With a turnout of 12 players, this year's competition ended up being one of the best yet, with faces both new and old and some wonderfully creative armies marching to the field of battle. WWII armored companies faced down the holy and the unholy alike. Cats scrached and clawed at armies from beyond the stars. Centaurs roamed from the Chinese mainlands to the flightless aeries of Aves in matchups both surreal and sublime.

The Warband and Warparty tournament competitions are a great chance for players to sit down and play Hordes of the Things to their heart's content. Designed around a fluid matchup structure, people rarely sit still for very long. Most contestants ended up playing either four (or even five) full rounds, and this was coming off the heels of Eric Luczaj's four-round "Wars of Aggression" DBA tournament.

Though it made for a long day, people clearly seemed to enjoy the format and the tournament, and even brand new players came away with respectable standings and amazingly close games. Battles were pitched and fierce, and players seemed eminently up to the challenge.