Warhammer 40k 1500 Pt Tournament Army List

Thanks to the players who participated in the Warhammer 40k 1500 Pt Tournament on Memorial Day, May 25, at Gamer's Gambit. Here are some scenes from the event and the army lists. Congratulations to the top placers!

1st place - Sean N. Tyranid Combined Arms Detachment HQ 1: Hive Tyrant – 2 twin-linked devourers, electroshock grubs HQ 1: Tyrant Guard – adrenal glands Troop 1: Mucolid Troop 2: Mucolid Elite 1: Lictor Elite 2: Lictor Elite 3: Lictor Fast Attack 1: 3 Spore Mines Fast Attack 2: 3 Spore Mines Fast Attack 3: 3 Spore Mines Heavy Support 1: Mawloc Heavy Support 2: Mawloc Heavy Support 3: Mawloc Leviathan Detachment HQ 1: Hive Tyrant – 2 twin-linked devourers, electroshock grubs Tyrant Guard – adrenal glands Troop 1: Mucolid Troop 2: Mucolid Troop 3: Mucolid Elite 1: Lictor Elite 2: Lictor Elite 3: Lictor Fortification: Aegis Defense Line – comms relay	2nd place - Bob R. Chaos Daemons Combined Arms Detachment HQ 1: Kairos Fateweaver HQ 2: Herald of Tzeentch (3) Troop 1: Pink Horrors of Tzeentch – Incandescent Horror Troop 2: Pink Horrors of Tzeentch Fast Attack 1: Screamers of Tzeentch – 6 additional screamers Chaos Daemons Allies HQ 1: Be’Lakor Troop 1: Nurglings
3rd place - Eric R. Craftworld Eldar Combined Arms Detachment HQ 1: Farseer – jetbike Troop 1: Guardians – Eldar Missile Launcher, Warlock Transport: Wave Serpent Troop 2: Jetbike Squad – 2 Shuriken cannons, Warlock Troop 3: Jetbike Squad – 2 Shuriken cannons, Warlock Troop 4: Jetbike Squad – 2 Shuriken cannons, Warlock Heavy Support 1: Vaul’s Wrath Support Battery Heavy Support 2: Night Spinner Aspect Host Formation Detachment Banshees – Exarch Scorpions – Exarch Shining Spears - Exarch	4th place - Ray S. Blood Angels Combined Arms Detachment HQ: Librarian, Mastery Level 2 Troop 1: Tactical Marine Squad: 5 additional marines, plasma gun, plasma cannon, power weapon, melta bombs Rhino Troop 2: Tactical Marine Squad: 4 additional marines, plasma gun, plasma cannon, power fist Rhino Troop 3: Scout Squad Land Speeder: multi-melta, Typhoon Missile launcher Baal Predator: sponson heavy bolters, storm bolter Grey Knights Allies HQ: Librarian - Mastery Level 3, storm bolter, Nemesis force halberd Troop 1: Terminators - 5 additional terminators, Nemesis force halberd, 5 Nemesis Falchions, 2 Nemesis Daemon Hammers, incinerator, psycannon Fortifications Aegis Defense Line – quad gun
5th place - Erik E. Astra Militarum Combined Arms Detachment HQ 1: Knight Commander Pask - Leman Russ Vanquisher, lascannon, hunter killer missile, multi-melta, camo netting HQ 2: Company Command Squad - Camo Cloaks, Medic, Vox caster, Regimental Banner, Master of Ordinance Troop 1: Platoon Command Squad - Bolter, Vox-caster, Medic Infantry Squad – Vox-caster, flamer Infantry Squad – Vox-caster, flamer Heavy Weapon Squad - lascannons Heavy Weapon Squad - Missile Launchers with flakk missiles Troop 2: Veteran Squad: Forward Sentries, Gunnery Sergeant Harker, Heavy Bolter, Vox Heavy Support 1: Leman Russ Battle Tank – Lascannon, Camo netting, Heavy Stubber Heavy Support 2: Basilisk – Camo netting Officio Assassinorum Detachment Vindicare Assassin Fortification Aegis Defense Line – Quad Gun	6th place - Will S. Imperial Guard Combined Arms Detachment HQ: Company Command Squad - Colonel Straken, carapace armor, medipack, regimental standard Chimera Troop 1: Platoon Command Squad – bolter, vox-caster, platoon standard Infantry Squad – vox-caster, missile launcher with flakk missiles Infantry Squad – vox-caster, missile launcher with flakk missiles Troop 2: Veterans Squad – Sergeant Harker, three meltaguns Fast Attack 1: Valkyrie – lascannon, two Hellstrike missiles Heavy Support 1: Leman Russ Battle Tank – lascannon, heavy bolter sponsons Heavy Support 2: Leman Russ Demolisher – lascannon, multi-melta sponsons Heavy Support 3: Basilisk

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Miniature Gaming at the Dragon's Den Part 2

With so many new miniature games being played at the Dragons Den, I figured I should mention that we still have table space on Wednesday and Thursday for mini games that are not listed in the post below.  We do see Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy, Malifaux, and Flames of War players on those night and sometimes on Saturday.

To continue with some of the new future events, I wanted to add a couple that are out a bit farther.  These may be subject to change, so check our calendar or in the store for more details.

November:

Wednesday nights: Privateer Press (Hordes & Warmachine) Escalation League
                             Infinity Escalation League
Thursday nights: Flames of War Early War Aces
                         Dystopian Wars Escalation League
Thursday November 24: Closed! Happy Thanksgiving
Saturday November 12: Malifaux Tournament
Saturday November 19: Warhammer 40K Tournament
Saturday daily: Open Play


December:

Wednesday nights: Privateer Press (Hordes & Warmachine) Escalation League
                             Infinity Escalation League
Thursday nights: Flames of War Early War Aces
                         Dystopian Wars Escalation League
Saturday December 10:  Privateer Press Warmahordes Tournament
Saturday December 17: Flames of War Early War Tournament
Saturday December 24: Wings of War: Snoopy vs The Red Baron (I hope you all get the reference for the holidays)

Remember that some events might change slightly or be modified, so check with the store or online to make sure you have the most recent information. So now we have made it almost all the way to Christmas break for schools.  We will be planning some other events with the students home for the holidays, so stay tuned for more information as it will be sure to follow... just maybe not for a month or two!

Sean "Striderlotr" Banks

Miniature Gaming at the Dragon's Den

So we have a new staff member who is helping to focus on miniature games here at the store.  He has set up a list of events that we will have on our Google Calendar very soon, but I thought we could get a list posted here on our blog as well.  If you are interested in big games, skirmish games, or anything in between, check out the list and hopefully you will see an event that you like.

August:

Wednesday nights: Privateer Press (Hordes & Warmachine) demo games
                               Warhammer 40K demo games
                               Infinity demo games
Thursday nights: Flames of War demo games
                            Malifaux demo games
                            Flames of War: Aces of Aces event
Saturday daily: Open Play

September:

Wednesday nights: Privateer Press (Hordes & Warmachine) Assembly & Paint (Week 1 & 2)
                               Warhammer 40K Assembly & Paint (Week 1 & 2)
                               Privateer Press League: Sand Narrows (Week 3 & 4)
                               Warhammer 40K Escalation League (Week 3 & 4)
Thursday night: Flames of War Assembly & Paint (Week 2 & 3)
                          Malifaux Assembly & Paint (Week 2 & 3)
                          Flames of War Mid War Aces (Week 4 & 5)
                          Malifaux Escalation League (Week 4 & 5)
Saturday September 10: Infinity Tournament
Saturday daily: Open Play (unless other events scheduled)

October:

Wednesday night: Privateer Press League: Sand Narrows (Week 1 & 2)
                             Warhammer 40K Escalation League (Week 1, 2, 3, & 4)
                             Privateer Press (Hordes and Warmachine)Open Play (Week 3 & 4)
Thursday night: Flames of War Mid War Aces (Week 1, 2, 3, & 4)
                          Malifaux Escalation League (Week 1, 2, 3, & 4)
Saturday October 8:Flames of War: Late War Tournament, Battle for Salvation
Saturday October 22: Dystopian Wars Tournament
Saturday daily: Open Play (unless other events scheduled)
Sunday October 16: Privateer Press: Sand Narrows World End
Sunday October 30: Malifaux Story Encounters
Monday October 31: Malifaux Story Encounters (Happy Halloween)


We have more events planned for the rest of the year.  Stay tuned for more information about November and December as they will be posted soon... but may have changes made, and will be great save the date information.  For more details about the upcoming events in the store, check out our calendar of events on our website, or stop in and ask!

Sean "Striderlotr" Banks

New Paltz Gaming Convention (NPC)

The New Paltz University Gaming Society ran their annual gaming convention, NPC, last weekend. This was the first 2 day event for them starting Saturday and ending Sunday. They approached us (the Dragon's Den) and asked if we would be a vendor and if we would run some events at the con. So for the third year in a row we were a part of NPC. We ended up having a great booth and running several different tournaments and demos of some great games.

Saturday we ran a 14 player Scars of Mirrodin Draft! The players had a great time and we saw many great cards pulled during the event. The players were super excited to have a chance to win some exclusive con promo cards that we got from Wizards, foil promo Kor Skyfisher... if I remember correctly. We also played several demo games including Steve Jackson's Cthulhu Dice and Zombie Dice, Munchkin, Mayfair's Stationmaster, and Bandai's Resident Evil Deck Building.

Sunday we ended up running an 8 players constructed Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. We also had a small group for a second Magic event, this time Standard Constructed. We also ran demos of several other games including Ascension Deck Building, and D&D.

All weekend long the convention was running video game tournaments from retro systems to current. We also saw several pick-up games of Warhammer 40K in the hall we were located in as well as many other board games from the gaming society.

This is an event that more players should check out. Check their website for more details on last years event, and hopefully soon, this years events. http://www.wix.com/gamingsociety/new-paltz-gaming-society

Sean "Striderlotr" Banks

The Dark Eldar are Coming!

If you play Warhammer 40K, then you have most likely heard that the Dark Eldar are coming back into the fray! They were brought out a few editions ago when they made the new box set that included Dark Eldar and Space Marines. They are now back... and looking to bring EVIL to a whole new level.

We were able to get an advanced copy of the new Dark Eldar Codex, as well as three of the new boxes of minis; The Dark Eldar Kabalite Warriors, Reavers, and Raider. We had one of our local gamers (who I think is secretly living here) assemble and paint them up, as they look really nice and I think they will be represented nicer out of the box then in it. Marc has done a very nice job getting them assembled quickly and getting them painted... with multiple paint steps!

We have also had the codex out for players to read and review... which has led to some very interesting conversations. We have had some people rip them and say how bad they are, while others quietly read the book and made few comments. Another of our gamers commented that most players that are bashing the Dark Eldar are most likely thinking of them with Space Marines in mind.  This faction cannot be played out like Marines... or like most other factions.  You need to think about the Dark Eldar in a different way.

The new models look fantastic as well.  Again, out of the box, assembled, and painted really brings them to life and shows off the stupendous detail.  The models hanging on to the outside of the Raider look fantastic and really add to the fast, raider mentality that Dark Eldar portray.

If you are interested in getting any of the Dark Eldar kits or the Codex, stop in at the Dragon's Den and check out what we have right now, and maybe even place an order!