GoG 2: The one after the first one

My word it's been a long time since I last posted anything.

.... and so it begins. GoG 2 is now under way. This time we've decided to keep it more fluid and we'll update with our own targets soon. Suffice to say we're aiming to have an outing to Nottingham in March so we might well have new stuff for then.

My own targets for the end of April 2010:
Space Wolves (cos they're cuddly) to 1750 points
Orks (cos they're not cuddly) to 1000 points minimum
Easterlings for WoTR to 500 points minimum
Uncharted Seas - 2 starter fleets painted

I do have some other little targets set up and I'll update on those as the year progresses.

Quick Update

It's all been a bit quiet around here so thought I'd just pop in and say hello.

We all had a great weekend up in Nottingham and I've got the results and hopefully some photos to post on Sunday.

This tournie marked the end of our initial GOG Challenge and the overall winner will be announced shortly. GOG 2 will be coming soon to a blog near you.

In the meantime we're embarking on different projects and no doubt updates will be posted as the long summer nights continue; hoping to have my Tower of Skulls project up and running shortly and will post updates as time permits.

Well - here it is

Well we are off to Lenton to take part in our final hurrah at the end of 7 months of hard work and laughter. I wish us all good luck and bon chance, and may the best guy buy the beer.

I sincerely hope we are back at work monday still feeling the effects of the weekend whether they be alcohol, humour or good game related.

I leave you with the age old salute of may all of your dice be double sixes (especially for leadership/faith point tests).

The Meldrew Tally

For March we have...

Painting
3 Points - Everyone!

Gaming
Wins
3 Points - Silverback, Eddy, Silver Fox

Loss
1 Point - Varistat, BFG

The final month of painting is upon us and our outing this coming weekend will decide who will win the Meldrew!

The February Meldrew

So here are the votes of the Meldrew Jury

As we haven't heard from No Name since month 1 we've dropped him off for now; if anyone finds him please let us know!

Painting
3 Points - Everyone!

Gaming
Wins
3 Points - Silverback, Varistat, Silver Fox

Loss
1 Point - Eddy, BFG

Braggina System Update

The Sisters are doing it for themselves. Many planets have fallen to the ravenous ladies and so it has now become the aim of every self-respecting GOG to annihilate the VariStat. Which should then leave the way for the Daemons to steal in....

Oh and the next victim of the Guard will be fighting on the Guard home planet so remember the BFG gets a free re-roll every turn! If they lose then they be Pirates.

VariStat = Dalton System. Home is D'Abo Gold.
Planets Owned (9): D'Abo Gold, Whittaker Arms, Sanchez IV, Coin Zerbe, Wintkidd Forever, Di Vicenzo Fall, Lobe Savalas III, Kurylenko VII, Le Chiffre Mort

SilverBack = Moore System. Home is Katanga Air.
Planets Owned (5): Katanga Air, Scaramanga's Gun, Jaws of Drax, Zorin, Goldfinger III

Eddy = Lazenby System. Home is Blofeld Spectre.
Planets Owned (3): Blofeld Spectre, Spirit Blunt, Vesper's Green,

SilverFox = Craig System. Home is Mikkelsen Desolation.
Planets Owned (2): Mikkelsen Desolation, Largo Rock

BFG = Connery System. Home is Klebb's Love.
Planets Owned (1): Klebb's Love

No Name = Brosnan System. Home is Onatopp.
Planets Owned (4): Onatopp, Bean Trevelyan, Zukovsky's Tower, Frost Graves V

The January Meldrew

So here are the votes of the Meldrew Jury

No games in January so just painting points this month:

3 Points
Eddy, Silverback, BFG, Silver Fox

0 Points
VariStat, No Name

The December Meldrew

Righty-o! Meldrew Tally has been updated for the December painting; we now have 750 point armies that are raring to go to battle in January (although not sure how many takers the Silverback will have after adding that bloody great biker chap in :-))

3 painting points:
Eddie, BFG, Silver Back and Silverfox

1 painting point:
VSM (picture point; no points for painting as Exorcists already painted before GOG started)

0 painting point:
GOG with no name (currently MIA)

Currently Eddie still tops the table.

Will post up the latest Campaign situation later today or the weekend

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Twas the night before Christmas and not a creature was stirring.... except for those still frantically wrapping presents or those still trying to finish their 750 points!

Have a good holiday everyone; be seeing you!

Points Update

Hi guys

The Fox is very busy at work at the moment, so he I have got the scores for the month from him to post on here. He is probably busier at the moment as he can't seem to hit the correct key on his PC......

Anyway for the month of Nov we have the following scores.

Eddy 6 paint = 2; picture = 1; win with 500 = 3
Silverback 6 paint = 2; picture = 1; win with 500 = 3
VariStat 6 paint = 2; picture = 1; win with 500 = 3
BFG 5 paint = 2; picture = 1; draw with 500 = 2
Silver Fox 4 paint = 2; picture = 1; loss with 500 = 1
No Name 0

good luck one and all for December.

30 days hath November...

The walls are closing in! Only 10 days of November to go. Deadlines for 500 points are very close now. GOG Armageddon approaches!!

GOG With No Name - MIA

Has anyone seen or heard from the GOG with no name.

No posts in a while, no comments and no mails?

Scooby Doo, where are you? Hope all is well and to hear from you soon.

Campaign Update

Here's the Battle and Planetary situation at the nearly but not quite mid point of November...

At 250 points best result so far:
Battles Won: VariStat, SilverFox, Eddy, BFG
Battles Lost: Silverback
No Result: No Name

Silverback has won a game at 500 and this will be added to his next month total. To get max points for the first 250 No Name and Silverback need to win a battle in November! Question: Does this game have to be against another GOG? In the interest of fairness I'd say no, it can be against anyone but no Campaign planets can be won/lost etc so no possible bonuses gained. What say you?

Planets:
BFG = Connery System. Home is Klebb's Love.
Planets Owned (2): Klebb's Love, Largo Rock

Eddy = Lazenby System. Home is Blofeld Spectre.
Planets Owned (4): Blofeld Spectre, Spirit Blunt, Lobe Savalas III, Vesper's Green

SilverBack = Moore System. Home is Katanga Air.
Planets Owned (4): Katanga Air, Scaramanga's Gun, Jaws of Drax, Zorin

VariStat = Dalton System. Home is D'Abo Gold.
Planets Owned (6): D'Abo Gold, Whittaker Arms, Sanchez IV, Coin Zerbe, Wintkidd Forever, Di Vicenzo Fall.

No Name = Brosnan System. Home is Onatopp.
Planets Owned (4): Onatopp, Bean Trevelyan, Zukovsky's Tower, Frost Graves V

SilverFox = Craig System. Home is Mikkelsen Desolation.
Planets Owned (4): Mikkelsen Desolation, Kurylenko VII, Le Chiffre Mort, Goldfinger III

At this stage re-rolls will be calculated at the end of each month to keep admin to a minimum!! I is lazy...

Points System Change

Just a quick note to say that after discussion tonight we've decided to drop the Army Vote. We've done this as it's going to be logistically difficult to get all 6 armies together so we can vote; and we don't like difficult.

Photos just don't do the armies justice either so best not to try.

That leaves us with:
Painting - 2 points max
Photos & GOG Post - 1 point
Battle Win - 3 points
Battle Draw - 2 points
Battle Loss - 1 point

SilverBack - Is there a good Table Gadget we could stick in the top left to keep track of our Tale League?

Campaign

As we enter November you'll be ready to try out your first 250 points in battles in the Braggina Riteous system; the draw was made last week so here are the systems each of you calls home:

BFG: Connery
Eddy: Lazenby
Silverback: Moore
Varistat: Dalton
No Name: Brosnan
SilverFox: Craig

Each of you will need to pick a home planet so expect an email shortly. The email will also contain all the planets. All you need to do after your battles is post here with which planet you fought over and the result so that I can keep track of it all and ensure no confusion!

Ensure you post the battle report here for all to see and to make sure you don't miss those Bragging Rights!! Pictures if you can as well please...!

October Round Up

A reminder of the points available each month...

Painting: 1/2 done = 1 (no definition of 1/2 done other than not complete. Each case as it comes up)
Painting: all done = 1/2 done point + 1 extra
GOG Post with Pictures = 1 (even if 1/2 done you can still get a point by posting pics before end of month)
Battle Win: 3
Battle Draw: 2
Battle Loss: 1
Army Vote: up to 3

So for October there are no battles so here is what I reckon so far:
Silverback, SilverFox, GOG with No Name, Eddy, BFG:
Painting = 2
Pictures = 1

Varistat:
Painting = 1 (it must have been 1/2 done? mustn't it?)
Pictures = 1

This leaves us with the GOG vote. Do we reckon that Varistat's entry can be entered for this as it was late? I'll send out a quick email to work out how we do the vote.

I reckon we can include it as it is ready well before we have a chance to vote. Hey don't look at me I'm making this up as I go along!!

Edit: Added extra point for Varistat and comment re GOG Vote

Deadline Day - Month 1

Well here it is!

It's the last day of October (Ok so I'm just under 4 hours early!) and the Month 1 target of 250 is nearly upon us. When the carriage turns to pumpkins on the Hallowe'en night then thy 250 shall be done or the slipper will be thrown to the Dwarves.

So far Silverback and Eddy have qualified for their points; the Fox needs to post a picture of the full 250 points and the rest are... well.... slacking to be honest.

First hurdle boys!! The first hurdle!! Giddy up horsies....

... I'll assign points over the weekend where earned, sort out the campaign bits and then sort out who is eligible for the GOG placing points. So far that would be 3 out of 6. 50%. 50!?!

9 Days to Go - an update

So gentlemen and fellow GOGgers - where are we now:

• Silverback and the Silverfox have turned silver into Gold and finished their 250pts



• VSM has made a decision



• The GOG with no name and the BFG have assembled some troops



• Eddie Artillery is a drop short with no news, no updates and no real excuse apart from reading some boring books.

So with one eye on the countdown, come on you GOGs let's have some updates on where you are with your monthly requirements.

Anyone falling at the first hurdle will be subjected to ridicule and derision - well apart from Jamie who is hosting us on the 29th!!