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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV


http://bloodofkittens.com/bayareaopen/

To preregister send an email with your name, game system, army and if you will need a hotel room to the following email and you will receive a confirmation email back within 24 hours: bayareaopen40K@gmail.com

The Bay Area Open is an 1,850 Warhammer 40K and 2,500 Fantasy tournament for the Bay Area of California (Contra Costa County Fairgrounds). The 40K Side will be 6 rounds, 4 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Fantasy will either be a 5 round event with 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday or a 6 round event with 4 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday dependent on turnout.

This tournament has been designed with the key concepts of simplicity, transparency and fun in mind. We have striven to create a system that as closely as possible uses the game design elements set forth in the core rule books. We feel that this allows a level playing field for all players to come and enjoy their favorite game without worrying about subjective scoring, or new scenarios they have never seen before. We want anyone to be able to come from any gaming background and play their best game with familiar rules and missions. For specifics, please visit our website linked at the top of this post.

Both 40K and Fantasy are using a Swiss style pairing system with no battle points. We will be using a W/L/D format as presented in the core rule books. This means that as you win games, you will play other players with the same record, and at the end, like the Highlander, there can be only one! The player to win the most games at the tournament's end will be declared the Tournament Champion!

The only non-core book mechanic we are using is the implementation of "Bracket Points." Bracket Points are bonus points you can earn during the course of the game. However, the Bracket Points DO NOT EFFECT THE GAME BEING PLAYED! They are NOT battle points. All they do is determine who will play up or down in the case of an odd number of players in either the winner's or loser's bracket. They will also be used to break ties for final standings, meaning if you have the same record as another player at the end of the tournament, whoever earned more Bracket Points will rank higher.

We will be using the INAT FAQ.

Fantasy will be using GW FAQs.


As the books themselves are the only guide we need for making armies, this will be a no "comp" event, meaning you can bring any legal list! So long as your army is legal, then it is welcome at the Bay Area Open. There will be restrictions on the Fantasy side of the event on special characters and magic items. Check the site for details.

Sportsmanship will be a simple thumbs up, thumbs down affair. A thumb's down will come with a written explanation and will be shown to your opponent who will have the opportunity to explain their position. The first is a warning but if a player gets more then one, administrative action will be taken up to and including reversing a win, and expulsion from the event. The parameters for a thumbs down will be strictly enforced and clearly defined. In other words, we are all big boys and girls and the staff expects you to act as such. Don't be a douche.

Painting and playing, while equally important aspects of the hobby, are very different skill sets. The playing aspect of the game will be the tournament itself, which means if you are not an expert painter, you can still win the tournament champion award. The hobbyist aspect of the tournament will be completely separate, with judged painting and modeling according to a clearly defined rubric which is available to see on our website so you know exactly what to expect! This means, if you are a great painter, but only play casually and don't care about winning and losing, you can still win best painted! However, we also want to recognize those gamers who excel at both aspects of the hobby and so have included a renaissance man award to the player that scores best in both categories.

No one likes to play against unpainted armies though, so the 3 color tournament standard applies with primer counting as a color for our tournament. Use this as motivation to finally get that army finished!

The 40K Tournament Champion prize for our event will be an 1,850 point army of your choice!

The Fantasy Tournament Champion prize for our event will be a 1,500 point army of your choice!

And there are loads more prizes for multiple categories, door prizes, wooden spoon awards and a super secret prize to be given to every single attendee!


We are capping 40K at 64 players this year and Fantasy with a soft cap of 32, possibly 64 depending on preregistration figures.

We have gotten a very positive response for this event and expect to sell out rapidly! So if you want to be involved, please preregister ASAP! Preregistration will be free and will get a $5 discount on ticket price when the time comes to purchase a ticket ($45 per ticket, $48 through PayPal). After preregistration, we will open the doors for general registration which will be priced at $50 a ticket, $53 through PayPal. If any tickets are left, late registration (3 weeks out, up to the day of the event) will be $55 a ticket, $58 through PayPal.

To preregister send an email with your name, game system, army and if you will need a hotel room to the following email and you will receive a confirmation email back within 24 hours: bayareaopen40K@gmail.com

So get excited for the Bay Area Open! We look forward to seeing old friends and making some new ones.

Warmahordes!


Please see SR 2011 rules pdf availiable from the Privateer Press Website
For the winner of each day we will be giving away a 35 point army of your choice*
We will have trophies for 1st through 3rd place each day.
There will also be awards for best painted army and faster caster kill each day.
Both events are a 5 round, standard Warmahordes paired event.

Saturday:
Warmachine/Hordes Steamroller SR2011 event.
32 players
50 point lists. 2nd list optional.
Scenarios from SR2011 packet
Basic painting required. All front arcs MUST be marked.
Standard 50 point time limits
Standard Victory conditions
Standard Final Standings

Sunday:
Warmachine/Hordes Steamroller SR2011 event.
32 players
35 point lists. 2nd list optional.
Scenarios from SR2011 packet
Basic painting required. All front arcs MUST be marked.
Accelerated Time Limits (7min, 3min extension)
Standard Victory conditions
Standard Final Standings

Logistics:

Location : July 30th-31st at the The Contra Costa County Fairgrounds 1201 West 10th St. Antioch, CA 94509

If you want to get a room, the very nice Days Inn and Suites, which is less than a mile from the event, let me know. We have worked a deal with the hotel that if we can book 10 rooms, they will only be $75 a night! http://www.stayantioch.com/index.php

If you are flying in, coordinate with us. You can take the BART (subway) in from either Oakland or San Fransisco out to Bay Point station and from there we will have a shuttle to pick people up!

We will be selling drinks and Pizza at the event, and while we won't be selling alcohol there, you can bring your own so long as you are over 21 years old!

Terrain: We pledge to have quality terrain on every board, particularly 40K where every board will have a true LoS blocking piece of terrain mid board. No open tables!

Tables: Each Table will be 8' x 4', so plenty of room! Also, the hall we have rented is HUGE! Plenty of room for your stuff and no crowding.

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Junior Officer with Laspistol





University of St. Andrews

Email sent! Hopefully things stay clear.

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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

Awesome! We look forward to having you

   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




I was totally about to email but I just realized that's the date of Sean's wedding...

Looks like I won't even be playing. Oh well, good luck! Maybe I'll see you guys day 2.

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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

Sean's getting married that weekend? Crap! We didn't even think about that.

Not much we can do about it now though, but man, that stinks.

Yeah, swing by Day 2 and say hi.

   
Made in us
Stabbin' Skarboy







This is gonna be an amazing event! I expect it to sell out quickly.

I'm proud to announce that as a sanctioned Sprue Posse Event all results will be ELO tracked and the top 2 finishers of this event will be granted an automatic invite to the Sprue Posse Invitational 16 slot tournament in December held in Los Angeles.







   
Made in us
Junior Officer with Laspistol





University of St. Andrews

Out of curiosity, how bad is the drive to there from San Jose?

"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
~Hanlon's Razor

707th Lubyan Aquila Banner Motor Rifle Regiment (6000 pts)
Battlefleet Tomania (2500 pts)

Visit my nation on Nation States!








 
   
Made in us
Tail-spinning Tomb Blade Pilot





All over

I am digging this alot. I am really liking the way you handle sportsmanship. I hope to have my bad moons ready.

   
Made in us
Beast of Nurgle





East Bay

@ChrisWWII its about an hour and a half not terrible.

Happy to have all of you signing up we hope to meet all your guys expectations and more!

   
Made in us
Stabbin' Skarboy







Hey guys what FAQ are you using?

   
Made in us
Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot




San Diego Ca

Hey Reece, I told She Who Must Be Obeyed about this one. She's always wanted to see San Fran so we may be able to make this trip a family outing. Drive up Thursday, play in the city friday, game on Sat/Sun (need to find something in Antioch for them to do...or not), drive home monday.
Kills many birds with one stone.

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Made in us
Archmagos Veneratus Extremis






Home Base: Prosper, TX (Dallas)

Airfare is a straight beotch that weekend. I'll be pre-registering just in case but if airfare doesn't drop a bit by then I probably won't be able to make it. Lowest cost on expedia was $488...

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They Shall Know Fear - Adepticon 40k TT Champion (2012 & 2013) & 40k TT Best Sport (2014), 40k TT Best Tactician (2015 & 2016) 
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut






Hey Reece mind posting a schedule. For those flying it would be nice to know if we need an extra day of travel time.

Thank you,
Dave

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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

To answer some questions:

The Drive from San Jose is not far, as White925 said. We go down there for tournaments and it is not a bad ride at all, especially not with some buddies.

@Cage00
We hope to see your Orks there and kicking some butt!

@Kevin Nash
Inat FAQ, thanks for pointing that out, I amended the first post.

@DkellyJ
Looking forward to seeing you! The flight from SD to Oakland is only about $100 round trip and a short flight. We will have shuttle to get people to the event from the BART station or you can rent a car cheap. Looking forward to seeing you buddy.

@Brad
Dude, I hope you can make it but yeah, that is an expensive flight. Is that to SFO? Try Kayak.

@Dave
We will get a schedule up by tomorrow, that is a good thing to have for people coming from out of town. I hope some of the San Diego guys make the trip besides you and Kelly! We plan on starting early, so I think if you get in on Friday, you will be good to go. Getting home Sunday night shouldn't be a problem as we are only having 2 games.

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Made in us
Archmagos Veneratus Extremis






Home Base: Prosper, TX (Dallas)

@Reece

It was just the cheapest flight on Expedia. I put in for all San Fran airports. We'll see if I can't find a flight deal when it gets closer.

Best Painted (2015 Adepticon 40k Champs)

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Made in us
Waaagh! Warbiker





San Diego

I should be there. I'm looking forward to playing up there.

I'll let you know about sponsoring as soon as I get things finalized with our manufacturers.

Cheers

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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

@Brad
Well, I certainly hope you can make it, brotha. It would be good to see you. I have two guest beds and two couches at my pad so we could probably host you if you needed to save some dough on accommodation.

@Dugg
You best be there! I need a rematch after the ass kicking you gave me! Haha. I hope you can make it brotha, and sponsorship for those awesome crater markers would be killer.

   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




See ya there y'all

Play Hard, Laugh Often


 
   
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Huge Bone Giant





Oakland, CA -- U.S.A.

I think I have that weekend free, here is to hoping. . .

"It is not the bullet with your name on it that should worry you, it's the one labeled "To whom it may concern. . ."

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Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut





Sent an email to jump into this tournament on the 40K (best) side. Can't wait to go to this. Sounds like fun. Where else are you advertising.

Do you need any help? I only live a few hours away.

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Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

@Doc
Don't forget to preregister to save your spot!

@Kirsanth
We hope you can make it. Like I said, we will have a shuttle from the BART station on Friday night and Sunday evening, so if you need a lift, we can help you out.

@Veritechc
Got your and your son's preregistration. We are in the process of posting on BoLS, Warseer, B&C and a few local forums, too. We will also be on at least one PodCast. If you can spread the word at your local game club, that would be awesome, thanks!


Preregistration slots are already filling up, so if you want to jump in on this, please do so quickly!

   
Made in us
Archmagos Veneratus Extremis






Home Base: Prosper, TX (Dallas)

Sent my email in. I'll be taking you up on the couch or guest bed if I can find a flight for 300 or so before then

Best Painted (2015 Adepticon 40k Champs)

They Shall Know Fear - Adepticon 40k TT Champion (2012 & 2013) & 40k TT Best Sport (2014), 40k TT Best Tactician (2015 & 2016) 
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Reecius wrote:@Doc
Don't forget to preregister to save your spot!



Sent my e-mail yesterday for myself and my daughter Ariel.

Did you not get it?

Play Hard, Laugh Often


 
   
Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

@Brad
We have a bed reserved for you, buddy!

@Doc
I sure didn't. I just went back and checked, and I did not see it. Could you please resent it?

   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka






Edit: Whoops, I thought this was an east coast event!

Sounds like a great event!

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1850 huh? Cool

I have most of my army built just need a couple more pieces and then I'll start painting them up and hopefully I will have a painted army for this event.
   
Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut




Reecius wrote:@Doc
I sure didn't. I just went back and checked, and I did not see it. Could you please resent it?


OK, re-sent


Automatically Appended Next Post:
But if that doesn't work:

Doc Glenboski - 40K - IG
Ariel - Fantasy - Wood Elf

for pre-reg

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Sinewy Scourge





Lodi CA

Very cool will be letting my group know about this!










 
   
Made in us
Awesome Autarch






Las Vegas, NV

@djphranq and Hukelberry

Don't forget to preregister! Spots are gong quick, we are already into double digit preregistration. Make sure you save a spot if you plan on going. I hope to see you guys there!

@Doc Dragon
Please pm me your email address too, so that I can let you know when registration is open.

   
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Lodi CA

Will prereg when I get home stupid work computers block everything lol.










 
   
 
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