Back From Hiatus

Hello my readers or anyone new. This is Solodice and I'm back with posting on this blog as I actually have stuff to talk about! I've been getting a good dose of N3 in for the past month. I've played around 3 kill 'em alls to get my feet wet and then about 2 ITS scenarios. Then it wrapped up with a tourney down in New Mexico.

A quick review of N3 (I'll being doing a more in depth one later) is that I'm a fan. I have no big gripes and for the most part it's basically N2 with a few new wrinkles.

Let's talk about the New Mexico tourney for a minute. I would like to thank Dan, the TO, for putting it together and running it. I also came in with the fact it being my first N3 tourney was that I'm not going to claim first. That doesn't mean I didn't play competitively and made it a challenge for my opponents. I went 1-2 with a point spread being 12-16 at the end of the tourney claiming 7th out of a total of 12. I had fun even in the game were I lost 10-0 against Steel Phalanx. I came to have fun and all the opponents were all good sports so I had no reason to be mad at anything even when getting stomped.

The tourney was 300 points, two lists, 3 scenarios (Frontline, Cold Sleep, Antenna Field).

My lists:

Group 1
DEVA Lieutenant (G: Synchronized) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser+Devabot / Pistol, Knife.
- DEVABOT Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse
DEVA (Multispectral Visor L2) Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife
DEVA (Sensor) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife.
DEVA Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife.
NAGA (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
NAGA (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
DASYU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
DASYU MULTI Sniper Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife.
DAKINI Tacbot MULTI Sniper Rifle / Electric Pulse.
MYRMIDON Chain Rifle, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW.

Group 2
MYRMIDON Chain Rifle, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW.

5.5 SWC | 300 Points

Group 1
DEVA Lieutenant (G: Synchronized) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser+Devabot / Pistol, Knife.
- DEVABOT Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse.
DEVA (Multispectral Visor L2) Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife.
DEVA Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife.
NAGA (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
NAGA (Minelayer) Boarding Shotgun, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
DASYU (Forward Observer) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife.
DAKINI Tacbot Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse.
PROXY Mk.1 Doctor Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife
YUDBOT
PROXY Mk.2 Hacker (Assault Hacking Device) Boarding Shotgun, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife. DAKINI Tacbot MULTI Sniper Rifle / Electric Pulse.

Group 2
DAKINI Tacbot MULTI Sniper Rifle / Electric Pulse.
MYRMIDON Chain Rifle, Nanopulser, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, AP CCW
NETROD
NETROD

 6 SWC | 300 Points[/b]

The first list was built specifically for frontline while the other was for the objective centered scenarios.

The games went like this.

1st opponent: Nomads
Scenario: Frontline
Point Spread: 6-3 (Nomads)

This game was a tug-o-war or getting ground and losing ground. My opponent had a nicely placed Intruder sniper on his side which made me prioritize him and kill him at all costs since he could see the whole board. I first tried a coordinated order with the Spitfire, Dasyu sniper, and the Dakini sniper. In the end the Dasyu got wounded while the Intruder stood tall. In the end it was the Dakini sniper with the help of the Deva hackers supportware that brought the intruder down on my last order at the bottom of the first round. After that it was a jockey for the middle which I lost do to not moving my units up closer.

In retrospect I should of moved my two Myrmidons, Deva hacker and sensor, the last Naga minelayer to be alive, towards the middle and that would of been enough points in the middle for me. Instead I tried to go for the secretive objectives like a mad man for some reason. I only got one of them... note to self play the damn scenario first. Can't do that then go for secret objectives.

2nd Opponent: Aleph
Scenario: Cold Sleep
Point Spread: 9-0 (Me)

This game was all mine do to nice lock down of the objectives by my Naga minelayers and the Deva MSV2 and Myrmidon smoke combo. My opponent had no MSV2 on his side which let me do the dirty work with my Deva Spitfire and knock out almost half his forces with him alone. Also this time around the scenario I actually played before going after his units. I only went after his units which were mostly specialists because they got to close to the objectives or were already there. I only killed when I needed to.

Looking back on the game now going second was a really good option for me as being able to move and collect objectives at the end of the game with no counter attack coming next turn is great. I should always keep that in mind and I don't know why I didn't do it in my next game.

3rd Opponent: Steel Phalanx
Scenario: Antenna Field
Point Spread: 10-0 (Steel Phalanx)

This game was on those where if I moved towards the objectives it was get shot or get discovered and get shot. My opponent at the end of the game why I didn't play the scenario and I told him I was but he had them on total lock down so I decided to be general pain in the ass and my dice decided I was going to be one. I probably made around 20 or more ARM rolls to my opponents displeasure. I tried hard the first go to get rid of Phoenix who the long range pain in the ass for me with a Dakini Sniper. I would of probably had him if not for Ajax rolling two ones on my Dakini killing him. I got my revenge on the dumb brute later though.

As I said above I don't know why I decided to go first this game. Maybe it was to do a little alpha strike on some of the key Phalanx units like Phoenix (which didn't work anyways). Also this scenario gives infiltrators the finger do to exclusion zones so my minelayers were useless with there mines save for one guarding the closest antenna to me. I really don't know what I could of done better save for waiting to go second and see how that would of played out.