Tabletop Day at Tabletop Nation

Today is International Tabletop Gaming day, so what better place for a day pass to be spent than playing Bushido at TTN!


I turned up at opening time with many other eager gamers to see what Wayland had instore for us... and we weren't disappointed... 20+ participation games including several with the developers! My mates at JAG were running several games including Bushido, Carvevale, SAGA and Dystopian Wars, and after a quick catch up with some old friends it was time for some hot Bushido action....

 

Battle 1 vs Brian's Cult: 35pts

 

We played the escort scenario, Sakura and Ikiryo, a big scrap erupted on the bridge between the Kairai, Itsu, Bushi and Akimoto. One Bushi was zapped with Ikiryo's stink eye, but Kato had moved too far forward and was hacked apart by Itsu with ease!

 

This marked the end of the Cult as Ikiyo rolled badly to stink eye Itsu, and was dispatched with a swift swipe hehe. It was then a simple matter to hold up the Kairai as Sakura sprinted up field... Victory to the Ito :-D

Battle 2 vs Jon's Savage Wave

 

 

Jon wanted to try out an Oni force so three big red badasses faced off against my Ito. The ogres sprinted upfield, Bobata takig the lead with Zuba and Waka flanking him... Big B swung his bell and crushed a poor Bushi flat! It was time for Itsu to do his thing and with some epic dice he managed to one shot Bobata hahaha.

 

 

This joy was short lived as Zuba got the charge on an exhausted Itsu and returned the favour... hammering the offending snake lover into a pancake :-(

 

His legacy of poison, combined with a heroic dice storm from Akimoto was enough to see off the Oni. This left Waka, who was dancing with the surving Bushi to little effect, until i was able to channel a lot of kii into him and buff some dice to finish him.... Victory to the Ito :-D

 





 

 

 

Hahaha poor Bobata! Itsunagi to the face!

 

 

 

Poor Itsunagi... Zuba smash!

 

 

A great day was had, i had some time to check out the other games the JAG boys were playing; Canada Steve and Martin were clashing on the high seas of Dystopian Wars... as i left it was Martin's British in a bad way to Steve's Frenchies! Chris and Martin were looting and pillaging with SAGA, the dark age skirmish system. I have played this before a few times and may visit it again in the future... Chris mentioned a crusaded era version being put into production which really sounds interesting.

 

 

Hopefully another event like this is on the cards soon, and the Relics Expo is coming up in May which im very much looking forward too.

 



Butcher's Block: Midas Tier 4 Part 4

Finally finally finally painted my 2nd Road Hog haha, had him in a box for 10 months and blitzed it last night. No more Farrow until my order arrives of 2 more Razor Boars, 4 more Bonegrinders and 6 more Slaughterhousers :-D

 



Bushido Battle Report: Ito Clan vs Cult of Yurei

On wednesday night at the Bunker, myself and my mate Shape (Dont ask!) played our first game of Bushido. We used starter boxes of Ito and Cult of Yurei and fought the Idols scenario:

 

 

 

Cult of Yurei Setup - Shape has done a cracking job painting these!

 



Ito Setup

 



 

 

 

Turn 1 - Both forces adavnce upfield, the more support role characters like Kato and Sakura focus to gain more kii for the coming battle.

 

 

 

Turn 2 - Battle is joined around the Idols, two are contested by Temple Bushi as Itsunagi and Akimoto more on to engage the oncoming Kairai.

 

 

 

 

Turn 3/4 - The Cult gain control of Akimoto, and Itsunagi is forced to kill him before he can kill a Temple Bushi controlling an Idol! the Ito were hacking down kairai on several occasions but the unstoppable undead were rising up again!

 

 

Turn 5/6 - Disaster strikes! The Mannaquin controls Itsunagi after a school boy error by me, he then kills a Bushi which enables the Cult to capture a Idol off me. My last Bushi is killed with the end of turn 6 but i still control one Idol earning a draw haha!

 

 

 

 

We had a great time playing this and had a small crowd watching the action throughout, we made a few mistakes on subsequent reading of the rules again yesterday such as order of second actions and how long the mannaquin is in control of a victim and what it can do whilst under control but thats what playtime experience is for.

 

 

We have arranged a rematch for next week which should be smoother and quicker to fight!



Butcher's Block: Midas Tier 4 List Part 3

Quick update, 4 bonegrinders done, these will be mixed in wth another blister packs worth to make up two minimum units worth in the list.

 



Warmaster Cob's Battle Day!

I'd promised Jacob a few games when we had time, and he could have one of his friends over to play too. We decided to play Relics as he was most of the way through painting his army and was itching to put them to the field against my Nuem:

The Boys have deployed their Orcnar and i have my Nuem

 



 

 

Turn 1: Our forces ran forwards to meet the enemy head on!

 

Turn 2: The Paenitentiam ruin the Unmman unit as an Eiotan mashes up a Dedicatus!

 



Turn 3: The Orcnar grind down the Nuem

Turn 4: The Nuem are on the ropes as the last few fall :-(

Victory for Warmaster Cob and Griffin

 

 

...And in now way did they gloat!



Butcher's Block Midas Tier 4 List : Part 2

Work continues on the new piggies, Midas and another Razor Boar are ready:

 

Midas

 

 

Razor Boar 2

 





Butcher's Block: Midas Tier 4 Part 1

With the release of Gargantuans, and the new Farrow Warlock Midas, i have begun to paint up a new 35pt list that is a tier list, and still linked to my existing army. These two beasts are the start of my new forces:

Boneswarm

Razor Boar 1

 



 

 

 

 

More of this to follow soon, i have most of the new models required already undercoated and washed so they can be speed painted out very soon!