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Bat Manuel wrote:

keithb wrote:There is no additional cost for any event. It is just the cost for Templecon itself.

WHHHHAAAAAT?!?!? I'm planning on going for WM, but I so might bring up some 40k stuff now.

Thanks for the interest, better yet, get some of your friends to bring their 40k stuff too!

After all, you could do 3-4 WM/H events and STILL do the 40k GT. You just might not sleep much.

Yeah, one thing that we've always attempted to do with TempleCon is to never have event costs. As both myself and the co-founder have worked and attended conventions all over the country for many years, we always thought it was awful that almost every convention out there hit you with event ticket fees for each and every tournament after paying an (often massive) entrance cost. So if you actually want to do anything with that cool badge you just bought, you need to fork over even more. This often turned a $50 to $60 admission into $150 or more depending on what you planned on doing during the weekend, and that, well, sucks. The only events at the show that have additional costs are those with specific materials costs like our scotch, rum, and beer seminars, which usually consist of you taking home cool stuff from them, anyway.

We also think that having ticket fees keeps people from trying out new events or jumping into tournaments during the weekend for the hell of it. This makes it a lot more attractive to come for the entire weekend and play in several events rather than just come to a single day's tournament. TempleCon has become the largest Warmachine/Hordes event out there due to this.

Heads up!

Reservations for 40k events (and other miniatures events) have gone live! If, and only if, you are pre-registered for the convention, you can begin to build your portfolio of reserved events for the weekend. Keep in mind that this is only a very small sampling of what is planned, and more events will be going online on a regular basis for additional reservation.

Click here to check out the list of events online: http://www.templecon.org/12/index.php?option=com_dtregister&Itemid=153 You can filter by using the dropdown boxes at the top of the page.

If you haven't pre-registered yet, now is also a good time to get that taken care of. The early-bird discount ends on December 1st, so get to it now and save a few bucks on your reg.

Hate to ask a dumb question, but it appears we need to register for both days separately for the GT. Am I correct?

I'll check on that, but if there is any issue, Day 1 is the important day, so register for that at least, and that will get you in.

Very Happy to say I am all signed up! At least I hope I am because I did the whole register thing but it doesn't remove tickets off the event page... odd. Anyways I look forward and Keith could you check for me by chance to make sure it went through.

Wish this event was in temple texas :(

New announcement, The Best General and Best Overall for the 40k GT will receive a NOVA invitational invite. So sign up now!

Thanks again to Mike Brandt, looking forward to NOVA 2012

THE OVERFLOW HOTEL IS OPEN FOR RESERVATIONS: http://www.templecon.org/12/index.ph...=89&Itemid=111

The overflow hotel is the Warwick-Providence (Airport) Holiday Inn Express - you can reserve your room online or call 401-736-5000 to make your reservation. Please be sure to use the group code "TMP" in order to receive the TempleCon group rate of the extremely reasonable $104.00 dollars per night.

I have been informed that shuttle service is available and will be provided. More details on that will follow. We expect this hotel to also fill up quickly, so book now!

Hey guys, We hit the cap of 50 for 40k and I am adding additional spots for the GT. Please email me @ onslaughtgt@gmail.com if you can commit to playing. You will have to buy tickets at the door if you did not pre-reg.


Fantasy player will also have to email to claim a spot as pre-reg is closed. onslaughtgt@gmail.com

Here are the rules for the totally fun doubles on friday.

Ocean State Dice Devils
2nd Annual “Fight Against Hunger”
Charity Doubles Tournament

Where: Templecon.org Crown Plaza, Warwick, RI
When: 12:45 PM on Friday February 3rd, 2012. Be there at 12 for registration.
What: A Doubles Team Tournament to benefit the Rhode Island Food Bank. A fun and extremely broken tournament. Remember it’s for a good cause and a good time.
Cost: Free with a TemplCon admission. Although donations of cash and/or canned goods will be accepted on behalf of the RI Food Bank.

Points/FoC: 2500 per team (1250 per player). Shared FoC. Each player MUST have 1 HQ and 2 Troops. All other FoC slots divided per team discretion. All codex limitations in effect per team (ie: no 2 M. Calgar(S) or 2 Vindicare Assassins per teamare allowed.), all other codex limitations, such as the 0-1 rule will be in effect per team, etc. Shared rules within a team ARE allowed. Yes, this means the possibility for some seriously broken shenanigans, your all welcome

Rounds: Three rounds = 2 hours and 45 minutes per round. Dinner break after the first round.

Items: Bring five (5) copies of your teams Army List. 1 for the TO, 1 for you and 1 for each of your opponents. Dice, Pencil/Pen, Tape Measure, Templates. All Codices, FaQs, Rule Books that you plan on using rules from. Army (Duh), WYSIWYG in effect. No painting requirement (But encouraged).

Armies: Only current and legal GW Codices are allowed (including White Dwarf Codices). FW vehicles and units ARE allowed with the following exceptions. Gargantuan Creatures, Super Heavies and/or Fliers will NOT be allowed. The player using any FW model(s) MUST have the pertinent rules and FAQs to use the model(s). Only current and official GW/FW FAQs will be used.

Prizes: There will be Prizes for First, Second and Third Places. Each round will also have a Bonus prize to a single team.

Donations: We will have a variety of ways to donate, here is the run down.

Walk-Ins, Anyone (participation in the tournament not required) may donate cash or canned goods. As well as purchase any tokens, raffle tickets, orbital bombardment etc. ALL proceeds go directly to the charity, we keep zero of the funds/cans (last year we raised $750.00 and an unspecified amount of canned goods for our charity).

Re-roll tokens, usable to reroll any single die roll at any time. Buy as many as you want. The normal limitation of only re-rolling a die once is NOT in effect, if you have a re-roll token you may use it! Tokens will cost $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00, 13 for $10.00 or 30 for $20.00.

Orbital bombardments, can also be purchased for $5.00 each. Buy as many as you want! Use it on any table, even on a game you are not involved in. Spectators may also purchase orbital bombardments to use on any table. These are treated as a S 10 AP 1 Large Blast Ordinance template.

Smoke grenades, $2 each. A smoke grenade token allows one model/unit to "pop smoke" during the shooting phase instead of firing any weapons (model/unit may still "run"). "Smoke" grants that model/unit a 4+ cover save. This save lasts until your next shooting phase. May be used once per game per token

Raffle, We will be holding a raffle (licensed), tickets will cost will cost $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00, 13 for $10.00 or 30 for $20.00. Various gamer related prizes, to include but not limited to, 3 FW items (smaller than a Titan bigger than a Grot), Airbrush and Compressor set, Pro Painted Single Models and much more!

Special auction, There will be an special auction before each Round for the following “items”.

Round 1: Universal Special Rule, the auction winners will choose which USR will be applied to any one model/unit of the auction winners choice.

Round 2: Hellstorm Strike, Use the inferno template rules from Apocalypse. Strength 7 AP 3. One shot. If the strike sells for $24.00 or less it MUST be applied on the auction winners table. If the strike sells for $25.00 or more then it may be applied to ANY table the auction winner choses.

Round 3: "MIMIC", "MIMIC" allows one model/unit to gain the ability to "MIMIC" any ONE enemy model/unit’s profile. The ability only functions when your model/unit is in hand to hand combat! Only non-vehicle model(s)/unit(s) may be chosen. The choices must be made prior to the start of the game, but after both sides have deployed and will last for the ENTIRE game.

Are there any funky rules for the WFB Team tournament? Like not duplicate items or anything?

No restrictions on items or PD or anything like that, it is just bring whatever you would like.

There will be some additional rules based on the charity nature of the event, which are getting finalized this week.

1) buying reroll tokens. Same as 40k
2) buying power/dispel dice. 3$ for an additional d6 power or dispel dice for a phase.
3) 5$ for loremaster (any lore) for a game.
4) 5$ Drop a STR 5 stonethrower shot on any table (roll for scatter as normal) Cannot target units in combat.




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Also, CoolminiorNot will be in the house for their own painting competition.

Link

Hoping to head down for the 40k GT & bring this terrain.



More specific photos here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-5729-23347_Terrain%20For%20Templecon%202012.html

and in my Dakka thread:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300614.page

We got any results yet from the weekend?

Alex Fennel won best overall, Ben mohlie got best general, I (Matt Bennett) got runner-up (Smooshed by Alex last game), jawaballs got players choice, and I forget painting and sports. Keith said he'd post total scores later.

Armies would help too. Did Alex and Ben both play Necrons?

Yes, both had Necrons with a good number of scarabs. Alex had 10 scarabs and two squads of 2 spyders. Monolith, ghost ark, command barge lord, another lord, and various warriors and immortals. Personally, I had some special hate for the command barge, stupid thing just wouldn't die.

Didn't play Ben, but was next to him twice...I know he had 3 groups of 3 scarabs and I think also 2 squads of spyders, could be wrong about the spyders, don't know the rest.

Btw, blackmoor, heard you on 11th company a few times....big fan.

Ben had three little units of scarabs and three units of spyders- 3, 3, and 2 IIRC.

Great fun at this event! Congrats to all the winners, and to Keith for making this a really good event, and 40k and WH no longer the mutant stepchildren hidden in Templecon's basement.

I think it was beautifully run tournament. I also have to say even though almost everyone I played seemed to be a pretty hardcore competitor, I had the most pleasant series of games I've had in a long time, despite all the pressure.

Missions were great, and absolutely un-ambiguous in how to play them, which is actually kinda rare, I find.

Go Keith!

Matt has it nearly right. I'll post up a summary of my list and the battles later tonight. I only had 6 scarabs though after a couple of turns of hiding there were a million of them attacking Matt which is why he thought I had 10

Templecon has gotten better and better every year and this didn't disappoint. The 40K event was excellend as well with a lot of very good players in attendance. My only regret was that I didn't get a chance on day one to wander round between games to see everything that was going on, although Ragnar and I did have lunch where the contestants for the fashion show were lining up

Really a great tournament.

One of the things that contributed really a lot to how smoothly it all ran, I think, was how clear the missions were. Everything fit on one page, and the mission sheet was also the scoresheet, so no paper shuffling. The missions were so well-written that there weren't any of those scenes of everybody running up to the TO desk at the start of a round asking the same question.

Also t a 2K tournament it's unusual not to feel rushed, but at Onslaught it felt like every round had plenty of time to finish and let the game play out as it's supposed to, so I was never tempted to try to cheese out a win because of not having enough time to play turn 6 or whatever

Even though I got knocked down to the middle tables in round 3 by my Warmonger arch-nemesis, Ken Lacey, the level of competition was strong well into the midfield.

I definitely plan to go again next year. Everybody else come too!

Many thanks to Keith for all the hard work.

I, like the others that have posted have really nothing bad to say. I had a fantastic time and had 5 really great games. Plenty of time for gaming, plenty of time for socializing and the venue left plenty of sights and sounds for in between rounds. It appears the competition was fantastic at all levels of the room. I cannot wait for next year.

Also, thanks to the Ocean State Dice Devils for running the charity doubles on Friday for the fight against hunger. On top of a large box of canned goods and food, over $2700 was raised for the RI food bank on top of a great time overall.

This year was awesome, I enjoyed the shennanigans of the team tourney, placing third was cool. The had some great compettion, will return next year and maybe see some of you at nova

As everyone else has said, it was a great event, that ran remarkably smoothly. Both Alex and I were indeed using Necrons. My army list was:

Overlord: mind shackle, weave, scythe, phase shifter
Command Barge

Overlord: mind shackle, weave, scythe, phase shifter
Command Barge

Court 1: Despair cryptek with nightmare shroud and veil of darkness
Storm Cryptek with lightning field
Destruction Cryptek with solar pulse

Court 2: Despair cryptek with nightmare shroud and veil of darkness
Storm Cryptek with lightning field
Destruction Cryptek with solar pulse

10 Immortals w Tesla
10 Immortals w Tesla
10 Immortals w Tesla
5 Immortals w Gauss

3 Scarabs
3 Scarabs
3 Scarabs

3 Spyders 1 prism
3 Spyders 1 prism
2 Spyders 1 repair arm

Link to Photobucket of Pics taken on sunday (mostly 40k tournament area)
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h295/SamuelButler/Events/Templecon%202012/

Man, what does it say that I never even noticed pictures being taken?


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The Everliving wrote:Matt has it nearly right. I'll post up a summary of my list and the battles later tonight. I only had 6 scarabs though after a couple of turns of hiding there were a million of them attacking Matt which is why he thought I had 10

It certainly did feel like more than 6 to start. To be fair, I still mostly blame the command barge, feels a little like the scarabs were just mopping up the stragglers. ( I think you had several other options for killing my LR).

Great tournament!! I second the well-written mission post!

Amazing event. Keith and company did an excellent job running the event so well with such a large turnout. No one ever waited for any info judges where constantly available. Missions were very clear and concise. Had 5 very fun games against probably 5 of the nicest gentlemen there and met plenty of others. It was a very talented field and most codex's were well represented. I was able to learn a ton from some of the best players in the world and as always everyone I met was a total class act.

Can't wait for 2013 as theres nothing better than a GT 10 minutes from your house.

Image 26 from the link to the photos is a good shot of the attention my army was getting over the weekend

My list was a bit of everything:

Overlord, scythe, mindshackle, weave
Command Barge

Overlord, phaeron, scythe, mindshackle, weave, orb

Court #1: Storm Cryptek with lightning field and voltaic staff, Despair Cryptek with nightmare shroud and veil of darkness

Court #2: Destruction Cryptek with lance and pulse, lord with scythe and mindshackle

15 warriors
9 warriors in a Ghost Ark
5 warriors
8 Immortals w / tesla

6 scarabs
6 wraiths with 3 whips and 1 particle caster

2 spyders 1 prism
2 spyders 1 prism
Monolith

5 fun games against Space Wolves, Dark Eldar, Blood Angels, Dark Eldar (again!) and Grey Knights