Bonus Points Awards for 'Victorian' Theme Round

Hello folks!

Below is the new roster after tallying the points from the 'Victorian' bonus round. I've been playing with different ways to display the rankings. I like the look of this one but tabulating and logging it hurts my noggin. Anyway, my thanks to all the participants who submitted entires - it was a great round.

Also congratulations to Paul for meeting his Challenge points target - well done!

Finally, just as a reminder Saturday (today) is the deadline for submissions for the 'Myth' theme round, so remember to get your submission in to me as tomorrow is the posting.

	Challenger	Points Target	Previous Points	Theme Bonus	New Total
1.	Millsy	2000✔	2042	100	2142
2.	DaveD	2250	2000	65	2065
3.	MilesR	2000	1357	170	1527
4.	MarkO	1000 ⬆ 2500	1431	55	1486
5.	MartinC	1000✔ ⬆ 2000	1398		1398
6.	AlanD	1500	976	67	1073
7.	IanW	1000✔ ⬆ 2000	1046		1046
8.	AdamC	1000	800	196	996
9.	TamsinP	1500	910		910
10.	AaronH	650✔ ⬆ 1500	908		908
11.	GregB	300 ✔ ⬆ 1500	829	55	884
12.	JohnM	1000	716	105	821
13.	GillesW	1000	724		724
14.	BrendonW	1000	645	70	715
15.	ClintB	1250	710		710
16.	ByronM	1000	606	57	663
17.	SanderS	500✔ ⬆ 1000	564	60	624
18.	Curt (3rd)	750	515	80	595
19.	MartinN	400✔ ⬆ 750	484	55	539
20.	PaulS	500✔	484	55	539
21.	JamesR	750	454		454
22.	RichardM	700	425		425
23.	MikeP	500	359	65	424
24.	SamuliS	1000	415		415
25.	JamieM	500	344	60	404
26.	SteH	750	330	70	400
27.	BrianB (2nd)	500	261	130	391
28.	BurkhardS	1000	335	55	390
29.	JaccoK	500	314	75	389
30.	SeanS	1000	313	55	368
31.	ScottB	600	298	55	353
32.	SimonM	500	268	80	348
33.	MichaelA (1st)	1000	170	170	340
34.	DavidB	750	334		334
35.	JuanM	500	262	55	317
36.	RichardC	500	237	70	307
37.	KevinH	300	239	55	294
38.	MichaelF	501	292		292
39.	DavidL	750	289		289
40.	RobP	500	208	60	268
41.	RoyW	750	187	80	267
42.	TeemuL	500	267		267
43.	StefanK	750	205	60	265
44.	RayR	300	197	55	252
45.	StefanoS	300	236		236
46.	MarkG	750	235		235
47.	PeterT	500	222		222
48.	PhilH	500	215		215
49.	PeterD	1000	173		173
50.	AnneO	500	165		165
51.	VincentC	500	160		160
52.	PeterB	1000	140		140
53.	SebG	500	80	55	135
54.	TobiP	500	132		132
55.	IannickM	600	75	55	130
56.	EdwinK	1000	105		105
57.	BenG	400	93		93
58.	RossM	500	54		54
59.	ChristopherS	500	54		54
60.	KevinS	500	42		42
61.	RobH	200	35		35
62.	Evan&GrantH	200
63.	FranL	600
64.	JeremyM	300
65.	Kawe	200
66.	MarkE	500
67.	ScottS	1000
68.	SidneyR	750
69.	StacyS	300
70.	SteveM	800
71.	SylvainR	300

From SanderS - Classic Battletech (25 Points)

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

One of the games I enjoy most is Classic Battletech. This game and myself have a long lasting love-hate relationship. I first got to know of this game through a friend who took me along to a game played at a local Dutch games convention and after seeing the first game played I was convinced I'd never get involved in this hair-brained game.

Now 15 odd years, 62 novels, numerous sourcebooks, 2 PC games and 5 armies further I am well and truly hooked. The sheer depth in background and the way the game works has entranced me beyond reckoning and I obtain the odd model now and then to complete several units, mostly with the iconic oop Unseen models.

Today's update brings you 3 battlemechs and 5 bases of power-armoured infantry. The blue mech and the infantry will complement my Federated Commonwealth regiment the Aragon Borderers and the red mechs will reinforce my Draconis Combine 5h Sword of light. I am still in dubio whether I should add decals because there are no suitable places on the surface of the mechs to adhere them to.

Most of these pictures I have taken myself but a co-worker took some of the Aragon Borderes mech and I have included them as well here for you.

As to the points value I am totally at a loss since the infantry is 6mm (that would amount to 25 points) but the mechs are about the same size as your average 28mm model, yet their scale is something like 1:285...

Cheers Sander


From Curt:

62 novels! Holy smokes, I had no idea. Wow. I remember when Battletech 2nd Edition first came out in 1986 (we sold a zillion copies at our store) and even better was the the Amiga computer game 'MechForce' which allowed players to create and keep track of their 'Houses' of Mechs. It was absolutely dorktastic.  No, really it was.

Anyway, I digress. Sander, these are excellent. The mechs are wonderful (especially that blue guy with his white accents) and I'm particularly impressed with the power-armoured infantry - those are very cool all arrayed on those hex bases. Question: Is the game still hex-based or has it moved to a free measurement system? 

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Sander!