Kicking 2023 off with a bang! Cancon 2023, in Canberra Australia, had 16 players duke it out for the top spot as the first ever Australian Champion! This is Rhys, host of Vanguard Garage Gaming, and I am going to run you through our Top 3 Lists!
1st Place – Monty Moss (W’adrhun)
Matriarch Queen: Warlord, Death, Loyalty, Death’s Gaze, Tier 1 Teachings of Conquest
- Braves (8): Leader, Standard Bearer, Champion
- Warbred (4)
- Warbred (4)
- Apex Predator (1)
Matriarch Queen: Death, Apex Master, Touched by the Goddess
- Apex Predator (1)
- Blooded (3): Leader, Standard Bearer, Champion
- Blooded (5): Leader, Standard Bearer, Champion
- Warbred (3)
Monty brought his unstoppable wall of Warbred, backed up by the fruit of his own creation: The Big Block of Braves. Double Apex Predator added to season, alongside the Blooded to play objectives and hold zones, with the added ability of acting as screens where needed!
2nd Place – Liam Spires (Old Dominion)
Strategos: Warlord, Eternal Discipline, Sanctified Labaron, Skofung, Tier 1 Regalia
- Legionnaires (8): Leader, Standard Bearer, Optio
- Kataphraktoi (3): Leader, Standard Bearer, Hetairos
- Kataphraktoi (3): Leader, Standard Bearer, Hetairos
Archimandrite: Hazlias Touch
- Legionnaires (5): Leader, Standard Bearer, Optio
Hierodeacon: Blasphemous soma
- Legionnaires (8): Leader, Standard Bearer, Optio
- Karyatids (3): Leader
Liam rocked a super durable Old Dominion list, cleverly utilizing the Glimmers of the Golden Age Supremacy from the Strategos to get the most out of positioning and movement on the crucial turns. Three bricks of hard of move Infantry with the added support from the Kataphraktoi and Karyatids made for a tough opponent to get through!
3rd Place – Scott Cowley (Nords)
Blooded: Warlord, Eccentric, Bear Aspect, Tier 1 Tactical, Tier 2 Tactical
- Ugr (3): Leader, Standard Bearer
- Stalkers (3)
- Ice Jotnar (1): Rime Storm
Blooded: The Hunt’s Instinct
- Stalkers (3)
- Fenr Beastpack (6)
- Ugr (3): Leader, Standard Bearer
Jarl: Bear Aspect, Raven Messengers, Tier 1 Tactical, Tier 2 Tactical, Tier 3 Tactical
- Ugr (3): Leader
- Huskarls (3): Leader, Standard Bearer, Thegn, Skald
Scott took a Blooded led force that dragged in a roaming Ice Jotnar to help bring some heavy firepower to an otherwise wild skirmishing warband. The big block of Fenr Beastpack took to the field to block off entire avenues of attack from any enemy forces and offered protection to the Ice Jotnar that lumbered behind them, waiting for its opportunity to strike!
A huge shout-out to all the players we had this year! Looking forward to hosting it again in 2024, with City States finally ready to take to the table!