Brighton Warlords Tournament Results for Sos...of Crusader Seals and FNP

The weekend has been and gone, over the pond it has been Adepticon week, here in good ol’ Blighty it has been the Brighton Warlords 1500 singles tournament.


3 member s of SoS got down there, me (Venerable), Killswitch and Bully. My good mate Steve (bringer of death/BOD) made it down for his first tournament..

How did we do? Where do bragging rights go..? As some of you maybe saw on Sunday morning it was looking good for Killswitch and I, with the same results (2 wins and a draw each) with me edging him on VP’s…we were set to face off Game 4 on Day 2…. Bully and BOD had mixed results but were looking for strong Day 2’s…

Game 4 I faced Alex Harrison/Killswitch and his Imperial Guard in a Pitched Battle/Seize Ground match up… Ended on 6 as we ran out of time (rolled for and got a turn 7 but time constraints restricted us) …ended up? ……..Draw. Full write ups to follow, but it came down to the very last shot of the game where Alex cleared one of my Lone Wolves (the other was ready to pounce/charge in next turn) off his objective after the poor Wolf failed his FNP roll from a lasgun shot… He managed to remove the 2 rhinos, Hunters and MM/HF Speeder that were in his lines too over turns 5 and 6… I edged the game on VP’s but it was damn close!!

(Bragging Rights for SoS as it stands?: Venerable Brother remains UNDEFEATED!! against Killswitch and edges him on VP’s…but its bullshit really as we have only drawn!)

Game 5 I faced Lee Brown’s Blood Angels. Lee was running a unique assault BA army with 3 Storm Ravens (or Storm Chickens as they were repeatedly referred to?) … report to follow but that was a WIN for me as I tabled him on Turn 5…

Game 6 put me on top table playing for the tournament against Courtney Rhodes and his newly revitalised Black Templars. Courtney had stomped 4/5 opponents so far, with a draw in C&C mission so I knew I was in for a fight… now, Courtney may disagree here, but for me, this game came down to one big turning point (as these epic, king-of-the-hills matches sometimes seem to, which is appropriate for the tournament win!) in my Turn 4. Full write up to come, but essentially it went as follows:

- His Crusader LR full of 7 Ass Termies and EC with Accept Any Challenge and Furious Charge had unloaded and munched my Rune Priest and a Rhino, but left themselves in the mid table and in place for a counter chargE
- I moved up 3 packs of Grey hunters with double melta and Fists/Power Swords, and a Lone Wolf into pistol range and multi-assault range in a lovely horse shoe shape around his bitches.
- Plus lone Wolf Guard with Cyclone Missile Launcher and Storm Bolter, plus 2 full packs of Long Fangs (missiles ofc) and a split fire LF squad with a couple of missiles, and storm bolters from 2 rhinos up into fire support.
- Everyone unloaded. Killed 2 dudes with LC’s. I can live with that as I am now ready to assault the shit out of him and he genuinely can’t kill them all with the EChamp (or Chimp) swinging first.
- But wait. I have forgotten something. LD check for any wounds on Black Templars. I’ve caused 2.
- There’s more. Passes LD check and then consolidates towards nearest enemy unit.
- Emperor’s Chimp has Crusader Seals (think) and so they roll 2D6, pick highest. Rolls a 4,2 or something like that. Squad moves over a crater towards the top end of the assault horse shoe and escapes the clutches of 2 packs of Hunters and the Lone Wolf.
- I assault with one pack and they die.
- The Black Templars proceed to eat the Lone Wolf (EC kills him in one round) and all 3 packs of Grey Hunters, then the rhino’s, then the nearest Long Fang squad and push on to the next pack of fangs.

Fuck. Know the enemies army. Shit, Sun Tzu man, Sun Tzu…

- I didn’t move the Grey Hunters or the Lone Wolf as close as they could get cause I didn’t know/think about it.

- nor did I think about the option to shoot or just charge. I freakin’ forgot!

As I said above, my opponent (who was a sound Yorksheeeer lad) Courtney may disagree…but for me, that was that… I couldn’t claim or contest 5 objectives with that fuck up. If I had just charged, I am confident he would roll enough ones to fall before the TH’s could swing and even if it took one more round of combat (in his turn so no shooting at them) then the remaining dudes could roll out and certainly have a much, much better shot of winning…

But it is all moot. I lost. Badly. I lost 1314/1500 VP’s that game. I only got 690. Half his army.

Points finished:

1 - Courtney Rhodes 160 194 8115

2 - chris Boulton 131 171 6418

3 - John Humphries 131 171 5016

4 - Simon Priddis 131 165 6303

5 - Lee Brown 122 162 5550

6 - James taylor 122 156 6432

7 - Alex Harrison 120 154 6351

8 – Venerable Brother 111 145 6288

First number after the name is game score, then soft score, then VP’s.

Go on then, let’s torture Venerable a bit.

If I won the last game? 29 more points to me, 29 less to Courtney:

Total Venerable = 174.

Ven wins tournament! The only other dude that would change that was Killswitch…so then I needed him to end up with the same result… but what about the other top 8 dudes…well…ultimately the WHAT IF? Question could go on and on and on…
Fuck it. Old codexes suck balls.

Bragging rights for SoS? I suppose I’ll have to give it to Alex for placing one place higher…cause he got a softer last game lol!!


I know I’ll never forget to really ask and think about old equipment again! Ahgh!!


Great tournament, great opponents, wicked weekend. Details battle reports to follow… Thanks to all the guys I played against, all wicked opponents.