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Just a curiousity - why am I to be wary of the thirteenth or fifteenth of march if the tournament would take place on the eighth?

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
Just a curiousity - why am I to be wary of the thirteenth or fifteenth of march if the tournament would take place on the eighth?

Remember, the calendar was still being adjusted until, like, Pope Greg or something. The 8th might just be the right day.

Id host the RTT on the 13th, but i dont think an all day 40k tournament would go over well on a Thursday.

Plus in the far future some servator mistakenly translated the 13th of March as the 8th of March. So now the Ides will be on the 8th starting in the year 38,957.2, you know Pre heresy and such

I'm not a big fan of super heavies mainly because of the D, but if you are wanting to use them you should look at bring Stronghold along with it as void shield are a good counter to having your whole army disappear on a 2+. If you want to try new units out starting with FW seems to be more balanced than escalation. Keeping players who did not bring the new toys able to enjoy themselves as apposed getting tabled in two rounds of shooting

On the topic of Escalation/Stronghold, I am all for testing them out, but in my mind if we're going to try an escalation "month" in April, then a couple of things need to be taken into account:

1. Pair way down the silly antics we have all come to love. If you're going to test player response and power level of the Escalation units, then test them baseline without extra variables thrown in. While I absolutely love the antics we all know, evaluating something for standard play should be done as simply as possible, which brings us to point 2.

2. Don't change any rules. If you throw yet another variable into the mix by making D str10ap1 ignores cover or something, then you aren't really evaluating anything but the house rules. I completely believe D will be a problem, but we want to be able to say we tested it as it was intended before we change anything, so we have experience to back up decisions.

3. Also allow in stronghold. It definitely appears the 2 supplements were meant to go together, and without void shield things can become every silly very quickly. likewise void shields without D/super heavies can be broken in its own right. Also, by doing both at once, you can have one month of solid testing rather than 2 of half testing. And if it all turns out sour grapes, then you did it only for a month, like ripping off a bandaid rather than slowly peeling it off.

All in all, I definitely think this is something we need to check out, it's been a looming question with these tournies, along with formations and FW, and get definite answers rather than "we still thinking about it, so no for now" would be awesome.

I definitely dig the theme of the next tournament, but have to lean on the side of no escalation. I've never been a fan of titans or apoc, and a smaller 40k game with titans personally does not interest me.

The missions last tournament were fun, I only think the second one was a little "meh". Once again personal feelings, but i don't like when mission rules forceably restructure a well thought out list, or in general, force units to rearrange.

Just my 2 cents, but i will say the next one sounds really interesting!

I am a no vote on adding the supplements, escalation and stronghold. The fact that GW has solutions for some and not others really bothers me. The kits are really high priced and are not available for all armies. I would like those types of games to remain fun games off calendar. Just my two cents.

 sgtpjbarker wrote:
I am a no vote on adding the supplements, escalation and stronghold. Just my two cents.

Again this would be only for one event. We'll talk more about it here, Ill chat with Travis about it and regardless it wouldnt impact the March tournament

I wouldn't mind seeing one "all-in" event at Game Empire just to test the waters.

I have a sneaking suspicion it'll just be a regular tournament where everybody spends 100-300 points on Void Shields and you have maybe two people who actually bring escalation units. Might actually see more diverse armies, as stronghold rules enable more of the "weaker" armies in traditional meta.

I'm planning on attending the March RTT as well. The exact army will depend on how fast I can paint things.

I am in for the Ides of March. I need to decide what to play though, Iyanden Eldar or actually finish painting the "new" Nurgle Daemon army that I have been neglecting... There is no chance my White Scars will be tournament worthy by then!


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 Loch wrote:
I wouldn't mind seeing one "all-in" event at Game Empire just to test the waters.

I have a sneaking suspicion it'll just be a regular tournament where everybody spends 100-300 points on Void Shields and you have maybe two people who actually bring escalation units. Might actually see more diverse armies, as stronghold rules enable more of the "weaker" armies in traditional meta.

I'm planning on attending the March RTT as well. The exact army will depend on how fast I can paint things.

I think testing the waters would be good as well. The LVO showed me that there is a need for some sort of counter to Seerstar/Beaststar.

Like Stompas!!!!

 MikeFox wrote:
Like Stompas!!!!

And Revenants!

Stompa on Revenant action. Why are we not doing this?

The Mega kits are rolling out, the game is going to change boys.

 sgtpjbarker wrote:
The Mega kits are rolling out, the game is going to change boys.

these?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCatsLarge.jsp?catId=cat440160a&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k

By change you mean Ill still be running 90 boys and a Stompa. BRING IT!

This looks like its gonna be a fun one! With all the new gak GW has been throwing at us any army (except BA) could win it!

Sorry if this has been mentioned already but I failed to find it, for the march 8th tournament could someone clarify for me weather or not escalation and all of that jazz will be being played? Or if it's just a "normal" 40K tourney

This would be the deciding factor for me on marking that day in my calendar.. Haha

March is set to be "normal" meaning no escalation, stronghold, or FW. They are kicking around the idea of a "total war" tournament for the future but not the March event.

^ awesome.
Thanks a lot!

Yes just to clarify to everyone the March tournament is as follows:

-No forgeworld; though forgeworld models as proxies are welcome and suggested

-No Stronghold/Escalation

- Missions will be slightly modified book missions, so be ready for some silliness.

-Fun is mandatory and will be strictly enforced!

 MikeFox wrote:
Yes just to clarify to everyone the March tournament is as follows:

-No forgeworld; though forgeworld models as proxies are welcome and suggested

-No Stronghold/Escalation

- Missions will be slightly modified book missions, so be ready for some silliness.

-Fun is mandatory and will be strictly enforced!

I'll be damned if I will let anyone force me to have fun! On a serious note, who is going to tell Andy

The crow bar in my trunk, affectionally named Turn 7, will dispense the fun to anyone who fail to meet my standards.

Fun?! What's that? I've heard that it tastes like the tears of my opponents so I keep trying.

 Tuff Love wrote:
Fun?! What's that? I've heard that it tastes like the tears of my opponents so I keep trying.

Will you be there Saturday?

Not sure yet, depends on how my GMAT studying goes during the week and how the baby is doing.
But if I do I may bring a new IG/Inq list that I've been working on for funzies, a little change of pace from Taudar

For those of you who don't use Facebook Game Empire ruled that for this event Knights won't be allowed. Here is a link.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1465951536952844/

Travis is going to consider them for the April event.

Ok people only 2 more days until the March event. I want to see everyone get there backstabbing stabbers sharpened.

ALSO I changed around some of the events on the calendar to make way for a much bigger event in the works. So the Fluffy tourny and the 'Ard Boy style tourny have been moved up. Please consult the first page for changed dates.

ALSO ALSO; April will be a full war event. So Escalation, Strong Hold Assault, and Codex: Knight (not) Titans will be in play. Everything by the book, no tweaks to anything.

Cheat sheets will be printed so everyone can see the super heavy rules. Also additional rule clarifications to come in regards to base sizes for some fortifications.

BE AWARE: ALL SUPER HEAVIES MUST BE PAINTED AND MODELED ACCORDINGLY TO PLAY WITH THEM. NO PROXIES UNLESS THEY PASS THE RULE OF COOL TEST WITH ME. So if you have a questionable unit let me know and we can figure out if it is good to play in this tournament.

How should I model my 3 void shield generators Mike?

I said I'd update with relevant information when I can damn it, lol.

VOID SHEILDS can only be modeled to a maximum size of 4'' square and 5 inch tall. If your model is taller that's ok, but the effect range be measured off of 5'' above the ground NOT the top of your model.

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