The Gosford Gamers Guild and Gosford Hobbies present the



The Gosford Shield
Saturday 12th January 2008 8:30am - 6:30pm
Gosford Hobbies, Brooks Rd, Wyoming
(5 mins north of Gosford CBD)
One day tournament (4 rounds)
Warhammer 40,000 - 1250pts
Warhammer Fantasy - 1500pts
Price: $25
Download players pack from http://www.gosfordgamers.net/events
contact: MarkC (wau)


Gosford is on the NSW Central Coast, half way between Sydney and Newcastle. It is about an hours drive from the Sydney CBD, Newcastle CBD or Cessnock.

Tickets go on sale today (Dec 1st), and can be purchased from

Gosford Hobbies,
Shop 3 / 4 Brooks Ave
Wyoming, NSW 2250

Ph: (02) 4329 2066
Fax: (02) 4329-2077

Players pack can be obtained from the store or download it from http://www.gosfordgamers.net/events

So far there have been 13 tickets sold for 40K and one for WFB.

We are planning a limit of 20 tables (40 places) across the two systems. It looks like 40K is going to be more popular than WFB. We intend to reserve at a minimum of 12 places for each system, but otherwise it will be first in best dressed.

Regards

Mark C

two more in the 40K and another in WFB today
Cheers
Shane

another 40K ticket today, come on Fantasy players where are you all hiding
Cheers
Shane

3 more 40K'ers this weekend. Better get in quick you Fantasy players..... tables filling fast
Cheers
Shane

I believe that we have sold 20 tickets for the 40K side of the event. I find this very promising as this makes us a significant event on the Sydney 40K tournament scene.

There were 13 independent 40K tournaments held in the "greater Sydney" area in 2007. Ignoring the GW run events (Conflict and GT), the top 5 (in terms of numbers) 40K tournaments in 2007 in our region were

Leviathon, 30 players
Emperor's Legion, 30 players
Mother of All Battles, 24 players
Clash of the Titans 2007, 20 players
Escorting Irony, 20 players

So currently we're equal 4th on the list but I'm hoping that we'll do better than that.

The WFB tickets haven't been selling so quickly. However, I'm expecting that we'll see the WFB ticket sales pick up closer to the event.

Regards

Mark C

WOW! thats awesome I didn't realise that - so we are on target to be number one..... if we get the WFB support..... come on guys lets make this event No. 1, your support will raise money for the Guide Dogs (a worthwhile thing in itself) and further it will ensure that this event grows. Only 6 more days to get your ticket with all the freebies (gift voucher - Lunch and a drink) A great day of Gaming, great prize pool and WARRRRRRRR! what more can a young man (or girl) ask for? Besides I want to see a High elf Army in action
Cheers
Shane

The figures I quoted were for 40K events only. The WFB events in and around Sydney have tended to be larger. I think that Dogcon alone (Australia Day long weekend) typically gets over 100 players.

Some Questions and Answers on the event

Question: For the overall event, will you be penalised in the painting section (which is worth 5% of your total score) if your army doesn't have a uniform colour scheme? For example, a space marine army with different units painted in different chapter colour schemes.

Answer: I must admit that I hadn't considered that case when making the scoring guidelines. However, based on what I published there is no mention of the army looking like a uniform force. As such you would still be able to get 4/5 with an army with different units painted in different colour schemes. However, you would be unlikely to get the 5/5 and you would also be unlikely to do well in the separate painting competition.


Questions about Cargo Drop mission

1. You know how we set up with only two troops choices on the table, what about units with the scouts and infiltrate rules? Would they have to set up in reserves with everything else?
   
   
2. The cargo pods, are they like big shipping containers or more like teleport homers (you kno the ones you get with the boxes of termies). Just so we know if they would blck line of sight and how close we would have to be to be considered touching (a container is much much bigger than the homer for example)

Answers

1. Units with the Scout USR would start on the board (as opposed to Space Marine Scouts which do not have the Scout USR).
   
   If any of the two troop units that you decide to start on the board are infiltrators, they can be deployed as per normal infiltrators (ie after the opponent has placed their troops).
   
   If you decide to keep an infiltrating unit as a reinforcement, they do not start on the board.
   
2. Cargo pods will be 40mm bases and count as impassible terrain, even for skimmers. This is to stop players parking a skimmer over the top of the objective and forcing enemy units to be out of base contact with it. Also the cargo pods being teleported down interferes with the gravitronic engines of the skimmer.
   
   The cargo pods will count as level 1 terrain

Question: Can you use Tau Human Auxileries from Chapter Approved?

Answer: With this particular selection from Chapter Approved I have no problem. Any other requests for Chapter Approved units or armies will be decided on a case by case basis.

2 more 40k players and a WFB today - also an internet request for a ticket (awaiting payment) and a phone call from a cherrybrook player (awaiting payment) - getting close to full - be quick
cheers
Shane

5 tickets sold today 3 in WFB 2 in 40K - last day for the freebies tomorrow and 2 tickets left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
Shane

The numbers I have heard are that we have sold
- 26 x 40K tickets
- 10 x WFB tickets
- 2 tickets where the game system wasn't recorded but we think are 40K

This leaves only two tickets left. Because we'd like to keep even numbers in both systems, these will be either both 40K tickets or both WFB tickets, depending on who signs up first.

Regards

Mark C

Adam paid for a 40K ticket today. This means that the remaining ticket must also be 40K (to keep the numbers even).

The WFB competition is now sold out.

Regards

Mark C

wat is the marking criteria that the TO is going to be using to mark the lists for comp??

this would be kinda handy b4 i send my list in.

Sorry about the delay in responding. Hopefully the notes below provide you with the guidance you are looking for.

40k Composition

In the original Gosford Shield discussion I discussed composition



To clarify on the above a few more comments.

• Lists will be judged relative to each other to determine the relative strength of each list.
• Based on the relative strength of the lists, most lists will score in the 8 - 12 (out of 15) range.
• Very low scores out of 15 will be for armies that opponents would not enjoy playing against because they are just hard to play against. Examples might be a Necron army with 3 monoliths, or an Eldar army with 3 Falcons with holo fields and vectored engines.
• Min-max is a term that is often used to describe minimised size squads with the maximum upgrades. This is normally used to make the army as powerful as possible for the least amount of points (eg 5-6 man Space Marine Tactical Squad with Lacannon and Plasma Gun or 5-6 man Devastator Squad with 4 Lascannons). Min-max armies will probably get slightly lower scores for composition.
• Armies that are interesting, unique and look like they will be fun to play against will get a slight bonus.
• Some events penalise armies that have the same unit duplicated lots of times, but not ours. Unless the unit is super tough or super powerful, there is no penalty for having duplicates of a unit (eg 4 x 10 man Tactical Squads with Missile Launcher and Flamer is fine).

Players should also keep in mind the missions for the event when designing their armies.

Mission 1: Breakthrough (Alpha). You will want at least some units that can move into the enemy deployment zone in 6 turns.

Mission 2: Take & Hold (Omega). You need to be able to claim the centre of the board. Being an Omega game only infantry without transports will start on the board and the rest of your army comes on from reserves.

Mission 3: Cargo Drop (Gamma). You need to be able to claim objectives that will be roughly on the centre line of the board between the two armies. However you will only start with two troops choices (including their dedicated transports if they have them) on the board and the rest of your army will either come on in turn 1 as reinforcements or will be rolled for as reserves (your choice on a unit by unit basis). Therefore its worthwhile making sure that your compulsory two troops choices are strong enough to survive by themselves for at least a turn.

Mission 4: Seek & Destroy (Gamma). A straight forward game of eliminate the opponents ability to wage war while preserving your own forces.


Refer to the Players Pack for more details of the missions. There will also be a Mission Pack with detailed instructions. If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me.

Regards

Mark C

all tickets are now sold - thanks to all for the great response
get your lists in for checking by the 5th Jan to MarkC or drop them directly into the shop
cheers
Shane

EDIT - See final list of players and armies in a later post

Mark C

EDIT - See final list of players and armies in a later post

Mark C

Army lists have been received from the following players so far

EDIT - See final list of players and armies in a later post

Thats 11 x WFB tickets and 27 x 40K army lists. (EDIT - I originally wrote 28 x 40K but I had one player in there twice). I'm a little surprised as I thought that we had sold 10 x WFB and 30 x 40K but we didn't make a note about two of the tickets sold and (incorrectly) guessed that they were 40K tickets.

I'm still waiting to see what the final army list is.

Regards

Mark C

I've updated the web site for the Gosford Shield, http://www.gosfordgamers.net/events. This includes a list of the players who have submitted armies, what their armies are, and for the WFB players who are juniors and seniors. 40K players can also download the Missions Pack, which has more details than what was contained in the players pack.

With WFB I have decided to raise the age limit for Juniors from 15 to 16. This is because we had only 1 x 15 year old and 3 x 16 year olds.

Only 4 more sleeps to the event!

Mark C

We have received the missing army list. The final figures are 11 x WFB, 28 x 40K (plus 1 x 40K player withdrew)

WFB

Barrett Klein-Schiphorst (Tomb Kings)
Ben McIntyre (Wood Elves)
Brendan Murray (Chaos)
Darrell Keirnan (Tomb Kings)
Harvey Gray (Orcs & Goblins)
Joshua Petch (High Elves)
Matthew Thomas (High Elves)
Oliver Kenyon (High Elves)
Richard Saxon (Vampire Counts)
Scot Cranfield (Skaven)
Zac Manning (Lizardmen)

40K

Adam Chadwick (Space Wolves)
Andrew Allport (Blood Angels)
Andrew McAllister (Tau)
Beau Fernance (Eldar)
Ben Josh (Space Marines)
Chris Ingle (Chaos SM)
Damien Carter (Chaos SM)
Damien Thompson (Black Templars)
Daniel Burgoyne (Space Marines)
Darren Head (Chaos SM)
David Burgoyne (Chaos SM)
Gerrad Emery (Tau)
Gerry Fallon (Eldar)
Glen McAllister (Eldar)
Guy Townsend (Chaos SM)
James Murch (Imp Guard)
Jeremy Clarke (Blood Angels)
Kristen Emery (Chaos SM)
Marcus Nelson (Tyranids)
Mark Compton (Daemonhunters)
Marty Sullivan (Witch Hunters)
Mitchell Donegan (Eldar)
Nick Cherrie (Space Marines)
Noel Leslie (Black Templars)
Peter Fallon (Necrons)
Rob Blandford (Tau)
Sam Bell-Lawrie (Chaos SM)
Simon Warn (Blood Angels)

Looking forward to Saturday

Regards

Mark C

Mix of 40K armies at the Gosford Shield will be

Space Marines (All) - 9 - 32%
Chaos Space Marines - 7 - 25%
Eldar - 4 - 14%
Tau - 3 - 11%
Ordos - 2 - 8%
Imperial Guard - 1 - 4%
Necrons - 1 - 4%
Tyranids - 1 - 4%

Compared to the average figures for NSW, we're running about 10% higher for Space Marines (32% vs 22%) and Chaos SM (25% vs 15%) than the state average. Our Eldar, Tau, Necron and Ordos representation is pretty much what most NSW events have. Our Tyranids, Guard, Dark Eldar and Orks numbers are down from the state average.

Regards

Mark C

An Additional WFB Player signed up today making 12 in the Fantasy
Jon MacKensie Barr - Dark Elves
Cheers
Shane