Brawler Bash V, our local Warhammer Fantasy Grand Tournament, finished this weekend with thirty-four participants. As always, it was an awesome time, with great opponents and a good time had by all. We had people come in from all over the eastern seaboard. Not bad for a GT on the same weekend as Adepticon!
Prizes were given for Bash Grandmaster (Best Overall), Bash Battlemaster (Best General), Bash Crasher (Best Sportsman), Bash Brush (Best Painted), Player's Choice and Top Club. The Overall, General, Sportsman and Paint categories also gave out second and third place prizes.
I ended up taking Best Overall and Best General home, which is my first #1 overall finish in a Grand Tournament. I've been finishing in the top five with my Beastmen for a couple GT's in a row now, and was thrilled to take the top spot. I literally couldn't have done it without my amazing club, The Fancy Lads, and we were lucky enough to take home The Top Club award, which I hope will hang in our local store when they move to their new location in September. Until then, I hope to pass it around for various club members to keep it from week to week.
The Grandmaster's Sword for Best Overall
Top Club Prize
Best General
The Mug for Best Overall (Because you can't swing a wooden sword wildly and irresponsibly around the house without a mug of beer to go with it).
Big congratulations to Joel Busta for taking Best Sportsman, Robert Brandon for taking Best Painted, and Dan Pace for taking Player's choice. I'll get the rest of the award winners listed when the results are published, as I probably can't list them all correctly from memory.
In related news, Erik Lindley is retiring from running Brawler Bash due to time commitments, and I'll be taking over running the tournament next year with help from The Fancy Lads. Brawler Bash is a great tradition for Warhammer Fantasy, and we plan to keep it that way. We're already planning for and looking forward to Brawler Bash VI in 2013.
I believe my Beastmen will retire as well, and be shelved for a while. Best Overall is a good way to go out. I'll work on finishing up the painting 2500 points of Wood Elves and go with them for a while. After almost three years of Beastmen, it'll be a very different change of pace.
For those interested in my 3000 point Beastmen list, here's a rough outline:
Beastlord with Crown of Command
Level Three Lore of Death Great Bray Shaman
Level Four Lore of Shadow Great Bray Shaman
Wargor BSB with Beast Banner
Level One Lore of Shadow Bray Shaman
Level One Lore of Beasts Bray Shaman with Shard of the Herdstone
44 Gor in Horde Formation
44 Gor in Regular Formation
10 Gor
22 Ungor
Two Tuskgor Chariots
Two Razorgor
48 Bestigor with Flaming Banner in Horde Formation
The list puts a lot of tough models on the table, and can take a beating in close combat while dishing a lot of nasty attacks out. The general and BSB usually go with the 44 Gor in horde formation, with the Lore of Death Shaman riding with the Bestigor and the Lore of Shadow Shaman switching units depending on my opponent's deployment. Everything castles around the Ungor bunker and the Herdstone to start the game and then moves forward quickly and aggressively in while the chariots and Razorgor move around the flanks. I use the ten Gor to ambush the soft parts of my opponent's army if possible.
Anyway, I'll try and get my five battle recaps (with five great opponents) up this week, as well as the full results and award winners when they are published. See you then!
Congrats on the win. It is good to see all those years of hard work paying out. Now go play woodies so you can shoot something :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on first place. I look forward to battle reports; they sound like they might be a very helpful resource for the 'hard of playing' like me.
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