Strong Gaming

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Bokur Brawl.  This event went from 10/4 - 10/6 and is coordinated by Seth Cohen, Stephen Rabideau and the NJ S.O.B.s.  Before I get into recapping my games, I have to say that I do not get to travel to any conventions, but this is the second year I have attended the Bokur Brawl and it is one of my favorite experiences of the year.  The event is run smoothly and they make sure players are cared for (lunch / dinner breaks, water provided, etc).  The entire weekend was a blast and I cannot recommend attending highly enough.  If you are interested, you can find out more at the Bokur Brawl website.  The Bokur Brawl featured three Warmachine events.  There was the Warfaire Weekend Qualifier (which also qualified as an Iron Gauntlet event), the Big Base Brawl and the Team Event.  I played in the Big Base Brawl.  This is a 32 person event where the top half of those who place win a huge base mo...

Round 3:  vs Jordan Bollin Scenario:  Spread the Net Round 2 of the scrum, my opponent had to concede due to scheduling issues.  This put me at 1-1 going into round 3.  I was paired up against Jordan Bollin, one of the local Skorne players.  Without even looking at his lists, I knew the only way he wouldn't drop Zaal2 into me was if he didn't include Zaal2 in his lists.  Given that this scrum is a three list event, I was fairly certain Zaal2 would be one of his lists.  We each brought the following options as our lists: Me: [Skarre 3] Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet [+27] - Scourge of the Broken Coast  - Kraken [35]  - Satyxis Blood Priestess [4] Axiara Wraithblade [0(6)] General Gerlak Slaughterborn [0(6)] Ragman [4] Black Ogrun Ironmongers [6] Blighted Trollkin Marauders (max) [15]  - Jussika Bloodtongue [5] Bloodgorgers (max) [15] Satyxis Blood Witches (max) [13]  - Satyxis Blood Hag [4] Scharde Dirge Seers [...

Round 1:  vs Anthony Gatta (Junior) Scenario:  Bunkers The September 2019 Scrum is being run as a three list event.  My first round opponent is Junior, who is running Crucible Guard.  We just played a friendly game the week before, with my trying a Skarre1 Black Industries list against his Syvestro list.  That matchup didn't feel good to me.  He was bringing the same list pair to the scrum and declined the option to add a third list.  Our respective options were: Me: [Skarre 3] Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet [+27] - Scourge of the Broken Coast  - Kraken [35]  - Satyxis Blood Priestess [4] Axiara Wraithblade [0(6)] General Gerlak Slaughterborn [0(6)] Ragman [4] Black Ogrun Ironmongers [6] Blighted Trollkin Marauders (max) [15]  - Jussika Bloodtongue [5] Bloodgorgers (max) [15] Satyxis Blood Witches (max) [13]  - Satyxis Blood Hag [4] Scharde Dirge Seers [0(6)] [Deneghra 2] Wraith Witch Deneghra [+28] - Black I...

Round 1:  vs Christopher Michael Scenario:  Spread the Net The next Scrum begins with me paired up against Chris, who brings Grymkin to the party.  I spent a large portion of my work day studying up on Grymkin, and specifically his pairing.  Here are the lists we brought: Me: [Deneghra 2] Wraith Witch Deneghra [+28] -Dark Host  - Deathripper [6]  - Deathripper [6]  - Stalker [8]  - Stalker [8]  - Skarlock Thrall [0(4)] Bane Lord Tartarus [0(6)] Darragh Wrathe [9] Eilish Garrity, the Occultist [5] Soul Trapper [1] Bane Knights (max) [15] Bane Riders (max) [20] Bane Warriors (min) [10]  - Bane Warrior Officer & Standard [0(5)] Wraith Engine [15] [Skarre 3] Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet [+27] - Slaughter Fleet Raiders  - Kraken [36]  - Satyxis Blood Priestess [0(4)] Axiara Wraithblade [0(6)] General Gerlak Slaughterborn [0(6)] Ragman [4] Black Ogrun Ironmongers [6] Blighted Trollkin Marauders ...

Vs:  John Lopilato ( John's Blog: The Gooma Gamer ) Scenario:  Mirage John is started his gaming blog late last year and that was really the inspiration for me to post my battle reports on a blog of my own.  For a few months now we have been trying to line up a game for the battle of the blogs and we finally found our chance.  John has been a long time trolls player, but recently started playing convergence.  I really didn't know what to expect from him, as he usually doesn't play the established meta lists.  We talked it over a little and he had a list he wanted to try out, while I was playing my Skarre3 / Denny2 pair.  The list he wanted to try out used the foundries for recursion, so I agreed to play Skarre3 as playing Denny2 would mean hellmouth hurts his central game plan pretty badly.  Here are our lists: Me : [Skarre 3] Skarre, Admiral of the Black Fleet [+27] - Slaughter Fleet Raiders  - Kraken [36]  - Satyxis Blood Prie...