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Impressions from my first Steam Roller

I journeyed up to Legions Games on Perry Highway early Sunday to participate in the “Scream Roller” run by my friend Andrew who press gangs for both Drawbridge and Legions.  It was a new experience playing against more tournament focused players who min/max their lists.  I ended one win and two losses but it was a good learning experience. I learned several important things from this tournament.   1) Know the rules better than your opponent. 2) Some lists are better than others. 3) Know what you’re picking into. 4) Don’t play a six hour tournament on three hours of sleep. 1)Know the rules better than your opponent. So what do I mean by that?  Try to use the rules to take advantage of your opponent?  Nope.  In my first game against a beast heavy Ragnor list the game came down to an assassination run by my opponent who was rushing since he had less than two minutes on the clock.  He had managed to damage my Captain Aiakos for about six boxes when he used a Trollkin Fire-breat