Bush Basher’s were myself Rob Lee, Olaf Detering, Steve Biggs, Ron Wheelhouse and Martin Biggs.  There were 24 players being hosted by Jason and Carla at Final Fantasy in Luton.  My Warband 1 Scissors 3 Cannibal Pariah 1 Bloodthirsty Redcap 2 Bloodheart Temple 1 Ego Cannibal 1 Knight of Autumn 1 Carrion Spiker 2 Thunder Sultan 2 Voodoo Manipulator 1 Eater of Hope 1 Dreadmorph Ogre  Round 1 - James Curtis - Deathtrap - W 6-2 Really high spawns of 10 then 9 He won 3rd round iniative so got his BHT in the centre, latter on putting a Darkheart Cottage in my 4 but I managed to lure his Fleshless reaper into my Knight of Autumn and Thunder Sultan. Then it was a mopping up exercise. Steve lost to Olaf which was his only loss in the initial rounds.  Round 2 - Paolo Trepiccone - Bloodcut - L 1-6 I liked the way his band worked with the Lion flying in to reinforce his creatures. I had an early lead but just didn’t seem to be able to hit his figures and he got me penned into my middle column and I wasn't able to get away from it. On the last turn I needed either a 15 out of 16 dice or one blade from 6 but didn't achieve either. Those are the breaks.  Round 3 - Mark Kirkham - Janus Warpstrike - W 6-1 He took an early 1-0 lead but I just kept bringing out larger creatures and overloaded him to win. It was pretty much a reverse of the previous game.  Round 4 - Ron Wheelhouse - Chessmaster - W 6-0 It was amusing that in our group of 2 tables all of them were Bush Bash as Olaf was playing against Martin. Ron’s first Warcharm had the mishap of being blown to oblivion by my dying Bloodthirsty Redcap. Kept winning initiative and pushing his Knight of Sorrow back into his spawn row blocking his Castle.  Round 5 - Olaf Detering - Janus Warpstrike (with Brighthammer) - L 0-6 He dominated the beginning with a nice trick on the 2nd turn of putting out a Castle and having his warcharm joining his band. I was coming back with creatures but he had me penned back and I allowed him to dominate my left flank while I concentrated too much on the centre and he ran to a quick win.  Round 6 - Alvin Yeoh - Madness - W 6-5 This was amazing for the appalling dice rolls, especially Alvin, though he raced to a 4-1 lead with a swarm of scissors and pick-picks, I caught up to 4-4 then 5-4 to him followed by me taking the last two.  I was 7th on 4-2 out of the 24. Steve Biggs went into the last 4 5-1 but lost in the first round Olaf Detering was 5th on 4-2 Ron Wheelhouse was 6th 4-2 Martin Biggs 2-4  So if we look at our top 4 out of our 24 games there were only 3 losses outside of the Bush Bash.
It was a well run tournament and I enjoyed every game, thanks to everyone involved.
Rob |