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U-Con 2008 Tournament

My Necron Army in all its Glory!

It has been a few weeks since the U-Con Gaming Convention took place on November 22nd. I entered the 40k tournament hosted by Rob Haug (who also ran the Fantasy tournament AT THE SAME TIME!!! Great Job!!!!) and sponsored by Labyrinth Comics & Games and Get Your Game On. I had a great time and had 3 great games and got to play 3 different armies (an iyanden-style eldar, mech tau and mixed legion Chaos). I couldn't have asked for more, but I wound up getting more... I won "Best General"!

Results:
40k
Overall - Chris Pelletier (CSM)
General - Me (Necrons)
Sportsmanship - Doran Maynard (Eldar)
Painting - Nathaniel Bartlett (Tyranids and Nathaniel also painted Doran's Eldar army which tipped the scales Nathaniel's way)
Players Choice - Will Purves (Space Marines)

WFB
Overall - Kevin Petit (Ogre Kingdom)
General - Marc Reichart (Chaos Daemons)
Sportsmanship - Neil Hamiltom (Beasts of Chaos)
Painting - Donnie Goerlitz (Warriors of Chaos)
Players Choice - Jon Calhoun (Empire)

I also tried to take some pictures that day as well. Hope you enjoy them!!!

Also, in case anyone is interested, this is the list I brought:

NECRONS - 1750pts
HQ:
Necron Lord w/ Staff of Light, Resurrection Orb, and Veil of Darkness

ELITES:
10 Necron Immortals

TROOPS:
4 units of 10 Necron Warriors

FAST:
5 Scarab Swarm Bases
5 Necron Destroyers

HEAVY:
Necron Monolith

I don't think I would have changed anything in the list. While it might have been nice to have a heavy destroyer to help really "take out" armor, I was able to keep tanks that I was worried about shook each turn to where they really proved no threat to me. Too bad you can't shake Tau Broadsides. Those things had me very nervous in my second game vs mech tau Also, what is not to love about being able to redeploy/"pull out of combat" two units a turn. Who says the Necrons are dead as far as a tournament army goes (well, I guess they ARE kinda dead in the metaphysical sense of the word DEAD)?

Next up is tweaking a 1500 pt list for the Gorilla Con 2009 ARD BOYZ tournament. I have some thoughts in mind about what to take to it, but they are still just that, thoughts. Although, part of me is curious to see what the WM/Hordes tournament has in store.....