Tonight kicked off our long awaited Journeyman League and what a night it was! There were at least 11 gaming tables going and we had a bunch of new people come out. There were veteran players learning new factions. New players boosting their first roll. So many times I just took a break and looked around at all the gaming and all the friends gathered and couldn't help but smile :D
We ate some dinner and chit chatted for a bit and starting setting up at around 7:00.
One of my favorite pictures from the night. Krage on the left and Jim laughing about how their Cryx Battlebox is so overpowered they're going to own everyone tonight. haha. No seriously, this is one of my favorites because it shows the the two guys having a great time-- smiles say it all. Another funny thing. So both Krage and Jim are Cryx right? Check out the colors they're wearing!?! Green Jacket and green shirt. You know what else is funny? In the back is Chris sitting. He's also a Cryx player! Those guys have some serious Cryx pride man. :P
Jackie and Doug kicking off the night with a little battle. Jackie is starting Pirates and Doug has Dwarves. Doug recently became a Press Ganger and this is the first event that he's running. Go Doug!
Not only was there Warmachine but there was Malifaux! Larry learning the game for the first time with Sam and James. Looks like they had a great time, like they're playing poker. Will have to try that game some time.
Justin vs Krage in the foreground. Justin so far is the only Menoth player in the League. Can't tell if his expression is because he's playing Deneghra (how do you spell her name?!) Monte vs Steve in the middle table. Monte has been playing Khador for a while and decided to give Legion a try for the League, facing off against Steve's Khador.
First off, gotta love Maz's stache! Both he and Chris are playing in the Wild West League. It follows the Journeyman League schedule but they create their own custom battleboxes. Here Maz is playing with Strahkov, a Kodiak, and a Devastator. Chris brought eSkarre and hmmmm, not sure what his Jacks were.
Yong playing in his very first Warmachine game. He took Cygnar facing off against Jay who brought Retribution and Kaelyssa (hope I spelled that right).
Brandon and Diane-- Ret vs Circle. New faces to the club and it was great meeting them.
Arron against Byron. I know Byron had Cygnar. Arron, what did you field?
Max vs James-- Trolls vs Trolls?
More Malifaux action!
Ben taking the Swans of Cygnar and facing off against Gators!
More of Chris vs Maz and the epic Cryx vs Khador battle.
Aw yeah, got the dice roll! Look at the motion blur on the dice!
Jay sharing some words of wisdom to Diane, one of the new players.
Was a pleasure meeting Mark who I've seen on our mailing list a lot. He is an AMAZING painter. Mark wanted to paint up his Troll battlebox before playing so he set up near the Malifaux guys. We were all inspired by the work he did tonight.
Larry checking out the Malifaux rules.
Doug with his Dwarves got a win vs Jackie's Pirates. I got to play Doug in my second game. Gorten feated, dragged my Destroyer to his Driller which crippled it. I then had to feat with Sorscha and Wind Rush/charge Gorten. With my last focus, I boosted the damage and was able to bring Gorten down. Was very close!
My Khador brothers Steve and Monte.
Justin deep in thought in his battle with Deneghra.
Love this pic of Sam and James during their Malifaux game.
Anthony, one of our other Press Gangers, playing against his friend Scott (met so many new people. I think his name is Scott) Anthony is playing Legion and Scott has Retribution.
View of all the players tonight. Over on the left is Mark painting next to the Malifaux guys. The rest is Warmachine. I can count 11 tables for 22 players. Might be another match behind that pole but I can't tell. Such an amazing sight to see.
Master and apprentice. Love this shot. Two great painters talking about technique.
Jim with Deneghra battling Brian who is new to the club. Brian is a very accomplished player and brought Stryker and Cygnar.
Glorious brought his Cygnar out, wonderfully painted, and was able to get lots of games in.
Terraclips terrain for Malifaux. This stuff looks awesome.
Close up of some of Krage's minis. Paint job is fantastic. I played against him for my 3rd game. He sent his three arc nodes out and Denny was able to arc Scourge onto Sorscha numerous times and knocking her down. It was a very effective combo negating her insanely high DEF. With ARM 14 the arc nodes made quick work of Sorscha. Deneghra is very good and I definitely like the challenge of facing her. Hope to get more games against her next week. Gotta take out the arc nodes first. Then figure out a way to survive her feat.
Ben showing Cygnar pride with his Pepsi shirt. He and Scott played two games with both of them getting a win.
"Are you serious?" That's what Anthony's expression says to me :P
After going 2-0 for the night, Jim said he had to go home soon. But he stayed for over and hour to hang out :D Here he's watching Monte's Legion against Phillip's Gators. Must be a bad turn for Phillip.
What to do next? Brian debating his next move.
I'll bet what Monte is saying is very funny. He's probably saying it with some kind of accent too.
The epic Malifaux terrain.
The thumb of a mini painter.
Post game discussion with Brian and Doug.
And Darian and a friend finishing the night off with an epic game of 40k-- Blood Angels vs Grey Knights.
So that was our first night of the Journeyman League. I was able to get in 4 1/2 games and it was sooooo much fun. Will write more later about what I learned but wanted to get these pictures up. Was a great night of friends getting together, meeting new people, and having fun painting and rolling dice. Can't wait for next week.
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