FOW tournament
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:03 pm
Hey, my fellow WWII buffs!
I was going to bring this up with MtP and Primarch on Sunday along with anyone else at Joshin on Sunday. I was thinking of organizing a small 1000 point tournament at the 'Nagoya Historicon' event Primarch was considering putting on. Of course at the event one day is "Black Powder-focused" ostensibly, and the other day was ostensibly "FOW-focused". So, I was hoping with Prim's blessing, I might run a FOW tournament for the local players.
The idea I want to propose is a small three -round tournament, using FOW tournament point system and focusing on three missions I will choose and announce to you guys. Forces would be 1000 points and I would ask you to turn in the week before and I would check over. I would pair you guys up for new opponents every round. First round would try to match Axis vs. Allies, and the following rounds would be organized by Swiss as best at possible although I would be avoiding any rematches. I would try to organize a door prize for everyone and I think I'll also put up a small door prize.
There is a little caveat: I want to play at least one game, so if there are even number of players at the beginning, I will ask two players to double team me in the last round. Also I'll take the place of anyone leaving early and hopefully we have an odd number of participants. If the whole thing is wanted by the community.
Anyway, it will take at least three other people to show up. I'll be also dependent on particularly MtP's ability to also show up with all his beautiful terrain. (I have some terrain and I'll be collecting more if we do this.) Also I will have at least two armies so I can provide one or two for people who want to join. Also we have Version 3 of the rules coming up, so there will be some changes with things. There could also be a small painting contest as it is a small number of points to prepare for and I hope that makes it an easy benchmark to prepare for in 6-months lead.
Oh, and of course that last thing is this is all for FUN, so I'm going to drive the idea we are going to just be there to enjoy an afternoon of fast-paced (two plus hour rounds) games with our fellow chums, admire each others models and such.
Tell me what you think guys! Cheers!
I was going to bring this up with MtP and Primarch on Sunday along with anyone else at Joshin on Sunday. I was thinking of organizing a small 1000 point tournament at the 'Nagoya Historicon' event Primarch was considering putting on. Of course at the event one day is "Black Powder-focused" ostensibly, and the other day was ostensibly "FOW-focused". So, I was hoping with Prim's blessing, I might run a FOW tournament for the local players.
The idea I want to propose is a small three -round tournament, using FOW tournament point system and focusing on three missions I will choose and announce to you guys. Forces would be 1000 points and I would ask you to turn in the week before and I would check over. I would pair you guys up for new opponents every round. First round would try to match Axis vs. Allies, and the following rounds would be organized by Swiss as best at possible although I would be avoiding any rematches. I would try to organize a door prize for everyone and I think I'll also put up a small door prize.
There is a little caveat: I want to play at least one game, so if there are even number of players at the beginning, I will ask two players to double team me in the last round. Also I'll take the place of anyone leaving early and hopefully we have an odd number of participants. If the whole thing is wanted by the community.
Anyway, it will take at least three other people to show up. I'll be also dependent on particularly MtP's ability to also show up with all his beautiful terrain. (I have some terrain and I'll be collecting more if we do this.) Also I will have at least two armies so I can provide one or two for people who want to join. Also we have Version 3 of the rules coming up, so there will be some changes with things. There could also be a small painting contest as it is a small number of points to prepare for and I hope that makes it an easy benchmark to prepare for in 6-months lead.
Oh, and of course that last thing is this is all for FUN, so I'm going to drive the idea we are going to just be there to enjoy an afternoon of fast-paced (two plus hour rounds) games with our fellow chums, admire each others models and such.
Tell me what you think guys! Cheers!