SoCal league Tournament #5, August 26

[boom]

The date has been set, Saturday, August 26th. The format and map details will come later, but here's the info to date:

WHAT: SoCal Heroscapers Tournament #5

WHEN: Saturday, August 26th at 12:00 PM, sharp.

WHERE: Shuffle and Cut Games
(Formerly Gems Games and Cards)
11525 La Mirada Bld., La Habra
(on the S/W corner of Leffingwell and La Mirada)
562-946-5894
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?addr=111525%20Leffingwell%20Rd&csz=La%20Mirada,%20CA%2090638


The old store-front marquee might still read "Gems" but the new owner advised it could be changed soon.


FEE: The store charges a $5.00 entry fee, per player, which goes towards a gift certificate for the winner.

LOGISTICS: The gaming store is located in a corner mini-mall w/ a Taco Bell, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store and a small pub to drown your sorrows. There's a pizza joint across the street and a lot of other food places within five minutes.

PRIZES: Besides the gift certificate, we also have a set of custom-made dice crafted by jsterick. Thanks big guy! Maybe a couple more surprises provided by yours truly. Participants do not need to bring anything for a prize kitty, just your $5.00 entry fee.

We are going to try to wrap the gaming up by 4:30 or 5:00 so Allskulls can make his evening committments. Oogie and I are working on the format and will post it shortly. Be prepared for General-pure/specific and all-melee army requirements. I'm toying with the idea of our usual 4 armies at 400 points each, but only using each army once, and having a die roll determine which army will be used for each game (with already used armies being rerolled, of course).

FORMAT: Players will bring 4, 400 point, general specific armies (all units in your 400 point armies will be from the same general.. Utgar, Jandar, etc.) Wave 5 is allowed, if you're fortunate enough to have it.

Each army HAS to be from a different general. I'm not up to seeing 3 variations of orc swarms or 4th mass/knights stuff. Experiment w/ Ullar and Einar. Have fun. Ranged units are allowed. You can kick tush w/ Braxas only once. :wink:

You will play on a randomly determined map w/ a randomly determined army. Number your armies from 1 to 4. After you and your opponent have been assigned a map, each rolls a d20. 1-5 means army 1 is played, and may no longer be used in the tournament. 6-10 is army 2, 11-15 is 3, and 16-20 is 4. If you roll up an army that has already been used, keep rolling. You'll hit something new eventually.

This means you may have your viking/knights army vs a viper horde on a map with a lot of water. Oh well. Have a plan "B." Improvise. Adapt. Most generals throughout history do not get to decide the terrain they fight on. Flexibility is going to be key.

Maps will be coming, but due to the very random nature of this tournament, map recon may not be all that important.

See you all on the 26th. :D

Here's what we're playing for:

For the Winner:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_001.jpg

Second place get's something too:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_002.jpg

And for the guardian of the supply train:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_003%7E0.jpg
8)

EDIT by ODB:
Adding to the prize list

A set of Custom jtserick Heroscape Dice!!!

The pictures I had seen of his work before, do not do them justice!!! Neither do these. I had them in hand... and gave them a couple of test rolls to make sure they worked :wink: And they are just Awsome!!!

Not sure how these will be given away. Either "Most Sportsmanlike Award" or possibly a door prize. Boom will announce how this prize will be awarded (or I can just hold on to them).

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08522.JPG

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

Yeah, Baby!!!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/stuff/smilies/Oogie.gif

[allskulls]

General-pure, all-melee, roll for armies...sounds like some good fun is going to be had!

[jtserick]

Gee you started this topic while I was replying to the other. Count me in. I will also provide a set of custom dice as a special prize.

[Runehardt]

I'll be in Vegas at a clothing convention "Magic". I haven't made a monthly event yet. I'm trying, timing just isn't working out.
Anybody not going to Dman's this Saturday and wants to get some Heroscape in... come on out to Simi!

[boom]

jsterick in the house! Oh baby!

'skulls, we'll definitely get you on the road in time for your gig.

rune, bummer man, but your time will come. I haven't made a tournie all summer. :(

[allskulls]

I haven't made a tournie all summer. :(
I have been looking forward to sitting across from you, overlooking a portion of Valhalla again.

[Wilkerson74]

hmmm.....tempting.....but maybe unfeasible for me.....

But you can't run from me forever mr. boom.

[boom]

I haven't made a tournie all summer. :(
I have been looking forward to sitting across from you, overlooking a portion of Valhalla again.

Mano a mano, senor. Vamos acerlo.

Wilkie, I hope you can make it, man. We also have to get a little grudge match in. Maybe a 21+ afterparty :wink: ??[/quote]

[Wilkerson74]

I'll do what I can mr boom....as far as the after party...u bringing the strippers??

[boom]

I'll do what I can mr boom....as far as the after party...u bringing the strippers??

Sure! You'll come to my funeral when my wife disembowels me? :lol:

[Wilkerson74]

I'll do what I can mr boom....as far as the after party...u bringing the strippers??

Sure! You'll come to my funeral when my wife disembowels me? :lol:

Sounds like a plan to me!

[Detrimentalman]

General-pure/specific
You mean having to bring in all Ullar etc army? Sounds nifty. Of course so does an all melee and having to use each army once rule. Stops someone from bringing the same thing to each table. So hey how about another new rule that doesn't allow double uniques in your army building? That way we don't have someone just putting braxas in each army and changing her buddies to meet the different army specifics =)

[boom]

Good thought Dman. Oogie and I were kicking around a rule that you have to have four general-specific armies from four DIFFERENT generals. That way we won't see four variations of a Braxis/Agent army or Drake/AOE army.

[allskulls]

I like it a lot! :thumbsup:

[Detrimentalman]

Well I dunno new rules that you can't have a unique hero more then once in your armies will fix the braxas problem anyhow. Plus there are some cross bonding that would be ruined and mixing and matching is half the battle. You're the host though so make with the rules you like best. I'm sure it will be a nice change up whatever you decide.

[feekonea]

Hey guys Im in with a friend, so there will be 2 of us coming. He's in Ireland now and doesnt have an account here, but he checks this site often. He will get back the 21st, and ill tell him to make an account so he can confirm. Believe me, you dont know how happy I am to finally be meeting you guys. GAME ON!

[JuicerGM]

How about this though. If there is a one use only rule allow 5 or 6 submitted armies. Then there is still a choice of armies on that last table. I do think a one unique use rule would be cool too.

As for making 4 different general armies I think that could limit the variations in armies we see at the tables. Jandar and Utgar have many variations available but the others start having only a few combinations.

Each army as only one general that would be alright and you must have armies from 2 generals that would be fair. Just my ideas.

[BIGJIM]

BOOM & OOGIE, WILL BE THERE ! POSSIBLITY OF MY SON ( JR ) AND RYAN JOINING IN THE GAME. LIKE YOUR IDEAL ON THE ARMYS. WHAT ABOUT POINT 400 OR 500 ? WILL TALK LATER ON THIS.

[boom]

All input is being considered and mulled over.

Bigjim-you're down for 3 :D . Right now it looks like we'll have 11, counting feekonea's bud. I'm hoping Onix will sign up to make it an even 12. We'll work on rounding out for any later sign ups.

[JuicerGM]

My bro might be interested too. But would be willing to bow out I am sure after the last tournaments bad luck with die rolls.

[boom]

His dice can't be as bad as mine. Bring him.

[JuicerGM]

He told me that he would sign up soon but not confirm until closer to the date.

We will have to have a match between the two of you then to see who the bad dice rule.

[allskulls]

Bad dice do not discriminate! They rule us all!!!

Looking forward to gaming with the homies, and meeting new Caliscapers. :D

I will have a surprise for all who make it out (some of you might know what it is already...so shhhhh).

[Rivercard74]

I'll talk with my buddies to see if we can do this. 100 miles one way needs a little planning and understanding from the wives.

[boom]

Excellent, Rivercard. We all hope to see you guys there. 8)

[BIGJIM]

I THINK OOGIE MADE A COMMENT ON TAKING A TRIP TO S.D. FOR SOME GAMING. I AM DOWN WITH THAT. I THINK IF RIVERCARD74 MAKES THE TRIP WE SHOULD RETURN THE FAVOR ( IF O.K.ED BY WIVES ).

LETS AT LEST TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT TOURNY. :twisted:

ALSO MY THE DICES GODS GRANT US SOME GOOD ROLLS ( OOGIE - BOOM ) :grrrr:

[allskulls]

I THINK OOGIE MADE A COMMENT ON TAKING A TRIP TO S.D. FOR SOME GAMING. I AM DOWN WITH THAT. I THINK IF RIVERCARD74 MAKES THE TRIP WE SHOULD RETURN THE FAVOR ( IF O.K.ED BY WIVES ).

LETS AT LEST TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT TOURNY. :twisted:
Sounds good to me. San Diego does have the best weather in SoCal!

[Detrimentalman]

I'm good for an SD trip at some point as well =)

[netherspirit]

I THINK OOGIE MADE A COMMENT ON TAKING A TRIP TO S.D. FOR SOME GAMING. I AM DOWN WITH THAT. I THINK IF RIVERCARD74 MAKES THE TRIP WE SHOULD RETURN THE FAVOR ( IF O.K.ED BY WIVES ).

LETS AT LEST TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT TOURNY. :twisted:

ALSO MY THE DICES GODS GRANT US SOME GOOD ROLLS ( OOGIE - BOOM ) :grrrr:

I haven't had many chances to break this bad boy out, so here goes.

http://maddox.xmission.com/keyboard4.jpg

:twisted: :D

[Detrimentalman]

I don't know hex, that gap looks awfully huge. A whole 7/16"...seems like you are asking a lot from people.

[allskulls]

Nether- Any other time your point would be valid.

But you are talking about BIGJIM!

Little bitty letters just don't seem right from him :wink: .

[boom]

Nether- Any other time your point would be valid.

But you are talking about BIGJIM!

Little bitty letters just don't seem right from him :wink: .

Amen, brother. :pray:

[BIGJIM]

TO BOOM AND ALLSKULLS AND THOSE THAT KNOW ME , TINY JUST DON'T FIT ! FOR THOSE THAT MAY TAKE MY TYPING ETHIICS WRONG AND TAKE IT THAT I AM YELLING, I AM NOT, BUT I WILL TAKE MY SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR THIS INFRACTION ( MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL ) ! :brickwall:

[boom]

TO BOOM AND ALLSKULLS AND THOSE THAT KNOW ME , TINY JUST DON'T FIT ! FOR THOSE THAT MAY TAKE MY TYPING ETHIICS WRONG AND TAKE IT THAT I AM YELLING, I AM NOT, BUT I WILL TAKE MY SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR THIS INFRACTION ( MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL ) ! :brickwall:

Yell on, BIGJIM, yell on. :excited:

[Detrimentalman]

So do we know what arrangement of armies we're doing? Or what maps so that I can advertise I have the tourney maps built for a game at my house next sat. hehe

[boom]

So do we know what arrangement of armies we're doing? Or what maps so that I can advertise I have the tourney maps built for a game at my house next sat. hehe

Nope, not yet. I'll get crackin' this weekend. Hopefully have something up be early next week.

[allskulls]

So do we know what arrangement of armies we're doing? Or what maps so that I can advertise I have the tourney maps built for a game at my house next sat. hehe

Nope, not yet. I'll get crackin' this weekend. Hopefully have something up be early next week.
Giterdun, boom :D

Any word on our trophy?

I wanna make sure it's going to be there so I can take it home :wink:

[Detrimentalman]

Nope, not yet. I'll get crackin' this weekend. Hopefully have something up be early next week. The trophy is mine!

Np just busting your balls boom.
Hopefully we'll hear something within the next week or two. I think the bigger question is will the CCC drive out again or do we get it via mail. Maybe with the new army restrictions it will be your turn allskulls; i'm crossing my fingers for yo...myself.

Which is harder to read? This or this?

[allskulls]

this

[Detrimentalman]

this

Lmao

[boom]

Okay folks, I'll finalize the tournament format this weekend and post by Sunday. See you all in two weeks. Start dividing your figures into factions. Don't get too attached to certain commons. Check back on Sunday, latest.

[feekonea]

Okay If we do this Id just like to put some comments/opinions on this

1) does anyone like the no-range idea? Personally I dont, well I do, but Id rather have it with range. Anybody else? I think It was allskulls who said that he liked this, so he doesnt have to answer. No problem though if it isnt, Im just checkin

2) You said no range wich means figs only who have ranges of 1, but what if they have a special that allows range, i.e. mimiring?

3) Since we are going to roll for the board what happens If I roll and I pick my 16 Dtumef army (no I dont, just hypothetically) thats 32 spaces, but the starting zone only takes 20? Do I reroll? Do they cut me some slack? Or is that just my fault?

thanks guys, Im pumped for this. I think im going to reveal the army that Im gunna beat Dman with, here it is

Khosumet
Dund
Sparticus
385 pts.

Dont get too scared :D :wink:

[boom]

Okay, updated. I'm gone for 3 days, so I'll field all your complaints on Tuesday. :lol: Talk at you then.

[feekonea]

Ok thanks Boom.

[jtserick]

What kind of design do people want on the dice?

[Detrimentalman]

Feek I can answer your questions...

No more melee, thats 1&2. For three we've never disqualified for armies that don't fit. Mostly because sometimes we build random maps at the tournie and sometimes they dont all get landscaped with startin zones for you to count.

I'm still a little miffed with each army not being able to mix at all. I sat down last night and scratched my head trying to come up with something I haven't done before without picking dund hehe. People who aren't doubled up are going to have even more trouble.

What is the reason behind randomly selecting armies? I mean I get only using each army once, but why can't you choose when to use them? A good general also knows how to make use of his forces area of expertise.

Either way it will make for an interesting experiment.

[feekonea]

:D :D :D I always use genereal specific armies, i wouldnt come to a tournament without them, so this really doesnt make a difference to me, and thanks Dman, but I do agree that it will hurt the people that dont have that much, Im going to have to go to the store just to get 1 or 2 more packs.

[Detrimentalman]

I'm actually considering buying another common as well to get a squad that fills the points i have left in one of the armies.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

I'm trying to recycle HS money!!!

I have an extra set of all the commons from wave 1 thru 4 available for sale at the tourney, $10 each.

trying to ease the hit from wave 5/castles, dreamblade, and 360.

[feekonea]

I'm trying to recycle HS money!!!

I have an extra set of all the commons from wave 1 thru 4 available for sale at the tourney, $10 each.

trying to ease the hit from wave 5/castles, dreamblade, and 360.


umm Oog could I reserve something?

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

Sure PM me

[jtserick]

Sorry,

I've got a scheduling conflict that just came up so I've got to bow out. I'll still provide a set of dice as a prize. Ooog, PM me your snail mail addy and I'll send the dice to you.

[feekonea]

Sorry,

I've got a scheduling conflict that just came up so I've got to bow out. I'll still provide a set of dice as a prize. Ooog, PM me your snail mail addy and I'll send the dice to you.


awww man, would've been nice to meet you though jtserick dont worry about it though, I think that happened to me @ the 2nd so cal tourny, and it was the exact same place that we were hosting they tourny at. Oh well, hope to see you next time.

[boom]

I'm still a little miffed with each army not being able to mix at all. I sat down last night and scratched my head trying to come up with something I haven't done before without picking dund hehe. People who aren't doubled up are going to have even more trouble.

What is the reason behind randomly selecting armies? I mean I get only using each army once, but why can't you choose when to use them? A good general also knows how to make use of his forces area of expertise.

Either way it will make for an interesting experiment.

If I'm not mistaken, the vast majority of the players who have signed up for the tournie have multiple sets of each wave. Am I wrong? Is using Dund that bad a deal? Or have we forgotten that we're playing for fun? Heck, the master set gives you 1/2 of your Vydar points, if you're so inclined. I'd wager everyone has the a microcorps or 2 to round out 400. :wink:

Any players who are having trouble making a 400 point army from any general, PM by Monday, Aug 21, and I'll see what needs I can assist you with for the day.

As for the randomness of which army you use, why not? It's something new, so let's give it a try.

jsterick-sorry you can't make it, big guy. Hopefully next month. 8)

[allskulls]

I only have doubles of orcs that I won at last tourney. But I am cool with it. First tourney I was in at Hextr1p's I played general pure armies and that was pre-wave 4...this should be fun. I just wish I had some flag bearers :D

[boom]

We all wish the same thing. :lol:

[jtserick]

Are you going to allow proxy figures for wave 5 now that we have the stats?

[JuicerGM]

My brother just informed me that he will not make it to the tournament on the 26th. He has changed some arrangements which required him to bump playing that Saturday.

[boom]

Are you going to allow proxy figures for wave 5 now that we have the stats?

Negative. Sorry, bud.

My brother just informed me that he will not make it to the tournament on the 26th. He has changed some arrangements which required him to bump playing that Saturday.

Dang, hopefully next time.

[feekonea]

Are you going to allow proxy figures for wave 5 now that we have the stats?

Negative. Sorry, bud.

My brother just informed me that he will not make it to the tournament on the 26th. He has changed some arrangements which required him to bump playing that Saturday.

Dang, hopefully next time.


What does jtserick mean by proxy figures? Does that mean we cant use them? Or we just cant use the unofficial wave 5 figures,but we can use wave 5 figs as long as we find them.

[allskulls]

feek- Proxy means a substitute fig. We cannot use substitutes. Only official wave 5 figs.

[feekonea]

feek- Proxy means a substitute fig. We cannot use substitutes. Only official wave 5 figs.

Ok thanks for the help, and nickname, allskulls.

[boom]

Thank you, 'skulls. Man, you guys were up late. :passout:

[feekonea]

being a teenager, its not that late at all to me. :D

[allskulls]

I'm conditioning myself fotr next friday's game night!

[boom]

being a teenager, its not that late at all to me. :D

I'll talk to you in 30 years. :wink:

[feekonea]

being a teenager, its not that late at all to me. :D

I'll talk to you in 30 years. :wink:


:lol:

[Detrimentalman]

Heck, the master set gives you 1/2 of your Vydar points, if you're so inclined. I'd wager everyone has the a microcorps or 2 to round out 400.

I know you can, but I thought a big part of these new rules was to see a variety of armies being played. If half the people use krav, carr, and 2 microcorp for vydar that's just going to make the whole problem worse right? I just wanted to point out the potential problem with the system. Obviously you're still all for it so we'll see how it works out.


Where are the maps, I want one with a castle!

[Alastair MacDirk]

Looks like a fun tourney idea w/ 4 general specific armies. We may have to try this in Nocal soon. Hope y'all don't mind.

[Detrimentalman]

Of course we mind!



Oh, I forgot a don't in there somewhere...

[allskulls]

Looks like a fun tourney idea w/ 4 general specific armies. We may have to try this in Nocal soon. Hope y'all don't mind.
It's Caliscape right :wink:

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

I'll parrot Boom's sentiment and say if anyone is short on figs, I'll be more than happy to let them borrow some for the tourney.

And if your having trouble coming up with a Vydar army, don't play one. :wink:

There are 5 generals but only 4 armies needed.

As far as the "different" armies thing, I think he was referring to seeing different armies other than the typical power builds we've been seeing time and again at the tournaments.

I like the uncertainty of not knowing how my army will match up with my opponnents (and the map) and how I will have to adjust my strategy to accomodate.

[allskulls]

As far as the "different" armies thing, I think he was referring to seeing different armies other than the typical power builds we've been seeing time and again at the tournaments.
Orcs will show up no matter what...look at the GenCon champ's army :wink:

Does each army have to be a different general or can I have 2 different Ullar armies and 1 each of Einar and Jandar?

[feekonea]

As far as the "different" armies thing, I think he was referring to seeing different armies other than the typical power builds we've been seeing time and again at the tournaments.
Orcs will show up no matter what...look at the GenCon champ's army :wink:

Does each army have to be a different general or can I have 2 different Ullar armies and 1 each of Einar and Jandar?


I don't know... Maybe you need to tell us the armies to clearify it, then we'll see. :wink:

[allskulls]

Oh, OK feek...

My Ullar army will be:

Deadeye Dan
Theracus
Krug (it's ok cuz I have a misprinted card :wink: )
Braxas (if you are following the story of Valhalla you would know that she is bound to turn on Vydar and follow Ullar)
Arrow Gruts X9 (don't worry about the points...they're little guys anyway)

[feekonea]

O, ok gotcha, well I think that will be ok. :lol:

[boom]

Does each army have to be a different general or can I have 2 different Ullar armies and 1 each of Einar and Jandar?

To answer your question, young man-

Each army HAS to be from a different general. I'm not up to seeing 3 variations of orc swarms or 4th mass/knights stuff. Experiment w/ Ullar and Einar. Have fun. Ranged units are allowed. You can kick tush w/ Braxas only once.


Sorry Orc dude. :wink:

[Detrimentalman]

I like the uncertainty of not knowing how my army will match up with my opponnents (and the map) and how I will have to adjust my strategy to accomodate.

Yeah nothing really wrong with it, just putting more things in the hands of lady luck is all. I like it better when i'm more responsible for my win or loss then a die roll. Of course if it was up to me we'd draft every round so I may be in a minority. Maybe from now on if we end up with two undefeated players their championship match should be drafted weeeeeee

Thora won't ship from housemouse till Fri. 25th and those with castles won't be getting them until a later date so it doesn't seem like we'll have anybody with them. :cry:


*looks at his army of minions&tae*
*looks at opponent's braxas, deadeye, and who really cares what else*
:brickwall:

[boom]

Updated with a couple of prizes. Hope to see you all there.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

See you all on the 26th. :D

Here's what we're playing for:

For the Winner:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_001.jpg

Second place get's something too:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_002.jpg

And for the guardian of the supply train:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_003%7E0.jpg
8)

ROCK ON!!! :headbang:

Take home and Keep Trophies!!!

The roving trophy great, but it will be great for the winners to actually get to bring home this months trophy prize!!!

Good job Boom!!!

[LilNewbie]

LOL! I need one of those "My Dice Suck" trophies.... :D

Newb.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10126/normal_Trophies_003%7E0.jpg
Spot on!

[feekonea]

Whoa Boom, that is hands down hilarious, My friend thinks he will take last, I doubt he will, but even so he will be glad to have that as a prize.

Have any so callers found wave 5 yet? I knid of wanted to try some of them out....

[Royalgriffin]

i have wave 5. I can't believe it. The stores in my area skipped wave 4 and 4.5 and went straight to wave 5. Its awesome. Im gonna try to make the tourney, but I don't know. Oh yah, I checked the map on satellite using that address and it looks like a house. Are you sure of the address?

EDIT: Oh, I did a search for the shop and I found it!

[allskulls]

BOOM!

That is da bomb, baby!

[boom]

Whoa Boom, that is hands down hilarious, My friend thinks he will take last, I doubt he will, but even so he will be glad to have that as a prize.

Have any so callers found wave 5 yet? I knid of wanted to try some of them out....

Some folks have indeed found wave 5. :wink:

[feekonea]

Ok I guess thats good news for me, I need to take a wave 5 shopping day, its gunna be fun beating you guys, but it will be more fun beating you guys with teams Ive never played before. :wink: :D

[BIGJIM]

I BOW DOWN TO YOU ! :bowdown: YOU ARE A GAMING GOD ! DAMN GOOD JOB ON THE TROPHYS ! IF MY LUCK HOLD OUT LAST PLACE IS MINES... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE OLD FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW ONE.

[Royalgriffin]

Ive had some trouble getting wave 4 and 4.5. Can i borrow 2 sets of elvish archers from someone? I really need to use those, but I just can't get them. Oh, and does anyone have a James Murphy too? Ive been having some trouble with those as I have already said. Is that aloud? (i have some wave 5 that i might b able to loan for a couple games). This is my first one, so I don't know any of the rules like that.

[Detrimentalman]

I may have to purposely throw every game for that dice trophy hehe

Yeah wave 5 has been popping up. I grabbed all i wanted and had to cancel my housemouse order. If anyone wants something from wave 5 I picked up at least 1 extra of each yesterday, can have it for the 14 I paid. Just let me know before sat.

[feekonea]

Ive had some trouble getting wave 4 and 4.5. Can i borrow 2 sets of elvish archers from someone? I really need to use those, but I just can't get them. Oh, and does anyone have a James Murphy too? Ive been having some trouble with those as I have already said. Is that aloud? (i have some wave 5 that i might b able to loan for a couple games). This is my first one, so I don't know any of the rules like that.

I thik I have 1 set of the archers and I might be able to get 2, but I doubt it. So put me down for 1 set if you still want it, but I might be able to hook you up with 2.

[Royalgriffin]

K. That would be nice. Any that someone could get me for sale? I need raknars, snow, archer pack, and cowboy/samurai pack (half of wave 4). If anyone could get these for me to even buy b4 the tourney could you let me know?

[feekonea]

K. That would be nice. Any that someone could get me for sale? I need raknars, snow, archer pack, and cowboy/samurai pack (half of wave 4). If anyone could get these for me to even buy b4 the tourney could you let me know?

Oog said he had stuff on sale 4 10 bucks on waves 1-4, Ive already got something, but Im not too sure if he will be able to give it to you a few days earlier. Its funny how were all scrambling for units @ the last second, good thing Oog and D man got my back. :wink: :D

[Royalgriffin]

K I'm getting confused with this whole thing.

I know that I need (by Saturday)

SECOND THOUGHT:

On second thought, I think that really all I need are Raknar's and the other 2 wave 4's for the tourney (and then maybe borrow an extra elves).

I was gonna list the stuff when I realized that i am going to test my teams until I find a good collaboration for a 400pt. general specific. If someone could have a raknars and the wave 4's (if I cant buy them from someone there) on borrowing call, I would really appreciate it. Kind of embarrasing :oops: but not as embarrasing as coming to a tourney and realizing that my perfect teams are not accessable. Ask now and not be sorry later! As I already said, I have a full set of wave 5, and the stuff that I'm not using at the time can be lent out maybe.

[feekonea]

Ok Ill try and look around 4 ya and sell you back the cost @ the tourny, so Ill tell you If Im able to find anything, but recently my stores have been out of everything.

[Royalgriffin]

Its aklmost sick all my stores are jammed with wave 5 but nothing else.

[feekonea]

I'd call you lucky :D

[Royalgriffin]

I'm gonna be over at a scapers house tonight working on my teams and playing, so I probably will be able to check this thread like maybe 3 times today. If I can't Ill set up teams without borrowed figures (except for that one set of elves I think I can manage without a second one). If I can borrow or buy before I would really appreciate it.

[feekonea]

Im pretty sure Oog is sellin your wave 4 sets and the elves one, where has he been? hmmm oh well Ill look aroud, but Iseriously doubt that ill be able to find something.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

So I checked what I had in the garage.

I only got wave 1-3 commons, not 4.

JuicerGM reserved the wave 3 long ago.

And feekonea called dibs on the Knight/Swog pack.

So what I have left is wave 1 and most of wave 2.

As for lending... I still havn't put my armies together, so I don't know what I'll have left over. Even still BIGJIM is 1st in line at the remainder of my figs... But after that you welcome to borrow what you need. :roll:

[feekonea]

o, ok thanks anyways just checkin.
hmm so what should I look for?
raknars vision,
samurai and lawmen pack
anything else, or did I miss something?

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

Adding to the prize list

A set of Custom jtserick Heroscape Dice!!!

The pictures I had seen of his work before, do not do them justice!!! Neither do these. I had them in hand... and gave them a couple of test rolls to make sure they worked :wink: And they are just Awsome!!!

Not sure how these will be given away. Either "Most Sportsmanlike Award" or possibly a door prize. Boom will announce how this prize will be awarded (or I can just hold on to them).

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08522.JPG

[jtserick]

One could argue they should go to whover gets the "My DIce Suck" Award. But then their dice would not suck anymore. Oh Oh - Logic Conundrum!

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

One could argue they should go to whover gets the "My DIce Suck" Award. But then their dice would not suck anymore. Oh Oh - Logic Conundrum!

OMG!!! If we did this I think it would be a contest to see who could lose the worst!!! I know I'd be tempted to!!!

[feekonea]

dude, those are hands down awesome, I was telling my friend how bad I wanted these, and now I think im obessed, I wish I knew how to make those.

[Avenger]

Hey, I'm thinking about coming, but I can't find the location on Mapquest for some reason. If anyone could he lp me out with this, that would be nice.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

There is a link in the first post.

I'll repost it.

Shuffle and Cut Games (formerly Gem's Cards and Comics):

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?addr=111525%20Leffingwell%20Rd&csz=La%20Mirada,%20CA%2090638

[jtserick]

dude, those are hands down awesome, I was telling my friend how bad I wanted these, and now I think im obessed, I wish I knew how to make those.

I'm striving to get set up to offer these dice for sale through my engraving shop. Once I am setup I can turn them out relatively easily. I was hoping to get this done before our summer slow season ends but I had a last minute opportuntiy to join some friends in a summit attempt of Mt. Whitney. Prepping for that has thrown a major hitch in my spare time but I am still hopeful.

[feekonea]

well when you do pm me, I will definetly buy some.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

I had a last minute opportuntiy to join some friends in a summit attempt of Mt. Whitney.

Good luck on the trek up Whitney!!! And God Speed!!!

[Royalgriffin]

K, all I really need are:

1 set of marro drones
1 Major Q9

If someone can lend me those figures, could you let me know?

[Avenger]

hey, im just wondering, but why is everyone postingon this, since this already happened? Shouldn't you be talkin' in the next tourny thread?

[feekonea]

It hasnt happenned, its tommorrow buddy, see if you can make it.

[Avenger]

WOW! that was weird... For some reason I though it was well past the 26th... Sorry.
Unfortunately, I have to go to my friend's beach house tomorrow... Plus, I don't think anyon could drive me to La Habra.
Actually, let me ask... It's only half an hour away... NOOOO.... No luck, oh well, maybe next time...

[Royalgriffin]

So do I get to borrow, or do I have to change my teams? All I need are those guys. I mean, I can maybe improvise for the marros, but I kinda need Q9

[feekonea]

I gotcha with the archers and marros, sorry about Q9 though, Ive already used most of my figs for my friends army too. I couldnt find any sets today either, so ill just cover you on 1 aubrien archer (the other one is not gunna happen, i asked today) and 1 set of marro drones

[Royalgriffin]

Hey that is great. I was really happy because I went into a friends target today and I found all of 4.5. I'm still deciding between ullar and Jandar as generals, but at least I have Q9. I know that I need the drones, so thanks. I'm not sure about the elves but bring them anyway and thanks.

[feekonea]

My pleasure, but if you beat me with the drones or archers, Im literally gunna kill you. :D

[Mac]

hey, feekonas friend here, great tourny today :D

[Obsidianator]

I agree. The teams were great and the battles were many. About 11 guys showed up. Royalgriffen won and steven took 2nd. Jr. came in last and won the dice trophy. Custom dice were also given out. It was a great day. Pics will come later.

[feekonea]

look I bring my friend to the tourny...and he stills spells my name wrong. yeesh, I'll give my battle reports and such later its too late tonight. catch you guuys in the mornin.

[boom]

Oh man, the younger generation represented at the tournament yesterday. Royal Griffin--winner! Feekonea--3rd place. Mac & Obsidianator--beating a couple of veterans. Yup, kind of a youth movement in the making. Good players and good sports, can't ask for more than that :D .

We'll see some pics and reports later. I'm not going to go into how Royal Griffin's Su-Bak-Na ate my Jotun after I whiffed on all 8 attack dice :shock: , but there will be other battles to be hashed over. Good games to Royal Griffin, Allskulls, Bigjim and JuicerGM, my opponents for the day. I rolled the best during my bye round :wink: . Yup, I'm once again, Captain 33.333%. (friggin 1 skull every 3 dice)

[feekonea]

Oh man, the younger generation represented at the tournament yesterday. Royal Griffin--winner! Feekonea--3rd place. Mac & Obsidianator--beating a couple of veterans. Yup, kind of a youth movement in the making. Good players and good sports, can't ask for more than that :D .

We'll see some pics and reports later. I'm not going to go into how Royal Griffin's Su-Bak-Na ate my Jotun after I whiffed on all 8 attack dice :shock: , but there will be other battles to be hashed over. Good games to Royal Griffin, Allskulls, Bigjim and JuicerGM, my opponents for the day. I rolled the best during my bye round :wink: . Yup, I'm once again, Captain 33.333%. (friggin 1 skull every 3 dice)


Oh man was that a sight to see too. Royal griffin even admitted before that he was going to lose. I'll leet boom explain it to ya, but wow that was a crazy game.

[Royalgriffin]

Hey all! I had a great tourney and those two castle sets on order are definetely gonna look nice. Believe it or not, my mom said that you guys were cool and that she wouldnt mind hosting a tourney over here sometime in the future! Anyway, I'll take care of that trophy until next month, where I'm sure to have to give it away to someone who deadeye's my Jotun on the first shot or something. Anyway, good games all and I'll look forward to next time.

[allskulls]

Great job, Royal! You won the tourney twice :wink:

All the SoCal League - It was good to see you all again. Good show, Boom :thumbsup:

[boom]

Great job, Royal! You won the tourney twice :wink:

All the SoCal League - It was good to see you all again. Good show, Boom :thumbsup:

'twas nothing. Thanks to Oogie, Allskulls, Feekonea, Mac and Detrimentalman for arriving early and helping to set up maps. Special thanks to jsterik for providing the custom die set, even though he couldn't show up himself. Bigjim and Bigjim_Jr, what can I say, that your trophy hasn't already said :lol:.

[Detrimentalman]

Well the tournament I think was a large success. Had a great time and a few good games one or two were kind of painful, probably not the ones you would think. I'll get into all that later. Congrats to royal for not beating me once, but twice and taking home the trophy.

Great job, Royal! You won the tourney twice
Maybe he did win it twice and maybe he shouldn't have had too, but i'm getting a little wary of running into rules i've never heard of that change the outcome of the tournaments at the last minute. I'm not saying the rule was unfair though I don't really agree with it (I think ties should be played out, or go by the points), but the first you hear of a rule shouldn't be when it makes a change in an outcome. As we get more and more people at these things some kind of a printed rules would really be a good idea. It would really make me feel better as well because then I won't be stumbling across them anymore =)

Also with predrafted armies we really need to have someone carefully going through them. This is the second time i've noticed an error in an army and it isn't fair to their opponents. Of course really the opponent should be the one catching it, but then what happens at that point, they're disqualified? It would be better to even submit armies earlier if we have too to make sure we're getting them right. After the tournament there was even some discussion about working in drafting armies which i'm all for, that's the way the game was meant to be played after all. It isn't any fun playing three medium heroes to have braxas walk over and melt them for the win =/

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I have to say the armies at this tournament were all very interesting. It was very nice to have such a large diversity and even though some people struggled with it (lot of 375-385 armies) I have to admit my concerns were unfounded because everyone made it work. Including me who ended up borrowing a squad from Oogs as well. Bringing down braxas down to one per person was great and I still suggest from now on you can only use a unique once throughout your four armies.


First round
Ah my nemesis Griffon. Well interestingly enough we both had vydar. His army was very similar too, in fact I had changed mine at the last minute or they would have been exactly the same. Unfortunately for both of us our microcorp had issues with there being very little heigh advantage in this map which hurt me more with two squads of'm. There was a decent battle, but as soon as Griff rolled Q9 up there was nothing I could do. I whiffed my two chances to shoot him with height, but in the end his special was the deciding win for Griff.


Second round
This was a match against bigjim. It was my all range jandar army against his almost all melee ullar orc army. It definately wasn't pretty and I came out with only losing 3 minutemen. The game would have been a little different if I had lost an inittiative or two, but in the end the range just tore him up.


Third round
Oh it's Oogie. Why do I play this man every tournament? I dunno, but at least it saves other people from us. It came down to both of us having ullar. This had to be one of the most dissatisfying games i've had in a while which is odd since it was flawless, but the best games are the ones that come down to a wire I think and I don't think Tony or I enjoyed it.


Fourth round
This match was against feekonea. I honestly had an advantage right from the start with the armies and the map. It came down to utgar for both of us, he had no range though and I had mimring who is pretty evil against orcs. I have to praise feekonea for praising me in turn for the moves that made his eyes pop. He was a great sport about the whole thing and I look forward to playing again on more even footing.


Well I thought I had the tournament in hand with everyone losing at least once and several nearly perfect games, but I was evidently mistaken. We had plenty of time for a 5th game though so at least I got to play for it.

5th Round
This time we got to pick our armies, so I went with my utgar army and Griff went with his Jandar army. He managed to drop his AE almost right away, but with a daring move with my swogs I had him paying for it. He in turned grenaded with his remaining two AE and killed 3 arrow gruts and a swog in one throw. I still had krug and mimring with change though so I was feeling fine. Unfortunately the way the map was built krug couldn't get onto the height he was using (I also later kicked myself because I should have used my +to innitiative roll at the start to grab the other side which was more krug friendly) so he stood and took a few hits while mimring finished them off. Here I began going after that little blue angel of his before Niff, but couldn't quite get her down before she healed him.

It finally game down to Niff vs krug and mimring. Griff moved in and engaged krug before throwing down his special not remembering the rules of engagement and hit krug twice. When I told him he couldn't attack mimring now he was at a bit of a loss. I had given him some leeway earlier, but it was down to the wire so I figured rules are rules not to mention I was still miffed at having to play a 5th at all. Tony was of a mind I should let him him redo it and attack mimring as well; it was honestly the decent thing to do so I gave in and he killed mimring. Well lets say I should have looked at my markers first because my third was on mimring and now I was in a world of hurt. I got innitiative so I had a chance and krug swung away with 8 dice, but Niff had full health and it was over.

Mostly well played except for a few mistakes I caught, but then again I was an idiot with my markers near the end as well. Remembering all the rules is part of the game, things like disengagement swipes, whether or not figures are engaged with height, and so on and so forth make or break a game for a lot of people and you missed quite a few of those though I let you have'm. With the kids beating on all the old guys I don't imagine they need anymore help next time though =)


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Afterwards the guys went out for a drink and which was great aside from loosing Juicer on the way. We talked about a variety of random things along with recapping some choice moments from our games and talked about maybe getting some extra games in, but in the end everyone just went home. It was a good ending to a great day of gaming. I hope to see everyone at the next tournament.

[boom]

Allright, I'm gonna do a little recap of my games.

Round 1- Bye. Yeah! I didn't lose.

Round 2- vs. Royalgriffin. His Utgar Marro army (Su-Bak, 1 Hounds, 2 Drones and Warriors) vs my Ullar army (Theracus, Deadeye, Elves and Jotun). Every time I play an army w/ hounds, like an idiot, I ignore them only to have those suckers up in my face by order 2. Next time I'll learn. His hounds were ripping up my elves w/ jaws and plague, while I flew Deadeye to height and missed 2 snipes at Su-Bak. Su-Bak made it up and killed Theracus and Deadeye (after another miss) as Jotun dispatched the hounds and strolled up the right side road to the minions. Royal figured he had the game in the bag if he just got his marros to height, so off they went to the top of a castle tower, out of Jotuns reach. Sadly, his math was a tad off, and he realized this as Jotun slashed all six drones and wounded Su-Bak-Na. Now the monster face off as Su-Bak-Na, w/ height, duked it out w/ a wounded Jotun (from a lowley minion). We exchanged a couple of hits and finally I had him ready for the fall. I won initiative, rolled my 8 FREAKIN' attack dice, and whiffed them all :oops: . Su-Bak hit back w/ just enough getting through to skewer Jotun and take the game. Real close.

Round 3- vs Allskulls. His Vydar Agents, Microcorps, Major X whatever # and Carr vs my Vydar army of Gladiatrons, Blastatrons, Q-9 and Murphy. My left flank had his Krav locking up w/ the 'trons, w/ me losing most of them and only taking 1 agent in return. Q-9 worked the right and take a few thousand Quetzacoatl(or whatever) gun shots at her, only to have Allskulls roll a shield every single time. I decide to drop this strategy and go for his Major, who was coming around the glaciers. A couple of nice shots finished him off as Carr dispatched the remaing 'trons. Now, Carr sets himself up for a little pistol shot at Q-9, missed, and gets blasted in return. Off to finally finish off those pesky Krav, who (sadly for 'skulls) had all the order markers on them. Q-9 strolled up to the remaining Microcorps and eventually gunned them down. 'skulls started off slapping me around, but losing his Krav w/ the order markers was a big blow against him. Great game.

Round 4- vs BIGJIM. His Ullar vipers, warlord, arnoc and elves, vs my Jandar all valiant of Knights, 4th Mass and Denrick. The 4th mass was able to get to high ground (thanks to some ladders) and musketball most of BIGJIM's army. He did have a nice double frenzy turn that saw vipers sawing through some knights. The Warlord hung on for dear life and kept dodging shots and killing minutemen and knights. Finally, Denrick arrived and put the snake king to bed. Cool game, comps, and sorry about the die rolling. :D

Round 5-vs JuicerGM. His Vydar army (Braxas, Microcorps, Murphy) vs my Einar melee deluxe (Ninja's, Cruxis, Marcus and 2 Romans). Oh, the was a nice 6-height hill on my side of the table w/ no one in my army able to get up and keep dragons off. Wanna guess what happened next? Yup, acid breathed up the ying-yang. Even Marcus and that worthless gladiator went up in smoke. I think I nailed one agent w/ my Ninja's before I started blowing my Northwind rolls and even wounded Murph, but it was pretty much all over. I did get a couple of Legionnaires on Braxas when she finally came down off the mountains, and dealt a few wounds, but too little too late, and they succumbed to the same fate as their comrades. Eh, good game, and just the kind of screwed up, random match up I hoped for when I decided for General-pure, random armies.

Maybe going back to drafting won't be such a bad thing. :roll:

[feekonea]

Ok now its my turn, I like making pre made armies, its just the thing that roling for what table is the problem. I think you should do pre made, but you dont have to roll for the tables, you can just pick an army, but you need to use all armies at least once, but hey maybe Im only saying that cuz the 2 times I played against braxas I won. :D ok here it goes...

1st game:juicer
great guy, lots of fun to play with. he had finn, knights, sentinels of jandar, johhny shotgun, and 4th mass. I had Q9, krav, and nakita. As it starts off, it looks like im going to win, getting the first 2 kills without him even touching my army, but I took a risk on my 3rd turn leaving Q9 in range of finns move and attack, so we roll initiative, which was crucial for me, and I lose (i think i lost the first 4 initiatives, if not more) he comes in, and finish off his finn, but it allows his units to take the height, which we were both battling for. eventually Q9 goes down, and then he brings up sullivan w/ finn on him. I still think I have a shot at this, until we realize that the nakitas special does not work on sullivans special attack so there goes my strategy. I retreat with the kravs, he kills m nakitas, blah blah blah, game over he wins with johnny with1 life left, 3 minute men, and 1 KoW. One word to describe this guys playing style: ruthless

2nd Game: mac
mac brings out his braxas, johnny shotgun, and krav. I pull out my "signature army" which seriously turned some heads at the tourny, including booms, allskulls, and Oogs. Oops, I was so busy bragging I forgot to tell you who they were, Venoc Warlord, and venoc vipers x7. I sneak behind his lines after I kill Johhny w/ some frenzies, destroy all the krav, and then take down braxas, simple enough. I have left, full health of venoc warlord, and 3 1/3 squads of vipers left. allskulls watched most of this game which made me feel good playing in front of an audience, other than my friends. One word to describe Mac's playing style: horrible, haha jk were long time buddies, and I taught him how to play the game, So ill give him strategic.

3rd game: Obstinator (sp?)
Wow what a great sport. He ran a gladiatron, blastatron, Q9 and shotgun sully, I gave my army alistair, KoW x2, and 4th mass x2 I took down his gladiatrons, Blastatrons, and Q9 only losing one minute man, I was on that game. and all I heard from this kid was wow good job, or good roll, or awesome play, Boom you hit the nail on the head with the sportsmanship award here. Johhny did better for him, and I ended it with an Alistair w/ 3 damage, knights of weston except for 2, and one minuteman. Great sport, one word to describe his playing style: never giving up, (relentless?)

4th game:D-man
ugh. ugh. I had tornak, grimank, nerak, and blade gruts x3 against his mimiring, krug swog x2 and arrow x2. I love his army now, A great army hands down. And of course we played soulrazor canyon, and I knew I was done for from the beginning, cuz of my no range, and double spaces no flying big guys. My head wasnt even in this one, cuz he slaughtered me. He flew mimiring up on the top of the whole board on the opening turn, and just firelined me from there, I never stood a chance, I was so out of it, he had to correct me about 5 times, one thing even 3 times over haha. He is overall a good player, until he makes that great move that you never see coming, thats the only way to beat this guy, try to somehow prevent him fro making that huge move. In this game there was 2, one was his first move with mimiring, then how he left our engagement when I finally got up there to engage him, andhe flew to the other mountain where none of my guys were, setting up his fireline, I was in aww. the game ended with me getting his krug down to one line, 3 damage one mimiring, and killing a swog and 3 arrow gruts, I love his team and will definetly use it in a future tourny, as long as its ok with him. he would make a great chess player. one word to describe his playing stlye:tricky (make your oppoennet go one way, then bam, there goes his great move and totally screws you.)


Game 5: Oog
ok now we could choose our aries, so I go with my "viperlicous" army again, mittens and VV x7, he goes with the same army mac has, braxas, krav , and shotgun,I told him before hand that I had already played this army and won, so he said "uh-oh thats not good" ahah. basically the same game, but instead of what mac did with braxas (let me come to him) he tried coming to me to get by my starting zone, I saw this, and wouldnt let it happen, even though it produced better results than macs army. I ended with mittens, 1 1/3 squads of venoc vipers, It was a great game as he complemented how much he liked my army, about 3 or 4 times, which made me feel awesome. One word to describe his playing style: strategic.

I had a great time, and thanks for hosting Boom, my parents might even let me come to the september tourny cuz u all were so nice. I agree with D man though, we need to do something about the standings, what allskulls came in 6th with a 3-1 record, and Oog came in 8th, with a 2-3, even though coming into the final game only 3 people ahd a better record than us and the other 2 tha shared the same record we beat in regulation, maybe next time we should do double elimination. What also made me feel good was after my 2 big victories, Boom asked what my record was and I said 2-1 and then he quickly turned tro my mom and said, "ok he cant play with us anymore"haha, but that was before I played D-man :roll: :wink: :D :D

I would also like to add how great these guys are,I talked with allskulls a lot, and we got along great. Its amazing how everyones love over this game could make us get along so well even though our age different age groups, I also enjoyed the presence of Juicer, Oog, D-man, and Boom who I talked a lot with also. They were great guys. even though I didnt get to play against or talk to Big jim or junior much. :( even though my friend told me they were both really nice. I never played against Boom either, but we talked quite abit. I also talked to d man a llot during the game and to Oog too.it seems like we just talk for epriods of time without even payin attention. :D

[boom]

I pull out my "signature army" which seriously turned some heads at the tourny, including booms, allskulls, and Oogs. Oops, I was so busy bragging I forgot to tell you who they were, Venoc Warlord, and venoc vipers x7.


Yup, that was a lot 'o green. Play that on St. Patrick's day. :shock:



What also made me feel good was after my 2 big victories, Boom asked what my record was and I said 2-1 and then he quickly turned tro my mom and said, "ok he cant play with us anymore"haha, but that was before I played D-man


I'm really debating about holding true to that proclomation. :wink:

Seriously, you and I next time, big guy.

[feekonea]

I pull out my "signature army" which seriously turned some heads at the tourny, including booms, allskulls, and Oogs. Oops, I was so busy bragging I forgot to tell you who they were, Venoc Warlord, and venoc vipers x7.


Yup, that was a lot 'o green. Play that on St. Patrick's day. :shock:



What also made me feel good was after my 2 big victories, Boom asked what my record was and I said 2-1 and then he quickly turned tro my mom and said, "ok he cant play with us anymore"haha, but that was before I played D-man


I'm really debating about holding true to that proclomation. :wink:

Seriously, you and I next time, big guy.

I'll hold you to that. :wink:

[Detrimentalman]

I don't think anyone took pictures did they? Of the games I mean. I would have liked to have seen your green army. Apparently that beast army has been around a while (so i've been told) so go ahead and use it, I created it on my own steam and the dynamics of it are pretty cool. There is a counter to everything which is why it would be good to work in a draft. Adds that extra strategic element and no windfalls to a braxas etc You take your green army i'll take Q9 and D8000...don't even really need the other points.

This is the first time rolling for armies and I have to say I didn't like it either, it did seem to exasperate the problem I have with premade armies. Almost every game I sat down and either said "damn this map favors my army really well" or "omg what am I going to do". It also seemed like every game I called before I started. The only one I wasn't so sure on was the 5th game and that one we picked. When you sit down to a table look at both your armies and you are 99% sure of an outcome it kinda ruins the whole thing.

[feekonea]

I don't think anyone took pictures did they? Of the games I mean. I would have liked to have seen your green army. Apparently that beast army has been around a while (so i've been told) so go ahead and use it, I created it on my own steam and the dynamics of it are pretty cool. There is a counter to everything which is why it would be good to work in a draft. Adds that extra strategic element and no windfalls to a braxas etc You take your green army i'll take Q9 and D8000...don't even really need the other points.

This is the first time rolling for armies and I have to say I didn't like it either, it did seem to exasperate the problem I have with premade armies. Almost every game I sat down and either said "darn this map favors my army really well" or "omg what am I going to do". It also seemed like every game I called before I started. The only one I wasn't so sure on was the 5th game and that one we picked. When you sit down to a table look at both your armies and you are 99% sure of an outcome it kinda ruins the whole thing.

the AE also tear up my army, maybe thats one of the reasons I wouldnt like to do a draft :D But I think its way more fun coming in and not knowing what your going up against, rather than just drafting, but either is fine with me.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

Now for some pics.

I uploaded a bunch of the pics to my gallery and you can find them here:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/thumbnails.php?album=338

But I had to put up a few.

First off the trophy table. Both with the monthly roving trophy and with Boom's permanent home trophies.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08560.JPG

Second, BIGJIM's Orc Skull!!! This has got to be one of the coolest pieces I have EVER seen!!!
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08568.JPG

And you can never get enough, "Allskulls, Baby!!!"
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08569.JPG

Our new champ, Royalgriffin (with Boom)
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08583.JPG

Dman in second place.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08584.JPG

The co-winner of the "My Dice Suck" trophy... A family affair Junior and BIGJIM.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08585.JPG

Our Best Sportsman Award winner, AlexTyler (with dice courtesy of jtserick).
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08589.JPG

And the group pic.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08587.JPG

Good times had by all.

[allskulls]

Here is my favorite pic, Finn leading the Tarn Vikings to take on Charos.
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08580.JPG

[boom]

Ah, the cool pictures. You know, that was a pretty fun day afterall. Very good times. :D

[Detrimentalman]

So alex you going to let your dad roll with those new dice or are they hands off? hehe

[hextr1p]

Whoa... my hats off to RoyalGriffin and his victory. Not so easy a task considering the players of the SoCal crew. And so help me, if you're another undercover player from the NorCal contingent sent to jack the trophy again... ;)

Yeah, it looks like everyone had a really good time...

[Grungebob]

Good going guys!! Man that orc skull opens my eyes a bit. I had no idea that orcs had bony ears.

[boom]

This is the first time rolling for armies and I have to say I didn't like it either, it did seem to exasperate the problem I have with premade armies. Almost every game I sat down and either said "darn this map favors my army really well" or "omg what am I going to do". It also seemed like every game I called before I started. The only one I wasn't so sure on was the 5th game and that one we picked. When you sit down to a table look at both your armies and you are 99% sure of an outcome it kinda ruins the whole thing.

Boy oh boy. Cheese and crackers on the way.

[Detrimentalman]

I give up

[BIGJIM]

HEY !!! WHAT A DAY. GOT TO MEET AND MAKE FRIEND WITH THE NEW PLAYERS AND SAW SOME OLD FRIENDSALSO :grouphug: . I'M NOT ONE TO RECAP A GAME BUT THEY WERE ALLL FUN. THE GAME WITH D-MAN WAS MY WORST. JUST PLAYED THE ORC ARMY TOTAL WRONG, BUT YOU LEARN. :frustrated:
MY 1ST AMD LAST GAME REALLY CAME DOWN TO T THE LAST MAN ON THE LAST MAN. BOOM ( COMPS ) IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO PLAY A GAME WITH YOU , WIN OR LOSE AND MY ORC SKULL THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS IT RECIEVED AND AS YOU CAN TELL IT'S NOT PICTURE SHY ! HATS OFF TO ALL THE NEWBEEIES THAT SHOWED UP AND AS I PRODICTED I DID COME HOME ( EVEN IF I MUST SHARE IT ) WITH THE " MY DICE SUCK " AWARD. TILL NEXT TIME.......

[tt4JC]

Gentlemen, I just want to say that the impression you all made to the moms that were there with the kids was huge. Alex's mom (my wife) was thoroughly impressed with the way you all behaved. There was another mom there that was observing the Yugio game going on at the other end of the shop and couldn't believe what a difference in the conversations and mannerisms of the players, that the players were polite and considerate! I also believe that Shepard posted his mom was impressed as well. Bottomline, thanks for making it a family game. It means a lot to us as parents and alot to the game in general. I look forward to hosting a gameday/tournament in the not too distant future and look forward to having you all in my house! Thanks again, Ty

[jtserick]

Glad the dice went to a deserving recipient. Looks like a grand time was had by all.

Sorry I couldn't make the tourney but my shakedown hike was much needed. I discovered much vital info: don't forget the rolaids, aspirins and pepto pills, check your water containers for leaks ahead of time, buy heavy duty not medium duty shoe liners! Actually that is all pretty good info to have for attending Gencon also!

[boom]

Gentlemen, I just want to say that the impression you all made to the moms that were there with the kids was huge. Alex's mom (my wife) was thoroughly impressed with the way you all behaved. There was another mom there that was observing the Yugio game going on at the other end of the shop and couldn't believe what a difference in the conversations and mannerisms of the players, that the players were polite and considerate! I also believe that Shepard posted his mom was impressed as well. Bottomline, thanks for making it a family game. It means a lot to us as parents and alot to the game in general. I look forward to hosting a gameday/tournament in the not too distant future and look forward to having you all in my house! Thanks again, Ty

That's very nice of you to say. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say we enjoyed playing against your son and the other "newer" (well, to us at least) players. Great sports, one and all.

I've taken my 6-year-old to shop at that store on a few occassions and I also noticed the language coming from the other end of the shop. Enough to make one cringe. :oops: .

I'll take you up on the hosting offer, if you can confirm a couple of wins for me. :wink:

[Joe's Fury]

Whoa... my hats off to RoyalGriffin and his victory. Not so easy a task considering the players of the SoCal crew. And so help me, if you're another undercover player from the NorCal contingent sent to jack the trophy again... ;)

Yeah, it looks like everyone had a really good time...
KAKAW! Looks like you guys had a blast! Congrats on your victory RoyalGriffin!!!!

And no hextr1p, he's not one of us, but as the Reigning SoCal champ he's always got a seat open to play us :-D

-CCC

[reapersaurus]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08569.JPGLOL, Joe.

It's funny - when I saw this pic, and noticed the guy on the right looking like he was hiding his face from the camera, I was wondering if anyone from the CCC had infilitrated again. :D

[allskulls]

Whoa... my hats off to RoyalGriffin and his victory. Not so easy a task considering the players of the SoCal crew. And so help me, if you're another undercover player from the NorCal contingent sent to jack the trophy again... ;)

Yeah, it looks like everyone had a really good time...
KAKAW! Looks like you guys had a blast! Congrats on your victory RoyalGriffin!!!!

And no hextr1p, he's not one of us, but as the Reigning SoCal champ he's always got a seat open to play us :-D

-CCC
Wanna tell hextr1p what the change you made to the trophy...that might get him down here for a tourney :wink:

[hextr1p]

Wanna tell hextr1p what the change you made to the trophy... that might get him down here for a tourney...
:|

Change...?

[Joe's Fury]

Whoa... my hats off to RoyalGriffin and his victory. Not so easy a task considering the players of the SoCal crew. And so help me, if you're another undercover player from the NorCal contingent sent to jack the trophy again... ;)

Yeah, it looks like everyone had a really good time...
KAKAW! Looks like you guys had a blast! Congrats on your victory RoyalGriffin!!!!

And no hextr1p, he's not one of us, but as the Reigning SoCal champ he's always got a seat open to play us :-D

-CCC
Wanna tell hextr1p what the change you made to the trophy...that might get him down here for a tourney :wink:

:-D We left a present on the trophy for SoCal.....it looked kinda naked without it........Hextr1p you may want to reclaim the trophy to see the mods.... :lol:

[allskulls]

Wanna tell hextr1p what the change you made to the trophy... that might get him down here for a tourney...
Change...?
Well...they sent it to me via DHL and said there was a surprise with it.

The trophy now reads...

SoCal Heroscape Champion

"Kaw-kaw" - CCC

They did leave ample space for another name.

So, hex, when ya comin to Cali? :D

[boom]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10006/DSC08569.JPGLOL, Joe.

It's funny - when I saw this pic, and noticed the guy on the right looking like he was hiding his face from the camera, I was wondering if anyone from the CCC had infilitrated again. :D

Nah, just me smacking my forehead over another killer roll against me.

[hextr1p]

The trophy now reads...

SoCal Heroscape Champion

"Kaw-kaw" - CCC

They did leave ample space for another name.

So, hex, when ya comin to Cali? :D
I thought I saw a name plate on the base in one of the pictures. Heh heh... that is pretty funny, though.

As for when I'm coming to Cali, right now I'm scheduled to head out there for GenCon in November. Though while I did post that I wanted to get a hotel room during my stay, I might cancel that and just stay at my brother's place during my time there. Still thinking about it though.