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The Newsletter Page 3 The Sad Muppet Society presents... Issue 23, Summer 2005 T HE NEWSLETTER THE SAD MUPPET SOCIETY A SMALL MATTER OF HONOUR 05|TALE OF ONE GAMER D ARK ELDAR TACTICA|ORDER OF SANGUINIUS Page 2 Issue 23, Summer 2005 EDITIORAL Contents (THE RAT’ S RAMBLINGS) The Rat’s Ramblings 2 Ok, I attempt it, I’ve been newsletter chronicling the I’m back! More rubbish totally rubbish getting this 26th June, and muggings from Chief Muppet summer Newsletter out. here didn’t duck fast enough However whilst there’s a at the last GCN Committee Events Diary 3 short lull between college meeting and is now a assignments, and my boss is regional rep for the Tournaments Towns 4 on holiday, Newsletter 23 Hampshire and West Tour Ah, summer, the time of year has been stuck together in Berkshire area. Ho hum. Nick’s report from when Sweden shuts for two double quick time! The construction of our Pompey and Devizes weeks, and stuff generally So what’s new? Gamesday game is also The Tale of One Gamer 6 gets busy because everyone continuing and various Well firstly I ought to Nick and his very scary else is on holiday. Skaven… devices… have welcome our newest army plans Despite huge amounts of members of SMS from the already been seen at the college work, writing the GCN Basingstoke Store Veterans. club. With luck, the guys will No More Mister Nice 7 Campaign Weekend in With various policy changes be ready to test the game in Tau November, and moving the with GW retail they seem to September. shed, I’ve actually managed have become ‘homeless’ and And finally, after just over Guess who’s been to paint a handful of marines have become a very month, all the tickets for playing we his Tau army over the past three months. welcome addition to our Regarding Retribution (05?) list... club. Oh, and if anyone have been sold out!!! I for Now I need is an HQ, and Home of the Brave and 8 wants to pop along, they one can’t wait to see what some tanks... the Mad have a rather neat forum at devilish schemes Marks ASMOH 05 report and Richard (the Rat) Kerry www.ikonk.net/gw. Freeth and Waple have in Chief Muppet more importantly the Following the Open Play store for the 12th November, results fixture hosted at Glebe Hall although it should be great on the 26th June (vs Spiky fun! Army Building For 11 Club, Oxford Gaming Club, Richard Kerry ASMOH 06 and Yeovil Wargaming Club), Chief Muppet Paul has already started and the fixture against As always I’m on the look out on his army for next Bracknell Forest Gamers on for more articles so if you’ve year... the 15th August, the SMS is got any new rules to test out, As the Dust Settled... 11 now leading the league! want to review something, Duncan’s Orcs have However, certain peoples at write a story, or have any been making a mess Spiky Club have vowed to other interesting article in reclaim their place at the top mind, email me and you The Order of Sanguinius 12 of the board, so there’s still might see it in here next Index Astartes about my all to play for. Rumour has it time. Newsletter Twenty Four new (but no where near that we may even squeeze in is due out on the 8th finished) army a fantasy fixture before the November so I need any Your Soul will be Ours 14 end of the year. articles in the week Part two of Nick’s Speaking of the Gaming Club beforehand at the latest. Network, our very own Mr Tactica: Dark Eldar Jenkin should have an article The League 2005 16 Front cover: in the next GW club Tactical Marine The Open Play League 16 Muppet THE CLUB Merchandise We’ve now got a club earns you the title ‘Member If anyone wants one, we can running, so what’s the deal? Muppet’ and entitles you to a get ‘Team: Muppet’ t-shirts Well, as the main aim is just printed copy of this and polo shirts, with the to cover our running costs, Newsletter four times a year SMS logo on the front and ‘The Meet’ on Tuesday nights plus gets you into ‘The Meet’ the Team: Muppet logo is going to cost you £2 if at member’s rates. In across the back, as you’re a member and £3 if addition to this you can join modelled by various folk at you’re not. Team: Muppet, for the glory of, umm, Basingstoke... the club. So how do I become a These are £15 each and member? So that’s it? available in various sizes. Sorry, this is going to cost Yep, it is. At least until we Speak to Other Muppet you more money. £5 per year change our minds... (Dave James) for more info. One of Dave Driver’s loot counters from ASMOH 05 The Newsletter Page 3 EVENTS DIARY O R MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND MONEY 20-21st August 2005 The Albion Coast Cup Blood Bowl tournament in Southampton. See www.ascd92.dsl.pipex.com/Bloodbowl/ACC/ for more information 3-4th September 2005 Colours 2005 The normal big show in the south of England, including Spiky Club’s Starsmash tournament. 10-11th September 2005 Armour through the Ages Romans to modern day armour, enactments, and stuff, at Bovington Tank Museum A smiling visitor from Yeovil 25th September 2005 Gamesday 2005 Wargaming Club! Games Workshop’s annual show, for the first time at the NEC in Birmingham. 27th September 2005 GCN Open Play Fixture: Bracknell Forest Gamers Our first WFB fixture vs BFG in Glebe Hall on club night 1st October 2005 Open War 4 The 1st Company Veterans 40K, WFB, and EPIC tournament at Warhammer World in Nottingham. 12th November 2005 Regarding Retribution Our first ever Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament... 19-20th November 2005 Warfare 2005 22nd November 2005 Forlorn Hope “To win is to lose. To lose is to Win.” Combat Patrol with a Twist in aid of Children in Need. See Nick Jenkin for more info. 26-27th November 2005 GCN AGM & Sabbat Crusade Campaign Weekend Written by little old me, this is the first Dark Stars Campaign Weekend run by the Gaming Club Network at Warhammer World 3rd December 2005 GCN Open Play League Finals 6th May 2006 A Small Matter of Honour 06 Our premier Warhammer 40000 event returns for its third outing. 2005 SMS Meetings “The Meet” Glebe Hall, Church Street, Basingstoke 16 August, 30 August, 13 September, 27 September, 11 October, 25 October, 8 November, 22 November, 6 December, 20 December A couple of photos from the SMS, Spiky Club, Oxford Gaming Club, and Yeovil Club Open Play Fixture on the 26th June. On the left are just seven of Mike Sharp’s eight (!) drop pods. Ouch! Page 4 Issue 23, Summer 2005 TOURNAMENTS TOWNS TOUR POMPEY PILLAGE & ATTACK 2005 Pompey Pillage – June 2005 my Chaplain and assault Lictor. Five games over two days. I terminators charged out of This was one of those games took my Deathwing along to the Crusader and hit his where, against my normal this one as the points value assault squad. What expectations, everything was 1500 plus 500 point happened next was not nice. worked! We shot every add-on and they’re one of Each terminator with Genestealer before it got to the few armies that can lightning claws gets two us. The Lictor died painfully Due to time constraints and meet this criteria. There’s attacks basic +1 for two in combat. We charged the an ailing memory I can’t also the other factor that weapons and +1 for charging Carnifexes and took them bring you the full scale very few people expect – so with four of them that down with so many power tournament reports for someone to be daft enough fist attacks. Pompey Pillage and Attack to take such a small so, instead, here’s the cut All-in-all we did not lose force…. down version with added very much and his army sugar. Oh and since had gone. they’re purple I At the end of Day was able to one the fully colour Deathwing code with were very purple dice scared and a and purple feeling a shirt. bit sick. Splendid! Why? We Game One were vs Imperial third out Guard of 24! (Recon) Happily day Ouch. Got shot two saw us about a lot. Two return to Earth of the with a bang (well Dreadnoughts more like a wet survived a lot of thud). shooting as they stomped Game Four vs Death Guard gives 16 attacks, with re-rolls towards the opponent’s (Martin Burke) deployment zone but, because of the eventually, one of them accompanying Chaplain. This Ow. Ow. Apart from his succumbed. The other did is then followed by re-rolling Defiler taking all game to really well and earned me all failed to wound rolls eventually find the range to my Dreadnought I’d say this some much needed points. thanks to the claw’s special rules. Coupled with the game was effectively over Elsewhere only the Crusader Chaplain’s own attacks and once the Daemon Prince remained with every single the terminator with the reached my lines and started Terminator dead. Thunder Hammer, the enemy tearing through vehicles! He Ended up with a minor Chaplain and squad died to did eventually go down but, defeat thanks to the scoring a man.
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