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 Blackmoor wrote:

MVBrandt wrote:

To the question asker, Invitational Qualification list should be on the website and up-to-date or near to it. Remaining opportunities include WarGamesCon and Bugeater.

I do not think it is (do you have the link?). In the past it was on the Nova Open forum, and I do not know if the forum post is up to date.

The Killadelphia Open is also an upcoming Invitational qualifier (or at least they're billing it as such), so I don't think the list is current.

Yes! Kiladelphia is! I'll get it updated asap

I cant view the list of all the qualifiers either. Is it posted?

Just to keep an update until we catch up the site via our web guy:

Invitational Qualifiers at present:
Tony Kopach
Alex Fennell
Nick Nanavati
Ragnar Arnesson
Matt DeFranza
Alex Bessinger
Ben Mohlie
Andrew Gonyo
James Watkins
Jesse Newton
Sean Nayden
Bill Souza
Daniel Bunker
Alan Bajramovic
Brad Nichols
Brett Perkins
Brad Townsend
Eric Hoerger
Jeremy Veysseire
Lyzz Foster
Alex Harrison (Team England nominee)
Ian McDaniel

*Most of these are attending, but TBD on all based upon availability / travel

Remaining events to qualify at:
Bugeater GT
Kiladelphia Open
WarGamesCon
IFL Road to the NOVA Invitational (DC Area League + Playoffs, starts June 1)

Present Alternates:
Aaron Aleong
Andrew Blackwell

Ian McDanial won the midwest massacre but he is listed as an alternate. Aaron was the alternate behind him. Dont know if that was a typo or not.

Fixed; thanks, yes, a typo.


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Since someone asked - this is open to all, put on by the IFL, and starting June 1 (so you have time to sign-up). If you want NOVA practice, and are in range of MD/DC/VA, it's 6 games over 6-7 weeks, with an 8-player playoff where all 8 are guaranteed cash.

http://the-ifl.com/Forums/tabid/109/aft/34173/Default.aspx#49575

A captain-nominated member of Team Denmark is now officially registered to compete in the NOVA Open's 40k GT and Invitational this year ... truly becoming a more and more international event.

Stay tuned for the June 1 newsletter also ... some really awesome information about Torrent of Fire is coming out, and how it will revolutionize the notion of a "live" tournament experience, from mobile score submission to live streaming results.

Not sure exactly how I got an alternate spot, but I'm pretty psyched about it regardless Guess I better get a weekend pass and an Open ticket and get back into playing 40k again!

 DarkCorsair wrote:
Not sure exactly how I got an alternate spot, but I'm pretty psyched about it regardless Guess I better get a weekend pass and an Open ticket and get back into playing 40k again!

Huzzah RTT I believe. Just an alternate spot, and a lower tier one due to the smaller venue, but it's a shot in if nothing else

MVBrandt wrote:

 DarkCorsair wrote:
Not sure exactly how I got an alternate spot, but I'm pretty psyched about it regardless Guess I better get a weekend pass and an Open ticket and get back into playing 40k again!

Huzzah RTT I believe. Just an alternate spot, and a lower tier one due to the smaller venue, but it's a shot in if nothing else

That's what I figured. I may try and get a spot proper via the IFL Road to the Invitational, we'll see.

Not into competitive gaming? Tour DC during the day, or participate in any of TWENTY SIX DIFFERENT SEMINARS, and then ...

In the evenings ...

Fight for the future of DC ... a little campy fun:
https://vimeo.com/67614459

@ MVBrandt

Good luck with your tournament and as usual you have my respect on how you run it.

Adam

Thanks, Adam! Cross your fingers for good luck to our convention as a whole as well!

And just because I'm a shameless bumper sometimes ...

repost of vid for the "most recent post" readers ...
Not into competitive gaming? Tour DC during the day, or participate in any of TWENTY SIX DIFFERENT SEMINARS, and then ...

In the evenings ...

Fight for the future of DC ... a little campy fun:
https://vimeo.com/67614459


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Just another quick video link of some campy fun put together by the NOVA's creative crew.

Share with your less tournament enthusiastic friends, if you don't mind, what they're missing out on by now in attending the NOVA!

Also, tournament attendees - all of these seminars can be taken ALONG WITH GT and other tournament play, check the schedule (http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/NOVA-OPEN-2013-SCHEDULE.pdf). Some may even benefit you directly - how about building a display board with Jawaballs on Friday morning to use in the GT that follows?

Seminars:

Non-Hobby:
American Craft Cocktail - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=american-craft-cocktail-seminar
American Craft Beer - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=american-craft-beer-seminar
Basic Black Personal Firearms Defense - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=basic-black-introduction

Hobby:
Build-and-take Tectonic Terrain - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=take-home-tectonic-terrain-hands-on
Mold-and-take Hirst Arts / Molding/Casting - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=hirst-arts-terrain-tim-stone

By Justin McCoy, of Secret Weapon Miniatures:
Airbrushing Miniatures - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=airbrushing-miniatures-demo
Weathering - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=weathering-techniques-demonstration
Basing - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=basing-your-models-demonstration
Pigments Hands-On - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=using-pigments-on-miniatures-hands-on
Master Class Painting - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=master-class-painting


By Caleb Wissenback, Crystal Brush and numerous other award winning artist:
Primer to Tabletop Quality - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=primer-to-tabletop-caleb-wissenback
Blending 101 - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=blending-101-caleb-wissenback
Max Your Paint Score - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=max-your-paint-score-caleb-wissenback

By Chris "Jawaballs" Dubuque and his highly regarded "Jawaballs Way":
Freehanding Miniatures - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=freehanding-minis-chris-jawaballs-dubuque
Build-and-Use Display Board, Jawaballs Way - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=build-a-display-board-chris-jawaballs-dubuque

There's even a seminar pass just for the hobbyist - http://www.novaopen.com/?tcp_product=deluxe-seminar-pass-includes-one-entry-to-capital-palette-save-10-click-for-details

Can you say how many, or around how many, spots are left open for the fantasy GT? I am signed up for it and I have some friends how are thinking about going, and if I think if the knew how many spots were left it would get them to hurry up and register, lol.

I believe there's somewhere in the mid-upper 20's signed up, which is well ahead of last year's pace for this point for the Fantasy GT.

40k Mysterious Terrain - input welcome from the Dakka crowd ...

Understand that the options presented revolve around the lack of uniform terrain types to spread across all tables - a major goal for us is that each set of opponents is competing on a similar playing field to those next to them each round (though not necessarily throughout the tournament). That's to say, it's perfectly acceptable for terrain layout / "counts-as" to change each round, so long as during each round, every table has roughly the same layout/style.

Option 1 - No mysterious terrain, at all
Option 2 - The simple area terrain (that's to say, not the area/ruins, or area/hills) on the board (2 pieces/board) counts as Mysterious Forests for between 1 and 3 of the 8 rounds of the GT
Option 3 - As per Option 2, but in some rounds it counts as Mysterious Water terrain as well in one of the Mysterious rounds.

As an aside, Mysterious Objectives are already active in all rounds, per the 6th RB.

Just figured I'd pop in here and say hi as well.

I'm Scott and I'm running the Flames of War events at NOVA again this year.

Our primers are availible here

Photos from last years tables are here

If you have any questions regarding FoW at NOVA you can reach me here or via email on our website. Look forward to seeing you there!

MVBrandt wrote:
I believe there's somewhere in the mid-upper 20's signed up, which is well ahead of last year's pace for this point for the Fantasy GT.

40k Mysterious Terrain - input welcome from the Dakka crowd ...

Understand that the options presented revolve around the lack of uniform terrain types to spread across all tables - a major goal for us is that each set of opponents is competing on a similar playing field to those next to them each round (though not necessarily throughout the tournament). That's to say, it's perfectly acceptable for terrain layout / "counts-as" to change each round, so long as during each round, every table has roughly the same layout/style.

Option 1 - No mysterious terrain, at all
Option 2 - The simple area terrain (that's to say, not the area/ruins, or area/hills) on the board (2 pieces/board) counts as Mysterious Forests for between 1 and 3 of the 8 rounds of the GT
Option 3 - As per Option 2, but in some rounds it counts as Mysterious Water terrain as well in one of the Mysterious rounds.

As an aside, Mysterious Objectives are already active in all rounds, per the 6th RB.

I vote to keep terrain as simple as possible. People are already going to struggle to finish their games in time, why add more bookkeeping? And in reference to the "counts-as" terrain idea, do you really want to deal with the countless arguments that can come of that during tournament play? There wouldn't be enough beer in the world to make your judges want to come back for day two.

Mysterious Objectives is fine, Mysterious terrain is a confusing pain in the ass and more often than not, it seems like it hasn't been included in events I attended, or if it was, people often forget to trigger them.

I know you can't reprint rules, but digging out the heavy book to look up rolls on those terrain tables is a pain in the ass. Maybe have the terrain chart on a card posted to the 'number' stand so it is quick and easy to roll will make it less of a chore.

Feedback is good ... haha; we definitely do not HAVE to use Mysterious Terrain

We'll probably do some form of quick-ref sheet akin to AdeptiCon's one way or another, as part of the Guidebook packet.

option 1, is it required to give a reason

nkelsch wrote:

I know you can't reprint rules, but digging out the heavy book to look up rolls on those terrain tables is a pain in the ass. Maybe have the terrain chart on a card posted to the 'number' stand so it is quick and easy to roll will make it less of a chore.

Agreeing with this. I am not against having mysterious terrain as long as you are able to provide a quick reference for each of the tables. Hell, it could actually be fun to play with mysterious terrain - I would just be consistent with it though, so I guess I am voting for OPTION 2.

You shoud allow FW in all tournaments!

(sorry, couldn't help it....I'm a bad man)

 Hulksmash wrote:
You shoud allow FW in all tournaments!

(sorry, couldn't help it....I'm a bad man)

ONLY Thudd Guns, Vultures, Redth, and Sabres.


Reminder, though Brad's having fun trolling, the NOVA does allow FW in half its 40k offerings. The Narrative is FW wide open, including Horus Heresy, and is one of our premier 40k events (aka not a side thing we just do for casuals ... it's a personal pet project and a rapidly growing big deal).

MVBrandt wrote:
ONLY Thudd Guns, Vultures, Redth, and Sabres.


Reminder, though Brad's having fun trolling, the NOVA does allow FW in half its 40k offerings. The Narrative is FW wide open, including Horus Heresy, and is one of our premier 40k events (aka not a side thing we just do for casuals ... it's a personal pet project and a rapidly growing big deal).

Hold up a minute... I can field a Heresy army for the Narrative? Damnit, I almost finished painting up my Dark Angels. I don't need an excuse to actually make a (pre/) Heresy army.

Yes, yes you can

The Narrative, after all, isn't set in the Warhammer universe. We're just using 40k to create a universe all our own. Plus it's radical to get to battle it out for LED-lit monuments (those who haven't done it before).

Top prizes for the Narrative (War Hero and Non Combatant) just got very "Primarchial"

Looking sexual Mike

FYI - Infinity has cleared last year's sell-out totals already, well in advance of last year's pace. It's looking likely to sell out its doubled capacity this year.

Corvus Belli is supporting the NOVA Open in a HUGE way - they'll have something in every attendee's swag bag, every Infinity sign-up will get something, and they sync'ed us up with their affiliated terrain production companies for some radical prizes and themed tables.

Infinity events occur during the mainstream tournament times, and in the evenings, so check out the schedule and sign up before it's too late if Infinity is your primary or secondary cup of tea.

Reminder, if you signed up for just the 40k GT, check the schedule for other things you can do. Any of 26 seminars (inclusive of craft beer and cocktail seminars), and numerous alternate gaming events both within and without the game of 40k.

Those of you who've registered but are being lacksadaisical on hotel rooms (you know who you are, and we do too!), GRAB YOURS NOW. The hotel is down to only about 60-70 rooms within our block left, which means you're going to start running out of double / king bed options if you don't move a little promptly. It's free to reserve if you end up having to cancel, but it's a lot more costly if you have to stay outside the $85/night room rate for the NOVA block (we have a ton of rooms, and it's not run out yet or anything, just saying grab 'em while you have all the options you might want). We've already had to get them to add nights to 8/28 repeatedly at this point (Wednesday). They won't do us favors forever ...

https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10404571&utm_source=NOVA+Open+Newsletter%3A+December+15%2C+2012&utm_campaign=December+15+2012&utm_medium=email

Still haven't payed for the invitational or a weekend pass as its waived? Any idea on when those emails will go out about those?