Another Year in the Books

Congrats to this years league Champion: Nate Jones!

The following also won awards:
Isaac Guzman Memorial Trophy: Taylor Flesch
Honored Opponent: Ryan Odam
Master Tactician: Teague Spencer Watson

Great Job Guys!
The following people also have gift cards waiting for them at Borderlands:
Michael Storme, Jeff DeRemer, and James Silkey

for those of you who couldn't make it tonight, we have a gift for your participation. Just PM Paul or I and we can figure out how to get it to you.

Thanks again for an awesome league season.

-Chris

Awards Night

Just in case you forgot, tomorrow night at 6 pm is awards night for the escalation league.  Please join us at Borderlands in the back room to celebrate and recognize everyone's achievements!  Here is what to expect:

• Introduction and some interesting league statistics
• Borderlands gift certificates raffle
• Awards for Honored Opponent, Master Tactician, and Isaac Guzman Award
• Player ranking results and participation gift for all
• Awarding league champion

Afterwards, those interested will be gathering at McMenamins Boon's Treasury for further celebration and merriment.

Escalation League Week 10 Results

This will be the last standings update for the 2012 Escalation League.  We hope to see all of you at the awards night next Tuesday where we will reveal the final results.   Here's how things look at this point.

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 179 2 Taylor Flesch 160 3 Gustav 157 4 Chris Born 142 5 Wiley Kinyon 130 6 Paul Willworth 126 7 Maurice 124 8 Jeff DeRemmer 121 9 Chris Bailey 114 10 Vincent Shaw 109 11 Ryan Odam 86 12 John Evans 86 13 Eli Kem 86 14 Tim Mote 81 15 Teague Watson 74 16 Josh Baughman 71 17 Storme 53 18 David Douglas 53 19 Michael Sauermilch 51 20 Chaz Bogner 42 21 Devyn Spencer 42 22 Brett Hanson 41 23 Brandon Harms 40 24 Ryan Williams 39 25 Dustin Boyd 38 26 Steele Hull 35 27 Matt Kinyon 34 28 Tony Bathke 32 29 Oliver 30 30 Ben Sathrum 26 31 Ciera Miller 23 32 Michael Fogg 20 33 Max H 17 34 James Silkey 16 35 Kris Scrivner 15 36 Kate Hillig 12 37 Byron Harmon 11 38 John 9

TOP GENERALS 1. Chris Bailey 2. Teague Watson 3. Eli Kem MOST PAINTED 1. Nate Jones 2. Eli Kem 3. Taylor Flesch BEST SPORTS - Ryan Odam - Tony Bathke - Eli Kem

Final Week

Last week of Escalation League Battles. Has it been three months already?
Hope to see all of you there for the 2400 point finale. And don't forget the awards ceremony the following week.

Escalation League Week 9 Results

Sadly there are only 2 nights of escalation league left!  Two games left to give your scores that last boost.  Don't miss them!  We've got a fun scenario at 2000 points tomorrow night, and next weeks final game is at 2400 points.  Test out an idea for your Black Sheep Brawl army list perhaps?

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 159 2 Taylor Flesch 141 3 Gustav 137 4 Paul Willworth 126 5 Chris Born 122 6 Wiley Kinyon 114 7 Jeff DeRemmer 109 8 Maurice 108 9 Chris Bailey 102 10 Vincent Shaw 97 11 Ryan Odam 86 12 Eli Kem 86 13 Tim Mote 81 14 John Evans 75 15 Teague Watson 74 16 Josh Baughman 71 17 Storme 53 18 David Douglas 53 19 Michael Sauermilch 51 20 Devyn Spencer 42 21 Brett Hanson 41 22 Ryan Williams 39 23 Dustin Boyd 36 24 Chaz Bogner 36 25 Matt Kinyon 34 26 Oliver 30 27 Tony Bathke 27 28 Ben Sathrum 26 29 Brandon Harms 25 30 Steele Hull 23 31 Ciera Miller 23 32 Michael Fogg 20 33 Max H 17 34 James Silkey 16 35 Kris Scrivner 15 36 Kate Hillig 12 37 Byron Harmon 11 38 John 9

TOP GENERALS 1. Chris Bailey 2. Teague Watson 3. Eli Kem MOST PAINTED 1. Nate Jones 2. Eli Kem 3. Taylor Flesch BEST SPORTS - Ryan Odam - Tony Bathke - Eli Kem

Escalation Week 10 Scenario

Week 10 Scenario

Defend the Village

Your enemies have discovered the location of one of your villages and it is up to you to see that the village remains safe.

Set up:  Meeting Engagement.  One side of the table will have two buildings set up on it.  These are the village. 

Players will roll off to determine the attacker.  The losing roll is the defender.   

Special Rules:  The buildings count as 2 level buildings.   Buildings can be destroyed by attacking it as if it were an enemy.   The building has Toughness 9, 8 wounds and are flammable.   

For every building destroyed the attacker gains 2 league points.   For every building surviving the defender receives 2 league points.    If both buildings are destroyed, the attacker gains an additional 1 league point.   If both buildings are still standings, the defender gains an additional 1 league point.

Escalation League Week 8 Results

Thanks to all the players who made it to the foodhammer tournament!  Your bonus points have been added for this weeks standings.  Seven of the players in the ten person tournament were escalation league players and earned 3 to 4 bonus points.  Here are the standings:

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 137 2 Taylor Flesch 124 3 Gustav 118 4 Wiley Kinyon 114 5 Paul Willworth 106 6 Chris Born 105 7 Maurice 98 8 Jeff DeRemmer 97 9 Chris Bailey 95 10 Ryan Odam 86 11 Vincent Shaw 83 12 Tim Mote 81 13 Eli Kem 72 14 Josh Baughman 71 15 John Evans 67 16 Teague Watson 61 17 Storme 53 18 David Douglas 53 19 Michael Sauermilch 51 20 Devyn Spencer 42 21 Brett Hanson 41 22 Ryan Williams 39 23 Dustin Boyd 36 24 Chaz Bogner 36 25 Matt Kinyon 34 26 Oliver 30 27 Tony Bathke 27 28 Ben Sathrum 26 29 Steele Hull 23 30 Ciera Miller 23 31 Michael Fogg 20 32 Max H 17 33 Brandon Harms 17 34 Kris Scrivner 15 35 Kate Hillig 12 36 Byron Harmon 11 37 John 9 38 James Silkey 6

TOP GENERALS 1. Chris Bailey 2. Eli Kem 3. Ryan Odam MOST PAINTED 1. Nate Jones 2. Taylor Flesch 3. Eli Kem BEST SPORTS  - Eli Kem - Ryan Odam - Tony Bathke

Sorry, no pictures this week.  I went to take the first picture and my phone crashed and burned. :-(  By the way, why don't you go ahead and register for the Black Sheep Brawl?  It's going to be epic!  You can get 2400 points painted by then, I believe in you!

Black Sheep Brawl 2013

Escalation Week 8

Week 8 Scenario: Secret Orders
At the break of dawn, you face off against your opponents, ready to wipe them off of the map. Suddenly, before your forces engage, new orders arrive from your superiors.

Rules: Battle will be fought using dawn attack rules. Each player will receive a special objective to complete to earn bonus victory points in the battle.

Escalation League Week 7 Results

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 122 2 Taylor Flesch 106 3 Wiley Kinyon 98 4 Chris Born 95 5 Gustav 94 6 Maurice 88 7 Paul Willworth 87 8 Ryan Odam 86 9 Jeff DeRemmer 85 10 Tim Mote 81 11 Chris Bailey 79 12 Eli Kem 72 13 Josh Baughman 71 14 Vincent Shaw 70 15 John Evans 56 16 Storme 53 17 David Douglas 53 18 Michael Sauermilch 51 19 Teague Watson 47 20 Devyn Spencer 42 21 Brett Hanson 41 22 Ryan Williams 39 23 Dustin Boyd 36 24 Chaz Bogner 36 25 Matt Kinyon 34 26 Oliver 30 27 Tony Bathke 27 28 Ben Sathrum 26 29 Steele Hull 23 30 Ciera Miller 23 31 Michael Fogg 20 32 Max H 17 33 Brandon Harms 17 34 Kris Scrivner 15 35 Kate Hillig 12 36 Byron Harmon 11 37 John 9 38 James Silkey 6

TOP GENERALS 1. Brett Hanson 2. John Evans 3. Chris Bailey MOST PAINTED 1. Nate Jones 2. Taylor Flesch 3. Eli Kem BEST SPORTS - Ryan Odam - Eli Kem - Ryan Williams - Tony Bathke

Foodhammer = Extra League Points!

So a heads up: If you want to earn some more league points, come play in the foodhammer event on Sunday the 4th. Normal 2 bonus points will be awarded, as will an additional 1 point per win. Plus the tourney is 1500 points, which coincidentally is the same point value the Escalation League is currently at. Plus bringing food will help you in game, but even better, help families in need. Hope to see you there. I will be.

 

 

 

Escalation League Week 6 Results

Congratulations to all who weathered the iceshard blizzards and lightning!

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 108 2 Taylor Flesch 95 3 Ryan Odam 86 4 Gustav 82 5 Chris Born 81 6 Maurice 79 7 Wiley Kinyon 76 8 Paul Willworth 74 9 Eli Kem 72 10 Josh Baughman 71 11 Tim Mote 70 12 Vincent Shaw 70 13 Jeff DeRemmer 68 14 Chris Bailey 63 15 John Evans 56 16 Storme 53 17 David Douglas 53 18 Michael Sauermilch 48 19 Brett Hanson 41 20 Ryan Williams 39 21 Dustin Boyd 36 22 Chaz Bogner 36 23 Matt Kinyon 34 24 Teague Watson 34 25 Devyn Spencer 33 26 Oliver 30 27 Tony Bathke 27 28 Ben Sathrum 26 29 Steele Hull 23 30 Ciera Miller 23 31 Michael Fogg 20 32 Max H 17 33 Kris Scrivner 15 34 Kate Hillig 12 35 Byron Harmon 11 36 John 9 37 James Silkey 6

TOP GENERALS 1. Brett Hanson 2. John Evans 3. Chris Bailey MOST PAINTED 1. Nate Jones 2. Taylor Flesch 3. Eli Kem BEST SPORTS - Taylor Flesch - Eli Kem - Ryan Odam - Ryan Williams - Tony Bathke

See you with 1500 points next week...

Escalation League Week 5 Standings

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 88 2 Ryan Odam 86 3 Taylor Flesch 77 4 Tim Mote 70 5 Chris Born 69 6 Maurice 65 7 Vincent Shaw 61 8 Wiley Kinyon 61 9 Gustav 60 10 Josh Baughman 59 11 Jeff DeRemmer 58 12 Paul Willworth 57 13 Eli Kem 56 14 Storme 53 15 Chris Bailey 50 16 Michael Sauermilch 48 17 David Douglas 46 18 Brett Hanson 41 19 Ryan Williams 39 20 John Evans 37 21 Dustin Boyd 36 22 Chaz Bogner 36 23 Matt Kinyon 34 24 Teague Watson 34 25 Oliver 30 26 Tony Bathke 27 27 Steele Hull 23 28 Ciera Miller 23 29 Devyn Spencer 20 30 Max H 17 31 Michael Fogg 16 32 Ben Sathrum 13 33 Kate Hillig 12 34 Byron Harmon 11 35 John 9 36 James Silkey 6

TOP GENERALS 1. Chris Bailey 2. Brett Hansen 3.  Eli Kem MOST PAINTED 1. Eli Kem 2. Taylor Flesch 3. Nate Jones BEST SPORTS 1. Ryan Odam 1. Josh Baughman 1. Ryan Williams 1. Tony Bathke 1. Eli Kem 1. Taylor Flesch

A reminder on sportsmanship scoring:  There are a very large amount of people scoring 3 on sportsmanship.  This may be perfectly valid, and if so, that's great!  But please review the scoring guide in the rules pack here ( 3 = AMAZING ) if you don't remember exactly what each number score reflects.  See you next week!

Escalation League Week 4 Standings

Fourteen teams of two fought in the dawn attack scenario making week 4 the most attended league night so far.

Rank Player Total Score 1 Nate Jones 70 2 Ryan Odam 68 3 Taylor Flesch 61 4 Chris Born 59 5 Josh Baughman 59 6 Maurice 51 7 Tim Mote 50 8 Vincent Shaw 49 9 Storme 47 10 Wiley Kinyon 45 11 Paul Willworth 44 12 Gustav 43 13 David Douglas 42 14 Michael Sauermilch 40 15 Ryan Williams 39 16 Eli Kem 39 17 Chris Bailey 38 18 John Evans 37 19 Dustin Boyd 36 20 Chaz Bogner 36 21 Jeff DeRemmer 36 22 Matt Kinyon 34 23 Oliver 30 24 Brett 29 25 Teague Watson 25 26 Tony Bathke 23 27 Steele Hull 23 28 Ciera Miller 23 29 Max H 17 30 Ben Sathrum 13 31 Kate Hillig 12 32 Byron Harmon 11 33 Devyn Spencer 11 34 John 9

TOP GENERALS 1.  Eli Kem 2.  Chris Bailey 3.  Brett BEST SPORTS 1.  Ryan Odam 2.  Josh Baughman 3.  Taylor Flesch

MOST PAINTED 1.  Taylor Flesch 2.  Matt Kinyon 3.  Eli Kem

Week 4 Rules

Week 4 Scenario:  Doubles.   Find a partner or we can find one for you.  If you have a team, feel free to throw out a challenge to another team.  Games will be a Dawn Attack using suspicious allies rules.    If you bring a new player to league night (one that hasn't participated in this years league in weeks 1-3) for a teammate, you will both receive 3 bonus league points.    See you next week!

Escalation League Week 3 Standings

Our first points increase, yay!  You can almost field a real army with 1000 points.  We definitely saw some new big beasts on the field at least.

We had another very full night, and had to spill out into the main room a little bit.  We won't have that problem next week though, because the scenario is a doubles match!  Feel free to coordinate with someone to form a team and make armies to complement each other, or just show up with your 1000 points and we'll match you up with someone.

Rank Total Score Player 1 56 Ryan Odam 2 51 Josh Baughman 3 49 Nate Jones 4 43 Maurice 5 43 Chris Born 6 41 Tim Mote 7 41 Storme 8 41 Taylor Flesch 9 37 John Evans 10 36 Paul Willworth 11 36 Wiley Kinyon 12 34 Vincent Shaw 13 32 Gustav 14 31 Michael Sauermilch 15 30 Oliver 16 29 Brett 17 26 Chris Bailey 18 25 Chaz Bogner 19 25 David Douglas 20 25 Ryan Williams 21 22 Dustin Boyd 22 22 Matt Kinyon 23 19 Tony Bathke 24 19 Eli Kem 25 17 Jeff DeRemmer 26 13 Ben Sathrum 27 12 Kate Hillig 28 6 Teague Watson

TOP GENERALS -  Chris Bailey -  Brett -  John Evans TOP PAINTERS -  Michael Sauermilch -  Taylor Flesch -  Dustin Boyd TOP SPORTS -  Taylor Flesch -  Josh Baughman -  Ryan Odam -  Ryan Williams -  Tony Bathke -  David Douglas

Brawl Registration Opens Wednesday

Heads Up!

This Wednesday October 3rd, starting at 8:00pm you will be able to register for the Black Sheep Brawl 2013 Warhammer Fantasy grand tournament.  Pre-Registration is going to be handled online right here: Brawl Registration.  Not only do you get a discount if you pay your entry fee early, but you also get the peace of mind of knowing your spot in the tournament is secure.  Regardless if you pay early or not, feel free to get yourself signed up starting Wednesday.

Basic tournament details are available on the registration site now, but the scenario details and rules pack aren't quite ready yet.  We estimate scenarios done, playtesting finished, and rules pack posted around the end of October or first week of November.

Stay tuned...

Escalation League 2012 Standings - Week 2

In an unexpected turn of events, we had more players participate in week 2 than week 1!  17 players on Tuesday night and 6 more on Wednesday.  This week players, fought amidst a haunted building in a special scenario.  Games tended to end quickly with the low points and scenario conditions.  Starting next week, we'll be up to 1000 points, and armies start to get more interesting.  Here's the overall standings after two weeks.

Rank	Total Score	Player
1	37	Ryan Odam
2	37	Josh Baughman
3	32	Tim Mote
4	32	Maurice
5	31	Michael Sauermilch
6	29	Brett
7	29	Taylor Flesch
8	29	Nate Jones
9	27	Wiley Kinyon
10	26	Storme
11	26	Chris Bailey
12	25	Chaz Bogner
13	25	Chris Born
14	22	Dustin Boyd
15	22	Matt Kinyon
16	22	Oliver
17	22	Vincent Shaw
18	20	Paul Willworth
19	19	David Douglas
20	19	Tony Bathke
21	19	Eli Kem
22	16	John Evans
23	14	Gustav
24	13	Ben Sathrum
25	12	Kate Hillig
26	12	Ryan Williams
27	2	Jeff DeRemmer

Remember, overall rankings are based on total points, so playing regularly keeps you in the running.  Starting next week, we'll also be publishing standings for top general, painter, and sportsman, which are based on averages.  See you next week with 1000 points!

Escalation League Week 2 Scenario

Foul weather, rough foraging, and sporadic fighting has drained your forces.   Seeing another large storm moving in, getting shelter has become a priority.   Fortunately your scouts have spotted a small building in which to take cover.   Unfortunately they have also reported that enemies are about the same distance away.  They also reported that the building has a weird feel to it and strange lights would blink in the windows.   But weird goings on or not, it looks to be a race to take cover before the storm hits.

Haunted Shelter

In the middle of each table is a building.   The player whose army has a unit in the building by the end of the game receives and additional 250 points.   This points bonus is increased by 25 for each character in the building.   The building is haunted, however, and during each magic phase, the poltergeists will inflict d6 strength 2 hits with no saves of any kind allowed to any unit inside the building.

The game will proceed for 3 turns, then at the end of the 2^nd players 3^rd turn, he or she will roll a d6 and add the turn number to it.  If the result is a 7 or higher, the game will end.  Otherwise, play one more full game turn as the storm hasn’t arrived yet.

Also, for this scenario, swift reform into a building will not be allowed.  

Norse vs. Skaven with Storm of Magic

On Tuesday, I pitted a 3000 point Norse army against Iraf's Skaven.  We played a standard battleline with Storm of Magic added in.  Iraf decided to use his extra points for a pact with the Vampire Counts, and I used mine for a couple wizards, some sabretusks, and a windcatcher prism that never got used.  For some reason, the Norse and Skaven found themselves battling it out in the jungles of Lustria!

To start off the game, the Terrorgheist flew forward to try and scream the Truthsayer off of his arcane fulcrum.  The attempt failed, and the Terrorgheist found him self surrounded by Valkyries, Berserkers, and Sabretusks.  All of my units also had +1 strength and toughness since I got off a sweet cataclysm spell.  Things were not going so well on the other side of the board for me though.  A skitterleaping warplock engineer blew up 14 of my marauders, and the Doomwheel weas heading my way.

With the Terrorgheist dead, my assaulting units were left in a bit of disarray, and the Sabretusks found themselves being slaughtered by a vampire and his small host of zombies.  My Ice Drake in the back on the picture to the left is hunting down a Warp Lightning Cannon.  Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, the Doomwheel creeps closer to my Zoat on fulcrum and other Valkyrie unit, and the Vargheists have charged into those Valkyries in a frenzy.

In a following turn, Iraf has started to get some cataclysm spells of his own off, summoning a pestilent swamp underneath my Ice Drake which could kill it with one failed toughness test when attempting to move.  Thankfully my Vitki was able to move the enchanted swamp under the plague monk unit with a cataclysm shadow spell, killing many of the monks but not the plague furnace as it moved out of it and towards the core Norse forces.

By this time, my core units which had been whittled down were revived back to full strength by a storm of renewal delivered by Zoat.  The core Skaven units were showing significant damage from the pestilent swamp, and some over-indulgence in Skaven brew by the Stormvermin.  Things were looking pretty good for the Norse, and this would have been a good point to charge forward.  Close by in the next turn though, the Doomwheel closed on the Valkyries who had finished off the Vargheists, and a unit of gutter runners entered the table right next to my Zoat on fulcrum.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the vampire made is way to the fulcrum with the near dead Truthsayer on it and finished him off.  In a very short time, I found myself with no arcane fulcrums controlled, suffering from some serious magic deficiency.  Zoat was unbound and turned into a raging lunatic.  Iraf also summoned a Chaos Giant into the middle of the battlefield.

I used a small unit with my king in it to wipe some slaves out of my way which unfortunately left me in a bad position.  Because of this, I fled from a charge, planning to regroup and be in a better position.  The tide of battle decided to leave me like the tide of magic at that point though as another of my units decided to run of the board after being fled through.  Suddenly, the battle was lost, and the Skaven claimed victory.

Storm of Magic games are really fun.  Especially when you don't worry about keeping track of every spell you can cast, and just try to do cool stuff.  Even though my Norse lost... again (that's the one thing they seem to be good at so far), it was an epic and enjoyable battle.  And hey, since I was winning for the first half, in a way, I could call it a tie, right?

The Norse Fail List:

• King, 4+ Ward, Axe of impact hits every combat round
• Vitki, Level 4 Shadow, Poisonous Herbs, Breath Weapon Buckle.
• Skald BSB
• Another Skald
• Jarl on Fenrir Wolf
• Seer Level 1 Fire Magic
• 28 Huscarl
• 40 Marauders with Great Weapon
• 30 Marauders with xtra hand weapon
• 30 Bondsmen
• 10 Berserkers
• Ice Drake
• 3 Valkyries
• 3 more Valkyries
• Truthsayer
• Zoat
• 5 Sabretusks

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