of the righteous weapons. And thus the battle

for Emperors Reach began, and with it, the fate of the Imperium swung

in the balance.

Contents

Players

Tournament Format

1st Round Group A

Group B

Summary

Semi Finals

3rd Place Consolation

Final

Podium

Closing Comments

Appendix – Army lists

Extras

The Players

Group A

James Brown – Sisters of Battle

Came from nowhere last Tournament to become 40k Champion for the first time. In the last 12

months, James has gone from being ranked amongst OGC’s lowest to its very best with an

almost flawless set of games since becoming Champion. Expect a similar performance this

year.

Odds – 2 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 67%]

Simon Gray – Tyranids

Despite a generally impressive record with the Tyranids, Simon’s lack of Tournament success

continued with them last year. However he poses enough of a threat to keep players thinking

and will be out to show that he can no longer be ignored, he hasn’t been defeated since the last

Tournament.

Odds – 8 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 88%]

Andy Townley – Ultramarines

After last year embarrassment and a bottom of the group finish, Andy’s form has never matched

that of his 3rd place claims in 2003 & 2004. In major need of a revival of his 40k career, and

what better place to do it than in the Tournament, his Ultramarines are in full swing after a pre-

Tournament wipe-out of Luke Greensmith.

Odds – 12 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 47%]

Luke Greensmith – Space Marines

More defeats have seen Luke’s abysmal records drop further over the past year. However a lack of pressure

is in itself an opportunity, and whilst Luke will not be expecting to advance beyond the first round, he can

cause enough of an upset to have a major effect on the Tournament, memories point to his defeat of Andrew

Townley last year. Despite a pre-tournament wipe-out he has also beaten Brown and May and drawn with

Brandon in the last few months, capable of an upset.

Odds – 24 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 24%]

Group B

Mike Brandon – Chaos

Stunned by James Brown in last years final, Brandon will be out for revenge and have a point to prove as

OGC’s only 40k player to have more than one title to his name. Flirting with the Imperial Guard hasn’t

wielded great results but his Chaos command has been flawless as ever, despite a pre-tournament defeat to

Brown.

Odds – 3 – 1 [Form last 6 months: 62%]

Adam May – Orks

Angered by his 3rd place showing after being bowled out the Tournament in last years

Semi-final against Brandon, May is out to make this Tournament his second crown. The

Orks are ready, are you?

Odds – 4 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 67%]

Monovie Asita – Eldar

A player who’s form is dictated by his mood on the day, if he commits himself to the battle he

can compete with the very best, but if he allows himself to be ground down he stands little

chance. Made 4th last year, and only just lost out to James Brown in the Semi-finals.

Odds – 10 – 1

[Form last 6 months: 50%]

Tim Harness – Eldar

Failed to impress at last years fantasy Tournament, don’t expect anything from Tim’s

first entry into this Tournament.

Odds – 50 – 1

Tournament format

The players will be drawn into two groups of four. James Brown and Mike Brandon are seeded in groups

opposite each other, the rest of the players who succeeded through qualifying by rankings are randomly drawn into

the groups. The top 2 of each group will go into the semis with the Winner of Group A playing the runner-up of

group B and vice-versa. The winners then go onto the final while the loser will play the consolation game.

All group games were drawn into a random order to make the Tournament as fair as possible.

Awards are also available for the best painted and best selected armies.

Rules

The modified 2nd edition rules set will be in use all the restrictions imposed by 40k OGC edition will be in place.

Armies are to be picked to no more than 2,006 points.

Strategy cards have been outlawed and Mission cards will not be in use.

Games that end with 2 points dividing players in the group stages would count as a draw.

In the event of an exact draw in the finals, an immediate extra turn will be played to determine a winner etc

1st Round GROUP A

James Brown (Sisters of Battle) / Simon Gray (Tyranids) Andy Townley (Ultramarines) /

Luke Greensmith (Space Marines)

Game 1 – James Brown Vs Andrew Townley Saturday 24th June 2006 14:30

The Tournament opens with the defending champion James Brown going against Andrew

Townley who suffered a 21-4 defeat in this fixture last year. The battle was a very one sided affair with

Brown capturing the middle ground and dominating the flanks

with his immolators and APC’s. Andy’s Dreadnought pair

were annihilated early on and the Sisters swept around into his

deployment zone leaving the assault marines and veterans

stranded as an immolator burnt up his deployment zone. The

veterans were destroyed in a fire fight with two squads of

Seraphim leaving just a wounded chaplain remaining. The

assault marines restored much honour for the chapter however

by first taking down an immolator with melta bombs, then

surviving and killing the Canoness and her seraphim in close

combat and then moving across the blow up the other

immolator bagging around 8 VP’s by themselves. However just a single assault marine and wounded

chaplain survived the battle, with much of the Sisters

force intact it was a decisive victory and was a

classic demonstration on how movement is king,

Andy’s static return fire approach was the key to

success in James’ own words and allowed him to

pick and choose his targets and dictate the victory.

Brown even lapsed to move into positions to at least

take out the final assault marine in his general relief

and confidence after securing that all-important

opening win. The score-line however was not as

domineering as the battle itself and Andy is still very

much in this tournament, losing to the group

favourite after all. Brown on the other hand has

proved that he isn’t just a ‘one-trick’ Necron.

RESULT: Brown’s Sisters 19 – 10 Andrew’s Ultramarines

< 3 Ultramirnes

rush to beat the

flames from the

Multi-melta,

leaving their

other brother to

die

Game 2 – James Brown Vs Luke Greensmith Wednesday 28th June 2006 14:00

Brown takes on Luke in the second of the

Group A games, once evenly matched opponents, the

disparity has grown massively since the last

Tournament, Luke however quietly murmurs about

being able to hold Brown at bay and pull off a victory.

Luke immediately sets to task against the Sisters,

launching a large scale flank assault with his APC's,

however following what Brown dubbed 'The Ultimate

Ram', a Rhino destroys Luke's Razorback, causing the

turret to fly off and smash the following Rhino. Luke's

forces were all of a sudden bottlenecked and trapped

behind the smouldering APC's with the Sisters

controlling the structures around them. The battle for

the skies was won by default as Brown forgot to deploy

some 600 points worth of troops being his Seraphim squads and Cannoness, however as the Sisters

swept all marine life from the table, the Land Speeders crashed to the ground.

Brown was on his way to the Semi's with Group A still wide open for the however would join him.

Model of the match was awarded to the Sisters of Battle Rhino driver for its destruction of 2 tanks,

causing a disrupting bottleneck, and later exploding killing several nearby enemy marines.

RESULT: Brown’s Sisters 15 – 4 Luke's Space Marines

Game 3 – Simon Gray Vs Andrew Townley Tuesday 4th July 2006 00:00

Playing the holding champion first was something of a

disadvantage as it put Andy[Charly] on the an immediate backfoot, forcing

him to have to win the remaining two group games. That said he was not

going down without a fight. His Ultramarines prepared a heavy defensive

line, all weapons poised to rain death on the Tyranids. However there was

one key weakness, whilst the Tyranids were forced to approach through

two bottlenecks, the structure which actually caused the restrictions to the

Tyranid advance was right in front of the Ultramarine deployment zone.

Consequently the marines only opened fire in significance numbers when

the Tyranids were right ion top of them, and though

devastating it was not enough. The Ultramarine line however

may have held where it not for the efforts of a rampaging

Lictor in their left flank. Whereas the right flank stood up to

the inevitable Tyranid assault,

the immediate destruction

wrought by the said Lictor

caused enough disruption to

allow the Tyranids to break

through the Ultramarine line

and ultimately cause enough

damage to win the game. Later Simon referred to Charly's holding the

line tactic as leaving the marines to be sitting ducks, 'accepting the

inevitable'.

RESULT: Simon's Tyranids 13 – 7 Andrew’s Ultramarines

Game 4 – Luke Greensmith Vs Simon Gray Tuesday 4th July 2006 11:00

Here was a grudge match, not from what has happened

on the tabletop in the past, but rather what has happened off it.

Luke had to win to stop

Simon making it to the Semi-

Finals for the first time, and

keep his own chances alive.

After the late night action

against Charly, Simon also

had exhaustion working

against him. Luke utilised a

similar tactic to Charly,

waiting to pounce on Simon through several bottlenecks. However

as with against Brown Luke failed to amend his tactics once the

game was moving. He became obsessed with capturing a large

building that was occupied by a Lictor at the front of his deployment zone, consequently Luke

continued to pile marines into combat with the Lictor which had a total feast upon the marines.

Meanwhile the Tyranids took advantage of the one-beast diversion and leapt upon the marines

relatively unscathed, Luke making dreadful mistake with the positioning of his Land Speeders. Once

engaged, Luke pulled his marines out of combat to try and maximise fire with Plasma Pistols, however

they were simply pulled down, leaving Simon to claim a solid victory.

RESULT: Simon's Tyranids 16 – 6 Luke's Space Marines

The final games in Group A simply decided 1st and 2nd, and 3rd and 4th place.

Game 5 – James Brown Vs Simon Gray Tuesday 4th July 2006 20:00

^ See the Lictor in bottom

Simon's 24 hour gaming marathon came to a close against group leader (in Vps) James

Brown. Ill omens met Simon's early advance with a spore mine

explosion killing 11 Hormagaunts. Simon then witnessed Brown's

master-stroke, as the Tyranids reached the half way point on the

table, the Sisters force powered behind them, with APC's and

Seraphim, leaving the frontline of the Tyranids, scrabbling against

the defending squads of Sisters. The beleaguered Tyranids were

then showered in Plasma, with no less than 5 plasma grenades

swarming the centre of the table, frying the Tyranid forces. In the

Tyranids deployment zone, the

discovery of Biovores being

Initiative 1 saw them crushed under

the wheels of a Rhino. By now the Tyranids were starting to thin, with

the Cannoness gloriously occupying the edge of the Tyranid

deployment flank, however she was soon set upon by a flaming Hive

Tyrant! A multi-melta, in the final purge of the Tyranids, dealth 24

wounds to a Tyranid Warrior, typifying the Tyranids day. By turn 3

just 6 Warrios, 1 Lictor and Hive Tyrant and 9 Hormagaunts remained.

The Tyranids were well and truly out-manoeuvred!

RESULT: Brown’s Sisters 19 – 9 Simon's Tyranids

Game 6 – Andrew Townley Vs Lke Greensmith Friday 7th July 2006 00:00

Another midnight game, for the Group A consolation. In the opening turn Luke recited

'1,2,3,4, I declare a Dread war', the following shooting resulted in 2

James and 2 hits which blew up Charly's Dreadnought. Luke's plan was

in your face and for the first time in the

Tournament he succesfully got troops from

an APC, into combat on the other side of the

table, opening up a bitter close up melee

which ultimately fell in Luke's favour.

Meanwhile Luke used his Dreadnought and

Land Speeders to distract Charly's heavy

fire, tying them up for much of the game, although the Land Speeders went

down again to no return, much to Luke dismay, though they ended up in

positions they couldn't shoot from thanks to some terrible manoeuvring. The tie-up of Charly's fire, and

the destruction in Charly's deployment zone tipped the balance in Luke's favour, although it could have

been more convincing had one of Charly's marines not rolled [in Luke's words] '3 fucking sixes', and saved

a couple of victory points. Despite Charly's fair gaming record he is dumped out the first round of the

Tournament to no reply again, whilst Luke gains a consolation against the opponent he picked up his

sole win against last year.

RESULT: Lukes Space Marines 13 – 10 Andrew’s Ultramarines

Group A Standings

VPs +

VPs -

Pts

+/-

James Brown

+30

Simon Gray

Luke Greensmith

-18

Andrew Townley

-18

^ Luke pleased with his

consolation victory

1st Round GROUP B

Adam May (Orks) / Mike Brandon (Chaos) / Monovie Asita (Eldar) / Tim Harness (Eldar)

Game 1 – Mike Brandon Vs Adam May Monday 26th June 2006 14:00

A real clash of the titans opens up Group B, the simple fact that either of these players could

lose at the beginning of the Tournament meant that there was the risk of an early exit. Brandon's first

turn heralded a terrible show of luck.

With the Orks occupying covered

positions, the Chaos forces advanced

into position, concentrating heavily

on the positions in front of their right

side of the deployment zone, under

light covering fire, however this

resulted in 3 ones, 4 two's, 2 four's,

and on the Sistained Fire Dice, 4

ones and 2 Jams, the only 6 that came out in the turn was in the

psychic phase, just to rub it in! The Orks launched two main attack

waves, the first assaulted the positions occupied by the Chaos forces, whereas the majority of the Kult

of Speed focused on attacking the few troops tasked to hold the Chaos left

flank. What was to follow was absolute carnage, the fate of the vehicle battle

on the Chaos left flank saw everything destroyed, save a Scorcher that limped

around the Chaos deployment zone like an irritable fly. The battle for the

centre of the table saw initial Chaos shooting causing the Orks to flee and

hide behind a sandbag wall. However

spurred by a pincer attack by Killa

Kans and a Dreadnought on one side

and bikes on the other, the Orks rallied

and joined in a frontal assault with the Stormboyz. A tense battle

ensued with the Chaos holding their positions but at a heavy cost

as the close combat went back and forth. Just as a Predator

rumbled up to swing the balance in the Chaos sides favour, an

Ultimate Force Krunch flattened the vehicle. The initial overrun

by the Killa Kans was countered by a Terminator charge, which

successfully cleared the Orks and themselves when a Killa Kan

explosion took out all the Terminators, a Night Lords squad, the

remaining Stormboyz, the other Killa Kan and the Dreadnought. As the some of war lifted neither side

had won any decisive victory resulting in a draw. The game was an amazing start to Group B, and was

heralded by Luke as 'one of the best games seen, a real showcase for the Tournament'.

RESULT: Brandon's Chaos 16 – 14 May's Orks [Draw!]

Game 2 – Adam May Vs Monovie Asita Thursday 29th June 2006 13:00

The pressure was on Adam May to pick up a victory here against an out of practice Monovie.

The Ork response was swift and they were upon the Eldar almost

immediately, however poor deployment left

the wrong troops fighting the wrong battles,

and the Eldar capitalised hitting hard at the

Orks. As the Ork forces attempted to

regroup, the Swooping Hawks and Warp

Spiders, who proved to be a real

workhouse, destroyed their efforts to

retrieve the failing situation. Eventually the

Orks were pushed back and forced to take

cover as the Vyper and Falcon swept the front oft heir lines while the

Jetbikes began strafing their back line. Ultimately the Orks, after their

initial hit, collapsed, a final turn roll of 5 sixes on 6 dice which contributed to the wiping out of may of

the Ork squads hiding in cover, gave Monovie his first ever victory over the former champion.

RESULT: Monovie's Eldar 23 – 12 May's Orks

Game 3 – Mike Brandon Vs Tim Harness Monday 3rd July 2006 21:00

Tim faced a difficult test in his OGC debut, facing the highest ranked player, and 4 times

champion who was in a must-win situation. Nevertheless, the close combat orientated Eldar army went

to the task in good spirits. The Chaos force dug in, anticipating a massacre of the Eldar force, who

lacked much of the heavy weapons that characterised their

race. However the speed of the Eldar surprised the Chaos

army, and the Dreadnought charged their lines in turn two,

its massive legs striding over the entrenchments. The speed

of which the Eldar attacked combined with a massive

underestimation of their abilities forced the Chaos army to

reposition themselves, but by the third turn the Avatar

joined the Dreadnought in the Chaos deployment zone, and

the Plague Marine's were abandoned to die, as the Chaos

forces fell back. Then a crippling Plasma explosion

dumped a huge plasma ball in the Chaos lines, racking up

marine casualties. The Avatar managed to absorb, 12

Lascannon hits, 8 of which wounded the War God, leaving

Mike to shout 'Fuckin Avatar!'. However, the retreating tactics managed to reduce Chaos casualties in

the long run, and they exacted enough of a toll on the Eldar to pull of a convincing win, still quite a

scare for the Chaos army!

RESULT: Brandon's Chaos 15 – 6 Tim's Eldar

Game 4 – Monovie Asita Vs Tim Harness Tuesday 4rd July 2006 15:00

If Monovie could win this game he would qualify for the Semi's, and knock Adam May out at

the opening stages for the first time since 1999. The similarity in the army compositions was striking,

one being slightly more combat orientated [Tim] than shooting.

The civil war proved bloody, but it was poor manoeuvring on

Monovie's part and clever supporting of the combats by Tim that

decided the day. Monovie had his Falcon lose out in the like for

like firefight, and the same repeat for the Jetbikes. The

Dreadnought's fought to a

victory to Tim as well. In

the Avatar wrestling match,

Tim's Exarch ran in and

sliced the opposing Avatar,

also allowing Tim's Avatar

to strike easier. As May

commented, 'its like having a fight with a lad, and then his bird

comes over and bottles you'. The loss of the War God for

Monovie was decisive and the rampant forces of Tim's Eldar

swept Monovie back into his deployment zone, giving Tim a

comfortable win. Monovie had blown his big chance as Tim let

out his warcry: 'Elves in Space!'

RESULT: Tim's Eldar 15 – 8 Monovie's Eldar

As it stood 4 games in….

VP+

VP-

Pts

+/-

Mike Brandon

+11

Monovie Asita

Tim Harness

-2

Adam May

-13

It was anything goes in Group B, though Brandon was was most secure, with it generally taking a loss to Monovie

and Tim winning to be ejected. May somehow still had a chance, after Tim's massive victory over Monovie, he

needed to beat Tim and Brandon had to beat Monovie to get through. Brandon could go through on a loss, if May

beat Tim by only a small margin. As for Tim, a draw would do as long as Brandon beat Monovie. So what

happened?...

Game 5 – Adam May Vs Tim Harness Wednesday 5th July 2006 20:00

This was the big game, drawing a decent crowd. May confessed to

having spent his day in work working out a master

plan, he simply had to win this game. Tim was

absorbing the show on his 40k OGC debut, if he

could win here, it would be a massive

achievement. A nervy May got the game

underway, the Pulsa Rokkit and Shokk Attack gun

scoring direct hits, the Pulse then knocking 2

Eldar squads out of their own first turn. As the Orks assaulted the Eldar,

an Exarch was wounded and then

charged, but was splattered in the attempt!

The Harlequins then melta bombed the Scorcher's fule tank, the

Harlequin placing the bomb diving to safety as the remainder of the

squad rolled to low on 'its gonna blow!' and being engulfed in the

flames. The appearance of the Avatar in the counter attack, sends the

Stormboyz fleeing from the battlefield, Tim then roll's a lot of sixes as

the Kilt of Speed is obliterated. Both of the Killa Kans malfunctioned

and their Rokkit Launcha arms tore form their bodies. The carnage

though is won by sheer number and the Eldar are ultimately

overwhelmed. May pulls off the win he needs. Quoting 'Big respect to

Tim, good battle', whereas Tim reflects 'I went out with style'. Now May needed Brandon to win to get

into the Semi's.

RESULT: May's Orks 19 – 11 Tim's Eldar

Game 6 – Mike Brandon Vs Monovie Asita Thursday 6th July 2006 13:00

If Monovie won here, both players would go through, so it

was down to seeing if he could pull it off. In the

opening turn, the Night Lords with Heavy Bolters

occupied a building with the Veterans overlooking a

huge area of dead ground. Monovie failed to realise

what was happening and lost all his Jetbikes almost

immediately. The opening in the centre was then

fought over, however, Monovie failed to see the

Chaos troops creeping up on the flank,

after the exchange of fire in the centre, the

Chaos troops fired into the exposed Eldar flank, causing heavy casualties.

The Eldar were now well on the run, unable to emerge through risk of heavy

return fire. The result was a comprehensive Chaos victory, Monovie was out,

and Brandon finally had some momentum with which to head into the Semi's.

RESULT: Brandon's Chaos 20 – ³ Monovie's Eldar

Group B Standings

VPs +

VPs -

Pts

+/-

Mike Brandon

+30

Adam May

-5

Tim Harness

-10

Monovie Asita

-13

Semi-Finals

James Brown

Adam May

With Brown being so on form and May having scraped into the Semi's, May certainly has his

work cut out in stopping last years champion from reaching a second successive final. Brown

defeated May 16-12 in the first round of last years Tournament, so expect a close tie.

Mike Brandon

Simon Gray

Brandon has never failed to be in a 40k final, for Simon this is his first appearance beyond the

first round. Brandon defeated Simon 15-8 in the first round last year, but Simon has come a

long way since then, and with 2 wins already under his belt, expect a tense encounter.

Semi Final A – James Brown VS Adam May Monday 10th July 13:00

The first of the Semi-finals began with Brown desperately searching for some of his

missing Sisters of Battle. After a good ten minutes of frantic searching he realised they were

already deployed on the table. May rolled to move first, and the

Pulsa Rokkit struck the centre of the Sisters army, knocking

down most the army. Fire from the Orks also saw a Sisters

squad wiped out and a Rhino destroyed. The Orks were

definitely rolling, however, May failed to capitalise on the

initiative and instead was marred up firing form range,

obviously wary of the multi-melta's and flamers. However by

turn 2 Brown had recovered and had his Sisters in some very

awkward positions. At this stage the Orks began to go at the

Sisters, but their hesitation cost

them dear, as the Dreadnought

and Killa Kans were obliterated

in the centre of the table. The Sisters were by now striking at

the Orks all over table, the Seraphim dancing around causing

mayhem as they had become accustomed to doing this

tournament. The Orks were slowly pushed back, having failed

to gain any real foothold on the board, and consequently

suffered heavy losses. One of the Seraphim squads, having the

'choose any target' sacred rite, and

launched a daring assault on the Ork

Waprhead, skulking inside the main Ork line, however they failed

spectiarucarly, the Cannoness fialing to wound with her melta gun.

The Warphead returned the favour, unleashing Kop Dis' and

'Zidaneing' the Cannoness for a wound. The Sisters however had

pushed the Orks back, and secured much of the table. The day

belonged to the Sisters and Brown was heading for another 40k

final, whereas May faced the 3rd place play-off for the second year

running. Commenting on the battle May said 'never mind, just happy to be in the second

round', Brown pointed out the mistakes in May's tactics claiming 'May failed to use most of

his army'.

RESULT:

Brown’s Sisters 16 – 7 May’s Orks

^ When you take part in

Warhammer events, its not about

winning, its how drunk you get.....

Semi Final B – Mike Brandon VS Simon Gray Monday 10th July 18:30

This battle was interesting ground, Simon had never defeated Brandon before, but the

stage was set for a tense game, a lot of nerves hung in the air. The Chaos army moved first,

pushing the Plague Marines towards the centre of the table, the majority of the rest of the army

occupying the right of the deployment zone. A Predator and a squad of Noise Marine held the

Chaos left flank. The deployment of the Veterans in a tower, had severely cut

off the options to where the Lictors could infiltrate, pushing them back on the

Tyranid right flank. The opening Chaos shooting phase met some terrible luck,

both Predators with sponsons experiencing Heavy Bolter jams, and the rest of

the shooting that managed to hit, rolling ones to wound. The opening Chaos

shooting phase ended with a plasma gun exploding. The Tyranids, seizing the

opportunity swarmed through the cover in the centre of

the table towards the awaiting Plague Marines. The

Veterans in their tower laid down fire at the

Genestealers and Hormagaunts closing in on the

Plague Marines, meanwhile two Predators rumbled

below them to engage a group of Warriors. The Plague Marines managed

to devastate the rushing Gaunts with rapid fire bolter shooting, but the

Genestealers soon pounced. The rest of the Chaos army moved to drop fire

in to help their beleaguered brothers, but were bogged down dodging

Spore Mines and the newly arrived Gargoyles.

In the defence of the Chaos left flank, a group of Hormagaunts

were quickly taken down by the Noise Marines, but the advancing pair of Lictors caused more of a

problem. On the opposite side of the battlefield, the Veterans came to the rescue again in their

tower position, a Lascannon felling one of the Lictors. The Possessed Predator moved to engage

the surviving Lictor, rolling a one to wound when running it over, rolling a double Jam with its

Heavy Bolter and failing to hit with its Lascannons. The Lictor then tore the track form the

Predator and it went skidding out of control and off the table. The Lictor by

now on 1 wound from the Noise Marines, then engaged them who held it off

for the remainder of the game. The Chaos left flank had been devastated but

had contained the threat of letting the rest of the army be surrounded.

Meanwhile in the centre, 2 Plague Marines managed to roll three armour saves

each on sixes against the Genestealers and bought

the rest of the force an extra turn. This was utilised

to mop up the now unsupported Gargoyles, the

Terminator squad waiting in ambush sprang forth

and roasted many of the caught out Genestealers

with their Heavy Flamer. With the help of the Veterans, the Predators

on the Chaos right flank destroyed the Tyranid Warriors, and broke

through into the Tyranid deployment zone to take out the Biovores and

silence the Spore Mine menace. In the closing stages of the battle, the

remaining Genestealers were annihilated, along with the surviving

Warriors leaving a sole wounded Hive Tyrant remaining in the centre of the table!

Though the final score suggests a convincing Chaos victory, it seemed far from that,

and at many points things were looking to be in the Tyranids favour, were it not for the

bravery of the Plague Marines, the persistence of the Noise Marines or the outright sniping

skills of the Veterans it could have been very different. Commenting on the game Mike said

'It was one of the best and most intense games I've ever played in', Simon also commented on

an excellent and very tense game and was proud of his performance.

RESULT:

Brandon’s Chaos 21 – 8 Simon’s Tyranids

Final:

Mike Brandon Vs James Brown

3rd Place Consolation: Adam May

Vs Simon Gray

3rd Place Consolation Game

Adam May VS Simon Gray

Wednesday July 12th 13:00

In the bright summer sun, these two players cam together for the first time in a Tournament

environment with their respective armies. They had had 3 encounters in the past, May

winning two of them and the other being a draw, could Simon turn his fortunes around and

claim his first 40k podium spot and deny may who has featured on the podium every year

since 2000?

The Orks opened the battle in the same style to which they

had started every Tournament game, by knocking down large parts

of the Tyranid army with a scarily accurate Pulsa Rokkit shot. The

Orks however remain static much as they had in the Semi's

preparing to wait for the Tyranid

attack. The only exception being

the Kult of Speed that thundered

down the Orks right flank. The

Tyranids shrug this attack off and concentrate on the main

Ork line. The Ork counter-attack

begins, with the bikes surging

forward, but they are destroyed by

the massed Tyranids. The Lictors

burst forth to attack the Ork's left

flank, the Stormboyz managing to pull one down. The Killa Kans

and Dreadnought engage the Tyranid line but appear quite inept in

doing anything, and suffer damage from the falling Spore Mines,

leaving Tim to offer his wisdom, 'Killa Kans? More like Pepsi

Cans'. In answering the Biovire problem the Kult of Speed attacks

the Tyranid deployment zone, but are taken out by Warriors and Hormagaunts, leaving a

Scorcher to hurtle out of control, explode and kill a Biovore, achieving its mission in death.

The Orks were amounting a toll on the Tyranids, but the concentrated attacks of the Tyranids

was telling as the Orks were losing key parts of their force. An ongoing Psyker duel

culminated at the end of turn 3 when the Hive Tyrant felled the Warphead with Psychic

Scream. The failure of the Warphead would tell, when the Orks managed to wound all the

remaining Genestealers in a final turn push, but Simon saved 5

of them thanks to Catalyst. A Krak Missile then looked destined

to finish off the Hive Tyrant, wounded from the Psyker duel, but

it rolled its ward save.

As the piles of Ork bodies mounted Luke observed to

May 'Everyone's painted something in your army, its like an

OGC community project', however any community spirit in the

Orks was broken as surviving squads either fled or fell before

the Tyranid onslaught as it swept their lines. The Orks had

inflicted some heavy damage on the Tyranids, but it had been at the expense of their army.

Simon had pulled it off, his first podium position in an OGC 40k Tournament at his third

attempt. May had fallen off the podium for the first time in over half a decade!!!

RESULT:

Simon's Tyranids 19 – 11 May’s Orks

Final

Background: after Brown's shock victory last year, these 2 player meeting in the final does not seem so

strange this time round. Brown is in better form than ever, meaning that it offered no surprise if he

were to go on and win his second Tournament in a row, and attaining a new OGC record of becoming

the first player to win with different races. Brandon has never missed a Tournament final however and

has the weight of experience as well as some good form himself, and will be looking to avange the

defeat on his birthday last year.

Tournament 2006 Final

James Brown

Mike Brandon Thursday July 13th 15:00

For the eighth OGC Warhammer 40,000 final, Luke arranged the scenery [later to be

disputed by Mike!] and let fly for the potential record

breaking game. The omens favoured

Brown as he deployed second and

moved first, occupying key positions on

the table, preparing to dictate the flow of

battle. The Immolators thundered on

two separate flanks toward the Chaos

lines, the reaction of the Chaos

commander was a suicide attack into the

multi-melta equipped variant. The

results were less than spectacular, the Immolator emerging unscathed and

the Predator being utterly annihilated. The shooting phase did little as most

Chaos guns jammed or missed. The Sisters got to work in their second turn,

wiping out on out of position Plague marine squad and consolidating some

excellent cover in the centre. The tank battle on the Chaos left flank ends

abruptly, the other Predator being destroyed by the Immolator.

The Immolator on the right flank however bore the brunt of the

entire Chaos army and was dispatched, the Cannoness was also caught in

the open but survived a massive fusillade of bolter's and heavy bolter's.

Pressed under massive heavy fire, the Chaos army, struggled to find new

positions, and things went from bad to worse when a Multi-Melta armed

Sister caught sight of the third and final Predators sponsors and rolled a 6 on the damage

chart, flash-backing into being a 6 on the hull, putting an end to the Chaos anti-armour

weaponry. At least for the Chaos force the threat of the Sororitas armour was nullified by the

wreckage of their own vehicles which trapped the Sisters of

Battle tanks behind a large copse. The

Chaos turn 3 became even worse as the

Chaos force failed to obtain a single kill,

thanks to the heavy cover of the Sisters

occupied positions and atrocious dice

luck. However by now the Sisters forces

were looking worse for wear themselves,

and failed to inflict much damage in the

final turn, the Veterans who had proved a massive thorn in the Sisters

of Battle side managed to wipe out the Seraphim that had been attacking their position in the

shattered Imperial Shrine.

The final turn saw each Sister of Battle squad reduced to half their number, each

being a kill out of scoring Victory Points! However despite the ill fortune of the Chaos force

which had been exemplified by some clever Sisters positioning, the Chaos force did seem to

have a stronger hold on the battlefield. The totting up of the victory points was a nervy

experience, even for those not playing, and as the final scores were announced.......

RESULT:

Brown's Sisters 11 - 8 Brandon’s Chaos

James Brown had done it! Two Tournament victories in a row, with two

different armies. Brandon expressed his hard done to feelings referring to his awful luck

all Tournament, but it was hats off to Brown who unleashed his extremely animated

victory dance exclaiming 'See you next year!'.

Podium

TOURNAMENT 2005 40K CHAMPION

James

Brown + Best Selected

Army

2nd Place

Mike

Brandon

3rd Place

Simon

Gray

Best Painted Army – Andrew Townley

Story End: The Space Marines had been unfit for the task of cleansing Emperors Reach and had

allowed the Orks and Tyranids to get out of control. The Chaos forces had successfully eliminated

the Eldar, their purpose now being unknown forever, however in doing so the Chaos forces had

gained access to vast resources and built a stronghold on the planet. The task was therefore left to

the Adeptus Sororitas – the Sisters of Battle, who successfully cleansed the

planet of the Chaos and Ork menace and freed the world for Imperial

construction teams to begin its fortification. However the Chaos forces had

been able to obtain several artificats form the Eldar camps as they made

their retreat back into the Greater Trident sector. And deep underground in

Emperor's reach their lay a terrible menace nesting and waiting, where the

main creatures of the Hive Fleet had failed, they had planted the seeds to

return anew, as a Patriarch incubated far below the planets surface. For now

though, the Sororitas were successful and it would be the Ordo Malleus who

would take command of the Imperial against incursions from Trident.

Tournament Close: That was a fantastic Tournament. It threw up some amazing games, in

particular, Brandon VS May and Tim VS Monovie in the first round. Both of the Tournament

Semi's were excellent and the final was a very close call. James brown triumphed however,

reversing his once awful Tournament record to instead having 2 Tournaments and 10 straight wins

under his belt, with 2 different armies! Brown also collected the Best Selected army award, just as

his Necrons did last year, they epitomised what a Sisters of Battle should be, and played up to it. It

was also a testament to the excellent rules set that is 2nd edition and thus why we still use it some 7

years after its official expulsion by Games Workshop. I myself picked up another 2nd place, I've

still got the record of most wins (4) and of being in every final! Simon reaching the podium for the

first time was great, meaning that 6 players and 7 different races have occupied the podium at

some point, only ones missing out in fact Imperial Guard, Dark Eldar and Tau, oh and Squats, but

they've never had a serious Tournament entry before. It was a shame that Charly went out so early

as his army was excellent to behold, being an excellently painted 3rd Company force of

Ultramarines. Away from the games, the Tournament also had a fantastic atmosphere, with

players camped out by the Arena, it was a manic 3 weeks, with plenty of time spent reflecting in

the local pub! See the Extra's section following the Appendix for some of the pictures surrounding

the Tournament away from the tables! This is also the last Tournament to ever be held in

Ormskirk at the OGC Arena, so its an excellent departure, and we'll sorely miss our venue that

housed us for over seven years! Now, Tournament 2000 has always had the mythos of being the

best Tournament ever but I think this year may very well beat it, it was a fantastic and

unforgettable time, we even reached the 'magic 8' number and had others who missed out! In the

words of the Champion....'See you next year!'

APPENDIX – Army Lists

Entries highlighted in red indicate leaders of each army

Chaos (Mike Brandon)

Hero -

Aspiring Champion (Night Lord, Bolter, Power Sword)

47 pts

Icon Bearer (Night Lord, Meltagun, Conversion Field)

73 pts

Aspiring Champion (Mk Nurgle, Mk1 Plasma Pistol, Chainsword)

47 pts

Squads -

Terminators (3, 1 Heavy Flamer, 2 Power Fists)

190 pts

Veterans (5, Night Lords, Heavy Bolter, Lascannon, 3 Bolters)

246 pts

Night Lords (6, 5 Bolters, Mk1 Plasma Gun)

191 pts

Night Lords (5, 4 Bolters, Missile Launcher w/ Plasma Missiles)

192 pts

Night Lords (5, 2 Heavy Bolters, 3 Bolters)

173 pts

Plague Marines (5, 1 Mk1 Plasma Gun)

188 pts

Noise Marines (4, 3 Sonic Blasters, 1 Blastmaster)

195 pts

Support – Possessed Predator (Twin Lascannons, Heavy Bolter Sponsons, combi-bolter)

194 pts

Predator Squadron ( w/ Twin Lascannons +1 w/ Heavy Bolter Sponsons)

270 pts

TOTAL

2006 pts

Eldar (Monovie Asita)

Commander – Avatar

300 pts

Hero -

Warlock (Level 2, Force Sword)

108 pts

Exarch (Swooping Hawk, Lasblaster)

95 pts

Exarch (Warp Spider, Jump generator, 2 death spinners)

90 pts

Squads -

Guardians (7, Shuriken Catapults)

98 pts

Guardians (7, Shuriken Catapults)

98 pts

Guardians (7, Shuriken Catapults)

98 pts

Dire Avengers (8)

176 pts

Swooping Hawks (4)

112 pts

Warp Spiders (4)

164 pts

Jetbikes (5, 1 Shrieker Cannon)

160 pts

Support - Dreadnought (Pulse Laser)

200 pts

Falon Grav Tank (Pulse Laser, Scatter Laser)

233 pts

Vyper (Shuriken Cannon)

60 pts

TOTAL

2004 pts

Eldar (Tim Harness)

Commander – Avatar

300 pts

Hero -

Warlock (Level 2, Force Sword, Psychic Hood)

132 pts

Exarch (Banshee Mask, Executioner, Conversion Field, Fighting Fury, Tough, Plasma grenades)103 pts

Exarch (Banshee Mask, Power Sword, Conversion Field, Haywire grenade, Fighting Fury, Tough, Plasma grenades,

Melta Bombs)

110 pts

Squads -

Guardians (7, Power Swords & Laspistols)

119 pts

Howling Banshees (7)

189 pts

Howling Banshees (7)

189 pts

Howling Banshees (5)

135 pts

Support - Dreadnought

160 pts

Falon Grav Tank (Shuriken Cannon)

228 pts

Harlequins (8, 7 Powers Swords, 1 Harlequins Kiss, Refractor Fields, Melta Bombs)

340 pts

TOTAL

2004 pts

Orks (Adam May)

Commander – Warphead (Weirdboy Staff)

199 pts

Hero -

Bigboss (Bolter Combi Weapon, Power Axe, ‘eavy Armour)

59 pts

Drillboss (Jump Pack, Power Axe)

32 pts

Mekaniak (Shokk Attack Gun)

43 pts

Runtherd

18 pts

Painboy

18 pts

Squads -

Nobz (3, Mega Armour, Storm bolters, power fists)

265 pts

Stormboyz (8, 8 Chainswords)

144 pts

Death Skullz (4, 4 Rocket Launchers)

168 pts

Evil Sunz (5, Warbikes)

235 pts

Orks (20, 2 Chainswords)

246 pts

Snotlings (3)

15 pts

Support - Dreadnought (2 Power Fists, Heavy Bolter, Rocket Launcher)

145 pts

Killa Kans (2, Power Claws, Rocket Launchers)

140 pts

Pulsa Rokkit

50 pts

Vehicle Squad (Warbuggy w/ Multi-meltas, Scorcher, War Trukk w/ Twin Hvy Bolters)

165 pts

Vehicle Squad (Warbuggy w/ Multi-meltas, War Trak w/ T Hvy Bolters, War Trukk w/ T Hvy Bolters) 230 pts

TOTAL

2005 pts

Sisters of Battle (James Brown)

Commander – Cannoness (Melta Pistol, Jump Pack, Rosarius, Axes of Retribution, Litanies of Faith)120 pts

Hero -

Missionary Champion (Plasma Gun, Medicus Ministorum

40 pts

Squads -

Seraphim (5, 3 w/ twin hand flamers, Veteran w/ Brazier of Holy fire)

217 pts

Seraphim (5, Melta Bombs)

200 pts

Celestians (7. Plasma Pistol, Chainsword, Multi-melta, Meltagun)

237 pts

Sisters (7. Heavy Flamer, Flamer, Plasma Grenades)

221 pts

Sisters (6, Heavy Bolter)

172 pts

Sisters (6, Heavy Bolter)

172 pts

Sisters (5, Plasma grenades)

145 pts

Support – Vehicle Squad (Immolator, w/ Supercharged Engines & Heavy Flamers, Rhino w/ charged engine) 200 pts

Vehicle Squad

(Immolator, w/ Ablative Armour & Multi-meltas, Rhino)

280 pts

TOTAL

2000 pts

Space Marines (Luke Greensmith)

Commander – Techmarine (Power Axe, Refractor Field, Frenzon)

50 pts

Squads -

Tactical (10, Multi-melta, flamer, chainsword)

376 pts

Tactical (5, Heavy Bolter)

165 pts

Tactical (5, Meltagun, Chainsword)

160 pts

Assault (5, 8 Plasma pistols, 1 Plasma Gun, 1 Chainsword)

200 pts

Assault (5, 8 Plasma pistols, 1 Plasma Gun, 1 Chainsword)

200 pts

Assault (5, 10 Plasma pistols)

200 pts

Support – Dreadnought (Assault Cannon, Power Fist)

175 pts

Vehicle Squadron (1 Razorbacks w/ twin heavy bolters, 2 Rhinos)

224 pts

Vehicle Squadron (2 Landspeeders w/ Multi-meltas & driver w/plasma pistol)

150 pts

TOTAL

2000 pts

Tyranids (Simon Gray)

Commander – Hive Tyrant (Voltage Field, Sharpened Claws, Enhanced Senses, Catalyst, Psychic scream)246 pts

Hero -

Lictor (Hardened Carapace)

116 pts

Lictor (Sharpened Claws)

103 pts

Squads -

Tyranid Warriors (4 w/ voltage fields)

300 pts

Tyranid Warriors (4 w/ voltage fields)

300 pts

Genestealers (10)

280 pts

Hormagaunts (12)

96 pts

Hormagaunts (12)

96 pts

Hormagaunts (12)

96 pts

Hormagaunts (12)

96 pts

Gargoyles (6)

96 pts

Support – Biovores (3 w/ 4 Spore Mines)

180 pts

TOTAL

2005 pts

Ultramarines (Andrew Townley)

Commander – Chaplain Hero (Boltgun)

87 pts

Techmarine (Chainsword, Boltgun)

38 pts

Squads -

Veterans (10, 1 Power Axe, 1 Heavy Bolter, 1 Plasma Gun)

360 pts

Tactical (10, Multi melta, Plasma Gun, Chainsword)

375 pts

Tactical (10, Missile Launcher w/ Plasma Missiles, Flamer, Chainsword, Krak Grenades)

391 pts

Assault (5, 9 Chainswords, 1 Power Sword, Jump Packs, Melta Bombs)

224 pts

Devastator (5, 2 Heavy Bolter)

180 pts

Support – Dreadnought (Assault Cannon, Power Fist)

175 pts

Dreadnought (Assault Cannon, Power Fist)

175 pts

TOTAL

2005 pts

Points Expenditure Analysis

Note, these figures are estimates and due to the varying nature of the races,

they are not explicit in having correlation. A red arrow < or > indicates whether or not the

points statistic has increased or decreased from the previous Tournament and the blue arrow <

or > indicates whether or not their Tournament placing has improved or worsened. In both

cases the arrow > represents an increase. Data not available in all cases.

Characters

Squads

Support

Heavy Wpns

CC troops

Chaos

(Brandon)

167 < -

1375 < -

464

411 > -

47 > -

Eldar (Monovie)

593 - <

906

493 - <

141

408

Eldar (Tim)

645

632

727

1776

Orks (May)

369 > <

906 > <

730 < <

475 < <

702

Sisters (Brown)

160

1360

480 < -

300 > -

537 > -

Marines (Luke)

1401

549

285

650 < -

Tyranids (Simon)

465 < >

1360 > >

180 < >

180 > >

1825

Ultramarines (Andy)

125

1530 > -

350

185 < -

224 < -

Statistics

Most Points spent on Characters

1. Tim Harness

645 (Pos. 5)

2. Monovie Asita

593 (Pos. 6)

3. Simon Gray

465 (Pos. 3)

Least – Luke Greensmith 50 (Pos. 7)

Most Points spent on Squads

1. Andy Townley

1530 (Pos. 8)

2. Luke Greensmith 1401 (Pos. 7)

3. Mike Brandon

1375 (Pos. 2)

Least – Tim Harness 632 (Pos. 5)

Most Points spent on Support

1. Adam May

730 (Pos. 4)

2. Tim Harness

727 (Pos. 5)

3. Luke Greensmith 549 (Pos. 7)

Least – Simon Gray

180 (Pos. 3)

Most Points spent on Heavy Weapons (including tank mounted – price for weapons not models)

1. Adam May

475 [estimate] (Pos. 4)

2. Mike Brandon

411 [estimate] (Pos. 2)

3. James Brown

300 [estimate] (Pos. 1)

Least – Tim Harness 14 [estimate] (Pos. 5)

Most Points spent on Close Combat orientated troops (without a special+ weapon, 50%+ cc weapons, not characters)

1. Tim Harness

1776 / Simon Gray (1825) (Pos. 5) / (Pos. 3)

2. Adam May

702 (Pos. 4)

3. Luke Greensmith

650 (Pos. 7)

Least – Mike Brandon 47 (Pos. 2)

Extras

Preliminaries

^ 40k draw

^ Brown contemplates the army

lists

Pre Tournament

Mail Orders in

Games Workshop

Liverpool ^ Luke / >

May / < Mike

^ Preparing the Arena for the

Tournament

Tournament Moments

^ Tim: "Elves in Space!"

^ May and Tim at the

Hayfield pub

^ Mike and Simon at the

Hayfield pub

^ Simon in the Tournament

tent

^ Mike & Simon re-enact Dr

Salvador from Resident Evil

^ Mike takes in some

invigilators noodles!

^ Monovie reflects on his

Tournament chances

^ Brown loads up on sugar

Report by Mike Brandon. C OGC 2006. All art

images from Games Workshop website. Picture

of Orks from the game Dawn of War. All photography by Mike Brandon. This

document produced in Open Office, see www.openoffice.org

^ Mike does the BBQ

^ Tim assists the BBQ

^ Simon and Tim in the

tent

^ Simon feasts out