Colorado NHSD 2009 - the Rocky Mountain Rumble, 10/17

[dok]

The Rocky Mountain Rumble

Date: Saturday, October 17th

Time: 10 AM to 2:30 PM

Location: Boulder Public Library community room

Format: 520 point, 24 hex armies, Marvel allowed. Rolling Rumble scheduling. Please bring your own dice, wound markers, and order markers, if possible.

Entry fee: none

Maps: see separate thread for discussion. Three maps are designated as using "Heat of Battle" rules; all other maps will use standard kill-'em-all rules.

Maps accepted for standard (not Heat of Battle) play:

1. Highways and Dieways, Swarm Edition, by UranusPChicago (mod by Rÿchean):
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   SotM + RttFFx2. This map will be (additionally) modified slightly; the glyphs will not be played, and double sand tiles will be placed where the glyphs were so that the terrain in that spot is level with the road.
2. Can't See the Jungle, by Dignan:
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   RotV + TJx2. Glyphs will be set as Lodin (Lucky Twenty-Sider) and Ulaniva (Unique Attack +1).
3. Common Ground, by Gamebear:
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   RotV
4. Swamp Helix 7.3, by dok:
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   SotM + RttFF + M:TCB + FotA
5. Fulcrum, by Dignan:
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   RotV + TJ
6. Mayan Ruins, by Rÿchean:
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   RotV + FotA + TJ. Glyph will be set as Wannok (Wound).
7. Katsuno Land, by Longheroscaper:
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   RotV + FotA + TT. Heavy snow, slippery ice.
8. Forsaken Swamp, by Rÿchean:
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   SotM + TJ. Glyphs will be set as Dagmar (Initiative +eight) on the near glyph and Rannveig (Wind) on the far glyph (near and far by this picture).

Maps accepted for Heat of Battle play:

1. Hot Border, by Longheroscaper:
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   RotV + VW
2. Rumble Bowl, by lafleurhero:
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   SotMx2 + some extra double-hexers.
3. Halfway up the Downs 2.3, by Ollie and dok:
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   RotV+SotM+TJ. This one will be modified - Kelda, Oreld, and Dagmar will be removed, and Valda will be moved to where Dagmar currently is located.

List of committed/very likely players:

1. dok
2. Elginb
3. GeneralRolando
4. lafleurhero
5. Stryker
6. someguy
7. lafleurhero's friend Spider
8. GeneralRolando's friend Seth
9. Cyberclaw16
10. Elginb's friend EricF
11. kpucblek
12. kpucblek's son
13. lafleurhero's friend Bubbles
14. lafleurhero's friend Leeum

Other possible players:

1. dok's friend Chad
2. lafleurhero's friend Spider's husband
3. lafleurhero's friend Spider's daughter
4. Elginb's friend Troy

[chief]

I am very interested... BUT im only 16 soon 17, I have school, Sundays usually wont work for me and long distances my parents wont drive me. Saturdays would be better and not more than a half hour drive or so, and thats if I can talk my parents into it. Until then ill just have to wait for my own car and a license.

[Cyborgs Gaming]

I tried to get one last year but everyone either wanted to go to Arazona or Ohio. I was planning to go to Ohio myself this year, but if we could do one in Northern Colorado I'd go there, then I could miss just 1 day of work instead of two and save a bunch of money. No need for a hotel or nearly as much driving. I would want probably Westmeinster or somewhere else north of Central Denver. If it's in Centenial or further south I might just opt to go to Ohio anyway. Also I can set up probably 5 or 6 maps myself. Probably that would be all that would be needed. Or if it is left to me completly I can pretty much run the event myself, but then it would have to be in Ft Collins or Greeley. In that case I would set up a 4 player map with all different terrain types for the official event and just a few small maps for casual games.

[someguy]

I'm in, interested, and eager. I'm in southeast Denver but I can get around.

I'm also interested in a regular game -- once a week, once a month, whatever, I'd just enjoy having a set date to plan around and anticipate.

[GeneralRolando]

I really like the idea. Havn't had a HS party in awhile. I can also get bout three more players for us. I live in Castle Rock and can get to Colorado Springs, Denver, Parker, and probably further. I could even get to some mountain towns. Anyway, I would prefer Denver because it has good places and stuff. I know a good game store that I go to all the time in Parker. I would have to call and tell them about it but it will work. Any takers for these locations?

-GR-

[dok]

Originally Posted by chief

Sundays usually wont work for me and long distances my parents wont drive me. Saturdays would be better and not more than a half hour drive or so

Saturday would actually be better for me, too, but unless that's narly unanimous, I'd just as soon stick with the listed NHSD date.

GeneralRolando, Parker works fine for me, but given that we've got plenty of north-of-Denver folks, something a little farther north might be better.

[Cyborgs Gaming]

other than NHSD weekends are still as bad as always for me. It's still Wednsdays and Thursdays for me. But lets just focus on NHSD for now. Looks like there is enough intrest to do it. There are three others that would likely attend if it were in Denver that probably wouldn't make it to events further away. The problem for me right now is that I'm planning on moving within the next few months. I don't know where too yet, I might stay in Cheyenne or I could move to Idaho or Montana. I may be spending a month or two on the East coast. Until I know for sure what I'm going to do I can't dedicate to anything for sure. Hopefully I have a final descision by mid September.

[GeneralRolando]

Originally Posted by dok

Saturday would actually be better for me, too, but unless that's narly unanimous, I'd just as soon stick with the listed NHSD date.

GeneralRolando, Parker works fine for me, but given that we've got plenty of north-of-Denver folks, something a little farther north might be better.

I'm fine with something farther north just I don't know any places. Give me a PM if I need to call the store. September 15th right? or am I mistaken?

[arp12]

Originally Posted by dok

Saturday would actually be better for me, too, but unless that's narly unanimous, I'd just as soon stick with the listed NHSD date.

I'll just pop in for a minute: NHSD is always the third Saturday in October, so that is the 17th this year. No need to force yourselves to do it on Sunday.

[Elginb]

Sign me up!

As always, it's better for me the closer to Boulder we go, but since it's a special event, maybe I could just rent a car (or bite the bullet and get mine fixed). There are a couple people I know who play Heroscape but don't post on the boards-- I'll try to convince them to come, too. Saturdays and Sundays are both usually good days for me, given enough warning.

Also, maybe we could try scheduling monthly events-- weekly would be too much for me, but if we scheduled a few weeks in advance, it would give me time to work out my transportation issues (again, assuming we don't meet close to Boulder). Anyway, maybe we can talk about that come NHSD.

Unless somebody wants to come to Boulder to practice ahead of time?

P.S. - if we can't get a venue free, I might be able to get a discounted rate at the Senior Activity Center I work at. They have special events all the time during off-hours, and lots of nice multi-purpose tables we could use...

[Cyborgs Gaming]

I think Boulder would probably be an ideal place, could even come up with a catchy name for it. I also know one other heroscape player that lives in Boulder who also doesn't have reliable transportation but would probably love to join. In fact it would actually be a family of 3 people, husband, wife, and Daughter. Maybe they even have some ideas on a place where. Anyway, I think Boulder is the ideal place

[Classicsmiley]

This sounds like a lot of fun, but I'm going to be out of town that weekend.