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I think he was talking about the previous tournament in which they were leaked, so half the people showed up knowing the misssions with teaked list & the other half were owned.

asugradinwa wrote:I think he was talking about the previous tournament in which they were leaked, so half the people showed up knowing the misssions with teaked list & the other half were owned.

you mean the last ard boyz? The missions were up on the site I believe more than a week before the event for anyone to see.

in 2007 when the missions were leaked and I posted a link and got called bad names.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/191697.page

Like always Skkipper comes through. I was talking about the 2007 tournament, as I remember a lot of people complaining about it.

In this powergamiest of settings, it seems like a good idea (well, at least taking the minmaxing to the heights of ridiculous) to let things be truly tailored the whole way, even specifically to the scenario.

At the WA semis in 2007, most folks who already had them passed the scenarios around to most other people anyways. It was the fair thing to do. Maybe some players didn't get to build their lists for the scenarios directly, but at least they got to consider tactics for a while before the games. I would've built my list the same way anyways, having already minmaxed as hard as possible.

Is that the complete/final list of stores for the qualifiers? It has no stores listed for Iowa but the guy at the flgs (mayhem comics) said we were confirmed for running it again this year.

Hello again,

We'll be posting the scenarios a few weeks before each event. They are being playtested currently.

An informational packet for stores running Ard Boyz events is going out via email today. It has sign up sheets, flyers, results sheets and other useful materials. Trade reps will email them to participating stores.

There may still be a few stores that need to be added. All participating stores not currently listed online should contact their trade rep to confirm and make sure the trade rep forwards the info to me.

John

John Shaffer wrote:
We'll be posting the scenarios a few weeks before each event. They are being playtested currently.

thank you! I can't wait to see what 5th ed ardboyz missions actually look like : p

ummm last year's 'ardboys was in 5th edition...

asugradinwa wrote:ummm last year's 'ardboys was in 5th edition...

That may have been the joke he was trying to make.

derek wrote:

asugradinwa wrote:ummm last year's 'ardboys was in 5th edition...

That may have been the joke he was trying to make.

they were in 5th edition... but they weren't 5th edition missions... well not exactly anyways. They were basically all KP missions! which is kind of a throwback to 3rd... and 4th ed

Anything but kill points please. The missions will determine if I try and make it a go this year. If they are current 5th edition rules no thank you. Playing a 2-3 hour game trying to pull out a KP victory is about as exciting as #%^$#$%.

Maybe they will mix KPs with objectives. That would rock.

G

At least one KP mission makes ties the event to conventional 40K strategies at least a little. Also, KP (in moderation) compensates against a min-sized unit strategy. Otherwise IG would _really_ run the show. Even with blobbing, all those support units will be a liability.

Hi John

Thanks for posting information regarding the event here. Would you please be so kind as to address if the GW FAQs and Errata will be used along with the rulebook?

Thanks!
G

The FAQs are always used.

As John has already posted, GW has the three-page info sheets in PDF on their web site.

The most interesting points for me were the clarifications on codices:

1. How the new IG and SM codices affect allies for WH/DHs.

2. That Grey Knight Terminators can't ride in Valks or Vendettas.

3. That Deathwatch SM are no longer used.

4. That I completely missed the Blood Angels update in WD 329-330. Guess I'll be shopping around for some old magazines...


[Edited to remove link that John already posted on page 3 of this thread]

John already posted that stuff over 2 weeks ago.. a few pages back

Has anyone heard about an updated store list coming out?

I'm travelling from upper michigan to play . . . somewhere hopefully, and any of the locations I've contacted either, aren't sure they are running it because of a Magic pre-release, just flat out not running it, one even indicated it was closing.

I have a detailed list of all the stores down here in Florida that will host the preliminary round. Some will play on Saturday and others on Sunday. Supposedly there is a shop in Georgia that will run the 1st round on the following Saturday. G

1st round Scenarious are up http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m200036a_40KArdBoyzRound1Scenarios.pdf

Green Blow Fly wrote:I have a detailed list of all the stores down here in Florida that will host the preliminary round. Some will play on Saturday and others on Sunday. Supposedly there is a shop in Georgia that will run the 1st round on the following Saturday. G

I would be very, very interested in hearing about any store that is running the tournament after the first weekend. If someone can confirm the stores name, and have a phone number for them, please PM me. We were told that was not an option, even already had a 2 day tournament scheduled for that weekend.

(And to be fair, GW is helping us to manage running both events on the same day. More curiosity here than drama.)

I don't know how many stores are listed in Georgia for the first round but I reckon if someone were to call them they would probably find out. It's not a big deal to me as I'll be playing down in Florida.

G

Well, it doesn't look like they're going to get the list of stores fixed up in time, and if they do people probably won't be seeing it in time to matter, so I figure I'll throw an ad for our location up here.

Mayhem Comics in Des Moines, Iowa. Biggest gaming room in Iowa, or so they advertise. It's at least the biggest I've seen and twice the size of where I went for semis last year. Best of all you'll get a chance to play against me and see if my recent losing streak continues! (it's been really bad)