...All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
- Gandalf, The Fellowship of The Ring
Well I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself this weekend. One of the best gaming events I've been to. Kudos to the guys I went with (Dave, Edd, Sam, Chris, Lee), not only did they all pull out extremely great looking armies on a tight schedule, but I don't think it would have been anywhere near so much fun without such good mates to share it with.
I also played against some really ace armies, including a great Howling Griffons army by the guy (I forgot his name - there were so many new people to meet!) from howlinggriffon.co.uk, the insane mordian army with a 50-man conscript platoon whose commander made a 'fix bayonets' speech when I charged him (glee!), and an ace witch-hunters army which totally thrashed my tyranids with exorcist and flamer death!.
I also managed to not completely shame myself by coming out with a 3 win - 2 Draw - 2 Loss score which puts me slightly above average which considering my track record with 'nids (and indeed any type of 40k) I am pretty pleased with.
All in all, a great weekend and I'd love to do another when I can raise the finances!
Stay tuned to this space for more. I will try to upload the pictures and videos this evening. Until then, be excellent to each other.