It's time again to present the awards and the results for this season of the Tabletop Republic Warhammer 40k 1000pt league! This blog will go through the missions, the results, and the statistics from this season, which ran from April to June 2023.
THE LEAGUE
The Tabletop Republic 40k league is a 1000pt league comprised of 5 games (normally 6, but reduced due to 10th edition's release date) played over 3 months. This season had 23 total players!
In the league, players must stick with the same Faction throughout the rounds, but can change subfactions and lists.
TABLE
The final table above shows the full standings for each player - with their placings based on the following criteria
1. Total wins (3pts for a win, 2pts for a draw and 1pt for a loss)
2. Points Difference (total points scored minus total points opponents scored)
3. Total points scored
Scott Errington-Baszley defended his league title and got his 5th podium in a row with his Astra Militarum. Anuerin Brewer also went undefeated and came 2nd, and Dan Hounsell got 3rd with his Salamanders as best of the 4-1 placers
Here is the extended table showing each player's win-loss pattern and opponents.
Note: I (Tom Mepham) dropped out after Round 1 to make it an even number of players.
THE ROUNDS
Here I will show off each round - including the missions chosen, the rules included and the terrain layouts
ROUND 1: Ascension
ROUND 2: Infected (custom mission)
ROUND 3: Display of Spiritual Might
ROUND 4: Strike the City (custom mission)
ROUND 5: Reconnaissance Mission
SECONDARIES
Here are each of the secondaries chosen during the league, how many times they were chosen and the average score for each;
As you can see from above, Bring It Down, No Prisoners, Warp Ritual and Behind Enemy Lines were all high scoring generic secondaries, with Chaos Knight's Storm of Darkness & Ruthless Tyranny, Astra Militarum's Boots on the Ground & Inflexible Command and Deathwatch's Cull Order also all scoring above average
On the flip side, Raise the Banners High, Engage on all Fronts and Assassination all scored below average for generic secondaries, and for codex secondaries, Ancient Machineries, We March for Macragge, Decisive Action, A Clean Victory and Purifying Ritual all scored poorly in comparison
Behind Enemy Lines was the most-picked generic seconday with 26 selections, but amazingly Adeptus Astartes' Oaths of Moments was chosen 30 times making it the first time in the league a faction secondary was chosen most overall.
AWARDS
And finally, we get to the awards - in this first section, all the winners will recieve a small prize of some kind, plus in-store credit
LEAGUE WINNER: Scott Errington-Bazley (Astra Militarum)
LEAGUE RUNNER-UP: Aneurin Brewer (Drukhari)
LEAGUE THIRD PLACE: Dan Hounsell (Salamanders)
BEST PAINTED: Asa Wheatley (Space Wolves)
PLAYER'S PLAYER: Sam Willis (Space Wolves)
WOODEN SPOON: Ben Hardy (Raven Guard)
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Then these awards are just blog-exclusive fun:
MOST POINTS SCORED: Scott Errington-Bazley (1st, 486pts)
LEAST POINTS SCORED: Gavin Blackshire (16th, 225pts) [note: only including players who played all 5 games] - also Gav's 2nd time in a row winning this award
LEAST POINTS CONCEDED: Scott Errington-Bazley (1st, 207pts) [only includes players who played all 5]
MOST POINTS CONCEDED: George Smith (21st, 386pts)
BIGGEST WIN: Aidan K 88 - 12 George S (R5)
CLOSEST GAME: Rhys E 76 - 75 Avalina OdA (R1), Asa W 66 - 65 Andrew PT (R4)
HIGHEST SCORING GAME: Alex D 76 - 81 Steve W (R1)
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BEST IMPERIUM PLAYER: Scott Errington-Bazley (Guard, 1st)
BEST CHAOS PLAYER: Callum Templeman (Iron Warriors, 9th)
BEST XENOS PLAYER: Aneurin Brewer (Drukhari, 2nd)
AVERAGE IMPERIUM POSITION: 11.23
AVERAGE CHAOS POSITION: 13.67
AVERAGE XENOS POSITION: 13
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The 'Most Improved Player' Award: David Gee (22nd last season -> 7th this season)
The 'This One Doesn't Count' Award: Ben Hardy (10th last season -> 22nd this season)
The 'Bang Average' Award: Callum Templeman (closest PD to 0, with -8)
The 'Submarine' Award: Dan Hounsell (highest position after opening loss, 3nd)
The 'When I Win, I Win' Award: Tom Kay (positive PD despite more losses)
The 'When I Lose, I Lose' Award: Rhys Evans, Callum Templeman, Asa Wheatley, George Youens (negative PD despite more wins)
The 'Biggest Shock' Award: Adam Eveleigh for getting 2 wins (both not from a bye) this season!
...and that's the league report done! Let me know if I got anything wrong - otherwise see you in a week or so for the blog for the 2000pt League Season 2 results, and in 3 months time for the blog for the first 10th edition league!
- Tom M
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