ScrapYard Armory

Day 1 is in the books.  Due to an internet outage at my hotel, I couldn’t get this post completed until this morning.  Here are a few pics from the first day of gaming.

And now some quick photos from the CSO diaroma.

CBT Open

The first round of the CBT Open was Clan Mechs.  My choice was a Griffin IIC 4 and a Kingfisher H.  I faced off against a Night Gyr Prime and a Fire Falcon H.  The battle started very slowly as both my opponent and I had horrible luck unable to hit any 8s at all.

We took turns trying to bait each other with our lighter ‘Mechs and he was the first to eventually accept the offer.  At the end of that round of combat, his Fire Falcon was barely killed by torso destruction and one additional center torso engine hit.  My light ‘Mech survived.

From there we danced around the board avoiding direct combat until I was able to trap him into a corner and force the issue.  I was initially afraid that the Night Gyr would be able to outpace me for damage, but heat issues prevented him from unleashing all the damage he could.  I lost the Griffin in the same turn I cored out his torso for the win.  Good game.

Something is Coming?

I have a very unsubtantiated rumor that something will be announced today in the Classic Battletech line that may or may not cost around $30.  What could it be?  I’ll keep an eye on the CGL booth today to see if there is anything to this rumor or not.