The Battle Barn to Host 40k Tournament!

So as the title says the Battle Barn will (finally) be hosting another tournament. It's been over a year since the last one (which was won by yours truly btw!) and I can't wait to get back at it. All the details can be found here.

Sorry its been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been on a small sabbatical from gaming lately. I was just feeling a bit of hobby burn-out and needed to clear my head. But I'm back and ready to rock!

So what am I taking to the tournament you ask. I am planning on taking the Knights of Blood. I have actually played my Eldar the last two games I've played, but lets be real here, they just don't really do it for the tourney scene right now. With that said, I have been working on a new list for the KoB as I have been finding that they just haven't been up to the task against some of the competition that I've been seeing lately. The chief problem I've been having is that they just don't cut it in assault against some of the newer things I've seen hitting the tables. Namely Death Cult Assassins and DE Wyches. My only real anti-infantry to this point has been to punch things in the face, but that's just not realistic with these units. So I have been looking to upgrade some of my anti-infantry shooting capabilities. So with that in mind here is the list I have crafted.

HQ: Librarian with Shield of Sanguinius and Fear of the Darkness

Elites: 5x Sternguard Veterans, 2x Combi-meltas, Razorback with Twin-linked assault cannons
          5x Sternguard Veterans, 2x Combi-meltas, Razorback with Twin-linked assault cannons

Troops: 10 Tactical Squad with Melta, Lascannon and, Combi-melta in a Razorback with Twin-linked Lascannons
             10 Tactical Squad with Melta, Lascannon and, Combi-Melta in a Razorback with twin-linked Lascannons
           5x Assault marines with Melta and infernus pistol in Las/plas Razorback
           5x Assault marines with Melta and infernus pistol in Las/plas Razorback
           5x Assault marines with Flamer and Hand Flamer in a Las/plas Razorback
           5x Assault marines with Flamer and Hand Flamer in a Las/plas Razorback

Fast Attack: Land Speeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher and Heavy Bolter
                    Land Speeder with Typhoon Missile Launcher and Heavy Bolter

I think this list has a good mix of ranged and up close anti-tank while also having some good anti-infantry capabilities. Almost all of the shooting is mobile, with the exception of the Tactical squads lascannons which will make for some decent 'deck chair' units to squat on objectives and lay down some suppression fire. With up to 8 scoring units it should have no problems in objective based missions. We'll see how it goes. I've got a month to playtest it and make whatever tweaks are necessary.

Anyway if you're in Michigan you should try and come out to the tournament. I look forward to seeing some new faces! We have room for 20 in the hall we have and are already about half full so don't delay!