Played in my first tournament today, one specifically for new players, which was 3 games, 2 hours each, in one day. I did alright... first game was a disaster - got table-wiped by greenskins. The other two games I won, by narrow margins. 2nd game was against vanilla space marines, but my opponent a 15 year old) didn't realize the primary goal was objectives and not kill or victory points - he had me easily on those, but he also thought his Vindicator was going to be a scoring unit, so my 4 remaining troops were the only ones near an objective. The 3rd game was actually the best, most fun game I've had so far. This was another kid, but he knew the rules way better than I did, was helpful and holy crap was it close. In order of importance for the game, as written: We tied on kill points (4 each). Then we tied on objectives (2 each). Then we tied on quarter control (again 2 each) and finally on victory points, I won by 4.5 - that's right FOUR POINT FIVE points! It was something like 392.5 to 397... it was a really well fought, fun game - and it's easily the best I've felt about PLAYING the game so far.
My list was (and yes, I'm an Army Builder addict):
1500 Pts - Dark Angels Roster
Total Roster Cost: 1500
HQ: Sammael, Master of the Ravenwing (1#, 205 pts)
1 Sammael, Master of the Ravenwing, 0 pts
1 ...on Jetbike, 205 pts
Troops: Upgraded Ravenwing Attack Squadron (4#, 210 pts)
1 Upgraded Ravenwing Attack Squadron, 0 pts
2 Bike Squad, 105 pts = 2 * 40 (base cost 40) + Meltagun x1 10 + Apothecary 15
1 Sergeant, 55 pts = (base cost 40 + Power Weapon 15)
1 Attack Bike, 50 pts
HQ: Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians (1#, 170 pts)
1 Ezekiel, Grand Master of Librarians, 170 pts
3rd Tactical Squad - The Blooded (11#, 265 pts)
9 Tactical Squad, 159 pts = 9 * 16 (base cost 16) + Flamer 5 + Heavy Bolter 10
1 Sergeant, 18 pts
1 Razorback - Faith, 85 pts = (base cost 50 + Dozer Blade 5 + Twin-Linked Lascannon 30)
4th Tactical Squad - Corvus (5#, 90 pts)
4 Tactical Squad, 72 pts = 4 * 18
1 Sergeant, 18 pts
Elite: Company Veterans Squad (10#, 280 pts)
9 Company Veterans Squad, 225 pts = 9 * 20 (base cost 20) + Combat Shield x1 5 + Power Weapon x2 30 + Missile Launcher 10
1 Razorback, 55 pts = (base cost 50 + Dozer Blade 5)
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 190 pts)
1 Predator, 190 pts = (base cost 70 + Dozer Blade 5 + Hunter-killer Missile 15 + Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter 5 + Lascannon (each side) 60) + Twin-Linked Lascannon 35
Heavy Support: Whirlwind (1#, 90 pts)
1 Whirlwind, 90 pts = (base cost 85 + Dozer Blade 5)
