Saturday morning, and the doom crept in as soon as we arrived. It probably also had something to do with the fact that my house has free drinks and snacks, better chairs, and no mask requirements (not, to be clear, that I don’t appreciate the store’s masking rules, just that it’s more comfortable to not be in public, and thus not have to wear one). Just a big fan of the 4ground/Vanguard Tactics terrain set that I have at home. The store was nice enough, with friendly staff, and I’m not trying to rag on them. I’m sympathetic here as, having recently been in charge of procuring and building a bunch of tables, I know that it’s neither cheap nor easy. It mostly did the job, but especially on the extra-large tables, did feel a bit sparse. The event ran on full-size 6×4 foot tables, not the normal 44×60 inch, and terrain was the usual mix of GW kits, third-party MDF, and some quite nice home-built cardboard and foam jobs.
No offense to the FLGS, and I give them all the credit in the world for trying to kickstart a local scene, but the vibes were definitely a startup situation. This ended up being the best and closest game of my weekend, and on the best table. For his part, Norman would end up taking 2nd in the event, after running face-first into Grey Knights before taking out Guard and Orks. I lost – obviously – 68 to 82, though the game was only close because we rolled one of the harder missions for Death Guard. The weekend began with a warm-up game on Friday night, against Goonhammer accomplice Norman and his Death Guard. No, it didn’t work out so well then, but I had put that down to inexperience with the list and a few rough match-ups. I was still inexplicably confident in my Dark Angels, running the exact same list that I took to my GT last time. A smaller one, 8 player RTT at a local game store.
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