Journeyman League: Week 1

Saying it was week 1 of the Journeyman League is a bit misleading.  In the actual first week, hardly anyone showed up due to several schedule conflicts.  So, I made the executive decision to extend week 1 for another session.  Last night we had five players show up playing Cryx, Khador, Legion, Circle and Retribution.  Nearly everyone got two games in last night and two of us got in three.  I played one game last week as well.

I had a rough night with my Retribution.  I won my first match against the Legion player.  I was up against Thagrosh, a shredder and a carnivean.  I spent a lot of turns and focus taking out the carnivean.  Fortunately, Thagrosh got himself just a little too close to the action and I was able to get a myrmidon in on him and chop him up.

After the Legion it was all down hill.  Against Khador, I just couldn’t bring down the juggernaut in less than several turns.  My poor damage output was partly due to poor rolls and partly due to the low power of myrmidon weapons.  I had to commit both jacks on the juggernaut and that left my caster exposed to Sorcha’s gun and spells.  One dead Ossyan was the result.

Finally, I went up against the Cryx battle box.  This game was like playing with one hand tied behind my back.  With a heavy and three lights, all of which are arc nodes, I just didn’t stand a chance.  I couldn’t keep my caster out of range of all of the lights and eventually, my opponent had a light Ghost Walk through my cover and eat my face.  Of course, I spent most of the game with my heavies killing nothing.  Again, part of the problem was craptastic rolling on both to hit and damage rolls, part of it is those myrmidons hit like sissies.

I am having a tough time getting used to my new faction.  Part of the problem is not having anything to buff up my stuff.  I’m used to playing Menoth and having ways of making my stuff beat face effectively.  I’m hoping as things ramp up I’ll be able to find some synergies that can make my beatings less painful.

* Sorry for the lack of pictures.  I just had a big brain cramp.