AdeptiCon 2007 - Another Year, Another Success!

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**Centurian99**

AdeptiCon 2007 - Another Year, Another Success!

AdeptiCon 2007 has come and gone, and over 700 Games Workshop hobbyists from across the world participated in this phenomenal event. Not only were total attendance numbers up from previous years, but all events saw increased participation, including the Warhammer 40K National Team Tournament, the largest Games Workshop tournament in the world with 356 players competing. If you missed out...well, there's always next year.

And the 2007 Winners Are...

Here is the full slate of winners from AdeptiCon 2007 -

Checkmate Hobbies - 40K National Team Tournament Champions
Troy Clifton - 40K Gladiator Champion
Mike Mutscheller - Best Overall, 40K Championships
Hod Sheikhnia - 40K Codicier Champion
The East Lustria Company - Warhammer Fantasy Team Tournament Champions
Jordan Braun - Best Overall, Fantasy Championships
Bruce Chirrey - Best Overall, Fantasy Escalation
Alex Gonzalez - Fantasy Loremaster Champion
CAGO 2 - Lord of the Rings Team Tournament Champions
Shane McRoberts - Best Overall, Battlefleet Gothic Championships
Bennett Blalock Doane - AdeptiCon 2007 Rogue Demon Best of Show
Cathy Wappel - Master Class Best of Show
Johnny Hastings - Rogue Demon Best Single Miniature
Bennett Blalock Doane - Rogue Demon Best Squad or Regiment
Bennett Blalock Doane - Rogue Demon Best Vehicle/Large Monster
Mark Maxey - Rogue Demon Best Open Entry
Tony Grippando - Rogue Demon Best Youngblood Entry

Scenario Downloads Available!

Want to share a part of the challenge of AdeptiCon with those who couldn’t attend? Download the scenarios used in all of our tournaments from the AdeptiCon website at: http://www.adepticon.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=22

For Gamers, By Gamers

Our motto, "For Gamers, By Gamers" is more than just words. AdeptiCon is organized and run by a staff of dedicated volunteers, each of us hobbyists and gamers ourselves. We extend an invitation for enthusiastic hobbyists to join us in making future AdeptiCon’s happen. We are looking for volunteers in the following departments:

Operations – Help with setup, registration, teardown, and various technical needs.
40K Events and Tournaments – Rules judges, painting/theme judges, and running demos or other non-competitive events.
Fantasy Events and Tournaments – Rules judges, painting/theme judges, and running demos or other non-competitive events.
Specialist Games Events and Tournaments – Rules judges, painting/theme judges, and running demos or other non-competitive events.
Hobby Seminars – Teach a seminar on almost any hobby-related topic!
*Terrain – Help build AdeptiCon’s renown terrain (Chicago-area residency required)
*Web and Software Development – Help maintain the AdeptiCon website and other programming-related needs.
*Sponsor Relations – Contact, sign-up, and maintain relationships with the sponsors who donate our phenomenal prize support.
*Marketing – Help get the word out about AdeptiCon by distributing our web chatter and other news releases.

Note: Departments marked with a “*” perform the majority of their work before AdeptiCon. All other departments do the most or all of their work during the AdeptiCon weekend itself.

Please note that with one exception (Terrain), Chicago-area residency is NOT required, so if you want to help make AdeptiCon even greater, you can, no matter where you live!

E-mail awc_nfp@yahoo.com today with your name, contact information, and any applicable skills or experiences. A member of the AdeptiCon Council will get in touch with you before planning for AdeptiCon 2008 begins in earnest this summer. Join the AdeptiCon team today!

On the Horizon: The AdeptiCon 2007 Retrospective

The AdeptiCon 2007 Retrospective will coming out in the next few months, after we catalog all of the pictures from this year, so stay tuned for full coverage of AdeptiCon 2007, including army featurettes, the full listing of award winners, and much more.

**SirNotInThisFilm**

Great Success!

**blood angel**

My buds and I had an awesome time - just like last year. Of course we've already started planning for next.

**Darrian13**

I cannot wait either. This was my first time going to Adepticon, it will not be my last.

Darrian

**ether dude**

I'm going to be in Ohio this time next year...there will be plottage...

**Centurian99**

If anyone has any questions about what's involved with volunteering for AdeptiCon, post them here and I'll answer them if I can. FYI, my official title is Marketing Coordinator, which means I'm in charge of writing our web chatter anouncements, interviewing our guests and instructors, and doing some graphic design-type stuff. It's great for me, because for all practical intents and purposes my marketing job is done once the AdeptiCon weekend begins, so I can enjoy myself and play some games. This year, I also started the BFG Championships, which went extremely well. For me, after three years of Iron Man competition, it was nice to not have to worry about playing on Sunday. I'm already looking forward to running the event next year.

Most of the volunteers at AdeptiCon will pitch in for a day (or two), and spend the other day(s) playing in tournaments, attending seminars, etc. We're definitely looking for anyone with a love for the hobby who wants to contribute to the greatest fan-run GW convention in the world.

One of the things we're definitely exploring for next year is finding a larger venue, as we're pretty much using our current venue to its capacity. We'd love to give the Fantasy side of the house a larger area than the Pavillion, and possibly expanding to a third hall in terms of floor space. There's all sorts of cool stuff we could do with a third hall - more demos, scenarioed games, Specialist Games tournaments...the list goes on. But to do that, we're going to also need to expand our volunteer staff, to make sure that whatever we do, we've got the personnel available to make sure that we maintain the level of quality that our attendees have become accustomed to.

So...if you've got any questions about volunteering, post them here, and if I can I'll answer them.

**Flaxxon**

I would like to help on Friday for the Gladiator event and I can also help break down and pack stuff up on Sunday.

**Deadshane1**

Thanx for running the Gothic Tournement Centurian....

It was like a breath of fresh air in gaming after, what, 8 games of 40k during the weekend....

See you next year so my Orks can repeat!!

**yakface**

Posted By Deadshane1 on 04/12/2007 10:06 PM
Thanx for running the Gothic Tournement Centurian....

It was like a breath of fresh air in gaming after, what, 8 games of 40k during the weekend....

See you next year so my Orks can repeat!!

So you're the one who won the tournie with an Ork fleet?

Let me ask you a question: I've played all of like two games of BFG before (I didn't care that much for the game), but from everyone I've ever talked to they always say that Orks are the one fleet that is woefully underpowered in the game.

So tell a BFG noob like myself how you managed to win the tournie with that fleet? Is all the talk about Ork fleets sucking just BS? Or are there a couple of ways to play them effectively? Or are you just such an awesome player. . .

**Centurian99**

Posted By yakface on 04/12/2007 10:45 PM

Posted By Deadshane1 on 04/12/2007 10:06 PM
Thanx for running the Gothic Tournement Centurian....

It was like a breath of fresh air in gaming after, what, 8 games of 40k during the weekend....

See you next year so my Orks can repeat!!

So you're the one who won the tournie with an Ork fleet?

Let me ask you a question: I've played all of like two games of BFG before (I didn't care that much for the game), but from everyone I've ever talked to they always say that Orks are the one fleet that is woefully underpowered in the game.

So tell a BFG noob like myself how you managed to win the tournie with that fleet? Is all the talk about Ork fleets sucking just BS? Or are there a couple of ways to play them effectively? Or are you just such an awesome player. . .

Orks are random, which makes them a bit difficult to use.

But they do have one area in which the really shine: boarding actions.

Deadshane understood the boarding action rules quite well.

**Centurian99**

Posted By Flaxxon on 04/12/2007 8:43 PM
I would like to help on Friday for the Gladiator event and I can also help break down and pack stuff up on Sunday.

Send an e-mail to awc_nfp with your name, contact information, and that note.

**Deadshane1**

Not trying to hijack the thead or anything, but to quickly answer your question Yak....

Orks are awesome a couple of ways. Tons of ordinance. (low leadership for reloading is countered by the amount of fleet RR's availiable to orks...more than anyone else.)

Also, simply irresistable boarding actions. With larger kroozers, 10 hit points instead of the average 8 of other fleets, if orks get close with two warlord equipped Kroozers...the enemy ship is simply dead.

Only guys that subscribe to the Hulk/rok/ramship tactics for Orks think they are hideously underpowered. Orks are actually quite strong if you know how to play them. I only have trouble with eldar ships, and then only in open space.

Then there are simple tactics that SOO many players screw up on. Divide and conquer is REALLY effective in gothic. Also, people 'Brace for Impact' too often, its like they're afraid to take damage or something, I think I braced once maybe twice during the whole tournement.

**Deadshane1**

Oh yea, and people that say ork fleets suck....

When you consider objective based missions and just a bit of terrain to work with...

yea, its BS.

**thegrognard**

If you'd have room for a Warmaster Tournament, I'd volunteer to run that in a heartbeat.

**Janthkin**

If you'd have room for a Warmaster Tournament, I'd volunteer to run that in a heartbeat.

Email the awc_nfp@yahoo.com address, and pass that along.