It's time again to present the awards and the results for this season of the Tabletop Republic Warhammer 40k league! This blog will go through the missions, the results and the statistics from this season, which ran from April - June 2022.
LEAGUE RULES
The Tabletop Republic 40k league is a 1000pt league comprised of 6 games played over 3 months. There weren't any changes to the rules or format of the league compared to S2 - with a mix of War Zone Nachmund missions and custom-made ones.
We had 18 signups for this season, so let's see the final resutls!
TABLE
For the first time, we didn't have an undefeated winner - and it came down to a 10 point difference for the top spot! The final table above shows the full standings for each player - with their placings based on; firstly - points scored (3pts for a win, 2pts for a draw, 1pt for a loss), then points difference (total points scored minus total points conceded). If a further tiebreaker was needed, it would come down to total points scored.
Scott Errington-Bazley's Harlequins just came out on top over Dan Hounsell's Salamanders for the top spot, and Greg Wall's Harlequins took third place over three other players with 4 wins.
THE ROUNDS
Here I will show off each round - including the missions chosen, the rules included and the terrain layouts
ROUND 1: Display of Spiritual Might
ROUND 2: Leading From The Front
ROUND 3: Sacred Ground
ROUND 4: Infiltrate and Sabotage
ROUND 5: Cleanse The Land
ROUND 6: Battlefield of Demise
We had a few players who could not complete their last games due to illness, work, or other reasons. These players received a loss per their own request, with their opponent recieving a free win, scoring a x-0 win where x was the average win difference in each round. There was 1 game in Round 5 where both players were unable to play so that was a double loss, with each player scoring 0 points.
SECONDARIES
Here are each of the secondaries chosen during the league, how many times they were chosen and the average score for each.
Stranglehold was the most popular secondary, with Engage on all Fronts and Retrieve Nachmund Data not far behind. Behind Enemy Lines and Warp Ritual were big scorers, as well as Oaths of Moment and Herd The Prey for faction secondaries.
Grind Them Down, Abhor the Witch and No Prisoners didn't provide the best bang for your buck, neither did Stomp Em Good, The Long War or Eradication of Flesh as Faction Secondaries
Here's each category of secondaries and the average points they scored:
AWARDS
And finally, we get to the awards - in this first section, all the winners will recieve a physical prize of some kind - either an award or store voucher (or both!)
LEAGUE WINNER: Scott Errington-Bazley (Harlequins)
LEAGUE RUNNER-UP: Dan Hounsell (Space Marines, Salamanders)
LEAGUE THIRD PLACE: Greg Wall (Harlequins)
BEST PAINTED: James Koch's T'au
PLAYER'S PLAYER: Greg Wall (Harlequins)
WOODEN SPOON: Philip Moss (Adeptus Mechanicus)
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Then these awards are just for fun:
MOST POINTS SCORED: Scott Errington-Bazley (Harlequins)
LEAST POINTS SCORED: Philip Moss (Adeptus Mechanicus)
LEAST POINTS CONCEDED: Dan Hounsell (Space Marines)
MOST POINTS CONCEDED: Adam Eveleigh (Space Marines)
BIGGEST WIN: Dan Hounsell (Space Marines) 92 - 10 Tom Mepham (Tyranids) [Round 5]
CLOSEST GAME: Hughey Herbert (Adepta Sororitas) 57 - 56 James Evans (Orks) AND Greg Wall (Harlequins) 48 - 47 Scott Errington-Bazley (Harlequins) [both Round 4]
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BEST IMPERIUM PLAYER: Dan Hounsell, 2nd (Space Marines)
BEST CHAOS PLAYER: Tom Parrin, 12th (Death Guard)
BEST XENOS PLAYER: Scott Errington-Bazley, 1st (Harlequins)
AVERAGE IMPERIUM POSITION: 9.5
AVERAGE CHAOS POSITION: 12.5
AVERAGE XENOS POSITION: 8.9
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The 'Two Greatest Words in the English Language' Award: Adam Eveleigh (got his first league win thanks to a 'default'/bye win vs Phillip M
The 'Most Improved Player' Award: Gavin Blackshire (+6 places from last season)
The 'Bang Average' Award: James Koch (3 wins, 3 losses with the closest PD to 0)
The 'Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice' Award: Lawrence Hide (finished bottom 3 after a top 3 finish last season with the same army!
The 'Mulligan!' Award: Dan Hounsell (won all the games after their R1 loss)
The 'Bogey Team' Award: Tom Mepham (lost to Salamanders twice)
The '0-100' Award: Hughey Herbert (scored negative PD despite winning more than losing)
The 'Future Star' Award: Sean Wheeliker (expect to most improve next season)
Thanks for reading! This was absolutely the closest season of the league yet, at both ends of the table. Nobody came out undefeated and nobody went winless, which is great to see.
Tickets for the next season of the league are live now and close 2nd July: https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/product-page/40k-league-signup-season-4-july-sep-2022
And that's the report! See you all in 3 or so months for the Season 4 report - I've already planned my next army and I look forward to Reaping the rewards! ;)
- Tom M