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Hey folks,

The 2013 Battle for Salvation Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament (4th annual!), taking place Columbus Day Weekend (October 12-13), is now open for registration.

In addition to the GT, we'll also be hosting a 40k Skirmish Tournament on Friday, October 11, and a two-day Warmachine tournament (details still in the works). All in all, we have several thousand dollars of prize support that will be given out for a variety of honors, including Renaissance Man (w/l + paint), Tournament Champion (battle points), Best General (win/loss), Best Army, Best Single Miniature, Best Conversion, Best Sportsman, and Tournament Aces, Bracket Winners, and more.

Please see below for the basic details about the event. Registration and more information can be found at http://www.battleforsalvation.com/
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Start date: 10/12/13
End date: 10/13/13

Format: NOVA (missions) This is a NOVA Invitational Qualifier Tournament
Games: 7 Points: 1999+1
Players: 80
Round time: 3 hours
FOC: 1
Forgeworld: No
Fortifications: Bastion + ADL, Skyshield
Layout: preset terrain

Link to GT/Skirmish Packet, Schedule and Faq : http://www.battleforsalvation.com/tournament-rules/

Gt Packet: http://www.battleforsalvation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-Battle-for-Salvation-GT-PACK.pdf

Entry fee: $67

Additional events
- 40k Skirmish 500 pts 10/11 friday night run by fritz from http://www.fritz40k.com/
- Warmachine Tournaments 50 pts 10/11 - 10/13
Format:
Day 1: HARDCORE TOURNAMENT
Day 2: STEAMROLLER TOURNAMENT
Day 3: MASTERS TOURNAMENT


Venue: Palisades Mall
Address: 1000 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack, NY

TO contact: battleforsalvationtourney@yahoo.com

Hotel discounts and on-site food (mall food court + many restaurants) are also available.


Hotel info:
Our block of rooms at the Hampton Inn has been sold out so here are a few more options for hotels around $100 a night:

Best Western Nyack
26 New York 59 Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 353-1745

- when you call the Best Western mention : Ed Miller, Battle for Salvation. they will give a 10% discount to you.

Super 8 Nyack NY
47 New York 59, Nyack, NY ‎
(845) 353-3880

Holiday Inn Orangeburg-Rockland/Bergen
329 New York 303
Orangeburg, NY 10962
(845) 359-7000

*All hotels are within a few minutes drive to the Palasades Mall. Anyone considering a hotel room should do so asap due to this being a high volume weekend for the area hotels and get filled up very fast The Hampton inn and garden inn are already sold out.

Sponsors:

Hot Wire Foam Factory
Gale Force Nine
Secret Weapon
Kraftmark
Woodland Scenics
Dragon's Den
Gamers Gambit
Warmill
War Cast Studios
Portable Warfare
Badger Airbrush Co
NovaStar Industries
KR Multi Case
Torrent of Fire
Comic Book Heaven
Mr Dandy
Micho Studios
Jawaballs Productions
The Nova Open
11th Company
Lone Wolf Developement ( Army Builder)


Swag Bag:




All Players get:
- Nifty Swag bag with Lanyard/Nametag and Pen
- A Bottle of water to keep refreshed
- 5 Custom BFS tokens
- 32 Chessex dice
- 45 degee LoS Template
maybe some other stuff we can find


Tokens and Templates by : Novastar Industries
Dice by Dragons Den/Gamers Gambit

will you guys be using both terrain layouts, or just the standard one?

I think the plan right now is to stick with the terrain layout that we've used in years past, which is basically the standard NOVA terrain setup. However, most of our centerpieces do not block line of sight as completely as the pieces at NOVA, so it's a bit more difficult to game the layout.

krootman

Dannys correct. We will be sticking with the standard terrain setup. Our center pieces vary and you will generally see 4 types of middle terrain.

- Tiered hill: providing: LOS blocking,4+ ridgeline and 5+ Area Terrain
- Ruin: providing: limited LOS blocking and 4+ ruin and 5+ Area Terrain
- Nova Style center piece: providing: LOS blocking. 4+ 5+
- Forest: providing: Very limited LOS blocking however full 5+ regardless of % obscured when shooting through it. plus 5+ Area Terrain cover.

This is what you will see at the BFS GT all of the pieces are "generally" 1'x1' in size. A few are slightly bigger

Warmachine Format is posted and registration open

I'm guessing Marines will be legal since it's a month out?

yes they are

After speaking with a number of players from recent GT's we are going to provide a 3 hour per round Tournament. The extra 1/2 hour seems to make a huge difference in completing games in a timely manner and making for a more enjoyable- less rushed atmosphere.

Definitely anxious for this one. BFS has been my favorite event for three years now! Getting excited!!

Hoping to make it out this year for the first time. From everything I have heard this should be a great time. Now I just need to finish my marines.

This'll be my first East Coast tournament (since I just moved out here). I went to almost every one on the west coast Reece and co. ran over the past year and a half. Hoping it will be just as good as those, but from the looks of it, it will be.

signed up!

What time does the 40k GT start each day? Looking to see if its possible for me to drive down day of if I can't find anyone to split a hotel with haha.

Just signed up, working on getting more of the Nova staff crew on board. I had a blast last year!

Chancetragedy wrote:
What time does the 40k GT start each day? Looking to see if its possible for me to drive down day of if I can't find anyone to split a hotel with haha.

@Chancetragedy

How far away do you live from the Mall ? Sorry i need to put up the schedule and ill get that up in a day or 2. The start time for the tournament will most likely be 9 am on sat and a little earlier on sat.

-ed

Damn haha I live in MA. GPS says like 3.5 hours or so. Was hoping for a 9:30-10:00 start. Oh well looks like it'll just be a little bit earlier start I guess haha.

The motel across the street from the mall is cheap, cheap. Stayed there one year and it wasn't bad at all. Might be worth your while to at least stay there Sat night to save yourself 7-odd hours of driving. When you figure in the gas money it's even cheaper.

Hmm thanks mannahnin. Yah I was planning on driving out Saturday morning then finding somewhere around there hopefully so thanks for the tip.

Edit:nyack motor lodge?

For folks staying over on Saturday night, I was considering seeing if we could get reservations at the Comedy Club in the mall there.

Saturday night's 9:30 show is Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Ticket prices are $40, and if I read it right there's a two drink/item minimum.

Details are here: http://levitylive.com/show.cfm?id=261641&cart

PM me here or email rodaacwgc AT gmail DOT com if you're interested...I'm hoping we'll have enough interest that we might get a block reduced rate or a free drink or something!

Chancetragedy wrote:
Hmm thanks mannahnin. Yah I was planning on driving out Saturday morning then finding somewhere around there hopefully so thanks for the tip.

Edit:nyack motor lodge?

yea thats a fine motel. no frills but cheap and clean i recommend it.

110 New York 303West Nyack, New York 10994
Get directions
‎(845) 358-4100
nyackmotorlodge.com

Mention: Battle for Salvation




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Malagant wrote:
For folks staying over on Saturday night, I was considering seeing if we could get reservations at the Comedy Club in the mall there.

Saturday night's 9:30 show is Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Ticket prices are $40, and if I read it right there's a two drink/item minimum.

Details are here: http://levitylive.com/show.cfm?id=261641&cart

PM me here or email rodaacwgc AT gmail DOT com if you're interested...I'm hoping we'll have enough interest that we might get a block reduced rate or a free drink or something!

Great idea Bob ! I have a call in to there management to see if we can get a group discount

Updated List of Sponsors:

Hot Wire Foam Factory
Gale Force Nine
Secret Weapon
Kraftmark
Woodland Scenics
Dragon's Den
Gamers Gambit
Warmill
War Cast Studios
Portable Warfare
Badger Airbrush Co
NovaStar Industries
KR Multi Case
Torrent of Fire
Comic Book Heaven
Mr Dandy
Micho Studios
Jawaballs Productions
The Nova Open
11th Company
Lone Wolf Developement ( Army Builder)

Also there has been a significant pick up in Ticket sales over the past few days. If anyone is on the fence about registering i suggest sooner than later.

zedsdead wrote:krootman

Dannys correct. We will be sticking with the standard terrain setup. Our center pieces vary and you will generally see 4 types of middle terrain.

- Tiered hill: providing: LOS blocking,4+ ridgeline and 5+ Area Terrain
- Ruin: providing: limited LOS blocking and 4+ ruin and 5+ Area Terrain
- Nova Style center piece: providing: LOS blocking. 4+ 5+
- Forest: providing: Very limited LOS blocking however full 5+ regardless of % obscured when shooting through it. plus 5+ Area Terrain cover.

This is what you will see at the BFS GT all of the pieces are "generally" 1'x1' in size. A few are slightly bigger

Thank you for clarifying.

zedsdead wrote:After speaking with a number of players from recent GT's we are going to provide a 3 hour per round Tournament. The extra 1/2 hour seems to make a huge difference in completing games in a timely manner and making for a more enjoyable- less rushed atmosphere.

That is fantastic, I know alot of the players I have spoken too were saying the same thing about rounds being too short.

I just picked up my ticket, looking forward to seeing everyone there!

NY Comiccon is the same weekend! I was originally going Sunday but I was able to shift my schedule so I can go there Friday instead so I can make it back to BFS!

Will you guys be using the NOVA paint rubric or your own?

krootman, morgendonner glad to hear you guys are coming !

yea the BFS paint rubric is very similar to the NOVA and 11th companys paint rubric.

Frits from Fritz40k does a PSA he posted on youtube about BFS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_yRghABsc0

GT Packet posted:

http://www.battleforsalvation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-Battle-for-Salvation-GT-PACK.pdf

Removed my question because the link below is to the actual Nova Open FAQ, which cleared it up.

You're quoting the DRAFT FAQ, per the actual link title. That was an error corrected, not used at NOVA, etc.


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http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/40k-FAQ-v2.pdf

Is the more up to date one I believe

Will fix dated link on site

We'll be revising / adding SM based on discussion and decision of BFS and 11th Co staff for their upcoming events.

Thanks for clearing that up.

We have 10 spots left open to get to 64