Dust Tactics League Play!! 05-27-2012

We took a break this weekend from the Gaming Store environment to enjoy some laid back games. We are still looking for a new Gaming Store to call home for our league, but Red Castle Games is high on the list since we already familiar with the environment and staff. With any luck we'll have a West side and East side location to increase our exposure and player pool!

So this week we finished up the Blue Thunder v2.0 Scenarios 5 and 6, Intrusion and Descent, respectively. Afterwards we placed some terrain and played 2 games of Dust Warfare! This time we were more familiar with the rules and had a much better experience with the game.

Scenario 5, Intrusion:

Justin v. John

• Attacker:
  Justin - ALLIES: 250 points
  Bazooka Joe - Action Jackson - The Chef - Red Devils - Hell Boys - Hell Boys - The Boss - Wildfire - Wildfire
• Defender:
  John - AXIS: 251 points
  Lara - Sigrid - Stefan - Heavy Flak Grenadiers - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Laser Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Sniper Grenadiers - Sturmpioniere - Heinrich - Luther

The Axis decided to defend 2 of the objectives in this scenario, leaving the third open for the Allies to gain. Turn 3 saw an Assault move from Stefan and his Sturmpioniere's to attack Chef and his unit of Hell Boys and dealt a decent amount of damage leaving Chef and the two flamethrowers alive. Before the end of turn 3 the Heavy Recon Grenadiers were able to position themselves to fire on the Boss Squad, fully eliminating that unit. In turn 4 the Allies were able to get some revenge with Chef and his remaining Flamethrowers eliminating Stefan and his Sturmpioniere squad. The Red Devils fell to the Heavy Recon Grenadiers, leaving Action Jackson barely alive to continue the fight. The Sniper Grenadiers also saw their end in turn 4. The Heavy Flak Grenadiers were eliminated at the beginning of Turn 5 when the Wildfire unleashed a sustained attack. Sigrid made an attempt to get into position to hurt Joe and his Hell Boys, but the plan backfired when the Joe and his squad were able to retaliate and eliminate the Laser Grenadiers, and seriously hurt Sigrid. The Heavy Recon Grenadiers were also eliminated, leaving a severely hurt Lara behind. In Turn 6 the Axis started to position their walkers around the last remaining objective to prevent the Allies from winning the scenario before turn 8. Lara was able to get an attack off on Action Jackson, eliminating the Hero in the process. The Allies exacted their revenge by eliminating Sigrid, Lara, and the Recon Grenadier before the end of Turn 6. The Luther opened up Turn 7 by taking shots at Chef and his Hell Boys, and successfully killed the hero, but left one flamethrower alive which retaliated with it's own attack to destroy the Walker, and opening a path to the objective. Joe and his Hell Boys were able to accomplish the same goal by eliminating the Heinrich Light Walker before Turn 7 was over. The Allied units had just enough movement points with Joe and his Hell Boys to move into the objective and win the scenario at the last possible second!

Victor: Justin - Allies

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 251 points 
• Defender: 114 points

John v. Nicholas

• Attacker:
  John - AXIS: 251 points
  Lara - Sigrid - Stefan - Heavy Flak Grenadiers - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Laser Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Sniper Grenadiers - Sturmpioniere -Heinrich - Luther
  
• Defender:
  Nicholas - AXIS: 249 points
  Grenadier X - Totenmeister - Manfred - Markus - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Axis Zombies -  Sturmpioniere - Heinrich - Heinrich

The action in this game was off to a quick start! Turn 2 saw Nicholas' Totenmeister and Axis Zombie combination eliminate Stefan and his Sturmpioniere's!! Though John's Axis units were able to respond to and eliminate the Totenmeister's Zombies before the end of the turn, leaving the hero all alone on the battlefield. Turn 3 saw John finish off Totenmeister, but at the cost of Lara and the Heavy Recon Grenadiers. Nicholas charged Markus and his Axis Gorillas up to the Luther, and successfully eliminated the unit. This action did result in the Axis Gorillas falling to John's firepower, but the turn came to an end with Grenadier X and his Zombies eliminating Sigrid and her Laser Grenadiers. At this point John called the game since he had no chance to reach the objectives by the end of turn 8.

Victor: Nicholas - Axis

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 79 points 
• Defender: 174points

Scenario 6, Descent:

Nicholas v. John

• Attacker:
  Nicholas - AXIS: 246 points
  Grenadier X - Totenmeister - Lara - Markus - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Axis Zombies - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Kommandotrupp - Beobachter
• Defender:
  John - ALLIES: 250 points
  Rhino - The Priest - BBQ Squad - Death Dealers - Grim Reapers - Tank Busters - The Hammers - Mickey - Pounder

John decided that the Axis weren't doing their job, so he switched to the Allies! Descent is a very intense scenario and the action was off to a quick start! Turn 1 saw the end of the Axis Gorillas, but at the cost of the Allied Pounder, The Death Dealers, and The Grim Reapers. Turn 2 saw Markus eliminated in the first turn, but that left a path for Grenadier X and his Zombies to make a move on Rhino and his Hammers, who dealt a great amount of damage, but were completely eliminated by the undead squad. This left an opportunity for the Mickey to get some kills in Turn 3 when the Walker unloaded its guns to eliminate Grenadier X and his Zombies with a Beobacther unit. The Priest fell before the end of the turn, sacrificing his life to keep the remaining BBQ Squad flamethrower alive. The Heavy Recon Grenadiers finished off the BBQ Rangers and eliminated the Tank Busters in Turn 4. The Mickey stepped up in turn 5 by eliminated Totenmeister's undead unit, and leaving the undead leader on her last leg. By this point the Allies were very close to having the game won. The Kommandotrupp, Lara, and the Heavy Recon Grenadiers did not have any method to destroy the Allied walker. The task fell to Totenmeister, and in Turn 7 she was able to move into position to put the killing blow on the semi-damaged walker, thereby securing victory for the Axis.

Victor: Nicholas - Axis

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 250 points 
• Defender: 135 points

John v. Justin

• Attacker:
  John - ALLIES: 250 points
  Rhino - The Priest - BBQ Squad - Death Dealers - Grim Reapers - Tank Busters - The Hammers - Mickey - Pounder
  
• Defender:
  Justin - ALLIES: 248 points
  Bazooka Joe - Johnny One Eye - The Chef - Rhino - Ozz 117 - Grim Reapers -  Grim Reapers -  Crack Shots - Hell Boys - Recon Boys - Mickey

This was an intense Allied battle! Turn 2 saw both armies loose Rhino and his squad (Grim Reapers for Justin, The Hammers for John). Justin also lost his Mickey in turn 2, where John lost his Pounder and the solo squad of Grim Reapers. Turn 3 saw John's Death Dealers eliminate Justin's combination of Johnny and his Recon Rangers, but the cost was dear with the loss of John's Priest and BBQ Squad, in addition to the Tank Busters from Justin's attack on John's flank. The Game came to and end in Turn 4 when Ozz and his Grim Reapers were able to finish off both the Pounder and Death Dealers in their activation.

Victor: Justin - Allies

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 114 points 
• Defender: 250 points

We hope to be back to a gaming store to continue our league this coming Sunday! Stay tuned for more details! Good Gaming!!

 

And now for the Dust Warfare games!

First Battle:

Justin - Allies v. John - Axis

Allied Army: 150 points

Command Section: Hell Boys

Section 1: Hammers

Section 2: BBQ Squad

Section 3: Bot Hunters

Section 4: Recon Rangers

Support: Honey

Hero: Bazooka Joe

Axis Army: 148 points

Command Section: Kommandotrupp

Section 1: Battle Grenadiers

Section 2: Laser Grenadiers

Section 3: Heavy Recon Grenadiers

Support: Heinrich

Support: Luther

Platoon Upgrade: Improved Command 

Objective: 2 points - Elimination

Deployment: 1 point - Force Collision

Conditions: 2 points - Off Target Shelling


Victor: Justin - Allies 


Superiority Points:

• Justin - Allies: 6 points
• John - Axis: 1 point

Second Battle: (Same Armies, Different Opponent)

Justin - Allies v. Nicholas - Axis

Allied Army: 150 points

Command Section: Hell Boys

Section 1: Hammers

Section 2: BBQ Squad

Section 3: Bot Hunters

Section 4: Recon Rangers

Support: Honey

Hero: Bazooka Joe

Axis Army: 148 points

Command Section: Kommandotrupp

Section 1: Battle Grenadiers

Section 2: Laser Grenadiers

Section 3: Heavy Recon Grenadiers

Support: Heinrich

Support: Luther

Platoon Upgrade: Improved Command 

Objective: 2 points - Key Positions

Deployment: 1 point - Force Collision

Conditions: 2 points - None

Victor: Justin - Allies

Superiority Points:

• Justin - Allies: 2 points
  2 Full Unit Kills
• Nicholas - Axis: 2 points
  0 Full Unit Kills

Dust Tactics League Play!! 05-20-2012

Congratulations to Nicholas Gyore for winning Second Place, and a Premium Loth Medium Panzer Walker, at the Regional event in Olympia last weekend!! A great representation of our small, but dominating presence in the DUST World!

Our return to league play found us without a Local Gaming Store!! Knightfall Games in Beaverton has closed it's doors. Many thanks to Christopher Slovick for being such a great host and providing the birthplace for the PDX Dust League. Best of luck in your future endeavors!

Additionally we were short a player, but were still able to get 3 games completed in 3 hours at Red Castle Games in SE Portland. We hope that this will be a new home for our league. The staff are very accommodating and the store supports a great diversity of gaming.

Scenario 7, Destruction:

Nicholas v. Justin

• Attacker:
  Nicholas - Axis: 249 points
  Grenadier X - Lara - Manfred - Markus - Totenmeister - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Axis Zombies - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers
  

• Defender:
  Justin - Allies: 250 points
  Action Jackson - OZZ-177 - The Chef - Bot Hunters - Corps Officers - Grim Reapers - Hell Boys - Red Devils - Mickey

This was a great display of Axis Might! The action began in Turn 3 with Grenadier X and his Zombies eliminating the Bot Hunters. The Allies were able to place Chef and his Hell Boys in a great position to eliminate Markus and the Gorillas, but the elimination of that unit also brought an open line of sight for Lara and her Heavy Recon Grenadiers to get what can be considered the game winning kill early in the scenario. At this point it was pretty much just the Allies trying to score as many kills as possible before loosing the scenario. Manfred and his squad of Recon Grenadiers fell in Turn 4, but so did the Allied Mickey. Turn 5 saw the end of Grenadier X and his squad of undead soldiers, however it also saw the end of every Allied unit on the table and a clean victory since the Axis were able to move into the objective by the end of the round.

Victor: Nichols - Axis

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 250 points

• Defender: 100 points

Scenario 8, Destruction:

Justin v. Nicholas

• Attacker:
  Justin - Allies: 250 points
  OZZ-177 - Bazooka Joe - The Priest - BBQ Squad - Corps Officers - Grim Reapers - Hell Boys - Recon Boys - Recon Boys - Mickey
  

• Defender:
  Nicholas - Axis: 249 points
  Grenadier X - Lara - Manfred - Markus - Totenmeister - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Axis Zombies - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers
  

Once again turn 3 is where the action began and the Allies took heavy losses. The BBQ Rangers, OZZ and his Grim Reapers, the Mickey, and a squad of Recon Boys all fell. The Axis player was able to figure out the Allied strategy and struck quickly with devastating results. Granted the Allies did score a great amount of damage in return, but just not enough to eliminate enough units and punch a hole in the defensive line. The Allies made a bold move in Turn 3 and positioned Priest and his BBQ Squad in position to potentially eliminate 2 full squads of Axis units. After winning the turn 4 initiative the Allied player struck and was able to eliminate a squad of Zombies, severely damage Grenadier X, and fully eliminate Manfred and his Recon Grenadiers. Lara and her Heavy Recon Grenadiers retaliated and split their fire to eliminate Priest and his BBQ Squad as well as the second squad of Recon Boys. Turn 5 saw a little Allied revenge in the form of the elimination of the second squad of Recon Grenadiers before the Corps Officers and Bazooka Joe met their end. This was actually a great game and even though it looks like the Axis just walked over the Allies it actually played out in a completely different way. The Axis took enough damage in round 3 to cause concern and a little doubt on who might win the scenario. If just one or two dice fell differently for the Allies the game would have gone a completely different direction. One of the aspects that I absolutely love about this game!

Victor: Nicholas - Axis

Victory Points:

• Attacker:  103 points

• Defender: 250 points

Scenario 9, The Race To Victory:

Nicholas v. Justin

• Attacker:
  Nicholas - Axis: 299 points
  Grenadier X - Lara - Manfred - Markus - Totenmeister - Axis Gorillas - Axis Zombies - Axis Zombies - Heavy Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Recon Grenadiers - Heavy Kommandotrupp - Beobachter - Sniper Grenadiers
  

• Defender:
  Justin - Allies: 300 points
  Bazooka Joe - Johnny One-Eye - OZZ-177 - Rhino - Crack Shots - Grim Reapers - Grim Reapers - The Gunners - The Gunners - Mickey - Mickey - Wildfire - Wildfire
  

This is a difficult battle for an Attacker to win. The objective was to escape units of the Defenders side of the board, however the Defender has excellent placement options to counter the Attackers progress. The is very little cover for the Attacker to use on their approach and the only cover elements available to place are 2 Ammo Crates. The Attacker gains points for kills and double points for escaping a unit, which can allow for massive points provided the Attacker has units that not only score kills, but also have the survivability to escape the map. 

The action was off to a quick start as a Mickey was able to eliminate the Axis Gorillas and severely wound Markus in the first turn. Turn 2 saw a quick end to OZZ and his Grim Reapers at the Hands of Totenmeister and her undead soldiers. The Allies were able to counter with a quick attack from a Mickey to finish off Markus and wear down Manfred and his Recon Grenadiers. By the end of turn 2 the Allies were able to finish off Manfred and his Recon Grenadiers, eliminate a squad of Zombies, wound Totenmeister, and score some wounds on Grenadier X and his Zombies, who were hiding in a smoke mortar cloud to avoid fire from the Mickey's and Wildfire. Turn 3 was the bloodiest of the scenario with the Axis loosing their Sniper Grenadiers, Totenmeister, the solo Recon Grenadiers, the Beobachters, Lara, and Grenadier X along with his undead soldiers. The Axis spent turns 4 and 5 attempting to advance towards the objective tiles, while the Allies were positioning to finish off the remaining Axis units. The Axis were able to eliminate a Wildfire in Turn 6, but the Allies were able to counter and finish off the Heavy Recon Grenadiers and Heavy Kommandotrupp to gain the victory.

Victor: Justin - Allies

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 74 points

• Defender: 299 points

We hope to be back with more League Play in 2 weeks with a new location. We are looking around Portland to hopefully find 2 gaming stores that we can split our time between in the coming months. We

Warfare FAQ

The F.A.Q. for Dust Warfare is now available for download. Fairly quick release with Warfare barely being out a month, but it is nice to know that FFG is taking a notice to the fans requests and the growing Juggernaut that is the world of DUST. Click here to view the article and download the Warfare FAQ!

Good Gaming!

New Releases

FFG Announces the arrival of the first wave of SSU units! We look forward to the additional units available soon, especially those KV-47's!! Also, be sure to pre-order your Zverograd Campaign book for Warfare. And finally, the Dust Warfare Core Rulebook is on sale at wargamevault.com.

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Dust Tactics League Play!! 05-06-2012

We played 9 league games in total between last Friday and Yesterday at Knightfall Games! Lots of catch-up games accomplished and we are back on track for the league schedule. We also did a quick game of Dust Warfare, but got pretty much every detail wrong. I won’t go into game details much due to the sheer number of games we played and other updates to the blog.

Also, check out the Unit Cards section for the updated SSU unit cards!! I am still working on getting copies of all the Axis and Allied unit cards, and will update you all when I am successful.

Scenario 1, Reconnaissance:

John v. Nicholas

• Attacker:
  John – AXIS: 72 points
  Battle Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Hans

• Defender:
  Nicholas – AXIS: 93 points
  Kommandotrupp – Sturmpioniere – Heinrich

Victor: Nicholas – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 27 points

• Defender: 72 points

Justin v. John

• Attacker:
  Justin – ALLIES: 80
  BBQ Squad – Bot Hunters – Honey

• Defender:
  John – AXIS: 72 points
  Battle Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Hans

Victor: Justin – ALLIES

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 72 points

• Defender: 28 points

Scenario 2, Patrol:

John v. Justin

• Attacker:
  John – AXIS: 250 points
  Lara – Sigrid – Stefan – Beobachter – Heavy Laser Grenadiers – Laser Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Heinrich – Lothar – Ludwig  

• Defender:
  Justin – ALLIES: 250 points
  Action Jackson – Bazooka Joe – The Chef – 13 Foxtrot – BBQ Squad – BBQ Squad – Corps Officers – Crack Shots – Crack Shots – Red Devils – Steel Rain  

Victor: Justin – ALLIES

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 87 points

• Defender: 250 points

Nicholas v. John

• Attacker:
  Nicholas – AXIS: 250 points
  Grenadier X – Totenmeister – Lara – Markus – Stefan – Axis Gorillas – Axis Zombies – Axis Zombies – Heavy Recon Grenadiers – Beobachter – Heinrich

• Defender:
  John – AXIS: 250 points
  Lara – Sigrid – Stefan – Beobachter – Heavy Laser Grenadiers – Laser Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Heinrich – Lothar – Ludwig

Victor: Nicholas – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 250 points

• Defender: 81 points

Scenario 3, General Assault:

John v. Nicholas

• Attacker:
  John – AXIS: 247 points
  Angela – Grenadier X – Lara – Sigrid – Axis Zombies – Heavy Recon Grenadiers – Sniper Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Heinrich - Luther

• Defender:
  Nicholas – AXIS: 247 points
  Grenadier X – Lara – Markus – Totenmeister – Axis Gorillas – Axis Zombies – Axis Zombies – Beobachter – Beobacther – Heavy Recon Grenadiers – Lothar  

Victor: Nicholas – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 44 points

• Defender: 247 points

Justin v. John

• Attacker:
  Justin – ALLIES: 250
  Bazooka Joe – Ozz-177 – Rhino – Grim Reapers – Grim Reapers – Hell Boys – The Boss – The Gunners – Pounder  

• Defender:
  John – AXIS: 247 points
  Angela – Grenadier X – Lara – Sigrid – Axis Zombies – Heavy Recon Grenadiers – Sniper Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Heinrich - Luther

Victor: John – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 150 points

• Defender: 165 points

Scenario 4, Counterattack:

Justin v. John

• Attacker:
  Justin – ALLIES: 250
  Johnny One-Eye – Ozz-177 – The Chef – Corps Officers – Hell Boys – Hell Boys – Tank Busters – The Gunners – Mickey

• Defender:
  John – AXIS: 238 points
  Grenadier X – Stefan – Axis Zombies – Recon Grenadiers – Recon Grenadiers – Recon Grenadiers – Recon Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Tank Killers – Heinrich – Heinrich

Victor: Justin – ALLIES   

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 196 points

• Defender: 145 points

John v. Nicholas

• Attacker:
  John – AXIS: 248 points
  Sigrid – Battle Grenadiers – Kommandorupp – Recon Grenadiers – Sturmpioniere – Tank Killers – Heinrich – Lothar – Ludwig

• Defender:
  Nicholas – AXIS: 246 points
  Axis Gorillas – Axis Zombies – Axis Zombies – Axis Zombies – Beobachter – Beobachter – Beobachter – Recon Grenadiers – Heinrich – Lothar – Lothar

Victor: Nicholas – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 184 points

• Defender: 208 points

Nicholas v. Justin

• Attacker:
  Nicholas – AXIS: 247 points
  Grenadier X – Totenmeister – Lara – Markus – Axis Gorillas – Axis Zombies – Axis Zombies – Heavy Recon Grenadiers – Beobachter – Beobachter - Lothar

• Defender:
  Justin – ALLIES: 247 points
  Bazooka Joe – BBQ Squad – Crack Shots – Hell Boys – Hell Boys – Red Devils – Tank Busters – Honey – Mickey

Victor: Nicholas – AXIS

Victory Points:

• Attacker: 217 points

• Defender: 135 points

We are headed to Olympic Cards and Comics this Saturday and will be back May 20^th to continue the league! More updates to come as the SSU will drop any day now!! Below are some of the shots of our incredibly ass-backwards game of Dust Warfare!!

Good Gaming!!

Objective: 2 points - Elimination
Deployment: 1 points - Force Collision
Condition: 2 points - Off Target Shelling

Nicholas - Axis: 140 points
Sturmpioniere
Heavy Flak Greandiers
Lara
Heavy Laser Grenadiers (w/ Lara)
Hans

Justin - Allies: 125 points
Hell Boys
Death Dealers
Rhino
The Hammers (w/ Rhino)
Blackhawk
+ Improved Command