Australian Age of Sigmar Masters 2018

Welcome to coverage of the Australian Age of Sigmar Masters 2018. Yesterday was New Zealand, today is Australia. The Australian Age of Sigmar scene is in amazing health at the moment with large, regular tournaments, a thriving club scene and the jewel in the Crown, Call to Glory at CanCon setting the bar with 220 players in January 2019. Not only that, but the Aussies share great hobby all over Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and now Twitch. Right, that’s enough of the hobby crush, on with the coverage.

The Australian Masters this year were held at Club Ashfield in Sydney on the 1st and 2nd of December. The event was hosted by Clint Mallet, founder of the Heralds of War podcast and TO of Call to Glory at CanCon.

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Australian Age of Sigmar Rankings 2018

The Australian Age of Sigmar Rankings system is similar to others around the world. The key points are:

Season: 1st November until 31st October the following year.
a minimum of 12 players and 3 rounds is required for an event to be included
a 40 player, 5 round event is required for the event to earn full points (I.e 100pts for first place)
Game sizes of 2000pts and up are eligible for rankings.

The rankings are overseen by a committee of volunteers from each of the states and territories with a significant Age of Sigmar scene.

The committee for 2019 is:

Clint Mallet – Queensland
Chris Welfare – New South Wales
Travis Cooper – Australian Capital Territory
Joel McGrath – Victoria
Michael Sale – South Australia

For the 2019 Season, the following is the criteria for a Masters invite:

This year the event will be 16 Players
The previous Master gets an automatic invitation
Then filling in from the top placed players in the AMPR up to the 16 places.

The rankings at the end of the 2018 season were:

Australian Age of Sigmar Masters – The Preview Show

Michael from the Doom & Darkness YouTube channel hosted an Australian Masters List Review show with Clint and Rob Symes from the Honest Wargamer. The three dive into the lists, the first round match-ups and a whole load of background on the Australian Age of Sigmar scene.

LLV and the Honest Wargamer also did a pre-event breakdown of the lists compared to the global meta.

If you’re interested in how the Australian Age of Sigmar scene has grown, despite the challenges of geography, I can highly recommend Clint’s show with Tim MacDivitt of the Mango Mafia on Competitive Age of Sigmar in Australia. They cover the growth of the competitive scene, the explosion of events and event organisers, the Australian “Meta” and then look at where they think the scene will go in the future.

Episode Breakdown

0:00:00-0:24:54 – Intro, Hobby Progress, Games Played

0:24:58-1:07:18 – Competitive AoS in Australia – Growth of the Scene, Rise of the TO’s, The Australian Meta

1:07:22-1:57:16 – The Way Forward, Listener Questions

1:57:20-2:14:34 – Event Spotlight, Masters Update, Getting in Touch, Outro

Australian Age of Sigmar Masters – The Rounds

The event was streamed over on the Heralds of War Twitch channel, in what I believe to be the first streamed Age of Sigmar event in Australia.

Round 1 – Total Commitment

Jemma Sheppard, Nurgle vs Adam Burt, Stormcast Eternals

Jemma List
Adam List
Twitch Coverage:
- Majority
- Remainder

My apologies, for some reason I can’t seem to get the Twitch videos to embed.

Thanks to LLV, there were results spreadsheets produced for each round showing the likely outcome based on the expected win percentage of each army. Its definitely worth checking out LLV’s work and the Honest Wargamer stat show.

Round 2 – Escalation

Chris Tot, Seraphon vs Matthew Campbell, Khorne

Round 3 – Duality of Death

Jesse Perkins, Daughters of Khaine vs Tim MacDivitt, Legions of Sacrament

Round 4 – Total Conquest

Ash McEwan, Tzeentch vs Chris Welfare, Sylvaneth

Round 5 – Better Part of Valour

Dave Kerr, Stormcast vs Chris Welfare, Sylvaneth

Australian Age of Sigmar Masters – The Results

So the final results were:

The Master – Dave Kerr, Stormcast – Back to Back!
Second: Matt Campbell, Khorne – 3rd last year
Third: Chris Welfare, Sylvaneth – 2nd last year

All the results, pairings and lists are up on the Tabletop TO event page. It really is a great free tool for running events.

Australian Age of Sigmar Masters – The Lists!

You can find a PDF of the full lists here and also the rundowns of each of the lists on The Honest Wargamer.

David Kerr – Stormcast Eternals

Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals

– Stormhost: Anvils of the Heldenhammer

Leaders

Lord-Arcanum on Gryph-Charger (240)

– General

– Command Trait : Deathly Aura

– Mount Trait : Wind Runner

Lord-Castellant (100)

Lord-Ordinator (140)

– Artefact : Soulthief

Knight-Vexillor (120)

– Pennant of the Stormbringer

Units

10 x Sequitors (240)

-Stormsmite Mauls and Soulshields

– 5 x Stormsmite Greatmaces

5 x Sequitors (120)

-Stormsmite Mauls and Soulshields

– 3 x Stormsmite Greatmaces

5 x Sequitors (120)

-Stormsmite Mauls and Soulshields

– 3 x Stormsmite Greatmaces

6 x Evocators on Dracolines (600)

– 4 x Grandstaves

War Machines

Celestar Ballista (100)

Total: 1980/2000

Extra Command Points: 0

Allies: 0/400

Wounds: 114

Matt Campbell – Khorne

Allegiance: Khorne

Mortal Realm: Ghyran

Leaders

Wrath Of Khorne Bloodthirster (320)

– General

– Command Trait : Immense Power

– Artefact : The Crimson Crown

Bloodthirster Of Insensate Rage (260)

– Artefact : Ghyrstrike

Bloodstoker (80)

Bloodsecrator (140)

Slaughterpriest (100)

Slaughterpriest with Hackblade and Wrathhammer (100)

Units

5 x Blood Warriors (100)

-Goreaxes

10 x Bloodreavers (70)

-Reaver Blades

10 x Bloodreavers (70)

-Meatripper Axes

30 x Bloodletters (320)

– Gore Drenched Icon

20 x Bloodletters (240)

– Gore Drenched Icon

Battalions

Gore Pilgrims (200)

Total: 2000/2000

Extra Command Points: 1

Allies: 0/400

Wounds: 130

Chris Welfare – Sylvaneth

Allegiance: Sylvaneth
Mortal Realm: Ulgu

Leaders
Alarielle the Everqueen (600)

Spirit of Durthu (380)

– General

– Trait: Gift of Ghyran

– Artefact: Doppelganger Cloak

Branchwraith (80)

– Artefact: Ranu’s Lamentiri

Branchwraith (80)

– Artefact: Acorn of the Ages

Units

30 x Dryads (270)

10 x Dryads (100)

Battalions

Forest Folk (140)

Winterleaf Wargrove (90)

Endless Spells

Chronomantic Cogs (60)

Total: 2000 / 2000

Extra Command Points: 2

Allies: 0 / 400

Wounds: 98

Australian Age of Sigmar Masters – Pics

The tables at the event looked amazing thanks to the work of Travis (@Thonias83) and others who put so much effort into building great tables. Check out about 100 photos here, or a highlighted selection below