Week 3 Results: The Perfect Swarm Mega Battle!

Week 3 Results: The Perfect Swarm Mega Battle!

On the sundered, corpse strewn landscape of New Horizon, the lords of war did clash! Bringing forth huge beasts of destruction the Tyranid Splinter Fleets besieged the defenders in a last ditch effort to secure a hold upon the embattled world. Gargantuan and monstrous creatures battered the defenders who held on to each inch of terrain with fierce tenacity. In the end the Tyranids were able to eke out a minor victory by the slim margin of a single objective. And what of New Horizon? The world's fate is as yet undecided, but with this victory the Tyranids are able to secure enough biomass to continue the siege and now a shadow of dread looms over the Emperor's Hope system.

Intercepted comms transmissions from the battle:

"Catapults ready... target on my mark... be the hand of Khaine... FIRE!"- Dire Avengers Exarch Strayker

"Bear me to battle my steed! BATTLE AND GLORY!" - Space Wolf Lord Johann Elash

"Err? Big nippy bug eh!?!? Papare to be squashed! (metallic grating sound) WAAGGGHHHH!!!!! - Krakjaw Footstomp Orc Pilot of the Smashaslasha

"Red V1 to Red V2: Guardsmen are down and pouring fire! Immediate threat eliminated! (sounds of cheering from cockpit) Red V2... Red V2 I've lost your signal... please reply..." - R. Colin Pilot Red V1

"You spit in the eye of the most holy Emperor of Man! (sound of chainsaw whirring) I'll split ye in twain ya beast!" - Stern Haufmann Imperial Priest

"I've got a lock. Yes, the one with the enormous head. Preparing to fire..." - Ter'Rag Broadside Pilot

"This is Captain Borzok... our position in untenable... we will fight to the last... lock a lance strike on this position..."- Last Recorded Broadcast M. Borzok Ice Blood Space Marine Captain Final Fate Unknown

"Lord, the Homunculous has fallen!" "Do not bother me with such trifles slave. Gather this creatures skull for the raider... Do you hear a flapping sound?" - Archon Andrux Palornix

"I don't care that its on our side. I'll not venture anywhere near it!(engine noise)" - Naula Raynor Chaos Marine Driver of the Sin and Spite

"If I am to die, I do so for the glory of the Imperium! (buzz of a charging power field)" - Commissar Jezebel Schulze


Final KP totals:

Tony 7
Colin 3
Steven 6
Brian 2
Jonathan 6
Bill 3
Garret 8
Charles 3
Kevin 6
Lou 2
Jon 1
Straker 10
Andrew 6
Raymond 2

Champion of New Horizon: Straker C.! Force- Eldar

Painting Contest Winner: Jon S.! Miniature- Genestealer/Ork Hybrid Psyker

Congratulations and thanks to all the participants for making this event a success. Special thanks to the Tyranid GMs for their time and dedication. Please continue to vist the Phantom of the Attic blog for news and upcoming events. Our next event will be a Warhammer Fantasy event set in the far north of the Chaos Wastes.

Week 3 Final Updates!!!

The Perfect Swarm Mega Battle is upon us! To all Perfect Swarm Particpants:

1. Be aware that overnight we will be experiencing Daylight Savings Time. Set your clock ahead 1 hour at midnight (our start time remains unchanged).

2. Bring a copy of your 500 point list.

3. Bring a copy of any GW Apocalypse Datasheet you plan to use.

4. All models must be painted and based!

5. Bring a good attitude and a desire to have fun!

Promptly at 11:00am the Tyranid GMs will check lists and datasheets, perform a head count, and adjust our point values.

We will take a 30min. lunch break at 1:30 pm.

Thanks to all the participants who have made this event a success!

Week 3: The Perfect Swarm Mega Battle is at Hand!

Week 3 Event: Apocalypse Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Start Time 11:00am

The defenders had won a reprieve and dealt a black eye to the splinter fleets. Reeling from the blow the hive mind reacts in the only way it knows how. Norn queens aboard the orbiting hive fleets bombard the surface with mycetic spores containing creatures of unimagined magnitude. These horrors wreak havoc across New Horizon, terrorizing the defenders and devouring the remaining inhabitants. This is the hive minds final gambit. In a last desperate effort the splinter fleets expend their remaining biomass to create as many creatures of war as possible to overwhelm the defenders. A plan lacking in subtlety, but more than compensating with unbridled animal ferocity. If the defenders succeed the splinter fleets, lacking the biomass to continue the siege, will become dormant and attempt to flee to deep space, but if they fail the biomass the splinter fleets will attain from consuming the planet will allow them to take the terror of this invasion throughout the Emperor’s Hope system and beyond.

“The raider is ready. We have a direct webway portal to the sight off conflict. I believe the largest beasts will be there. Let the great game begin…” – Dark Eldar Wytch Big Game Hunter

Special Rules:

This week’s event is an Apocalypse battle and utilizes the rules from Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse.

Tyranid GMs: 2 Spawning Pits

In an attempt to consume the entire planet, the splinter fleets utilize grotesque pits where deposited biomass can immediately be transformed into useable soldiers.

Spawning Pits- WS 2 BS - S 6 T 6 W4 I 1 A3 Ld 5 Sv 4+ Immobile, Monstrous Creature, Improved Spawn Termagants (Spawning Pits lose their spawn termagants ability for 1 turn on any rolls that double)

Gargantuan Creatures: Double Kill Points

Defenders: 1 Planetary Defense Battery

These massive guns blast as many Mycetic Spores from the skies of Horizon as possible.

Planetary Battery- Tyranid reserves roll 2d6 take the lowest die.

3 Preliminary Bombardments

Holding the advance against the insatiable menace, the defenders have time to deploy artillery to obliterate the onrushing horde.

Preliminary Bombardment- Defenders place a preliminary bombardment after both forces have deployed, but before the first turn of the Perfect Swarm Mega Battle. The bombardment is a Str 4, AP 4, Large Blast that follows the rules for a Blast used at BS 3.

Mission:

Victory Conditions- Control the most objective pieces by the end of the game.

Army Composition:

Points: 500 (points allowance may change based on participation)

Build Rules: Players may select any legal unit or GW Apocalypse Formation (please bring a copy of the formation to the game). Units must still be legal. Example- If a unit has a minimum of 5 Space Marines you must take 5 Space Marines or if your squad is allowed to have up to 2 special weapons you cannot take 3.

Restrictions: No proxies (ie: this space marine is an imperial guardsmen). Conversions however are welcomed and encouraged. All models must be painted and based.

Please prepare your army list ahead of game time (though you may have to make changes based on the conditions mentioned above). Have a written copy of your list at the game for GM approval and to ease play.

Individual Victory Conditions: Accumulate kill points.

Individual Rewards: The player with the highest kill point total at the end of The Perfect Swarm Campaign receives a $20 Phantom of the Attic gift certificate. All victory points must be approved and recorded by the table GMs.

Perfect Swarm: Week 2 Results

Week 2 Results: Wave Assault

“They came, seemingly without end. Hordes of them, swarms of them, and I could perceive no cessation to the attacks. As the first wave hit I watched squads of our brave Fire Warriors engulfed in slicing blades, fangs, and teeth. I raked their ranks with fire but over each insectoid carcass leapt two more fanged monstrosities. I depressed the fire button, the burst cannon flared and spun and suddenly… silence. It had begun like a thunderclap and in the stillness I now felt as if I was struck dumb or that I had died right there. In the twilight I watched the many forces, once enemies, limp from the field of battle, wounded, depleted, but victorious.”

---Shas’ O Gar ‘Rt

In the aftermath of a successful planetfall the Hive Mind seized the initiative. In an attempt to consolidate its foothold on New Horizon and transform the very surface of the planet, wave upon wave of Tyranid creatures launched themselves in a genocidal fury against the defending forces of the planet. Trusted allies and dire enemies alike united to avoid destruction, and against all odds, pushed back the Tyranid threat.

Results: All tables Defender victories!

Rewards: 3 Preliminary Bombardments in the Perfect Swarm Mega Battle

Current KP Totals:

Tony- 7

Colin- 2

Lou- 2

Straker- 6

Bill- 3

Garret- 5

Charles- 3

Kevin- 4

Steven- 3

Brian- 2

Jonathan- 3

Andrew- 4

Raymond- 1

Thank you to all participants (players and GMs). The excellent sportsmanship and all around camaraderie were wonderful and showcased what makes Phantom of the Attic and its customers so great! Continue to check this blog for news and updates.

Next Event: The Perfect Swarm Mega Battle

Will the Tyranids wipe out all life on New Horizon or can the defenders push back the tide of the splinter fleets…

COME FIND OUT!

Sunday, March 14^th, 2010

Start Time: 11:00am

Final Event for TPS pushed to Sunday March 14th

Due to Pitt's Spring break this week the final event for The Perfect Swarm has been pushed ahead to Sunday March 14th. May the Light of the Emperor guide you.