Stubbdog Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Ok, so we have been churning this idea for a few weeks now. And I figured let's make this official. I happened to go play a game against my local Black Lightning member and he informs me that he was planning on trying to do a tourney on Nov 11th. I said, hey what a coowinkydink, as we had been talking about it here. So, I said, that is a great idea and lets try to get this thing solid. So the details are as follows: For wildbill... When: Sat. Nov 11th, games will begin at high noon, so show up before then. Where: GameWyze at Vista Ridge Mall in Lewisville (15 minutes south of Reaper, 15 north of Dallas) Who: as many of you as we can get of course, you silly... Why: bragging rights mainly, but there will be prize support as well (I'll toss in a shovel for you to bury all my kills with).. What: well Warlord of course, duh... How: most will get there by car, but whatever gets you there. Details: WildBill, I originally wanted to try to figure out a way to play a tourney using my teleporting portals scenario that I won that scenario contest with a while back. I still want to do that sometime, but for now, unless you and Micah have major problems with it, the more I thought about it, the more I have been liking your idea of the battle of the bulge idea. So, unless you object, I am running with that idea... Each player will field a 1501 point army. Each army must have at least three 200+ point models included. EDIT: We will NOT be playing with the 25% merc rule. But, as it was pointed out to me that there are still a few factions that do not really have 3 viable 200+ point options we are making one allowance. We will allow you to include exactly ONE model from any army into your list (it must still meet alignment check rules). If you do include one, it will neither gain any army faction special abilities (including affects of totems or other faction benefits) nor will it cause the rest of your list to lose its faction special abilities for bringing it. Number of rounds will be determined by the final count of players. But the expectation (hope) is to play three 2 hour rounds and a final 1 hour lightning round with an appropriate modified rule set with points to determine the overall places. Clarifications : 1.) yes, three 200+ point models post upgrades/spells. 2.) Also, the only exception to the "any model" rule is, no warlords of other factions. Freelance errata: Can only obtain shooters from two factions. Please respond here if you plan to attend so that I can help keep Sir Ogletree of the expected numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I don't think Micah will be able to come down. I believe that is his wife's birthday. If it was still on the 4th... I will have to talk to the other guys in my group to see how many want to come down (if any). I assume this is a typical mall in that it closes at 9 PMish? If so, can we NOT start at mall open (which I assume is 10 AMish). It's between a 4 and 5 hour drive to Dallas, and if I have several people coming, chances are small that we could leave Friday night. It would have to be Saturday morning. I don't relish the thought of leaving Tulsa at like 4:30 AM just to make sure we get to Dallas on time! If I'm all alone, then I might be able to pull off a Friday night arrival. I am headed out of town next week on vacation. Give me a couple weeks to poll my group and see how many want to go. That will determine what happens from my end. I like the format, though. Wild Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjsallison Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Thats the weekend of my birthday, so I will be there. Couldn' think of a better day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 WB, you know my standing tradition. You have a place to crash both Friday and Saturday night as needed, at my place. I should have enough blow up beds to handle your group. As for start time, knowing most people, if I say a 10 start time, that means that most times we wouldnt be able to get started to closer to 11 since it take a little while for people to show up. But, hopefully we can keep that to a minimum and get started as soon as we can. Having said that, I will make a deal with you, if either of the following happen then we can change the time: a.) you are able to bring several people, not just you. b.) between now and then only the same 5-6 people as in the other thread give their nods for attendance. With only 6 people, we really wouldnt need a 4th round, meaning we could bump the start time by quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I'll keep you posted on all of the details!!! Thanks for the offer of Friday night. That will definitely help sway votes (free is ALWAYS good! ). I have a couple of relatively new players that I think I could convince to come down. I'll let you know!! Wild Bill P.S. Barring something goofy happening, you can pretty much count on me coming down and kicking some butt...uhhhhh...I mean...coming down and playing in the tournament. Yeah. Yeah. Really. Playing. That's what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warwick Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Well, I guess you can steal my tourny idea. That's cool as long as you pay me...in pewter. Okay, just let me know how it turns out because I want to run that same tournament here in Tulsa in December. Mine is called Clash of the Titans! Should be a hoot. I can't wait for Wildbill's tournament to be over so I can play something bigger than 750 and without an Elf partner. Nothing against Elves, but having to hold my charges so they can fire is not part of my typical tactics. I'll have to skip the tournament because of multiple Birthdays. Oddly enough, I'll be very nearby in Texas. Less than an hour away. The family wouldn't forgive me for skipping Moira's first Birthday to play Warlord. Geez, she's one. She won't remember! hehe Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 EDIT to rules: We will NOT be playing with the 25% merc rule. But, as it was pointed out to me that there are still a few factions that do not really have 3 viable 200+ point options we are making one allowance. We will allow you to include exactly ONE model from any army into your list (it must still meet alignment check rules). If you do include one, it will neither gain any army faction special abilities (including affects of totems or other faction benefits) nor will it cause the rest of your list to lose its faction special abilities for bringing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakandara Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Is that 200 points pre-gear, or after things like equipment and spells? You know our faction isn't exactly brimming with 200+ point models; we have exactly 1 that meets the criteria, the next closest can't take equipment (so it can't count), and the next closest is a unique. Oops. ~v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Landt Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 This sounds like fun! I won't know for sure if I'm available for another week, but if I am I'll be there. Here is a link to ALL 200+ point models, sorted by Faction and Points: http://www.guslandt.com/warlord/Models.asp...;CostMath=>= I trust the rule will be 200+ points after equipment/spells, since multiple factions simply cannot get 3 from their own faction, even if they take 1 from another faction. Crusaders, Necropolis, Overlords, & Reven are the only factions that could do it without taking a model from a different faction. Next question: What freelance rules/restrictions will there be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Vierzehn Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I'll play. -StV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Clarifications : 1.) yes, three 200+ point models post upgrades/spells. 2.) Also, the only exception to the "any model" rule is, no warlords of other factions. Freelance errata: Can only obtain shooters from two factions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Well, I talked with the local Black Lightning rep today, and he says he is fine to set the stating time to high noon to help with travelers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Pat Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Hope you guys have fun, I'll be down south that weekend. Ohh and please remember there is more then one local Black Lightning rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I was happily working away on making a Freelance army that had only two archers in the entire list, no warlord, and three big nasty solos when I reread the rules and noticed: 1,501 points. Now I have to scratch that entire army and start over. I hate that warlord-required rule... Wild Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjsallison Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 In the event of a game not resolving itself in the alloted time frame, How are we allotting points to determine the victor? Are we using kills + bounty points, models left standing, R-Con point system, etc.? What are the proxy rules? Can we use the 'other faction model' even if we can field 3 200 + models? Sorry for asking so many questions, I just don't want a surprise on game day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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