Gen Con 2005

hoomin_erra · Post by **hoomin_erra** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:44 pm

rabidroadkill wrote:My badge arrived last week, but with school starting today (a week earlier than ever before) I can only be there Saturday. I will have the 2205 Legacy Skaven though and will stop by the BB room early so everyone can see it. It will be great to put faces with the minis.

You got that Rat ogre yet?

rabidroadkill · Post by **rabidroadkill** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:52 am

If it were not for the fact that I also coach football at our high school then I would DEFINITELY take Thurs and possibly Friday off, first game of the season is Friday night though. Tomorrow will be nothing but syllabi and book hand out, and no one wants to teach/learn anything on a Friday. Why our school board did this 2-day student week thing again is beyond me.......

And yes Hoomin I did get your RO. Your tartan is spectacular. I'm sure it will be a big hit Saturday morning. Sorry, I thought I had sent a PM saying I got it, but I guess not.

Anyway, if you will be at GenCon and want to see the team look for me Sat morning. You can't miss me, I'm 6'5", 300+ lbs, and have a beard with the goat tee long. Plus my badge already says Rabid Roadkill next to the name

See you all then.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:02 pm

It was great to see everyone.

Some quick details.

Good tournament ... 53 players ended up playing ... a nice turn out.

Darthoir one Best Sportsman again ... and Xtreme won Best Painted again.

Wolfgang however did not win the tournament for the 3rd time in a row. He met in the final (5th) game the only player who had never lost a game after playing the last 3 years of GenCon .... my brother, Dennis.

Wolfgang's record at GenCon at that point was (11/0/1 W/T/L) ... TDs for/against (27-3)
Dennis's record at GenCon at that point was (8/4/0 W/T/L) ... TDs for/against (26-10)

A very tight game ... first half was grueling. Back and forth see-saw with neither team gaining the advantage. Late in the first half, the ball comes lose and bounces to Dennis's Kroxigor ... who roll a 6 to grab it ... and he's only 5 squares from the endzone. Wolfgang proceeds to surround the Kroxigor. Dennis tries to free him up ... but to no available. Wolfgang finally manages to knock down the Kroxigor ... but an Injury Time roll on the opening kickoff that took off one turn left Wolfgang with not enough time to finish a scoring drive.

Second Half ... Wolfgang has eliminated all but one of Dennis's Skinks so Dennis is fielding only 8 players and Wolfgang's Amazons are fielding 10. Dennis covers Wolfgang well and forces Wolfgang to a running game instead of a passing one. Eventually Dennis opens a whole big enough for his Tackle Saurus to get a blitz at the Amazon ball carriers and knock her down in Wolfgang's back field. The ball scatters to a Saurus who rolls the 6 to catch it ... he's 3 squares from the end zone and hasn't moved yet ... Dennis chooses to forego any 2 dice blocks on the 'zons to get the score ... 1-0 Dennis. Dennis has taken out 4 more Zons during his drive and 2 Skinks recover from KO, so its 10 Lizardmen vs 6 Amazons. Wolfgang has 3 turns to score the equalizer, he stages a quick pentration running drive and looks like he might be able to pull off the tie. Dennis has really only one chance of stopping the scoring drive. He covers the other Amazons with his superior numbers and has the Kroxigor blitz the ball carrier ... (Bonehead, GFI, GFI, 2 dice block for a Push) ... this moves the ball carrier into a position with the Kroxigor's Prehensile Tail and covering Saurus that means Wolfgang would need a 6+ to dodge the ball carrier to the tying run with 2 rolls (Dodge re-roll). Wolfgang cannot pull off the magic 6 and Dennis manages to take the title of GenCon champion after Wolfgang's 2 year run as Champion.

Now Wolfgang is getting married right before GenCon next year and will be on his honeymoon so he will not be returning next year .... Dennis might not be able to make it as well. So I hope to see a similar sized crowd next year.

Finally ... meeting JJ was great. He gave a very frank and honest Q&A sessions with no BS that I detected based on what I know from other GW-UK contacts I have. It was refreshing when he started the discussion with "I'll not dodge the fact that this has not been a great last year for Specialist Games".

I'm hoping to post more of his discussion points ... but one of the main one's was that GW is considering (PLEASE NOTE ... considering ... not currently creating) a new division of GW that would deal with just GW board games (ie Blood Bowl, Space Hulk, Talisiman, HeroQuest, and hopefully some new products). This was one of the possible ways that Blood Bowl might get more attention and budget money than it currently receives.

The other big surprise ... Blood Bowl is NOT the biggest money maker for Specialist games currently ... its 2nd to Inquistor. That was one of those facts that made me realize how Blood Bowl fits into the overall accounting of GW.

More to follow ... but that's the key stuff for now.

Galak

Ithilkir · Post by **Ithilkir** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:00 pm

Nice report Galak, looking forward to reading more

One of these days I'll have to try and get to GenCon.. but then there's the Chaos Cup... And Spike... And Dungeonbowl... And...

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:39 pm

Ithilkir wrote:One of these days I'll have to try and get to GenCon.. but then there's the Chaos Cup... And Spike... And Dungeonbowl... And...

GenCon gets a lot more coaches than the Chaos Cup and Spike ... so if I was putting those in orders for attending ... I'd go.

Dungeonbowl, GenCon Bowl, Spike (assuming they do NOT have it at Games Day), and Chaos Cup

Galak

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:06 am

well I made it to GenCon after all

but had one of the worst run of games at tourney play. 3 wins and 2 ties with humans finished tied for fourth on game points with xtreme

I went 5 for 18 on KO rolls and was constantly playing down with players.

My thrower completed 2 of 3 quick passes....I stopped trying to pass after the 1 key failure.

My catchers caught 6 of 10 catch attempts and made 4 of 6 dodges...

so I basically was afraid to do anything with these guys.....

I also got called for time in my first ever tournament game due to the worst opponent I ever played. Worst attitude that is. I went up 2-0 and his good dice and my bad dice let him tie it up but he took so long and also went to take a crap during the game that I only got 6 turns in 2nd half with an attempt to score on turn 7 that was taken away from me.

I really wish I did better in my earlier games to allow me to play the better coaches at Gencon---Wolfgang and Tom's brother.... but my dice failed me and my opponents rolled pretty good. (I don't think any of my opponents failed any GFI's against me......)

I intend to take my frustrations out on Canada at the DEATH BOWL

It was fun to see the TBB crowd though: Galak, Lawquoter, Darthnoir, Torg, Ben, Cyberhare, Karllagerbottom, Jaylazer-----always makes the tournies fun.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:18 am

gken1 wrote:I also got called for time in my first ever tournament game due to the worst opponent I ever played. Worst attitude that is.

Ken's opponent received the lowest possible sportsmanship marks from all of his opponents. Its unfortunate that such folks are in the game. But I just wanted to reinforce that Ken did get one of the folks that can make a tournament not as much fun. Sorry Ken ... but it was a pleasure to see you again.

Galak

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:03 pm

Since folks wonder about such things. When trying decide what to use at a tournament.

Here were the rosters for the winners at GenCon this year:

1st - Lizardmen - Kroxigor; 6 Saurus; 4 Skink; 2 re-roll; 3 FF

2nd - Skaven - Rat Ogre; 5 Linemen; 3 Gutter Runner; 2 Storm Vermin; 1 Thrower; 2 re-roll; 1 FF

3rd - Amazon - 4 Blitzer; 2 Catcher; 5 Linewomen; 4 re-roll; 4 FF; 1 Apothecary

Galak

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:57 pm

I had a great time as always. Went 3-0 my first day with my Skaven, who seemed up to the task...but apparently my 3rd win went a little too well for my own good, because that meant I was 2nd overall going into day 2, and therefore got paired against Wolfgang.

That meant I had very little margin for error, but apparently somebody forgot to tell that to my Rat Ogre, who decided to really mess up my strategy time and again by rolling 1's on Wild Animal.

That and some timely injury rolls by Wolfgang, and a lack of same by me, meant that I was understaffed for the 2nd half. Those facts, plus of course great coaching by my opponent worked together to see me losing 2-0. Still tons of fun, though, and there's certainly no shame in losing to the best players in the world.

My 5th game seemed to carry over my bad karma from the 4th, where I again was disappointed in my rat ogre. This is unfortunate because I really needed him against dwarves. In that game, the tackle and mighty blow took it's toll, and again top notch coaching by my opponent, and I finished that game with 4 rats on the field, losing 2-1.

Great time, hope to come back next year! As Galak said, great to see the regulars again, and some new faces.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:52 pm

Final results are now up for 2005.

http://www.midgardbb.com/GenCon/GenCon.html

Galak

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:53 pm

I didn't realise that Wes was there, you should've came over and said "hi" (Who else would've been wearing a Nuffle Sucks! t-shirt)

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:48 pm

Torg wrote:I didn't realise that Wes was there, you should've came over and said "hi" (Who else would've been wearing a Nuffle Sucks! t-shirt)

same here................ shame I didn't get to talk to him.

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:59 am

Well boys it was a blast. I'm bummed it's over so quickly. Had a better tourney this year with the Pelves, 2-1-2, had some lousy dice at critical times or could have gone 3-1-1. But they did a LOT better than last year's pansy Khemri, so I'm happy. It was cool to make the painting contest again. Next year I'll have to one-up X and his dugout.

Better get working on the Gencon Bowl Stadium.

Good time, great to see and hang with Jay Darth Noir, Justin Kase, Karl, Gken (although the tackle---

), torg, c-hare, and of course OMM and it was cool to have a beer or 12 with JJ.

Very nice guy even though I guess I'm not drinking his vault kool aid. Still, fun to hang with.

Looking forward to next year.

wesleytj · Post by **wesleytj** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:36 pm

sorry guys...woulda said something if i'd realized who you guys in fact were... i was kibbitzing with the group in general but didn't actively search out anyone particularly.

i was wearing offensive t-shirts both days, maybe you'd recall those... the first day was the "I only support gay marriage if both chicks are hot" shirt, and the 2nd was the sheep with "Baaaaa means Noooo!".

at any rate, there's always next year.

Evil Git · Post by **Evil Git** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:40 pm

now we need one of the sheep shirts sending over to hoomin, quick on the double