So if you haven’t yet heard, I’ve been skating with the Red Deer Roller Derby Association’s as freshmeat (derby’s name for total n00b).

Now if only I could montage my way up to boost my skating skills like in the movies, instead of having to grind them up like in WoW (non-referred) or RL.

Since I’ve started, I’ve hit a few practices, fallen more than a handful of of times, and sprained an ankle.

I still love it and I’m hoping to get better and faster on my skates. Sooner, preferably.

With all that said, I have to admit that being involved in derby has made me more sympathetic to power game-y listbuilders in 40K.

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So yesterday I had the pleasure of actually -playing-in a tournament; one I didn’t organize. I figured I needed to get more games of this edition in and I wanted to experiment with the models I had to see what kind of list I can build with them.

(A puny image - click for a bigger, better version.)

My list for this tournament (1800 points).

Shas’El with Flamer, Fusion Blaster & Blacksun Filter

Ethereal with 12 Honour Guard

Unit of 3 Stealth Suits (2 Burst Cannon & 1 Fusion Blaster) x 2

Sniper Drone Squad (2x 1 Spotter & 3 Sniper Drones acting independently)

Broadside Unit of 2 -Each with Target Lock, Smart Missiles & Advanced Stabilization System

Broadside Unit of 2 – 1 with Smart Missles, 1 with Plasma Rifles,  both with Target Lock & Advanced Stabilization System

12 man Firewarrior Squad carrying Pulse Rifles with EMPs & Photons x2

Kroot Carnivore Squad – 10 Kroot and 6 Hounds

Kroot Carnivore Squad 10 Kroot (with 1 shaper upgrade) and 6 Hounds

Pathfinder Unit (5 Markerlights, 3 Rail Rifles) with compulsory Devilfish

Can you believe I don’t own a Hammerhead in my current colour scheme? Craziness, I know.

Anyways, here a little rundown of what my day looked like.  Read the rest of this entry »