WARHAMMER 40K AT THE SOLDIERY Columbus, Ohio

Reminder; Warhammer Weekend at the Soldiery Columbus 18th & 19th
Saturday Warhammer Fantasy Battle Challenge Night at 7pm 2,000pt armies & Pot Luck
Sunday "Rubble in the Jungle" Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday 3 at 2:30p.m. 1,200points per player & Pot Luck

Hi Folks!!
We packed the House with 17 players, this past Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus for Big Battle 40K Sunday; "Rumble in the Jungle" (All Difficult Ground, Can see only 12") Eternal War Mission = Purge Alien; Kill Points & Dawn of War Deployment

Empire;
Tim - Dark Angels
Stan - Dark Angels
Anthony - Space Marines
Taylor - Space Wolves
Matt - Space Marines
Mike - Space Marines
Chris - Space Marines
Greg - Grey Knights
YaunGabriel - Space Marines

VS.

Chaos & Allies
Eric - Orks
Dan - Dark Eldar & Chaos Allies
Daniel - Dark Eldar
Andy - Orks
Robert - Necrons
James - Demons
"RED" James - Chaos Space Marines
Thomas - Eldar

I think We played 4 Turns
First Blood; Taylor Killed Andy's Burna Boyz unit +1V.P. to Empire
Robert Killed Chris's Warlord +1 V.P. to Chaos & Allies
Line Breaker; "RED" James +1 V.P. to Chaos & Allies

Victory Points Total; 63 for Empire and 67 for Chaos & Allies, So CHAOS WINS! the Rumble in the Jungle

Folks Enjoyed Prize Support FREE Games Workshop Figures from 40K Starter Set; FINAL VENGENCE Prize Support

POT LUCK; 1 Gallon of Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili (w/shredded cheese & pickled jalapenos), 20 Oscar Myer all Beef Bun length Hot Dogs w/buns (Ketchup, 2 Mustards, Sweet Pickle Relish, Diced Onion), 2 Gallon Crock Pot filled with Meat Balls & Little Smokies in B.B.Q. Sauce, Bucket of KFC Grilled Chicken, Bucket of KFC Original Chicken, Potato Salad, Bananas, Tangerines, Fruit Tray w/Caramel Sauce, Doritos (Taco & Ranch), Snyder's Hard Pretzels of Hanover, Blue Corn Chips, Chipotle Tortilla Chips, Salsa & Guacamole, Combos Pretzels with Cheese, Regular Fritos, Cocoa Crème Pies, Cloud Cakes (Fake Twinkies), Oreos (Regular & Double Stuffed), Mini-Resse Cups, Double Chocolate Chip cookies, Raisin Oatmeal Cookies, Case of Water Bottles, 1 Gallon of Crystal Light Lemonade, Dr. Pepper 2-Liter, Mountain Dew 2-Liter, Cherry Pepsi 2-Liter, 12 pack Brisk Iced Tea w/Lemon, Orange Crush 2-Liter, Gallon Sweet Iced Tea, Gallon of Hawaiian Punch

Next Month's Date will be Sunday June 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Eternal War Mission #5; Emperor’s Will =
1 Primary Mysterious Objective (3 V.P.) in each half of table, Slay Warlord, First Blood, Line breaker
“Dawn of War!” (Deployment P.119) Terrain; City Ruins & Small Park

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!

I attended Warhammer 40K Patrol Night at The Soldiery Columbus today,

there were 14 gamers playing on 4 tables, I got to play two games


1st Game; Eric w/ Space Marines VS. Rob B. w/Space Marines

Mission; PURGE The ALIEN = Kill Points

Deployment: Dawn of War

Eric set up first and went first Rob failed to "Steal the Initiative" & No "Night Fight"

TURN 1; Eric +1 K.P. & Rob +2 K.P.

+1 V.P. "First Blood" Eric Killed Rob's Devastator Squad (Heavy Weapons Squad)

TURN 2; Eric +1 K.P. & Rob +2 K.P.

+1 V.P. "Slay the Warlord" Rob killed Eric's Chaplin (HQ- Army Commander)

TURN 3; Eric +3 K.P. & Rob +1 K.P.

Both of Eric's 5Man Terminator Squads (1Hvy. Flamer, 3 Troopers, 1 Sgt. w/Sword) Deep Strike

TURN 4; Rob +1 K.P.

Rob's 6Man Terminator Squad (1Assault Cannon, 3 Troopers, 1 Sgt. w/Sword, 1Chaplin) Deep Strike

TURN 5; Eric +1 K.P. & Rob +1 K.P.

+1 V.P. "Line Breakers" for Rob's Chaplin

Totals of points;

Eric +6 K.P. +1 V.P. = +7

Rob B. +7 K.P. +2 V.P. = +9 ROB IS WINNER!!


2nd Game; Eric w/ Space Marines VS. Dante' w/Tyranids "BUGZ!!"

Mission; PURGE The ALIEN = Kill Points

Deployment: Dawn of War

Eric set up first and went first Dante' failed to "Steal the Initiative" & "Night Fight" on 1st Turn

TURN 1; Night Fight

TURN 2; Eric +1 K.P. & Dante' +1 K.P.

+1 V.P. "First Blood" Eric Killed a Squad of Dante's Termagants

Eric's 1st 5Man Terminator Squads (1Hvy. Flamer, 3 Troopers, 1 Sgt. w/Sword) Deep Strike

TURN 3; Eric +1 K.P. & Dante' +2 K.P.

Eric's 2nd 5Man Terminator Squads (1Hvy. Flamer, 3 Troopers, 1 Sgt. w/Sword) Deep Strike

TURN 4; Eric +2 K.P. & Dante' +3 K.P.

+1 V.P. "Slay the Warlord" Dante' killed Eric's Chaplin (HQ- Army Commander) w/Termagants

Dante' Gene Stealers jumped on Eric's Devastator Squad (Heavy Weapons Squad)

TURN 5; Dante' +1 K.P.

+1 V.P. "Line Breakers" for Dante's Gene Stealers

Totals of points;

Eric +4 K.P. +1 V.P. = +5

Dante' +7 K.P. +2 V.P. = +9 DANTE' IS WINNER!!


My Space Marines Army List for Both games;

1HQ - Chaplin in Power Armor w/ Bolt-gun & Melta-Bombs

2 Troops - (5 Man Scout Squads)

1st; 4Snipers (1Sgt. & 3Troopers) & 1Heavy Bolter (All Have Camo-Cloaks)

2nd; 5 Bolt Pistol & Knives (1Sgt. & 4Troopers)

2 Heavies - (5 Man Devastator Squads)

1st; 4 Heavy Bolters & 1SGT. w/ Bolt Gun

2nd; 1 Las-Cannon, 3 Missile Launchers, & 1SGT. w/Bolt Gun

2 Elites - (5 Man Terminator Squads)

1st; 1 Heavy Flamer, 3 Troopers w/ Storm-bolters, 1 Sgt. W/Sword & Storm-bolter)

2nd; 1 Heavy Flamer, 3 Troopers w/ Storm-bolters, 1 Sgt. W/Sword & Storm-bolter)


Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We 14 Players & 6 Visitors for  Big Battle 40K Sunday June 23rd at The Soldiery Columbus today. Mission: Emperor's Will = 2 Objectives +3V.P. each
Both Chaos & Empire Captured & Held a Objective +3 V.P. each
FIRST BLOOD; Greg Killed James' Chaos Spawn +1V.P. for Empire
James Killed Chris's WARLORD +1V.P. for Chaos
Thomas Killed Eric's WARLORD +1 V.P. for Empire
Dan Killed Rob B.'s WARLORD +1V.P. for Chaos
Tim Killed James WARLORD +1V.P. for Chaos
James Killed Tim's WARLORD +1V.P. for Empire
LINE BREAKERS for Both Empire & Chaos were +3 V.P.
Both Empire & Chaos Scored; +9 VICTORY POINTS EACH so we go to Kill Points
Empire & Allies
Phil - Space Marines K.P. at end;2
Chris - Space Marines K.P. at end;3
Greg - Grey Knights K.P. at end;2
Rob B. - Space Marines K.P. at end;3
Thomas - Eldar K.P. at end; 11
James - Space Marines K.P. at end;13
Kill Points Total for Empire; 43
CHAOS & Allies
Eric - Chaos Marines K.P. at End; 2 (I lost the Objective that I was defending to Thomas)
Robert - Necrons K.P. at End; 17
Tim - Tau K.P. at End; 3
Rob S. - Dark Eldar K.P. at End; 5
James "Red Beard" Chaos Marines K.P. at End; 11
Dan Phelps - Dark Eldar w/Eldar Allies K.P. at End; 14
Dan - Eldar K.P. at End; 11
Kill Points Total for Chaos; 63
So CHAOS & ALLIES are the WINNERS!!! for today's Big Battle
Folks Enjoyed Free G.W.S. Miniatures from "The Dark Vengeance" 40K Starter Set
Pot Luck; a Big Crock Pot full of Pulled Pork, Gallon of Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, 24 Oscar Myer All beef bun-length Hot Dogs w/ buns, Mustard Potato Salad, Bananas, Yellow Apples, Fritos Corn Chips, Snyder's Hard Pretzels of Hanover, Rippled Potato Chips, Fruit Salad, Doritos - Nacho Cheese, Mac & Cheese, Chicken Nuggets w/B.B.Q. Sauce, Ho-ho's Snack Cakes, Oatmeal Crème Pies, 2 Chocolate Cakes, 1 Gallon of Fruit Punch, 1 Gallon of Lemonade, & a 2-Liter of 7UP
The Next Big Battle 40K Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus will be July 28th at 2:30p.m.  Mission; Purge the Alien (Kill Points) & Dawn of War Deployment, 1,200 point armies Terrain; The Great Plains with Rolling Hills
With Pot Luck & Prizes
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

We had the BATTLE OF THE FALLEN Saturday Night at The Soldiery Columbus. A Warhammer 40K battle with Dan Link & Eric A. as Defending Space Marine players (Defending a Single Objective in center of big Building), with "RED" James as a Attacking Chaos Player (Chaos Warriors & Demons) and Steve Malone as a Attacking Dark Eldar Player. We started late, but got in 4 turns of Play!
Dan Link's Commander Captain on a Bike had Target Priority
Eric's Commander Chaplin had Tenacity
"RED" James Commander was a Demon Prince had a FEAR ability from Chaos codex
Steve's Dark Eldar Commander DRAZHRA had Immovable Object

Dan Killed one of Steve's Talos for FIRST BLOOD +1 V.P. for Empire (on the First Turn)
Dan's Captain was Killed by "RED" James Chaos Spawn +1V.P. for Chaos (on the Third Turn) Dan fought all of "RED" James army & 1/2 of Steve's army. With a Lucky hit Eric's Tactical Squad's Missile Launcher Krak missile hit (With a "6"!!) "RED" James Demon Prince while flying and knocked him out of the sky, but he made his Invulnerable Save and survived!
Eric gunned down Steve's; 3 Squads of Dark Eldar Warriors & 2 Witches Squad & 1/2 a Incubus Squad & a Dark Eldar HQ Leader with 3 Tactical Squads & 2 Terminator Squads
Luckily Eric's Tactical Squad destroyed Steve's Flyer Raider on the third turn so his Incubuses could not join the fight for the Objective.
"RED" James Chaos Demon Prince was Killed by Eric's Terminators +1V.P. for Empire (on the Four Turn) at the objective, after his Librarian & Tactical squad died fighting this Bad Ass Flying Demon Prince
The Objective was CONTESTED by Eric's Terminators and "RED" James Flying Demon Chickens NO V.P.!!

+1 V.P. for Chaos
+2 V.P. for Space Marines The Empire Wins!!!
Dan was wiped out, Eric was down to his Chaplin, Terminator Squad & Half a Tactical Squad defending the Objective!!

We had a 10 piece mixed box of Spicy Popeye's Chicken, w/ sides of; Cajun Rice, Mac & Cheese, and 5 Biscuits. Two Large Jersey Mike's Submarine Sandwiches; Italian & Philly Steak. We had 1 Gallon of Lemonade, 12 pack Mountain Dew, 12 pack Mug Root Beer, & 12 pack Orange Crush Soda to drink.

Hi Folks!!
We had 10 players for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday Game 7/28/2013 at The Soldiery Columbus

MISSION #2: PURGE The Alien = Kill Points & Dawn of War Deployment
Enemies setup first & No Night Fight, STAN stole the Initiative Empire goes first! Played 4 Turns
Results are as follows =

Empire & Allies;
Eric - Space Marines K.P. End 5
Chris - Space Marines K.P. End 9
Brandon - Space Wolves K.P. End 10
Thomas - Space Marines K.P. End 13
Stan - - Dark Angels K.P. End 3

Chris "FIRST BLOOD" Robert's Necron Destroyer +1V.P.
Brandon "Slay The Warlord" Rob Army General "Bale" +1 V.P.
"LINE BREAKERS" (Brandon, Thomas) +2 V.P.
Totals too; 44 Victory Points

Enemies of the Empire;
Robert - Necrons K.P. End 14
James - Daemons K.P. End 11
Tim - Tau K.P. End 12
Rob - Dark Eldar K.P. End 7
Dan - Eldar & Dark Eldar K.P. End 12

Dan's Eldar Captured the Water Hole +1V.P.
Tim "Slay The Warlord" Stan's Chaplin Army General +1 V.P.
Robert "Slay The Warlord" Chris' Chaplin Army General +1 V.P.
"LINE BREAKERS" (Rob, James) +2 V.P.
Totals too; 61 Victory Points

ENEMIES OF THE EMPIRE are WINNERS Today!!!

Folks enjoyed FREE Gamesworkshop Miniatures as prize support!!

POT LUCK; Chili = Beef, Bean, Onion, Hot Dogs (Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun Length w/Buns), Flyer's Pizza Bites w/Marinara Sauce, Creamy Cole slaw, Mustard Potato Salad, Yellow Apples, Bananas, Green Grapes, Seedless Watermelon Bowl, Potato Chips, White Corn Chips, Fritos Yellow Corn Chips, Pretzel Rods, Brownie, Pan of Rice Krispy Treats, Little Debbie Cocoa Crème Cakes (King Dongs), Spicy Nachos Yellow Corn Chips, Gallon of Lemonade, Gallon of Blue Fruit Drink,
2 Liter of Hawaiian Punch, & 2 Liter of Tahitian Treat Fruit Punch

Next Game Date for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday Game August 18th, 2:30p.m.
Mission #1; Crusade (5Objectives) & Dawn of War Deployment. Please bring 1,200point armies (1HQ & 2 Troops required) Terrain; Bunkers, Razor wire, Fortifications, Craters

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!

We had 12 players for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday.

Empire;
Thomas - Space Marines
Brandon - Space Wolves
Chris - Space Marines
Daniel - Blood Angels
Eric - Space Marines
Stan - Space Marines

VS.

Enemies of the Empire;
Robert - Necrons
James - Demons
Tim - Tau
Phil - Tau
Greg - Grey Knights
James W. - Daemons

We played 3 turns, 1st turn was night fight.
Phil killed Daniel's Assault Squad for First Blood(+1 V.P.)
Phil Killed Eric's Warlord "Pedro Cantor"(+1 V.P.)
Brandon Killed Greg's Warlod(+1 V.P.)
James Killed Chris's Warlord(+1 V.P.)
Brandon Killed James Warlord "Demon Prince"(+1 V.P.)
Enemies held 3 objectives (+3V.P. each) +9 total
Enemies held 2 ammo dumps & 1 fuel dump (+1 V.P. each) +3 total
Empire had 2 line breakers (+1 V.P. each) +2 total
Enemies had 4 line breakers (+1 V.P. each) +4 total

Empire +4 V.P. Total
Enemies of the Empire +19 V.P. Total BIG WINNERS!!!!

Folks enjoyed Free Games Workshop figures from the Soldiery Columbus as Prize Support

POTLUCK; Chili = Beef, Bean, & Onion, Hotdogs w/buns, 2 Buckets of KFC Wings, little Caesar's Pepperoni Pizza & Bread Stick w/Marana dipping sauce, Bananas, Yellow Apples, Seedless Watermelon Bowl, Enchilada Casserole, Mac& Cheese (w/ground beef, peas,mushrooms, green peppers, onions), Oreo cookies = Chocolate & Vanilla, Birthday Cake (for Chris), 2 Brownies, Potato chips, Pretzel Nibbles, Fritos Yellow Corn Chips, Tostados White Corn Chips, Rice Krispy Treats w/fruity pebbles, Sierra Mist pop 2liter, & gallon of Lemonade

The next Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday September 29th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. 1,200 point armies Mission; Emperor's Will; 2 Objectives (+3V.P. each) one in each deployment zone, Dawn of War Deployment, Terrain; Mysterious Forests

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Thanks Big P!!!!!

Again... Awesome smorgasbord!!!!!

Game Reminder; WARHAMMER WEEKEND 28th & 29th, 2013
at The Soldiery Columbus
Warhammer Fantasy Battle 7pm on Saturday 2,000pt Armies & Pot Luck
Warhammer 40K BIG Battle 2:30pm on Sunday 1,200pt Armies & Pot Luck

Hi Folks!!

We had 20 People and 5 Visitors attend Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday!!
Mission was Emperor's Will; 2 Objectives each in a Deployment zone.

Empire and Allies
Eric - Space Marines (Imperial Fists)
Chris - Space Marines (Imperial Fists)
Robert - Space Marines (Black Templers)
Phil - Space Marines (Iron Hands)
Andy - Space Marines
Brandon - Space Marines (Space Wolves)
Dan - Space Marines (Blood Angels)
Justin - Space Marines (Salamanders)
Mike - Space Marines
Josh - Space Marines

VS.

Enemies of The Empire
John - Orks
David - Chaos
Thomas - Eldar
Paul - Tyranids
Brody - Orks
Tim - Tau
Erik - Tau & Eldar
Greg - Grey Knights
Pete - Chaos
James - Chaos

Both Objectives were Contested No V.P.
Phil Killed Eric's Tau HammerHead "First Blood" +1V.P. Empire
Dan killed Thomas's Warlord +1V.P. Empire
Robert Killed Janes's Warlord +1V.P. Empire
Chris Killed Paul's Warlord +1V.P. Empire +2 V.P. Champion = +3 V.P.
James killed Robert's Warlord +1V.P. Enemies
Tim killed Phil's Warlord +1V.P. Enemies
Brody Killed Mike's Warlord +1V.P. Enemies
David Killed Josh's Warlord +1V.P. Enemies
Andy, Phil, Brandon, Robert Empire "Line-Breakers" +4 V.P.
Pete, David, Brody Enemy "Line-Breakers" +3 V.P.

Enemies Totals to; 7 V.P.
Empire totals to 10 V.P.
EMPIRE IS WINNERS!!!

Folks Enjoyed FREE Gamesworkshop figures from a NEW Dark Vengeance Starter Set!!

POT LUCK; Hot Dogs w/buns, Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Pasta Salad w/pepperoni, Anti-Pasto Sticks (Cheese, Pepperoni, Ham, Cherry Tomatoes, Green Bell Peppers), Bread & Butter Pickles Slices, kosher Dill Spears, 2 Buckets of KFC Hot Wings, Chocolate Cheese Cake w/Bananas, Green Grapes, Bananas, Yellow Apples, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hostess Cup Cakes, Snyder's Hard Pretzels of Hanover, Ruffles Cheddar Potato Chips, Buffalo Hot Wing Pretzel Pieces, Chex Mix, Doritos Corn Chip Cool Ranch, Iced Tea, Lemonade, Mt. Dew, Pepsi, Tahiti Treat, Bottled Water

Next Month's Warhammer 40K Big Battle Game Date is October 13th Sunday 1:30 P.M. Start and 2,000points per army (2HQ & 4 Troops required) Mission; the Scouring 6 Objectives in No-Man's Land & Dawn of War Deployment

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

We had 8 players attend Warhammer 40K Sunday's Big Battle Game Day.
At The Soldiery Columbus
We played the Scouring Mission with 6 Objectives on a War-Torn Battle Field.

Empire Forces;
Eric - Space Marines
Tim - Dark Angels
Paul - Dark Angels
Brandon - Space Wolves

Enemies of the Empire;
Robert - Necron
John - Orks
James - Traitor Marines & Demon Allies
"RED" James - Chaos Space Marines

We played 5 full Turns; No Fight Rolled - but Necron Special powers made it so for 3 turns
"First Blood" Brandon Destroyed John's Ork Battle Wagon +1VP Empire
Eric Killed "RED" James's Demon Prince "Slay the Warlord" +1VP Empire
Paul Killed John's Ork Warboss "Slay the Warlord" +1VP Empire
Paul Killed James Chaos Scourcier "Slay the Warlord" +1VP Empire
4 Fast Attack Killed by Empire +4VP
Enemies of the Empire Held 2 Objectives (+2, +1)= +3VP
Empire Held 4Objectives (+3, +4, +2, +3)= +12VP

Enemies of the Empire Total Victory Points = +3VP
Empire Total Victory Points = +20VP
BIG WIN!! FOR THE EMPIRE

Folks enjoyed FREE Gamesworkshop figures as Prize Support from The Soldiery Columbus

POTLUCK; Chili - Beef, Bean, Onion, Hot Dogs - Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun-length w/buns,
Casper the Ghost Frosted Sugar Cookies, Brownies, Donuts, White Corn Chips & Salsa,
Snyder's of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Cole Slaw, Macaroni Salad, Green Grapes, Bananas,
Whole Sweet Pickles, Kosher Dill Spears Pickles, Bread & Butter Pickle Slices, Frito Yellow Corn Chips, Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, Fritos BBQ Yellow Corn Chips

Next Game will be on Sunday November 17th, 2013 2pm at The Soldiery Columbus Mission; Emperor's Will (2 Objectives (+3VP each) in No-Man's-Land) & Dawn of War Deployment. 1,000 point Armies per player (Required to have 1 HQ & 2 Troops) Terrain; Mysterious Ponds

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

GAME REMINDER; WARHAMMER WEEKEND at The Soldiery Columbus
Nov. 16th, Saturday 7pm Warhammer Fantasy Battle Challenge Night; 2,000point armies & Pot Luck
Nov. 17th, Sunday 2pm Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday; 1,000point armies & Pot Luck, Mission; Emperor's Will (2 Objectives, in no-man's-land)

Hi Folks!!

We had 14 players for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday November 17th, 2013 at The Soldiery Columbus. Emperor's Will Mission; 2 Objectives in No-man's-land (Alter of Chaos; Re-Roll Invulnerable Saves within 8", Hero of Empire Statue; Feel No Pain (5+) within 8"). Terrain Mysterious Ponds, Forest, Bushes, Craters, and some rubble (5+ Cover Saves). Dawn of War Deployment, no Night Fight Rolled up, Empire & Allies Set up first & go First, David failed to "Steal Initiative". Robert the Necron player made it; NIGHT FIGHT for Empire's first turn

Empire & Allies;
Eric - Space Marines
Tim - Dark Angels
Stan - Dark Angels
Andy - Ultra Marines
Dan P. - Blood Angels
Brandon - Space Wolves & 2nd Army Space Marines

Enemies of The Empire;
Robert - Necrons
Justin - Tau
Thomas - Eldar
David - Chaos & Guard
Dan L. - Traitor Guard
John - Orcs
James H. - Chaos Marines
James W. - Chaos

Visitors - Steve & Girl Friend

We played 4 Full turns.
Brandon "First Blood" John's Ork Battle Wagon; +1V.P. Empire
David "Slay The Warlord" on Brandon's Space Wolf Captain; +1V.P. Enemies
John "Slay The Warlord" on Dan P. Blood Angel Captain; +1V.P. Enemies
James W. "Slay The Warlord" on Brandon's Space Marine Captain; +1V.P. Enemies
2 Enemies got "Line Breaker"; +2V.P. Enemies
Enemies Held 1 Objective (Altar of Chaos); +3V.P.
2nd Objective Contested Hero of Empire Statue; My Space Marine Librarian who was still alive had "Immovable Object" - Warlord is a Scoring Unit & a Space Marine Chaplin, With two Enemy Chaos Warrior Troop units.

Personal note; I used two Space Marines Scout Squads with HELL FIRE Rounds for Heavy Bolters to successfully Kill some of James H.'s Chaos Plague Marines! Before they were both killed, holding the Hero of Empire Statue.

Totals;
Empire & Allies = +1V.P.
Enemies of the Empire = +8 V.P. BIG WIN for the Enemies!!!

Folks enjoyed Free Games Workshop Miniatures from Dark Vengeance Starter Set courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus

POT LUCK: Hot Dogs with Buns 16 Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun-length, Gallon of Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili, KFC Wings 2 Buckets, Macaroni Salad, Big Pan of Corn Bread, Bananas, Green Grapes, Clementines, Apples Slices & Red Grapes w/Carmel Sauce, Pickles; Sweet, Kosher Dill Spears, Bread & Butter Chips, Fritos; Big Scoops, Honey BBQ Twists, Doritos; Cool Ranch, Nacho Cheese, Pretzel Sticks, Rippled Potato Chips, Hostess Cup Cakes, Frosted Sugar Cookies, Pumpkin Bread Cup Cakes, Blueberry Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Minute Maid Lemonade (12Pack), Citrus Drop Pop (3-2Liters), 1Gallon of Iced Tea, (24) Bottles of Water.

Next Month's Date is Sunday 15th, 2013 at The Soldiery Columbus at 2pm 1,000pt armies.
Annual Defense of Grandma's House, Terrain; Winter Wonderland of Forests, Frozen Rivers, Pine Forests, House & Farm
Mission Big Guns Never Tire; 3 Objects = Altar of Chaos, Grandma's House, Sister's Chapel. With Dawn of War Deployment.


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!

We had 17 players & 1 Vistor for Warhammer 40k Sunday Big Battle at The Soldiery Columbus.

We played Mission; Big Guns Never Tire! with 3 Objectives (+3 V.P.); Altar of Evil, Grandma's House, Sister's Chapel.
Dawn of War Deployment; Night Fight for First Turn, Empire losses Initiative to Enemies and Fails to Steal Initiative.
We played 4 turns & then Grandma died! Grandma rolled Tenacity; Feel No Pain (5+) within 3" of Objective

If within 6" of;
Altar of Evil; Reroll Invulnerable Save
Chapel of Sisters; Reroll Invulnerable Save
Hero of Empire; Feel No Pain (5+)
Demon Statue; Stubborn
Angel Statue; Stubborn

Enemies of Empire;
Robert - Necron
James - Chaos Marines/Demons
Dan P. - Dark Eldar
Andy - Orks
John - Trator Guard
Thomas - Eldar
Greg Grey Knights
James "RED" - Demons/Choas Marines

Empire Loyalists;
Justin - Black Templars
Chris - Space Marines (Imperial Fists)
Mike - Dark Angels
Gordon - Dark Angels
Eric - Sister's of Battle, Grandama (Defending House & Chapel)
Tim - Dark Angels
Brandon Space Marines (Fire Hawks)
Scott - Blood Angels
Stan - Space Marines

Vistor - Dan L.

Thomas's Eldar; War-Walkers & Wave Serpent "FIRST BLOOD" Kill Gordon's Desvastator's Squad +1V.P. to Enemy
Thomas's Edlar; 5 Wraith Guard w/D-Cannons (7+) Detination/Implodes to Warp Sister's Chapel (Kills 4 Sisters)
John's Trator Guard; Leman Russ Battle Cannon (6+) Collapses Grandma's House (Kills 3 Sisters)
Justin's Marines "SLAY THE WARLORD" James Chaos Scorcer +1 V.P. Empire
Andy's Orks "SLAY THE WARLORD" Eric's Sister Cannoness "Grandma" +1V.P. Enemy
Eric lost 2 Sister's of Battle Retributor Heavy Squads +2 V.P. Enemy
Dan P. Dark Eldar "SLAY THE WARLORD" Chris Space Marine Captain +1 V.P. Enemy
Dan P. Dark Eldar Lost 2 Heavys "TALOS" +2 V.P. Empire
Chris Lost 1 Heavy Squad of Space Marine Devastators +1 V.P. Enemy
Gordon Lost 1 Heavy Squad of Space Marine Devastators +1 V.P. Enemy
James Lost 1 Heavy Squad Havocs +1 V.P. Empire
James "RED" 1 Heavy Defiler +1 V.P. Empire
Tim "SLAY THE WARLORD" Thomas Eldar Far Seer +1 V.P. Empire
Enemy 4 LINE BREAKERS; +4 V.P.
Empire 2 LINE BREAKERS; +2 V.P.
Empire Held Objective; Altar of Evil +3 V.P.
Grandma's House Ruins Contested; NO V.P.
Chapel Foundation Contested; NO V.P.

V.P. Points TIE!! 11 to 11
KILL POINTS; Enemy = 71 VS. Empire = 51
EMPIRE DEFEATED!! ENEMIES ARE WINNERS TODAY!!!

Folks Enjoyed FREE Games Workshop figures from a NEW Dark Vengence Starter Set!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS from The Soldiery Columbus!!

Pot Luck; Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun-Length Hot Dogs w/Buns, 1Gallon Eric's Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, Skillet Corn Bread, Grapes, Clementines "Cuties", Fruit Tray & Cheese, Fancy Dipped "Pretzel Rods of the Covenent", Homemade Sugar Cookies, Double Chocolate Chip cookies, Pepermint Sugar Cookies, Holiday Sugar Cookies, Brownies, Chocolate Cup Cakes, Elf Fudge Cookies, Cheesecake Middles Cookies, 2 Buckets of KFC Wings (Spicy & Regular), Snyder's of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Thin Pretzel Sticks, Original Fritos, Frito BBQ Twists, 1 Gallon of Fruit Punch, 1 Gallon of Iced Sweet Tea, 1 Gallon of Lime-Aid, Bananas, Doritos - Nacho Cheese, Pumpkin Bread - Donuts

Next Month's 40K Big Battle Sunday will be January 26th, 2014 at 2pm
MISSION; PURGE THE ALIEN!! (Kill Points) & Dawn of War Deployment
Terrain; Rolling Hills, Forest, Bushes 1,000point Armies per player

Happy Holidays From Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 11 Players & 1 Vistor for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday. Mission #2: Purge The Alien (Kill Points), Deployment Dawn of War, Eric - Marines won the roll off and Empire Set up first & went first, Robert - Necrons failed to steal the Init., The 1st round was Night Fight and the second round turn was Night Fight for Empire due to a Robert - Necron Special Power Ability.

Empire
Eric - Space Marines
Alex - Space Marines
Greg - Grey Knights & Orks
Tim - Dark Angels
Daniel - Blood Angels
Scott - Blood Angels

Enemies of Empire;
Robert - Necron
Rob - Dark Eldar
Joe - Tau
Pete - Chaos
John - Orks
Patrick - Chaos & Demons
Steve - Tau (This Month's TOP KILLER!!! with 17K.P.)

Daniel "First Blood" John's Ork Truck +1V.P. Empire
Steve "Slay The Warlord" on Scott +1V.P. Chaos
Patrick (Cthulhu Demon Prince w/Wings) "Slay The Warlord" (Chapter Master Pedro Cantor) on Eric +1V.P. Chaos
John "Slay The Warlord" on Daniel +1V.P. Chaos
Greg "Slay The Warlord" on John +1V.P. Empire
John "Slay The Warlord" on Tim +1V.P. Chaos
Joe "Slay the Warlord" on Greg +1 V.P.
Enemies Had 5 "Line Breakers" +5V.P.
Enemies Had 74 Kill Points
Emipre Had 19 Kill Points
Empire totals too; 21 Victory Points
Enemies totals too; 84 Victory Points!!!
MAJOR VICTORY for Enemies of The Empire Today!!!

Folks enjoyed a Free Gamesworkshop Figure from the Dark Vengence Starter Set Courstey of the Soldiery Soldiery Columbus

POT LUCK: Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, Hot Dogs w/buns (Hot sauce, Shredded Cheese, Diced Onion, Ketchup, Yellow & Spicy Mustards, Sweet Pickle Relish, Pickled Japlapeno Slices), Skillet Corn Bread Muffin w/honey,
Tangerines, Bananas, White Corn chips & Salsa, Meat & Cheese Tray; Turkey & Ham Slices, Crackers, Cheedar & Co-Jack Cheese Slices, Pickles; Whole Sweets, Kosher Spears, Bread & Butter Slices, Frots Yellow Corn Chips, Snyder's of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Thin Pretzels, Donuts, Fudge Cake, Hostess Cup Cakes, Cinnion Roll Cookies, Diet Coke liter, Hot Tea Gallon, Iced Tea Gallon

Next Month's Game Day will be Sunday the 23rd of Februry 2014 at 2pm at the Soldiery Columbus, 1,000pt. Armies & Pot Luck, Strong Hold Assault Mission #1:“Bunker Assault” (Kill Points & 3 - 1V.P. Bunkers) & “Dawn of War” Deployment (Terrain; 3 Bunkers in War Torn Battlefield)

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

GAME REMINDER: Warhammer Weekend at The Soldiery Columbus
Saturday February 22nd 7pm Warhammer Fantasy Battle Challenge Night 2,000pts. Armies & Pot Luck
Sunday February 23rd 2pm Warhammer 40K BIG BATTLE!!
1,000pts. Armies & Pot Luck, Strong Hold Assault MISSION #1; "Bunker Assault" (3Bunkers) & Deployment; "Dawn of War"

Hi Folks!!
We packed the Big Table with 19 = WARHAMMER 40K Gamers; For BIG BATTLE SUNDAY at The Soldiery Columbus. ESCALATION MISSION#3 "Clash of The Titans" Eldar Scout Titan VS. Empire Warhound Titan. Enemies won die roll off ans Set up First & Go First (Empire Fail to Steal Init) and It was Night Fight for1st Turn & Due to Necron Special Ability it was Night Fight on the 2nd Turn of Empire as well.

EMPIRE & Allies:
Alex - I.G.
Greg - Grey Knights
Eric - Marines
James - Marines
Josh - Marines & Orks
Nick - I.G.
Brandon - Marines (Iron Hands)
Joel - Darl Angels Marines
Scott - Blood Angels Marines
Empire Warhound Titan & 3 Tech-Marines (Eric)

Enemies of The Empire:
Robert - Necrons
Thomas - Eldar
Tim - Tau
Jacob - Tau (Farsight)
Eric - Tau
Dan P. - Eldar
Dan L. - Dark Eldar
Noah - Chaos Marines
John W. - Orks
Steve - Dark Eldar
Eldar Scout Titan (Thomas)

We had Several Vistors through out the Day.

Jacob "first Blood" Blew up Alex's I.G. Tank +1 V.P. to Enemy
Tim "Slay the Warlord" on Joel +1 V.P. to Enemy
Thomas scores 4 Hull Pts. on Warhound Titan 1st turn +4 V.P. to Enemy
Thomas scores 9 Hull Pts. on Warhound Titan 2nd turn +9 V.P. to Enemy
Nick Scores 1 Hull Pt. on Eldar Titan 2nd turn +1 V.P. to Empire
Eric "Slay the Warlord" on Thomas Eldar Farseer +1 V.P. to Empire
Four "Line Breakers" by Enemies +4 V.P. to Enemy

Empire Scores 58 KILL POINTS
Enemies Scores 109 KILL POINTS (& Thomas Destroyed Empire Titan)

Game Points Grand Totals;
EMPIRE = 60 Points
ENEMIES = 128 POINTS MAJOR VICTORY for Enemies of The Empire!!!

Everybody enjoyed Free Games Workshop Figures from the New Dark Vengenance Starter Set, Thanks to The Soldiery Columbus & Some Forge World Bits, Thanks to Nick

POT LUCK: A MONSTER One Today; 16 Hot Dogs w/buns, Gallon of Beef, Bean, Onion; Chili, Crock Pot Filled with Schredded Chicken w/Sandwich Buns, PIZZA 9 Large Pies = 3 Cheese, 3 Pepperoni, 1 Cheese & Mush, 1 Pepperoni, Bacon, & Mush., 1 Pepperoni & Mush., Sillet Corn Bread Muffin & Honey, Pickles; Whole Sweets, Kosher Dill Spears, Bread & Butter Chips, Yellow Cake, Rasin Loaf Cake, Grape Fruit, Green Grapes, Bananas, Yellow Apples, Big Snyders Pretzels of Hanover, Tostitos White Corn Chips, Doritos TACO Chips, Bean Dip w/Salsa, Cheese, Green Onions Slices, Brownie Chocolate, Oreos, Fig Newtons, 24 Mixed muffins, No Bake Cookies, Cinnamon Bread, Peppers; Yellow, Orange, Green, & Ranch Dip,
Lipton's Hot Tea Gallon

Next Month's Game Date for BIG BATTLE SUNDAY is April 13th, 2014 2pm at The Soldiery Columbus ESCALATION MISSION#3 "Clash of The Titans" 1,500points Armies per player May have One Super Heavy Each (1HQ & 2Troops Required) & Deployment; Dawn of War. TERRIAN Board; Desert Dunes & Craters & 2 Oasis (+1V.P. Each) & POT LUCK

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 17 Warhammer 40K Players for BIG BATTLE SUNDAY at The Soldiery Columbus, Escalation Mission;CLASH OF TITANS Mission on Desert Terrain w/two Oasis +1V.P. each. We Played Four full Turns. Enemies Setup first & went first, Empire falled to Steal Init. & 1st Turn was Night-Fight.

Empire;
Eric - Space Marines, Shadow Sword
Robert - Space Marines, Warhound
James - Space Marines, Shadow Sword
Dave - Blood Angels
Thomas - Space Marines, Knight
Nick - Imperial Guard, Knight
Scott - Blood Angels
Brandon - Space Marines
Mike - Space Cheech Marin

Enemies of Empire
Brody - Orks
Joel - Orks
Tim - Tau
Jacob - Tau
John - Orks, Stompa
Greg - Trator Grey Knights
James W. - Daemons & Chaos Space Marines
Steve - Eldar, Scorpian

James W. "First Blood" Destroyed James Space Marine Squad +1V.P. ENEMY
Empire causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +8 V.P. on Stompa
Enemies causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +5 V.P. Shadow Sword
Empire causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +4 V.P. on Stompa Destroyed
Enemies causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +4 V.P. Shadow Sword Destroyed
Enemies causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +2 V.P. Warhound
Brandon "Slay the Warlord" Tim Tau Crisis Suit +1 V.P. Empire
Robert "Slay the Warlord" Brody Ork War Boss +1 V.P. Empire
Empire causes Super Heavy Hull Points Damage +7 V.P. on Scorpian
John "Slay the Warlord" Thomas Master of the Forge +1 V.P. Enemy
Scott "Slay the Warlord" Jacob Tau +1 V.P. Empire
Greg "Slay the Warlord" Scott Space Marine +1 V.P. Enemy
3 Empire Line Breakers +3 V.P. EMPIRE
Empire Held one Oasis +1 V.P. EMPIRE

Empire Total Kill Points +148
Enemies total Kill Points +64
EMPIRE TOTAL VICTORY POINTS; 174
ENEMIES TOTAL VICTORY POINTS; 78
VERY BIG WIN FOR EMPIRE TODAY!!!

Folks enjoyed Free Games Workshop Figures, Dice Sets, Template Sets, as Prize Support from The Soldiery Columbus

POT LUCK; 1Gallon of Beef, Bean, & Onion; Chili, 16 Hot Dogs w/buns, 2 Buckets of Chicken Wings, 3 Pizzas; Pepperoni, 2 pans of Brownies, Oreos Sandwich Cookies, Fig Netwons, No Bake Cookies, Sillet Corn Bread & Honey Bear, Yellow Apples, Cuties - Small Oranges, Doritos Corn Chips; Nacho Cheese, Taco, Frito Corn Chips, Gold Fish Xtra-Cheedar Snack Crackers, Garlic Bread Stick & Marana Sauce,
Ruffles Potato Chips Cheddar & Sour Cream, Chocolate Chip Muffin Loaf, Starwberry & Blueberry Muffin Loaf, Pickles; Sweets Wholes, Zesty Spears, Bread & Butter Chips, 2 Dessert Pizzas; Strawberry, Kiwi, Bananas w/ whipped cream

Next Big Battle Sunday Game Date; MAY 18th, 2014 at 2PM
Mission #1:“BUNKER ASSAULT” CHAOS Defending 3Bunkers
(3 Objectives (+3V.P. Each) & +1V.P./Super Heavy Destroyed)
& “Dawn of War” Deployment (Terrain; War Torn Battle Field)
Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,600 pt. Army
And may include; a Squadron of Super Heavies

Thanks, Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 17 Players for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday May 18th at The Soldiery Columbus. We played Bunker Assault with Enemies of Empire defending. We played 4 Turns, No Night Fighting, and Empire went first.

Empire & Allies;
Robert - Space Marines (1WarHound)
Thomas - Space Marines (TOP KILLER!!! with 20Kill Pts.)
Tim - Dark Angels
Mike - Space Marines
Eric - Loyal Imperial Guard (3Shadow Swords)
Scott - Blood Angels
Matt - Space Marines
Sam - Dark Angels (Allied Commander w/Matt)
Will - Inquisition
James H. - Space Marines (Shadow Sword)

Enemies of the Empire;
John W. - ORKS (Stompa)
Dan P. - Necrons
James W. - Daemons (Tower of Tzeentch)
Dan L. - Trator Imperial Guard (Bane Blade)
Chris - Daemons
Greg - Grey Knights
Steve - Dark Eldar / Eldar

James H. "First Blood" Greg's Loota Wagon +1VP Empire
Eric Destroyed Enemies of Empire Bunker#1 +3VP Empire
Eric Destroyed Enemies of Empire Bunker#2 +3VP Empire
Eric Destroyed Enemies of Empire Bunker#3 +3VP Empire
Robert Destroyed Dan L.'s Bane Blade +1VP Empire
Tim Destroyed James W.'s Tower of Tzeentch +1VP Empire
James H. "Slay the Warlord" John w. Orky Warboss +1VP Empire
Steve Destroyed James H. 's Shadow Sword +1VP Enemies
Steve Destroyed Empire Bunker#1 +1VP Enemies
James H. "Slay the Warlord" Matt's spaceMarine Chapter Master +1VP Enemies
Robert "Slay the Warlord" Dan P.'s Necron Lord +1VP Empire
Eric "Saly the Warlord" Greg's Grey Knight Commander +1VP Empire
Scott "Slay the Warlord" Dan L.'s I.G. Trator's Commander +1VP Empire
Enemies "Line Breakers" +2VP Enemies
Empire "Line Breakers" +4VP Empire
Enemies Held Bunker +3VP Enemies

TOTALS:
EMPIRE +20VP
ENEMIES +8VP
Big Win for EMPIRE Today!!!

Folks Enjoyed the Pot Luck;
Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, 16 Hot Dog's w/Buns, Jersey Mike's 18" Turkey Sub,
2 Buckets of KFC Chicken Wings, Doritos; Ranch, Nacho Cheese, Taco, Cheetos-Crunchy, Snyder's of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Skillet of Corn Bread w/ Honey Bear,
Loaf of Rye Bread, Red Grapes (Seedless), Bag of Yellow Apples, Chocolate Pudding w/banana-Slices, Brownie Pan, 16 Mini-Cinamon Buns, 48 Donut Holes, 12 Dozen Glazed Donuts, 1 Gallon of Lime-Aid, 1 Two-Liter of Diet Coke, 12 Pack Cans of Coke-Cola, 12 Pack Cans of 7UP

Folks enjoyed FREE Games Workshop Figures Prize Support from "Vengence" 40K Starter Set Courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus

Next Month's Game Date; Sunday June 29th at 2:30 p.m. RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE!!! Mission :“Purge the Alien”(KILL POINTS) & “Dawn of War” Deployment
(Terrain; Very Thick Jungle - can see only 12”, +5 Cover Save), Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,000 pt. Army (Must have at least; 1H.Q. Unit & 2 Troop Units), Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled , War Zone Trait; Toxic Mist (Close Combat POSIONED(4+)), Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck, Eric’s making a Big Pot of Chili & Cooking Hot Dogs
YES!, We will be using the NEW 40K Rules

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!

We had 14 people attend 40K Big Battle Sunday at the Soldiery "RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE" (Whole board was Jungle; 5+ Cover & difficult ground) Purge Mission (Kill Points) & Dawn of War Deployment (No Night Fight) and Enemies of the Empire went First, Empire failed to Steal Init.

Empire Players;
Eric - Loyalist Imperial Guard
Tim - Blood Angels
Brandon - Space Wolves
Scott - Blood Angels
Thomas - Eldar
Dan P. - Eldar
Nick - Sisters of Battle

Enemies Players;
Robert - Tyranids
Steve - Dark Eldar
Joel - Orks
Andy - Orks
Jacob - Tau
Josh - Trator Space Marines

We played 4 Turns;
Thomas's Eldar Scorpians killed "FIRST BLOOD" Robert's Tyranid Termangants +1VP Empire
Nick's sisiters "SLAY THE WARLORD" killed Joel's Ork Warboss +1 VP Empire
Tim's Blood Angels "SLAY THE WARLORD" killed Steve's Dark Eldar Haemonculus +1 VP Empire
Brandon's Space Wolves "SLAY THE WARLORD" killed Jacob's Tau Dark Strider
+1 VP Empire
tim's Blood Angel Commander "WARLORD" Survived +1VP Empire
totals too +5 VP Empire

KILL POINT TOTALS;
EMPIRE = 62 +5VP = 67
ENEMIES = 54
EMPIRE WINS "The Rumble in the Jungle"
This month's TOP-KILLER is Nick with his Sister's of Battle

Folks enjoyed a POT LUCK of;
Oscar Myer Bun-length all beef Hot Dogs w/buns, a Gallon of Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili , 2 Buckets of KCF Chicken Wings, 2 Pizzas with meat & mushrooms, 12 red cream sodas, 12 citrus drop soda, 12 Dr. K Soda, 12 cherry cola soda, 1 gallon of lemon/lime aid, green grapes, bananas, red, white, & blue sugar cookies, 3 packages chocolate chip cookies, lemon creme oreos, fig newtons cookies, pan of brownies, snyder's of hanover sourdought hard pretzels, doritos - taco chips, skillet corn bread & Honey Bear, Party Tray; Apples (red & green), cheese cubes, carmel,
Pie; Chocolate/Carmel whipped Cream cover w/almonds on top

Folks enjoyed FREE Gamesworkshop 40K Miniatures from a NEW "Dark Vengence" Starter Set, courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus

The next Warhammer 40K!! BIG BATTLE GAME DAY!
ATOLL MADNESS!!! (Terrain; Islands & Water)
Mission :“CRUSADE”(5 Mysterious Objectives) & “Dawn of War” Deployment
Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,000 pt. Army (Must have at least; 1H.Q. Unit & 2 Troop Units) Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled
War Zone Trait; LOW GRAVITY (Bonus to Movement (+1D6” or +6” Vehicle) & +6” Ranges of Non-Blast & Template Weapons)
Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck
Eric’s making a Pot of Chili & Cooking Hot Dogs
On SUNDAY JULY 27th, 2014 Starting at 2:30 P.M. At The Soldiery Columbus

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 40K Big Battle Game Day "SWAMP WAR" Crusade Mission & Dawn of War Deployment. Enemies won roll off and set up first and went first. Frist turn was "Night Fight". We played 4 turns and had 16 players.
Empire Players;
Thomas - Marines
Joel - Imperial Guard
Matt - Space Marines
Rob - Space Wolves
Brandon - Space Wolves
Karl - Sapce Wolves
Scott - Blood Angels


Enemies of the Empire;
Daniel - Dark Elves
James - Chaos Demons
Nick - Orks "TOP KILLER"
Ron - Tau
John - Orks
Tim - Tau
Tony - Eldar

GAME NOTES:
Eric "First Blood" Killed 3 of Matt's Centurions +1VP Enemy
Karl "Slay the Warlord" on James +1VP Empire
Tony "Slay the Warlord" on Rob +1VP Enemy
Justin "Slay the Warlord" on John +1VP Empire
Eric "Slay the Warlord" on Joel +1VP Enemy
Rob "Slay the Warlord" on Tony +1VP Empire
Tim "Slay the Warlord" on Thomas +1VP Enemy
Enemy Line Breakers +3VP
Empire Line Breakers +1VP
Empire Total Kill Points 74
Enemy Total Kill Points 74

GRAND TOTALS;
Empire 78VP
Enemies of the Empire 82VP WINNERS!!!
Close scoring Battle on Sunday

POT LUCK;
5 Pizzas - Cousin Vinny's (2 Pepperoni, 1 Cheese, 2 Mushrooms)
2 Buckets of KFC Wings
8 pieces of Fried Chicken
30 Mini-Sandwiches; Roast Beef & Turkey w/cheese
16 Hot Dogs w/buns
Gallon Pot of Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili
Skillet of Corn Bread
Green Grapes, 2 bunches of Bananas, bag of Little Cuties Oranges,
4 Bags of Doritos; Taco, Spicy Sweet Chili, Nacho Cheese, Cool Ranch
Box of Snyder's Hard Pretzels of Hanover
Cookies; Chocolate Chip, Dark Chocolate, Sugar, Snicker Doodle, Vanilla Sandwich, Kebbler EL Fudge "Short Bread w/fudge Sandwich"
12-Pack of Orange Crush pop
12-Pack of Diet Mountain Dew
Gallon of Kiwi Strawberry Punch Drink

Next Game; Warhammer 40K!! BIG BATTLE GAME DAY!
Stronghold Assault!!! Mission :“Crusade” (5 Objectives)& “Dawn of War” Deployment
(Terrain; Double Wall, Bunkers, Wire, Moat, Sandbags)
Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,500 pt. Army
(Must have at least; 1 H.Q. Unit & 2 Troop Units, Attackers get extra 1HEAVY Choice) Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled
Empire Defending wall, And Enemies Attacking (Troop Units destroyed come back as reinforcements/reserves)
Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck
Eric’s making a Big Pot of Chili & Cooking Hot Dogs
“Celebrating 24 Years of Warhammer 40K at The Soldiery”
On SUNDAY OCTOBER 26th, 2014Starting at 2:30 P.M.
At The Soldiery Columbus 4256 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43214 Phone #: (614) 267 - 1957
(Behind The Laughing Ogre Comic Shop next to GYM)

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

The Soldiery is celebrating its 24th Anniversary on Wednesday October 15th! Stop by and join us for some free eats! The 24th Anniversary BBQ; Pulled-Pork, Hot Dogs, & Hamburgers, serving starts at 6:00 p.m.

YES!! That is True this October is 24 Years of gaming WARHAMMER at The Soldiery Columbus!!!

Hi Folks!!
We 15 Warhammer 40K players for Big Battle Sunday Game at The Soldiery Columbus, Celebrating 24 Years of Warhammer 40K Gaming!! Empire Terrian; line of razor-wire, line of sandbags, in center 4 Inter-Linked Double-Walled Mighty Fortresses with 5 Double-Gates with a bunker in the court-yard and the 1 objective next to the gate, (5 total objectives). Left & right flanks had an Agies Defense Line box with Quad-Auto-Cannon Gun. Enemies of the Empire Terrian; hilles with trenchs w/sandbags, large & small bunkers with some sections of razor-wire & sections of dragon's teeth tank-obsticles. Night Fight was rolled up. Enemies of the Empire stole the Int! Necron Solar Pulse made it Daylight for enemies. The Empire fought in Darkness the first two turns due to Necron Powers. We battled for 4 turns and here are the results;
Empire players;
Eric - Marines
Justin - Space Wolves
Joel - Dark Angels
Branden - Space Wolves
Matt - Space Marines
Scott - Blood Angels
John - Orks

Enemies of the Empire players;
Robert - Necron "TOP KILLER" with 19K.P.
Ron - Tau
Dan - Dark Eldar
Jacob - Tau
Tim - Tau
James - Chaos Marines & Cultis
Peter - Chaos Marines & Cultis
Thomas - Eldar

Eric got "FIRST BLOOD" destroyed Peter's Hydra-Flak Tank +1Empire
Dan "SLAYED THE WARLORD" on Eric +1Enemies
Eric "SLAYED THE WARLORD" on Dan +1Empire
Ron "SLAYED THE WARLORD" on Joel +1Enemies
Justin "SLAYED THE WARLORD" on Thomas +1Empire
Thomas "SLAYED THE WARLORD" on Scott +1Enemies
Empire "LINE BREAKERS" +1Empire
Enemies "LINE BREAKERS" +4Enemies
Empire Held 3 Objectives +9Empire
Enemies Held 1 Objective +3Enemies
1 Objective was contested
Grand Totals of Points;
Empire = 13pts. WINNERS!!
Eniemies = 10pts.

Personal Note: Dan's Dark Eldar Warlord hit and caused 1Wd. to my Space Marine Warlord Pedro and I rolled "1" on Save and dies due to Killing-Blow in Challenge Match! The my Space Marine Terminators crushed Dan's Dark Eldar unit and had 1Wd carry over and Dan rolled "1" on Save and dies due to Strength 8 Power Fist is twice his toughness!!

Folks enjoyed FREE Gamesworkshop figures from the Dark Vengence starter set courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus

Pot Luck; Chili; Beef, Bean, & Onion, 16 Oscar Myer Hot Dogs w/buns, Swedish Meatballs w/mashed potatoes, 4 Cousin Vinny's Pizzas (2 Pepperoni,1 Mushroom, 7 1 Cheese), Skillet of Cornbread, Bananas, Green Grapes, Fritos Scoops Corn chips, Chester's Cheese Fires, Pound Cake, 2 Dozen mixed Donuts, Chocolate chip and M&m's cookies, Chester's cheesepopcorn, fudge graham cracker cookies, fig newton bars, Vanilla Sandwich Cookies, Ghost Frosted Sugar Cookies, 12 Pack of Pepsi, 2 Gallons of Apple Cider, 1 Gallon Iced Sweet Tea, 1 Gallon of Lemonade

Next Month's game date is Sunday November 9th, 2014 at 2:30pm at The Soldiery Columbus is Purge ( Kill Points) & Dawn of War Deployment. We will have 1,500pts Army per player maybe standard (1hq & 2trps) or UNBOUND!! We will have terrian board of Dry Bad Lands; few hills, craters, moss, & rocks.
Your gaming buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 11 players for Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday, November 9th, 2014, at The Soldiery Columbus. The Mission was "PURGE"; (Kill Points) and Deployment was "Dawn of War" Enemies of the Empire; ZENOS won Inititiative roll off and set-up first and went first, Empire & Allies failed to "Sieze the Initiative." The first turn was "Night Fight" for both sides. We played 4 turns and here are the results;

Empire & Allies;
Eric - Imperial Guard
Joel - Imperial Guard
Scott - Blood Angels
Dan - Imperial Guard
John - Orks "TOP KILLER" with 18 Kill Points


Enemies of the Empire; Zenos
Robert - Necron, Chaos Space Marine, Tyranids
Dan P. - Dark Eldar
Andrew - Necron
Tim - Chaos Space Marines
Tony - Eldar
Steve - Dark Eldar

John killed Andrew's Necron Destroyers for "First Blood" +1VP Empire
Dan P. "Slayed the Warlord" on Joel +1VP Zenos
Tim "Slayed the Warlord" on Scott +1VP Zenos
Tim "Slayed the Warlord" on Dan +1VP Zenos
Scott "Slayed the Warlord" on Dan P. +1VP Empire
Enemies of the Empire; Zenos got 4 "Line Breakers" +4VP Zenos
VP Totals; +2VP Empire & +7VP Zenos
KILL POINT TOTALS; +47KP Empire & +67 Zenos
POINT Grand Totals; 49 Empire & 74 Zenos
Enemies of the Empire; Zenos WINNERS!!!
for todays 40K Big Battle Sunday Game!

Folks enjoyed Free GWS Miniatures, Dice Sets, & Templates from "Dark Venegance" Warhammer 40K starter set, courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus.

Folks enjoyed the Pot Luck; Chili (Beef, Bean, & Onion), Hot Dogs w/Buns - All Beef Oscar Myer, Crock Pot Lasagna (meat sauce w/ravolis), Skillet Corn Bread, 3 Cousin Vinny's Pepperoni Pizzas, Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips, Doritos Nacho Cheese, Fritos Corn Chips Scoops, Snyder's of hanover Sourdough Pretzels, Banans, Yellow Apples, Dounts (mixed 2 dozen), Chip Ahoy Cookies, Oreos, Chocolate chip cookies, no Bake Cookies, 1 Gallon of Strawberry Kiwi Punch, Pickles

Next Month's Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday is on December 20th, 2014 at 2:30p.m. We are using 1,500point armies, Mission; "Crusade" (3 Objectives; Chaos Altar, Grandma's House, Sister's Chapel) & Deployment; "Dawn of War". Zenos attacker's get one extra Heavy Choice. Terrian; Winter Wonderland = Trees, roads, Snow, River, Bridges, Mighty Fortresses around Grandma's house & Sister's Chapel

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric
Have a HAPPY & SAFE THANKSGIVING!!