Results: V6 Combat Patrol at Gunslinger Games

22 players, representing 12 different armies, clashed over three rounds of 41st millennium combat at Gunslinger Games Saturday afternoon, July 28; emerging triumphant from the dust and mire:

•Best General: Shane (Dark Eldar)

•Best Painted: Donny (Imperial Fists Space Marines)

•Best Sportsman: Shay (Orks)

•Murphy's Luck (sponsored by Hitting On 3s): Juan Diaz (Eldar)

Enthusiasm was high, and considerable fun appeared to have been had; over $75 in prizes was a nice return for an afternoon's pitched battle (thank you, Gunslinger Games). Watch Adeptus for another, soon.

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V6 40K Combat Patrol Tourney, July 28 Gunslinger Games!

Gunslinger Games will welcome hobbyists to Warhammer 40,000 Sixth Edition on Saturday, July 28 with a Combat Patrol Tournament from Noon till 4pm!

Players may sign up in advance at Gunslinger Games by either paying a $5 entry fee or making a $10 or more purchase; players may sign up on the day of the event for a $10 entry fee or by making a $10 or more purchase.

Combat Patrol forces are 400-point-maximum, no Allies armies chosen from one in-print 40K Codex which *must* have at least one core Troops choice; the remainder of the Force Org can be chosen from a maximum of one HQ choice (maximum 2 Wounds, no 2+ Saves), vehicles with a maximum AV of 34 (adding Front, Rear and Side Armour [once]), and units which do not exceed 2 Wounds and do not include 2+ Saves. A Combat Patrol Commander figure must be identified; this will be the HQ choice if taken, or a unit leader otherwise. The HQ choice will be able to roll on the Warlord chart for this event if ordinarily eligible to do so. Fortifications *may* be chosen for this event as part of the player's 400 point force, as per V6 rules.

Participating players must also have at least two printed, legible and accurate Army Lists, one of which will be turned in to the moderator for verification before the first round begins.

Models must be primarily Citadel miniatures, fully assembled and properly, legally based; as an introduction to V6-oriented event, forces need not be fully painted *but* there will be a prize for the Best Painted Patrol and every effort will be made for players with painted armies to play opponents with painted armies.

The event will consist of three rounds, following this schedule:

• Noon: Check-In/Army List Turn-In/Table Assignment
• 12:15-1pm: Round One
• 1:15-2pm: Round Two
• 2:15-3pm: Round Three

Prizes will be awarded as soon as final scores are tallied; the event should be concluded before 4pm.

Prizes in the form of Gunslinger Games gift cards will be awarded for Tournament Champion, Best Sportsman and Best Painted Patrol.

Games between any players who are also participating in the North Texas Norh'Tek Nebula V6 Campaign will count extra, and have special campaign conditions in play!

Come spend an afternoon getting to know 40K V6 at Gunslinger Games Saturday, July 28 from Noon to 4pm, at the first Sixth Edition Warhammer 40,000 Combat Patrol!
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Secret Door Apocalypse Charity Event

The Secret Door, a new North Texas GW retailer in the Midway Mall in Sherman, announces a Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse event Saturday, July 14, at the Bryan County Community Center, Bryan County Fairgrounds, Oklahoma, to benefit 'Raising for Rylie'--a charitable organization funding a liver transplant for a six-year-old girl in need.

A donation of at least $10 per player (with all proceeds going to the charity) earns participants the opportunity to bring a force of 1000 - 4000 points. Every 40K race is welcome, and while painted models are preferred the charitable nature of the event means all are welcome. Gameplay will begin at 10am.

The event will also include a Raffle, an Auction, starter kit building demos, a model display, other fundraising activities--and food!

Contact Andrew at The Secret Door with questions or for additional details, and rise to Rylie's defense July 14!

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War for the Norh'tek Nebula Campaign

The release of 6th Edition Warhammer 40,000 is upon us...and to renew enthusiasm for the Hobby and its storytelling and model-building--as well as gameplay--aspects, Adeptus North Texas and participating Metroplex retailers will follow it up with an expansive new ongoing campaign!

War for the Norh'tek Nebula will see each participating store representing a planetary system; as the Nebula region of space roughly corresponds to North Texas, so each store system will be roughly contiguous to their location across the Metroplex. The campaign theme will be announced following the release of V6 details, but all 40K combatant armies will be able to participate!

Campaign battles will be fought three ways 1) in participating stores; 2) at special events (tournaments, Nebula games days/Apocalypse megabattles) in participating stores; and 3) at home/clubs/anywhere else. There will be incentives to fight games actually in stores--for example, retailers who provide in-store playing space will represent a planetary system within the Nebula with a major planet, and all games played in-store will count toward control of that major body, while games fought elsewhere but committed to that system will count toward control of moons/minor planetary bodies therein--but *any* game played (and reported) by participating hobbyists can affect the ongoing campaign. This will allow participating stores which retail GW product but lack in-store playspace to still participate (though their planetary system may be a shattered planet or asteroid belt or somesuch similar lacking a major planet--since they cannot host the in-store game portion--if they can rearrange their store for the occasional special event they might get a special 'high priority' asset discovered to fight over, for example).

The campaign is being announced well in advance of product release to allow hobbyists to take advantage of an additional campaign feature: players will be able to 'declare' a home planetary system by purchasing any version of the upcoming V6 rulebook or the eventual V6 starter boxed set from a chosen retailer--and any campaign games players win for their home system accrue extra benefits toward control of that store's system (representing investment of and/or control of high value assets, etc, such as any martial force might commit to maintain 'home base'). Hobbyists should thus consider in advance where they play most frequently, encourage that retailer to join the campaign, and then make their rulebook/starter set purchases there!

All administering of the campaign will be done on Adeptus North Texas so interested hobbyists will need to be subscribed to the site's emailing list to report results and follow campaign events. Hobbyist participation will be rewarded with in-campaign benefits, as well: name your army's commander, write up your chapter's background, share a campaign battle report, use your graphic arts skills to help compose the Norh'Tek Nebula map (or your store's individual planetary system)--and post it to Adeptus for the community to share!--and you may see it reflected in ongoing campaign events.

It is a time of change; it is a time of struggle. It is the forty-first millennium--and regardless of edition changes, one fact remains constant: in the grim darkness of the far future...there is only war!

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North Texas Gamer's Summer Tourney Batrep Log

North Texas gamer Brad Smith will be taking his Warhammer 40,000 army to the Alamo GT, the Railhead Rumble, Wargames Con and select battles against American ETC players and documenting *each game* in a proper battle report in his 'The Trilogy' summer 2012 project:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/450058.page

Follow the link to see if he completes his ambitious hobby goal!
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