Welcome everyone to round 4 of the Fall of 2024 tournament of Galactic Escalation!

Outer Rim Division

DarthMaim
Mando
Overley28
spryguy1981
N3rdSl4y3r
thereisnotry

Core Worlds Division

gandalfthegreatestwizard
Lightsaber
UrbanShmi
Hi-Fives
urbanjedi
NoffyD

Game length is 2 hour time limit and 18pt gambit. There will be 1 week starting Monday (11/4/24) to get your matchups in. Please complete your games by midnight on Monday 11/11/24. If anyone needs extra time, we can extend the time needed, just let us know. Now here are the people and squads that will be competing in round 4:

thereisnotry:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257489/gonna-open-up-a-kana-troopers-350

--Gonna open up a Kana troopers 350--
56 Revan, The Prodigal Knight
49 The Jedi Exile
36 Atton "Jaq" Rand
33 Bastila Shan, Jedi Master
29 Carth Onasi, Old Republic Soldier
29 Satele Shan, Hero of Alderaan
25 Gnost-Dural, Jedi Master
24 Kana Terrid, Jedi Apprentice
23 Jace Malcom, Old Republic Trooper
14 Old Republic Senator
11 Teethree (T3-M4)
6 Mouse Droid x2
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist
3 XT-6 Droid

(341pts. 15 activations)

Map: Starport District

spryguy1981:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/258872/the-hand-of-thrawn-350

--The Hand of Thrawn 350--
66 Galen Marek
50 Baylon Skoll, Imperial Mercenary
33 Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith
30 Shin Hati
29 Kir Kanos
27 Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn
27 Korlo Brightwater on Speeder Bike
27 Taxtro Grave
25 Saberan Marcross
18 Joak Quiller
8 Mas Amedda
6 Mouse Droid x2

(346pts. 13 activations)
Map: Starport District

Lightsaber:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257645/galactic-excavation

--Galactic Excavation--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
55 General Obi-Wan Kenobi
53 Depa Billaba, Jedi Master
26 Elite Republic Commando - Boss
24 Republic Commando Niner
23 Elite Republic Commando - Fixer
23 Elite Republic Commando - Scorch
23 Elite Republic Commando - Sev
23 Captain Panaka
17 Republic Commando - Boss
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid

(341pts. 11 activations)

Map: Listening Post

Mando:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257462/galactic-escalation-round-4--mandos-mandos-

--Galactic Escalation Round 4 (Mando's Mando's)--
67 The Mandalorian (Din Djarin) and the Child
58 Mandalore the Vindicated
56 Jango Fett, Mandalore
32 Venku Skirata
28 Kelborn
28 Mira of Nar Shaddaa
24 Mandalorian Tactician
15 Mandalorian Technician
11 Death Watch Saboteur
7 Mandalorian Crusader
5 Mandalorian Defenseman
5 Porg
2 Kneesaa, Ewok Princess

(338pts. 13 activations)

map: Ravaged Base

Overly28:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257513/extreme-replusiveness

--Extreme Replusiveness--
52 Master Thon
56 Revan, The Prodigal Knight
48 Nomi Sunrider, Legacy of the Light Side
46 Ven Zallow, Jedi Master
33 Bastila Shan, Jedi Master
28 Mira of Nar Shaddaa
25 Juhani
18 Force Nexus
14 Old Republic Senator
11 Teethree (T3-M4)
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
6 XT-6 Droid x2

(346pts. 15 activations)

Frigid Outpost

urbanjedi:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257544/the-escalation-no-one-expects-350

--The Escalation No One Expects 350--
57 Lord Hethrir
41 The Inquisitor, Jedi Hunter
45 Second Sister (Trilla Suduri)
35 Darth Vader, The Emperor's Fist
35 Third Sister (Reva)
33 Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith
32 Ninth Sister (Masana Tide)
27 Wilhuff Tarkin
10 BB-9E
8 Bothan Saboteur
5 Raxus Prime Trooper
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(331 pts. 12 activations)

Ravaged Base is the map

Hi-Fives:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257500/when-vader-goes-for-a-walk---350

--When Vader Goes for a Walk - 350--
100 Darth Sidious, Sith Mastermind
62 Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith
84 Death Trooper x3
27 Wilhuff Tarkin
26 Ysanne Isard
8 Wicket
18 Death Star Trooper x3
3 Mouse Droid

(328pts. 12 activations)

Map: Starport District

DarthMaim:

--A Gathering of Darth's 350--
62 Darth Revan, Sith Lord
50 Darth Bane, Sith Master
48 Darth Malak, Sith Lord
48 Darth Zannah
37 Kas'im, Sith Blademaster
36 Lord Kaan
27 Darth Bandon
14 Exar Kun, Dark Force Spirit
3 Mouse Droid
6 Rodian Brute x2
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
6 XT-6 Droid x2

(346pts. 16 activations)

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257659/a-gathering-of-darths-350


Map of choice = Frigid Outpost

urbanshmi:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257484/escalating-the-one-sith-350

--Escalating the One Sith 350--
61 Darth Krayt
27 Darth Nihl
42 Lomi Plo
37 Darth Stryfe
33 Darth Wyyrlok, Emperor's Ward
31 Spy of the One Sith
28 Darth Talon, Sith Assassin
23 Kell Douro, Assassin of the One Sith
18 Dark Force Nexus
17 Vongerella, Dark Jedi
12 Sith Ordnance Specialist x2
3 XT-6 Droid

(332pts. 13 activations)

Map: Ravaged Base

N3rdSl4y3r:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257517/ge-fall-2024---shin-kickers--350-

--GE Fall 2024 - Shin Kickers (350)--
100 Darth Sidious, Sith Mastermind
50 Baylan Skoll, Imperial Mercenary
40 Gar Saxon
34 Morgan Elsbeth, Imperial Magistrate
30 Shin Hati
27 Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn
26 Great Mothers
22 Night Trooper x2
10 BB-9E
8 R7 Astromech Droid
3 Mouse Droid

(350pts. 12 activations)

Map: Ravaged Base


gandalfthegreatestwizard:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257527/the-darkness-of-his-beard

--the darkness of his beard--
100 Dooku
43 Cad Bane, Bounty Hunter
42 General Grievous, Hero of Hypori
39 Quinlan Vos, Double Agent
35 Asajj Ventress, Nightsister
33 Aurra Sing, Assassin
26 Moralo Eval
14 San Hill, Chairman
9 Red Hand Syndicate Spy
5 Muun Guard
4 Battle Droid

(350pts. 11 activations)

Map: Frigid Outpost

NoffyD:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/257579/4--through-the-lattice-of-his-cell

--4: through the lattice of his cell--

100 Maul and Savage, Master and Apprentice
40 Silri
33 Asajj Ventress, Nightsister
31 Mother Talzin
24 Old Daka
23 Merrin, Nightsister of Dathomir
46 Nightsister Hunter x2
19 Talia, Nightsister Hunter
16 Sith Witch
8 Nightsister Zombie x2
3 Mouse Droid
3 XT-6 Droid

--Map Choice: Ravaged Base

thank you all for your patience! matchups and squads are up and we are ready to start the final round of the tournament! thank you everyone for sending me your info so that i didn't need to contact anyone for it. May the force be with you!

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Lightsaber defeats UrbanShmi 353 - 36 (3-0) on Ravaged Base

Round One:
I win initiative and let UrbanShmi begin. Shmi's Nexus holds Lomi Plo in the centre. We advance. Stryfe activates Force Awareness, and Wyyrlok and Lomi both Cloak. I get gambit due to Coordinated Movement between the Commandoes, Shmi doesn't get Gambit because Lomi spent her turn Cloaking. Stryfe unwisely takes the Easy Path, and suffers the consequences.

Round Two:
Once again, I win initiative and generously let Shmi start.
Characters get activated.
Budget Boss takes a pot shot at an Ordinance Specialist, who dies. Lomi runs up to blow the door I was hiding behind. Boss and Sev team up to kill Lomi Plo. Consolidation of Force happens.
Stryfe is Aware enough to notice the coordinated movement, and moves up the corridor. Kell Douro takes some shots at Boss, who takes 20 damage. R2-D2 tows Mace into the corridor and locks the door to the One Sith horde, leaving Stryfe in strife.
Mace whacks Stryfe. Stryfe activates and Crushingly whacks Mace for 30 (Mace on 120), but Mace Ripostes and defeats Stryfe. More Consolidation.
Krayt takes the Easy Path, but fails both the save and the Crab save.
Both sides get Gambit.

Round Three:
Krayt charges in to get 20 damage on Mace, who Ripostes with a Crit and a Flurry. Krayt then ran away to his starting zone using Presumed Dead. R2-D2 flies Mace right past all the big bad guys (and girls) so that he can take out Wyrrlok with a crit. Both succeed the Dark Presence save.
The Spy tries to shoot Mace four times, but instead succeeds in blasting the wall behind him. Four times.
Kell Douro runs to Vibroblade Mace twice, who Ripostes twice. Mace is now on 20hp.
Boss runs up closer to Mace, so that Panaka can swap Mace and Obi-Wan using Relay Orders. Obi-Wan takes a beating from Nihl. Obi stabs Kell Douro to defeat him, then tanks Lightning from Vongerella.
Nexus runs out of Force (Shmi has been re-rolling a lot) and evaporates. Budget Boss clears out the Spy. The commandoes begin beating on Talon, who blows enough Bubbles to survive on 30hp.
Both sides get Gambit.

Round Four:
UrbanShmi wins initiative (for the first time!) and goes first, Plaeyrin Bol-ing Obi-Wan. A force point helps him avoid this. Then, an XT-6 activates Nihl, and Shmi's dice lit on fire for a 20, flurry 20, and flurry 20. Obi manages to survive on 60 and no FPs.
The commandoes finish Talon.
Krayt charges in, taking a Twin AoO from Depa. Sev shoots twice and budget Boss shoots then cannons Sev into Krayt's smoking remains. Panaka swaps Mace in, then Mace finishes off Vongerella to bring me over 350.

The game was much closer than the scores show - UrbanShmi was incredibly unlucky with her attack rolls (apart from that one Crit chain) and I was very lucky in being able to swap Mace out at the right time, as well as the amount of Crits I rolled. Good luck for the rest of the tournament!

Ah, my apologies. I should have realised that. Thankfully it was close to the end of the match so it had minimal effect on the game.

Are you allowed to give Galen a Style from LS Trainer when he costs more than Baylan?

Overley28 (312) defeats Mando (73) (3-0) on Frigid Outpost [Clarify 3pt win as with almost no attackers left we called the game early instead of playing out until I got to 350]

R1: I won map so mando sets on left. a lot of movement breakers for mando. halfway through round mando uses mando (lol) to shoot at revan who was next to nexus in center at start of game with the help of someone opening the door. misses 1st attack thanks to niman then hits for 30. revan goes and heals from nexus then repulses killing the saboteur, damaging mira, mandalore vindicated, and pushing venku off the edge at the top...who rolls a 5 and fprr a 6 (enough for someone w flight). my mira moves faster to shoot twice and hit venku some more. senator cannons mira and mando makes deflect save to keep him alive. bastilla turns on abm then to avoid cannon shot from venku. Mando furious assaults w jango to hit mira and revan. no gambit

R2: I win init and revan goes and finishes venku. jango furious assaults mira, revan, and uggie and hits all. vindicated triples at revan who hits 1 and gets defensed by revan (90 hp left). T3 targets jango and thon charging assaults to lower hp on him. Technician gives extra attack to mando for double twin on revan who hits first 3 after a fprr, revan defenses and mando is able to finish him on 4th attack. Nomi triples onto jango to finish him off. Cannon goes to mira who hits vindicated twice (30 hp left). His mira grenades thon who has nomi on him and t3 adjacent. not in cover so get to roll saves. all 3 saved once and failed once. A few mando shooters get a little damage on thon but defender helped block a crit in there. mira takes out a defenseman who blocked attacks to vindicated. bastilla keeps abm on. I get gambit

R3: mando wins init and does grenades again...same result all fail 1 and save 1. thon and nomi fprr and make their saves. t3 dies. my uggie blows open the top central door for zallow who spends to move faster and hit mando who counter pushes. I then force push mando into a pit w force attuned. who rolls a 1 and fprr w porg a 6 so that gets mando who had 90 health left. Vindicated triples onto ven who hits 2 of 3 and 1 is evaded. kelborn moves adjacent does some damage to ven. My mira attacks kelborn and also gets the cannon from senator to finish him off. Tactician attacks ven who hits both, 1 evaded and 1 defensed. Thon runs w/ charging assault, give aoo to crusader who splashes himself and thon. Thon takes out vindicated while nomi takes out mira for the game.

Overall this was a good game. ABM helped taking out venkus CE and then getting to venku early. He did force me to turn on ABM round 1. Din with 90 hp into a pit was really the end of things there. This was a fun one to play and thanks mando for the game.

DarthMaim defeats N3rdSl4y3r ( 402 to 189 ) on Ravaged Base (3-1).

N3rdSl4y3r rolls a 20 and so we play on his map. I choose the right and I set up in the middle upper area. He sets up on left side upper area, with a few guys in the middle section.

Rnd 1: I win init and Zannah intuitions and he intuitions Baylon and The Mothers. We both start moving towards gambit advancing our guys towards the middle. I take the approach moving most of my guys towards the broken wall section in the upper right area. He moves his guys towards the middle "Lift" rooms, next to the middle hallway door. As I out activate him, I wait until he's all activated and I see an opportunity to draw first blood in rnd 1. Revan Master speeds to within 5 of The Mothers, as they were holding the middle hallway door open. He then swaps Darth Bane in who activates LS assault, and they go down to the fury of Bane, even after they activated "Force Alter" 2 times. Rnd ends, with both of us getting gambit.

Rnd 2: I win init ( whew! ). I choose to go 1st. We both do our intuitions ( Zannah moves away from the door in the middle of the hallway to the Command Center and Baylon moves away from Bane, who was only a few squares away ). I activate Bane and he runs away like a scared little puppy ( middle hallway door he was adjacent to closed ) to regroup with my forces in the Command Center, then the door to the Command Center room closes also, as Zannah had intuitioned away from it, after init. Gar Saxon fires away at Kas'im, who had been holding the door open in the middle, leading to the outside area. 2 "1's" were rolled as his blaster blew up in his hands and then Kas'im also ran away like a scared puppy, and that door closed too ( I should open up a kennel ). His R7 locks the middle room door to the outside area and then wheelforms BB-9E to lock the middle hallway door to the Command Center, essentially locking my heavy hitters in the Command Center, He then starts moving all his heavy hitters to the middle hallway, next to the Command Center hallway door. Rnd ends with both of us getting gambit.

Rnd 3: He wins init and wants me to go 1st. As I am afraid of him activating Gar ( with accurate shot and Greater Mob ) to probably take out both my uggies in the Command Center, I decide to commence the carnage, and send an uggie to blow the door. Shin Hati says "aha" and she "Escape Manuevers" inside adjacent to Zannah, attacks 2 times and hits for potentially 100 DMG , but thankfully the skilled swords woman that Zannah is, SSM's both of the attacks! She then chokes Zannah for 20 dmg. Darth Sidious comes to the party and Zaps Zannah for 50, but only 30 after Force Bubble, then she fails her activation save ( doh! ) Here's where my decision to "put the pedal to the mettle" and get aggressive early on, ( we both agreed afterwards that this decision in this phase, won me the game ) paid dividends in spades! Revan activated MS, and turned into "The Flash", and moved from the outside area through the Command Center, and out in the hallway ( taking an AOO from Sidious, but was able to LD it ), then stopping perfectly 6 away from half his team. Revan than swapped "Kaan" in to this key position. I then sacc'd an X-t, to move Exar DFS in ( who had "Dark Aura'ed" in Rnd 1 ), again 6 away from most of his team. Then "Kaan" did his thing and exploded ( defeating himself ) doing 80 to most every one of his guys in the hallway ( Sidious - 3, 11, - after 1 FP reroll- he wanted to save Force and decided not to re-roll a 2nd time) ( Shin Hati- 8 and 14 - after FP rr ) ( Baylon- 10 and 12- after FP rr ) ( Morgan Elsbeth 8 and 9 - after FP rr- and she died ) ( 1 of his Night troopers dies ) and last but not least, ( Gar Zaxon rolls a 20 and a 19 ( Bes'kar ) - so he only took 30. Then my only casualty in the blast was one of my uggies in the wrong place at the wrong time. All in all, an excellent "hall", in the hallway, for me ( no pun intended ). He then activates Thrawn, who swaps Baylon into the Command Center next to Zannah, and he brutalizes her for 20 dmg only, missing on the 2nd attack. Malak says "I want to play", and moves in 6 away from Sidious, and lights him up for 30 dmg with SL, bringing Sid down to 40 hp. Then Bandon gets in on it and chokes Sid for 20, bringing him down to 20 hp. He then moves BB-9E into the Command Center to do the electric grid bugaloo, and Bane and my mouse save, however my uggie dies and Zannah takes 10. He moves his other Night trooper who draws an insane line to be able to connect on Malak through the broken down wall section on the Command Center and he does 40 dmg on him. Then Gar Saxon blasts Malak for 20 dmg ( missing on the 1st shot ( FP re-roll from Sid missed as well, then the 3rd attack hit, bringing him down to 70 hp. Then Bane engages Baylon with his Lightsaber, hits for 30, then hits for another 30 ( Baylon rolls a 6 with LB ) then he dies at the hands of the Banester. Kas'im Leaping assaults to try and take out Shin, but she Makashi's the 1st attack and I miss the 2nd, thanks to Shin's Shi-Cho Style. Rnd ends with both of us getting gambit.

Rnd 4: N3rdSl4y3r wins his 2nd init in a row, rolling another 20! He chooses to go 1st and has Sid break away from Kas'im, who misses, but chooses to FP rr- and hits , only for Sid to miss his parry but make it on the FP re-roll, so that he could move over to Zap Zannah for 50, which ends her day at the base.
Kas'im once again does Leaping Assault and takes out BB-9E, who was blocking los to Sidious from Bandon, who then took out Sid, with Force choke, ending the Emperor's day at the base. Shin Hati backlashes and attacks Kas'im, hitting on the 1st and missing on the 2nd, bringing Kas'im down to 80 hp ( Lightsaber Protection ). Thrawn swaps Shin to safety, away from Bane, putting a Night trooper there instead ( now you see her, now you don't ). Bane sliced him in half, with the poor trooper's last words, "what did I do to deserve this?" Gar Zaxon blasts my last uggie. Rnd ends with both of us getting gambit.

Rnd 5: N3rdSl4y3r wins init again. Shin moves to attack Revan, who LS defenses the attack ( had to FP re-roll after missing the 1st save ). Here's where N3rdSl4y3r made a mistake and left the R7 next to a small hallway door leading to the other side of the hallway, leading to the 2 "lift" rooms, where he had hid Gar Zaxon, who he thought was safe. I moved a Rodian Brute to open the door to the small room on the hallway side. Revan said "not so fast" and activated MS and "Sonic'ed" all the way through the small room, and up to the lifts, basing Gar Zaxon. He then swapped Bane in, who thanks to "Star Forge's Echo", activated LS assault, to end Gar Zaxon's day at the base. Thrawn moved down to the small room below adjacent/under the hallway, still in gambit. He then moved the R7 who locked the door, so that he would lock himself in a room, located in gambit. Kas'im then moved in to attack Shin and hit her, but she promptly Makashi'ed the attack. Then Bane moved in with LS assault, and she missed the Makashi anyway, ending her day at the base. Rnd ends with both of us getting gambit, and the game ended as time ran out and I went way over 350, in this rnd.


All in all, a very good match. N3rdSl4y3r and I both agreed that his rolls were great at times, but really failed him at the critical and crucial "Thought Bomb" explosion moment, where he suffered extreme casualties when it went off and all his heavy hitters couldn't roll the needed 15, even with FP rerolls ( due to Dark Aura ) ( with the exception of Gar Zaxon - who rolled a 20 and a 19 ). Thanks for the game!

NoffyD defeats Hi-Fives (364 to 122) on Starport District (3-0).

Hi-Fives wins map roll so we play on his map. I choose the right and I set up in the middle-ish area. He sets up on left side middle area, with a few guys in the lower section.

Rnd 1: He wins init and makes me go first. I intuition with daka and she lets maul and savage move 2 (because she is ending her move). Mostly just positioning. I move all my characters to baggage check except Merrin (who chant of resurrects) and maul + savage and daka who manage to steal a seat in port authority. Fives positions outside the big door to the docking bay (with some scrubs in Flight Control)

Rnd 2: He wins again and makes me go first and daka doesn't intuition. I move a xt-6 to a better place (not heaven). He moves palpatine to hide behind the ship with some death troopers. I move a zombie to open the door to the loading bay from the baggage check area. I snipe a Death star trooper but he rolling evades out of sight which makes my hunter so downcast that they decide not to use their twin (he got out of LoS). I think talzin canoned him to kill a different DS trooper. He gets vader up to where palps and the boys are hanging out and i get asajj and silri into the right headspace. There was day, and there was night, the third day.

Rnd 3: He wins init and palps decides it's worth it to charge into the baggage area and murder a hunter. The silri security force take action and she hits palp for 80 and gets canoned from talzin (the angry momma) for 80 more. With palps down vader didn't know what to do (he was going to throw him into a pit but some else killed palps for him). He spins with vader who spends 2 to stroll hurriedly to kill the sith witch who was blocking the entrance to the baggage room (she felt scared after what palps did) and he canons with tarkin to move a death trooper somewhere to hit a zombie.

Rnd 4: He wins init and charges with vader takes 30 from a zombie's opportune attack (fails dark armour) the zombie get's djem soed into oblivion and he spends two fp on rage to take out silri in one turn. Asajj bravely marches up to vader and hits twice for 100 he djems back for 40 (spends two on rage and two on power but fails second save). The last hunter burst lightnings vader who fails his dark armour save and has no fp to stop his demise. talia potions with asajj and next phase asajj pops back adjacent to one of the death troopers. Momma T zaps all the death troopers (chain lightning) and canons asajj to kill one death trooper. Meanwhile, maul and savage come out to do what any normal 100pt piece would do, get really expensive gambit.

Rnd 5: I win init and snipe a death boy with my hunters to feel cool about myself (they hit one but he rolling evades the other). He kills another adjacent zombie with a death trooper and a couple of phases take place but then a beautiful thing happens. my zombie 🧟‍♂️ takes out a death trooper who zombifies and takes out a death trooper who zombifies and takes out a death star trooper who zombifies and takes out wicket who zombifies and take out a mousie. Maul gets moved two after daka ends her move within six which also opens this door to the docking bay. Maul runs up to tarkin and hits twice for 80 killing him and that is his whole squad gone



Great fun playing against you hi-fives. enjoy your stay in christchurch (even though its the worst nz city)

Last games of the tournament before playoffs! Wow this is super close! Many players are neck in neck for the top 3 and this will be interesting to see what the order is for playoffs by next week. Please get your games in by the end Monday November 18, 2024. "The force will be with you...always." - Obi Wan Kenobi

Round 4 game #2 matchups:

Outer Rim Division

DarthMaim vs thereisnotry

N3rdSl4y3r vs Mando

spryguy1981 vs Overley28

Core Worlds Division

gandalfthegreatestwizard vs NoffyD

urbanjedi vs Lightsaber

Hi-Fives vs UrbanShmi