Northern invasion 2025

So, with all the tournament games done, how did I do? Actually not to bad. There were 24  players, up from the original 16, and I placed 12th overall. 

I did note down some information when I originally drafted this post, which was lucky as now I'm writing it, I can't go back on the BCP app and get any more information as I don't subscribe to it, and I'm not going to spend 40 quid a year for one event. 

Anyway, I did take a screenshot of my record. 

Placings we done on "strength of schedule" and mine was not great! I placed at the very bottom of the two wins, 13th place only won one game and I suspect may have finished above me in a different scoring system!

My opponents finished 5th, 14th and 16th in the end. The marine player I fought in the first game came in 5th but the others came 16th (my boy) and 14th (game 3). This meant that my overall score in strength of schedule was pretty low but that's fine, I'm more than happy with a mid-table finish. In some respects, I think the strength of schedule may have flattered me some what. 

Of the boys that came down, my son and his friend, they came 16th and 21st both with one win and two losses. 

My boy played Tyranids (57-95 loss), me (40-60 loss) and marines (90-34 win), coming 16th overall, not far behind me. I don't know where the other players came overall but he came right at the top of the list for those with one win, so he did well regardless. Of the games, the Tyranids match was actually a lot closer than it looks, I have written about our game previously. The last game is a bit of an odd one, the opponent conceded at the end of turn 3. My son was comfortably in the lead at that point, so a win was on the cards but probably not quite a large a victory. This will have boosted his place a little bit overall, I don't think it will have made that much of a difference. 

The other young lad played Marines (34-88 loss, the marine list I didn't want to fight), Imperial Knights (19-41 loss) and Orks (37-33 win), coming 21st overall. I know this is quite far down the order but for someone that has only been playing a couple of years and doesn't play very often I think he's doing well. He enjoyed the weekend and there was the usual talk about the next event. I think he did really well in most games. The first game was against a good player, one I believe he played last year and the opponent said he had played well but been unlucky with cards and dice, but ultimately it was a manoeuvre game that the necrons couldn't match. The game against the knights was always going to be hard as he is still limited in anti-armour and also the knowledge of how to play knights. Even so, it was a good effort. The ork game was actually really close and there was carnage across the table, with very little left at the end of T4 (where they finished the game). 

Overall, I think all three of us did very well, however, I think this will be a high point in my recent tournament statistics. Next year I will not be looking to win two games but will just settle with the aim of winning one game, but it will all depend on how things go over the summer and the probable release of 11th.