Nova Recap!

Nova: The Recap

A Series

Ok, I'm back from Nova, and finally ready to get back to posting.  What?  I've been lazy.  Sue me.  Anyway, I wanted to go over my experiences at Nova, what seemed strong / not-so-strong, and possible thoughts for the future (especially in the light of the new FAQ).  So, to start, this is the list I took:

IG with SW Allies

CCS - Astropath, Master of Ordnance, Mortar

Gold Platoon

PCS - Mortar

Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe

Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe 
Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe
Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Plasma Gun, Power Axe

Silver Platoon

PCS - Mortar

Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe

Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe 
Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Autocannon, Plasma Gun, Power Axe 
Infantry Squad - Krak Grenades, Plasma Gun, Power Axe

Leman Russ

Leman Russ

Vendetta

Vendetta

Vendetta

Rune Priest - Runic Armour, Wolftail Talisman, Meltabomb - Jaws, Living Lightning

Rune Priest - Runic Armour, Meltabomb - Living Lightning, Murderous Hurricane

5 Grey Hunters with a Meltagun

Aegis Defense Line

Basic plan for most games was to swap both Rune Priests to the Divination Primaris power, attach one to each Platoon for rerolls to hit + ATSKNF + Counter Attack (learned while there that we had been reading that rule wrong, oops!).  Then forward deploy the Aegis, run up and play midfield defense and jump to the proper quarters / objectives at the end of the game.  Plus dive for the dirt behind the Aegis / Get Back in the Fight! shenanigans.  Good times, basically.

So, I played 11 games over the weekend: I went all the way to the final game in my bracket, plus 3 games for the Narrative (I went ahead and used my bye Saturday night, I was REALLY burnt after 13 hours of GT!).  I was 1-3 to bracket (though I somehow got placed in the highest 2-2 bracket, not sure how THAT happened!), but then proved I deserved to be in that bracket, winning my first three after bracketing to make it into the 5th bracket final.  Then, in the Narrative, I was 4-1-1 (two missions per game, so 4 mission wins, 1 mission draw, and 1 mission loss).

And what did I learn?  You'll have to wait for the rest of the series!