1 FANTASY TOURNAMENT 2007 IN MOTION Tournament 2007 welcomes the fifth OGC Warhammer Tournament, following Mike Brandon  finally being the first player to take the title from Simon Gray last year. Andrew Townley and Tim harness were also new faces on the Tournament podium. However last years Tournament also met with much disdain about he game itself, will a new set of rules lead to a different outcome this year? Contents Players  2 Tournament Format 2 1st Round 3 Summary 7 3rd Place Consolation 8 Final 10 Podium 12 Appendix 13 Extras 17 2 Tournament History 1st 2nd  3rd 2003 Simon Gray Mike Brandon James Brown 2004 Simon Gray Mike Brandon James Brown 2005 Simon Gray James Brown Mike Brandon 2006 Mike Brandon Andrew Townley Tim Harness PLAYERS Simon Gray – Dwarves The original 3 times successive champion, Simon was phased out of last years Tournament by 2 extreme shooting & magic armies. Back with a slightly modified but still characterful Dwarf army, Simon hopes to defy the rules logic and lead a balanced army to victory, amid rumours he was going to bring his Bretonnians back this year.  Mike Brandon – Empire Finally won the elusive Fantasy Tournament last year with an Empire tolled up with guns, magic and...knights! The points reduction this year eliminates the ability for such extremism, so instead the army is forced to take a more structured 'turtle' approach based around blackpowder. Will it lead the Empire to a successful title defence? Andy Townley – Skaven Finally broke onto the podium last year, with a brutal Skaven Skyre army, which shot everything in sight to bits. Managed to squeeze past Tim's High Elves in the Semi by just 20 points but was bested in the final by the Empire who swung it with a magic advantage. Was last year a one-off or will 'Charly' fight his way to more success this year? Luke Greensmith – Lizardmen Holds records in this Tournament only for terrible defeats, he conceded nearly 5000 Vps in just 2 games last year, Luke returns with his most successful army in this Tournament, the Lizardmen, which almost took him to the Semi's 2 years ago. After last years terrible showing with the Vampire Counts, it can only get better for Luke. Timothy Harness – High Elves Claimed 3rd last year by default after losing in the Semi's to Andy Twnley's Skaven by just 20 points, Tim brings his High Elves back once more, determined thisw time that the final will not elude him! Format Uses the Warhammer Seventh 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 a single group, playing each other once. The top two will then advance to the 'final' and 3rd and 4th will play the consolation game. Amries are pickjed to 1,500 points, lowered from last year to reduce the ability for 'extremism' in the lsits. Awards are also available for Best Painted and Best Selected Army. 3 1st Round Mike Brandon Vs Simon Gray July 3rd 00:00 The opening game of the 2007 Tournament opened with a meeting of the 2003 & 2004 finalists. The game opened with the dwarf army surviving the initial Empire barrage thanks to their 5+ ward saves, a unwelcome reminder of the Bretonnian's that had crushed Mike's forces before. However, sharper than in the past Mike's huntsmen managed to get an early charge against Simon's cannon, however they were beaten and chased off by the stalwart crew. The effects of a new army book took their toll as well, and after factoring in the old handgun 'experimental rule' which gave initial extra range from the previous Empire book, Mike discovered it had in fact been removed, which disarrayed the initial Empire plans. The Dwarves were initially successful, out-ranging the Empire with their crossbows, and causing significant damage, however when the Empire line re-compensated, the battles was evened out, with the Empire wizard beginning to swing things slightly in the Empires favour. In the end whoever it the battle proved to be more of a firing range exercise, with the Dwarves holding their combat units back under their ward save protection, and both sides exchange fire. However with similar casualties on both sides, a Dwarf is worth more than an Empire- man, and so the battle favoured the armies of man. Simon – 256   Mike – 645   = Solid Victory to Mike Luke Greensmith V Mike Brandon July 5th 23:00 After missing out on a golden opportunity in 2005 to advance to the Semi's there, Luke returned last year to two utter massacres. The only time these two have played in a Tournament setting was in 2004 when Luke's Lizardmen  drew with Brandon's Beastmen. 3 years on and the guns have replaced the crewed melee weapons of the beasts and Luke's Lizards suffered immensely in the opening stages of the battle. The Slalamanders attempt to deal with the flanking knights but poor movement and the charge bonus offered by the Steel Standard allows the knights to easily run the fire breathing Lizards down. When the Lizards finally seem to be closing, with a large amount of Saurus still around, Brandon took full advantage of Luke's inexperience, and some careful retreat moves pulled the Lizards into even more awkward positions allowing for the Empire lines to continue pouring fire with the Knights causing a nuisance behind the Lizardman advance. The only solace for the Lizards came when a pigeon bomb gracefully flew back to the Empire commander whose frantic flapping and leaping must have made the pigeon assume he was a kindred spirit, suffice to see the pigeon exploded and the Engineer was wounded. A poor start for Luke, and Mike needed only a draw to secure a place in the final. Luke – 259   Mike – 864  = Massacre to Mike 4 Tim Harness Vs Luke Greensmith July 6th  01:00 Luke was setting up for a nocturnal straight run of games, now sizing up with the opponent who had massacred him last year. Luke had to pull something here if he was to have any hopes of achieving anything at this years Tournament. Tim's army, relying heavily on Magic and shooting positioned itself around a small swamp, classed as a water feature and in a similar fashion to Lukes previous game, the Lizards were forced to hail a heavy projectile barrage which sent the Kroxigor and a unit of Saurus fleeing early on. Unlike the Empire however, Tim's Elves lacked any mobile units, leaving the Lizards to continue a headlong push towards the Elves, who could do little about the Skinks who were soaking up much of their fire and protecting the more deadly units behind. Eventually a unit of just 3 surviving Skinks made it to the Elven lines and pulled off a charge which resulted in the destruction of a Bolt Thrower and an overrun into one of the High Elf Mages. The Salamanders had also closed by this time and gave the Elves a taste of their own medicine, causing absoulte havoc and wiping out a unit of Spearman. Tim quickly realised he could do little to avoid the incoming Lizards, and the surviving skinks which had pinned down his main units fled through the water feature at the front of his deployment zone, the pursuing elves were bogged down as the skinks escaped behind the Saurus, a costly ignorance of the terrain. Suffice to say any Elves the Saurus touched were torn to pieces leaving Luke to claim revenge from last year with a massacre of his own and the first of his Fantasy career! Tim – 420   Luke – 1409  = Massacre to Luke Simon Gray Vs Luke Greensmith July 6th  02:30 Simon needed to turn things around after his opening defeat, and looked to cap Luke's jubilation after defeating Tim. For the third game in a row Luke advanced into a hail of shooting, although this time his Leadership failed him, and as the Lizards moved forward the Skink screen would break but flee only a short distance leaving the Saurus behind to become stuck. In Luke's own words, 'For a third of the game the Saurus could do nothing because the Skinks were rolling around on the floor'. After this delay, the Saurus, in somewhat poor shape are able to finally charge the Dwarf lines, however they are met with stern defenders and the projectile massacre is mirrored in the melee. Its tough luck for the Lizardmen and they go down to a massacre by the Dwarves. Simon – 1131   Luke – 425  = Massacre to Simon 5 ***** Simon incurred an injury resulting in a broken foot during the game against Luke and withdrew from the Tournament on July 8th following a hospital scan on July 6th. More details in the 40k Tournament appendix. The games Simon played in will be dismissed from the final group table ******* Andrew Townley Vs Luke Greensmith July 6th  04:30 With Simon's withdraw Luke was into a chance at the podium regardless of what happened now, however to get a shot at the final he had to gain a favourable draw at least here. Townley had made it to the final last year after successive Fantasy 'ducks' however, and was favourite to win this one. The battle itself needs little description, the Skaven Jezzails being likened to the Old World equivalent of Lascannons and despite a headlong and screened rush the Lizardmen did not survive beyond turn 5, being completely and utterly decimated, with their units either wiped out or fleeing from the Skaven shooting! Luke's response was blatant, “Get them the fuck out of my face!” spelling an end to his earlier high spirits. This result effectively ends Luke chances of seeing a Fantasy final and leaves Andrew Townley leading the group, with Brandon now second (with the result against Simon being discredited) and Tim last but with 2 games remaining. Andy - 1997   Luke – 150  = Massacre to Andy Mike Brandon Vs Tim Harness July 8th 19:00 With 3 group games left, Tim needed to record a win to have any chance at the final. The last time these two met was in 2005, when Brandon's Tzeentch mortals massacred Tim High Elves. The odds were certainly not in Tim's favour here, with Brandon looking to make amends for the repealed victory over Simon. The battle gets off to a great start for Tim however, his superior range and higher accuracy devastates the Empire line in the opening turn. Brandon then suffers a catastrophic moment as an engineer re-roll for the Mortar sees it explode taking the acting general with it, gifting Tim 287 points, more than Brandon has conceded in either of his previous two games this Tournament. The run  continues when a cannon also explodes. This artillery related disaster is soon recovered however when the Helblaster is wheeled forward, despite shooting and the Rain Lord spell being aimed at it, and lets rip, shredding an archer unit containing two of the High Elf wizards, a high roll then sees this unit flee straight off the table! However the entirety of the Empire artillery is destroyed by the third turn. A middle battle lull is soon nullified by melee, the Empire knights charging the Swordmasters, who hold firm, so firm in fact that the knights immediately flee, only to be cut down by the Swordmasters! However the High Elf mage acting as general is caught out and slain by the Empire Swordsmen, leaving the Empire army to dominate the field and all but end Tim's chances at appearing in the final. Mike - 1864   Tim – 917  = Massacre to Mike 6 Mike Brandon Vs Andrew Townley July 9th 23:00 A win for Andy or a draw would see both these players meet again in the final, the Skaven were massacred at that stage last year and the Empire were aiming to send 'Andy packing and give hope to Tim. The battle opens with the notorious Jezzails eliminating 5 Knights and damaging both the Helblaster and its crew. However some sneaky Empire deployment allows for them to chase off the Warp Lightning Cannon in the 2nd turn. The Empire artillery manages to do no damage in the opening turns, until the Helblaster wheels into position and rolls 28, dispatching 9 Clanrats from range. The surviving knights charge and chase off a unit of Skaven slaves, revenge for last years group stage, where 2 units of inner circle knights fled after charging a single unit of slaves! The Skaven, occupying a dense position in the centre of the table where about to suffer an extreme piece of destruction. The Comet of Casandora descends killing 14 jezzails, a warlock engineer, 4 huntsmen,  1 knight, a ratling gun & 2 clanrats in just the 2nd turn! Such destruction leaves the Skaven on the back foot and the Empire can close in. An Epic saga of the knight champion begins......most of his unit die off Jezzail fire.....the 3 survivors charge a full unit of slaves and chase it down, they survive the comet of Casandora with just one more dead, the standard falls to Skaven shooting but the knights armour holds, he charges the remaining 3 Jezzails and cuts them down....survived warp lightning......but is later murdered by it! The efforts and luck of particular units in the Empire army allow for the Skaven to face utter annihilation by the sixth turn, their surviving units caught in a charge by the Swordsmen, a second wipeout of the Tournament!  Mike - 1999   Andy – 468  = Massacre to Mike Andrew Townley Vs Tim Harness July 10th 01:45 Although Tim was well over 2000 VPs behind Andy in terms of the table, if Tim could somehow conjure an absolute massacre here, then he would advance to the Final. That said it was a massive feat, and all the Skaven army needed was a few points on the board to ensure Townley a second successive appearance in the Fantasy Final. The battle begins with bad news for the Skaven as the Warp Lightning Cannon explodes, and the Skaven advance on the High Elves is hampered by repeated Comets of Casandora, Although Tim reads the rules wrong and rolls 1D6 instead of 2 for damage! However the High Elves do well in the first half, holding back the Skaven advance with their bowfire, causing panics which impede the units behind. 3 Second Signs of Amul keep things tipped in Tims favour and a Spearman patrol repeatedly beats off several Skaven charges, Perhaps not enough for Tim but he looks headed for victory until the hitherto quiet Jezzails open up and score 600 Vps alone in the final turn decimating the High Elf army and turning things from a narrow but well fought High Elf win, to a convincing Skaven one! Tim is not happy, and is resigned to battle Luke in the third place without a single Tournament victory, and in the knowledge that if Simon had not withdrawn, he would be out already. Andrew goes to his second successive final! Andy - 1321   Tim – 779  = Solid victory to Andrew 7 Final Group Standings W D L F A Pts +/- Mike 3 4727 1644 9 +3175 Townley 2 1 3786 2928 6 +858 Luke 1 2 1818 3067 3 -1249 Tim 3 2116 4594 0 -2478 ***** *** *** *** ***** ***** *** ***** Simon 1 1 1387 1070 3 +317 Mike Brandon and Andrew Townley meet for the second successive Fantasy final, with Andy hoping to overturn the two defeats in last years Tournament and the defeat here against Brandon.  Luke finds himself in with a shot at third place, having never reached a podium finish in any OGC Tournament before, and with the advantage of having already defeated his opponent this Tournament, this could be a very progressive year for Luke. Tim can consider himself lucky to have even made it to here, and were it not for Simon's withdrawal through injury he may very well already be out! Final 2007 Mike Brandon's Empire Vs Andrew Townley's Skaven 3rd Place Consolation Luke Greensmith's Lizardmen Vs Tim Harness' High Elves 8 3rd Place Consolation  July 10th 15:00 Luke Greensmith's Lizardmen Vs Tim Harness' High Elves Turn 1 Tim kicks things off, leaving his Elves firmly in their deployment positions. Tim suffers ill omens in the Magic phase, rolling a miscast of Uranon's Thunderbolt and re-rolling a one with the Second Sign of Amul. The Elves open fire to little effect on the distant lizards. In the reverse the Lizards do little but charge towards their enemy. Turn 2 Still no movement from the High Elves, however the Magic phase results in the death of a Salamander and bowfire takes down a few skinks. The Lizards continue to push forward, and the Salamanders come into range of one of the Elven Bolt Throwers and let fly, killing one of the crew, the other Salamander however lunches on two of the Skink attendants. High Elves Turn 3 The High Elves suffer a poor Magic phase again, however the Bolt Throwers kill the reaminding Salamanders leaving their Skink attendants to run for their lives. Despite a decent amount of hits of the Skink skirmishers from bowfire, just 4 manage to wound, of which Luke passes 3 armour saves on a 6! (T – 235 ; L - 0) Lizardmen Turn 3 The turn opens with the Kroxigors declaring a charge on the Bolt Throwers. They elect to flee, and the Kroxigor end up connecting with the Swordmasters. In the subsequent combat the Kroxigor take down four but still lose, but to Luke's relief they stay put. The Skinks charge the Elven frontline, killing 3 archers but being unable to break them. With the Lizards now right the Elve's face, their room for manoeuvre was limiting, in a similar vein to their earlier Tournament game.(T – 235 ; L – 200) High Elves Turn 4 The blessed spawning of Tepoc puts a complete halt to the High Elves magic this turn. With only archers left, of which on of the units is engaged, Tim continues to fire on the Lizards, this time killing 3 Saurus. In the combat on the Elves right flank, the Swordmasters bring down a Kroxigor but lose 3 in return. The Skinks and archers battling it out on the frontline lose 2 each, but the dominating Skinks are unable to push the Elves back. (T – 235 ; L – 200) 9 Lizardmen Turn 4 The Saurus charge one of the two non-engaged Archer units up on the hill, there was no escape for the High Elves now, and they were going to have to melee fight their way out of this. Not advisable against the bulky Lizardmen! Subsequenlty the Archers are decimated and cut up to nothing, leaving the Saurus to overrun into the remaining archer unit. The battle on the front sees the Skinks final break the High Elf archers, however exhausted, they fail to catch the fleeing elves. The Kroxigor slay another 3 Swordmasters, however, a single wound in return is enough to panic the Kroxigor, who manage to escape the Swordmasters pursuit. (T – 449 ; L – 455) High Elves Turn 5 Knowing they have no way out, the High Elf Spearman charge the other Skink unit, however they elect to flee, leaving the Spearmen to connect with the main and thus far unengaged Saurus unit. Uranon's Thunderbolt brings down one of the fleeing Kroxigor leaving just one alive. The spearmen manage to bring down one of the Saurus warriors, however 4 are eaten in return causing the spears to panic, Although they manage to escape, they Saurus are now in possession of their banner. Up on the hill, the remnants of the Elven left flank look to be over as the Saurus send the remaining archer unit packing, choosing not to pursue however, with one of the High Elf mages now in sight. (T – 529 ; L – 843) Lizardmen Turn 5 Although the Elven position looks doomed, there is still a job to be done, and a unit of skinks manages to rally under the shouts of the Lizard commander, however the Kroxigor, long now out of sight continue to flee. The main Saurus unit is left to deal with the remaining central bulk of the Elven lines, with the other Saurus unit cutting a High elf mage bits. (T – 369 ; L – 993) High Elves Turn 6 It was going to need a huge effort to save this for the High Elves, and they began their final by having the Swordmasters charge the flank of the main Saurus unit, the remainder of the High Elf forces being either dead or unwilling to fight. A High Elf mage miscasts and suffers a wound, and as a final joke, Tim who  had just finished a history degree concentrating on Anglo- Saxon interests faced a damning opposition score of 1066! However a colossal effort from the Swordmasters sees them break the main Saurus unit and cut them down in the pursuit, also claiming their standard and reclaiming the spearmen's one! However it didn't look to be enough to the Elves. (T – 739 ; L – 966) Lizardmen Turn 6 The battle draws to an uneventful close. The Kroxigor rally, and the unforseen casualties are counted, it was tight, and despite a brave defence by the Elves they were simply too docile for the Lizardmen  who could hardly miss their target. Its a historic moment for Luke, marking his first ever podium finish at his eight OGC Tournament! Final Score – Tim Harness 911  -   Luke Greensmith 1114 Draw! 10 Tournament 2007 Final Mike Brandon VS Andrew Townley Thursday July 12th 20:00 Almost a year on exactly since this same fixture last year, the Empire and Skaven meet again, in Andy's fourth attempts to win, having been massacred on two of the previous occasions including the wipe-out earlier this Tournament! Turn One The Skaven waste no time and push their forces forwards, however a miscast from a Warlock Engineer allows the Empire wizard to target the Skaven with a Comet of Cassandora, the spell that decimated the Skaven earlier in the Tournament. Subsequently it comes straight down in the Empire turn killing 6 Jezzails, a Warlock Engineer (and commander), 13 Clanrats and wounding the other engineer, scoring a total of 365 points and giving the Skaven a mountain to climb from the off. A unit of handgunners, force a Jezzail unit to flee 13” in the shooting phase, Although some consolation for the Skaven is sought when a pigeon bomb returns and kills 4 artillery crewmen in the subsequent explosion. A – 0 M – 565 Turn Two Skaven fire manages to take down some of the handgunners, whilst the majority of the Skaven army advances along with the rallied Jezzails. The Empire manage to destroy the Warp Lightning Cannon with a Cannon ball, along with general fire from the rest of the Empire army. The Helbalster forces a unit of Slaves to flee. A – 0 M – 525 Skaven Turn Three The Clanrats declare a charge on a unit of handgunners but they flee leaving the rats exposed to a charge by swordsmen. The surviving Warlock Engineer miscasts allowing the Comet of Cassandora to be cast by the Empire once again! A Ratling Gun attempts to fire on the Helblaster but instead manages to spin and ends up killing 5 Clanrats and breaking the unit! The Jezzails are the only Skaven performers, although they only manage to wound a Cannon and kill a knight. A – 85 M – 465 Empire Turn Three The comment of Cassandora kills another 2 Jezzail units, leaving the Skaven in a sorry state. The fleeing Hangunners rally as the Swordsmen attempt to charge the Clanrat unit, who in turn elect to flee. The Empire wizard miscasts and wounds himself, having only done any damage as a result of the enemy wizards miscasting! The Helblaster is the steady performer, accounting  for 8 Clanrats. A – 55 M – 765 Skaven Turn Four Skaven fortunes were going to have to turn around fast, and the turn gets off to a good start with both the fleeing Clanrat units rallying. With their physical guns all but gone, the Skaven finally pull something off in the magic phase, as Warp Lightning kills 11 Swordsmen. The Skaven weren't out of it just yet!  A – 127 M – 665 11 Empire Turn Four The knights who had been carefully flanking the Skaven army, now attempt to charge the surviving Jezzail unit, although they elect to flee. The huntsmen now make themselves known and spring upon a ratling gun, Although their bowfire is ineffectual. The Helblaster accounts for 2 surviving Clanrats and scores a wound on the Standard Bearing Chieftain as the Empire but a bit more light between themselves and the Skaven. A – 127 M – 902 Skaven Turn Five The knights, nightmare returns as the Skaven Slaves charge their flank, after exposing it in the Jezzail charge. The wounded Chieftain shows no signs of his injury and charges the Huntsmen who have none of it and flee from the table! Warp Lightning accounts for 3 more of the Swordsmen who are too busy wondering were all this death is coming from to flee. Some positive but late damage from the Skaven. Eyes turn to the combat, and it could go no other way, the Slaves reinsert their combat dominance by breaking the Knights, the third time they have managed to break a knight unit in 4 games! A – 424 M – 902 Empire Turn Five Safe gaming now for the Empire, not willing to make any last minute blunders. The swordsmen attempt to charge the Chieftain but fall short. Its no consolation however, as the handgunners execute him instead! The Empire prepare to see if the Skaven have any last tricks up their fur. A – 525 M – 934 Skaven Turn Six The last Skaven push sees the surviving Clanrat unit charge a unit of Swordsmen and the Slaves charge a unit of Handgunners. Warp Lightning kills 5 handgunners, reducing a unit to just one, so close for the Skaven! In combat the Swordsmen hold off the Clanrats, but the Slaves fare much better, breaking the handgunners and allowing their pursuit to take them close to the knights, meaning they have no chance of rallying! A defiant but ultimately not enough final effort from the Skaven. A – 577 M – 902 Empire Turn Six In the final moments the Empire look to hut the Skaven as much as possible. The lone handgunner avenges his brethren after managing to both hit and kill the Warlock Engineer! The Slaves' success is soon halted, now in range of the Empire artillery, a grapeshot sees them utterly annihilated. The surviving 5 swordsmen hold off the Skaven Clanrats. The battle ends with the Empire pushed back, but ultimately firm against a decimated Skaven army. Final Score – Andrew Townley  555  -   Mike Brandon 1574 Massacre! Townley falls at the final hurdle again, despite a much more impressive performance this year. Mike Brandon however retains the title, having at least managed to defeat Simon Gray in the discredited games. The Tournament has only ever been won by two people, and it seems a special effort is necessary to change this. Luke Greensmith of course was the surprise, managing his first podium finish,  leaving the potential for an open an exciting Tournament when we return for 2008. 12 PODIUM 2007 Champion Mike  Brandon   (Empire) Runner-up Andrew Townley (Skaven) 3rd Place Luke Greensmith (Lizardmen) Best Painted Army: Simon Gray (Dwarves) Best Selected Army: Simon Gray (Dwarves) 13 Appendix Army Lists Mike Brandon's Empire Characters Engineer – Light Armour, Pigeon Bombs, Ring of Volans 112 Battle Wizard – Level 2, Wizards Staff 110 Battle Standard – Sword of Justice, Full Plate Armour 103 Core Handgunners - *8 – Marksman 85 Handgunners - *8 – Marksman 85 Handgunners - *8 – Marksman 85 Handgunners - *8 – Marksman 85 Swordsmen - *20 – Full Command 145 Huntsmen - *5 – Marksman 55 Knightly Order - *8 – Full Command, Steel Standard 244 Special Great Cannon 100 Great Cannon 100 Mortar  75 Rare Helblaster 110 1494 points Simon Gray's Dwarves Characters Dwarf Runesmith with great weapon, shield, rune of spell breaking, rune of stone.               111 Thane with battle standard, master rune of Grungni                                                    140 Thane with great weapon, shield, rune of stone, rune of iron                                        91 Core 10 Quarrellers    110 10 Quarrellers    110 10 Thunderers    140 20 Warriors with Great Weapons, shields, full command    245 11 Dwarf Warriors with shields, musician    104 Special 17 Hammerers with shields, musician, champion                                                        239 Cannon     90 Rare Organ Gun   120    1500 points 14 Luke Greensmith's Lizardmen Characters Saurus Scar-Veteran – Light Armour, Shield, Sword of the Hornet, Spawnings of Tepoc & Quetzl 149 Saurus Scar-Veteran – Light Armour, Shield, Blade of Chotec, Spawnings of Tepoc & Quetzl149 Core Saurus Warriors - *20 – Hand Weapons & Shields. Full command. Spawning of Tepo© 300 Skink Skirmishers - *10 – Javelins & Shields 80 Skink Skirmishers - *10 – Javelins & Shields 80 Special Saurus Warriors - *20 – Spears & Shields. Full command. Spawning of Tepoc & Quetzl 370 Kroxigor - *3 174 Rare Salamander Pack - *3 195 1497 points   Tim Harness' High Elves Characters Mage, Lvl 2, Jewel of the dusk = 145pts Mage, Lvl 2, Amulet of purifying flame = 145pts Mage, Lvl 2, Dispel Scroll = 150pts Core Units Archers x 10 = 120pts Archers x 10 = 120pts Archers x 10 = 120pts Spearmen x 18 + Full command = 228pts Special Units Swordmasters of Hoeth x 17 + Full command = 271pts War Banner Rare Units Repeater Bolt throwers x2 = 200pts TOTAL POINTS = 1499 15 Andy Townley's Skaven Characters Chieftan – Battle Standard, Heavy Armour 74 Warlock Engineer – Warp Blades,  Upgraded warp-energy condenser, Supercharged warp-power accumulator, Warpstone Amulet 110 Warlock Engineer – Warp Blades,  Upgraded warp-energy condenser, Supercharged warp-power accumulator, Storm Daemon 110 Core Clanrats - *24 – Champion, Musician, Ratling Gun 195 Clanrats - *25 – Command, Ratling Gun 210 Clanrats - *20   100 Slaves - *30  60 Special Jezzails - *10 200 Jezzails - *10 200   Jezzails - *7 140   Rare Warp Lightning Cannon 100 1499 points 16 Points evaluations  The following section finds correlations between points spent on different army sections and the final Tournament position. Positive correlation suggests that players that spent more on characters performed worse than those that spent less Negative correlation suggests that players that spent less on Core troops performed worse than those that spent more No correlation Positive correlation suggests that those that spent more on Rare troops performed worse than those that spent less Brandon Townley Greensmith Harness 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 Characters Brandon Townley Greensmith Harness 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 Core Brandon Townley Greensmith Harness 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 Special Brandon Townley Greensmith Harness 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Rare 17 Extras Luke took performance enhancing drugs? In last years 40k group stage Luke turned up to play Charly with a caffeine drink, called 'Power Up'. After consuming this Luke claimed he was 'powered up' and went on to win the game. He tried it again in this years 40k qualifiers although it didn't meet with success he didn't play as badly as predicted. This year Luke 'powered up' in the Fantasy Tournament and achieved his first even podium position in 8 years as an OGC player. Is it down to performance enhancing drugs? Note on the running scores The running scores in the consolation and final games are only indicative and not necessarily accurate. It is very difficult to track triple to quad digit scores that may de or increase during the game and are provided to give at least the rough depiction of how the battle was going at that stage. The final scores however are entirely accurate. Brandon's closing comments “That's 2 in a row, although it was down to some serious luck in both the Skaven battles and the Comet of Cassanova got me off to the winning starts I needed, knocking down the Jezzails before they could be effective. The loss of the Skaven general in the first turn was a huge help as well, if somewhat unfulfilling. The slaves proved to be the bane of the knights again and alone they managed to score 329 Victory Points, if they had not fled in the last turn that would have been 429 for no return! Tournament wise, it was a little more challenging at 1,500 points, with magic dominating less and having one less cannon and Helblaster and almost no magic compared to last year. Simon leaving after just two games was a little disappointing, it was a harrowing opening game and that was my most satisfying victory. Still, in his wake, I am the only OGC player to have successfully defend the Fantasy title, I just need to take it again next year to equal Simon's record. Sure the game has faults, but despite some of the crazy scores, there were still some hairy moments, and it were not for my capitalising on my opponents mistakes, I may well have been caught out. Roll on 2008 and the 6th Fantasy Tournament!”