Wintercon Details

I’ve found (via Wargamerau) details regarding Wintercon are out. It is on the 13^th and 14^th (which we already knew) and there will be two events; a 50 point standard steamroller on the Saturday and a 25 point Mangled Metal/Tooth and Claw which only uses the close quarters scenario. Both events are optional two list events; by this I mean you can bring two lists but don’t have to and if you do bring two lists then you don’t have to use both.

I have to admit I was hoping for a 2-3 list Divide and Conquer for the 50 point event because these rarely get run here aside from Masters Events; which I am not really good enough to qualify for to be quite honest. So I was hoping to experience the pros and cons of that particular format. However, that said the format chosen makes it significantly easier for new players or people using new factions to have enough stuff to bring and also have the best chance of competing. It also would have been cool for one event to be a Hardcore format which looks really fun in SR2013; I might suggest someone run one at the LGS.

My initial plan (pending appropriate spousal approval) is to attend to Saturday standard steamroller. Partly because Saturday is a much easier deal for me but also because I find Khador a bit unfulfilling in MM/T&C events. The biggest gripe I have about Khador MM lists is that it can be really tricky to actually write a legal list. A 25 point format essentially means you pick 30 or 31 points of jacks (honourable mention to Old Which for 28). Things get tricky when you have jacks that cost 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13. Conquest exists as well at 19. This is especially pernicious if you don’t own a Bezerker. If you pick any one jack you want then all of a sudden you’ve got next to no options left. At least other factions with lights and lessers can put a filler in if necessary.

Just as example; say you want to run Harkevich (who arguably is at his best in this format). You’ll want Black Ivan; now you have 20 points. If you don’t own a Bezerker then your options are as follows; two heavies that come to a combined cost of 18-20 points. That’s literally it (again, you could just go Conquest). Many Khador players would have a Spriggan; meaning your third jack literally has to be a Destroyer, Demolisher, Devastator, Decimator, Torch or another Spriggan. Most people don’t own two Spriggans and usually the Clamjacks aren’t wanted in this format. It just feels like you have next to no options. It is not a crippling complaint but is exceptionally annoying. That said; Khador does have Behemoth who is kind of a boss in this format. I would be inclined to run Harkevich, Butcher1 or Irusk2 in this format.

It is all a bit of a tangent anyway. I am planning on running Vlad2/Vlad3 for the Steamroller. I am pretty confident I can get Vlad2’s entire list painted up in time. Getting Vlad3’s list painted would probably be pushing it but you never know. I would be half tempted to just run 1 list for simplicities sake.

I’ve been gradually writing up my thoughts on the meta lately. Originally, the plan was to have one blog post about it but it could end up spanning 2-3 instead. Apparently I have a lot of thoughts.