It was our pleasure to sponsor the recent tournament with prizes and to give this account of the results of the day. Enjoy the read and if you would like to approach us for sponsorship please send your details to sales@alternative-armies.com and we will see what can be done. We have an array of HOTT 2nd Edition 24AP Armies which include all needed miniatures with saving and free element bases. All miniatures taken from the HOT 15mm Fantasy Range and Tabletop Miniatures 15mm Range.
HOTT @ Colours
Fourteen players gathered (14th September) for a 15mm Hordes of the Things tournament at the annual Colours Wargames Show in the south of the UK, hosted by Newbury and Reading Wargames Society. Taking place in the Newbury Racecourse Grandstand, traders and historical demo games predominated. We were fortunate to be provided with an excellent, well lit area for our Hott competition, and the players graced this with some great looking armies and scenics.
Starting at 10 a.m., I organised a total of five rounds, and by the end of Round 4 there were four players in contention for the top spot. After a tense Round 5 Mark Skelton emerged the winner, scoring four wins from his five games, using mean-looking Aliens of Acheron.
Alternative Armies had kindly sponsored the event, with some neat 15mm scale models, and NRWS chairman Colin assisted with the presentations. Honours went to 1st (Mark Skelton), 2nd (Martin Myers), 3rd (Pete Duckworth) and Last Place (Simon Finney, taking the much sought after ‘Thrower of Ones’ trophy). An additional prize for Best Presented Army, a tough choice with the great standard of armies brought along, went to Keith McGlynn’s colourful ‘Dobbies Revenge’ force. Other armies spotted included everything from Don Quixote to Space Orks, Japanese Fantasy, Garden Gnomes and Riders of Rohan. In Hott, ‘anything goes’, so imagination and creativity can run riot.
Many thanks to Gavin at Alternative Armies for his kind sponsorship, which was much appreciated, to all at NRWS for the opportunity to play at such a superb venue, and to the great players for making the day a success.
Further details can be found on this public Facebook group.
Here are the detailed results of the tournament:
The Newbury and Reading Wargames Society had provided an excellent, well lit space for the fourteen competitors to play, and the competitors graced this with some great looking armies (we used 40mm frontage / “15mm” scaled rules).
We were playing a total of five rounds, and by the end of Round 4 there were four players in contention for the top spot. A pseudo-Swiss Chess Round 5 followed, at the end of which Mark Skelton emerged the winner, acquiring 20 points for four wins out of five games.
NRWS’s family team of Colin Cockburn and granddaughter Bobbie kindly assisted with the presentations, trophies going to 1st, 2nd and Last (‘Thrower of Ones’) place. NWRS’s Robert helped out by judging the Best Presented Army, a difficult task due to the great standard of Hott armies brought along.
Prizes awarded were:
Winner : Mark Skelton, Alternative Armies 15mm Skeleton Hott Army.
2nd : Martin Myers, Alternative Armies 15mm Dwarf Command pack.
3rd : Pete Duckworth, Alternative Armies 15mm Sitting Dragon.
‘Thrower of Ones’ : Simon Finney, Alternative Armies 15mm Griffon.
Best Presented Army : Keith McGlynn, Alternative Armies 15mm Scenics.
Final points scores
(based on 5pts win, 2pts winning draw, 1pt draw, 0 pts loss).
Mark Skelton ……..20
Martin Myers ……..19
Pete Duckworth ….18
Colin O’Shea ………15 (2 generals killed)
Baldie (aka Lee).….15 (1 general killed)
Neil Mason …………12
Keith McGlynn …….11 (1 general killed)
Connor Truby ………11 (0 generals killed)
Mark Fry ……………..10
Peter Card ……………9
David Cox …………….6
Pete James ………….5 (22 AP destroyed)
Jane Williams ………5 (12 AP destroyed)
Simon Finney ……….1
(Tie break = head-to-head, Strongholds, Generals, Army Points)
Armies Used :
Mark Skelton - Locals of LV-426 (‘Aliens’ of Acheron theme)
Martin Myers - Don Quixote de La Mancha
Pete Duckworth - Dorothy and Chums (Wizard of Oz)
Colin O’Shea - Early Bornu (African Sahel)
Baldie (aka Lee ) - Baldie’s Boyz, Space Orks
Neil Mason - Garden Gnomes
Keith McGlynn - Dobbie’s Revenge (Clark Ashton Smith inspired)
Connor Truby - Orcs and Dino’s
Mark Fry - Riders of Rohan
Peter Card - Ghost Dance (Native Americans)
David Cox - Barbarians (Copplestone)
Pete James - Japanese Fantasy
Jane Williams - Chess
Simon Finney - Orcs
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