Gameholecon 2018 Star Wars Legion Tournament

Here are the promised rules for the 2018 Gameholecon Star Wars Legion event happening on Sunday. Please ensure you are familiar with the Fantasy Flight Rules Pack for tournaments. This is available in the Tournaments section of the Legion page on the Fantasy Flight Games website.

Tournament Tier: Relaxed
Stucture: Basic (No Cut)
Number of Players: 16
Points: 800
Rounds: 6 or less players, 2 rounds. More then 6 players there will be 3 rounds
Round Length: Rounds will be 120 minutes long with a 10 minute pre-game set up time

Lists: Players must have a copy of their list available for the Organizer, preferably printed using Tabletop Admiral. If a player does not have a printed copy of their list, then they will be provided a form at registration and required to provide a detailed list of units and purchased upgrade cards. A player found playing with options not on the list submitted to the Organizer will be disqualified from the event.

Schedule (rough):
8-8:30 AM: Registration
8:30 AM to 10:40 AM: Round 1
10:50 AM to 1 PM: Round 2
1 PM to 1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30 PM to 3:40 PM: Round 3
3:40 to 4 pm: Final Results and Awards

Ringer: As this is a relaxed format event, if there is an odd number of players the Organizer, who is also filling in as a leader will play as the ringer. The ringer will not be eligible for any prize support or be considered for final event scoring, however your result against the ringer will be your result. Thus a loss against the ringer is considered a loss in the event. The idea of the ringer is to ensure everyone gets to play as many games of Legion and have fun through the day.

Overall results will be posted to the WiscoDice website.

Prize Support: TBD

Star Wars Legion Tournament: Skirmish at the Temple of Eedit

We will be running a Star Wars: Legion tournament at Misty Mountain Games. A clash will occur in the Jedi temple of Eedit on the planet Devaron between Rebel Forces and the Galactic Empire.

  • Location: 4672 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, Wisconsin
  • Entry Fee: $10 (All entry fees go to prize support)
  • Date: June 2nd, 2018 doors open at 10 am. Round 1 around 10:30
  • Rounds: 3
  • Points: 800 points
  • Round Limit: 2 hours with 15 minute timed pre-game phase (card selection, terrain definition)
  • Style: Relaxed
  • Lunch: Included. Pulled Pork and the fixings provided by myself
  • Painting: Not required, but highly encouraged
  • Lists: Please bring 1 copy of your list for the Organizer and 1 copy of your list to share with your opponent. Lists must be shared with your opponent at the beginning of the pre-gamed timed phase, before the mission cards are displayed.
  • See the Fantasy Flight Games Tournament rules pack for other rules. This event will NOT have player elimination.

How do I win cool stuff?

  1. Top spot is guaranteed some cool in store Legion product.
  2. Best appearance as determined by our Organizer will earn some cool in store Legion product.
  3. Door prizes. We’ll split the rest of the prize pool and randomly select winners from the remaining players in the event.

Pre-Register at Misty Mountain Games today or go over to the Madison Star Wars Legion group and let us know you are coming!

Getting Started: Joker

In my third article for Getting Started crew guides for the Batman Miniatures Game, I am taking a look at the Joker crew. Remember, in the Getting Started series I am going to focus on Batman Miniatures Game and specifically look at a crew at a time and give my thoughts as to what the starting point should be. The focus in these is getting started with the game, and not necessarily the greatest tournament winning and soul crushing lists. Each article is going to focus on ease and cost of ownership and provide a good first list beyond your starter box purchase.

With the Joker crew, it’s about tricks and getting the best out of low level thugs. Joker crews are considered a horde crew for the game where you are going to want to get the best out of the worst, quite literally! While this could mean that you are looking at a greater cost to get into the game from the start, Joker crews can bring in some great thematic free agents and sidekicks to help give the crew some needed bite as well. This can help you out with beginning model count as you get your crew to the table. As there is only one starter available for this crew in resin, both of my recommendations will use that crew box as a basis.
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Getting Started: Bane

In my second article for Getting Started crew guides for the Batman Miniatures Game, I am taking a look at Bane. Remember, in the Getting Started series I am going to focus on Batman Miniatures Game and specifically look at a crew at a time and give my thoughts as to what the starting point should be. The focus in these is getting started with the game, and not necessarily the greatest tournament winning and soul crushing lists. Each article is going to focus on ease and cost of ownership and provide a good first list beyond your starter box purchase.

With the Bane crew, it’s about powerful models that will dominate your opponent with strength. Bane crews tend to be elite models that play a very strong role on the table. Each one individually can be expected to serve their role and do it very well. With this article, I will focus on what’s available for resin purchases which makes your cost of entry in getting started with this crew easy and makes future growth expansions not too bad either.
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Getting Started: Brave and the Bold

Getting started with Batman Miniatures Game by Knight Models can be quite daunting. There are so many crews out there that just picking a crew can be a challenge. The nice thing, is for the most part, what models to pick up can be as simple as which ones look good together. However, in the Getting Started series I am going to focus on Batman Miniatures Game and specifically look at a crew at a time and give my thoughts as to what the starting point should be. The focus in these is getting started with the game, and not necessarily the greatest tournament winning and soul crushing lists. Each article is going to focus on ease and cost of ownership and provide a good first list beyond your starter box purchase.
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Episode 73: Catch Up

Episode 73

It’s been a long break, but episode 73 is here!!! The hosts catch up on general what’s going on with some recent hobby talk, games, events and new interests.

Topics on this show include:

  • Bolt Action
  • Operation Sting (Tournament)
  • Movies
  • Batman Miniatures Game
  • General Rambling

With that, let’s roll those dice! Wisco’s for the win!!!!

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Getting Started with Batman Miniatures Game

Batman Miniatures Game by Knight Models is a great skirmish game set in Gotham City and follows the major story arc of the Batman universe stories. I have been recently diving head over heals into this game with painting and building and I wanted to share a few of my thoughts about things to do when first getting started.

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Fast Painting US Army

Finished

I used a simple base-coat and wash technique to finish my US Army for Bolt Action.  It is a quick and easy technique that produces pretty good results for the table.  If you are shy about painting I urge you to go for it and start with this technique.  It can also be brought up more by simple adding a layer of highlight or two.  This technique could be used on anything by just changing the colors.  I’ll also cover the colors I used if you are interested for your own US force and how I did the basing.

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US Army Showcase: Wave 2 and Adepticon

Adepticon

A continuation of the rundown of my US Army collection for Bolt Action.  This covers the next two expansions of my force.  It has become quite the collection at this point and it is all painted!

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