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 namiel wrote:
I just wish I could have space marine rapier weapons.....

Quad mortar,

but seriously.....how about the space marine rapier weapons? Specifically the quad mortar or the others?

Quick question - I've signed up for the team tournament, but in years past there was a request for team names & such that I haven't seen yet. Is it just not that time yet or have I missed it?

Thanks!

Target,

Just not that time yet, we tend to collect that information later in the process than early these days. Just helps with keeping the information accurate. But those sort of surveys are coming.

-Hank

 Polonius wrote:
The KoW event is pretty big, with a lot of players, two days, and 2500 point armies. Feel free to stop by and watch my Ogres fight it out for the wooden spoon!

 Inquisitor_Malice wrote:
Hey Steve,

AdeptiCon is working to offer a variety of events so attendees can have the option to pick and choose what they really desire to play. As with the 40K side, former Warhammer Fantasy Battles players have been split on how and what to play. So instead of forcing all pegs into one hole, we are offering a variety of events for KoW, AoS and 9th Age, which appeal to different players.

muwhe wrote:
Steve,

To expand on what Greg said, we have had a great response to the KoW events, having to expand space multiple times to meet the demand. Then KoW national events at AdeptiCon will be the largest "Fantasy" events at AdeptiCon this year.

With the end of WFB 8th edition, we are looking to KoW, AOS, 9th Age, and Saga to fill the "Fantasy" space. Much like we no longer have one 40k format that appeals to everyone, people will have to look to a variety of events to scratch the "Fantasy" itch.

-Hank

Thank you for the great answers, guys . It makes sense, and it's why I love AdeptiCon! I definitely would like to meet up again Polonius and see your ogres kick butt although it might just have to be on a lunch break if you're playing during the day, as I'll be helping man the ModCube booth again much of the time!

Going to be making the first test cuts of some custom ModCube tokens for use in one of the events tonight . I can't believe we're already at the 2.5 month mark from the date, it's snuck up on me!

muwhe wrote:
Steve,

To expand on what Greg said, we have had a great response to the KoW events, having to expand space multiple times to meet the demand. Then KoW national events at AdeptiCon will be the largest "Fantasy" events at AdeptiCon this year.

With the end of WFB 8th edition, we are looking to KoW, AOS, 9th Age, and Saga to fill the "Fantasy" space. Much like we no longer have one 40k format that appeals to everyone, people will have to look to a variety of events to scratch the "Fantasy" itch.

-Hank

I had to laugh because I think this is the first time I've ever seen a historical game, SAGA, described as a "fantasy" game

Oh have the times changed.

I wish there were more things that had their main events on Thursday/Friday so they didn't compete with the 40k Team Tourney. That's the only 40k event I'm doing this year but I would have like to see a KoW or a Battle Sized Wrath of Kings event.

As it is it's looking like an Armada event on Thursday and a skirmish event for Wrath of Kings on Friday.

Is there any chance of revisiting the Approved IA units list? I know the Chaos Knights are still listed as Experimental, but given that they're now ITC approved and FW has said on multiple occasions that "Experimental" just means "not in an IA book yet", I was wondering if you would revisit the idea of allowing them in. I don't really think they're much more powerful than anything else that can currently be brought in the LoW slot by any stretch of the imagination.

I had to laugh because I think this is the first time I've ever seen a historical game, SAGA, described as a "fantasy" game

Oh have the times changed.

As I always tell my historical crew .. It is all Fantasy! ; )

Even before AoS released a sizable chunk of the Midwest WFB community got into SAGA. Its a great game! Bolt Action, SAGA and Flames of War get the "not" a historical wargame being to "fantasy" from some segments of the Historical war game community.








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AwayFromLife wrote:
Is there any chance of revisiting the Approved IA units list?

We are always revisiting the IA allowed listings, as updates and new material become available. However, I think it would be unlikely that we would allow anything marked experimental.


- Hank

I'm down with that Hank - you guys are doing an awesome job ! Can't wait !!!

Crystal Brush 2016 Event Schedule and Rules (Revised)

The schedule and rules for Crystal Brush events at AdeptiCon 2016 have been updated. The Crystal Brush will be located in the AdeptiCon Vendor Hall and open for entry and viewing during normal Vendor Hall hours (10:00AM – 6:00PM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 10:00AM – 3:00PM Sunday).

Registration will accept entries from 10:00AM to 5:30PM Thursday and Friday. All entries MUST be submitted by 5:30PM Friday.

Online voting is scheduled to begin at 3:00PM Saturday.

The Crystal Brush Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, April 3rd, at 3:00PM. The location will be posted at the registration table.

Entries may be claimed from 10:00AM to 2:30PM Sunday. Please note, the Vendor Hall will close at 3:00P. Entries MUST be claimed before that time.

When submitting your entry, please include on the entry form, if at all possible, a phone number or e-mail at which you can be reached during the convention. We will try to notify winners so that they will know to be present at the award ceremony. If for some reason you are not able to attend, you can designate someone to accept your award for you.

Crystal Brush 2016 Rules and Categories are available here.

AdeptiCon 2016 T-shirt and Hoodie Mockups

Make sure to pre-order yours before February 29th!

Forge World Pre-ordering Information

+++The Age of Darkness is upon us, as Legion clashes against Legion in a hundred different systems. The great factory-worlds of the Adeptus Mechanicus ceaselessly work to equip both sides, churning out the weapons and war engines that will ultimately decide the fate of the galaxy…

Forge World, purveyor of fine resin models and hobby supplies, will be returning to AdeptiCon 2016! They will once again bring with them a wide selection of resin kits, modelling accessories, Imperial Armour and Horus Heresy tomes, and the coveted Event Only models. And with the Horus Heresy raging across the galaxy, we may even see some new releases as well.

In order to ensure you get exactly what you need to bolster your army, Forge World is accepting reservation orders for AdeptiCon 2016. This is the best way to guarantee you don’t miss out on anything. Note that the reservation process has changed slightly to a more streamlined system.

Simply use the Forge World webcart to place your order and, at checkout, select “deliver to a Forge World Event.” But don’t wait – all orders must be placed by February 7th to ensure an AdeptiCon delivery!

Star Wars: X-Wing Events Awaken!

It took us a while to extract the information from this R2 unit, but we are ecstatic to announce AdeptiCon’s participation in the X-Wing System Open Series! This spring, Fantasy Flight Games will be running eight events in eight nations, culminating in the Coruscant™ Invitational this July in London, England!

AdeptiCon has been assigned the planetary designation of Hoth™ and will host two qualifier heats on Thursday and Friday (players may only participate in one day, not both). All players will receive a BB-8 promo card and those accumulating 18 or more tournament points on either day will advance to the Star Wars: X-Wing Hoth™ Open finals on Saturday. All participants in the finals will be awarded System Open Spoils based on their performance and the champion receives travel and hotel accommodations to the sold-out Stars Wars Celebration in London this July!

All this set in one of the world’s largest tabletop gaming conventions! AdeptiCon is home to over 350 gaming events, tournaments and hobby seminars over four days – including several other Star Wars events! Participants only coming to AdeptiCon for Star Wars: X-Wing events can take advantage of the AdeptiCon 2016 Board Gaming Weekend Badge, which allows entry into all Fantasy Flight Events at a reduced cost. Registration is open now.

In a twist of galactic synergy, AdeptiCon 2016 will also feature Beasts of War's Assault on Hoth Participation Game!

This massive 28mm game was constructed for Salute 2015 and will run all weekend long in the Discovery Hall.

No tickets are required for this event, so stop by anytime and decide the fate of the Rebellion!

muwhe wrote:
In a twist of galactic synergy

Also, emailed you some cool pics (obviously AdeptiCon related!) to check out

Just one of a thousand things vying for your attention now that we're only 2 months out, I'm sure! Time is flying...

RiTides - They look amazing .... ; )

Excellent, will reveal here on Monday after we take some better pics over the weekend

The AdeptiCon 2016 Librarium will be featuring several popular games from IELLO, maker of such hits as King of Tokyo, Dungeon Fighter, Welcome to the Dungeon, Guardian’s Chronicles, and Heroes of Normandie.

Additionally, there will be tournaments for King of Tokyo, King of New York, and Heroes of Normandie throughout the weekend that will feature event kits filled with cool swag and AdeptiCon prizes! Registration closes February 29th, so sign up today so you don’t miss your chance to rampage across a major city or storm the beaches of France!

For event schedules and more information, check out:

For event schedules and more information can be found here.
For more IELLO’s quality products, check out the IELLO website.

What's the word on allowing recent 40k rules? With Curse of the Wulfen having Space Wolf and Daemon updates, people might want to run some stuff out of it. Will there be a cutoff date like last year or will it be on a case-by-case basis?

Requizen wrote:
What's the word on allowing recent 40k rules? With Curse of the Wulfen having Space Wolf and Daemon updates, people might want to run some stuff out of it. Will there be a cutoff date like last year or will it be on a case-by-case basis?

Cutoff date is listed in the rules:

Codices, Codex Supplements and Warhammer 40K Campaign Supplements that are released prior to February 28th,
2016 will be allowed in this event. Apocalypse War Zone supplements, Apocalypse Formations, Forge World army lists
and material from the Horus Heresy books WILL NOT be allowed in this event.

Vendor Hall Roster

Over 40 companies will be exhibiting in our Vendor Hall - giving you a chance to purchase their products, try a demo, peruse their new releases and meet the staff behind some of your favorite hobby manufactures and suppliers.

Anvil Eight - www.anvil-eight.com
Badger Airbrush - www.badgerairbrush.com
Battle Foam - www.battlefoam.com
Battlefront - www.flamesofwar.com
Black Knight Games - www.black-knight-games-online.com
Bombshell Miniatures - www.bombshellminis.com
Broken Egg Games - www.brokenegggames.com
Brush 4 Hire - www.brush4hire.com
Cool Mini or Not - www.coolminiornot.com
Covus Belli - store.infinitythegame.com
Cracked Earth Studios - crackedearthstudios.com
DGS Games - dgsgames.com
Dice Head Games - spikey-bits.myshopify.com
Fantasy Flight Games - www.fantasyflightgames.com
Forge World - www.forgeworld.co.uk
Frontline Gaming - www.frontlinegaming.org
Games Plus - www.games-plus.com
Games and Gears - www.gamesandgears.co.uk
Gaming Nomads - gamingnomads.com
Greenman Designs - www.gdesignsinc.com
Hawk Wargames - www.hawkwargames.com
Impact Miniatures - www.impactminiatures.com
Ironheart Artisans - ironheartartisans.com
Knuckleduster Miniatures - www.knuckleduster.com
Mantic Games - www.manticgames.com
ModCube - modcube.myshopify.com
Muse On Minis - museonminis.com
Ninja Division - ninjadivision.com
Palladium Books - www.palladiumbooks.com
Outlaw Miniatures - www.wildwestexodus.com
Osprey Publishing - ospreypublishing.com
Privateer Press - privateerpress.com
Reaper Miniatures - www.reapermini.com
Red Republic Games - redrepublicgames.com
Reynolds Advanced Materials - www.reynoldsam.com
Secret Weapon Miniatures - www.secretweaponminiatures.com
Steamforged Games - steamforged.com
Tectonic Craft Studios - tectoniccraftstudios.com
The Phalanx Consortium - www.facebook.com/thephalanxconsortium/
The WitchBorn - www.witchborn.com
Toledo Game Room - www.toledogameroom.com
Wargamma - wargamma.com
Warlord - www.warlordgames.com

Keep checking back because this might not be all!

Vendor Hall Hours: 10:00AM to 6:00PM (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) and 10:00AM to 3:00PM (Sunday)


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The 13th Legion Warhammer 40K Apocalypse Battle

The 13th Legion will be running a massive Warhammer 40K Apocalypse game at AdeptiCon on Friday evening. Two teams comprised of ten players each will field 100,000 points of mayhem and destruction! The game will take place on a 6′ x 40′ table comprised of fully-painted Games Workshop Battle Boards and a ton of dynamic terrain. Teams will have to work together in order to ensure overall victory, but each player will also earn points individually towards awards.

There are still a few tickets for this colossal game – register today and decide the fate of the galaxy!

Curiousity - when it comes to paint score, how do they count Summoned units? I've been working on my core army, but some of my summoned stuff (Daemonettes, Bloodthirsters, etc) are secondhand or just quick painted because, well, they're just summoned stuff and don't really matter to me. Will they count against my score or will they only score what's on the display board?

Requizen wrote:
Curiousity - when it comes to paint score, how do they count Summoned units? I've been working on my core army, but some of my summoned stuff (Daemonettes, Bloodthirsters, etc) are secondhand or just quick painted because, well, they're just summoned stuff and don't really matter to me. Will they count against my score or will they only score what's on the display board?

Summoned models must be painted in accordance with the AdeptiCon Model Policy. That said, they are not required to be displayed along with your army for the purposes of Appearance judging unless you wish them to be.

 Matthias wrote:

Requizen wrote:
Curiousity - when it comes to paint score, how do they count Summoned units? I've been working on my core army, but some of my summoned stuff (Daemonettes, Bloodthirsters, etc) are secondhand or just quick painted because, well, they're just summoned stuff and don't really matter to me. Will they count against my score or will they only score what's on the display board?

Summoned models must be painted in accordance with the AdeptiCon Model Policy. That said, they are not required to be displayed along with your army for the purposes of Appearance judging unless you wish them to be.

Perfect. They'll be tabletop ready, but not the prettiest As long as they stay in a box while the nice models stand on the table, That'll be good.

Guild Ball at AdeptiCon 2016!

Guild Ball by Steamforged Games has blitzed its way into AdeptiCon 2016 with a full line up of awesome events! Ease into a weekend full of Guild Ball with the Kick-off Event and ‘Keger’ Ball Casual Mixer on Friday. The action heats up Saturday afternoon with two back-to-back Scrimmage events that will begin to test your mettle, yet the true test will come Sunday in the first ever Chicago Open US Regional Cup! Prove that your team has what it takes to take be the best of all the Guilds in the Empire of the Free Cities!

Due to the popularity of the inaugural Guild Ball events at AdeptiCon, we have managed to find a few extra tables, expand existing events and even add a few new ones! There are still tickets left for all events, so register today and determine your fortune!

Steamforged Games will also be present in the AdeptiCon Vendor Hall, so swing by the vendor and gaming halls for demos and join us for the madness that is Mob Football!!

Can I suggest that they place some maps with event locations in the main traffic areas? (maybe poster board sized ones on an easel or other type of stand) For the life of me I could not find the bitz trading last year and spent a lot of time wandering around trying to find stuff that wasn't in the main hall. My friend and I accidentally walked into some real estate lecture that was being held on the second floor. Wandering around the old Lombard location wasn't as much of an issue as it was smaller and there were generally signs posted by all the doors. (plus I'd also been there several times before) I had a great time but I was confused as hell where to find certain stuff.

 stanman wrote:
Can I suggest that they place some maps with event locations in the main traffic areas? (maybe poster board sized ones on an easel or other type of stand) For the life of me I could not find the bitz trading last year and spent a lot of time wandering around trying to find stuff that wasn't in the main hall. My friend and I accidentally walked into some real estate lecture that was being held on the second floor. Wandering around the old Lombard location wasn't as much of an issue as it was smaller and there were generally signs posted by all the doors. (plus I'd also been there several times before) I had a great time but I was confused as hell where to find certain stuff.

We are on it! We will have several new hallway banners in addition to the onsite map/flyer we had last year. There will also be a convention map available online.

AdeptiCon is once again proud to partner with America’s premiere airbrush and airbrush supplies manufacturer – Badger Air-Brush Company!

Badger will once again have a major presence at the convention, with demos and experts on-hand to answer your air-brushing questions. Badger will also have a wide range of their quality products for sale, including some new items for 2016:

*NEW* Complete Air-Brush Maintenance Kit: This kit contains all the tools necessary for comprehensive airbrush maintenance. It includes the same tools, applicators, and “gadgets” used in our factory service department for ’like new’ airbrush cleaning and restoration.



*NEW* FLATitive: FLATitive is a flattening agent for use with water-base acrylic paints, like Badger Air-Brush Co.’s increasingly popular MINITIARE, MODEL/FREAKflex, and Woods & Water paint brands. This additive, FLATitive, when added to a gloss acrylic paint, reduces the paint’s gloss level, from its original gloss to semi-gloss, matte, or flat. FLATitive allows the artist to adjust a gloss acrylic paint to whatever finish they would prefer.





Badger will also have some exclusive convention specials, including, as veteran AdeptiCon attendees know, great show only deals! So plan on making a stop at the Badger Air-Brush Company booth during your AdeptiCon and check out the latest from this long-time partner!

Inquisitor-Judge Vander Tuul, AdeptiCon Exclusive Model

+++The last surviving mutant retreated back into the service passage, the same access corridor he had used to attack the hab-level. But that’s when he had been one of many. Now he was alone, his brethren all dead at the hands of the Hive’s security forces and their leader, the Inquisitor-Judge. That cursed enforcer had almost single-handedly destroyed the trog raiding party. He had been waiting for them, almost as if he knew they were coming. When the last mutant stopped to catch his breath, he heard a voice drift through the ancient passageways. He froze, terrified – it was the Inquisitor. In a cold, calm tone he called, “There is nowhere to run to, abomination. Nowhere to hide.” The last mutant slumped to the floor, dropping his pistol. He began to weep.+++

AdeptiCon 2016 is proud to introduce Inquisitor-Judge Vander Tuul, one of this year’s exclusive convention models. Sculpted by Dark Wolf Studio’s own Jake Schneider, this metal figure will be limited to a run of 1,500 and will be included in as many swag bags as possible!

Wow, that model is going to look fantastic on the table . Very nice work by Dark Wolf!

Also, love Minitaire and will definitely be checking out the Badger booth