So, Mk II's upon us. When I first skimmed the stuff, I got that feeling of dread; a lot of the new things Cygnar was blessed with vanished. Completely. Or at least, their role and power changed pretty severely. Black 13th took a major hit in my book and while you could argue the ATGM's switched rolls with them by having CRA “Inferno” I wept a little inside. I mean, they supposedly knew about this before Legends was released, yet they still released it and sold the models, only to know they were being severely changed later? Smacks of Gwism to me. But no matter. Press on I guess.

After Haight started breaking down the good from Mk II, I must confess I'm a little more optimistic now. Ehaley is just a nasty nasty woman and will really be fun to play, I think. Most of the others either gained more than they lost or remained the same even while losing some situational or even pointless abilities. Sadly, Darius took a nerf bat to the face, repeatedly. I'm hoping that the full rules will give him at least +2 to hit like the Bokurs boost or Aiyana's new version of Harm. We'll see I guess. All in all, I'm ready to start playtesting!

In other Troll news, I went 3-1, losing in the last round on VP's against Ashylnn in a Schism event in Oklahoma City. I ran Borka for the whole tourny (Borka, Mauler, Impaler, Winter, 2x Champs, Krielstone min + elder, 2x Fell Callers, Hero, Pendrake, and Gobbers)

I started off against an eMorgal player who is probably still learning and won on VP's, killing every single beast. He did kill off the Gobbers with an extoller deviated catapult shot, but the rest of my army was intact. Man, I have to confess the Hero is awesome! He two hit the Rhinodon (two champs had died and he was pissed.) He also killed a Cyclops Savage with a back charge and beast lore from Pendrake. That thing is just a beast. I have to say I'm sorry to have every doubted it. Might be kinda expensive, but... man. WHACK! WHACK!

Next game was against Khador (Zerkova) and I won it on the top of turn two with a super Borka Fast Ball from the Raged + KSB strength buffed Mauler. Zerkova was two hit and I won. It would sadly hurt my chances to win.

Next game was against pHaley and lots of guns. Turn two Borka bounced a bomb off a Centurion, doing 5 or 6 to Haley, then next turn, the Centurion was slammed over her, did some damage, and Borka bounced another bomb off it to kill Haley. So turn three assassination. Yay.

Finally, Ashlynn... guy rolled 15 tough rolls on his hammerdwarves. We were tied on VP's when time was called and he went last, so my poor Impaler who was left in the wind was killed by Ashlynn and her pet Bokur. I almost went 4-0 in a tourny with trolls. I must say the other guys were newer or less experienced players, but winning with trolls for me is a big deal... sometimes!

I also won Master Shaman with my Grissel; I'll get pictures later! The winner went 4-0 with 67 VP's... amazing!