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Community => FACO => Topic started by: Dakkar on April 26, 2016, 02:46:28 pm
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So I got asked about running Spartan stuff for Tacticon this year, Sept 1-4 (Yep, Labor Day weekend). I have no other details as of yet, even on where it is other than down here somewhere.
My first consider was the usual: Firestorm Tourney. Then Add a DW Tourney, a Planetfall Tourney, and even a HALO tourney if enough folks would enter. Plus Demos in the side.
Or, if not enough for Tourneys, mega-battles is the next best option!
Who'd be interested in attending, and what would you like to see? Any day preferences for something specific?
-Dale
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A Halo mega-battle could be fun. Or even a couple of smaller Halo scenario-based games, maybe one each day. I'm talking about the Fleet Battles game, not Halo: Ground Command (which should be out by then, I would think). To be honest, I'm not real big on tournaments, so I think either a large Halo game or a few smaller scenario-driven games would be more fun. But that's just me, I know some people really like tournaments.
With the con being held in the Springs, I could attend on Friday afternoon and Saturday and Sunday, I think.
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that gives me all summer to make a badass dw and pf scenery set. I volunteered at my work for labor day but I'm off thurs fri sat could be fun :-D
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that gives me all summer to make a badass dw and pf scenery set.
That would be awesome!
Here's my tenative event schedule:
Friday Daytime : Dystopian Wars Mega-Battle
Fri Evening : HALO Mega-Battle
Sat Daytime: Firestorm Tournament
Sun Daytime: Planetfall Tournament
Would that line-up interest folks?
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I can't make anything on Friday during the day. Friday night Halo sounds good, though.
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I can't make anything on Friday during the day. Friday night Halo sounds good, though.
It's a con weekend, you're supposed to take off work! ;-)
I could move the DW battle to Saturday night, would that work?
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Looking at my tentative rotation schedule I will likely miss Tacticon this year. I'm scheduled to travel up to Washington on Friday.
We will see.
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Two Revised options:
#1 steers clear of bigger Saturday events, forcing less conflicts with the potential "big" games ala Warmachine, Guildball, 40K..
Friday Daytime : Planetfall Tournament
Fri Evening : Dystopian Wars Battle Scenario (More Martians?)
Sat Evening: HALO Battle Scenario
Sun Daytime: Firestorm Tournament
#2 asserts a Spartan presence in "prime time", hoping we'll grow into it.
Fri Evening : Dystopian Wars Battle Scenario (More Martians?)
Sat Daytime: Firestorm Tournament
Sat Evening: HALO Battle Scenario
Sunday Daytime : Planetfall Tournament
Thoughts?
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After discussion with Rob at Gamer's Haven, I have Option #3
Fri Daytime: Firestorm Patrol Fleet Tournament or Battle Scenario
Fri Evening : Dystopian Wars Battle Scenario
Sat Evening: HALO Battle Scenario
Sunday Daytime : Planetfall Tournament
I'm leaning towards keeping Sat daytime open so folks can do more events.
If I drop from 4 to 3 events, I'll drop the HALO and do the Firestorm event on Sat evening. Or move HALO to Friday daytime.
We'll leverage any and all Tourney kits that Spartan has on offer.
I think Firestorm and Planetfall need to court the most local turnout, so I'll try to accommodate the most folks there.
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I want to join in on the DW and PF tournaments, but Labor Day weekend is almost automatically booked for me. If it frees up I will head down.
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I want to join in on the DW and PF tournaments, but Labor Day weekend is almost automatically booked for me. If it frees up I will head down.
You'll be missed, Tod. That is the classic Tacticon Conundrum over Labor Day. (Similar to Valentines Day vs Genghis...)
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Another opinion poll of sorts:
I'm thinking of making the Firestorm event a simple Patrol Fleet Tourney to ensure short rounds.
Should we go 600, 650, 700, or 799?
Should I model it on Ryjak's recent event?
Or punt and make it a mega-battle scenario as well?
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I like the DW Friday evening option. Rather than one big mega-battle, how about several smaller events? Maybe one 4-player land battle scenario and another 4-person sea battle? Maybe theme it as a "Giant Robot Smack Down!" for the land battle and a "Clash of the Dreadnoughts!" for the sea battle? We'd only need 8 people total to sign up and a 2-on-2 battle will go much more quickly than a traditional mega-battle.
For Saturday, maybe consider Planetfall if we've got enough folks interested.
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I'm hearing now that Sunday may be Guildball, which I want to do, and Saturday daytime would be Malifaux, which I'd also like to do :-)
Soooo... I'm leaning towards dropping the HALO event. Besides Greg and 1-2 others, I don't see the demand. (That said, if HALO is preferred over Firestorm, let me know!)
Here's the new and mostly final schedule, to be registered once I clear some heavy work days this week.
Friday daytime: PLANETFALL , 9 to 5
(Even at 2500 pts, we need a full 2hrs per round plus breaks)
Friday Evening: Dystopian Wars 6 til 11
-- I like the Land and Sea options, and I could easily run both. I'll play 2 Sea and 2 land tables.
-- Should I allow air elements to fly between tables? ;-)
Saturday: Firestorm Armada, Patrol Tourney, 5 - Midnight
- Leaning towards a 600 pt event ala what Ryjak is doing for NOVA
I'm also leaning towards a full painted requirement. Thoughts?
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If you're leaning towards dropping the Halo event due to your desire to play Malifaux, then 1) shame on you :D, and 2) I could run a Halo game on Saturday afternoon. I've got time to write up a stand-alone scenario for 4 players, and I can probably provide all the miniatures needed. It would be a one-off game, not a tournament, but I think that's OK. Also, if I ran it earlier in the day (maybe 11-3 or 12-4), people who wanted to do both Halo and Firestorm Armada would be able to play both.
However, I've not yet been approached by the folks at the Haven to run anything. Should I reach out to them?
Also, I could support the Friday evening Dystopian Wars event. I can provide more support for the sea table than the land table, but I do have the starter set for both the RoF and FSA land forces (plus enough aerial units for both to build up the force size).
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If you're leaning towards dropping the Halo event due to your desire to play Malifaux, then 1) shame on you :D, and 2) I could run a Halo game on Saturday afternoon.
Yes I'm a terrible Vanguard; but what can I say, my enthusiasms are Legion.
That'd be a great time for Sat afternoon, and a few tables should be available.
To tell the truth, if I knew I was getting more HALO than Firestorm interest, I'd easily swap.
However, I've not yet been approached by the folks at the Haven to run anything. Should I reach out to them?
It's all early organizing, so definitely reach out.
We'll need to talk HALO event kit on the side.
Also, I could support the Friday evening Dystopian Wars event. I can provide more support for the sea table than the land table, but I do have the starter set for both the RoF and FSA land forces (plus enough aerial units for both to build up the force size).
Very cool! I'll want it all to be something for newbs and vets to both enjoy.
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Greg, I for one would like to see the RoF skimmer ships on the land table.
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I'll try to reach out to the Haven staff this week to discuss running a Halo event.
@Stephan--I hadn't considered that, actually, since I never play the land game. I have skimmer frigates, cruisers, and a battleship. Now that I think about it, the Chinese dreadnought is a skimmer, along with the medium-class floating bastions, and then of course there's The Dragon. The French and Chinese are both Imperial Bond nations, I think, so I could run the French as the core force with the Chinese vessels in the 40% non-core. That would be a pretty interesting mix.
With all of the above, plus the standard RoF land forces thrown in, I think I could get to somewhere between 1750-2000 points. And that's without bringing the French skimmer dreadnought (the Vauban), which I still haven't assembled.
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@Stephan--I hadn't considered that, actually, since I never play the land game. I have skimmer frigates, cruisers, and a battleship. Now that I think about it, the Chinese dreadnought is a skimmer, along with the medium-class floating bastions, and then of course there's The Dragon. The French and Chinese are both Imperial Bond nations, I think, so I could run the French as the core force with the Chinese vessels in the 40% non-core. That would be a pretty interesting mix.
With all of the above, plus the standard RoF land forces thrown in, I think I could get to somewhere between 1750-2000 points. And that's without bringing the French skimmer dreadnought (the Vauban), which I still haven't assembled.
French vs Martians!
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Nah, I think this time we want to go human on human. I for one would like to see Madame Liberte on the table with the RoF.
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Well, someone else will have to field it. I'm not a fan of the model, so I won't be purchasing it--not when there are so many other models out there I need (yes, need).
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I just talked to Ed at the Haven. Based on his recommendations, I'm going to submit the Halo event for Sunday, probably something like 11-3 or 12-4. Saturday will apparently be a big tournament day, so there may not be players available or even much table space available for non-tournament games.
I've learned my lesson from Genghis Con, however--this time, I'm going to write up a formal scenario and get it into the Tacticon schedule so people know it's an option, instead of just hanging out in the corner and hoping somebody notices the table (like I did at Genghis). My goal will be to write a scenario that can accommodate up to 4 players and will be simple enough that I can teach as we play.
I told Ed that I might also be able to run demos of Halo: Ground Command, but that depends on how soon I get my copy before the con.
Ed did say that they would like to see as many non-tournament games as possible at the con. So I think our idea to run the big DW game is also good.
I guess people are of different opinions when it comes to tournaments at gaming conventions, especially small conventions like this. On the one hand, I'm sure the event organizers like having tournaments, because it almost guarantees people will show up. But on the other hand, having a bunch of tournaments can kind of "edge out" the non-tournament, one-off scenario types of games that can sometimes be really interesting and can expose gamers to other game systems.
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The most memorable Con events in my mind are exactly the large scenarios and mega-battles that one can only do effectively at a Con. Tournaments, I largely forget those except the negative experiences.
Big past things I remember:
-- DW Martian Invasions (1 and 2)
-- Babylon 5 Battle of the Line
-- Babylon 5 Battle of Corianna VI
-- Rorke's Drift
-- Rorke's Drift with Imperial Guard and Orcs
-- BFG: Assault on the Blackstone Fortress
So yeah, we'll take advantage of that... And just because its a scenario doesn't mean there aren't prizes
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The most memorable Con events in my mind are exactly the large scenarios and mega-battles that one can only do effectively at a Con. Tournaments, I largely forget those except the negative experiences.
Well said, and I agree. I have much fonder memories of the big Space Hulk game I played at Genghis Con in 2014, but not so much the X-Wing tournament I played in at the same con.
I recommend for the DW games (both land and sea) that we come up with some sort of objective, even if it is simple (i.e. "hold the middle"). Clash of the Dreadnoughts could be fun, but can we do that with an objective-based game? For example--every fleet deploys a dreadnought, but you're still trying to accomplish/achieve X. Same thing on the land side--I've got several of the generic military and industrial scenery pieces...maybe a base assault where one faction gets 2500 points to defend against a combined assault from several other factions?
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I wish we all had the giant robots to do Kaiju Clash! I'd get the FSA one, Stephan has the Hochmeister, you have the Dragon...
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I wish we all had the giant robots to do Kaiju Clash! I'd get the FSA one, Stephan has the Hochmeister, you have the Dragon...
The Chinese dragon robot isn't in the same class as the Hochmeister and the other big robots released recently. The Chinese robot is a large-class, whereas the others are basically robot dreadnoughts. You guys would make mincemeat out of The Dragon in short order. I've discovered that it really only does well against medium and small ship (when it survives long enough to engage--it's quite a fire magnet).
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The Chinese dragon robot isn't in the same class as the Hochmeister and the other big robots released recently. The Chinese robot is a large-class, whereas the others are basically robot dreadnoughts. You guys would make mincemeat out of The Dragon in short order. I've discovered that it really only does well against medium and small ship (when it survives long enough to engage--it's quite a fire magnet).
Damned right it's not in the same class as the Hochmeister!
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The Chinese dragon robot isn't in the same class as the Hochmeister and the other big robots released recently. The Chinese robot is a large-class, whereas the others are basically robot dreadnoughts. You guys would make mincemeat out of The Dragon in short order. I've discovered that it really only does well against medium and small ship (when it survives long enough to engage--it's quite a fire magnet).
Damned right it's not in the same class as the Hochmeister!
Typical Prussian hubris... :P
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I still like the idea that we each pick a giant robot to have painted for Adepticon...
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Back to Tacticon,
I'll volunteer to run the land battle and help with the themes for both DW events.
For the land battle, what would you think of a scenario set in Giza, Egypt. The Nile runs relatively close by and I could take some liberties with the actual distance between the river and the pyramid complex. In scale, the great pyramid would be approx. 5" tall and 7.5" to a side on the base. The pyramid of Khafre would be about half an inch smaller in each dimension and the pyramid of Menkaure would only be about 2" tall by 3" at the base. At the scale the sphinx is pretty small, only about an inch high and wide by 2 inches long. The haven already has a couple tan mats though I'd probably look for a nicer sand mat of some kind (maybe make one with a roll vinyl, spray glue, and a lot of sand).
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That sounds like a great idea, Stephan. I guess we would need to build the pyramids, which would be pretty easy...any ideas for the Sphinx?
For background fluff, we could say that a massive source of sturginium has been discovered underneath the entire area where the pyramids and Sphinx are located (maybe that's why the ancient Egyptians built them there???), and land forces from several nation-states have been dispatched to secure the area. For victory conditions, maybe something like whoever has at least X number of points within 6" of the center of the complex for three consecutive turns wins?
We could fool around with some house rules too. Here's a goofy idea off the top of my head:
If you can draw a line from your weapon systems thru your target to any part of the pyramids or the Sphinx, you have to reroll all of the misses from your initial dice pool. If you score two or more hits on this reroll, the structure behind your intended target was also hit, and the firing model is subject to an immediate boarding assault (conscript-level boarders) from the locals who are angry that you have damaged their religious monuments!
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Pyramids aren't over Sturginium deposits, they ARE Sturginium deposits.
(They have to be spaceship landing pads after all...)
Any energy weapons fired at a target with 6" of the pyramid gain a second shot at half dice on the original target, as they arc, BUT if they miss (fail to break DR) the shot rebounds off the pyramid - the attacker has the full shot rerolled against them!
If the Nile were in flood, it would be huge enough to count as the whole board for the water battle...
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I was thinking along those same lines for the water table Dale. Then the big ships could provide Indirect Fire support to the land table and the heavies on the land table could do the same back at them. The game turns won't be linked, so from each tables perspective the incoming fire would be random.
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I like the random fire effect. That would add an interesting element to the game.
What nations would be best suited thematically for a land/naval engagement in Egypt? I know we're limited to the fleets that we all own, but which ones would make the most sense? I can certainly see the RoF, Ottomans, and Italians getting involved, and possibly even the British. But would it make sense for the Chinese to be there? Or the FSA or Prussians or Japanese?
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Some updates:
Events not registered yet, but soon. Time just ran out this weekend.
I have ordered the HALO and Dystopian Wars Tourney/Event Kits for the Con. Out of my own pocket for now, but I'll likely just tack on a little to the event fee to recoup. They were ~ $25 each including postage, so that adds $5 or less to the event cost, but everyone gets something! BLING!!!
(Greg, we can coord on HALO...)
When Firestorm and Planetfall release later this summer, I'll get those too.
And I've ordered the Battle for Iceland, so more terrain for the DW scenario ... (Because what's the Nile without an oil platform...)
Firestorm will be exactly Ryjak's 600pt format.
Planetfall will be a 2500pt event, but I'll tweak down Zero Hour from the Adepticon scenarios. I'm tempted to go 3000pts, but to prevent time bloat, I was thinking of making an activation limit as well, maybe encouraging use of Leviathans, etc.
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What nations would be best suited thematically for a land/naval engagement in Egypt?
If we posit the Sturginium-dug equivalent of the Suez Canal ... and perhaps a variation that connects directly to the Nile, then ANY Nation has an interest there. Especially China.
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Roger on the Halo kit, thanks for ordering.
Yeah, I think we can make just about any justification for factions in Egypt, I was just curious.
Regarding scenery...I can make some weapons platforms to defend the oil platform. I have the military installation set that has the weapons emplacements, and I have several of those little plastic tripods that are used in large pizza boxes to keep the lid off the cheese...they are pretty close to the right scale, and with some paint and greeblies I can mount those weapons emplacements on them. The emplacements are slightly larger than the top flat area of the tripods, but a little plasticard and some greenstuff should make it all work quite nicely.
And now I have a reason to paint up my FSA and RoF land forces!
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Still no kits arriving, but any day now. And I'll turn around and order the Firestorm and Planetfall kits once the first batch gets here.
She Who must be Obeyed has approved my use of Labor Day Weekend. So I need to finalize my event registrations this week. So ONE MORE TIME through the schedule:
Thurs: No plans, but I'll probably head in for pick-up stuff. If anyone's down for games, let me know. Might be a good time for weird stuff like breaking out the old Bab-5 game
Friday:
-- Daytime: Planetfall Tournament (3000pts, 12 Activation limit (not counting transports) )
-- Evening (5PM late enough?) - Dystopian Wars Scenario Game
Saturday Evening: Firestorm Patrol Event (600pts / Ryjak Rules)
Sunday: Whatever HALO Landlubber is running
Any final concur or objections?
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Sounds good to me. I will write up the Halo scenario probably this weekend, and coordinate with Ed next week to get it submitted.
I won't be available to game until Friday evening. I could make 5 pm for the DW game, no problem.
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Good to hear on the 5PM time for Friday.
My internet's been down all weekend (seriously, Centurylink is the WORST) so I haven't registered events yet. First evening to allow it, it'll happen and times are locked in.
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My three events are now registered, not sure when they'll be up for signup...
http://tacticoncolorado.com/
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I just sent my information to the Haven staff for the Halo game. I'm also going to see about running a couple games of Firefly: The Boardgame (one scenario included in the game and one home-brewed scenario). I've requested either 11-3 or 12-4 on Sunday for Halo, and anytime on Saturday for the Firefly games.
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Swag Accomplished, Event Readiness at 50%
Dammit... how do I post pics? Attachmnent won't work!
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Is registration still open? I need to get my act together!
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Is registration still open? I need to get my act together!
Registration for running Events is still open even. For attending will be open a long while yet I believe.
Not sure of the Haven's added Greg's HALO event yet.
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Is registration still open? I need to get my act together!
Registration for running Events is still open even. For attending will be open a long while yet I believe.
Not sure of the Haven's added Greg's HALO event yet.
They haven't added it yet. I sent it in to them on Tuesday evening. Will talk to Ed about it on Sunday.
How long is registration open for running events? There don't seem to be too many events listed yet. I was planning to run Halo on Sunday and possibly a couple iterations of Firefly on Saturday--was thinking about running my "Niska's Hiring" scenario. Was also thinking about running my "Kill the Comm Satellite" scenario for X-Wing, again probably on Saturday since the main X-Wing tournament is on Friday. Not sure yet what I'll register to play, besides the DW Nile scenario on Friday night.
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I just spoke to Ed at Gamer's Haven about the Halo event. There has been an issue with whoever is in charge of registering games at the con; apparently there is a backlog of events that still need to be added, to include some 40k and Malifaux tournaments. He said that should get resolved soon. I've been watching the event list, and it's been static for at least the past two weeks.
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I just spoke to Ed at Gamer's Haven about the Halo event. There has been an issue with whoever is in charge of registering games at the con; apparently there is a backlog of events that still need to be added, to include some 40k and Malifaux tournaments. He said that should get resolved soon. I've been watching the event list, and it's been static for at least the past two weeks.
I noticed this too... getting close to 60 days out, they need to resolve ASAP.
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According to the Tacticon Facebook page, deadline for game submission was yesterday. The schedule of events still has not changed. I'm hoping that my Halo event will still get added since it was submitted prior to the deadline.
I don't think this is Gamer's Haven's problem, I think it's an issue with whoever is running the con. In retrospect, I should probably have sent in the event independent of the store, and done it earlier, but that can't be helped now.
Not the best foot to start on with Tacticon's first appearance in the Springs.
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Looks like the dam finally broke! My Halo event is now on the schedule for Sunday from 11-3, as well as two iterations of the Firefly boardgame I'm running on Saturday. For some reason they are listed as having a cost associated with them to play...$2...will have to change that, there isn't supposed to be a cost to play. There are a whole slew of other games now listed as well.
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I think there's a minimum Event Cost (likely the $2) and then they add whatever you indicate. For example, My events added $3 per player ($5 per event total) to cover the Tourney kit swag.
Speaking of which... Spartan needs to update their damn webstore so I can order the Firestorm and Planetfall kits through the Vanguard section... :-)
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I talked to Frank, the guy who is running the registration...cost per player is more for helping out with/offsetting prize support. Or something like that. Anyway, he said he'd change my games to $0 per player. Didn't want to run off interested players. I might make up some goofy prizes for the two Firefly games.
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Just FYI, things have changed in my world and I am now free to attend Tacticon this year. My priority will be PlanetFall, and I'll get the other Spartan games in as I can. Looking forward to it.
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Sorry folks, I cannot make this event. Will be checkin' out bears and whales and stuff in Alaska. I hope there is (at least) decent attendance and interest, and that y'all have a good time. May the dice gods smile upon you all!
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@zorper, feel free to register for the Halo game on Sunday. I set the game up with spaces for 4 people, and last I checked only one spot was taken. Wouldn't mind seeing your CoA at the big Dystopian Wars game on Friday night too!
@MarkyMark, I guess that's a good excuse, but you better bring back some good pictures.
So who all has registered for/is planning to play in the DW game at the con? I've already registered, planning to bring RoF naval and air units...but don't forget I have a bunch of skimmers, so maybe if things aren't looking good on the water I'll head inland and try to capture the Sphinx or something. Vive la France! :D
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So some bad news:
Over 3 weeks ago, I ordered two of the Firestorm Prize kits that have been on the Spartan page since June.
I noticed this weekend that they hadn't shipped yet; so I sent an email asking why.
Spartan replied this AM, that the "team hasn't quite worked out the kits yet", and would I like a refund or to redo the order somehow, say for the DW or HALO kits.
(Well, I've already got HALO and the DW event covered. So I'll likely just cancel the order)
So far, I have no one signed up for the Sat evening Firestorm event. So at this point I'm more worried what to do for Planetfall prizes. Any thoughts?
All very disappointing of course... why have anything for order on your site for MONTHS, when its "Not worked out yet"?!
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No good order options for Prizes, so I'll hit up the Vanguard coordinator for the usual certificates and see what physical stuff I can come up with.
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@Landlubber: I think that I am the guy who signed up for Halo game.
@Dale: I'm not that worried about prize support for PlanetFall. I'm there to get some games in and have fun, and kill spiders.
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@Dale: I'm not that worried about prize support for PlanetFall. I'm there to get some games in and have fun, and kill spiders.
There will be plenty to kill! I just want to ensure there's some reward for those keeping the Planetfall faith :-)
I believe Adam and his friend will be playing, not sure who else yet.
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@zorper cool. Hopefully we'll have a few more people sign up.
@dale do you need any help setting up the DW battle on Friday evening? I work not too far from the venue, was planning on taking off a little early that day anyway. Do you have all the terrain you'll need?
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The pyramids for the DW ground game are done!
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Cool! And many thanks!
Scenario work still in work ...
I'll check registrations tonight too, see how many we expect.
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Five including me for the DW Scenarios
Four including me for Planetfall
Zip for Firestorm :-( I'll need to canvas for games Saturday Night! Open for any of the usual's, even X-Wing, STAW or Armada or boardgames. Or I could always join a Savage Worlds game... one of my old CMU alumni classmates is running a Star Wars themed session IIRC
Greg looks good for the HALO event. I'll play if I don't make the Warmachine Finals (i.e. highly like I'll play HALO)
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Five including me for the DW Scenarios
Four including me for Planetfall
Zip for Firestorm :-( I'll need to canvas for games Saturday Night! Open for any of the usual's, even X-Wing, STAW or Armada or boardgames. Or I could always join a Savage Worlds game... one of my old CMU alumni classmates is running a Star Wars themed session IIRC
Greg looks good for the HALO event. I'll play if I don't make the Warmachine Finals (i.e. highly like I'll play HALO)
I checked this morning, I've got two for Halo on Sunday, one of whom is Zorper. Dale, you're welcome to come join in the fun if you fall out of the Warmachine event.
If no one is signed up for Firestorm Armada on Saturday night, and you already have the tables reserved for the game, we could just use it for open gaming. My last Firefly game is scheduled to run until 7, but it may end earlier than that. I didn't register for the Firestorm event because of the Firefly game and because I didn't want to play in a tournament, but I'd be happy to throw my ships on the table for a casual game after 7.
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Got any room in the Firefly game? When does it start?
I kinda want to play Star Wars Armada if no firestorm, but I don't own it yet...
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Got any room in the Firefly game? When does it start?
I kinda want to play Star Wars Armada if no firestorm, but I don't own it yet...
I'm running two Firefly games on Saturday, 11-2 and 4-7. Last I checked there was room in both. The second game, 4-7, is technically for experienced players only...it's a homebrew scenario I've cooked up where the players are all competing for a position in Niska's criminal empire. Which means they have to do some bad things to gain favor with Niska. If you've gotten at least a few games under your belt and you feel comfortable with the rules, then you'd probably do fine.
Does anyone have a copy yet of Star Trek: Ascendancy? That might be fun to play later that evening during the Firestorm slot (assuming no Firestorm players show up).
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Does anyone have a copy yet of Star Trek: Ascendancy? That might be fun to play later that evening during the Firestorm slot (assuming no Firestorm players show up).
Not available til September proper. But I DO have Star Wars REBELLION. and Star Trek Fleet Captains.
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I'd be happy to play either of those. I hear Rebellion is a very good game.
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Rules for the Tacticon Patrol Fleet Tourney! Saturday evening 5Pm til close
http://tacticoncolorado.com/
Cause they're awesome, I'm just borrowing Ryjak's rules from his Patrol Event (see his page http://ops-center.weebly.com/)
Fleet List: 600pts, single list
Game Rules: All the standard rules the 2.0 Rulebook, plus all current FAQs/Errata/Fleet Guides.
Event Rules: Battleships, Battle Stations, Battle Carriers, Assault Carriers, and Heavy Carriers will not be allowed to fill your Tier 1 slot. For factions with no other Tier 1 options, you may either take your faction’s Tier 2’s as your Tier 1, or take a legal Ally’s Tier 1 ship. Please note you must have a Tier 1, which will cost you -4 Battlelog when destroyed.
No Admirals will be assigned, so no TAC cards. All Disorder tests use 3d6.
Tournament Scoring: Normal rules for Battle Log will be used during each Mission. When the game reaches its natural conclusion, or is called for time, players will compare their Battle Log to determine their Tournament Points, using the Margin of Victory Table from page 84 in the Rulebook:
Difference
Leading Player Tournament Points
Trailing Player’s Tournament Points
0 to 4
Draw; 5 points
Draw; 5 points
5 to 9
Marginal Success; 7 points
Marginal Loss; 4 points
10 to 14
Major Triumph; 9 points
Major Defeat; 2 points
15+
Landslide Victory; 11 points
Complete Rout; 0 points
If a player is forced to Emergency Shunt Out (page 83), then this will be considered a Landslide Victory for their opponent (11 points) and a Complete Rout for them (0 points), regardless of Battle Log.
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Planetfall Rules for Friday 9 to 4!
Bring you best 3000pts, single Battle-Group, but plan for no more than 12 activations per side (not counting transports). This will keep things fast and furious, while still allowing for larger model inclusions!
Custom scenarios based on the Adepticon events, but the Zero Hour Tracker will still start at 30!
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DW event details here!
http://www.manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?topic=1390.msg9133#new
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Greg, could we borrow your sea mat for the DW event?
I still need to rustle up terrain for Planetfall...
Oh, and if you need my space mat for HALO on Sunday, let me know. About 90% chance I'll be playing Malifaux, but I can lend the mat.
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Greg, could we borrow your sea mat for the DW event?
I still need to rustle up terrain for Planetfall...
Oh, and if you need my space mat for HALO on Sunday, let me know. About 90% chance I'll be playing Malifaux, but I can lend the mat.
No problem on the sea mat. I'm planning to leave work around 1500 on Friday, I only work a few exits up 25 from the convention center, so I'll just bring it with me.
Thanks for the offer on the space mat, but I'll use the one I used at our Spartan day back in April.
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@Dale
I've got at least two tables worth of terrain for PlanetFall. I'll bring all my stuff Friday morning.
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@Dale
I've got at least two tables worth of terrain for PlanetFall. I'll bring all my stuff Friday morning.
Awesome! Thanks Tod!
I won't break myself assembling terrain tonight :-)
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Oh, also - GREG! I have HALO Prize Certificates for your Sunday Event. :-) I'll get them to you tomorrow night.
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Oh, also - GREG! I have HALO Prize Certificates for your Sunday Event. :-) I'll get them to you tomorrow night.
Sweet. I'm leaving work between 2 and 3 tomorrow afternoon. See you guys at the con.