<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Are doubles tournies too serious?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/7.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Are doubles tournies too serious? GTs but i was planning on entering the upcoming doubles with my uncle but i found out that none of my armies could side with his. Now i understand that there is an element of fluff stopping this, obviously orks aren't going to side with SM, but i looked at the table and saw that the only sode that Necrons can side with is Necrons. And most are untrusted allies meaning they get a -1 to thier LD.

I thought that doubles tournies were a get-together-to-game event, where you could just bring along ur best mate or family member and just play. But it seems that there are quite a lot of restrictions.

Anyone else think this or am i being too casual??]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195024.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195024.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious.
Eldar Own wrote:
Anyone else think this or am i being too casual??


Nope. I'm surprized they have that harsh a restriction. We have two doubles tourneys scheduled for my shop, and I don't think we intend to have any restrictions. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195819.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195819.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. kinda makes sense, but if they make some restrictions, they have to do em all...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195836.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195836.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. GTs]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195987.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1195987.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. IG and Orks they are probably power gamers.

G]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196292.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196292.page GMT Re:Are doubles tournies to serious. IG army and an Ork army.

One of the few tournaments I've played in was a charity doubles tournament, and it was very laid back, and very much a "get together with good people and play" event, rather than anything serious.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196324.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196324.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. IMO.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196451.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196451.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. IG w/ Tyranids).

However the main issue i see with removing the restrictions would be that it opens up more opportunity for power-gamers, as they could combine two forces that compliment each other...

Personally Im fine with it as it stands however. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196490.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196490.page GMT Re:Are doubles tournies to serious. IG/Orks would be wired but its easy to play around the fluff restrictions.

My uncle and I often play as a team with eldar/SW. These guys arent exactly chums but the eldar, as fickle as they are, would probably side with them if the thing that the SW are assaulting has some sort of significance to them. The same could go for necrons.

My uncles often play against my eldar as a team. Thier armies are SW and chaos, we're not really bothered but we like to say that the SW are traitors. Problem solved.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196749.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196749.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196909.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1196909.page GMT Re:Are doubles tournies to serious. IG is an easy one.

It's really 'BloodAxes' and 'Human mercenaries and Advisors'. That's from the old orky books of 2 decades ago. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197255.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197255.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. GW guidelines for doubles tournies ae unfairly biased towards he good armies.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197277.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197277.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. IoM, power gaming scumbags may get a chance to flourish and, hell, they might even want basic human rights.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197323.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197323.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. The doubles should at least play the same kind of armies. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197650.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197650.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious. GW say it is, then this is a bit daft.

Most groups of gaming mates i know do not have the same armies so that they can play games against each other and create better scenarios etc. I have, and sure you have, seen many threads on DD saying "what army shall i collect" they then go on tho say "i dont want it to be SM or orks because my friends have them".]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197957.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1197957.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious.
Due to me shelving my Chaos, its ended up me and my mate taking Orks and Orks, so who knows how they'll run or what we'll face.

But when you look at the force, it does look like one almost normal 1500pt Ork army. Just broken down between the two Klans we have.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198140.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198140.page GMT Are doubles tournies to serious.
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I'll be able to answer this in about three weeks, first time at lenton, and first ever Tournie (well apart from that D&D one back in the mid 90's.)


Its not the actual gaming we're on about here. I think that the army restrictions are too restrictive for a get-toghether-and-play tournament. There's a high chance that you and your mate wont be able to play, or play at a disadvantage, becasue your armies cant play together.

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If everyone has gone for the same army, or its mostly Guard/Marine (which is what I'm expecting) and hardly any 'other' 40K armies are being represented then it will have been a poor call.

Tbh had I not shelved my Chaos, the -1 Ld wouldn't have put me off combining with my mate, but I could see many folks seeing it as a game breaker and going for the easy option.

Hence why I expect to see lots of Marine/Guard combos.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198260.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198260.page GMT Re:Are doubles tournies too serious? TBH both me and my team mate are building new armys to take as its only 750pts each its not that hard to build a new army just for this event and he even has xmas to get the last few items that he needs.

Armies wise we are taking a Demiurg (Tau) and Guard mix. Hopefully they play well but back on topic this event sold out in record time so the restritions didn't put people off and its a GW run event at Warhammer world but it all depends on the people running the events how they want to run them. I'm shore if its just a local club event it will be less restrictive but this event people have had around 4 months to plan there armies for it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198283.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198283.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious?
As pretty much everyone has said though, fluff restrictions don't seem to be that common in doubles tourneys.

As a whole, I've found that doubles tournaments are a blast. The ones with serious prize support tend to attract more serious players just like normal, but that's to be expected.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198313.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198313.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious?
Regardless, don't get me wrong, I think its going to be grand fun either way, I just hope to see more armies than Imperium mixes.
I'd love to face Necrons for example, or Elder and Dark Elder, and Orks, always eager to face Orks for a big ole Waaagh match. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198314.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198314.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious? (1.5 years ago...)
I arrived with IG, was paired with a SW player. Yes - it worked out quite nicely for the both of us. I formed a gunline, he put Drop Pods and Blood Claws down...

For one game, we played combined SMs, no big deal.

Another - a pair of CSM players.

Third game was combined SMs and tyranids.
We were Rhino Rushed by Tyranid Warriors, gaunts, and genestealers....

I've seen the same technique used in Apoc battles. I find it irritating, and 'unfluffy', but I get over it and have fun.

Most I've won (winning that tourney) was a blister pack or small box.


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Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote: I just hope to see more armies than Imperium mixes.
I'd love to face Necrons for example, or Elder and Dark Elder, and Orks, always eager to face Orks for a big ole Waaagh match.


Not forgetting my own personal team favourite - Tau and Eldar.

They are a good match for one another.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198331.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198331.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198605.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1198605.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious? LD penalty. Also my 'chaos' uncle is getting married the saturday after, so i think he'll be to busy orginizing etc. to play .]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1202951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1202951.page GMT Are doubles tournies too serious? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1204106.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/270325/1204106.page GMT