Congratulations to Omnus for winning first place out of 38 players!
Top 3 finishers:
1. Omnus 5 -1 (lost to Shinja) [Obi Unleashed, Han RH, Luke HPU, Rieekan, Dodonna, R2, Mouse Droids, and Ugs]
2. Shinja 5 - 1 (lost to DanielJM) [Luke's Snowspeeder, Chewie of Hoth, Leia, ERC, Madine, Rieekan, Dodonna, Mouse, Ug]
3. DanielJM 5 - 1 (lost to Omnus) [Vader Unleashed, Palp on Throne, Dash, Ozzel, Jagged, a million Ugs]
Round 1 vs Jack (Grief) playing Boba Cannon
I won map (Chancellor's Starship) and he took the right. I kept my stuff hidden, so Boba had to extend pretty far to get shots. I put 40 on him and he put 20 on the speeder (which was promptly repaired back off). A crucial point happened in the second round when he tried to kill Madine. He hit all 4 shots (from Boba and a Bothan), but Madine made 2 Evades, and survived with 10 HP. He then moved up to disrupt Boba and the Snowspeeder based him and finished him off (with Leia's help).
Final score 70 - 0 (Opponent conceeded after 3 rounds)
Round 2 vs Aaron (Slie) playing Boba Cannon
He won map (Rancor Pit), and I took the right. I kept my commanders in the top room and advanced the Speeder, Madine, and Chewie against the center wall, but low enough that Boba couldn't get a line on them (Slie started on the bottom left, so he had to move Boba up quite a ways to get lines to the other side around the center wall). In the 2nd round, he moved Boba to get a shot on the Speeder. His first attack was a 20. The Speeder took 70 (after Damage Reduction). I was able to move Madine up to Disrupt Boba now that he had already activated (to prevent the Bothan's CEs), and I repaired 20 off the Speeder with Chewie. Boba took 30 damage total that round after evades. In the 3rd round, Slie thought that the speeder only had 10 HP left, and decided to attack it. He twinned with Boba twice (with a Bothan) and I made all 4 evades. Then I re-Disrupted him and based him with the Speeder for the kill (with Leia's shots as well).
Final score 67 - 10 (Opponent conceded after 3 rounds)
Round 3 vs Rob (??) playing Boba Cannon
Yay, 3 Boba Cannons in a row. I won map (Chancellor's Starship) and I ended up on the left. This game played out simiilarly to my first game. I baited Boba out into Disruptive range, then based with the Speeder for the kill.
Final score 89 - 8 (Opponent conceded after 3 rounds)
Round 4 vs Darcy (??) playing Boosted Twi'lek Black Sun Vigos
I won map, and he set up on the left. In the first round, I used my ERC to open the top left door, and flew my Speeder up to get a shot to kill his Czerka. He was only able to get a line back to the Speeder with one Vigo, and I made both Evades. Second round, the Speeder based 2 Vigos, killed one, and killed the other one with Leia's attacks. The third Vigo shot at Leia and missed once, and I made the other Evade. Third round, I killed the last Vigo then began my assault on his commander area.
Final score 119 - 0 (Opponent conceded after 4 rounds)
Round 5 vs Charles (Omnus) playing Rebel Triple Threat
He won map (Broken Christophsis). I deferred side and ended up on the left. He positioned for first round gambit with an ug and a mouse droid, but I opened the door with my ERC and was able to kill both of them early. He ran Obi and Luke out into the central area. Luke took a lot of hits, and eventually failed some Evades, getting down to 30 HP. He brought Luke and Obi up through the central room over to my side. I disrupted Obi and got some shots on him without Evades, then took a push on Madine before I locked the door in their faces with my ERC. He brought Han out to open the central door near gambit so his R2 could override the door that I had locked shut back open. Unfortunately, Han had already spent his Force point, and he failed a bunch of evades, so he died out in the center. I opened the door and killed Luke, but I lost Madine to Obi. But the snowspeeder was able to finish him off.
Final score 119 - 18 (Opponent conceded after 5 rounds)
At this point, I was the only 5 - 0 left, but we were playing 6 rounds so I got paired down for the last round.
Round 6 vs Daniel (DanielJM) playing Vader Unleashed, Palp on Throne, and Dash
He won map (Ravaged Base) and I deferred side and ended up on the inside of the base. He severely outactivated me with something like 8 Ugnaughts on his Ozzel squad. I killed a few Ugs, but took 50 damage on the speeder to do it. I was able to repair the speeder for 2 rounds after that though, back up to 80 HP. He rolled reserves twice, bringing in a Storm Commando and a Dark Trooper Phase III. In round 4, I moved the speeder like 30 spaces to base Dash (who had already taken a little damage), and used Leia to give the extra attacks for the kill. At that point, I was up by 10 points, and time was almost up (2 minutes in the round). We finished the round with Leia at 10 HP and Madine based with Vader. Next round, I won init, and moved the Snowspeeder up to base the Storm Commando. I needed 5s to hit. Rolled a 3, reroll: 1. Twin Attack: 2. Then Leia died. I took an AoO with Madine to get a Cunning +20 shot on Ozzel, then used Rieekan to finish him off. But then Madine died too.
Final score 73 - 60 (I lost at time)
Omnus ended up having the best strength of schedule out of the 5 - 1s, so I took second. It was a very fun event, with a ton of participants. There actually was quite a bit of squad variety, even though my experience was fairly limited.
Omnus is not planning to attend Gencon, but he graciously decided to give me the Gencon pass. So thanks a ton, Charles!
