Skared Podcast -Episode 4- , Also List and MORE!- HAppy New Year all.

Episode 4 of the podcast was released this Thursday. Make sure you check it out here : Skared.podbean.com
In this episode I talk about deathstars, and my recent interview with Pat from the 11th Co podcast. Comments are appreciated as it helps the development of the podcast.

On another note:

So, I had the pleasure of playing against the "sons of shatner" doubles adepticon list last night. I took a very unoptimized and fun 2000pt DE list, and although there were a few times when I was in the game ultimately it was over pretty quickly when some key rolls did not go my way. Anyhow, I hope to play again, but this time I decided I would take a highly optimized Venom Spam list. One of the few armies that does very well in a tournament environment, especially when there is a good amount of terriain on the table. Anyhow:

List 1 (1000pts, takes the elites float)
Heamonculus- Liquifier

3 Trueborn, 3 blasters
Venom Dual Cannon

3 Trueborn, 3 blasters
Venom Dual Cannon

10 Warriors, Splinter Cannon, Blaster, Syb
Raider, Flicker Field

5 Warriors Blaster
Venom Dual Cannon

5 Warriors Blaster
Venom Dual Cannon

3 Reaver Jetbikes with a Heatlance

Ravager Flicker Field, Night Shield

List 2 (1000pts, takes Heavy float)

Heamonculus Liquifier

4 Trueborn, 3 blasters, 1 shredder (odd i know but points worked out)
Venom one cannon

5 Warriors Blaster
Venom dual cannon

5 Warriors Blaster
Venom dual cannon

5 Warriors Blaster
Venom dual cannon

6 Reaver Jetbikes 2 blasters

Ravager Flicker field and night shield

Ravager Flicker field and night shield

Total for the two lists is 2000pts, and I cant wait to try it out. I know that it would be very monotonous to play but competitive.

Cheers!

Skared Podcast - EPISODE 3 - Tournament Recap and more

Episode 3 is up! (35 mins)
- Tournament Recap, Spellbinder 40K 1850.
- Law of Nines, 40K list building strategy.
- Upcoming Events - Black Knight Games 2K 40K tourney Dec 17th.

Check it out:
www.skared.podbean.com

Cheers!

The Law of 9's!

Does your best army list fit in?

I am curious to see how different peoples armies fit into this army list building development system that my Dad created. He used to spend more time making lists than actually playing... literally, it would take 3 days for him to make a 1500pt list. Anyway; how does this work?

Divide total point value of army by 9. So for example in an 1850pt list you have nine 205 pt "sections" and a 5pt floater.

First Place 4 "sections" (820pts) into troops.

Then 1 "section" (205pts) in each of your Heavy, Fast, Elites and HQ sections.

This leaves 1 "section" that you may do what ever you want with. For example an Imperial Guard army might put it into Heavy Support.

IMPORTANT: This is a general guideline, not a strict rubric. It is aimed at balancing the list to deal with as much as possible while keeping it effective and spam-free.

Now, I had no idea what this was until finally my dad explained the system. Then I went and counted out my competitive DE army into it and found that I was almost spot on! I was very successful with the list that fit in to the "law" and have had trouble moving away from it ever since. I find it is a nice tool to keep things interesting while keeping focused on what matters, good number of troops, some fast units, firesupport and elite units. Of course keeping the HQ cheap so as to not sink too many pts into it.

Anyway. I challenge all of you to try it out! And let me know what you think.

Cheers!