Ard Boyz Style Tournament

Well the tournament was an overall success. I started off a bit tired but as the first game went on I came more to life.

My KR Backpack II and the fluids!

-Deployment/Mission
Spearhead/Objectives, Kill Points, Victory Points
-My first match was against Grey Knights. My opponent was a guy ive played several times at FRAG events. Great opponent and always a good game. He was running Draego and Crowe as his HQ choices. Next, he takes 2 five-man units of Paladins and 2 five-man units of Purifiers in razorbacks for scoring. He also has 2 Dreadnauguts with 2 twinlinked autocannons and psybolts, a Calexus assasin, a Techmarine with all grenades, and a Landraider Redeemer. That is all the basic units in his list.
The outcome was me getting max points but there were some hard fights during the game. It took my Bloodtalon Death Company Dread 5 full turns of combat to take out a 5 man unit if Paladins. My Terminator unit went down all in one go from the pistol shots from the assasin which was no good at all. And lastly it took my Librarian Dread 2 turns to finally get moving due to 1 perils and one failed psychic test. After six full turns I ended up taking max points and the big "W" from this game.

-Deployment/Mission
Pitched/Objective, Victory Points, Kill More HQs
-Round 2 for me was against a very solid player indeed. He was running Blood Angels as well and had a pretty hard build. For his HQ he ran a Reclusiarch and attached him to 9 Death Company(8 power weapons/1 powerfist) They were riding in a Landraider. Next he had 2 units of Assult Marines with 2 meltas and powerfist. Their rides were a pair of Landraider Crusaders. He had 2 more troop units of Assult Marines in lascannon Razorbacks. On the heavy side he ran 2 lascannon/missile launcher Dreadnaughts.
Started this match on a bad foot by having to go second. In a pitched battle deployment, for me, it automatically puts my Storm Ravens in reserve. His first round of shooting crippled my shooting so I had 1 of 4 Razorbacks returning fire. Over the next several turns it was a bit of a chess match trying to see who was going to commit first. He ended up moving in first and hurt my Death Company pretty badly. All that remained was my Librarian with one wound and Lamartes with one wound(never a bad thing!) My side came out on top thanks to the Death Company Dread and Lamartes going berzerk! I also assulted and broke his unit of Assult Marines with my Librarian Dread which was very important at that moment. After the rather epic Death Company on Death Company combat(which was the highlight without question!) and a handful of failures on my part trying to destroy Landraiders, the match went to my opponent. With a mere 126 victory points between us. Disappointing to say the least but hard fought and a hell of a game.

My second round opponent and I having a bit of a recap.

-Deployment/Mission
Dawn of War/Victory Points, Table Quarters, Capture and Control
-The final round put me up against a friend from the local group. He was running his Codex Marines(Iron Hands to be exact) His list consisted of a Librarian and a Master of the Forge for his HQs. His troops were three tactical squads with Razorbacks and one mounted in a Rhino. He then took a Thunderfire Cannon and 5 Dreadnaughts(2of which were Venerable) 3 Dreads were in drop pods as well. Lastly he ran a Storm Talon.
This game started off rather well for me. He won the roll to go first and did so.(and im quite ok with going second in DOW) He deployed his 2 units and i didnt deploy any. Forcing him to drop 2 of his pods and not know where I was going to end up. He drops both about 9" or so from my table edge and walks the rest of his force on the board in his deployment zone. On my first turn the entire force rolls on. I roll all 4 Razorback units forward and drop them out(2 for each Dread) Mephiston walks up the center and both Ravens boost up my left flank. The first shooting phase I took out both dreads in my zone and stopped the Storm Talon from shooting and moving. I also got a lucky vision roll and was able to see his Rhino with my boosted Raven and exploded it as well. His turn 2 he destroyed two Razorback turrets and a handful of my Marines but resulted in minimal damage. On my second turn I blew up both drop pods, the Storm Talon, another Dreadnaught, and 2 Razorbacks. During the assults I disembarked my Death Company Dread, it fleeted toward the unit that was inside the exploded Rhino the previous turn and wiped it out with no returning damage. It was at this point that my opponent conceeded and i got full points of that match.

The tournament ended in a 2-1 record and a total of 45 battle points, placing me in 3rd at the end. One point away from 2nd and a mere three points from 1st place. With 2 perfect games and one with a fairly poor outcome I can't complain about 3rd place.

Turnout was quite good.