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Oh shit, there goes the planet.

Inquisitess Bacardi is pitted against Daemon Princes
Mr. Huggy, and Varius, in a skin-of-the-teeth fight for territory.

"Son of a bitch!!"

Things go from bad to worse. The Invincible is blown up in a ginormous fireball. Then come Obliterators and Daemonhosts and Terminators and strike aircraft...

Finally the Greater Daemon Sedub appears, eviscerating the
body of his cowardly servant Champion Killikin...

After a nailbiting sixth turn, the Inquisition holds one objective and another is disputed due to casualties from shelling. Good f**ing game, wow!!

A Rare Find

The tech-adept was almost astonished, the captured walker seemed to be communicating in High Gothic, his meant that the machine spirit was indeed interactive. The machine's code was complex and secure, but eventually the holy viral programs of the Mechanicus sunk into IKE's mainframe, control was subverted to the tech-adept. Even after the programs took effect the machine refused to acknowledge its holiness or even that it was a machine spirit.

Either way, it didn't matter much. The executioner and thermal cannons would prove very useful in the Imperium's upcoming endeavors.

(More pics.)
Ricalope.

Daily Lope 06

Coffee is brewing, all is well.

This one might be a bit short, but that is how the hammer falls. I just found a new blog out there, and to highlight how neat I think it is, take a look at this (it might solve some broken-arm-syndromes). Also, as we all know, SI's painting challenge is rubble (and you got 16 days). I am starting mine this morning, it shall be simple I think.

Saturday, war, Rabbit Hole, start at one(ish) until six(ish). 40k, 1,500 points?

See you next Daily, Ricalope.

Rabbit Hole Results from GottaCon

The overall scores from GottaCon are up on the Chaotic Order forum. How did the Rabbit Hole do?

Andrew, with 93 points, placed 56. For a guy who bought his starter box last GottaCon that is pretty good!

Chris earned himself 111 points, placing him 36th overall.

Ricalope (thats me!) scraped up 117 points to snag 29th.

And Samalanderripped it up earning 142 points and first overall!

Congrats to everyone who helped, played and the spectators (and prize girls!)
Ricalope.

Daily Lope 05

Now that GottaCon is over (I miss it too), plots and plans begin to form. The first is Warchallenge, the first Warmachine/Hordes Rabbit Hole event. As far as I know, there are 5-6 hobbyists who are taking up the challenge, I wish them all the best of luck, I can't wait to see what they come up with.

But I also hear people say things like, "I don't want to buy all the books, stacks of boxes, and/or learn a new game." I sympathize, I play Imperial Guard. But, at the risk of sounding like a commercial, Privateer Press basically gives away the rules. Don't get me wrong, the books are amazing with both stunning art and involved stories, but not necessary for basic play. Battlegroups have a 'starter rules' booklet, and every blister/box has a stat card (or more) included.

And you don't need that many models (but I will get into that on another Daily).

If 40k is your thing, and you like to play games, we will be starting a campaign. On Sunday, Feb 20, come over (with an army, say 1000 points) and we can discuss politics, cartography and experience. If we can 'create' four different zones/worlds/warzones, (such as Hive Tempestus, Daemon World, ?catland?)...

ok, my brain just stopped, until next round,
Ricalope.

Fester Goes Forth to Collect Biomass for his Cup

In an infected industrial zone the forces of Mr. Huggy and Hive Fester clashed. The first turn saw the Triplets lance the Quadruped and the bugs passing cover saves.

The Hive Mind sent the gaunts to swarm Mr. Huggy, hoping that poison would bring him down, but the daemon prince was too armored.

The Ankle-Biters scaled the wall to assault the right flank, but after multiple rounds of combat they were destroyed.

In the center, Frankie was being pummeled by the havocs , so he went over to stomp them. Life is good being a carnifex.

Fester assaulted the chaos marines who killed the rippers. Being a combat monster, the chaos marines were shoved in his throat-hole. mmmmmm....

The titanic battle in the center was heating up. Frankie had one wound left, lurking in the digestion pit (hot tub), and Mr. Huggy was assaulting having only taken a single wound. They struck at each other.....and fluffed. The next turn, the warriors attempted to put a barbed strangler shot into the chaos marines behind the two giants, and the shot scatters. Both of the monsters are hit and both are wounded. Mr. Huggy saves, Frankie did not.

The game resulted in a satisfying draw after Mr. Huggy charged the Triplets and the warriors counter-charged him. Until next time Mr. Huggy.

Ricalope.

From the Field 03: The End.

It seems that all good things come to an end. Sadly, due to my brain exploding, I did not get too many pictures from Sunday. But here is a shot of Jason Dyer's Inquisition defending Death Mountain. His with-hunters are a very nice looking army, and combined with being an excellent player, I'm sure it stayed in Imperial hands.

As far as my games went, the Unassyn took down many marines but failed to take any victories. The first game was against the Ultramarines, a very enjoyable game with a great player, and a high body count. The second game of the day saw my Eldar fighting Chaos Marines, a game that saw more wacky dice rolls than the rest of the weekend. The farseer exploded first turn, the autarch called it quits mid game and went home, my guardians charged berserkers and killed them, and the war walkers failed to shoot down a defiler (killing it in close combat). There was much wtfing and laughter.

The Rabbit Hole had an amazing presence, we were everywhere. Our trademark "guerrilla" zombies!!! games (we had 2!) Dezzy (aka Flink) rocked the cosplay, she was featured on Check TV (as well as me and the Iron Hands player). Fester, my hive tyrant, took third place in the large model category (I was told that the necrosurgeon and black legion terminators caused arguments amongst the judges). Swimming Eagle, Andrew and myself tore it up in 40k. But the most props go Samalander, winning best overall in the 40k tournament!

I was constantly being complimented on the terrain we supplied, and I wanted to pass them along to everybody who comes down and helps out with it, we supplied 12 tables! There was even talk of the Rabbit Hole assisting with a tournament on the mainland, keep your eyes peeled...

It was good to see old friends, make new ones and have head explody fun. So...when is the next one?

Ricalope.