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That's right people this year we have gone to a con instead of just a indy GT. All of the registration will be done through Battleroadgames.com webstore.

"I HAVE DECIDED DUE TO COMPLAINTS FROM LAST YEAR FROM HERE ON WE WILL BE DISSOLVING THE COMP COUNCIL!!!"

New changes too the venue!!! My apologies for this people but as was pointed out too me this weekend that the dates set are the same weekend as the Vegas GT. Though most people will not be going we wanted to give a chance for as many too come as could be. With that this morning the venue hall was changed as well as the date. This change actually worked in out better half as the new hall is at the Hudson, Mass Elks lodge. The lodge will have airconditioning, Adult beverages available for purchase(with ID and cash only) as well as a food stand with burgers and such. Also they cut us a much better deal so we can take the money saved and put it towards more prizes and swag here are the events and dates as stands, and are now locked in.

-40k 1850 pts

Registration is now open and available for purchase at http://battleroadgames.com/ in the shop section. You need too purchase a weekend pass with your order initially but this is only $20.00 and then events have seperate costs.


Saturday
-7am doors open
-7:30 table assignments begin for 40k event.

-Rogue Demon Judging will commence at 7pm with awards at 930pm. All entries must be turned in by 655pm none will be accepted afterwards.

Sunday
-9am 40k day two begins and ends at 3pm.

-530pm awards for sunday will be handed out.
-We will be looking for a limited number of volunteers this year, so if you are interested please PM me.

Hudson Elks location
99 Park Street
Hudson, MA 01749
http://www.hudsonelks.com/

The hall can hold up too 500 people (more if need be but that's the comfort level).

Also local Hotels
Courtyard by Marriott Boston Marlborough
75 Felton Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts

The Marriot Residence Inn
112 Donald Lynch Blvd.
Marlborough, MA 01752
1 508-481-1500


Also within 10 minutes drive of the venue is a Mall with Bertuchiis, TGI Fridays, Olive Garden and so much more as well as all of the usual fast food places.

Painting Evaluation for Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k

Max 20 pts per judge (two judges) with the option of 3,2,1 bonus points for the top three picks per judge.

1pt= The army has a three coat minimum

1pt= The army is based

1pt= The units are labled appropriately with squad markings and are easily identifible too both players.

2pts= The army has extra depth to the painting such as successive highlights

2pts= The base is more then just paint and flock i.e either a resin base with depth or one custom built.

2pts= Their is a easily identifiable theme too the army.

3pts= Their is freehand painting done on the army as well as true artistic work and depth with shadows and weathering.

4pts= This army is easily one of my top five choices.

4pts= This army is easily one of my top 3 choices.

bonus points:
3pts= Top choice Army
2pts= Second Choice Army
1pt= Third choice Army

Sports scoring is on the forums at battleroadgames.com. We are using the system created by Rangar Arnenson (if I misspelled I am sorry) otherwise known as mannhiem.

Yeah to no more Comp! I think you will find that will lead to more fun, less complaints and a better event!

Good luck with it. So many fun events seem to be happening in the NE.

Their were to many complaints on the comp council so I find it easier to absolve it.

That has been the trend nation wide. Comp is going the way of the Dodo, and I think the game is much healthier for it.

Very interested !!!!
I'm in Grafton so not to far away...
Where can I find the out the details?

Reecius wrote:That has been the trend nation wide. Comp is going the way of the Dodo, and I think the game is much healthier for it.

5th edition seems to be more able to stand without it than earlier editions.

Indeed. It was a good thing when created, but now all it does is anger people. I am glad to see it go and let the door open to player creativity in list building.

I disagree with both of your premises, but will agree to disagree, as I am not in the mood to rehash that particular debate. Some fine Rakia and a Sam Adams Irish Red will do that, apparently.

Can't wait to go to college around there. Sounds like a ton of fun.

Comp is tough. Half of the people want it and the other half don’t, but there is a lot of drama associated with it.

Couple of my friends attended last year. They had a great time. Just give us a final date and we will plan on coming from NY.

I you need help with anything let me know.

I will start posting everything next week. We will be doing the sign ups as well. Tournies will be much cheaper this year, but that also means their will be a weekend pass that has to be purchased. Namely last year "THIS GUY" lost $1200 bucks on last years so I don't intend on a repeat this year. I am no longer a highly paid barely working Gov't employee so ya.

Everything will have limited spots, and I am confirming the guests this week. Also Manahiem don't worry this year tertiary and all will count. I listened to the complaints from last year (suprisingly not many) and we are following through.

Hudson, MA is a long ways away from Boston to advertise it as a Boston event

Sweet. Depending on the date, I'm nearly a shoe-in for attendance. If I'm feeling super-generous, maybe volunteering to half with staffing and whatnot.

inzeos wrote:Hudson, MA is a long ways away from Boston to advertise it as a Boston event

Really?

Not it's not at all. It's certainly a lot closer than a Providence, RI or Portsmouth, NH event, so what it's supposed to be called?

Hudson is plenty close to be called a Boston event, my only suggestion is if you are traveling and spending the night, don't book Boston or so, try the Worcester area and save money and time!

inzeos wrote:Hudson, MA is a long ways away from Boston to advertise it as a Boston event

..... seriously.. Not really being I used to live in Somerville and work in Hudson. Right now it comes down to which hall is available. I am hoping for Hudson being that one has air conditioning. If you would like though to give some great imput please feel free to volunteer for the event as we need some great support staff.

Whereabouts in Hudson is it? I'm in Brighton/Allston and don't have a car, so getting to Hudson seems a bit tough.

@Mannahnin
Agreeing to disagree is fine by me! A lot of people on the net seem incapable of doing that.

@Gavo
You will have a great time going to school there! The winters are a bit rough, but you have so much cool stuff to see and do. I envy you man, college was a blast.

I might be interested in such an event, as its within a couple of hours of me. What are you looking at for a price tag?

Depends on tourney but most likely $20 weekend pass, and then say for the bigger events IE 40k and fantasy $30.00 a ticket, and for the smaller ones FOW and WARMACHINE $15.00 a ticket. As per classes so far Joe Orteza is looking to give some seminars, so the prices for his classes are up to him, and the 2nd of the 3 who were invited is going over his calendar. The 2nd and third invitees both in one way or another work for battlefront as a clue.

I am pleased to announce that today I recieved the confirmation letter allowing the Boston Brawlcon to join in the Throne of Skulls circuit. We are very proud that we have made the circuit this year and will be opening our registration early next month.

Alrighty, after some last minute corrections we have our new venue hall locked in. It is more centralized and is at the Framingham National Guard Armory. We will be posting the registration up later this weekend for all of the events. You will have too purchase a weekend pass but the events themselves will be fairly inexpensive. This is a Friday night through Sunday event now, and will include 40k, WF, FOW, and Warmachine. We also will have a vendors area for you too purchase product in, as well as a food stand for basic snacks and such. We choose this location due to availability and size. Also their will be a much bigger painting comp this year, with a charity auction at the end of Saturday.

More updates too follow soon!
-Alex

How does the site physically compare to last year's? Is it similar, but bigger? Still a wood floor? Any AC?

Still a wood floor :( bigger, no AC but suprisingly not really needed there. I have been there during the sumer with 400+ people in it and was not sweating at all. I will however be renting fans just too please the Masses. Better Parking, food within a few blocks and best part low Crime!!!! We are right next too the county court house and the state Police Barracks_. The building is newer...a lot newer and has been well updated so we should be a lot more comfortable then last year. Also I have volunteers this year so Terrain is already being built, as well as tables prepped. If this year does well enough next year will be at a hotel... I promise. If this year bombs well... no more brawl :(.

Tentatively interested, but waiting to hear what points / restrictions you've got in mind for fantasy

- Salvage

@Boss: Still talking it over with my co-organizers but we are thinking either 2k or 2250 for fantasy, and 1850 for 40k.

-This is a Garuntee but no Special Character for either 40k or Fantasy will be allowed, also and I can't stress this but no comp. Instead however the overall points will consist of :
-60% battle
-15% Paint
-20% Sports
-5% Theme

Ergo if you suck at everything else, but do well battle you will still be in the running. These percentages are not nailed down as battle may go up.

The site sounds great. I actually didn't have a problem with the wood floor; it was certainly much better than concrete like at the last couple of Baltimore GTs. I was more just trying to get a sense for what it'll be like/picture in my head.

No special characters? Seriously?

A lot of folks have whole armies built around them nowadays, like Deathwing, Ravenwing, Loganwing, Ravenwing/Shrike, White Scars using Khan, Sallies using Vulkan, etc.

Certain older codices (Eldar, Dark Angels) also depend a lot on certain characters to make their army function competitively. With the new FAQ from January, there are a lot of Deathwing armies springing up now; with no Belial, people can't even field those armies.

I'm really looking forward to this event, and I barely ever use SCs myself, so it really doesn't affect me, except that I think banning them is likely to make some players stay away. And I'd like to see this thing have maximum attendance and keep going for the foreseeable future!

Also, if I may pimp my own work, I'd like to humbly submit that the Pass/Fail Sportsmanship scoring might be a nice approach on the Sportsmanship scoring side.

Alex, I'll definitely be there again this year. See if I can't win it two years in a row.

One word of advice, if you want to ban Special Characters for 40k, you should at least consider allowing the guys that allow Ravenwing/Deathwing.

I would also caution against banning special characters in the first place, or maybe just put a cap on them: like no SC's over 200 points. Or even allow all special characters but have the ones over 200 points give you a minus to your theme.

Anyway give it some thought. At the European Team Championship there were no SC's and it didn't really encourage a diversity of lists like you would expect.

-Wyatt

bostonbrawl.com doesn't work.

skyth wrote:bostonbrawl.com doesn't work.

Damn straight We will be hosting through my company website battleroadgames.com. I saw little point in paying for both as the company site is much better equiped.

@Wyatt: This year I have a special prize for the winners of 40k and Fantasy. I will pay the plane tickets (yep I said plane tickets) too adepticon for the winners...AND!!!!!!! Give each winner a full army of 1850 for 40k and 2000pts in fantasy. I think this will really push the limits with people as that is about $1000 in prizes for each person, and that's just from me. I have no idea what the sponsors will donate!

Ok offical ruling here as a couple of people have talked too me about it. 40K is allowed special characters, but Fantasy is not. The reason being is the Fantasy guys seem too hate the idea more then the 40k so I am willing too play ball.

Also after reviewing Mannhiems sportsmanship layout I dare say I rather like it and find it too be the most balanced I have ever seen. With a minor tweek added in we will be using the pass fail system. Too many people last year game out max scores for every game and that just killed the whole thing.

Also I have talked with mike and will be using the same scenerios as he does as I suck at creating these, and Adepticon doesn't have enough for 5 games.

Don't Forget Friday will be a Warbands and Combat Patrols tourney, with guest speaker, and sit down Joe Orteza!!!!!! Also Jason Buyaki is also looking as being our second Special Guest for the event this year, we are just confirming dates with him. If you don't know who either of these gents are then please look them up!!!!!!

Sounds awesome, Alex! Plane tickets are amazing! That's for Adepticon 2012, ja?

Jason Buyaki's an awesome dude. Joe Orteza is a crazy awesome sculptor; I hope I can be there Friday for combat patrol!