Totengräber's Workpläce

Fred, Joe and I met up yesterday to play the usual Star Wars Miniatures over at Games To Die For. We always play 150 points and use the most recent rules, except for Gambit scoring. I’m not a big fan of three-player games, but until we get more people to play, it’s going to be difficult not to do that. There are a couple of people who have expressed an interest, but haven’t sat down to play yet.  Before playing, I traded the new Lobot to Fred for Moff Jerjerrod.

Joe’s List:

• Canderous Ordo
• Mandalorian Captain
• Mandalorian Scout x4

Fred’s List:

• Arika
• Echani Handmaiden
• GenoHarradan Assassin
• Lobot
• Chiss Mercenary

My List:

• Greedo
• Bossk, Bounty Hunter
• 4-LOM, Bounty Hunter
• Garindan
• Jaraiah Syn
• Dengar
• Zuckuss
• General Dodonna

We ended up playing on the Endor Base map, which really sucks pretty bad since there’s a huge lack of cover for those out in the trees. For the most part, Fred and Joe fought each other until Fred used Arika’s “Blaster Barrage” and damaged some of my guys. I started firing in his direction, but managed to do little. Fred’s Handmaiden kept getting shot at and passed no loess than 12 Evade checks before dying late in the game. Arika did Blaster Barrage a few more times killing several of my Bounty Hunters. Three times Fred benefitted from Lobot’s Reinforcements ability, bringing in Zuckuss and a Human Scout twice and 4-LOM once. In the end, it came down to my 4-LOM vs. his Arika and GenoHarradan Assassin. My 4-LOM failed many times to hit him and Fred got one more Reinforcements to go off before I conceded.

All in all, it was a good fun game. I liked the army I played.

Earlier this week I pulled an Emperor Palpatine on Throne from a booster pack, so I think I should build a list with him in it.

Fred and I have been playing SWM pretty regularly every Tuesday evening. Earlier this week I finally received some of the minis I’d traded for. Specifically Mara Jade, Jedi. I made the following squad to play with:

• Mara Jade, Jedi
• Boba Fett, Mercenary
• Kel Dor Bounty Hunter
• General Wedge Antilles
• Ugnaught Demolitionist x3

Fred played a list like this:

• Kazdan Paratus
• Junk Golem
• Kel Dor Bounty Hunter
• Gha Nackt
• K-3PO
• Elite Rebel Commando
• Nikto Soldier
• R2-D2

We played on the Death Star map and Fred ended up on the hangar side of the map. Wedge pretty much stayed in the middle room the whole game while Mara, KDBH, and 2 Ugnaughts went up the top side of the map while Boba and an Ugnaught went up the other side. Mara ended up getting hung up by the Junk Golem and took damage from hits and from Splash damage. Boba tried to avoid getting hurt badly by the KDBH’s Self Destruct, but ended up taking 50 damage in one turn. After Boba took out Kazdan and Gha Nackt while Mara set her sights on the ERC, Fred conceded the game. As always, it’s a blast playing against Fred.

Right now, I am really enjoying playing this game. I missed going to a tournament last weekend (even though my awesome wife was totally cool with me going if I’d wanted to), but I think the next one I’ll try to make it there and see how I do in a more competitive environment.

So Fred and I scheduled a game for last Tuesday over at Games To Die For. I’m hoping to make this a regular thing so maybe we can get more people to play.

I’m eagerly awaiting my order from StrikeZoneOnline for some SWM singles of the more “competitive” pieces. I basically went through the Gen Con 2008 lists and the German Championships to see what was most used and ordered most of those.

This is my first attempt at a semi-competitive squad:

• Anakin Skywalker, Champion of Nelvaan
• Padme Amidala, Senator
• Captain Panaka
• Roron Corobb
• Gungan Shieldbearer
• Ugnaught Demolitionist x4

I think this build is pretty generic as I’ve seen a lot of them using the big figures I used except Roron. Padme lets Anakin attack at the end of her turn and Panaka lets two people switch places. The GSB is there to try and protect Anakin and Roron and the Ugnaughts are there to open doors and as filler. This squad really needed Mas Amedda to be really cool.

Fred asked to borrow some of my Yuzaan Vong minis, so I should have known this was going to be trouble.

Fred’s Squad:

• Yomin Carr
• Yuuzhan Vong Shaper x3
• Yuuzhan Vong Warrior x3?
• Yuuzhan Vong Elite Warrior x3?
• Yuuzhan Vong Elite Warrior x2?
• Advance Scout
• Human Force Adept

We played on the Commander’s Office (Ruined Base) map.

Let’s just say Thud Bugs + Spit Poison and having to roll tons of saves really hurt my squad. I sent my guys pretty much right up the middle while he did pretty much the same. The game went back and forth for quite a while and in the end it came down to a YV Elite Warrior, YV Shaper, Padme, and 2x Ugnaughts. The Ugnaughts managed to end up doing a ton of damage and after the Shaper was gone the Elite Warrior was not so scary. Finally, 2 Ugnaughts were left after one of them did the final wound to the Elite Warrior. This was a very fun game and Fred is a good opponent to play against.

We did play a second game, but we had to call it just a couple of rounds in. I conceded the win to him since I hadn’t killed anything and he was consistently damaging or killing my droids.

Fred and I planned on playing some SWM this week over at Games To die For. It’s been a few weeks since we played and I think both of us had ended up getting some new figures. Unfortunately, the store didn’t have any new boosters of SWM or else I might have bought some. Fred and I started at about 6:30 or so after I dug out all the minis I needed for my squad.

My Squad #1:

• General Wedge Antilles
• Garm Bel Iblis (Elite Rebel Commando, Dresellian Commando)
• Boba Fett, Mercenary
• Human Soldier of Fortune
• Ugnaught Demolitionist x3

The funny thing about this is that I originally hadn’t even thought about Garm at all. I’d originally planned on using a bunch of Bounty Hunters (Dengar, Bossk, etc.) to benefit from Mobile Attack and Evade. going through the binder, I saw Garm and thought I could use him to get more stuff.

Fred’s Squad #1:

• Darth Maul, Champion of the Sith
• Darth Tyranus, Legacy of the Dark Side
• ASN Assassin Droid
• Battle Droid x5

Map: Freight Transit Station

I chose the map simply because it seemed to look like fun. No strategy to it at all. I deployed on the right side of the map while he chose the left. This game was fun, but I feel like I lost for one very simple reason: I moved Wedge and Garm into harm’s way. Things seemed to be going fairly well until he got Maul and Tyranus into melee range of Boba. Boba kept tactically retreating to minimize Maul’s damage output. In the end Maul went down, but Boba went down to Kouhun Infestation + Force Lightning by the time it was over.

We decided we had time for another game, so we picked out our next squads. I had just built an Exar Kun squad using what Masassi Sith Mutants I have plus some Savage figs.

My Squad #2:

• Exar Kun
• Boma
• Massassi Sith Mutant x2
• Varactyl Wrangler
• Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

Fred’s Squad #2:

• Luke Skywalker, Legacy of the Light Side
• Princess Leia of Cloud City
• Obi Wan Kenobi, Unleashed
• Bothan Noble
• Elite Rebel Commando
• Mon Calamari Medic
• R2-D2
• Tusken Raider

Map: Hall of Judgement

I deployed on the right side of the map and he deployed on the left, inside the temple. My first move was to send the Varactyl Wrangler ahead of everyone else, then the Boma, MSMs, etc. I didn’t realize until the next turn that the Varactyl would negate Exar Kun’s CE, so I sent him to the other side of the map. Boma ran forward and smoked his Tusken Raider only to be pasted by Obi-Wan, Luke, Bothan, and everyone else. R2 was used to Override closed some doors to funnel my guys through. I’d lost all but Exar Kun by the end who proceeded to mop the floor with the rest of his squad. Holy Moly! He’s definitley worth the $16 I spent on him last Saturday! Next time I use this squad, I’ll likely swap out the Varactyl for a couple more Ugnaughts for Exar Kun’s Energy Transferrence Force Power.