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You should have already received one. Will make sure you get that.

MVBrandt wrote:
You should have already received one. Will make sure you get that.

That is on me. I was checking the wrong email. I sent a reply and now just waiting to get the password.

The hotel is booking at a faster pace than ever before, by far ... grab yours, it's free and easy and you can cancel if you end up not making it:
http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/Hotel-Booking-Rates-2013-70-days-out.png

(YES, the life of a con organizer often ends up checking your room booking rate charts on a daily basis, weeee)

Those who attended and hung out in the evenings last year ... may remember 100,000 scovilles .. so the question is ... should I or should I not procure:
http://www.masterofmalt.com/vodka/the-hot-enough-vodka-co/250000-scovilles-naga-chilli-vodka/

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Oh you know you're going to procure that beastly vodka. And we will all weep in response (or at least if we drink it we will).

Not sure if this is the best place for this but...

What base size should 40k fleshhounds be on for the Nova Open?

Oval bike bases
40mm termie bases
square bases from that other game

I would expect to see a bunch of these in Daemon Rush armies...like mine....muahahahah...

Bike bases are ideal.

Really? I would have assumed 40mm since that's the standard multi-wound beast base (i.e. fiends, raveners).

40k modeling isn't a common law ruleset last I checked; the reason I go with the oval bases is that they come with cavalry bases.

Raveners only come with one base size. Fiends come on a 40mm square base for Fantasy, and a corresponding 40mm round base for 40k.

So, since the size comparison from fantasy to 40k seems to be intended to be roughly the same / closest, Hounds on biker bases is a closer approximation of hounds on narrow rectangular cav bases.

It's your tourney my friend. I just pointed out two other multi-wound beast units in 40k that come on a 40mm. It didn't have anything to do with the fantasy/40k crossover.

You could add Razorwings and Spawn to the list of 40mm rounds. Oh, and the DE Doggy but he's not multi-wound.

Add in that hounds look like poop on those bases and most people already use 40mm for them that I've seen.

Doesn't matter to me though, I'm not using hounds

Either way I assume you will try to dodge me again this year Brad, just man up and take the loss...

@Clauss

My fear of you is to great to be put into words. I will again dodge you after paying the guy running the computer at the event

Totally get the other P.O.V., Brad; sorta talked about it and decided would be better to go with this approach, since there's consistency either way.

just booked the room, cant wait for this

MVBrandt wrote:


Those who attended and hung out in the evenings last year ... may remember 100,000 scovilles .. so the question is ... should I or should I not procure:
http://www.masterofmalt.com/vodka/the-hot-enough-vodka-co/250000-scovilles-naga-chilli-vodka/

do the initials, F.O. mean anything to you :p

That's actually one of the reviews on the back of the bottle of 100,000 Scovilles. In entirety.

The reviews on that bottle are hilarious.

Several seminars are close to selling out. Word's getting out, you might say; there are TWENTY SIX of them - check 'em out on the web at novaopen.com

Classes on 100,000 scovilles vodka NOT included; however, the American Craft Cocktail seminar has a phenomenal and NOT bloody mary drink you'll learn about / taste / learn to make that includes Tabasco in a highly surprising usage.

NM,

Can't get a multi-dest flight that will jive with my schedule. Going to drive, will be easier in the long run I think.


Made room reservations, got my weekend pass, GT tickets, Craft Cocktail Seminar, and of course the ubiquitous NOVA T-Shirt

Super stoked for this. Cant wait to get my head kicked in by the worlds best players. And 250,000 Scovilles.

Glocknall wrote:
I would like to play in the open GT. Would you suggest staying that sunday night or will we have time to check out and get on our way to a late flight sunday?

Staying Sunday night would make it a leisurely departure, but if your flight is late enough it is entirely possible to fly out Sunday. The 40k GT ends at 1pm on Sunday. The awards ceremony (including raffles) is from 6:30-8:00pm. If you fly out of Reagan National (DCA), it is literally a mile from the hotel so you can get there ridiculously fast by cab.

What Kolath said. There's also a free shuttle to the airport every fifteen minutes. We've also made some changes to the awards format that should have it over much sooner than 8.

That said, there's always a final social at a nearby bar, and with labor day being off for most, you might find it less painful to leave Monday a.m. Point is, though, either works easily enough.

Gonna drive, I have to see some family on the way up anyways. Edited my above post. NOVA tickets are in hand and can't wait to see ya'll!

MVBrandt wrote:
Bike bases are ideal.
...
40k modeling isn't a common law ruleset last I checked; the reason I go with the oval bases is that they come with cavalry bases.
...
So, since the size comparison from fantasy to 40k seems to be intended to be roughly the same / closest, Hounds on biker bases is a closer approximation of hounds on narrow rectangular cav bases.

So are Hounds on Cav bases still OK? I mean...since that's all they actually come with, it's the only strictly 'legal' choice. Or are you asking that people base-swap to an oval base? I would think using the base out-of-the-box is 'ideal', while bike bases are the next best thing.

 whigwam wrote:

MVBrandt wrote:
Bike bases are ideal.
...
40k modeling isn't a common law ruleset last I checked; the reason I go with the oval bases is that they come with cavalry bases.
...
So, since the size comparison from fantasy to 40k seems to be intended to be roughly the same / closest, Hounds on biker bases is a closer approximation of hounds on narrow rectangular cav bases.

So are Hounds on Cav bases still OK? I mean...since that's all they actually come with, it's the only strictly 'legal' choice. Or are you asking that people base-swap to an oval base? I would think using the base out-of-the-box is 'ideal', while bike bases are the next best thing.

You can use the bases out of the box.

 Warlocke21 wrote:

Here's the next little expansion to the breadth of the NOVA Open to ya'll, in the form of our American Craft Cocktail and Beer Seminars. They occur 9:30-11:30PM on the evenings of Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31 respectively. Proceeds from the Seminars and cocktail/beer sales in the Presidential Suite where they are hosted go in support of the charities (click the link to see which ones and details) sponsored by the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation. Details are in the March 15 newsletter, but here are your direct links and quotes:
Craft Cocktail Seminar (soon to be titled; Cocktails for a Cause)
Craft Beer Seminar (soon to be titled: Beer for a Better World)

Gah. This alone is just so awesome. I wish I could go!

I have oop broadsides. Do I need to buy the bigger oval bases for them?

Orcourwe..smaller bases allow you to deoloy them easier gaining a huge advantage.

KillswitchUK wrote:
Orcourwe..smaller bases allow you to deoloy them easier gaining a huge advantage.

lol, yes a totally massive advantage. Base size matters more on assault based units, whereas you can get more into combat. Having smaller bases actually means I can take more hits from blast weapons. Plus its the bases that the models originally came with.

I think smaller bases for an army that needs to often fit into key firing lanes could be seen as an advantage. Also, blasts generally are going to get more hits on larger footprints by virtue of the fact that two thirds of blast shots scatter.

That said, like with super old DP, we can't really make you use new model bases. As long as it's not the new broadside on a 40mm.

MVBrandt wrote:
I think smaller bases for an army that needs to often fit into key firing lanes could be seen as an advantage. Also, blasts generally are going to get more hits on larger footprints by virtue of the fact that two thirds of blast shots scatter.

That said, like with super old DP, we can't really make you use new model bases. As long as it's not the new broadside on a 40mm.

Does this same thing apply to the old 2nd/3rd ed Terminator squads that were mounted on 25mm bases?

Looking forward to Nova already. Good news is that it seems there aren't going to be any books at this point that come out that are legal for Nova before the event so I can settle on an army in the current codex environment

Doesn't mean I know yet what the heck I'm bringing but it does make it a bit easier knowing there won't be any new books to throw what I build for a loop