Sun, Aug 2nd Chicago Jedi Challenge Mini Marathon Tournament
Location: My Apartment , in Wicker Park, Chicago Cost: FREE!!! Each player brought 4 squads. One 100pt, one 150pt, one 200pt, and one TILE WARS (200pt).
Round 1 - 100pts Round 2 - 200pts Round 3 - 150pts Round 4 - TILE WARS (200 pts)
The squads could have had the same characters or not. They could have been the same faction or not.
--------------> Special thanks to Fool and Boba52 for sending prize support. Thanks again guys - that was super cool!
Final Standings (top 6)
1. Deri M (fingersandteeth) 100 - GM Yoda, Rex, R2 astro, uggie 200 - Yodabuck, AniStap, Rex, Qui-Gon JT, Panaka, R2 astro, Mas, filler 150 - Han Smuggler, Luke RC, Madine, Bothan Noble, ERC, Reeikan, Dod, TILE WARS - Kyle JM, Han GH, Mara Jedi, Gen Wedge, Ossus Guardian 2. Tim B (TimmerB123) 100 - Rex, Dash Rendar RS, Lobot, R2 astro, uggie 200 - Terrible Twi'Leks 150 - Mara Jedi, Kol, Wedge TILE WARS - Durge JH, Dart Tyranus LotDS, ym, Aurra Sing JH, Wicket 3. Mark C (Iamcrudo) 100 - Boba Merc, Twi"lek BSV, Reeikan, 2 Mouse Droids, 1 uggie 200 - Kyle JBM, Mara Jedi, Leia Skywalker, Gen Wedge, CLObot, Dodanna 150 - Boba BH cannon (Bothan Nobles, etc.) TILE WARS - Revan, Sith Lord x3, Sith apprentice, Sid Hologram 4. Jonny B (Jonnyb815) 5. Sean R (cultofgreedo) 6. John S (cheich)
Also in attendance were:
Peter M (treknogeek) Gunnar M (DarthMalstrom) Dave J Jake K and Javitt came by for a couple rounds too.
It was a great time - kinda cool to get so many different squads in one day. Every faction was represented!
I won my first round (100pts) in a close one against Jake. Jake played Wedge, Kol and Leia Skywalker, no dodanna. I had Rex, Dash R2, Lobot and filler. He placed Leia poorly one time, and I took her out with Rex and Dash. It was downhill from there for him. He did a valiant sprint in with Kol, eventually taking out Rex since I based him to nerf his evade, but it was too much firepower for him to overcome in the end,
I won round two in a really close match against Mark. I had Terrible Twi'Leks (Xizor, <new> Thrawn, Ozzel, Imp Gov Tarkin, Czerka, Lobot, 3 TBS vigos, filler), and he ran Mara, Wedge, Kyle JBM, Luke Ghost, Dodanna, CLObot, filler. It really came down to one bad placement of Mara, outside Kyle's disruptive bubble. I was able to get my Czerka into position through out-activating him heavily, and swap a Twi'lek BSV in to base Mara (no more evade for her!). I only needed 3s, but of course I rolled a 1 AND a 2! Thank goodness for Thrawn! I win init and now need 7s (needing to hit 2 times now), well 2 misses later I barely pulled it off, and finished her. Unfortunately that was the majority of the time in the game, and then I just had to pull back and play defensively for two more rounds. Kyle alone couldn't kill enough.
Round three was against NR again! Peter brought Wedge, Mara, 2 ossus Guardians and Cade, Padawan. I had NR this time too, with Mara, Kol and Wedge. The difference came down to me having door control and Peter only having three uggies. It was a powerful team, but after the uggies were dead and I was already ahead (killed one vong and had more gambit), then it was played on my terms. Peter was able to save Mara in the end through Cade, Padawan (that was cool to see), but I still pulled it off.
LOL - I hadn't realized until just now that I played against NR all day. Considering there were over 40 different squads present - and only 8 NR (one of those mine!) - that's pretty slim odds.
Championship - I had Durge JH, Dart Tyranus LotDS, ym, Aurra Sing JH, Wicket vs Deri (Kyle JM, Han GH, Mara Jedi, Gen Wedge, Ossus Guardian). Smart positioning of his pieces made me have to take out his Ossus Guardian first. No small feat, since my squad was mainly Jedi-Hunters. I threw Aurra in the middle with Nym right behind (Taking away evade). Then smacked him with Tyranus to get him down to 10 hp with Durge left to go. Without BH or JH bonuses, he needed a 9 to hit. I used the triple and missed all three. That was big. Mara was lined up to kill Aurra if Deri won init. Aurra would have a sick Baster Barrage probably taking out Mara and 60 off Kyle. I lost init, was sliced and diced, and quickly lost everyone else. Han finished off Nym, while Kyle came in to take out Durge. If memroy serves I did take out Mara, but too little too late. Then it was Tyranus vs the world. Even with MotF2, duelist and renewal, Kyle pretty much took him out alone. I laughed the next day when I realized Nym has recon that I didn't use. Duh! Might have not made a difference, but if I had won that big init - it would have been a game at least. As it was - it was a slaughtering!
Congrats to Deri - he played awesome all day with 4 great squads.
I hope to do more fun tournaments in the future. I hope we can get a good regular group going again.
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