Chicagoland Tournament on 10/21 Cancelled

[GaryLASQ]

hey gang, i have a conflict. i'll be out of town 10/19 to 10/21 (wife's work is paying my way to go with her for a business trip to Vegas). this also means my brother's place will be unavailable. this sucks. my apologies to anyone who made special arrangements to be free for this event. sorry.

i'd like to reschedule this at some point...

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SO in light of two large tournaments happening on the same day, I declare October 21st national heroscape tournament day and encourage all other groups and factions to also have a tourney on the same day....

that would be truly epic !National Heroscape Day Oct 21st (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=2382&highlight=tourn%2A+21%2A)

let's heed the call for more Heroscaping on Saturday 10/21 at Noon in Chicagoland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicagoland).

current attendees including "maybe" (22): GaryLASQ (3), Joah, tokomi, djsmith, chuynn (2), langfordrocks, netherspirit, oogiezone, Hahma, digger1111, Pwalley, minimoose38, teekay, legoboy (2), Thor, AgentX-127 (2), Messenger

[jdtenor]

I will be requesting the 21st off, so more then likely. I'll be there! :D

[Joah]

As much as I wanted to do the Tree Town open, I just couldn't do the 10 hours of driving that weekend.
It is "National HS Tourney Day" though.....

I think this is a great idea.

Depending on how many people we can get, deciding on an "enterence" fee, I think we could easily throw some prizes together.

[Codeman]

Good luck guys... I was hoping to get some of you over to our tourney.. but I obviously understand the distance.


It was and is still my hope to make it worth the drive, with the caliber of the competition, along with gaming room & prizes. My own person travel limit is probably 2-3 hour drive unless it’s a real big event ( Gen-Con was 8 hours drive ).

Again I understand the distance thing … have a good tournament. Maybe most of can meet half way sometime.

[GaryLASQ]

Again I understand the distance thing … have a good tournament. Maybe most of can meet half way sometime.a good half-way point could be Dubuque, IA.

[Joah]

Again I understand the distance thing … have a good tournament. Maybe most of can meet half way sometime.a good half-way point could be Dubuque, IA.
We should look at something like that in the future.
"MadTown ThrowDown" is still kicking around too.
Seeing as that will most likely be a stay over event, will take more time.

Do any of us know the lay off the land in the Dubuque area?

[Codeman]

Again I understand the distance thing … have a good tournament. Maybe most of can meet half way sometime.a good half-way point could be Dubuque, IA.
We should look at something like that in the future.
"MadTown ThrowDown" is still kicking around too.
Seeing as that will most likely be a stay over event, will take more time.

Do any of us know the lay off the land in the Dubuque area?

If you know approx how many from WI & IL would travel to an event there. I could start polling the MN & IA group to see what kind of numbers we could be seeing, and then I volunteer to call the Dubuque chamber and see what places or bussiness would be interested in hosting us. We might still be able to pull in off this year (early Novemberish ) I think it would be smart to try to avoid travelling in any bad weather.

[tokomi]

Count me in for 10/21 in Hoffman Estates. It will be god to meet some others in the area

[djsmith]

I will be there for sure. I am also interested in the Dubuque idea for next time as well.

For the 21st. did we want to do the tourney style with prizes or just the usual?

Joah, Got your message, sorry I didn't call back right away. I will give ya a call tonight.

[GaryLASQ]

we could make it a tourney. there could also be a table or two for open play.

i like the 8 player heats that were done at GenCon. once 8 show up the tourney begins. 8 more show up a second heat can begin. while players wait for 8 they can do some open play.

or we could go Swiss Style but that may not fit in a single day...

[jdtenor]

Rychean wrote:
SO in light of two large tournaments happening on the same day, I declare October 21st national heroscape tournament day and encourage all other groups and factions to also have a tourney on the same day....

that would be truly epic !
I hate to be the one to break it to you, I think Rychean has played a JOKE ON US it also happens that it will be a Happy Sweetest Day unless I tell my wife that for Sweetest Day I'm playing heroscape :screwy:

[GaryLASQ]

Ry is not from the Midwest so he is blissfully ignorant of Sweetest Day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetest_Day
Sweetest Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the Midwestern U.S. states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin on third Saturday in October. It is described by supporters as a day to remember loved ones and friends. Critics call Sweetest Day an artificial holiday created solely to boost the revenues of candy and greeting card companies.

so just tell your wife it is an artificial holiday. she'll understand. ;)

[jdtenor]

Hey half my salary comes from artificial holidays :lol: thats the reason I found out I saw the cards as far as she'll understand. Well i'm playing it by ear. I don't want to come home and my heroscape stuff is in the trash :cry: so the dilema is do I lose the battle. Or as Djsmith advise me in last game, fight another day! Well she told me if I want to go to the tournament on the 21 go ahead. But I think it's a trap! :help:

[chuynn]

What Time would you be starting this event?

My son and I would like to be a part of your event. We have a obligation in the early part of the day on the 21st

Jdtenor as far as the wife thing, tell her that Fri 10/20 is your Sweetest day because she will always come before everybody else. Take out to dinner on Fri. night. You look like a romantic slob, and you get to play HS. on Sat.

Who knows she mite buy it.

[jdtenor]

What Time would you be starting this event?

My son and I would like to be a part of your event. We have a obligation in the early part of the day on the 21st

Jdtenor as far as the wife thing, tell her that Fri 10/20 is your Sweetest day because she will always come before everybody else. Take out to dinner on Fri. night. You look like a romantic slob, and you get to play HS. on Sat.

Who knows she mite buy it.
Hey that may work thanks :P

[GaryLASQ]

What Time would you be starting this event?

My son and I would like to be a part of your event. We have a obligation in the early part of the day on the 21st

Jdtenor as far as the wife thing, tell her that Fri 10/20 is your Sweetest day because she will always come before everybody else. Take out to dinner on Fri. night. You look like a romantic slob, and you get to play HS. on Sat.
probably the same time as we have been doing - noon. but the format could be setup so there are a 2 or 3 different events with different start times. it all depends on the number of players planning to attend.

good call, i was going to suggest the Friday night dinner thing :)

hey, we missed you at the last meetup (8/27). mathguy and i teamed up with a bunch of Vydar Soulborgs (gladiatrons/blastatrons). i learned my lesson from the Orc battle you had to "deal" with last time...marked the tops of the bases so mathguy and i could quickly tell our figs apart from each other.

[Codeman]

Hey half my salary comes from artificial holidays :lol: thats the reason I found out I saw the cards as far as she'll understand. Well i'm playing it by ear. I don't want to come home and my heroscape stuff is in the trash :cry: so the dilema is do I lose the battle. Or as Djsmith advise me in last game, fight another day! Well she told me if I want to go to the tournament on the 21 go ahead. But I think it's a trap! :help:


GaryLASQ I have your answer to your dilemma:

We have a bed & breakfast in Forest City I think you should bring her along and make a weekend of it. Then you could kill two birds with one stone. If you like gambling we just had a new casino go in just a few miles from us on I-35 ! If she is a shopper my wife can take the van or motorhome up to Mall of America for a day of shopping while we play HS.. the options are endless.. we need to use this as an opportunity not a deterrent. Don't let something like this stop you... your welcome in Forest City treat your wife to nice weekend get-a-way

[Joah]

:bump:

[langfordrocks]

I'm in for 10/21 at Hoffman Est.

[Joah]

We need to get a yes/maybe thing going.
It sounds like there about six of us so far.

[netherspirit]

I will try and get up there for this.

[Joah]

I will try and get up there for this.
That would be very cool Nether!

[netherspirit]

Yes, yes it would. :D

[GaryLASQ]

cool beans langfordrocks and netherspirit. that puts us at around 11 so far.

btw, langfordrocks. i have your orange 20-sider from the 8/27 game day. also, i think i have someone's Drake army card.

my next task is securing (borrowing) a handful of large folding tables.

there are 3 small rooms, 1 medium size room that could be devided into 2 sections and a larger "L" shaped room that could be devided into 3 sections.

so that makes 8 rooms/sections that could have about 2 folding tables (depending on their size) in each for a total of 16 tables. that's the max. we'll see if we actually need that many...

[Joah]

What about a map(s)?

Any thoughts on this yet?

I'm thinking it should be pretty simple, yet unique.

By that I not an official map.

[GaryLASQ]

i was thinking about going through the 1-MS (plus an expansion or two) maps from the HQ dump and pick a few.

i also would like to try out a modular map "experiment" in one of the smaller rooms for players who want to give it a try. players would bring a premade modular map with their premade army. but not sure if this idea would be well received.

[djsmith]

Did we decide yet if we are doing an actual tourney with prizes, or no tourney?

[GaryLASQ]

might as well give the tourney thing a shot. be warned i have zero experience with something like this. for prizes maybe single booster packs would be good.

[djsmith]

Like I stated before, I would be more than happy to help set-up the tourney and brackets and all that. I am also happy just showing up too, so just let me know if you want any help or not.

If we did a small entering fee, then we could do a castle grand prize with expansions as other prizes, or something like that. Of course, that all depends on the number of players as well.

[Hahma]

If no one minds, I'd like to try to make it up there for this gig. A couple hours drive is nothing.

[Joah]

If no one minds, I'd like to try to make it up there for this gig. A couple hours drive is nothing.

Do It Hahma!
Not sure where you're coming from, but Nether is talking about showing up too. It is National HS Tourney Day after all.


We've been sitting on our hands a bit, but we'll get it together soon.

[netherspirit]

oogiezone has her request for the day off in at work. So as long as her boss doesn't screw it up we will both be there.

[Joah]

So as long as her boss doesn't screw it up we will both be there.

D'oh!
The boss always screws it up!

[netherspirit]

So as long as her boss doesn't screw it up we will both be there.

D'oh!
The boss always screws it up!

She did for next weekend. She had to find someone to work for her so we could go to CupidsArt's tourney in Ohio.

[Joah]

So as long as her boss doesn't screw it up we will both be there.

D'oh!
The boss always screws it up!

She did for next weekend. She had to find someone to work for her so we could go to CupidsArt's tourney in Ohio.

Hate to say I told ya so... :wink:

[Hahma]

If no one minds, I'd like to try to make it up there for this gig. A couple hours drive is nothing.

Do It Hahma!
Not sure where you're coming from, but Nether is talking about showing up too. It is National HS Tourney Day after all.


We've been sitting on our hands a bit, but we'll get it together soon.

Joah,

I'm like an hour fifteen minutes north of Nether, so the distance isn't a problem. I'm my own boss, so I'll just have to make sure I don't screw myself over :wink: I ran it past the real boss (my wife) and she said fine, just mark it on the calendar.

I've never done a tourney type thing. Is there a map/maps yet? Pre-made armies?

Look forward to it :)

[Joah]

I've never done a tourney type thing. Is there a map/maps yet? Pre-made armies?

Look forward to it :)Pre-made armies is a yes.
It's a good idea to have a couple to choose from too.
But the one you do decide to run with, you have all day.

Point totals is up in the air.
We have been going around 500+, but for times sake I think we should draft lower. It is a tourney( I think), afterall.

As far as maps go, has anyone looked at what the D/FW crew are planning?
That looks great to me.

[GaryLASQ]

I've never done a tourney type thing. Is there a map/maps yet? Pre-made armies?
Look forward to it :)Pre-made armies is a yes.
It's a good idea to have a couple to choose from too.
But the one you do decide to run with, you have all day.

Point totals is up in the air.
We have been going around 500+, but for times sake I think we should draft lower. It is a tourney( I think), afterall.

As far as maps go, has anyone looked at what the D/FW crew are planning?
That looks great to me.
yes, for tourney play over 500 is a bit much. i was thinking more like 450 with a one hour time limit if needed per game (total points for remaining active cards to determine a winner)

i've updated the list on the first post with oogiezone and Hahma. that puts us at around 13.

i haven't had time to put any thought into this event lately. tomorrow is busy as well but Tuesday and Wednesday i can put some time into planning.

some of you can expect some PMs from me soon. stay tuned...

[GaryLASQ]

i see Truth restored the Registration function for Event threads.

so please register for the event on the first post. thanks.

for some reason, i can't get rid of the Poll on the first post. :shrug:

[netherspirit]

I registered in the "Maybe" category just because its still about a month away and things may change. We are planning on coming. Oogiezone requested the day off work. So unless something drastic changes we will are planning on being there.

[netherspirit]

Poll gone. :D

[Hahma]

I'm a definite, but something unusual can happen to mess it up, so I registered under Maybe. Look forward to it.

[Pwalley]

Unless something comes up that I can't get out of, I'll be there.

[josh-n-papa]

I can't go to this one :(
Momma has a conference in Springfield that weekend,so I'm stuck taking care of all the kids.

[netherspirit]

I can't go to this one :(
Momma has a conference in Springfield that weekend,so I'm stuck taking care of all the kids.

Put them in a cage with some food and water. Thats what I will be doing with the dog.

[josh-n-papa]

Not an option :lol:
I am an adoptive foster parent...can't be using any "questionable" parenting techniques.I have had quite a few creative thoughts involving duct tape though :wink:

[GaryLASQ]

i had an idea yesterday i'd like to run past all of you.

why not use Hasbro scenarios as part of the tounament, instead of just some of the Hasbro battlefields? it would mean players would need to bring a variety of units that will cover the points/strategy needed for Player 1 or Player 2 of the following 4 scenarios:

The Bridge to the Forgotten Forest
- from the expansion set "Road to the Forgotten Forest" rule book
Player 1: 425 point pre-made army
Player 2: 525 point pre-made army (without the Dumutef Guard requirement)

Battle for the Volcarren Obsidian Guards
- from the expansion set "Volcarren Wasteland" rule book
Player 1: 500 point pre-made army (without the Obsidian Guard requirement)
Player 2: 600 point pre-made army

Storm of Frozen Shards
- from the expansion set "Thaelenk Tundra" rule book
Player 1: 450 point pre-made army (without the Dzu-Teh requirement)
Player 2: 650 point pre-made army

The Siege of the West Barbican
- from the expansion set "Fortress of the Archkyrie" rule book
Player 1: 500 point pre-made army
Player 2: 750 point pre-made army

this is only a suggestion. i can see a few wrinkles in trying to apply this to a tourney.

a one hour time limit on each game might be one problem since these scenarios don't all have the same army points and maximum-rounds expectation.

another problem is players will basically have to figure out 8 different armies to bring. sure there can be plenty of overlap for units that work well in most scenarios, but still it's a lot to think about and a lot to bring. (although, in the meetups we've done before and even the GenCon tourneys, i'd say more than half of the paricipants have brought most or all of their collection anyhow.)

the only reason i'm suggesting this is i'd like to see all the different terrain expansions represented (hilighted) plus i get tired of the generic kill-em-all scenario.

also, it's still not set in stone that we do a tourney. if we just go with open-play then using these four different scenarios might work out better.

thoughts?

[Hahma]

I like that idea Gary. I was going to bring all my figs anyway (now that I finally have some cases for them). I don't have Tundra rulebook, but I can borrow it from my brother in-law, but I do have all the other ones.

If it's decided to do this, we have plenty of time to figure out our armies and play test or whatever with them. Half the fun after all is picking an army.

Open gaming might have to be done to accomadate these scenarios, like you said. That would be fine with me, more casual and have more of a variety of maps to play on.

For my part, I'm not interested in prizes or anything, just meeting other Scapers and playing with and learning from other people.

[GaryLASQ]

I like that idea Gary. I was going to bring all my figs anyway (now that I finally have some cases for them). I don't have Tundra rulebook, but I can borrow it from my brother in-law, but I do have all the other ones. nether scanned it and put it in the downloads recently.
http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=177

Open gaming might have to be done to accomadate these scenarios, like you said. That would be fine with me, more casual and have more of a variety of maps to play on. For my part, I'm not interested in prizes or anything, just meeting other Scapers and playing with and learning from other people.the competative part of me wants to do a tournament with prizes. but i also like the idea of a more casual game day like you said. i've PMed most of you about wether we should go with tourney or open-play and the answer i've received so far is "doesn't matter" with only one saying they would be showing up later in the afternoon so not able to do a tournament.

couple things that turn me off about tournament play...

1. time limited games so everyone can move to the next level at the same time. although there are players (like myself) who are guilty of taking too long to take a turn. so maybe time limits are a good thing. :)

2. low point armies for the purpose of making the games quick (again with the time limit). the DFW tournament is going with 400 points. we could up it to like 450 but still i like armies of around 500 to 550. this adds a fair amount more time to a kill-em-all scenario.

3. the generic kill-em-all scenario gets i little boring. i like creative scenarios. of the 4 i listed above, the Shards one is the closest to a generic kill-em-all, but it has a little twist with the Storm and Brandar glyph.

4. symmetrical maps. tournaments tend to use nearly symmetrical (if not perfectly symmetrical) maps. this is not necessarily a bad thing. but it goes hand-in-hand with both players having the same size army and with the generic kill-em-all scenarios. which like i said, gets a little boring and makes heroscape feel more like a board game.

i've played all the Hasbro scenarios including the online exclusive ones. and most of them are well thought out and are fun to play. so i figured they would be safe bets for a big gathering.

[netherspirit]

One thing I heard about the group from GenCon doing was one big game with everyone playing, there were like 12 people. I didn't get to play because we were driving back and forth and couldn't stay really late to hang out. Which sucks, because it would have been awesome...anyways...I'm getting of the point...

They did a big long map with everyone one team taking their turns at the same time, so you didn't have to wait for 11 other people to go. You only attacked the person across from you until they were dead, after that I am not sure what they did.

Something like that could be cool.

[GaryLASQ]

One thing I heard about the group from GenCon doing was one big game with everyone playing, there were like 12 people. .... They did a big long map with everyone one team taking their turns at the same time, so you didn't have to wait for 11 other people to go. You only attacked the person across from you until they were dead, after that I am not sure what they did.
this sounds like the game Pilgrim did with like 22 people and using his "Throw Down" rules that had a large long map with regions for 1-on-1 skirmishes. a player can retreat to regroup with a teammate if their army starts to dwindle. that's something i'd like to try sometime.

the last meetup we did had two large maps with 6 players on one and 5 on the other. the downtime wasn't bad with 6 players but one game went on for hours.

wether we go tourney or not, i'd like to keep it to 1-on-1 games this time so players can get in more than one game. of course a tourney would guarantee several games for players that keep winning. and players that loose early can move over to some open-play.

[Codeman]

wether we go tourney or not, i'd like to keep it to 1-on-1 games this time so players can get in more than one game. of course a tourney would guarantee several games for players that keep winning. and players that loose early can move over to some open-play.

:shock:
Gary there are several tourney formats that let everyone play 5 or 6 games. I would not rule out tournamet for that reason.

[GaryLASQ]

i think you misunderstood. i'm saying tourneys work better for getting in many games per player. and yes i understand that certain types of tourneys give players that lose a game or two a fighting chance. and this is a good reason for us to keep the tourney idea going for 10/21 here in Chicagoland. :)

i'm just trying to get the best of both worlds...creative scenarios with varying army sizes and victory conditions into a tournament. but this may be too ambitious and unworkable.

[Joah]

i'm just trying to get the best of both worlds...creative scenarios with varying army sizes and victory conditions into a tournament. but this may be too ambitious and unworkable.
I think everyone here, should check out the maps that were designed FOR the D/FW tourney.
There are some really interesting maps going on down there.
Not saying we couldn't do our own, but for convienence sake, It's all there already. I suggest everyone planning on attending the Chicago area "Tourney" to check them out.
All the maps are a combination of the MS, with one of the Expansions mixed in.

[Hahma]

i'm just trying to get the best of both worlds...creative scenarios with varying army sizes and victory conditions into a tournament. but this may be too ambitious and unworkable.
I think everyone here, should check out the maps that were designed FOR the D/FW tourney.
There are some really interesting maps going on down there.
Not saying we couldn't do our own, but for convienence sake, It's all there already. I suggest everyone planning on attending the Chicago area "Tourney" to check them out.
All the maps are a combination of the MS, with one of the Expansions mixed in.

I finally found those maps for the D/FW tourney. They look pretty cool and incorporate some different terrain. This will be my first tourney, so whatever the general consensus is, I'm for it. I've never done the pre-made army thing as we always do the draft, that that is something that I have to figure out. Hate to have a crappy army and I don't just want to use what others normally use either.

[GaryLASQ]

I think everyone here, should check out the maps that were designed FOR the D/FW tourney. .... All the maps are a combination of the MS, with one of the Expansions mixed in.cool. i'm not too proud to use their maps. should we ask first or just steal them :twisted:

i say we go for it. tournament all the way!

hey, just finished playing the 3 and 4 player versions of the Ambush scenario from the Castle rulebook. for this scenario all i can say is that you will probably spend more time drafting than taking turns. the guy drafting for the ambushed army is really in the hot seat and must choose wisely...

[Joah]

[quote="GaryLASQ"]cool. i'm not too proud to use their maps. should we ask first or just steal them :twisted:

i say we go for it. tournament all the way![quote]
Now we're talking.

I really think this will fit us better, and free us up from other unseen hiccups.

Maps designed/playtested, by Ry, UPC,G-bob and co.?

How could we go wrong?
Let's keep this going..

[legoboy]

I'm going to try to make it. My GF plays as well, and I'm trying to talk her into coming. She just doesn't want to be the only lady there.

I've never done a tournament, but would be willing to try. I actually planned on bringing all my figures as well. That way I can be ready for whatever happens.

[GaryLASQ]

excellent teekay and legoboy. the list keeps growing...up to 19.

pretty soon (in a week i suspect) we'll have a tourney format and map assortment nailed down. stay tuned...

[jdtenor]

Sorry guys. I'm sitting this one out, scheduling has changed for me for a couple of months. I know it's gonna be good game i'm missing out :duh: Gary take lots of pictures :drool:

[AgentX-127]

I'd love to attend. It is my wife's birthday, though. I've clicked "maybe."
If can make it, I'll bring at least one female type person with me (My wife or my daughter, or maybe both but probably not because someone has to take care of the dog!)

[GaryLASQ]

sorry to hear you can't make it this time, jdtenor. good deal AgentX-127. lost one, gained two. first post has been updated.

[Messenger]

I'm considering going. At this point I am a possible maybe.

Anything 'official' yet as far as army size, which maps will be used, etc?

Any info would be appreciated. Oh yeah, where exactly in Chicago is this place? Fort Wayne is about three hours from there, but I'd like to Mapquest just to be sure. PM me if you would please.

Thanks.

p.s. Should this be stickied with all the other tournaments?

[Messenger]

Just did a Mapquest for Hoffman Estates. I thought it was an apartment complex, or something, not a city. :oops:

Ha, well, I'm still interested. Just gotta clear it with the wifey. You know how it is.

[GaryLASQ]

welcome aboard Messenger!

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i have puchased some prizes so there will be an entry fee of $5.

i'd like to use four different maps, each one featuring a terrain expansion; one road/forest, one lava, one snow/ice, and one castle. i'm still working on exactly what the maps will be. i'll have them posted in a couple more days.

so since the terrain will be diverse, i'd like to try out the idea Noodles is using for his tournament, where players register a 600 point army at the door. then before each game, decide on a smaller army of 400 points (or maybe 430) from their 600 point pool.

djsmith, Joah and i are still working out the details. a more specific breakdown is on the way...

[GaryLASQ]

hey gang, there is some added incentive to get to the Chicagoland Tourney. if we get a good turn-out, we could qualify as one of the 5 largest tourneys on 10/21. three cheers for HouseMouse!

Sandra is going to provide a nice prize gift certificate for each of the top 5 Oct 21st tourneys!! That's right!! Now the catch is you have to get a fairly accurate account of how many you think are showing up to your event and post it here. The top 5 will get a $50 gift Certificate from HouseMouse. We can assume Texas and Treetown will be a no brainer, but three other events are going to get gift certs too and we need to know wich ones fairly soon. http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=97601#107359

[GaryLASQ]

Map 1: Road/Forest and Lava expansions
"Fault Line" by Rychaen which is also being used in the DFW Tourney on 10/21
Click HERE (http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=157) for the PDF
http://www.heroscapers.com/download/downloads//Faultline_2.jpg


Map 2: Tundra expansion
"Arctic Divide" by UPC which is also being used in the DFW Tourney on 10/21
Click HERE (http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map3_arctic_divide.pdf) for the PDF (for our tournament i'm delcaring Heavy Snow and Normal Ice)
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map3_arctic_divide.jpg

Map3: Fortress expansion
"Blutsymburg" by GaryLASQ
Click HERE (http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg.pdf) for the PDF (glyphs and starting postitions are on the last two pages)
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg1.png http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg2.png

this last map i made yesterday. for tournament play, the doors may have to come off ahead of time. i'll be playtesting it tomorrow (with and without doors) to make reasonably sure two 430 point armies can finish in an hour or less on it.

[Hahma]

Love the Blutsymburg map Gary, look forward to hearing how the playtesting goes.

[GaryLASQ]

thanks Hahma.

ok, three games so far on the fortress map went as i expected. with the doors on, two games nearly finished within an hour but not quite. with the doors off, one game finished in under an hour, no problem. with them on it starts out as a bit of a waiting game on who will venture out first. plus melee figs aren't as effective off the bat. so since players will have a small pool to draw from, i don't want to force nothing but range and flight for all maps just because of this map.

so to make a long story short, for this map in a tournament, no doors.

i don't want to turn this thread into a "look at Gary's map" thread but, it is a lot of fun to play on (with or without doors) if i do say so myself ;).

here are some quick pics of a game my son was having with a friend of his after we were done playtesting it...

http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play01.jpg
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play02.jpg
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play03.jpg
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play04.jpg
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play05.jpg
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg_play06.jpg

[Hahma]

Hey, look at Gary's map :!:

Had to do it. :D

[Joah]

Gary, I think the Castle map looks great!

How many of each map are we gonna need?
2 or 3, I'm guessing.
I'm in the middle of setting up a huge map, but I think I'll break it down to start building a couple of these.

As for the RTTFF expansion map, PLEASE, anything but
WSR.
I'm "burnt out toast" on that map.

[GaryLASQ]

As for the RTTFF expansion map, PLEASE, anything but WSR. I'm "burnt out toast" on that map.heh. i was thinking the same thing. that's why i considered it undecided. maybe we just go with one more map that has both Road/Forest and Lava together. Rychaen's "Fault Line" map looks good and since this whole National Heroscape Day thing is his fault, it makes sense to use one of his. :)

i've got 4 castle sets, so i can make 2 of these castle maps for the event. i also have enough terrain to make 2 of UPC's Arctic Divide maps. and then whatever i come up with for the Road/Forest and/or Lava maps, i can make 1 of those. so i can handle 5 maps altogether.

[GaryLASQ]

hey gang, i have a conflict. i'll be out of town 10/19 to 10/21 (wife's work is paying my way to go with her for a business trip to Vegas). this also means my brother's place will be unavailable. this sucks. my apologies to anyone who made special arrangements to be free for this event. sorry.

i'd like to reschedule this at some point...

[Joah]

Yeah, sorry everyone.
It's not to late to find another game that day though.
(dj, I'm looking in your direction.)

Let's plan on getting this done in the next couple of months everybody.

[Codeman]

Sorry to hear about your dilemma. I know we are quite a drive to the west... but we will make room for any of you Wisconsin & Illinois poeople that want to make the trek. I hope we can make it worth the trip.

I've already orderd t-shirts .. however I have orderd a few exta so if you know you will be coming let me know ASAP and I will reserve a shirt for you if I still have any that size.

Anyway ... you are welcome to come over to the TTO

[deliverymanxas]

Not to try and twist your arm or anything...but Im road-tripping all the way from Fremont, Nebraska. Really sounds like fun...you guys should attend if you want to be involved in the largest HS tourney on the 21st. (Well, not sure if it is the largest right now...but its looking that way)

Dman

[noodles]

Map 1: Road/Forest and Lava expansions
"Fault Line" by Rychaen which is also being used in the DFW Tourney on 10/21
Click HERE (http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=157) for the PDF
http://www.heroscapers.com/download/downloads//Faultline_2.jpg


Map 2: Tundra expansion
"Arctic Divide" by UPC which is also being used in the DFW Tourney on 10/21
Click HERE (http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map3_arctic_divide.pdf) for the PDF (for our tournament i'm delcaring Heavy Snow and Normal Ice)
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map3_arctic_divide.jpg

Map3: Fortress expansion
"Blutsymburg" by GaryLASQ
Click HERE (http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg.pdf) for the PDF (glyphs and starting postitions are on the last two pages)
http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg1.png http://heroscape.glasq.com/online/20061021/map4_blutsymburg2.png

this last map i made yesterday. for tournament play, the doors may have to come off ahead of time. i'll be playtesting it tomorrow (with and without doors) to make reasonably sure two 430 point armies can finish in an hour or less on it.

Would you mind if I used these maps in my tournament?

[GaryLASQ]

Would you mind if I used these maps in my tournament?be my guest, noodles. i'd love to hear how my castle map does in tournament action. don't forget to take the doors off first. with the doors on games lasted slightly over an hour during playtesting (430 points). plus melee units are far more useful off the bat with the doors off.

the last couple of pages in the PDF show glyphs and startzones. for the 4 random glyphs i used Gerda, Astrid, Dagmar and Valda. the glyhphs are mainly there to tempt players to go down to the lowest level of the map.

as for the lava and tundra maps, i stoled them from the DFW guys anyhow. so go ahead and use those also :)

[noodles]

Would you mind if I used these maps in my tournament?be my guest, noodles. i'd love to hear how my castle map does in tournament action. don't forget to take the doors off first. with the doors on games lasted slightly over an hour during playtesting (430 points). plus melee units are far more useful off the bat with the doors off.

the last couple of pages in the PDF show glyphs and startzones. for the 4 random glyphs i used Gerda, Astrid, Dagmar and Valda. the glyhphs are mainly there to tempt players to go down to the lowest level of the map.

as for the lava and tundra maps, i stoled them from the DFW guys anyhow. so go ahead and use those also :)

I'll let you know how it does. Awesome map!

[Jormi_Boced]

Not to try and twist your arm or anything...but Im road-tripping all the way from Fremont, Nebraska. Really sounds like fun...you guys should attend if you want to be involved in the largest HS tourney on the 21st. (Well, not sure if it is the largest right now...but its looking that way)

Dman

Yeah, right now it is looking to be the largest tourney on the 21st, and it has the possibility to be the biggest Heroscape tournament ever.

[noodles]

Not to try and twist your arm or anything...but Im road-tripping all the way from Fremont, Nebraska. Really sounds like fun...you guys should attend if you want to be involved in the largest HS tourney on the 21st. (Well, not sure if it is the largest right now...but its looking that way)

Dman

Yeah, right now it is looking to be the largest tourney on the 21st, and it has the possibility to be the biggest Heroscape tournament ever.

I'm pretty sure the tourney in texas is bigger.

[Jormi_Boced]

Not to try and twist your arm or anything...but Im road-tripping all the way from Fremont, Nebraska. Really sounds like fun...you guys should attend if you want to be involved in the largest HS tourney on the 21st. (Well, not sure if it is the largest right now...but its looking that way)

Dman

Yeah, right now it is looking to be the largest tourney on the 21st, and it has the possibility to be the biggest Heroscape tournament ever.

I'm pretty sure the tourney in texas is bigger.

Well not at the current numbers listed on the National Heroscape day page. We are sitting close to 40 and they are a little over 30 the last time I checked. Anyway, it has the potential.

If we could 4-6 of the Chicagoland guys I think it would seal the deal and they could take part in the largest Heroscape tourney ever too.

[Jormi_Boced]

Not to try and twist your arm or anything...but Im road-tripping all the way from Fremont, Nebraska. Really sounds like fun...you guys should attend if you want to be involved in the largest HS tourney on the 21st. (Well, not sure if it is the largest right now...but its looking that way)

Dman

Yeah, right now it is looking to be the largest tourney on the 21st, and it has the possibility to be the biggest Heroscape tournament ever.

I'm pretty sure the tourney in texas is bigger.

I decided to go check, and here is how it is siting currently

40 +/- 5 per Codeman - 20 registered - 13 yes, 7 maybe Tree Town Open - October 21, 2006 ( Iowa/Minnesota/WI/NE/KS
26 total - 26 yes DFW TOURNAMENT!! October 21st PRIZES!! (TX OK NM AR GA)
13 total - 5 yes, 8 maybe Chicagoland Tournament on 10/21 (IL,IN,WI)
12 total - 10 yes, 3 maybe NC SHASS - October 21st - Tourney at Noodle's Place
11 total - 3 yes, 8 maybe Canton, Ohio Oct. 21st Tourney
9 total - 6 yes, 3 maybe RI Tournament (October 21st!)
7 total - 4 yes, 3 maybe Seattle PNW tourney Oct. 21st planning
3 total - 1 yes, 2 maybe AZholes game day in Safford Oct. 21st

I think the TTO is a definite 37 now. Of course definites can always have something come up as well.

[Supergeek]

That stuff dosen't matter because everything is bigger in Texas anyway. :wink:

[Nooblar]

That stuff dosen't matter because everything is bigger in Texas anyway. :wink:

But only Deep in the Heart of Texas, right?

:lol:

[Codeman]

The Texas number remember is only the registered on this site. Like us I am sure they have many non-Heroscapers.com people also coming. So if they have the same type percentage on non-scapers as us then they are well over 50 for their tourney .... and that is ok.

As I stated in another thread. My goal is not to be the biggest tourney. My goal is to be the best… the numbers will come automatically. As of today our number is 41 – but every day I check my e-mail the number changes. I find someone will drop out due typically for a more important commitment that came up. Then a person or two shows up out of the blue and asks if we have room.

My plan is to accommodate all that shows up to play. I have ordered 48 shirts and are making 40 goodie bags – these go to the people I have on my list that have pre- registered with me…after that first come first serve ( I don’t think that will happen though ) but anything over this number we will try hard to have master sets made and ready to go for what ever number shows up

[Jormi_Boced]

That stuff dosen't matter because everything is bigger in Texas anyway. :wink:

Oh yeah, I forgot.

[noodles]

40 +/- 5 per Codeman - 20 registered - 13 yes, 7 maybe Tree Town Open - October 21, 2006 ( Iowa/Minnesota/WI/NE/KS
26 total - 26 yes DFW TOURNAMENT!! October 21st PRIZES!! (TX OK NM AR GA)
13 total - 5 yes, 8 maybe Chicagoland Tournament on 10/21 (IL,IN,WI)
12 total - 10 yes, 3 maybe NC SHASS - October 21st - Tourney at Noodle's Place
11 total - 3 yes, 8 maybe Canton, Ohio Oct. 21st Tourney
9 total - 6 yes, 3 maybe RI Tournament (October 21st!)
7 total - 4 yes, 3 maybe Seattle PNW tourney Oct. 21st planning
3 total - 1 yes, 2 maybe AZholes game day in Safford Oct. 21st

I think the TTO is a definite 37 now. Of course definites can always have something come up as well.

NC SHASS is at 14 with 2 maybes....16 total. It will be 16 definites by next week.

[deliverymanxas]

That stuff dosen't matter because everything is bigger in Texas anyway. :wink:

Oh yeah, I forgot.

How could you forget??

[Jormi_Boced]

So is anyone from Chicagoland still thinking about coming this way for National Heroscape day???