WarTV a smashing success!

So we completed our first episode of WarTV yesterday with only a couple of issues.  We had one computer crash which dumped a bunch of people as I was going over the prize support. And the HD camera we were going to use to film closeups and create a nice batrep with had no charge and was out of action.

Aside from that, it was a fantastic day!  We played two games of 40k and gave out a ton of prizes donated by Spikey Bits and The Gamers Gambit. I want to thank Rob and Justin for their support.

First the numbers. Throughout the day we had over 200 registered viewers pop in, and I believe the max at one time was about 130.  Prizes were handed out on the fly and as best we could with all but the new rule book going only to dudes who were actually in the broadcast.  It was rewarding and fun to call out the winner then watch the chat fly as dudes waited for the guy to claim his loot!  And then cheer when he did not respond... good stuff.

But the prizes are secondary to the grand prize of the day. We got a hard core crash course in 6th edition.  The only way to learn the game is to open the book. So as we played we were looking up rules at the table while viewers were doing so at home.  It was an interesting situation as some interpretations were introduced and rules were discovered and hashed out.

For example, "look out sir" was a good one.  As it appears now, wound allocation is applied to the unit starting with the model closest to the shooting. Then that model keeps making saves until he is dead and the wounds continue down the line?  What happens if your commander is leading the charge?  He is the only one who takes bullets?  I let him take the first wound, then attempted to use Look Out Sir to apply the rest of the wounds to the honor guard.  Without me scouring the rule book does any one have a clear understand of the situation they can share?  I admit being in the front is dangerous, but it seems wonky that the front model has to make each and every save until he dies.

Another huge discovery for me was disembarking. It seems there is now a 6" radius bubble within which I can place my model when my pods land.  That is HUGE!  It allows my stuff to completely jump behind walls or tanks for cover or back shots.

We didn't even look at psychic powers or allies yesterday. There was too much to worry about with just the rules.  So my mission today is to clean up the mess, finish a banner then sit in the AC with my rule book and read.  There is a lot to learn so I can get to work trying to break it.  :)

I am most excited about allies. Not for the broken part though. I like the opportunity to play Tau or Eldar for example along with my Blood Angels.  It's exciting!

Our next show is tentatively scheduled for July 21 or so.  We have to clear it with the wives.  We plan on doing a monthly live show with several smaller scale shows through the weeks.  Next week Jim and I are going to get together to paint some Tau as we start reworking our lists.

Thank you 6th edition.

I want to apologize to any folks who may have missed out on winning prizes because they were not in chat. We did not anticipate the problem people encountered when watching the feed from our site WarTV.tv. The only way to see the chat was by watching the feed directly from our Ustream channel, not the embedded feature on WarTV.  This did not become clear until I checked email after the show and saw messages from a winner who was unable to respond. Sadly at this time all results stand, but we will try to make it up to the couple of people who encountered this problem in the future.

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