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Es war lange Zeit sehr still auf dieser Seite, was ich ab sofort gerne wieder ändern möchte.


Ich habe mich dazu entschlossen, mich für die WTC 2019 zu bewerben und möchte hier meine Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse auf dem Weg dorthin festhalten. Außerdem habe ich mich dazu entschlossen, den Blog auf Deutsch weiter zu führen, weil es mir einfach leichter von der Hand geht (und ich denke nicht, dass extrem viele aus der internationalen Szene hier vorbei schauen werden ;) )


Am Anfang der Reise zur WTC steht für mich erst einmal die Wahl der Fraktion, mit welcher ich die nächsten Wochen und Monate spielen möchte. Wer mich kennt, weiß wie schwer mir eine solche Entscheidung, mich auf nur eine Fraktion zu konzentrieren, fällt. Auf der anderen Seite ist es nun eben die beste Gelegenheit, da ich kaum Chancen haben werde, wenn ich, wie in der Vergangenheit oft geschehen, fast wöchentlich die Fraktion wechsle ;)


Die abschließende Entscheidung, welche Fraktion es werden wird, ist noch nicht gefallen, aber ich habe die Auswahl schon etwas eingeschränkt. Übrig geblieben sind Cryx, Protectorate of Menoth, Retribution of Scyrah und Trollbloods. Unter diesen vier Fraktionen wird es sich letztendlich entscheiden und ich möchte mich bis zu den Thüringen Masters Ende November festgelegt haben.



Nächsten Samstag ist ein Turnier in München und dort werde ich Menoth ausführen. Ich möchte unbedingt Harbinger mit Judicator und Shrine of the Lawgiver zusammen mit Bastions und Cinerators probieren und sehen, ob dort Potenzial vorhanden ist. An der zweiten Liste überlege ich noch. Zur Wahl Stehen High Reclaimer (natürlich), Reznik2 und Cyrenia. Mit den letztgenannten habe ich allerdings keinerlei Spielerfahrung, weswegen es wohl erst einmal auf den High Reclaimer hinaus laufen wird. Natürlich wird es hier dann Spielberichte zum Turnier hier zu lesen geben.

Choices Part 2

"So that's it. I will be playing Khador and Circle Orboros for the next 6 month and I am excited and curious how it will pan out."

This is a quotation of one of my first posts made on this blog. As I mentioned before, I suffer extremely from faction ADD and with this post I was trying to force myself to keep playing only one (or two things) at a time. Two weeks later I think I will fail to do so ;) I know I am weak, but after playing Circle Orboros in a tournament a week and a half ago I feel the urge to play Cygnar and Cryx. But first things first.

CIRCLE ORBOROS

I had much fun playing Circle Orboros in the last tournament, although I need to improve my placing and learn to think one round ahead when planning my turns with this high mobile, but fragile faction. I still want to play Wurmwood and Baldur2. When I followed the Las Vegas Open, which took place last weekend I was intrigued by the Baldur2 list including a Stomraptor on Una1 Tom Guan played there to good success. So I decided to buy and paint one and try his list.

I also refined my Wurmwood list to include a third Woldwyrd to play him a little more as a gunline type of list. The lists I want to try look like this:

Baldur 2
- Megalith
- Pureblood
Una 1
- Stormraptor
Ogrun Bokur x2 (cliented to Sentry Stones)
Gobber Chef
Sentry Stone x2
Shifting Stones
Swamp Gobbers Bellow Crew

Wurmwood
- Cassius
- Megalith
- Pureblood
- Woldwyrd x3
Gallows Grove
Blackclad Wayfarer
Sentry Stone x2
Shifting Stone x2
Min Bone Grinders
Gatormen Bokur and Shamblers

I am also looking foreward to playing Kaya3, Una2 (more than before the errata), Tanith and Baldur1 with a Woldwrath. And of course I am eager to play Loki !!! So I will stick with Circle Orboros for the time being. There is so much to discover.

KHADOR

I really was looking foreward to playing Khador this year. But right now I am a little down on them. As mentioned before I try to play only painted and I cannot get myself to paint khador models right now. The only model I finished recently is this Devestator.

I am happy with how he turned out, but right now my attention is caught by other things. So I don't think I will be playing Khador in the near future. Maybe I will return to them later in the year, we'll see.

CYGNAR

This is the faction I am most enthusiastic about right now. With the release of Theme Forces there are so many casters out there I want to put on the table. Nemo3, Stryker1, Maddox and of course Haley2 and Haley3. I recently finished painting Laddermore, three Storm Lances and Nemo3.

I really like how these turned out and right now I have 2 more Fireflys and two more Storm Lances on my painting table and will pick up two more Chargers at the next tournament in Erfurt in a week and a half. I haven't decided which faction I will be playing in Erfurt, but Cygnar is very high on that list !!!

CRYX

This is an actual picture of my painting table. Ghost pirates everywhere !!! I am very intrigued to play "The Ghost Fleet" Theme with Denny1, after a friend of mine told me how good it turned when it was put on the table. I couldn't get myself to paint 3 full units of zombie pirates, so I went with the theme and painted them as ghosts. I really liked how they turned out. Two units are finished, only needing to get snow onto their bases. The third unit is primed and will get a wash when I get home from work today. I have a few practise games lined up for Thursday and I hope these will be finished by then.

CONCLUSION

First of all, I won't be making any promises what I will be playing in the future any more ! I have to accept my addiction and live with it ;) So expect battle reports from various factions on this blog in the future. On Thursday I will put Cryx, Cygnar and Circle Orboros into my bag and we will see what gets put on the table. After these practise games I have to decide which faction I will take to Erfurt.

Let's see who will be chosen...





Choices

As mentioned in my first post I suffer from faction ADD (just a little bit). I own every faction in the game except Minions, Mercs and Convergence. In MK2 I changed factions almost every week (a litte bit of an exaggeration, but you get the point).  Since MK3 dropped I have played games with Cygnar, Protectorate of Menoth, Retribution of Scyrah, Khador and Circle Orboros. I played tournaments with Cygnar, Retribution and the Protectorate. What I want to try now, is to focus on two factions (one Warmachine and one Hordes) at a time and only play these for a 6 month period.
So let's see.

HORDES


I really enjoyed playing Trollbloods and Legion of Everblight back in MK2. Legion was my most played faction besides Cryx. With the changes to the factions made in MK3 they both don't appeal to me as much as before. I really had high expectations on Madrak3, as I like the character very much, but I am really disappointed with his rules. Maybe with new releases (Azrael and Kallus2 come to mind) my enthusiasm for Legion will increase again, but right now I have no plans on putting them on the table any time soon. I recently bought a big Skorne package and I am looking forward to painting them in the next months and maybe play them in the next 6 month period.


So that leaves Circle Orbors as the only Hordes faction I'm interested in playing right now and it will be one of the factions I plan on playing for the next 6 month. I will attend a 16 man tournament next weekend and I will bring Circle to that. The Warlocks that interest me the most are Wurmwood, Baldur1, Baldur2, Una2 and Kaya3 (once she is released). My pairing for the tournament will be Wurmwood and Baldur2. I have a few games lined-up against Cygnar for thursday, so expect battle reports and musings on my lists soon.

WARMACHINE


Cryx was my first faction and my first love. They drew me into playing Warmachine in the first place. I really like the astehtics of the faction and enjoyed playing them in MK2. I haven't put them on the table in MK3 and even put my army up for sale. Right now I don't plan on selling them and recently I built my first Cryx list in Warroom, so there is a possibility I will play them some day in the future.
I already played Retribution of Scyrah and Protectorate of Menoth in tournaments in MK3. While they are really strong factions with very good choices (hello High Reclaimer) I don't plan to play them any time soon.



I really like playing Cygnar (aka the Haleys) and my interest in the faction has increased since Theme Forces dropped. I would love to put Nemo3 on the table, since he looks awesome and a lot of fun to play. Maybe I will try him out in a few friendly games, but I have no plans on playing Cygnar competitivly for the next 6 month. Right now, there is one faction I am really excited to explore and that is Khador. I think they have a lot of strong options and many playable Warcasters. The Warcasters i want tp put on the table are Butcher3, Harkevich, Vlad1, Vlad2, Irusk2, Strakhov2 (once he is released), Sorscha1 and Butcher1. Lots to choose from! I already commited myself on playing Khador in a small 12 man tournament in March. Really looking forward to that.

So that's it. I will be playing Khador and Circle Orboros for the next 6 month and I am excited and curious how it will pan out. Expect the first battle reports soon (hopefully friday).