The Return of the Humble report

The Humble Strikes Back took place in Forlì (Italy) on 28th April. We were hosted by Torre Nera gaming club and, as the name implies, it is the final event of the Humble Trilogy (the previous ones were reported here and here). It was a three-rounded tournament with 12 players. Mission were The Armory, Power Pack and Highly Classified with two Extras: Reinforcements and Mercenary Contractors.

*inexplicable Dune noises*

Match 1 - The Armory

Player A: DropBear

Faction: Invincible Army

Operation Point: 4

Victory Points: 175

Lieutenant Roll: won the roll, chose to go first

MVP: Bixie

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Player B: Heletilla

Faction: Jurisditional Command of Bakunin

Operation Point: 5

Victory Points: 69

Lieutenant Roll: lost the roll, kept deployment

MVP: Marspider

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Match 2 - Power Pack

Player A: DropBear

Faction: Invincible Army

Operation Point: 8

Victory Points: 279

Lieutenant Roll: won the roll, chose to deploy second

MVP: Shang Ji HRL

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Player B: Merovingian Pope

Faction: Force de Rèponse Rapide Merovengienne

Operation Point: 1

Victory Points: 78

Lieutenant Roll: lost the roll, chose to go first

MVP: Moblot AP Spitfire

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Match 3 - Highly Classified

Player A: DropBear

Faction: Invincible Army

Operation Point: 5

Victory Points: 110

Lieutenant Roll: lost the roll, chose to deploy second

MVP: Zuyong HMG

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Player B: VeryFastPanda

Faction: Nomads

Operation Point: 9

Victory Points: 132

Lieutenant Roll: won the roll, choose to go first

MVP: Gator

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I ended up seventh out of twelve, a result that I find quite disappointing. I chose to go out of my comfort zone and play a Pain Train, which performed greatly, but not good enough to take the Armory. Last match was tougher and I think I wouldn't be able to win that one way or another.

The extras stretched the match length and I felt two hours per turn weren't enough to give each list player equal chances to compete.

All in all a good event. Thanks to all the player and IlCorinzio, tournament organizer and Warcor. A special thanks to VeryFastPanda, CrazyKoala, UncleLeng and FatChance who shared the travel with me.