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Hello Dakka!

The drought is over!

Our next Warhammer Fantasy Battle tournament is coming up this weekend on Saturday! We have had something of a dry spell around here as far as regular play and events for WHFB are concerned, but since we have moved into the new digs, we've had a groundswell of Fantasy play, with our in-store league picking up over twenty players, and I decided it's time to kick some Fantasy tournaments back into gear!

Scenarios will be "from the book" with some minor special rules here and there to spice things up. We will be using an 'Ard Boyz style Massacre-Major-Minor-Draw scoring setup. Tiebreakers will be scenario bonus points first, followed by strength of schedule, followed by poetry slam competition, followed by a light lunch, then a sudden-death game of extreme jacks. In the case of an odd number of players, one player per round will get the bye, which will count as a Major victory with no bonuses.

Players will score their opponents on Sportsmanship, Army Composition, and Painting, with a single vote each for Best Painted and Best Sportsman. Painting and Sportsmanship are scored separately from Battle Points for their respective prizes. Composition scoring directly affects Battle Points; a low composition score will result in a Battle Point reduction for the game in question.

Armies will be built to the 2500 point level using the standard army construction rules. Special Characters are not allowed. Players must have at least three legible copies of their army list, either written or printed. One is to be provided to the judge, one for player reference, and one for opponent verification. Lists are not required to be shown to opponents during the game with the exception that when a 'secret' element of the army, or the existence of a certain piece of wargear or magic item, is declared, an opponent can request to see the relevant section of a player's army list to verify.

Armies must be WYSIWYG and comprised primarily of Games Workshop models from the relevant army book. Exceptions are allowed for competent conversion work, if you aren't sure about a piece please contact me so I can take a look at it and decide whether to allow it or not.

I will be keeping strict watch of the round times during the event, and I will be walking around the tables during games to help keep people on track. Games that do not go for a minimum of four full turns will not be scored and count as a loss for both players. Each tournament round will be two hours, fifteen minutes each (sorry Yak! ).

Prizes will depend on the number of players involved; more players equals bigger prizes. The top prize goes to the player with the highest battle points. Second place goes to the player with the best-painted army, and third place goes to the best sportsman.

For the tournament there is a $10 entry (sorry, no store purchase on this one, all the entries go straight into the prize pool!) to play. The doors will be open early for players to come in and get set up. I'd want to kick this one off as close to 10:00am as possible so we don't go too long.

The schedule will stick as closely as possible to the following:

8:30ish - 9:30 - Show up early, have donuts with Travis (B&C donuts on Alta Dena and Foothill is particularly good for those of you in a generous mood!), and talk shop
9:30am - 10:00 - check-in, sign-up, event preamble, pairings
10:00am - 12:15pm - Round 1
12:15 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 3:45 - Round 2
4:00 - 6:15 - Round 3
6:30 - Winners announced

Please let me know here or on the tournament thread on the Game Empire forums if you're planning on attending so I can get a rough idea what to expect. You can RSVP on Game Empire's facebook as well. If you RSVP on facebook, I'll give you a free candy and soda!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Game-Empire-Pasadena/106899122689071#!/event.php?eid=272315456143440

It all goes down at Game Empire Pasadena:

1795 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA. 91106
626-304-9333
http://www.gameempirepasadena.com

Make sure you note the new address!

If you have any comments or questions, let me know here or give a call to the store, and hopefully I'll see you there!
-Dis.

Yes! Love Fantasy! Bring itttttttttt

Leenus wrote:Yes! Love Fantasy! Bring itttttttttt

Just get those Ogres built and we're in business!

-Dis.

Nothing to do with the Fantasy tourney but I popped in last Friday and was impressed with the new interior paint work on the shop walls. Love the stone castle theme you guys have going one.

Won't be able to finish those ogres in time, sadly... However, I will be taking 0 hydra dark elves

Leenus wrote:Won't be able to finish those ogres in time, sadly... However, I will be taking 0 hydra dark elves

Well, I guess that's better for the rest of the field... we watched Ogres in action again last night and again I look at that army it scares the bejeezus out of me! Every model and unit is just so big! How are you supposed to beat that!? What can men do against such reckless hate?!

-Dis.

arghhhhhhhhhhhh sent my alarm wrong in my drunken state last night and missed this.. very sad! More fantasy!

Leenus wrote:arghhhhhhhhhhhh sent my alarm wrong in my drunken state last night and missed this.. very sad! More fantasy!

Ha!

I was wondering where you were! Not to worry, WHFB is back on the docket now. December might be an off month, holidays and all, but we'll be back on track in January.

We had ten today, which, given the notice and the fact that we haven't done much with WHFB in a while, I was quite happy with. Good mix of store regulars and some vets from further afield as well. Beastmen took best overall with the backdoor win, Skaven got best painted, and one of our locals from the regular crowd took home best sportsman. All in all, a good day.

Stay tuned for next time!

-Dis.