Michigan Tournament Feb. 17 (Next Event Date April 14th)

[damja]

The date for our tournament will be Feb. 17th @ Fun 4 All Games in Ypsilanti. We will start setting up at 11:00am, registration at 12:00, and play at 12:30. I figure play time will last approximately 4 hours so we will be done around 4:30 with clean up to follow.

Fun 4 All Comics and Games
2742 Washtenaw Ave.
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Yahoo! Map (http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=2742+Washtenaw&csz=Ypsilanti%2C+MI+48197&country=us&new=1)

Please RSVP by sending me a pm, or by stating in a posting here by Sunday, February 11th. Also please let me know if you will be bringing any other players who are not members of the board. Thanks!

Registered Players

Damja
monte_kev (+ a few?)
haleon
NotoriousDG
Kev-V (NDG's man-bizich)
SARGE
tbird3190 (+1-2)
TheMainMan
MorbidSoul (+1-2)
Steve (friend of TheMainMan)
waycoolsuperdude
Draconious?
Kakashi?
stee_jans?
bad calvin?

Tourney Rules

Entry fee
$5 + bring something for the prize table or $10 and don't bring anything. I just want to make sure there are a couple of decent prizes (Like a shiny new MS!).
This is still up in the air.

Prizes
If you are planning on bringing something for the table let me know so I can add it to the list.

:!: InfinityMax has promised a dice tower if we have 10 or more participants (which we do). This is a really cool prize. Check out his website!
http://www.vixentorgames.com/
:!: A dice tower made by Damja out of a Wave 5 display box inspired by a thread from a while ago. I'll get a pic so you all can laugh at it too :neener:
:!: Sir Glbert Flag Bearer of Jandar
:!: In store Credit to host store

Army
-Each player is responsible for bringing a 500 point army, order markers, dice, and wound markers (you may want to mark your figures.)
-No customs or proxies (repaints of official figures are ok.)
-No sideboarding.
-Starting zones will be 24 hexes. If your army does not fit - too bad!

Maps
-Maps will be be official HS maps from Hasbro, including expansions or custom maps that include 1 MS and up to 1 expansion set.
-There will be no castle doors.
-Glyphs will be used

Table of Giants (hasbro MS map)

Meat Grinder-modified (http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=185)(In downloads section)

Spring Thaw (http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=282)(In downloads section) I declare normal snow and slippery ice this day.

We will see how many people register to see if we need more maps.

Scenarios
-All games will be a deathmatch.

Format
-Swiss style tournament.
-Each game will last up to 45 minutes. When time is up, players must finish the current round quickly.
-The winner of the game will be determined by who has the most points on the battle field at the end of the time limit if necessary.
-Points for squads will be found by dividing the point value of the card rounding decimals. For example, if you have 2 Marro warriors left when time expires you would count that as 25 points. For one unit you would earn 13 points.

Scoring
-Win/Loss Record takes precedence over points
-The total point differential will break ties for seeding of rounds for players with the same record


Set Up
I will need some help setting up maps and will need some people to bring in terrain. I will have 3 (maybe 4) maps worth of terrain, but we will need more. Set Up will take place an hour before the start of the tourney. Let me know if you can help with this.

That's it for now. More to come!

[Draconious]

Any of them... feb prefered, but its too far for me to go if roads are icey snow covered... my truck dont drive so well in winter.

[Kakashi]

3,2,1

those are my choices

[haleon]

1 and 3 are fine for me and 2 is right out.

Where would we be doing this thing?

[damja]

The date has been determined. RSVP using the events calender.

[Draconious]

So Feb puts it, durring the toys r us buy one get one free sale time... good to use the sale to aquire more maps for torny ;).

Any fees? That usualy makes me ignore contests etc...

I would rather see the M-59 location ;)

[Kakashi]

yep Oakland countys bettre for me 2

[damja]

I am leaning towards Oakland County right now, I just need to make sure there is room at the location I was thinking of. So I need to get some RSVPs.

Let me know if you would be bringing other people so I can get an idea of how many maps and how much room we would need. I will have myself, at least 1 friend from Grand Rapids and maybe up to 5 more people there.

If there were to be any fees it would be to cover prize expenses. The max would be $5 + bring something for the prize table or $10 and don't bring anything. I just want to make sure there are a couple of decent prizes (Like a shiny new MS!).

Nothing is set in stone yet it all depends on how many people show up.

[Draconious]

I mostly just wanted to know if there would be a fee, it was not in the original post.

Anway I may or may not show up depends on weather...

Prizes have to be Scape related or not? I have a few ideas of stuff I do not want but others might (I have too many of them), its new in box, even an out of production item.

I do not expect to win, or pose much of a challenge, I have not played many scape games, just looking to play some more games... heck I do not have many figures to make up a worth while army even.

[damja]

Prizes do not have to be HS related if you don't want them to. It's your choice.

[Kakashi]

how do we RSVP?

[monte_kev]

I peronally wont be able to make this but I past it on to our metro detroit collection of scapers. about 10 guys. so hopefully you will get some rsvp's out of it.

[Cherubim1979]

Hi there!

I'm from Waterloo, On., Ca.

Can I get the directions to the town at least so that I can confirm if the drive would be feasible for me to make to join you guys?

Thanks.

[Draconious]

It is about 4 hours from the blue water bridge if he does it in oakland area... and another hour to an hour and a half from blue water if he does it in ann arbor... I have diven about the same drive the oposite way just to race mini rc cars, I went almost to toronto, in mississagawa.

[haleon]

So, has anyone else started working on their armies yet?

I don't have anyone to play against these days (sniff-sniff :cry: ), but I'm toying with several army ideas on paper.

[monte_kev]

I just shuffled some stuff on my calander to make me free to attend this.

not sure how to RSVP, but can you please RSVP me to the list.
thank you

[damja]

So, has anyone else started working on their armies yet?


Ha! I have started with a couple of ideas too, but I can't get my wife to play with me. Something about stupid graduate classes - whatever.

[haleon]

Ha! I have started with a couple of ideas too, but I can't get my wife to play with me. Something about stupid graduate classes - whatever.
Heh, my wife just looks at me like I'm deranged when I start fiddling with the army cards and figures.

Though she DID offer to play once. I checked her meds and she'd taken them all, so I think she was just colossally bored...

[TheMainMan]

Don't know if it matters or not, but there is a place calledx Fun 4 All in Ypsilanti that has tons of tables for gaming. It is a comic store that usually hosts Magic and stuff like that.

If it is out this way (ann Arbor) there are 4 of us that could play.

[haleon]

Hartland (one of the locations mentioned as a hosting site) would be too far for you, MainMan?

Have one of the 4 of you hop on a Glyph of Valda and then send the other three up Hartland way...
</HSgeek>

[damja]

Keep checking the original post for new info if you have not been doing so. Details are still in the works, but as new info becomes available I will add it to the original post!

Happy 'Scaping everyone!

[Draconious]

I was play testing my army 500 vs 500-700 point armys on my own, its silly as hell to play oneself... especially when I actualy lost once LOL. I am mostly doing it to make sure I know all the right rules for the tourny... and so I dont forget things like syvaris's second attack etc... cuz I know my oponent is not going to remind me ;).

I keep changing what figures I want to bring for my army LOL... if it was 600 I think I know what I would want to bring, but 500 I keep changing my mind... (which means 500 will be more fun).

I will play anyone who is in my area... playing alone is very boring.

[monte_kev]

well I thought had an idea till this weekend, now it is back to the drawing board to prep for this tourny.

played a 1k games after the RIW tourny and I used gilbert for the first time, and I am liking the:
1x Sir Gilbert - 105pts
1x Alastir MacDirk - 110pts
2x Knights of Weston - 140pts
2x 4th Mass. Line - 140pts
Total - 495

but I am not sure if it has quite the crushing ability I am used to playing.
oh well plenty of playtesting before I have to decide.

BTW which maps are included in this statement?
-Maps will be be official HS maps from Hasbro, including expansions or custom maps that include 1 MS and up to 1 expansion set.

just want to know the boards I can expect to see.

thanks guys, should be a blast.

[Draconious]

Yea I was curious what maps too... I saw the no castle door, but I was also thinking no castles at all... so now I am wondering if there will be castles.. not something I would like to see in a tornament.

Also... the hasbro maps are often lop sided... who picks what side?

Would having lower total army points be of any benifit? tie breaking? deciding who gets what side?

I was going to take charos, but after rolling some weird rolls in my test games I decided I do not like loosing a large chunk of my army value all at once ;)

Wish we could take 800 pnts, then only field 500... or something like that. ;).

[InfinityMax]

You guys get 10 attendees for this thing, and I'll make sure you have a dice tower on your prize table.

[haleon]

Yea I was curious what maps too... I saw the no castle door, but I was also thinking no castles at all... so now I am wondering if there will be castles.. not something I would like to see in a tornament.

Also... the hasbro maps are often lop sided... who picks what side?

Having looked over the "official" maps, I have to agree that most are probably too one-sided for tournament play. And I'd second the "no castles at all" vote.

My guess is Damja is going to favour some of the custom ones found on this site designed for tournament use.

I'm still curious whether all scenarios will definitely have glyphs or not. It can make a difference...


You guys get 10 attendees for this thing, and I'll make sure you have a dice tower on your prize table.
That would be quite cool, thanks Max!

[damja]

Yea I was curious what maps too... I saw the no castle door, but I was also thinking no castles at all... so now I am wondering if there will be castles.. not something I would like to see in a tornament.


If there are castles pieces they would be evenly distributed on the map.

Also... the hasbro maps are often lop sided... who picks what side?

Would having lower total army points be of any benifit? tie breaking? deciding who gets what side?

No one would get lower points, just the maps would be used - not the scenarios. All matches would be a deathmatch. A d20 roll would determine who picks their starting zone first.

Wish we could take 800 pnts, then only field 500... or something like that.

That would be called sideboarding. This is something that would change things considerably. There is much discussion about it and how to implement it into a tournament. For the first one, I don't really want to play around with this. Maybe in future tournaments. :lol:

[Draconious]

I know about no side boarding ;) I think it fits with the games theme, bringing in heros that fit the mission etc... but its complex. However with out it, I want to know if the armies we choose will be kept secure until they are all chosen, and the game starts... other wise everyone will try to be the last one to submit their army choice... after they see everyone elses army ;).

I just dont want to see a lot of people pick squad based armies, and then have some one pick grimnak... or everyone pick a lot of charos armies and have some one pick squads... cuz that is worse than any side boarding issues.

So I propose we write down our armies, and put it in a black box. One that even a tourny host assistant cannot see. Then it gets opened when everyone has submited their army... and the torney host can write down the armies in the master list or something to make sure they dont get changed

Anyone stupid enough to tell or show others what their army actualy is... well then it becomes their own problem.

I am sure you have thought of this though. ;)

[damja]

Yes, armies will be kept secure. Upon arrival you will submit your army to the tournament director (me likely). I will be the first to submit mine and your army will be kept secure until play begins. There will be no changing of armies after they are submitted.

Of course if you all want to post your armies now so I can pick mine based on what you are doing go right ahead.

(Hmmmm....maybe I should post a fake army) Oh crap! Did I say that out loud?

[bad_calvin]

It is to bad that none of you live closer to east lansing. I know a huge place that we could set up and play at there. :(

If you guys do a tourney this summer I will come to where you are.

[Draconious]

Could Use a map like this...

1MS 1FF
http://s88452779.onlinehome.us/HeroScape/DRCTRNY-001.jpg

[haleon]

It is to bad that none of you live closer to east lansing. I know a huge place that we could set up and play at there. :(

If you guys do a tourney this summer I will come to where you are.

I live in East Lansing ;)

[bad_calvin]

It is to bad that none of you live closer to east lansing. I know a huge place that we could set up and play at there. :(

If you guys do a tourney this summer I will come to where you are.

I live in East Lansing ;)


SO YOUR THE GUY THAT KEEPS GOING AND BUYING UP THE HS STUFF!
lol, There has got to be ton of players out in lansing, the stuff moves off the shelf before I usually get a chance to get it. I am glad to hear of another person local that we could potentially game with. I will get a hold of you soon. :)

[Draconious]

Umm... we should slip "heroscapers.com" notes into the master set boxes ;) so those buying the game in the area can find players...

I am also curious about the age range of those showing up... if its all 12-18 or something like that.. I might not bother showing up lol... I am a bit old for this... lol...

[bad_calvin]

Umm... we should slip "heroscapers.com" notes into the master set boxes ;) so those buying the game in the area can find players...

I am also curious about the age range of those showing up... if its all 12-18 or something like that.. I might not bother showing up lol... I am a bit old for this... lol...

I worry about that too, being the only adult. I am 33 my son is 8. He is a bit flighty at times and defenately not into the competitiveness as I am. He likes to just have fun, and will even run his guys away if I am beating them. It is fun though, but you wouldn't want to show up to a tournament and be the only adult. i hear what you are saying.

[Stee-Jans]

I like the idea of putting the tournament in Howell. As I am coming from all the way across the state (Muskegon) it would be really nice if it were in Howell. If it's not in Howell, I don't know if I'll be able to make it or not.

I would really like to go to the tournament that would be a lot of fun.

I like the map idea above, but I think one of the ruins on the left should be placed on the right side of the river.

[bad_calvin]

I like the idea of putting the tournament in Howell. As I am coming from all the way across the state (Muskegon) it would be really nice if it were in Howell. If it's not in Howell, I don't know if I'll be able to make it or not.

I would really like to go to the tournament that would be a lot of fun.

I like the map idea above, but I think one of the ruins on the left should be placed on the right side of the river.

I pretty much echo that. Howell is a hike from where I live (which is in the boondocks outside but near Okemos/ e lansing). As long as the weahter is good I can do the Howell thing with no problem. I am more available to travel when i don't have the worry of ice and snow however. I am not sure of any space in Howell that we could use though. the game shops out there are kind of small. :(

[Stee-Jans]

When I was in high school my friends decided to host a Magic tournament, and they were able to use a conference room at a local hotel for a minimal fee. If there is a motel or hotel that is not a corporate chain, they would probably allow us to have a tournament in one of their conference rooms for cheap, especially if there isn't anything going on that weekend, and depending on the time of the tournament, some of us may prefer to spend the night in the hotel/motel instead of driving 3 hours to or from home, especially if the weather is bad.

[bad_calvin]

When I was in high school my friends decided to host a Magic tournament, and they were able to use a conference room at a local hotel for a minimal fee. If there is a motel or hotel that is not a corporate chain, they would probably allow us to have a tournament in one of their conference rooms for cheap, especially if there isn't anything going on that weekend, and depending on the time of the tournament, some of us may prefer to spend the night in the hotel/motel instead of driving 3 hours to or from home, especially if the weather is bad.

There is always a church, a hall, and that sort of thing as well. I am just not familuar with the area. I just know it isn't tooooo far for me to go.

[damja]

I pretty much echo that. Howell is a hike from where I live (which is in the boondocks outside but near Okemos/ e lansing). As long as the weahter is good I can do the Howell thing with no problem. I am more available to travel when i don't have the worry of ice and snow however. I am not sure of any space in Howell that we could use though. the game shops out there are kind of small. :(

There is one game shop in Howell that could work but I don't want to give them a plug or a reference link yet because the owner has not yet contacted me (I left him information a few days ago and asked for a contact in return to discuss details).

There would be room there for about 10 maps or so in the game room + one or two outside of it if they would allow us the space.

[bad_calvin]

I pretty much echo that. Howell is a hike from where I live (which is in the boondocks outside but near Okemos/ e lansing). As long as the weahter is good I can do the Howell thing with no problem. I am more available to travel when i don't have the worry of ice and snow however. I am not sure of any space in Howell that we could use though. the game shops out there are kind of small. :(

There is one game shop in Howell that could work but I don't want to give them a plug or a reference link yet because the owner has not yet contacted me (I left him information a few days ago and asked for a contact in return to discuss details).

There would be room there for about 10 maps or so in the game room + one or two outside of it if they would allow us the space.

I think I know who you are talking about. They are in a strip mall? It is a pretty tight fit in their store. he does sell HS marked up pretty good. You might have to call him again.

I am excited about all the Michigan posters I am seeing in here, I hope we can build up a good group perhaps for some summer fun to echo the players that are in the TX, CO, WI areas.

[haleon]

I worry about that too, being the only adult. I am 33 my son is 8.
Ok, good to know I won't be the only person over 30 at this thing then ;)

pretty much echo that. Howell is a hike from where I live (which is in the boondocks outside but near Okemos/ e lansing).
I may just have a different vantage point on it (I also live in the Okemos/E Lansing area, but commute to work outside of Detroit most days), but this doesn't seem like THAT much of a haul to me.

Oh, I agree I'd rather not burn 45-55 minutes (each way) driving, but it is survivable.

I think we just need to find more players around us, Calvin ;)

[damja]

Oh, I agree I'd rather not burn 45-55 minutes (each way) driving, but it is survivable.

I think we just need to find more players around us, Calvin ;)

I would be willing to meet you guys. I only live about 45 minutes from E. Lansing taking 69S. I normally have to drive to GR to play.

By the way my playgroup and I are all 30-ish (I'm the oldest and will be 30 this summer).

[damja]

Ok. The Events Registration is JACKED!!! If you tried to register (or did register) there, forget it and register in this thread. I will then add you to the list.

Sorry about the confusion.

[monte_kev]

thanks for choosing the maps.
I have to admit, these games will not take an hour to play..the maps are fairly small.

but no I can start practicing, to help decide on my army..

[Draconious]

I am 31... so I was just wondering ;)

[NotoriousDG]

yo kev, count me in. i'll try to rally the troops out in GR.

[Morbidsoul40]

Would there be room for spectators? There are 3 of us that are new to the game and may be interested in coming just to watch/learn.

[bad_calvin]

Where are you located ?

[Draconious]

Why just watch? you might as well play and participate, I have not played many games... none that were all that strategic at least.

[monte_kev]

Would there be room for spectators? There are 3 of us that are new to the game and may be interested in coming just to watch/learn.

its so easy to play, screw just watching, you will learn more by participating. if you need to borrow figs just ask. I can bring 3 master set figs for you guys to build armies from if you would like.

for real...play its worth it and your already thinking of making the trip.

[Draconious]

YEa if you dont have any figs, the game is rumored to be on sale at TRU in feb... a buy one get one free type sale... but I am thinking it will likely be to promote the marvel scape stuff...

I am sure people will be yelling at me for playing wrong now and then.. so just play :)

[monte_kev]

thoughts on tables:
table of giants: long shooting lanes, range will win here.

meat grinder: a bit open but alot more elevation changes to slow things down espesially the water...flight will be a good thing. I still see range grabbing the high ground the having a field day with the melee units bogged down in the water.

spring thaw: looks cool, alot of stuff to slow things down...the ice will cut down shooting lanes, I think this will be a very cool board.

just my thoughts out loud, deffently re-looking at my builds

again, appreciate you posting this info early so we can be prepared.

[haleon]

Ok, it may be a bit cheesy, but...

I'm pretty bad at names, so I was thinking... would we want nametags? I can supply them if need be.

[NotoriousDG]

i wouldnt worry about the inexperience factor-a couple of the guys who are thinking of coming out with me from GR have only played once or twice. I myself am far from being some sort of strategic mastermind and am pretty non-competitive. The idea is to have fun playing a sweet ass game and meet some new people. Hopefully, everyone will be accommodating and patient with any newbies. Shame on anyone who losses sight of the whole idea of having fun.

[haleon]

Shame on anyone who losses sight of the whole idea of having fun.
It's not fun to crush one's enemies and watch them squirm in the dust and detritus of their own miserable failure?

Nah, kidding...

I agree with Notorious 100%.

These "tournaments" shouldn't really be about competition. They're about fun. About playing a fun game with new and (hopefully) interesting people.

I used to live back east and play a good deal of board games with a large group of people. And generally, for most every game at most every session, there was at least one person who didn't know the rules of the game we were about to play and thus had to be taught.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Teaching can be fun. We all remember how bad we were with the rules in the beginning and just grin and nod when a mistake is made.

So c'mon down! Watch! Play! I think you'll find it's not a big deal either way...

[damja]

Would there be room for spectators? There are 3 of us that are new to the game and may be interested in coming just to watch/learn.

Just to piggyback on what everyone else has said - Come and play. I would bet that most of the people registered have not played HS in a tournament. Notorious and I pretty much only play with each other (and sporadically as we live on opposite sides of the state).

The main reason why we are doing this is so that we can get a group of people together and play. Just to make it more interesting and to see who sucks the least on that day we're doing it in a tournament fashion.

Hope to see you become active in the forumns (theres a lot of good info out there) and see you in February!

[SHERF]

Count me in. The SHERF will attend.

[InfinityMax]

Counting Sherf, I see 10 people attending. So damja, I'll be PMing you for an address where I can send a dice tower for your prize table.

[Aldin]

Welcome to the boards, SHERF!

On behalf of our handsome and/or beautiful community I extend to you a laurel and a hearty handshake.

~Aldin, who, highly impressed by his dice towers, wants to meet IMax someday

[monte_kev]

I play tested my army on the meat grinder last night...the board is alot of fun compared to my initial thoughts.

it was shooting fish in a barrel if the range grabbed the hills and just started capping the melee units crossing the swamp.

overall it was fun tho.

one question regarding the meat grider? are we using the starting positions indicated in the build? or are we using a must be touch back edge then build in from there? I ask this cuz range 10/9 can shoot the other starting zone without even moving if we use the whole start up area, and if the deployment is done correctly. dead-eye dan picking units off first activation scares me...haha

[damja]

I may move them a bit. If we take the 3 closest starting hexes and shift them to behind the ruins that should work out ok. I will play with it a bit more.

[Draconious]

I may have to cancel my plans to attend this, due to a car accident... I do not really want to drive my truck anywere but where I have to (class/work). but its a month away so who knows...

All because I had to make one more trip to TRU to find flag bearers..........................

[damja]

That sucks Draconious. Do you have any friends who play that could bum you a ride?

[Draconious]

I got a month to go, but right now if I need to I can limp the truck there... now that time has gone by and its not imediatly after the accident, I dont see the damage as beeing that bad, its just things that got damaged that I do not know about that scare the crap out of me lol... so I guess I am still good to go... and parents might be in town around then so I might be able to use their car incase mine is in shop or something. And I managed to find half of 2 more sets of FBearers last night ;).

[haleon]

And I managed to find half of 2 more sets of FBearers last night ;).

Sorry to hear about the accident, Drac...

Did you happen to see the Einar FBer (a spare, that is). That's the only one I've not gotten yet (after hitting abput 6 TRU's in the south-central and southeast parts of the state).

[Draconious]

I went to Novi, Telegraph, and Ann Arbor TRUs last night... Telegraph had
some master sets that were opened (first edition, but larger number so I doubt they had sparkle water) I was told I could get 7$ off, but I didnt buy them... I only took 2 blue flags and a red and gray one... they didnt have any purple/green... there was only 2 or 3 left here...

The Novi one that I expected to have all of them, did not have squat, although they had a large pile of Playstation 3's lol... the ann arbor one

The ann arbor one, had a crap load of Blue Flags (10+)... but only one gray other then the blue ones, that I took ;).

I still need 2 green and 2 purple to complete 2 sets.

Friday was not a good day to check, they are usualy cleaned out on friday, in MI most stores get restocked Mon/Tues or Wed... depending on the store.

Gratiot, Madison Heights, and Lakeside TRUs do not have squat either, they did not even have master sets lol...

All of the stores had like 100 packs of wave 5...

[tbird3190]

you can count me and my friend in. we played friday night from 11pm - 8am the next morning. The second game he played as Einar and had a 1300 point army and I was Jandar in the Castle with my 900 point army. he quit after 4 hours because Nielfhiem was dispatched to reak havoc on his Legionaires and Sacred band.


I am going tomorrow to TRU hunting in Ohio. In the oregon TRU they always have every set imaginable except wave 3 so I'm gonna pick up all the flag bearers as I have none.

I did score some Zombie and Heroes from Wave 6 at the Taylor Walmart today, but I think they put them out there on error because the scanner didnt even recognize them. The cashier had to add them manually.

Tourny sounds fun. You can definatly expect us there.

I may have one more also, I'll let you know after I call them tomorrow

[haleon]

So I've now come up with three army ideas that I've tested and discarded. One wonders if I am that bad at designing armies, or that bad at playing?

Anyone else having better luck?

Oh, and is anyone open to the idea of loaning units to help people out in rounding-out their armies, if they don't happen to have a needed unit? Like a 3rd set of some common squad, or a rarer unit (like EOV or Nerak).

I'd be willing to help others in such a way, as I am able...

[monte_kev]

I'll be brining all my figs so if you need something I am not using, my figs are marked so I will loan out figs.

[damja]

I've experimented with a couple of ideas too. One of my armies is a Marro and Orc Killer! (I'm just not sure if it good for anything else)

I even considered play testing an army consisting of only 4 cards just to see what would happen!

[Draconious]

I asume armies can be any general mix?
And was it said there will be glyphs or not? ;)

[monte_kev]

I had to sit back and ask myself...do I want to play for fun or for competition.

I was thinking an all mind-shackle/soul devour army...but its not very effective, just a whole lot of fun.

the other army has won a couple games with friends on the listed boards, and i am happy with its performance thus far...

[damja]

Everybody check the first thread for anything new. For example, if you know what you will be bringing for the prize table please pm me or state it in a post here so I can add it to the list.

I hope your army planning is going well!

[haleon]

Do we have any better idea of location or start time as yet?

We're starting to get a little closer to the date.

Thanks!

[monte_kev]

damja,
RIW hobbies game rooms are completly booked for this day. So no dice there man.

anyone have a condo/apartment cummunity center we could rent for the afternoon? usually its just a deposit and then if you leave it clean you get your deposit back.

other ideas:
church meeting rooms
hotel confrence rooms
or
someones big ass house to host this deal.

damja,
two weeks away can you toss a progress report at least?

[bad_calvin]

If you guys wanted to come out to Morrice (between lansing and flint on i-69) I could probably get us some space somewhere. on short notice I am not sure, but if we were planning out a bit it would not be a problem.
pm me if you are interested at all.

[damja]

two weeks away can you toss a progress report at least?
2 and a half weeks, thank you.

I have been in contact with the Manager of Fun 4 All Comics and Games in Ypsilanti. He said he was definatly interested in hosting the event for us. I am going to call him Wednesday to confirm everything.

The guy in Howell flaked out (never returned follow up emails or phone calls). Needless to say, I will not be doing business with him anytime soon.

I have updated a couple of things in the first post of the thread. Please re-read it if you have not done so in the last week or so.

*edit*
I talked to Richard at Fun 4 All and it is a go - so our location is set. I am going down there on Saturday to check out the space and work out final details. He did mention that there is a MtG Tourney that day later in the afternoon so if anyone plays they might be able to make a day of it.

He also mentioned that he had a full set of wave 6 in stock, so if none of you has it yet, you might want to go get it before I get there on Saturday, because it will likely be gone when I leave. :D

Richard seems like a cool guy and is already talking about a semi-regular tourney if this goes well!

Recheck the original post when you get a sec and let me know if you can help set up/bring terrain.

Happy 'Scaping!

[TheMainMan]

Fun 4 All has planty of room. It is a perfect site for this. I have known Rich for about 11 years and he is a stand up guy.

-D

[haleon]

Sweet!

Now we're ready to rock and roll! I can help out with the set-up as needed...

I've settled on an army and am fairly confident of its kickassitude, so all beware!

[monte_kev]

agreed, been there for a dreamblade tourny. it will work out just fine.

[damja]

Slight change to the time allowed for each round. Because I want to have rounds start every hour I have changed the maximum time for each round of play to 45 minutes.

I am headed down to AA today to finalize details and I will post further updates this afternoon.

NDG - I'll see you Sunday! Go Colts!

[haleon]

Seems like a good idea to me. May mean a few more draws, but I think most people can knock out a game in 45 minutes.

[Draconious]

A round or a game in 45 minutes? ;)

I've played some slow games... so who knows.
I guess if you play vs some one that started with 5-10 points less than you, you just have to keep running and not get killed and when time is up you win LOL :)

[damja]

One tournament round Draconious! :lol:

Yes one game.

[damja]

Fun 4 all is going to work out great for us. Rich pretty much gave me the back 2 rooms of the store for our tourney if we need them. The biggest thing is that we cannot bring in any food or drink (he has pop/water and snacks). So, everyone will need to eat before we get there, or we will need to schedule a lunch break. The way I see it we have three options,

1. We start playing at 11:30 or 12 and play until we are done and either eat before or after we play.

2. We start at 11:30 or 12 and take a lunch break after the second round.

3. We start later (1:00) and play until we are done.

Should I make this a poll?

[Stee-Jans]

I hate to do this, but I won't know if I can be there until shortly before it happens. I'm kind of in limbo right now with my life. I've been busy trying to get a job in DC, and in so doing, I may be moving out to the DC area that weekend or before. It just depends if I get some of the jobs for which I've interviewed, and with the tournament being in Ypsi, because that guy in Howell is a flake, that adds an extra hour on my drive. I'll see what I can do, but what's the latest that I can RSVP?

[TheMainMan]

I say we start at 11:30 and play until we are done. It would be easy to grab some NcDonalds or something on the way and eat in the car. Also, if you need a snack to power through, they have candy bars and stuff.

Nice organizing! I am extremly excited. I talked to Rich Friday, and he said he would be happy to order us Heroscape stuff direct and he would get it just like Sandra does. That saves me shipping!! And we could pick it up the day it comes out! Now there is no more waiting for mail!!

[Draconious]

Think he would aquire one of every figure expansion and sell them at or near wholesale? in a bulk deal? ;) it might make my drive there worth it, and I dont have many addons, I refuse to pay 12$ for 5-6 plastic figures... and I can never find those 7-8$ sales...

I tired to get the figures i wnated to build an army out of but they are too hard to find ;) -- dont really want to barrow them either... so I will be bringing a rather crappy army LOL...

There is also a chance I wont be able to go due to the longer drive now... and I will be even less likely to go if there is snow/ice that day... although I might go anyway if I get bored enough.

[TheMainMan]

Are we going to be using glyphs at all on these maps?



Sorry, I see in your description that we are! My bad!

[Draconious]

Option 4 for eating... I keep soda/pop and food in my car, and just walk otu there when I want to eat/drink LOL... yes im a cheap bastard.

[TheMainMan]

Apparently. I will buy you a pop.

[monte_kev]

right now I am at me +3 people. still working on more.
team RIW is looking to win it all.

[WolvenOne]

So has anyone spotted any wave 6 anywhere in the metro area yet? We've ordered a few things from Hasbro's site, but now that I know what I want for the tournie it'd be nicer to not have to end up paying shipping and tax again.

[TheMainMan]

Try calling Fun 4 All where the tourney is. He has some.

[damja]

Try calling Fun 4 All where the tourney is. He has some.

Not after last Saturday. :lol:

He did say he would get some more.

It's getting close to crunch time folks and I only have 4 maps worth of terrain (3 from me 1 from one of you) We need some more people to bring maps and help set up. Let me know ASAP so that I can plan.

Thanks a bunch

[TheMainMan]

He ordered more Wave 6 cases and got them yesterday if anyone needs any.

I am leaving out of town on business and won't be back until that morning. I will be way short on time and won't be able to help set up. Sorry. I will be there in time for the tournament though.

-D

[waycoolsuperdude]

Hello Michigan folks! New to the boards and just wanted to say hi. Looking forward to attending the MI tourney. I know I can't bring in food or cans of soda, but does that mean I also can't bring in several cans of Whoop A__? Just wondering.

[Aldin]

Welcome to the boards, waycoolsuperdude!

On behalf of our exuberantly named and highly contested community I extend to you a laurel and a hearty handshake.

~Aldin, bringing a can of soup

[damja]

Help PLEASE! I want to make sure I have enough terrain so that there are not people waiting around to play. Let me know ASAP if you can bring terrain and help set up!

On a less frantic note:

We are less than one week away!

[monte_kev]

all my terrain is taged with silver dots on the bottom, so I will bring my terrain and I will help set-up.

[Draconious]

I have an unused master set worth of terrain I could sell off ;)

I am going to try and come, depending how much snow we get... its gona hit hard the next few days... I could trade the master set of terrain... for a couple sets of figures... I am trying to get the figures I want for my army... and I dont have any of them yet lol.

I guess I will write down my main army choice and a secondary, and if I cannot barrow enough figures or find them in the next few days, I will use the secondary choice...

[monte_kev]

I am bringing all my figs to the tourny. and I am using a very different list so chances are I got what you will need to borrow, and you can borrow...just ask....

and if you do you just can't beat me ;) :lol:

[Draconious]

When you see the list I have in mind, you will know why I doubt any one will have what I need to barrow ;).

[Draconious]

Well I went ahead and ordered the figures I need from HMG... but I doubt they will be here in time for the tourney... 4 days... I have seen it happen before but not when I need the stuff ;).

I also wound up buying a lot more figures that I did not really need :) 150$ worth of HS stuff... sigh... oh well I was bound to buy something that was not "onsale" eventualy...

[damja]

$150!? :shock:

You do realize you only get 500 points, right? :lol:

How come I have a feeling that you ordered 10 packs of orcs?

[bad_calvin]

When you see the list I have in mind, you will know why I doubt any one will have what I need to barrow ;).

You are getting a lot of bridge guards aren't ya? heh.
That is a pretty evil army. 20 bridge guards for 500 points. :)

[Draconious]

I only had 2 expansion sets for figures... I now have many more ;)
I doubt they will get here in time though, the tracking date is 19th not 17th ;) but they are almost here already on the tracking... sandra got them out lightning fast after I ordered too ;) Its my fault I shoulda ordered the day before I did, as I was going too but I procrastinated... trying to find them cheaper some were else.

As for gaurds Ive only got 2 ;)
Asuming the starting zones were big enough...
I wonder what would happen if someone took 20 dumetef gaurds to a 500 pnt tourny lol...

Curious about this tourny, no customs allowed, but repaints are... how about re-posed? same figure same rules, just the arms bent and reposed, a custom, but not custom :). Say I got sick of looking at the same 3 orcs over and over ;) lol!!!!!

[bad_calvin]

I only had 2 expansion sets for figures... I now have many more ;)
I doubt they will get here in time though, the tracking date is 19th not 17th ;) but they are almost here already on the tracking... sandra got them out lightning fast after I ordered too ;) Its my fault I shoulda ordered the day before I did, as I was going too but I procrastinated... trying to find them cheaper some were else.

As for gaurds Ive only got 2 ;)
Asuming the starting zones were big enough...
I wonder what would happen if someone took 20 dumetef gaurds to a 500 pnt tourny lol...

Curious about this tourny, no customs allowed, but repaints are... how about re-posed? same figure same rules, just the arms bent and reposed, a custom, but not custom :). Say I got sick of looking at the same 3 orcs over and over ;) lol!!!!!

I won't be at this tourney. I would be more apt to go to one in the lansing area, or weberville, williamston, fowlerville, owosso, durand and or Perry.

Maybe I can get us a nice sized building to rent out that we can do it up sometime this summer or fall.

[Morbidsoul40]

Work is requiring me to come in on Saturday for a couple weeks, so I will not be able to attend. Sorry for the short notice. Pretty bummed out about this.

[Draconious]

Looks like SNOW.. for most of the day that day... so hopefuly roads wont be so bad... it would figure next saturday apears to be warmer on the forcast ;)

[damja]

The roads will be fine. An inch or two never hurt anybody - except for idiots in SUVs who think they can still plow through 275 at 85 mph.

See you there.

[damja]

Great Time everybody. I will post the results in the appropriate section. I will also have pics when I figure out how to upload them here.

[damja]

If anybody has any feedback let me know. The next event I will plan will be in April sometime so there is plenty of time to get the word out and plan this thing out.

Let me know what you thought about the maps used and any ideas you might have for next time. I have a couple, but I'll see what you guys want to do first.

[monte_kev]

despite last place, I really had a good time.
not sure what happened...lol when I won it was a slim win and when I lost it was a blowout.

no real comments tho. I think it went very well. great host location too plenty of room. I will be back with the last place trophy looking to pass it on for sure.

[damja]

As you can see from the change in the title, the next event at Fun 4 All is April 14th - just in time for tax day and hopefully Wave 7!

Again, if you have any suggestions for the next one let me know.

I have one or two ideas on how to make things a little more interesting. For example, I am designing at least one of the maps we will use myself and when I am done I will post it for everyone else to see.

[Draconious]

Cool.. if some one has an extra white die they did not have before its prolly mine ;)

[monte_kev]

april 14th, sounds good man. I'll pass the word and will plan on being there.

500pts again right...
I'll start building a smarter force..hehe

[haleon]

April 14th sounds good (for now)! Looking forward to it.

I have no real input from the last one besides making sure we don't use maps as small as the Meat Grinder again. Maybe some more melee-friendly maps? (Lot's of trees and other LOS blockers, no ice in the middle).

Now I just need to get back to figuring out how to get a second Q9 into my army...

[waycoolsuperdude]

April 14 is good for me so far. Only one very minor suggestion: what about having a bracket board? Something visual to show what the current standings are. Like I said, just a thought. Looking forward to April. If anyone wants any practice, just let me know.

[chezious]

Sounds like fun. I would love to go. Count me in as of now. Last tourney I could not make it due to work. This time I could make it. Now when the day arrives and we are there, do we use our forum id as ways to tell us all apart. For ex. I am Chezious. That what you did last time? Cannot wait.

[damja]

We used both. We had name tags that had our names and board ID. There were a couple there that are not on the board too.

I am going to start a new thread later today.

[chezious]

I got mapquest directions and its just over 4 hrs away...Haha. I'll let my wife know today and she'll be ecstatic..(all the pun intended, trust me)

I'll bring $10, since I have nothing to bring. Everything I have is just my collection.

[bad_calvin]

so where did you all end up meeting? howell?

[monte_kev]

met in yipsi at fun-4-all, worked out great can't wait for april.

I was thinking a frnzy army but I might end up staying away from all d20 based abilities. dice hate me

[haleon]

I love the frenzy army. I've had some huge successes with versions of it.

Of course, I've also been slaughtered. As you say, it's all in the dice.

So yes, YOU should avoid it...

[chezious]

I love the frenzy army. I've had some huge successes with versions of it.

Of course, I've also been slaughtered. As you say, it's all in the dice.

So yes, YOU should avoid it...

D20 the ever elusive number to obtain on that die. Frenzy is so good when it works but in my case it rarely does. But when it does its so cool.

[TheMainMan]

Haelon can D20 the hell out of you for initiative, but when it comes to Frenzy,3.......2.......5........7.
Hee hee!

[haleon]

It really is rather astounding how bad I rolled D20s outside of initiative...

Wasn't just the frenzy either, it was also the mindshackle.

I may as well have just pretended ya'all started the game by successfully Morsbaning all my guys...

[monte_kev]

just to let everyone know RIW hobbies in livionia 5mile & middlebelt has wave 6 in stock and on the shelves. Pam (owner) plans on keeping it in stock as well. price $12.99