[Epic] Gorgons & Chimera variants

From: Carl Billen <billenc_at_...>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:13:35 +0100

Hi everyone,

I recently acquired a blister of Gorgons, Chimerax and Chimedons. Does
anyone have any Epic40K stats for them ?

Carl Billen
billenc_at_...


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Matthew wrote:
> The main problem was this. Under the tournament rules, you are rated for
> winning battles, Army Selection and Sportsmanship. Now, under
> sportsmanship, each player you face gives you a mark out of 5, depending
> how
> friendly you were, how well you knew the rules, etc. . .
>
> Now, if you play someone and absolutely stomped him, is he likely to give
> you a great mark? I'm not bitter about this (really!), but I got chatting
> to this American bloke who ended up winning the Sportsmanship prize. When
> I
> looked up my scores, I couldn't believe it. Only two people scored worse
> than me! I AM NOT THAT BAD! Mark, tell them!
>
> As it happened, this made a big difference in the company I was in. If I
> had had an average score, I would have come into the top ten. A good
> score
> and I would have come in the top 5.
>
I did warn you about this. You must stop chanting "one, one, one", when the
other person rolls to hit. Were you more generous to the other player when
you beat him or got your butt whooped? It does seem strange however that
this played such a huge part when it could be fixed by other players so
easily.


> Another point is that they opened Bugman's Bar at lunchtime and kept it
> open
> all afternoon and evening. I am sure I was getting funnier and more
> friendly as the day went on. . .
>
I have had this problem at Euro Gen Con!

> Enough moaning, onto the battles!
>
> The first was vs. Space Wolves. Suffice to say, the only casualties I
> suffered was when a Wolf Guard with a Cyclone Missile Launcher unloaded a
> full salvo into my Deathwing Squad, killing two of the Storm Bolter dudes.
> Then my army rolled forward and wiped him out. He scored no points
> whatsoever. I was the only player in the Tournament to achieve a victory
> like this (got no credit for that!).
>
Well done. I bet he marked you high.

<snip>

> First battle - oh dread, against the Eldar again. I lost this by 180
> (very
> small again - I won the two other battles by over a 1000 point difference)
> points. I am trying hard to remember the details of this game, but I
> believe I was still drunk from the night before! I must say, I cannot
> even
> remember what Craftworld they were from. Oh yes, I remember! It was the
> night battle, where range is restricted to 16". I was doing well until I
> let my Dreadnoughts stray just a little too close to his Wraithguard. One
> was destroyed, one damaged.
>
> The last game was the weirdest I have ever played. Another Eldar. I was
> worried, given my previous performance against these guys. He got first
> turn and his 12 Jet Bikes (four with Shuriken Cannon), 2 Vypers, 5
> Wraithguard and 2 Exarchs on Jet Bikes raced to my line and opened up.
> This
> immense salvo completely failed to hurt any Terminators (bare in mind how
> many Sustained Fire dice we are talking here, killed one Servitor and
> destroyed my Attack Bike. And that was it. Nothing else was touched.
> Now,
> my Attack Bike, when destroyed, went out of control and exploded. This
> destroyed a Jet Bike and a Vyper. The Vyper also went out of control and
> crashed into the Wraithguard squad. A Wraithguard was destroyed in the
> explosion and sucked another Wraithguard into the warp! The guy could
> not
> believe what was happening. He then learnt why a three man Swooping Hawk
> squad should not land within short range of a Marine Tactical Squad on
> Overwatch. The Dark Angels had chicken that night. He then tried
> dropping
> a Hawk Exarch into close combat with a Dreadnought and the Tactical Squad
> opened up again. The guy had given this Exarch a Displacer Field which
> when
> hit, displaced the Exarch away from the Dreadnought. I had learnt to wipe
> out Wraithguard quickly by this time - when rolling to damage them, I
> literally could not roll anything other than a 5 or 6. He managed to
> destroy one Dreadnought in close combat with an Exarch, but when that
> exploded, it killed his Exarch, 2 Jet Bikes, one of my Tactical Marines
> and
> wounded another Exarch! In won that game by over 300 points.
>
This sounds like my sort of luck.

> You get to see loads of pre-release stuff (I saw some prototype
> Dark Eldar.
>
More info NOW!
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