It's time again to present the awards and the results for this season of the Tabletop Republic Warhammer 40k 2000pt league! This blog will go through the missions, the results, and the statistics from Season 5, which ran from January - March 2024.
THE LEAGUE
The 2000pt Tabletop Republic 40k league is comprised of 6 games played over 3 months, with each round lasting 2 weeks. We had 16 players this time around, the same as last season!
Each player is locked into their faction (and subfaction if relevant), but lists can change each week.
TABLE
Jon won his second league title, going undeafeated with Tyranids.
Paulie and James got 2nd and 3rd respectively, both achieving their first 2k league podium.
The final table above shows the full standings for each player - with their placings based on the following criteria
1. Total wins
2. Oppt. Game Win %
3. Battle Points scored
Each rounds pairings was based on the following: wins > path to victory > random.
THE MISSIONS
As the UKTC missions were edited partway through the season, we used a mix of Rounds 1-5 pre and post-errata, plus a custom mission for R6
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
Vital Ground
Delayed Reserves
AWARDS
And finally, we get to the awards - in this first section, all the winners will recieve a small award, plus in-store credit using the prize pool money
LEAGUE WINNER: Jonathan Partridge (Tyranids)
LEAGUE RUNNER-UP: Paulie Wallis (Drukhari)
LEAGUE THIRD PLACE: James Koch (Orks)
BEST PAINTED: Alex Coney (Aeldari)
PLAYER'S PLAYER: Nick Hooper (Space Marines)
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Then these awards are just blog-exclusive fun:
WOODEN SPOON: George Wakley
MOST POINTS SCORED: Jonathan Partridge (Tyranids, 547pts)
LEAST POINTS SCORED: Shoib Ali (15th, 264pts - involved 2 bye losses)
BIGGEST WIN: Greg W 93 - 25 James P
CLOSEST GAME: Lee S 65 - 63 James P
HIGHEST SCORING GAME: Paulie W 86 - 90 Jon P
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BEST IMPERIUM PLAYER: Nick H (Space Marines, 5th)
BEST CHAOS PLAYER: Steve Flood (CSM, 7th)
BEST XENOS PLAYER: Jon P (Tyranids, 1st)
AVERAGE IMPERIUM POSITION: 9.5
AVERAGE CHAOS POSITION: 11
AVERAGE XENOS POSITION: 6.6
GOING FIRST WIN RATE: 76.9% - the highest it's ever been in a league!
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The 'Most Improved Player' Award: James Koch (12th last season -> 3rd this season)
The 'This One Doesn't Count' Award: Steve Flood (3rd last season -> 7th this season) & David Gee (10th last season -> 14th this season)
The 'Submarine' Award: Nick Hooper (highest position after R1 loss - 5th)
The 'Best Newcomer' Award: Paulie Wallis (2nd)
The 'Bang Average' Award: Rob Steenkamp (3-3 record with closest Points Scored - Points Conceced)
And finally, a special mention to previous league winner Sid Sidhu, who sadly passed away before this season started. Sid was a remarkable player and a good friend of the Republic, and he shall be missed by many in the community
- Tom M