Interest in an East Coast Indy 40k GT?

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**dienekes96**

There are a lot of good ideas in here, Ed. I like dietrich's Sportsmanship/Painting idea quite a bit.

I do think Painted Armies should be required. That's part of the draw.

**malfred**

Maybe I should play in Adepticon just so I can bring down
the painting standards.

**budro**

I'd be interested in coming to that. Only a couple hours drive.

Yes on fully painted.

One thing that helps make tournaments enjoyable to me are non-standard scenarios. Something that is a bit different from what we play all the time.

I like the yes/no sportsmenship.

Very interested to see more details later.

**Kirika**

I'd be interested, I live in NJ.

**PapaNurgle**

I'd be interested from Chicago - just not in the Spring.

**mauleed**

Really august would be the best time, as there isn't any other event that month, but I can not swing it that fast this year. On the east coast, the rest of the year is just so jam packed:

april: The colonial (and adepticon, which is a big draw even out here)
July: Necro
Sept: Crossroads
Oct: NEWCC
Nov: baltimore.

So it's pretty much either august or winter.

**Janthkin**

Try a practice/"Invitational" version in January to get the kinks out, and plan on August '09?

**grizgrin**

How does one GET an invitation to such an invitational? Have to have a certain quality of RTT placing or some such?

**Janthkin**

Well, the quotes are there on purpose - for this one, I imagine one buys one's invitation by being among the first X to pay the mandatory fee.

Basically, I'm just proposing a scaled-down run first, to let Ed get the kinks out of his 40k tourney mojo.

**Pariah Press**

Are you sure you want him to get the kinks out of his mojo?

**cygnnus**

mauleed wrote:So, I've got 50+ high quality tables and enough terrain to cover them for a fantasy tournament, so it's not too much of a stretch to build enough to handle a 40k tournament (ok, a ton of work to be sure, but doable).

So if I did do it, the cap would be ~100 players, with 5 rounds over 2 days. I'd use the same venue that we use for the colonial GT (The Clarion in Cherry Hill NJ, which is more than big enough to house all the players, doesn't mind if we drink during the tournament, and has a very good bar as well)

So what would interest level be like? When would be good timing for this? Any other suggestions? I've run lots of smaller 40k tournaments, and helped with fantasy tournaments of this size, but never a 40k tournament this big.

Hey Ed,

Count me in as interested!

One thing I'd strongly suggest, is to have tables with very different levels of terrain (from desert-like to cityfight) and make sure each player has to play across the spectrum. Might help to keep the "overly tuned" lists down...

Vale,

JohnS

**akira5665**

It would be better if you came over to Brisbane and ran one here Ed.

PLEASE!!!????