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Post by druchiiannointed on Feb 20, 2008 9:50:48 GMT -5
hey guys, up here in Albany there is a convention at the University at Albany called BadCon (the badly named convention). there are a few gamers around here and they are attempting to host a tournament for Warhammer Fantasy and/or 40k. i am a member of the group "The Guild" that is hosting it. think SimCon on this convention. any way the convention is scheduled for sometime in mid April and i wanted to begin to get the word out would anyone be interested in coming? I am looking for some feed back with what kind of a tourney would attract more gamers i was thinking either something regular 3 games at 2250 or 2500 or maybe 4 games at 1000-1500 comp and painting are judged but not sure how they are going to be though. any ideas or suggestions? this is in effect an opportunity to have some suggestive power in a "local" tournament and I want to cater to a large number of people if possible and do something original.
thanks!
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Post by boldo on Feb 20, 2008 11:25:28 GMT -5
What are the dates? What day would the tournament be? How many people are you expecting or can you accomidate?
As for Ideas I would do 2000+ pts as this is more standard and popular if you do not want to deal with a lord then do 1999pts. As for comp I would use some checklist system. It may not seem like there is much time to do this but judged comp needs lists in advance, guidelines for the players, and will generate more female doging after the fact. I suggest being tough, making lots it hard to score maximum and then doing the best you can.
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Post by druchiiannointed on Feb 20, 2008 13:16:17 GMT -5
thanks, i was thinking of using a slightly adjusted list that you had posted for the SimCon tourney, the dates are not set but i figure that soon there will be a definite date and time. any other suggestions to spice up the tourney? perhaps something you have played and would like to see again? something you might want to try or a wacky idea?
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Post by boldo on Feb 20, 2008 17:50:21 GMT -5
I was hoping that this con could not be the first two weekends of April. The second weekend is UBcon and I know it is far enough away to not affect attendance but I would have to miss. Sure you may be able to do nothing about this but here is hoping. Also If I can make it I would be happy to bring some terrain and stuff. I have posted a number of scenarios at www.boldo.com/miniatures/daboyzgt3.html and these have been well play tested. Let me know what else I can provide or give help with. As for cool fun things what are you thinking of. Boldo |
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Post by druchiiannointed on Feb 20, 2008 21:05:36 GMT -5
Ok so it has been decided that BadCon will be taking place on at least the last two weekends in April, also there is guaranteed to be a Warhammer Fantasy tournament at roughly 2500 points, judged painting and comp, It's going to be a swiss system so and i am thinking a cash prize as well.
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Post by boldo on Feb 20, 2008 23:33:24 GMT -5
Great how else can I help?
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Post by druchiiannointed on Feb 21, 2008 1:11:42 GMT -5
would you feel comfortable running a tournament if given ALL the materials ahead of time and was planned out? if not, im sure we could come up with something and someone else. But of course as always, experience has a significant value with this sort of thing granted nothing is set in stone as of yet.
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Post by boldo on Feb 21, 2008 8:23:55 GMT -5
Honestly I was looking forward to playing as I do not get to do that very often. I can help out with everything but I would like to play. It really is not that hard. The first thing to do is to ge tthe date set. That is perhaps the most important thing right now. While this is happening. A nice clear set of rules is good. SThe rules set should include points, number of games, scoring breakdown, and what is legal. It is important to decide on things like DOW, Rhinox riders, Special characters, use of white dwarf lists and characters, exc.
How is this for a start.
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Post by druchiiannointed on Feb 21, 2008 10:21:10 GMT -5
Sounds perfect! I think what will happen is I will host the tournament and run the games. i can begin drafting up a chart for rules and spec's on the tournament. Perhaps i may tackle an army specific comp syste with a points bank (an idea i was toying with). I think we might need some help with terrain but it would be very nice to have Boldo competing! I hope it's ok if i use your forum to bounce around army comp ideas since we are lacking a Badcon specific forum. If any of your gamers come up with any new or interesting takes on how to dsign a tournament please have them feel free to message me or post as I regularly check the Daboyz forum.
thanks for the valuable help.
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