GotW Bushido 42 rice tournament

last Saturday the 24th i organized a little tourney at my local store for Bushido. as this was my first tournament as a retainer I was pretty nervous what the turnout would be. thankfully we started with 4 players at the start, unfortunately two players ran late meaning i had build an improptu table for the third pairing.

competing factions:
Savage Wave
2X Prefecture of Ryu
2X Ito Clan
Silvermoon Trade Syndicate.

the scenario's played were Idols, Ryodo and The Envoy.

The Samurai factions were well represented, clear favoritism in the Jwar Isles it seems. our veteran Savage Wave player was present and a sneak from the Silvermoon Trade Syndicate (me!).

Prefecture of Ryu and Ito Clan face off

A picture of the "forest" table, still trying to get a hang what the right amount of terrain is for a tournament. Prefecture got a hard earned 2-1 win with Ito's Kaihime harrasing and killing with impunity.

despite a few well aimed shots to the despair of a few ashigaru, Prefecture took control of the Idols long enough to claim a 2-1 victory.

Savage Wave vs Ito, darkness ensues

On the "cave" table Savage Wave found that they're in their own element in between the rocks.
The wave made got time and had two victory points at the end of turn four. it went downhill then with their only Oni Yusha dieing to Masunagi's blade.

this turn of events made sure Ito could claim the last VP earning themselves some points.

during the tournament the Savage Wave have made extensive use of Darkness to their advantage, earning easy points in the first two turns in almost each game.



at the end of the day Savage Wave stood triuphant on the pile of dead samurai with a massive 21 points out of a maximum of 27. second place fell to Silvermoon Trade Syndicate and one of the Prefecture to third place. a funny thing was that both the Ito players, had so much incommon during the whole they, same scores, same ranking and at least half of their warband using the same model. especially Matsunagi, he's a beast. i advise players to take him out as fast as you can.

at the end of the day we also had a small painting competition to divide up the remaining Silvermoons. i gave every contestant a small piece of paper to choose their favorite and their second pick. Ayako gained 4 out of 6 first picks giving her an easy win.

 

Ayako seduced the Voters to a first place.

Kato took an honorable second place.