DragonCon Tourney

[Rodriquez]

editted Aug 24th:

time 1-5 Sunday sept 3rd.
cost: $3
max pp:20(but we won't turn anyone away)
Prizes:TBA but there will be the following for sure: from Mallidon's prophecy: Hero's, Orc's, Roman's fiq packs.
other prizes will include: 1 set of EOV. as well as a set of Raknar's Vision(unfortunately this will be opened as my order did not arrive on time..but they're brand new!).
there will/should be various other prizes/giveways(some will depend on if my shipment comes in on time!)

Entry lvl tourney(no exp required)

This will be a swiss style Tourney: 4 Rounds(approximately 45 minutes each).

maps:(10 total)
Searing gorgex2
SoulRazorx2
Forsake waterx3
2 others map TBA.

Setup: 400 point armies, no custom or proxies will be allowed, but any released fiqures are.

I will have some prebuilt 400 point army's on hand for those who don't have any.

Things to bring: yer predrafted army, order markers, d20, wound markers, dice.

Note *we will not be using glyph's*

Tourney Setup:
Swiss 4 rounds, winner will be determined by best record as well as most points..(at end of game each side will determine total points).
Point setup: any "squad" member killed with give full point total at end of game. hero: must be killed to obtain full point value. No partial points will be given.


***********anyone willing to help with setup and breakdown please pm me.
Right now I'm in need of at least 2-4 ms sets for maps(I'll have enough for I believe 7 maps total). Also if ye could bring extra dice/d20's/wound markers/order markers as a just in case that'd be appreciated.


Any Question pm me here or at wrenchezo@yahoo.com****************

Cheers
Rod

[Bannister]

I would also like to add my son to the list.

Bannister

[Rodriquez]

ahh fun man!
as far as I know the Dragoncon site will have the event up as soon as they get it registered in.

[Buddy Lee]

I have gotten some interest from my nephews and niece. So, they may be coming.

What I don't see is a time or place. Where is that information, and if it hasn't been posted when do we get those details?

Buddy Lee

[Rodriquez]

I will have the time/date info as soon as dragoncon locks in my timeframe..
right now I've sent in request for sunday afternoon from 1-4...with 5 tables which should hold 2 maps apiece

and I am lookin for a few ppl to help me set up maps...


cheers
Rod

check out dragoncon.org and go to gaming...ye'll need to sign up and get a login and they'll have the info up as soon as they set it..which will be after the 20th sometime when they quite taking submission for events.
as soon as I get confirm I'll edit my 1st post with the info

right now I know for sure the prizes will include at least 2 of wave 1 expansions...

[Hendal]

What are the dates of Dragoncon????

[Rodriquez]

Dragoncon is always the 4 day weekend of labour day..
it starts friday and ends monday

Dragoncon.org

cheers

[Buddy Lee]

So, what progress has been made in this endeavor?

Hoping I can attend, but I'll need more details. I only plan to go for the one day of the event, not the entire Con.

Buddy Lee

[Rodriquez]

the date and timefreame has been set now.
though Im lookin for a few ppl to come help me set up and possibly bring a few ms sets.

currently Ive got 8 ms sets and Im not sure how many will fit exactly in my car(me and wife will be gone a week on vacation, and dragoncon happens at that time :), and the fact we'll be driving from Dallas to Atlanta).

cheers
Rod

[Buddy Lee]

the date and timefreame has been set now.
though Im lookin for a few ppl to come help me set up and possibly bring a few ms sets.

currently Ive got 8 ms sets and Im not sure how many will fit exactly in my car(me and wife will be gone a week on vacation, and dragoncon happens at that time :), and the fact we'll be driving from Dallas to Atlanta).

cheers
Rod

Umm. When and Where? (Time and location, please).

I may be able to help set up, and should be able to bring some terrain/figures. Just let me know what you need.

Buddy Lee

[Rodriquez]

location will be the gaming hotel at dragoncon, atm I can't really tell ye how to get to it, since it's right down from the hyatt(where I'll be staying)

pm me and I'll hit ye up with my number man and we can werk something out..but I'm gonna get up there at least an hour early and hopefully be able to get several boards built before 1.

*edit* this is straight from dragoncon's site: Attention!
Keep in mind that Gaming this year is taking place in the Hilton. Make your *

ye really need to go there and get a login on the gaming section buddy, as they will be selling tickets once they close event submissions on July 20th(at that point I will have firm info on date/time/length).

but also I will not turn anyone away who shows up.

cheers
Rod

[justjohn]

Me and the wife are strongly considering coming.

[Rodriquez]

the more the merrier John.
if ye do just let me know man

Cheers
Rod

[Rodriquez]

Submission has closed on the dragoncon.org website.
ye can go there, and sign up and register for the Tourney.

I do suggest if ye are for sure to go ye do this, as the D-con website will be selling the tickets for the event,

but as stated before if more ppl show up I wont turn anyone away.


cheers
Rod

[Bannister]

Anyone? Anyone?

Bannister

[Buddy Lee]

Anyone? Anyone?

Bannister

No. Its:

Bueller? Bueller?

Buddy Lee

[Bannister]

I have just embarked on a shameless PMing campaign to try and spark some interest in this thing!!

Bannister

[Rodriquez]

sounds good man,
as I said above, ye can go ahead and get tickets for on on dragoncon's site, in the gaming section..do a search and one of searches has a listing on all games/game types..heroscape is among them under miniatures.

if ye try to go directly to the miniatures link on the sidebar ye won't anything but info on dreamblade..

cheers

also if anyone is a for sure for coming please pm me, I had plan on having 10 maps(2 per table) up but I dont think I have quite enough terrain myself, gonna need 3-5 more ms's I think or so(I'm thinking at least 3 more as I have 6 or 7 myself).

Rod

[Rodriquez]

Ok 1st post has been totally updated/revised

any questions?

heads up for the actual game setup:
we're gonna use the chao's theory...
in other words the dice will tell...
ye'll get a number from 1-20... :)
I'll let ye fiqure out the rest..
first come first serve on who gets to roll for orders in first round..
while first round is being played....well ye'll find out for the rest.

cheers
Rod

[Rodriquez]

ok I'm headin to atlanta as of today..so my online time til dragoncon will be limited...

if ye have question oir need to reach me leave me a pm here

or one of the texas crew or bannister has my number if yer clueless/lost/stuck etc...

cheers
Rod

btw I editted the front page to reflect the updated prize list:
Wave 1 expansion packs.
Raknar's Visionx1(opened due to my order not arriving but in brand new shape)
1 set of Elite Onyx Viper(again opened but about Brand new)

and some other stuff...

[reapersaurus]

Kudos on running this event with supplying all the sets and prizes yourself.
:thumbsup:
That's no small feat.

[Buddy Lee]

I will be there. Along with my nephew and niece. Both fans of the game, and quite skilled as well.

If someone who reads this could pm me with Rodriquez's phone number that would be great. I don't anticipate any problems, but you never know.

I will also be bringing a buttload of terrain to play on. Haven't quite decided but I have the ability to bring 5+ MS, 5 RTFF, 5 VW, 1 TT, and a Castle. Probably won't bring all that, but I should have a good mixing.

Looking forward to meeting some new people, and crushing them underneath the heels of my Aubrien Archers.

Buddy Lee

[Bannister]

Done.

See you there.

:D

Bannister

[justjohn]

As of this moment, the wife and I are coming. Getting a 1 day pass just for the HS tourney.

See you all there!

[Celtic_Ghost]

I will be there. Me and two buds are going to Dragon Con for the entire weekend. I want to make it to the event. Im new to HS so I hope to meet some cool folks and get in some good gaming.

btw, can some PM me Rods #?

Thanks

CG

[justjohn]

See ya'll in a few!

[Buddy Lee]

Well, I had a great time. My niece and nephew had a lot of fun as well. It was good to meet some other Scapers and play some new people.

Rodriguez put on an excellent event with a lot of players (20 I think). We had some very young players and some new players as well. Bannister's son, Cody, won the whole thing. He was unstoppable. Again I'd like to express my appreciation for Rodriguez. His efforts really need to be recognized. I think everyone had a lot of fun and I look forward to doing it again next year.

I'd like to give my regards to Bannister, who really is a nice guy, Just John, Celtic Ghost, and hopefully a new member of the boards: Roger. Just to note Robert (Or was it Roger? My apologies for the confusion.). He didn't bring an army, but proved that the MS figures are still viable in HeroScape. This demonstrates to me that there has been little if any power creep in HeroScape and simply reinforces my appreciation for the game.

My apologies to everyone else who I failed to mention, but be assured I enjoyed meeting everyone.

Buddy Lee

PS: Pictures to follow as soon as I can download and post them.

[markwars]

I am glad to hear that this event went so well. :) I can't wait to see the pics.

[Rodriquez]

ok I'll get notes and everything up in a day or so..
I just got back into town today myself, and I'm about worn out on top of battling some sort of illness(dizziness, etc, mostly).

I'd like to give thanks to everyone who came out to this and played and to all the new players I met while there.

Also ahuge Thanx to Buddy Lee, Bannister, Justjohn, and celticghost(is that right) for the help in setting up and breaking down and getting new ppl started.

unfortunately I don't have pics(somehow my cam ended up in my wife's friends bag who came down with me.....argh!!!!! so if anyone managed to get any pics lemme know as I have verra few.)

on other note anyone on the boards who came can ye pm me and let me know exactly who ye were there..name/nick, etc...as I stated while there I'm horrible with putting names to faces for the most part.

Quick breakdown for all those fans for ours:
we had a "sellout" according to dragoncon ppl(and plz don't ask about the hassle there and everytone go thank Nick the gaming Director for getting it fixed..). Total I think 24-28 ppl actually showed up and played in a game or so...there were 16 ppl to actually stay throughout the whole chaotic tournament and play 4 full rounds.

Congrats to Cody, Bannister's son for his perfect record there!!(well Bannister also had a perfect record.... :) ). and as I remember 2 of the top 4 ppl used pure MS fiqure's for their armies..

cheers
Rod

as I said I'll get a better breakdown of the stuff I remember in a day or so once I get to feeling better.

[Celtic_Ghost]

Wow. This was fun! I really enjoyed meeting everyone and playing some great games of HEROSCAPE.

First off, let me thank Rodriquez. He did a great job organizing and running the tournament. A very nice guy and helpful. He has a nice wife as well, but I didnt get her name. Sorry. Rod deserves recognition as Buddy Lee stated for making a great event like this possible. Thanks!!!

I also want to drop a hello and good meeting to Bannister, his son Cody, Buddy Lee, John and Britt (bak bak ;) ), Kelly, and the others I met that I didnt get their names down.

Also, I had a blast after the tournament in the three-way free for all between myself, Bannister, and Cody. It was so much fun. Dragons Rule!!!

I hope you guys had a great time as well.

Ghost

[Bannister]

Hey guys,

First, thanks Rod for putting this little tournament together. You did a great job dealing with the DragonCon folks and working out the kinks and in running the tournament. My son and I had a blast! It was our first convention and the tournament was the icing on the cake for us.

Everyone we meet was great.

Rod was our tour guide for the first night up until we got seperated as I rescued my son from a diverse crowd of zombies, stormtroopers, umbrella corp., gypsies(?), etc... :D and of course he put on a great tournament.

Celtic Ghost I enjoyed seeing someone use the "flap your arms and cluck like a chicken at your opponent" tactic to such resounding results. The after tournament game was also a really fun time. My son's head is still about 10 sizes too big over winning this thing. He is convinced that his all valiant army is unstoppable! :D

Buddy Lee it was really great meeting you and your niece. That girl is one heck of a player. It is always great to put a face with the name of a strange man you met on the internet. :D I look forward to our future debates so that when I tell you why are wrong, I can actually imagine the look on your face. :D

JustJohn it was great meeting you and your wife. You are a lucky guy having a wife who is so interested in playing HS with you. Seriously, give me a heads up when you guys come to Memphis again and we will get together. Tell your wife I promise not to "Cluck" at her.

To the other guys, Jeff, Robert, etc... it was great to meet you and I hope you make it to the site.

And yes, yes I sucked it up really, really badly. Counting the last several games with my son and this tournament I am now on a 10 game losing streak. I must reapply myself before my Heroscape card gets taken away from me. I have some pics I will try and put up also.

Bannister

PS. Where do we sign up for next year!

[Buddy Lee]

Okay. Here are some photos I took at Dragon Con. I apologize for the fuzziness. I still got to get used to this camera.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon001.jpg
Bannister Setting up the Maps

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon003.jpg
My Niece works on eliminating Bannister

NOTE: Remember all you teenage boys her Uncle is well armed.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/GunRecords012.jpg
So is her father. And, she's a pretty good shot too.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon004.jpg
The BIG map we set up at Dragon Con. Hey ya gotta show the stuff.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon005.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon006.jpg
Close-ups of the Castle. The tree was my niece's idea.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon007.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon008.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon009.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e130/Fire_Six/HeroScape/DragonCon010.jpg
The map we set up at home after the Con.
My niece and and her brother are in the middle of a 1200 point attacker, and 700 point defender Castle game.

So, there ya go.

Buddy Lee

[Rodriquez]

sweet some pics and ye got my down and dirty castle map in it yeahhh!! I can recreate and tweak it now.

many thanx Buddy!

Bannister...I'm gonna plan on hosting another one next year for sure..gonna look around and see if I can get someplace to sponsor it this time around also.

cheers
Rod

ps I'm still werking on my thoughts/breakdown so I'll have it up soon

[Weedffardj]

To the other guys, Jeff, Robert, etc... it was great to meet you and I hope you make it to the site.


I enjoyed meeting you likewise. And I made it to the site!
It's taken me about this long to recover from DragonCon.

Jeff

[Bannister]

To the other guys, Jeff, Robert, etc... it was great to meet you and I hope you make it to the site.


I enjoyed meeting you likewise. And I made it to the site!
It's taken me about this long to recover from DragonCon.

Jeff

Cool, welcome to the site Jeff. It was great meeting you and hopefully we will get to meet up again next year.
:D

I have only got one DC picture on hand but here it is.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/D_Bannister/Dragoncon1.jpg

That's Cletic_Ghost, Me and Rod with the note book of confusion??? :D

I am not sure who the guy is beside Rod but I am pretty sure that is Kelly with his back to the camera.

Thanks to my son for this shot.

I have others that I will post when I get a chance.

Bannister

[Grungebob]

Buddy, what is that weapon at the very bottom for?

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10002/GunRecords012.jpg

[Bannister]

Here is another pic I took at DragonCon, that while not HS related is, I think worth seeing.

:D

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/D_Bannister/vadergirls.jpg

Just in case you can't tell, yes that is Vader in the middle. :D

Bannister

[Buddy Lee]

Buddy, what is that weapon at the very bottom for?


That's for launching Catnip Mice across the room. Almost as much fun as a laser pointer or flashlight.

BTW: I like Bannister's last pic better than any of mine. :D

Buddy Lee

[LilNewbie]

Vader was in that picture? Thanks for posting the pics. Looks like a great time!

Newb.

[Rodriquez]

To the other guys, Jeff, Robert, etc... it was great to meet you and I hope you make it to the site.


I enjoyed meeting you likewise. And I made it to the site!
It's taken me about this long to recover from DragonCon.

Jeff

Cool, welcome to the site Jeff. It was great meeting you and hopefully we will get to meet up again next year.
:D

I have only got one DC picture on hand but here it is.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/D_Bannister/Dragoncon1.jpg

That's Cletic_Ghost, Me and Rod with the note book of confusion??? :D

I am not sure who the guy is beside Rod but I am pretty sure that is Kelly with his back to the camera.

Thanks to my son for this shot.

I have others that I will post when I get a chance.

Bannister

the guy to the far side of me is Brian, a friend of mine in Atlanta area, he doesna game much but he have fun building the map(he's gotten landscape and virtualscape now to play with)

cheers
Rod

sorry about not posting the breakdown yet..but I've lost my notebook of confusion! which bites totally...I've had that notebook for 10 or 12 yrs now..it's been through a lot..