I played in the Unhallowed pre-release at Millennium Games in Rochester NY on 3/3/07.  There were 27 players and it was one of the best events and run events EVER held there.Â

Kudos to Millennium for such a well run event.  Heck, we even took a break for lunch as it was that well run.  I look forward to continued great DDM times there.  Kudos also to Rich and Travis for running such a great event.Â

All of the regular and a few new Rochester gamers showed up.  A crew from Syracuse came (6-7 folks), and there were games from Niagara Falls NY (1), North Tonawanda (1) and Erie (2) PA.  It was one heck of a great gathering of DDM players.Â

To everyone I played and all the other players - thanks for a great time!Â

For my boosters I pulled and played the following:

Ultraloth
Pentifex Monolith
Celestial Giant Owl
x2 Blood of Vol Divinity Seekers
Fire Mephit
Changling Rogue

Map - Hailstorm Tower

7 activations

The rest of the pull was:

Stormrage Shambler
Halfling Brawler
Bugbear Gang Leader
Gravetouched Ghoul
Strahd Zombie
Greypeak Goblin
Knight of the Chalice
Devotee of the Silver Flame
Phlanx Solider

I did not use the Stormrage Shamber as it cost too much and I was leary of it running off at the wrong time due to its Wild nature.Â

I got a little lazy and did not write down all of the warbands I played against.  Suffice to say here is what I can remember of what I played against:

Game 1 vs Jay (from Syracuse): Stonegiant Runecarver waraband.  I keyed on everything else, gained some VP's, and stayed away from the Stonegiant.Â
Game 2 vs Rich: Van Richten / Blessed Hunter warband.  Ignoring the Rat Swarm and Blessed Hunter and killing Van Richten won this game for me.Â
Game 3 vs Matt I (from Erie PA I believe): Undead Dire Wolf / Werewolf Lord / Ultraloth / Cleric of Sune warband.  Activation control and taking out the Dire Wolf first and then the Werewolf Lord were key.Â
Game 4 vs Jerimiah: Gorgon / Duergar Slaver warband.  Two key BW saves by my Ultraloth and Celestial Owl were key here, along with winning key initiatives.Â
Game 5 vs Dan (XenoZephyr from Syracuse): Ultraloth / Stormrage Shambler.  This game was basically won on a die roll at the end when I caused a MC on the Shambler and it routed off the map.  Otherwise, a great game agaisnt my friend from Syracuse.Â

I went 5-0 with my warband and placed first - the first time I have ever won a pre-release tournament.Â

I won map for all my games (wow).Â

Summary - the Ultraloth IS A BEAST!  He was probably my MVP and I think he may be my new favorite LE commander.  I used the Heightened Ray 4 times and it only worked in my last game agaisnt the Shamber (and likely helped me win the game).  But I also used his Scorching Ray many times and he is awsome in combat.  Plus, his Telepathy is awsome for making MC's when away from the commander.Â

Runner up MVP(s) - Blood of Vol Divinity Seekers.  These guys were just sick in handing out damage once they based an enemy, especially in the Sacred Circle of the Hailstorm Tower (or also in the presence of Cleric of Sune).  Thier speed 8 and being Fearless were also huge.  I might just have to do some play testing with them.Â

Again, thanks to all.Â

And to everyone else please feel free to add your comments and report your results in this thread.Â

Cheers.Â

Sirohk

Your pull was not too bad.  I thought my was bad, until I realized how tough the Ultraloth is.Â

What map did you use with the Blood Golem of Hextor?  If I had pulled him I was planning on using the Dunngeon of Blood - a short distance map for getting to your opponent.Â

And I agree with others that the Wizard of Turnips is a pretty crummy rare pull.Â