Gettin' Ready for the Big Day !

"Ya' know, all these stories start almost the same. It's Friday night, feeling a bit lonely. You decide to go out with the crew (or your "squad" if you're a young-adult with to much swag). While blathering gibberish around a table, you glance at her from the corner of your eyes. She's just sitting there, with some other random hotties, but you don't mine them. You wonder how she is, how it's like to be with her, maybe even to play with her. Your friend next to you told you that you should think twice about this, she's too sophisticated for you, kind of out of your league. But damn them all, the odds favour the bold, you make your move. [...] It's getting late, the venue is closing. You bring her back to your place, smoothly, a bit nervous. You don't really know what's to expect from her, so promising, so mysterious. It's gonna be a short night of sleep for sure. [...] Next morning, you wake up. She's still there, waiting for you, maybe on your nightstand, maybe on your desk. You just bought your first Battlebox."

Feeling uncomfortable and mildly aroused ? Yeah that's normal, after all, that was a sweet love story I just told you there.Once you purchase your first battlebox, you will probably be looking forward for your first game already, unless you want to paint them first, which is ok too. You'll probably buy some supports and a unit or two, and getting THE THING that make your faction sooooo goooood, because L3G1T W1LL, who have 40 000 posts on the forum and always comments his wisdom on every guys' army list threads, told you how awesome it is. Then one day, when you will feel confident enough, and will have enough models, you may try to go to a Steamroller !!! [dramatic music, then pause]

So how to get ready for the bid day ? (Ok, I will gave it to you, that was a veeeery long intro for the main topic, but eh, she was cool.) First stop, quite obviously, know what the rules gonna be. Even when an event is labelled a Steamroller, there is as much variants as there is Press Gansters out there. Will it be one or two list ? Are character models restricted ? Will there be a deathclock ? It's very important that you consider all of that, 'coz you don't want to have to change stuff or try to adapt 10 minutes before the first game of the day.

Second thing, if the Steamroller you attend allow 2 lists, you should bring 2. You can always bring only one, but you will probably get beat-up all day long, since every opponents with 2 lists will choose the best of his list against your. Of course, if you only have enough stuff for one, you don't really have a choice, but don't expect to win the day.

Thirdingly, play what you know rather then an Internet list. I know you can find the list of some top players in the Interweb, but that don't mean you either know or have the skillz to play that list, which might lead you to lose. Nothing can beat your own experience with a list.

Now that you know the three secret tips to manage your way into a Steamroller, I hope you will have a good time !

PS: Also, I believe I just succeeded to post three weeks in a row ! I will try to keep it up and post every weed-end, either Saturday or Sunday (and exceptionally Monday if I had an event on the Sunday).

You should also be able to comment directly on the blog now without the need to register, so feel free to leave comments (for now I don't have to approve comments, they should go up as soon as you write them, because we're all grown up and I don't want to have to watch over you).

Thanks for reading and tune in next for a pre-Steamroller briefing !