MuRm's Minis: Ottawa Beginner's Tournament

Fireman is ready to cut the first guy who comes around the corner.

This past weekend, we held an Infinity tournament at the Boutique FDB over in Hull. Infinity has picked up a lot of new players recently in Ottawa and especially Hull, so the tournament was aimed at beginners. No experienced players were allowed to enter, and the tournament itself was fairly casual. The rules were similar to the Newbie Tournament we ran earlier in the year.

200 Points
No TAGS
No Link Teams
Announce if you have Hidden Deployment or AD

We were supposed to have a solid turnout, but a combination of several last minute cancellations and others just not showing up left the numbers a little low. There were five players, plus Penemue who ended up joining to make it an even number but was not eligible for prizes. Aside from the fact that I counted as an experienced player, I was running the tournament so I did not enter.

The scenarios were the ones I posted up earlier:
Round 1: Let the Expert Handle It
Round 2: Destroy the Totem
Round 3: Find What Was Lost

Rival Nagas and Devas both attempt to secure the objective.

These were the army lists used:

Henshini - YU JING
CELESTIAL GUARD Lieutenant Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife (13)
2x KEISOTSU Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)
ARAGOTO Spitfire / Pistol, Knife (29 | 1.5)
SU-JIAN Spitfire, Light Flamethrower, Panzerfaust / Pistol, CCW (56 | 2)
DOMARU Chain Rifle, E/M Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW (29)
NINJA Combi Rifle / Pistol, EXP CCW (38)
TOKUSETSU EISEI Doctor Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife (14)
YAOZAO Electric Pulse (3)
200 Points | SWC: 3.5

oni_dave - ARIADNA
LINE KAZAK Lieutenant Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)
2x LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)
VETERAN KAZAKS (CH: Mimetism) AP Rifle, Light Flamethrower / Pistol, CCW (47)
VETERAN KAZAKS (CH: Mimetism) AP HMG, Light Flamethrower / Pistol, CCW (61 | 2)
HIGHLANDER GREY Rifle, 2 Light Shotguns, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, CCW (30)
CHASSEUR (Minelayer) Rifle, Light Flamethrower, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife (20 | 0.5)
112 Light Shotgun / Pistol, CCW (12)
197 Points | SWC: 2.5

Penemue - ARIADNA
LINE KAZAK Lieutenant Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)
2x LINE KAZAK Rifle / Pistol, Knife (9)
VETERAN KAZAKS (CH: Mimetism) AP Rifle, Light Flamethrower / Pistol, CCW (47)
VETERAN KAZAKS (CH: Mimetism) AP HMG, Light Flamethrower / Pistol, CCW (61 | 2)
HIGHLANDER GREY Rifle, 2 Light Shotguns, Grenades, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, CCW (30)
CHASSEUR (Minelayer) Rifle, Light Flamethrower, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife (20 | 0.5)
112 Light Shotgun / Pistol, CCW (12)
197 Points | SWC: 2.5

jean1951 - HAQQISLAM
GHULAM Lieutenant Rifle + Light Shotgun / Pistol, Knife (13)
NAFFATUN Rifle + Light Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife (10)
2x NAFFATUN Rifle + Heavy Flamethrower / Pistol, Knife (12)
ODALISQUE Spitfire, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife (31 | 1)
DJANBAZAN Sniper Rifle / Pistol, CCW (33 | 1)
LASIQ Viral Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife (29 | 1.5)
HUNZAKUT (Deployable Repeater) Sniper Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife (25 | 0.5)
FIDAY Rifle + Light Shotgun, Smoke Grenades / Pistol, EXP CCW (34)
199 Points | SWC: 4

Century - ALEPH
ASURA Lieutenant MULTI Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, AP CCW (73)
2x DAKINI Tacbot Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse (13)
DEVA Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife (35 | 0.5)
NAGA MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife (39 | 1.5)
ZAYIN Rebot HMG / Electric Pulse (27 | 1)
200 Points | SWC: 3

Lali - ALEPH
DASYU Lieutenant Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife (35 | 2)
2x DAKINI Tacbot Combi Rifle / Electric Pulse (13)
DEVA (Sensor) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, Knife (26 | 1)
ASURA Hacker (Hacking Device Plus) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser / Pistol, AP CCW (77 | 0.5)
NAGA Combi Rifle, Antipersonnel Mines / Pistol, Knife (26)
2x NETROD Electric Pulse (4)
198 Points | SWC: 3.5

Final standings were:

1st - Lali (Aleph)
2nd - Henshini (Yu Jing)
3rd - oni_dave (Ariadna)
4th - Century (Aleph)
5th - jean1951 (Haqqislam)
xth - Penemue (Ariadna)

I didn't get a chance to really sit down and watch any particular games, so I don't have any specific battle reports. I did take pictures, but many of them were quite blurry. I am very much an amateur at photography, and am quite lost without a tripod.

These are the tables that were played on. I'll put up a second part later with some shots of games in progress, as well as thoughts on how things played out over the course of the day.