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FANTASY TOURNAMENT 2005

IN MOTION

The time has come for the third OGC Fantasy Tournament, and all eyes look

to see if someone can break Simon Gray’s double-champion spell.

BACKGROUND

It is a time of excitement across the Warhammer world as armies

pour into the Southlands in search of glory and riches. The

Bretonnian prince Aldarick II has convinced many knights to

join him in an exhibition to the southern jungles to earn their

spurs and gain huge political advantage back in Bretonnia. His

father’s brother whom achieved the rank of Grail Knight joins

the young but proven prince, seeking the visions of the lady in a

new part of the world. However eyes in the lost kingdom of

Khemri observe the Bretonnian movements as their ships head

past the coastline adjoining Nehekhara. Fearing invasion a force

is dispatched led by the old King Taharka to eliminate the

Bretonnian’s, and protect their lands. It seems that in order to

avoid the High Elf naval patrols the Bretonnian’s have instead

provoked a potentially more dangerous foe. As Aldarick’s ships

land ashore in the unchartered and forbidding ‘New World’

native eyes watch them from the undergrowth, spear and claw at

the ready.

To the north a disgraced Elven prince Aludin also seeks the

wealth and potential political revival of his family and with the

last of his estates exchanged for manpower, Aludin heads out in

an all or nothing mission. But the reason for his fall lies in his

secret alliance with the Chaos power Tzeentch, after his

discovery he immediately shunned the gods gifts in an attempt to redeem his status, and now an angry

pack of Chaos warriors pursue the elven prince with full intentions of removing his head in the name of

Tzeentch. Unknown to the high Elves they are heading straight into Skaven held territory, and for the

ill of the rodent defenders, they bring with them the ravenous Chaos horde.

Contents

Players

Tournament Format

1st Round Group A

Group B

Summary

Semi Finals

3rd Place Consolation

Final

Tournament Overview

Appendix

Extras

PLAYERS

Group A

Mike Brandon – Chaos

Twice runner up, Brandon pulled of a few near miracles with the Beastmen last

year to make second. This time he takes a Chaos horde dedicated to Tzeentch in

an attempt to build on what he achieved with the Beastmen.

Andrew Townley¹ – Skaven

Third Tournament, third army. After holding up the rest of the players for two

years running, ‘Charly’ sends forth the Skaven. Inexperienced with a new army

and with an abysmal record, it seems unlikely that Charly will see more than just

first round action.

Timothy Harness – High Elves

A new player to OGC, this is his first Tournament and his skills are untried. A

long-term High Elf player, his fantasy experience could make him a real

contender. Whatever happens, you can’t rule out the unknown.

Group B

Simon Gray – Bretonnia

With two Fantasy Titles under his belt, Simon looks set for another successful

campaign. Despite the highly technical game last tournament with saw him

massacred, his Bretonnian’s were nigh on unstoppable, and Simon has every

intention of continuing that trend this year.

James Brown – Tomb Kings

A mass Fantasy under-achiever, again a few simple mistakes cost his Dark Elves

a couple of vital points that denied him a chance at the final last year. Can he

rally his Tomb Kings and finally make a go of becoming champion this year?

Luke Greensmith – Lizardmen

His abysmal 40k record is no different in Fantasy, although he avoided coming

in last place last year. Was defeated convincingly in the consolation game, it

seems unlikely that Luke will find any form again this year.

Format

Uses the Warhammer Sixth Edition rulebook (Note the upgrades for the Dark Elves in White Dwarf are

banned), the only other restrictions are that Magic Item allowances are halved.

(Note also that the Conquerors Tapestry is banned and Battle Standards have been extended to Panic

tests.)

The Players are drawn into two groups playing each other once. A win earns two points and a draw,

one. The winner of group A plays the runner up in Group B and vice versa. The winners of the semi-

final stages go on to play the final and the losers play for third place consolation. Any ties are decided

in favour of victory points.

Awards are also available for Best Painted and Best Selected Army.

AKA Charly. Noted as to prevent confusion later in the document!

1st Round GROUP A

Game 1 – Mike Brandon Vs Tim Harness Thursday 14th July 2005 15:00

Deep in the jungles of despair, the disgraced High Elf prince Aludin is woken and warned of

Chaos forces sighted elsewhere in the jungle. They were here for him, he had known this moment

would come, and now it was time to confront the root of his downfall and free himself of his fatal bond

once and for all. Ordering his troops to ready themselves the High Elf army set out to confront the

Chaos horde.

The High Elves launched their attack on the Chaos lines, the Chaos forces standing static as

the Elves approached, their powerful sorcerers pelting the elven lines with

magic. As the Elves neared the Chaos

battleline it suddenly leapt into life,

cutting down the approaching elven units

and sweeping aside the entire Elven right

flank. A lone bolt thrower, resolved to

avenge the sudden losses of their kin,

drive a unit of Chaos knights from the

field with a hail of arrows. The

swordmasters, the only survivors of the

Chaos counter attack charge the beast herd, exposed and alone on the

Chaos right flank. However the beasts manage to hold up against the

elite elves and a unit of Chaos warriors hit them in the flank,

resulting in a total massacre of the elves. The Chaos forces then

begin to surround the Elven prince and his few remaining Silver

Helms, and in a last desperate charge, the prince and just two

other Silver Helms charge the Chaos Warriors who had just

annihilated the Swordmasters. The two Silver Helms are cut

down but the prince avenges them, and between their lances and

his blade they eliminate the front rank of Warriors and they

break, allowing the prince the ride them down. Despite this

minor victory, the Chaos force is in rapid pursuit, and alone, the

prince escapes.

RESULT: Brandon’s Chaos 2081 – 869 Tim’s High Elves Massacre

Prince Aludin escape back to where the rest of the elven host is camped and they are forced to flee the

area. Angered at their failure to kill that last remaining elf that was their very target the Chaos forces pursue into

deeper into the jungle

Game 2 – Tim Harness Vs Andy Townley Friday 15th July 2005 17:00

The remainder of the elf force retreats through the jungles, not willing to allow the Chaos

army to catch them. Directionless they end up in the Forests of the Viper, and surrounded by a

confused but battle ready Skaven force. The High Elves and Skaven armies launch themselves at each

other, clashing across the centre of the table. The Skaven Gray Seer releases the

poisons of the forests and almost entire unit of Spearmen succumbs to the Plague

spell. During the central fighting, a particularly suicidal slave unit lose over half

their numbers to High Elf spearmen but following an unmodified snake eyes they

hold on, buying precious time for the rest of

the vermin force. In the confusion of the

central melee an assassin springs on the Elven

prince but although badly wounded, the prince

survives and slays his would be assassin. The Silver Helms capture

the centre of the table as they pursue the fleeing Skaven and

plunge head first into the Skaven rearguard. Despite large

casualties, these Skaven hold as well,

and the Ratling Guns lurking on the

sides of the Skaven units manage to

cut down two Silver Helms in the combat. However the Silver Helms

finally break through, but the rest of the Elven lines are starting to suffer

from the combination of shooting and magic from the rats. Crucially in

the battle for the centre, a unit of Spearmen break the Stormvermin, and

the back of the Skaven army is broken. With the situation desperate and the High Elves moving in for

the Skaven deployment zone, the Grey Seer casts Plague on the Silver Helms, claiming the Elven

Prince. In light of this event, the Skaven army hold its ground, and a Ratling Gun wipes out one of the

spearman units.

KEY MOMENT – Charly forgets to declare charges in the Movement order and is refused after Judicator (Simon

Gray) gives the decision to Tim who obviously says NO!

The battle once again swings back into the balance as combat erupts across the Skaven lines,

claiming a unit of Plague Monks and Elven Spearmen. A final brave charge from the Silver Helms

breaks some clan rats allowing them to escape from the path of the Stormvermin. As a final act the

Grey Seer casts Plague on a 13, almost wiping out the Silver Helms. The final shooting sees a Ratling

Gun spinning around wildly.

RESULT: Charly’s Skaven 1770 – 1374 Tim’s High Elves Minor Victory

Terror Moment - > As the Elves gain the upper hand in the first half of the battle, a particularly important

combat victory has Tim shouting “Yesss! Elves!” proving once and for all that all Elf players should be kept well

away from everyone else

Dejected by the loss of their prince, the rest of the Elves flee into the jungles, only to be

claimed by the disease that waits for all trespassers. The elven delegation is never heard from on

Ulthuan again.

Game 3 – Andy Townley Vs Mike Brandon Friday 15th July 2005 21:00

The Chaos Lord halted, there was a change in the air…The Elven prince was dead! This was a

grave situation, though their target had been killed, it was not by their hand and Tzeentch would be not

best pleased. Identifying the perpetrators, Chaos Lord guided his army with the power of his mind to a

small deserted settlement, a gateway to the Skaven lair. As the Chaos forces reached this, the Skaven

forces arrived on the field, to find their dwellings under threat.

As the Skaven return form their ordeal with the Elves they

find a Chaos force on their doorstep. The Chaos army begins by

charging the and destroying the dwellings, giving clear lines for their

spellcasters to attack the approaching vermin. A Warlock engineer

screams for the slaves pushing the Warp Lightning Cannon to just

fire it, resulting in the thing exploding as it targets the Screamers. The

Skaven halt, almost halfway across the table, and the two armies

spend several turns with only slight manoeuvring. Seeing what all the

commotion is about, a tunnelers unit emerges right in the centre of

one of the destroyed huts. In an attempt to blast them to oblivion, a Chaos Champion miscasts and

wounds himself. Meanwhile the beast herd, that had been slowly

creeping around the edge of the tree copse in the centre is

assaulted by gutter runners but they end up chasing them off, the

sudden surprise of a herd of beasts in their side causes a unit of

clan rats to follow their sly brothers. The main Chaos force begins

to advance, crushing the tunnelers before them. A skitterleaping

warlock engineer gets behind the Chaos lines, but ends up fleeing

before the firewyrm. The Skaven slowly begin to back off as the

Slaves are pelted with magic and the Screamers attack the ratling

teams. The battle ends with the Chaos forces holding the Skaven settlement.

RESULT: Brandon’s Chaos 900 – 109 Charly’s Skaven Solid Victory

Mike Brandon scored every Victory Point in the game, and lost just 3 Gors and 1 Screamer!

With the Grey Seer separated from the main Skaven lair, chaos ensues, but this turns to panic

when the emerging Skaven find themselves surrounded by a Chaos horde, and the Chaos sorcerers

cleanse the underground tunnels in a torrent of colourful but deadly magical fire. The Skaven are

forced to relocate with other small dwellings and gather an army that can chase the Chaos horde from

the land.

1st Round GROUP B

Game 1 – Simon Gray Vs Luke Greensmith Thursday 14th July 2005 19:00

The Lizards watched the Bretonnian’s form the moment they left their ships. They looted

some small settlements along the beaches, but they were of no consequence, and

they watched impassively as the Norse settlers were wiped out. Now the

Bretonnian’s had turned their attentions inland, heading straight for the Temple of

Constellations and the Lizardmen knew they intended to sack it. They would meet

them in battle there.

The Bretonnian’s arrive at the Temple and seem unsurprised to see the

Lizard resistance. They sally forth to meet the advancing Lizardman units. The

Salamanders flee before the oncoming knights, but the central unit of knights

betrays the lady and flees before the Carnosaur. Their brothers,

abandoned in combat on the Bretonnian right flank are ambushed

by the Carnosaur and Kroxigor as they concentrate on the main

Saurus line. The beleaguered knights flee, but are caught and

killed as they reach the waters if a small shrine. Meanwhile a lone

Saurus bursts out of the woods attacking the damsels and causing

the bowmen to engage to save the children of the lady. Not

expecting to face such odds, the Saurus Commando escapes off the

battlefield, after carrying out its damsel-killing mission. The Grail

Knights however, smash into the lizard lines, sweeping round to single handedly crush the entire lizard

back line. The sudden change in the tide left a defeated lizard army to slink off and reconsolidate their

numbers.

RESULT: Simon’s Bretonnian’s 1921 – 786 Luke’s Lizardmen Solid Victory

Terror Moment - > Simon unleashed the phrase “Proper Bob” and was forced to leave to think about what he’d

done for ten minutes. Luke was so unsettled by this stupid phrase that it may well have cost him the battle…or not.

The Bretonnian’s rampage through temple plaza’s, and take whatever they can, but the

presence of the lizards defending the temple sees the Bretonnian’s head off, looking for more glorious

pillaging. The Lizardmen, though normally without emotion, feel the anger within them. The temple

guard stand on the temple steps, watching their newly regrouped kin head off to track the Bretonnian’s

to their base.

Game 2 –James Brown Vs Simon Gray Saturday 16th July 2005 00:30

Collecting their ‘earnings’ together on their beach located base, the Bretonnian’s begin

loading their ships with the priceless gold and artifacts they have gathered. Suddenly, scouts reports

something on the horizon, marching down the coast is a force of Undead!

The Bretonnian’s assemble a battle line and prepare to take on this new threat. The Tomb

Kings advance, an Incantation of Urgency guiding a catapult to kill 3 Grail Knights, following up with

two more in the shooting phase, also wounding a hero. The Bretonnian’s

advance despite the catapult attacks, but the psychic wails of the dead cause a

damsel to miscast and suffer a wound. The Tomb Kings meet the Bretonnian’s

head on, a Tomb Scorpion and the Cavalry attacking the Grail Knights. The

Casket incites opens and kills ten knights from two

of the knights of the realm units. In the combat

with the Grail Knights, the Battle Standard gets a

lucky escape after rolling a Ward Save of 6 from a horse strike, the undead

winning the combat but the Grail Knights holding. The unengaged

Bretonnian knight units are pinned by fear and dare not charge the central

Skeleton unit. The Grail Knights show more resolve, and the combat claims

a Liche Priest and a Paladin, however the Tomb King and his chariots

arrive to crash into the back rear of the knights. The following magic burst

sees two Grail Knights fall to Smiting, whilst Incantation of Urgency puts

the Skeletons and Ushabti into one of the unengaged units of knights. The

Grail Knights are finally annihilated, and a lone Lord flees for his life, the other knights also suffering a

similar fate. The one remaining knight unit grits itself and charges the skeletons, meanwhile the

bowmen finally finish off the Tomb Scorpion that they had been engaged with throughout the entire

battle. No sooner had they claimed this victory though that a Screaming Skull miracle shot sends the

bowmen from the table, if the knights aren’t sticking around, to hell if they are. The fleeing Lord gets

himself together, and turns around to find himself facing one of the giant Tomb Scorpion, he steps forth

to meet its challenge and after exchanging several blows, decides it would probably be better to get out

of there, but the scorpion cuts him in two as he flees. The knights in combat with the skeletons also

realise their foolhardiness and flee the table, leaving just a single damsel to discuss terms with the

undead.

RESULT: Brown’s Tomb Kings 2372 – 408 Simon’s Bretonnian’s Massacre

Simon – “I didn’t walk into a trap, the trap walked into me!”

Brown – “Tomb Kings will be basking in gravy tonight” (???what???)

With prince Aldarick dead, his father’s brother has no choice but to sacrifice his Grail vow

and take on full command of the rest of the army. They regroup with the other Bretonnian’s who were

not at the beach, deciding to leave the area fast, as the Tomb Kings slaughter the peasantry.

Game 3 – Luke Greensmith Vs James Brown Saturday 16th July 2005 04:00

The Lizardmen arrive at the burning Bretonnian campsite, only to find a legion of Undead,

destroying everything and massacring the Bretonnian peasants. The lizards watch approvingly, until as

silently as they had slaughtered, the Undead gather into battle formations and square off against the

watching Lizardmen.

The catapult fires at the lizard lines, whilst small skirmishes

between skinks and Tomb Scorpions are fought across the main line. The

battles are brief but very bloody, and are broken up by the Carnosaur that,

under its newfound bloodfrenzy (or dustfrenzy- they promised steak!)

follows into the Skeleton cavalry, wiping

them out. The other Tomb Scorpion wipes

out the Salamanders and then chase some

skins. A last minute charge on the skeletons

by the Carnosaur is to little avail. The expectation of the lizardman army

that the Tomb Kings would advance led to them being much to passive,

and in a battle they had to win this proved a costly mistake, not in actual

numbers, but in knocking them out of the Tournament. (The lizards need

to win by 337 points to go through).

RESULT: Luke’s Lizardmen 450 – 429 Brown’s Tomb Kings Draw

The stand-off ends as the Tomb Kings turn their forces and march away, their task of

wiping out the Bretonnian’s still incomplete. The Lizardmen rush down to the waterfront and

find amidst the charred ship and pavilion wreckage, all of the relics that had been stolen.

First Round results

Group A

VPs +

VPs -

Pts

+/-

Mike Brandon

2981

978

+2003

Andrew Townley

1879

2274

-395

Timothy Harness

2243

3851

-1608

Tim comments: “Bugger! Oh well there is always next year. At least it was a good learning experience, I shall

come back stringer next year.”

Mike comments: “Mwhahaha, hahaha, MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Group B

VPs +

VPs -

Pts

+/-

James Brown

2801

858

+1943

Simon Gray

2329

3158

-829

Luke Greensmith

1236

2350

-1114

Brown comments: “In the words of Simon… ‘well..!’ What an extraordinary first few games after a while of not

playing. I’ve never seen such annihilation as the Bretonnian slaughter and Luke…most bizarre game ever. We’ll

see what happens next.”

Luke comments: “I didn’t actually perform badly, my complete inexperience showed through and I made

numerous idiotic mistakes. In the Simon game I was completely hamstrung by two rules I didn’t know. Simon did

NOTHING that seriously threatened me. The score shows what I did against Brown. Nothing. At all. I was over

paranoid when I had the advantage. I’m now ready for next year. I should have had some practice games…”

A look back

The insane power of the Chaos knights combined with magic overload saw

the Group A dominated by the Chaos force. The tactic of holding them back

and blasting the enemy with magic made for an unconventional but

unstoppable Chaos army. The High Elves only just missed out after that

single Plague spell completely swung the battle around, claiming a large

amount of the Skaven victory points in one violent round. A group that

proved just how dominating magic is in the Warhammer game.

Group B almost saw the upset of the whole Tournament, with Simon on the

brink of going out after a repeat of his first round massacre from last year

(Simon went down 1900-0 against Mike Brandon’s Beastmen). However Luke’s

indecisiveness and unwillingness to commit led to a boring draw rather than

a desperate slaughter. Brown’s destruction of Simon finally showed his

potential on the Fantasy scene, in what was dubbed ‘Project Justice’: the

attempt to knock Simon out of the Tournament.

Post Simon’s death celebrations pictured

Semi-Finals

Mike Brandon

Simon Gray

The finalists of the last two years, Simon has been the victor twice.

Brandon’s resolve to crush Simon ensures that this will be an explosive Semi-Final

James Brown

Andy Townley

In both Tournaments these two have met and Brown has won by massacre

Given the results of the first round, Brown must surely have that long awaited final in

his sights.

Semi Final A – Mike Brandon VS Simon Gray Sunday 17th July 12:00

The bruised Bretonnian’s head North, aiming to make as much distance between themselves

and the undead as possible. However it is not to be a straightforward march, and despite keeping to the

coast and heading through less densely they find a deadly obstacle in their path. The Chaos horde, fresh

from its picking against the Skaven are still hunting the Grey Seer when the Bretonnian’s come across

their path. There is no call, no diplomacy, there would be nothing here but slaughter.

As the Chaos army advances, the Bretonnian’s give a brief

prayer to their lady, which is answered immediately as the very first

Chaos spell miscasts. The surviving peasant bowmen unleash a hail

of arrows at the advancing knights, bringing one of the mighty

warriors down from its saddle. The Grail Knights, still led by the new

Bretonnian force commander find themselves with problems though,

as blessings of the lady cannot stop the power of the Chaos Lord’s

Red Fire spell which kills 3 if the elite Bretonnian cavalry. The low

hill which dominates the centre of the battlefield becomes the site of

the first melee, the charging knights of the realm fighting uphill

against the Chaos warriors, using the hand weapon and shield

combination rather than their halberds. The Bretonnian’s suffer as

their charge is met by death, but they continue to fight, determined to

break through the centre of the Chaos army.

For all of their magical prowess, a Damsel still manages to

unleash Master of Stone that kills half of the Chaos Chosen knights

as they lay ambush to the Grail Knights. The Screamers are

sacrificed to the Bretonnian cavalry who are then set upon by the

Beast herd and the surviving Chosen knights with the Chaos lord. The Bretonnian Lord declares a

challenge against his Chaos counterpart that is to ensue for several rounds with only the Bretonnian

suffering a single wound. In the centre, the Chaos warriors break the knights who in turn panic the

Bretonnian bowmen, both flee from the battlefield. The Chaos sorcerer on foot destroys the Damsel

skulking in the rocks. The other Chaos knight unit, after drawing out their Bretonnian counterparts with

the Firewyrm charge into the knights fighting them to a bloody draw, the Bretonnian’s relying on their

numbers.

The combat between the Grail knights and the chosen and

beasts comes to its climax and the beasts flee the battlefield whilst the

Chosen knights are run down with their lord by the Bretonnian’s just

after the Chaos battle Standard had been destroyed by the Master of

Stone. The Grail Knights follow through, and charge across the

central hill into the rear of the other Chaos knight unit, and despite

the Chaos knights wiping out the Bretonnian Knights of the Realm,

they flee under the onslaught of the Grail Knights, escaping from the

battlefield.

RESULT: Simon’s Bretonnian’s 2005 – 1359 Brandon’s Chaos Solid Victory

Close: The final Bretonnian combat phase is where the game was one. Before the combat started the Chaos army

was winning, but the destruction of the knights along with the Sorcerer and the contesting of a table quarter and

capturing of a standard turned a Chaos victory into a rout, all in one phase!

The Tzeentch Lord had been slain, but still the god called for the blood of the Grey Seer, and

despite their losses the Chaos forces were to continue on. The Bretonnian’s regrouped with the fleeing

knights and bowmen and managed to pull a near complete army together again, though there was no

time to scorn the cowardice of the knights as now the Bretonnian’s had a chance to leave these lands.

Mike’s Comment: There is no resentment in this statement but when all but two Bretonnian units are left on the

table, your 700+ points unit with Chaos Lords charges one of those units in

the flank and then a 400+ points unit hits the other unit in the front you

expect to be getting a massacre. 30 ward saves later, no strategy can do

anything, I’ll admit my Chaos army was pushing the beard but even so GW

covered all corners here. I guess I learnt my lesson, despite two mega efforts

in each Tournament to beat the Bretonnian’s, unless I buy some weighted

dice, I shouldn’t bother if someone deploys Grail Knights. Still despite the

end score, I couldn’t have asked for a more exciting semi, it came down to

that very last dice roll to be made in the entire battle….which I failed. Here it

comes again…there’s always next year…

Semi Final B – James Brown VS Andy Townley Saturday 16th July 20:30

The Tomb Kings marched North, determined to catch the Bretonnian’s and ensure the

protection of their own landing area. As they marched through the undergrowth, still impervious to the

normally poisoning effects of the jungles, they came across the Skaven lair. Whereas some may have

sought to go around such a danger, they simply marched through it, met by the scurrying panic that was

an assembling Skaven defence force.

The Liche Priest, set his Casket upon a small rising, but no

sooner had the casket guard laid down the invaluable construct, a huge

beam of Warp Lightning shot through the jungle and blew apart the

Liche Priest. The Skull Catapult responds by sending a unit of clanrats

from the battlefield. The battle takes place along a single flank, with the

impenetrable jungle on one side, and an uncertain clearing on the other.

Small skirmishes erupt along the lines, the Skaven Slaves destroying a

Tomb Scorpion whilst the second Scorpion engages the rat swarms and

annihilates them. The Gutter Runners emerge and engage the

hierophants unit, but are cut down in the attempt. Whilst spending too long trying to train onto a target

in the undergrowth, the Warp Lightning cannon malfunction sending it spinning and sending its charge

through a Ratling Gun, leaving the crew scattered around.

Three attempts to cast Urgency eventually result in the

Ushabti charging a unit of Clanrats and a Hieratic Jar is opened

to launch the chariots across the table and into a unit of slaves,

though one of the chariots shatters to pieces on some rocks. This

eruption into life of the Tomb King army coming as the Skaven

are stranded on their right flank. The Ushabti chaos off the

Clanrats but cannot catch them whilst the Chariots annihilate the

slaves. Plague is cast on the chariots but to no avail, however it

spreads to the Ushabti dealing a wound but spreading to the

Stormvermin killing five of their number and wounding the

Battle Standard. It doesn’t end there, two Censor Bearers fall, along with six Plague Monks finally

ending up with the demise of 5 Clanrats. Despite this act of self-destruction, the Tomb Kings level the

odds when in the final turn of shooting the Catapult explodes, sending just 3 screaming skulls across

the battlefield.

RESULT: Brown’s Tomb Kings 708 – 645 Charly’s Skaven Draw

After a brief but bloody encounter, the Skaven pull back into the jungles, and

the Tomb Kings resume their march.

FINAL – SIMON GRAY VS JAMES BROWN

The first round massacre of Simon by Brown would have this game seeming like nothing more than a

Brown shoe-in however just last year, Simon was massacred in the first round before going on to destroy the same

opponent in the final. He’s also gained a pair of Solid Victories in between that first round humiliation and now

whereas Brown has drawn twice. Its going to be a lot closer than before, and if history is anything to go by, Brown

really has his work cut out.

3rd PLACE CONSOLATION – MIKE BRANDON VS ANDY TOWNLEY

The first round game between these two was less than impressive, but the Skaven never seemed capable

of matching the Chaos forces either at range or up close. Brandon’s Chaos have still racked up the most VP’s this

Tournament whereas Charly has accumulated the least of the finalists, however its always possible that this could

be his first ever podium finish in this Tournament.

3rd Place Consolation Game

Mike Brandon VS Andy Townley

Sunday July 17th 21:30

The Chaos army had finally tracked the Grey Seer to its lair, and they wasted no time,

marching headlong towards the Skaven encampment, intending to take the Seer’s head and complete

the circle they had been led here to dance upon.

Sensing the impending danger the Grey Seer banished the Screamers with Warp Lightning as

the rest of the Skaven charged forwards to meet the Skaven advance. The Warp Lightning Cannon

misfires and explodes at the first attempt, again! Far out on a lonely flank, the gutter runners with the

assassin charge the beast herd but are completely

minced by the overwhelming beasts. The chosen

knights are charged by the Slaves and Plague

Censer Bearers but slaughter them, following into

the Plague Monks and ripping those apart too. The

other knights chase of a unit of Clanrats but are tied

up by the rat swarms. The Firewyrm, on its travels,

burns five Stormvermin threatening the Chaos

flank. The Chaos knights finally crush the swarms

holding them up before heading into the

Stormvermin. The Grey Seer, who had already

foreseen the danger and was skulking nearby casts

Pestilent Breath at the Chaos knights, killing two.

With the knights still standing the Seer then cats

Death Frenzy on the Stormvermin who proceed to

massacre the Chaos knights. However they are soon set upon by the Warriors who break them, whilst

the beasts and Firewyrm send a Clanrat unit fleeing. A group of Horrors emerges and chases after the

Grey Seer, who initially breaks before rallying. However the Skaven have been almost completely

annihilated.

RESULT: Brandon’s Chaos 1653 – 556 Charly’s Skaven Solid Victory

The Grey Seer runs for his life, pursued by a group of Horrors, Tzeentch’s personal servants.

Satisfied that their task here is done, the Chaos troops begin their long march home, their task

complete but at a great cost, as atop one of the steeds lays the body of their fallen Lord.

Mike’s Comment: 3rd place? Sucks. I didn’t really expect any other result

here, after all this is Warhammer, some armies are just plain better at

fighting than others, no strategy included. I’m not pleased though, this

should be the final, but the ward save was waiting. Seems this

Tournament is becoming something of a red herring, its been a big effort

this year but despite coming oh so close it went wrong against the all

conquering Simon. 3rd, my head is bowed for another year.

Charly’s Comment: Overall happy with 4th, couldn’t hope to beat Chaos

with Skaven and I faced them twice! Game against Brown was

disappointing as my army performed well, 64 points in it! Will be back

next year with improved Skaven army.

Tournament 2005 Final

Simon Gray VS James Brown

Tuesday July 19th 00:00

The Tomb Kings finally catch the surviving Bretonnian’s in a small cove where their own

ships lie waiting. The undead have one simple objective, to wipe the Bretonnian’s out and stop any

more of these forays through their waters.

As battle opens, the Tomb Kings’ combination of Magic and standard firing sees the Skull

Catapult kill six Grail Knights almost immediately. However the Bretonnian’s are unphased and

continue their advance. The Kings Chariots and Spearmen charge the Knights of the Realm causing the

knights to flee, however trouble has struck early on as the Hierophant is slain

in that particularly melee and the magic that bind the Tomb King army begins

to unravel. The Chariots at least run down the knights.

The remaining Knights of the Realm charge the Ushabti whilst the

Grail Knights charge into the rear of the Skeleton Horsemen, smashing them

to bits. The Ushabti just hold against the

Knights of the Realm as attempts at

Urgency to relieve them fail. But soon

enough the Spearmen move in forcing the

Knights to flee, however backed against a cliff wall they are

utterly annihilated. With their faith in the lady shining through, the

Grail Knights respond to the massacre of their kin by charging the

skeleton spearmen, causing mass casualties, but the unit holds. The

crumbling begins to hurt though, especially when the Skull

Catapult collapses to dust. Elsewhere, a Damsel is knocked off her feet, before being cut to pieces as a

Tomb Scorpion bursts out of the ground. The Casket reveals opens, and despite the knights’ resolute

response, the peasant bowmen flee the table, once again leaving their ‘betters’ to do the fighting.

The Grail knights eventually destroy the Skeletons after a

lengthy and tiring affair. Seeing his army collapsing around him

the Tomb King commits himself to one final charge of faith,

crashing into the Grail Knights, but it is too no avail and he

crumbles before the knights, sealing the fate of the Tomb King

army. The one remaining Ushabti, still fighting on despite the

destruction of the rest of the Tomb King army is destroyed by the

surviving Damsel, casting Master of the Wood to seal the Ushabti

to a jungle-resting place. The Bretonnian’s regroup, the day is

theirs.

RESULT: Simon’s Bretonnian’s

1902 – 1222 Brown’s Tomb Kings Solid Victory

After comments

Simon Gray: “This was probably the closest I have ever come to losing the final. With the player

winning the game switching each turn, this game was a compete massacre on both sides. This was the

most fun game of Warhammer I’ve ha…And not too many Ward Saves came up…

James Brown: “Good game, well played by both halves. Felt like being on a rocket propelled see saw.

Not much I’d change. See you next year Simon.”

With the death of the Tomb King the Bretonnian’s seized there ships and prepared to take

them back to Bretonnia. Bruised and broken the campaign had been costly, and the knights said

prayers to the lady as the body of Prince Aldarick II was loaded onto a ship. The crews exploring

inside suddenly appeared shouting, the interior of the ship was filled with priceless heirlooms, enough

to allow the Bretonnian’s to return home gloriously! As the ships left the cove the bowmen emerged

from the woods waving and screaming for them to wait, the last they saw was the figure of Aldarick’s

uncle, their cowardice had cost his nephews life. A cry arose from the jungle and a rustling came

through the undergrowth, at least the peasants wouldn’t be waiting around for long…

In the undergrowth Taharka stirred, at least his detached skull did, sitting upon a mound of

dust. Surely he would not be abandoned here…

And in Nehekara it was noted how King Taharka had sacrificed himself to protect Nehekaran

shores from invasion.

Podium

TOURNAMENT 2005 Fantasy CHAMPION

Simon

Gray

+ Best Painted

Army

2nd Place

James

Brown

3rd Place

Mike

Brandon

Tim Harness :

Best Selected

Army

Tournament Close: The third annual Warhammer Tournament ends with the usual suspects occupying

the top three. This time though, Mike Brandon has to settle for third with James brown getting a chance

in the final. However Simon maintained his winning streak, making that 3 wins in a row. Surely next

year he’ll be stopped??? Elsewhere, Charly through out his best performance yet, as in he didn’t place

last, and came close to actually defeating Brown in the Semi’s, coming on the wrong side of a draw.

Most surprising of all really was how close Simon came to being knocked out in Round 1, but Luke

Greensmith failed to pack the aggression that would have got him beyond the first round.

APPENDIX – Army Lists

Bretonnia (Simon Gray)

Lord -

Lord (Barded Warhorse, Lance, Grail Vow, Virtue of Confidence, Gauntlet of the Duel, Enchanted Shield) 210 pts

Hero -

Paladin (Warhorse , Battle Standard, Banner of Chalons, Grail Vow, Virtue of Discipline) 120 pts

Paladin (Warhorse, Lance of Artois, Shield, Grail Vow)

122 pts

Damsel (Warhorse, Level 2, Dispel Scroll)

144 pts

Damsel (Level 2, Dispel Scroll)

130 pts

Core -

Knights of the Realm (12, full command)

312 pts

Knights of the Realm (12, full command)

312 pts

Bowmen (40 w/ skirmish)

300 pts

Rare -

Grail Knights (9 w/ musician)

352 pts

Total -

2,002 pts

Chaos Mortals (Mike Brandon)

Lord -

Lord of Chaos (Mrk Tzeentch, Sword of Might, Barded Steed, Shield)

397 pts

Hero -

Exalted Champion (Mrk Tzeentch, Sword of Battle, Barded Steed, Shield)

217 pts

Exalted Champion (Mrk Tzeentch, Halberd, Spell Familiar)

189 pts

Wargor (Battle Standard, Heavy Armour)

90 pts

Core -

Chosen Knights of Chaos (4, Mrk Tzeentch, full command)

250 pts

Knights of Chaos (4, Mrk Tzeentch, full command)

202 pts

Chosen Warriors of Chaos (11, Mrk Tzeentch, Halberds, Shields, Full Command)306 pts

Special - Screamers (3)

99 pts

Beast Herd (11 Gors, 14 Ungor w/ shields, full command)

132 pts

Rare -

Firewyrm

75 pts

Total -

2,005 pts

High Elves (Tim Harness)

Lord -

High Elf Prince (Helm of Fortune, Swrd Might, Barded Elven Steed, Shield, Hvy Armour) 205 pts

Hero -

High Elf Mage (Level 2 w, Amulet of Purifying Flame, Biting Blade)

155 pts

High Elf Mage (Level 2 with dispel scroll)

150 pts

High Elf Commander (Heavy Armour, Sword of Battle, Shield)

96 pts

Core -

High Elf Silver Helms (8, War Banner, Full Command, heavy armour, shields)

235 pts

Spearmen

(24, full command)

250 pts

Spearmen

(24, full command)

250 pts

Special - Sword Masters (23, Banner of Arcane Protection, full command)

330 pts

Rare -

Repeater Bolt Thrower

100 pts

Repeater Bolt Thrower

100 pts

Total -

1,998 pts

Lizardmen (Luke Greensmith)

Lord -

Oldblood (Spear, Light Arm., Spawnings- Quetzl, Tepoc & Itzl, Shield of Mirrored Pool, Venom Firefly Frog,

Carnouaur)

434 pts

Hero -

Scar-Veteran (Light Amour, Shield, Spawning of Quetzl & Tepoc, Charm of Jaguar Warrior) 144 pts

Scar-Veteran (Light Amour, Shield, Spawning of Quetzl & Tepoc,)

124 pts

Core -

Skink Skirmishers (10, Blowpipes, Scouts)

70 pts

Skink Skirmishers (10, Javelins & Shields)

60 pts

Skink Skirmishers (10, Javelins & Shields)

60 pts

Special - Saurus Warriors (24, Spears, full command, spawning of Tepoc)

396 pts

Saurus Warriors (24, full command, spawning of Tepoc)

348 pts

Kroxigor (3)

174 pts

Rare -

Salamander Hunting Pack (3)

195 pts

Total -

2,005 pts

Skaven (Andy Townley)

Lord -

Grey Seer

235 pts

Hero -

Chieftain [Army Battle Standard, Heavy Armour]

74 pts

Warlock Engineer [Wrp-Bldes, Upg. Warp-Energy Condenser, S.charged Warp-Pwr Acc.] 85 pts

Assassin[Bands of Power]

130 pts

Core -

Clanrats [20, Spears, Ratling Gun, full command]

205 pts

Clanrats [20, Ratling Gun, full command]

185 pts

Strormvermin [23, Banner of the Swarm, full command]

219 pts

Slaves

[20]

40 pts

Slaves

[20]

40 pts

Rat Swarms (2)

90 pts

Special - Gutter Runners [13, champion]

168 pts

Tunnelling Team [5, Slings, champion,]

112 pts

Plague Monks [21, Banner of Burning Hatred, Add. hand weapons, full command,]216 pts

Rare -

Plague Censor Bearers (6)

102 pts

Warp-Lightning Cannon

100 pts

Total -

2,001 pts

Tomb Kings (James Brown)

Lord -

Tomb King (Chariot, Great Weapon, Crown of Kings)

260 pts

Hero -

Hierophant (Hieratic Jar)

140 pts

Priest (Steed, Dispel Scroll)

140 pts

Priest (Casket, Collar of Shapesh)

280 pts

Core -

Chariots (4, Banner of Sacred Eye, Champion, Standard)

210 pts

Skeleton Warriors (29, Spears & Shields, Banner of Undying Legion, full command)282 pts

Heavy Horsemen (9, War Banner, Champion, Standard)

165 pts

Special - Ushabti (4)

260 pts

Tomb Scorpion

85 pts

Tomb Scorpion

85 pts

Rare -

Screaming Skull Catapult

90 pts

Total -

2,005 pts

Statistics

Most Points spent on Characters

1. Mike Brandon

893

2. James Brown

820

3. Simon Gray

726

Least – Andy Townley 524

Most Points spent on Core troops

1. Simon Gray

924

2. Andy Townley

779

3. Mike Brandon

758

Least – Luke Greensmith 190

Most Points spent on Special troops

1. Luke Greensmith

918

2. Andy Townley

496

3. James Brown

430

Least – Simon Gray

Most Points spent on Rare troops

1. Simon Gray

352

2. Andy Townley

202

3. Tim Harness

200

Least – Mike Brandon 75

Most Power Dice

1.Mike Brandon

2. James Brown

9 [equivalent]

3. Andy Townley

Least – Luke Greensmith 2 (0?)

Most Dispel Dice

1.Luke Greensmith

2. Mike Brandon

3. James Brown & Andy Townley 5

Least – Simon Gray & Tim Harness 4

Extras

Project Justice

The origins of Project Justice probably begin at last years Fantasy

Tournament, were Simon took his second Fantasy title. His reign

was not a well received one as it were, and the power of the

Bretonnian army was particularly scorned. It seemed Simon was a

little too into his love of Ward Saves, after his prayer to the ‘lady’

prior to the 2004 final [pictured left]. At least Simon was a humble

Champion, but his victory at the 2005 Magic Tournament had more

than a few people calling for his downfall.

And so Project Justice was declared, the primary aim – destroy Simon utterly

and prevent him from doing the first ever double in OGC Tournament history

(Fantasy and Magic). Brown’s victory in the first round gave great hope for

Simon’s downfall and with Luke just needing to beat Brown by less than 400

VP’s to knock Simon out things looked positive. However it is not to be and

Luke’s stutter against Brown meant Simon was into the Semi’s and facing last

years finalist Mike Brandon…. the next to try and bring Simon down.

Mike was more than determined to destroy Simon and spent much time coming

up with a plan to defeat Simon, seen pictured plotting a

grand strategy using some stones….the key was in

neutralising the Grail Knights. And close he came too, but in

the last few combat phases a certain

Chaos victory turned into a total defeat,

and a LD roll of 6 was failed on a 7,

sending Brandon’s Chaos knights from

the table and Simon into the final. Yes,

the prayers were working again.

Alas, Simon was once again in the final and once again facing an opponent

that had massacred him in the first round.

He’d overcome such a scenario before, and

could he do it again? However James Brown

was on top form this year, and some

attribute it to his controlled diet, usually

containing an exclusive blend of sugar

related products he had lost his hyper’s and had concentrated solely on

the gaming. However disaster struck and as Simon prayed once more to

the lady, raspberry ripple ice cream appeared in Brown’s possession….

And so it came to pass that Simon completed his double, taking the

Fantasy crown for the third time running. Project Justice lay in ruins

and Simon was free to let loose a oppressing cackle…until next year…