WARHAMMER 40K AT THE SOLDIERY Columbus, Ohio

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Anyway, good stuff as always, Big P!

Hi Folks!!
WE packed the house Sunday December 21st, 2014 at The Soldiery Columbus for WARHAMMER 40K Big Battle Sunday, Annual Defense of Grandma's House & Sister's Chapel. we had 18 Warhammer 40K gamers & 4 visitors/observers. Mission was Crusade; 3 Objectives (Grandma's House, Sister's Chapel, Altar of Evil) and Dawn of War Deployment. It was night fight for the Empire 2 turns and Necron Solar Flare made it light for Enemies. Both Grandma's House & Sister's Chapel were in Mighty Fortresses.
Empire & allies Players; 9 Defenders
Eric - Sisters of Battle
James - Space Wolf Marines
Chris - Space Marines
Brandon - Space Wolf Marines "TOP KILLER!! - 25Kill Points"
Thomas - Imperial Guard
Dan L. - Space Marines
Dan D. - Imperial Guard
Scott - Space Marines
Dan P. - Blood Angels Space Marines


Enemies of the Empire; 9 Attackers
Robert - Necrons
Andrew - Necrons
Steve M. - Dark Eldar
Joel - Dark Angels
Greg - Dark Angels
Tim - Chaos Marines
Jacob - Tau
John - Imperial Guard
Steve C. - Blood Angels
GAME ACTIONS:
Brandon Kills 3 Rattlings "FIRST BLOOD" +1VP Empire
Thomas Kills Tim's Warlord +1VP Empire
Brandon Kills Greg's Warlord +1VP Empire
Brandon Kills John's Warlord +1VP Empire
Robert BLEW UP Grandma's House +1VP Enemies
Dan P. Kills Steve M.'s Warlord +1VP Empire
Dan L. Kill's Steve C's Warlord +1VP Empire
EMPIRE HOLDS ALL THREE OBJECTIVES 3VP X 3 = 9VP
Grand Totals; 15VP Empire WINNERS!!! & 1VP Enemies
Grandma house totaled, collapsed killed 3 sisters, Grandma Escaped to Mighty Fortress, partical collapse killed 2 more sisters, Grandma Escaped into Landraider. This Year Grandma lived!! But Christmas Dinner & goodies were spoiled by Necron Rob's destroying house.
Folks enjoyed the opening of a NEW Dark Vengence Stater set, for Prize support by the Soldiery Columbus, Folks enjoyed the FREE Gamesworkshop Figures!!
POT LUCK; Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili, Hot Dogs w/Buns, Shredded Roast Beef Sandwiches, Chucken Noodle Casarole, Berry Tray, Fruit Tray, 2 Skillet Corn Breads w/honey, Bananas, Yellow Apples, Pumpkin Bread, Pizza Poppers w/maranara sauce, Cookies Tray - 26 varieties, Buckeyes & Christmas Brittle, Sourdough Bread, 6 Pizzas - Cheese, pepperoni, Pretzel crust/Pepperoni, Mushroom, Cinamin Swirl Bread, Pickles - Whole Sweets, Pickles - Bread& butter slices, Root Beer 12 pack, 2liter Sprite, 1gallon Lemonade
Next 40K Game Date is January 11th, 2015 at 2:30p.m. MISSION: PURGE (Kill points) & Dawn of War Deployment, 1,000point armies per player (required; 1HQ & 2troops) GREAT NORTHERN WOODS; alots of trees, deep snow, ice ponds
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 14 WARHAMMER 40K Players today at the Soldiery Columbus for Big Battle Sunday; Great North Woods. We played 4 turns of PURGE!! (Kill Points) & Dawn of War Deployment; No Night Fighting Roll up, but NECRON Ability made it Night for Empire Players. Empire went first and Enemies failed to seize Initiative. Deep Snow & Woods gave everybody 5+ COVER Save & Difficult ground and Frozen Ponds were Difficult & Dangerous.

The Empire Players;
Eric – Space Marines
Brandon – Space Marines TOP KILLER!! with 16K.P.
Joel – Dark Angels
Greg – Grey Knights
Matt – Space Marines
Sam – Dark Angels
Dan – Blood Angels


Enemies of The Empire Players;
Robert – Necron
Steve – Dark Eldar
Tim – Chaos Marines
James – Space Wolves
Nathan – Dark Angels
Scott – Blood Angels
Jason – Chaos Marines

SAM Destroyed a Scarba Unit of Robert’s for “First Blood” +1VP Empire
Brandon “Slay the Warlord” on James +1VP Empire
Jason “Slay the Warlord” on Greg +1VP Enemies
Scott “Slay the Warlord” on Joel +1VP Enemies
Tim “Slay the Warlord” on Matt +1VP Enemies
Brandon “Slay the Warlord” on Steve +1VP Empire
Empire “Kill Points”; 50
Enemies “Kill Points”; 59
Empire “Line Breakers”; +3VP
Enemies “Line Breakers”; +1VP

GRAND TOTALS;
Empire = 56points
Enemies of The Empire; 63points WINNERS!!!
Folks enjoyed Prize Support courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus with Figures from 40K Dark Vengeance Starter Set & Paints from a Citadel Ultimate Paint Set
POT LUCK: Chili; Beef, Bean, Onion, Hotdogs w/buns, Skillet Corn Bread w/Honey-Bear, Green Grapes, Bananas, Hummus, Party Bag of Fritos Scoops Yellow Corn Chip, Papa John’s Bread Sticks w/Pizza Sauce Dip, Fried Chicken Wings & Breasts, Snyder’s of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Conn Potato Chips, Doritos Nacho Cheese, Tostidos White Corn Chips, Dozen Mixed Donuts, Dozen glazed Donuts, 3 dozen Chocolate Chip Cookies, 3 Dozen Frosted Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Oreos, Vanilla Oreos, Lemon Cookies, Gallon of Lemonade, Cola 2-liter, Dew Drop 2-liter, Dr. K Diet 2-liter
The Next WARHAMMER Big Battle Sunday; RUINED CITY is on February 15th at 2:30p.m. at The Soldiery Columbus. Mission; CRUSADE; (5 Objectives in No-man’s-land) and Dawn of War deployment. 1,000point armies (required 1HQ & 2 Troops) and please remember to bring a dish/food item for Pot Luck
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

GAME REMINDER: The Next WARHAMMER 40K Big Battle Sunday; RUINED CITY is on February 15th at 2:30p.m. at The Soldiery Columbus. Mission; CRUSADE; (5 Objectives in No-man’s-land) and Dawn of War deployment. 1,000point armies (required 1HQ & 2 Troops) and please remember to bring a dish/food item for Pot Luck
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We packed the House with 19 Warhammer 40K Gamers & 4 Observers on BIG BATTLE GAME DAY at The Soldiery Columbus 2-15-2015. We played Mission; "CRUSADE" 5 Objectives in No-man's-land in a RUINED CITY & "Dawn of War" Deployment. First Turn was "Night Fight". Enemies of the Empire set up first and went first. We played 4 turns.

Empire and Allies;
Eric A. – Space Marines
Scott - Blood Angels
Nathan - Dark Angels
Dan P. - Blood Angels
John W. - Dark Angels
Thomas - Imperial Guard
Joel - Tau
Jacob - Tau
Tariq - Imperial Guard

Enemies of the Empire;
Pete – Chaos Space Marines
Jason - Tyranids
Erik - Tau
Steve - Dark Eldar
Nick - Necron
Rob - Tyranids
Robert - Necrons "TOP KILLER" 17 KILL POINTS!!!
James - Chaos Space Marines
Tim - Choas Space Marines
Justin - Tau

Game Actions for Victory Points;
Justin killed "FIRST BLOOD" Joel's Tau Pathfinders +1V.P. Enemies
Nathan "SLAY THE WARLORD" on Pete +1 V.P. Empire
Nick "SLAY THE WARLORD" on Thomas +1V.P. Enemies
Justin "SLAY THE WARLORD" on James +1V.P. Enemies
Pete "SLAY THE WARLORD" on Nathan +1V.P. Enemies
Eric A. "SLAY THE WARLORD" on Jason +1 V.P. Empire


Line Breakers;
Empire; one +1 Victory Point
Enemies; Three +3 Victory Points

Five Objectives;
One Contested
One Held by Empire +3 Victory Points (Eric A. -Space Marine)
Three Held by Enemies +9 Victory Points

GRAND TOTALS;
Empire 6 Victory Points
Enemies 16 Victory Points

Folks Enjoyed Prize support from The Soldiery Columbus; Games Work Shop Figures & Template Set from the Warhammer 40K starter set "Dark Vengence" and Paints & Washes from The Citadel Ultimate Paint Set.
Folks enjoyed the 40K POT LUCK; 2 Pots of Chili, 16 Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun Length Hot Dogs with buns, 3lb. Baked Sliced Ham with Slider Buns, 2 Buckets of KFC Wings, box of 8 Pieces of Fried Chicken, Four Large Pies from Cousin Vinny's Pizza; 2 Pepperoni, 1 Cheese, & 1 Mushroom, 2 Plates of Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Chip cookies, 2 Kinds of Hummus (Plain & With Garlic), 2 Pans of Brownies, Snyder's Of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Green Grapes, Bag of Cuties "Little-Oranges", Skillet of Corn Bread with Honey, 2 Bag of Yellow Chips, 1 Bag of White Corn Chips, bag of Rolled Gold Pretzel Rods, Sheet of Bean Dip with Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, & Sour Cream, Twinkies - Chocolate Creme Filled, Tim bits - Donut Holes, 2 Gallons of Ice Tea, 1 Gallon of Lemonade, 12 cans of Mtn. Dew Pop, 24 can of Pepsi-Cola Pop

The next 40K Big Battle GameDay is DESERT & Waterholes, Mission: “Crusade” (3 Objectives; 1 in each deployment zone & 1 in no-man’s land) & “Dawn of War” Deployment. (Terrain; Dunes, Rocks, Mesa, 3Waterholes-“objectives”) Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,000 pt. Army. (Army Required; 1HQ & 2Troops) Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled. Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck. Come play Warhammer 40K On SUNDAY MARCH 29th, 2015 Starting at 2:30 P.M. at The Soldiery Columbus

Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 16 players attend WARHAMMER 40K Big Battle Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus.
DESERT WAR; Fight for the Water Holes (3 Objectives). We did Dawn of War Deployment, Night Fight on 1st Turn. Enemies got to go first, Stole Initiative on 2nd Re-Roll.
EMPIRE & ALLIES Players;
Eric – Space Marines
Scott – Blood Angels
Thomas – Eldar
Joel – Eldar
Marcus – Eldar SCORED 16 Kill Points! This Month’s TOP KILLER!!!
Alex – Imperial Guard
Peter – Cypher’s Dark Angels
John – ORKS!!

Enemies of The Empire Players;
Robert – Necrons
Dan – Necrons
Jason – Tyranids
Tim – Chaos Marines
Rob S. – Dark Eldar
Jeremy – Tyranids
Steve – Dark Eldar
Brandon – Dark Eldar

All The Three Objectives were Contested!! No Victory Points
Brandon scored “FIRST BLOOD” on Alex’s Leman Russ Tank = +1VP for Enemies
Rob “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Joel = +1VP for Enemies
Pete “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Tim = +1VP for Empire
Alex “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Rob = +1VP for Empire
Jason “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Eric = +1VP for Enemies
Dan “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Marcus = +1VP for Enemies
Jeremy “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Pete = +1VP for Enemies
Thomas “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Steve = +1VP for Empire
John “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Jason = +1VP for Empire
3 Empire “Line Breakers” = +3VP for Empire
4 Enemies “Line Breakers” = +4VP for Enemies

Empire & Allies Grand Total; 7 Victory Points
Enemies of The Empire Grand Total; 9 Victory Points! WINNERS!!!

40K POT LUCK;
1 Gallon of Chili; Beef, Bean, Onion, 16 Oscar Myer All-Beef Bun-Length Hot Dogs w/buns,8 Pieces of Fried Chicken, 8 Pieces of Baked Chicken, Tray of Pigs-in-Blanket, 2 Buckets of KFC Wings,Little Caesars Cheese Bread with Marinara Sauce, Baked Ham with Slider Buns, White Castle Crave Case of Hamburgers, Green Grapes, Cuties – Little Oranges, Fritos Scoops Yellow Corn Chips, Skillet Corn Bread w/ Honey Bear, Hummus, Pretzel Chips, Snyders Hard Pretzels of Hanover, Mini-Pretzels, Pretzel-snaps, Potato Salad, 2 Dozen Sugar Cookies Frosted, Blue Raspberry Cake w/Vanilla Pink Icing, Cheese Cake, Gallon of Lemonade, 2 = 12 pack of Mt. Dew, 12 pack of Dr. Pepper, 12 Pack of Wild Cherry Pepsi, 2 Liter of Mt. Dew, 2 Liter of Dr. Pepper

The Next WARHAMMER 40k Big Battle Sunday on April 19th at 2:30p.m. at the Soldiery Columbus
War Torn Battlefield; Morass of Mud! (All Difficult Ground)
Mission: “PURGE” (KILL POINTS!!) & “Dawn of War” Deployment
(Terrain; Craters, Defense Lines, Bunkers, Razor-Wire)Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,000 pt. Army (Army Required; 1HQ & 2Troops) Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled. Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck
On SUNDAY April 19th, 2015 Starting at 2:30 P.M.
Your gaming Buddy, Eric

GAME REMINDER; WARHAMMER Weekend at The Soldiery Columbus
Saturday April 18th at 12Noon Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3,000pt armies
Sunday April 19th at 2:30pm Warhammer 40K 1,000pt armies & Pot Luck

Hi Folks!!
We had Warhammer 40K Big Battle Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus 4/19/2015. We had 13 Warhammer 40k gamers attend. We played 4 turns and 1st Turn was Night Fight. Xenos Set up first and went first. War torn battle field of mud, craters, rocks, bushes with Wire Fences, Sand Bag Walls, & Bunkers. There were air defense weapons on each side; Las-canons & Quad auto-cannons.
Empire Players; Kill Points Scored = 47
Eric – Space Marines
Kevin – Imperial Guard
Seth – space Wolves
Scott – blood Angels
Thomas – Imperial Guard
Joel – Orks
John – Orks

Xenos Players; Kill Points Scored = 48
Robert – Necrons
Jason – Tyranids
Levi – Tyranids
Steve – Dark Eldar = “TOP KILLER”!!! of this Battle!
Tim – Chaos Marines
Brandon – Dark Eldar

Bradon got “FIRST BLOOD” Destroyed John’s Ork Battle Wagon +1VP Xenos
Brandon Destroyed a Bunker +1VP Xenos
Seth Destroyed a Bunker +1VP Empire
Brandon “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Thomas’s I.G. Warlord
Tim “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on Scott’s Blood Angel Warlord
Jason “SLAYED THE WARLORD” on John’s Orc Warlord
Xeno Scored 3 Linebreakers +3VP

Grand Totals;
Empire; 48 VP
Xenos; 57 VP WINNERS TODAY!!!

Folks enjoyed prize support courtesy of The Soldiery Columbus; Miniature figures from the Warhammer 40k Starter Set “Dark Vengeance” or a bottles of paint from The Citadel Ultimate Paint Set. Scott Donated a Large Painted Hive Tyrant that “TOP KILLER” Steve got to pick & give it a new home and start collecting and army for it to command.

POT LUCK; Chili; Beef, Bean, Onion, 16 Oscar Myer Bun Length All Beef Hot Dogs with Buns, A Baked Ham w/slider buns, Skillet Corn Bread w/Honey Bear, Bananas, Cuties little Oranges, Big Bucket of KFC Wings, 1tub of red potatoes salad, 1tub of macaroni salad, 12 Sugar Cookies, Snyder’s of Hanover Hard Pretzels, Cheesy Noodles, Huge Bowl of Tossed Salad; Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cumber slices, yellow bell pepper slices, carrot slivers, ham bits, with Balsamic & Basil Vinaigrette dressing, bag of Doritos cool ranch, Big Pot of Hot Dog Chunks & Baked-Beans with Brown Sugar & Bacon, Fresh Strawberries, 1 Gallon of Lemonade, 24 cans of Mt. Dew, 12 cans of Dr. Pepper, 12 Cans of Wild Cherry Pepsi

Next Month’s Big Battle Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus is scheduled for MAY 31st at 2:30p.m. Swamp War; (Difficult & Dangerous Ground)(May use Rafts & Canoes; to move normal on Swamp & Water) (Terrain; Swamp, Ponds, Hills w/Palm Forests) Mission: “Crusade” (3 Mysterious Objectives, all in no-man’s-land)& “Dawn of War” Deployment. Please Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled. Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck Bring an army of 1,000points (1 HQ, 2 Troops, preferred) (Unbound Armies, LoW, Super Heavies and Gargantuan Creatures are Restricted) Please have a completed written list with you upon arrival.


Your, Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!
We had 14 gamers attended 40K Big Battle Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus on MAY 31st at 2:30p.m. Swamp War; (Difficult & Dangerous Ground)(May use Rafts & Canoes; to move normal on Swamp & Water) (Terrain; Swamp, Ponds, Hills w/Palm Forests) Mission: “Crusade” (3 Mysterious Objectives, all in no-man’s-land)& “Dawn of War” Deployment. Bring an army of 1,000points (1 HQ, 2 Troops, preferred) (Unbound Armies, LoW, Super Heavies and Gargantuan Creatures are Restricted). The Xenos set up first and went first. Empire failed to steal the Int. There was no Night Fighting. We played 4 turns.
Empire & Allies Players;
Eric – Imperial Guard (Astra Militarium)
Joel – Dark Angels
Max – Imperial Guard (Astra Militarium)
Tony – Imperial Guard (Astra Militarium)
John – Imperial Guard (Astra Militarium)
Eric – Dark Angels
Xenos & Allies Players;
Robert – Necron
Dan – Eldar
Levi – Eldar
Chris – Daemons “TOP KILLER” 14 KILL POINTS!!!
Thomas – Eldar
Steve – Dark Eldar
Seth – Space Wolves

Battle Actions that scored Victory Points;
Seth “FIRST BLOOD” destroyed Eric’s I.G. Manticore +1 V.P. Xenos
Chris “SLAY THE WARLORD” on John’s I.G. Commander +1 V.P. Xenos
Seth “SLAY THE WARLORD” on Eric’s I.G. Commander +1 V.P. Xenos
Levi “SLAY THE WARLORD” on Joel’s Dark Angel Commander +1 V.P. Xenos
Tom “SLAY THE WARLORD” on Tony’s I.G. Commander +1 V.P. Xenos
Empire Linebreakers; one +1 V.P. Empire
Xenos Linebreakers; Four +4 V.P. Xenos

GRAND TOTALS POINTS; Empire +1 V.P.
and XENOS +18 V.P. BIG WIN for XENOS Today!!

Folks enjoyed Prize support from The Soldiery Columbus; Miniature figures & Dice Sets from the Warhammer 40k Starter Set “Dark Vengeance” or a bottles of paint from The Citadel Ultimate Paint Set.
POT LUCK: Eric’s Beef, Bean, & Onion Chili, Baked Ham, Oscar Myer Bun-Length All Beef Hot Dogs w/buns, Papa John’s Garlic Bread Sticks, Skillet Cornbread w/Honey Bear, Bananas, “CUITIES” Small Oranges, 24 Cans of Dr. Pepper, 24 Cans of Mt. Dew, Gallon of Lemonade, 2 Dozen Frosted Sugar Cookies, 1 Dozen Chocolate Chips Cookies, Amish Potato Salad, Taco Doritos, 2 Bags of Tostitos Scoops – White Corn, 2 Buckets of KFC Wings, 6 Pizzas, Ruffles Ridged Potato Chips, Creamy Spinach Dip, Lays Original Potato Chips
The Next Warhammer 40K!! BIG BATTLE GAME DAY! is Atoll Madness; With Active Volcano & Lava Rivers (May use Rafts & Canoes; to move normal on Water) Mission: “Crusade” (5 Mysterious Objectives; 3 in no-man’s-land, 1 in each deployment zone) & “Dawn of War” Deployment (Terrain; Water, Islands some with Palm Forests) Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,200 pt. Army (Bound Armies, preferred; 1HQ & 2Troops) (Unbound Armies, LoW, Super Heavies and Gargantuan Creatures are Restricted) Please have a completed written list with you upon arrival. Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled. Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck. Eric’s making a Big Pot of Chili & Cooking Hot Dogs. Come play Warhammer 40K on SUNDAY JUNE 28th, 2015 starting at 2:30 P.M. At The Soldiery Columbus.
Your Gaming Buddy, Eric

Hi Folks!!!
We had Big Battle 40K Sunday at The Soldiery Columbus on 6/28/2015, Atoll Madness (5 Objectives). We had 11 40K Players attend this battle and played 4 turns and first turn was “Night Fight”. The Active Volcano erupted on 3rd Turn (Sam rolled for it)& Matt’s Warlord (Sam’s Dad) was killed by the eruption.

The Sides were;
EMPIRE;
Eric – Imperial Guard
Joel – Dark Angels
Sam – Dark Angels
Matt – Space Marines
Scott Blood Angels “TOP KILLER!!”
ENEMIES OF EMPIRE;
Robert – Space Marines w/Necron Allies
Jason – Tyranids
Thomas – Space Marines
John – Orks
Mike – Space Marines


Actions of Note;
Mike Destroyed Sam’s Rhino “First Blood” Enemies +1V.P.
Joel Killed Mike’s Warlord Empire +1V.P.
Empire Line-Breakers +1 V.P.
Enemies Line-Breakers +4 V.P.

Totals to Both side at 11 V.P.
So go to Kill Points; Enemies got 52 K.P. & Empire got 56 K.P.
EMPIRE IS WINNERS!!! (By a 4 points)

40K POT LUCK; Gallon Chili (Beef, Bean, & Onions), 16 Hot Dogs w/Buns, 20 Korean Meatballs from Noodles, 2 KFC Buckets of Wings, 5 Pizza Pies from Cousin Vinney’s (3Peperoni, 1Mushroom, 1Cheese), Skillet Corn Bread w/Honey Bear, Yellow Apples, Bananas, Red Grapes, Macaroni Salad, 2 bags of Doritos Nacho Cheese, 1 Box of Snyder’s of Hanover Sourdough Hard Pretzels, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Whippy Iced Angel Food Cake, Vanilla Wafer Cookies, Peanut Nut Butter Cookies, 1 Lemon Gallon, 24 Dr. Pepper Cans, 24 Mountain Dew Cans

Next Month’s Warhammer 40K Big Battle Game Date is SUNDAY JULY 26th, 2015 starting at 2:30 P.M. at The Soldiery Columbus. RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE!! Mission: “Purge” (KILL POINTS!!) & “Dawn of War” Deployment (Terrain; Jungle = Palm Forests, All Difficult Ground, (Cover: 5+), Can only see 12”). Each Player Brings a written list of; 1,800 pt. Army (Unbound Armies, May have 1 Super Heavy, can be a unit), Figures and Vehicles must be fully assembled. Please bring a Side-dish/food item to share for Pot Luck, Eric’s making a Big Pot of Chili & Cooking Hot Dogs