Village Games' Blog

Saturday, September 27. 2008

HERE COME THE 'ARD BOYZ AGAIN...

‘ARD BOYZ 40K TOURNAMENT ‘08

Just a couple of weekends ago we hosted another of Games Workshop’s 40K ‘Ard Boyz Tournaments at the shop. What a tournament it turned out to be! We had 16 players who did battle that day – most of which had wonderfully painted armies, even though they were not required to as part of the tournament.

SPACE MARINES VS. ELDAR

Everyone seemed to have a great time – which is especially amazing given that there was no scoring in the tournament for sportsmanship! I couldn’t have been more pleased (and proud as a member of the gaming community) of the collegiality of the participants. At one point I actually heard the following exchange:

“…can I still shoot them?”

“It’s a friendly game, so go ahead.”

WATER WORLD SPACE MARINES BY JOSH B.

This said with a lot of real prizes on the line! Don’t get me wrong, we had some very good players in the tournament (and some rather cutthroat massacres) but the friendliness between players during the games and away from the table was wonderful.

AN ORC BATTLEWAGON

Before the tournament, we weren’t sure if we would want to host another of these ‘Ard Boyz Tournaments (in part due to some shenanigans pulled by GW), but after seeing the turnout (15 of 16 players were shop regulars) as well as the enthusiasm they had for the game and the tournament I don’t know that we have a choice. We were also talked into hosting another Village Games 40K Rogue Trader tournament later this fall, so keep an eye out for more information on that.

A CHAOS DEFILER

Throughout the day I snapped as many pictures as I could, which turned out to be way too many for a single post. So, I will be spreading them across a couple of blog entries so none are wasted. I will try and give credit to the army’s owner where known, but please forgive me as the memory fails you sometimes when you are sifting through loads of gaming photos.