Hi All,
I wanted to take the time today to talk about the
upcoming Horus Heresy Doubles Event at Warhammer World in November; Ahmose and
I picked up a ticket on Monday and we’ve already started the planning phase.
We attended the Doubles Event earlier this year, and
while we had a great time, we didn’t pull off a single victory over the weekend
– something we’d like to change this time around! Last time, Ahmose and I took
Death Guard and Iron Warriors; while the Legions get on from a background
perspective, our lists were ultimately too similar and we suffered from a lack
of diversity and speed across the army which led to us surrendering board control
too quickly and losing out on the Maelstrom objectives.
There are a couple of major changes to this event from
the last one; the games are not Maelstrom Missions this time around, the Force
Organisation Chart is the standard Age of Darkness (rather than the custom one
they used before), the Allies Matrix is in full effect, and the scoring system
has changed to place less weight on Favourite Game votes.
The change that is going to have the biggest effect on
our armies is the Allies Matrix; sadly the Iron Warriors and Thousand Sons do not get on with each other. The
Allies Matrix and the Event rules mean that none of our units count as scoring,
which is going to put us at a bit of a disadvantage as we stand. We’ve figured
that there are two approaches that we could adopt to this; either design lists
with our current Legions to minimise the effect, or the nuclear option of
starting new Legions that are better allies on the Matrix!
So, are you going to the doubles event in November? What Legions are you taking, and what are you
doing to prepare for it?
Cheers
Ikthelion & Ahmose
I'm sadly unable to make! Doubles events are great fun! Though list building can be difficult, especially for this event where you need 2 troop choices!
ReplyDeleteI would love another Campaign weekend, but all my money is getting saved now for my new gaming room conversion.
ReplyDeletesame issue here : iron warriors and thousand sons.
ReplyDeleteIssue is coming from TS who are standalone.
So switching to Iron Warriors / Dark Mechanicus