This is the first in a series of articles I will be writing about
my experience at Adepticon 2012, from the perspective of a veteran of the game
for almost two decades - that had never had the opportunity to attend a large
event. How do you make it so many years in the hobby without ever attending a
large event? Well here on the West Coast we didn’t have the benefit of so many
years of large GT’s and independent events like the guys over on the East Coast
for one, and two – I was always intimidated about going to a large event.
So September of last year I decided that instead of just talking about going to Adepticon, it was high time to just do it. So I sent a message to my friend Tim (Captain Kellen) letting him know that I had decided to go and he would be joining me. I made room reservations and booked a flight, then waited for the events to go ‘live’ so I could purchase my tickets and plan how I would spend my time while there. We decided to enter the 40k Championships on Friday and the Morning Combat Patrol events.
We decided that we may as well try our hand at the big daddy
event despite the fact that neither of us had any misconceptions about winning
anything, but hey – you gotta at least try it. For the Combat Patrol we decided
that a small event like that would give us a nice change of pace from the grind
of the 40k Championships the previous day and give us a chance to get in just
as many games in a shorter amount of time.
For the next seven months I spent time working on my Space
Wolves army every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings for about 2 hours.
Slowly but surely I chipped away at the models a little at a time, often
accomplishing no more than getting one color done an evening. Add to this
getting in at least a game a week to practice with the list and you will
quickly see that Adepticon is truly an undertaking!
I used the 40k Championship missions for 2011 for my
practice games and kept notes on the back of each page for who my opponent was,
their army list and a drawing of the battle with key points from the game.
Later I used these sheets to study from as the day of the event got closer.
These note sheets really helped me to remember what enemy units were capable of
and how I had successfully, or unsuccessfully, dealt with them in the past –
giving me a reminder of what had worked previously.
Between painting my entire army and practicing for the
tourney, this was quickly turning into a part time job!
still practicing_
Tallarn
I played in Saturday morning's Combat Patrol event as well. If only I had known, I would have said hello.
ReplyDeleteNext time.
Hey Brian, we saw you over at your Killzone tables a couple of times but you were deep in discussion at the time and so we figured it better to say hi when you had more time.
ReplyDeleteI played in the Saturday morning Combat Patrol as well, shame we didn't get a chance to talk!
Tallarn would like you to think he is an asshole but he isn't. I hate to ruin his 'tarnished' reputation but I have too. That's what friends are for!
ReplyDeleteThe championship event, for my part, was ok. I wished there had been less emphasis on kill points but it is what it is.
Now, the combat patrol event was everything I expected and more! Fast, killy, unpredictable! I was surounded by warpbeasts and the next thing I know... poof they failed a leadershipt test! Gone... 15 inches the first move and 11 the second! It was stupendous!
Ahhh... I forgot what else I was going to say...
Well, I'll be in some corner... plotting... always with the plotting...
CK