MVMvMVM - Mount Vernon WA Monthly - Causal MvM December 3rd!

[Dr.Goomonkey]

I didn't edit the OP yet, except this part. There is an event this weekend, at the seeeeeeecret gaming cabin. It is on Sunday, December third. It starts at noon, but doors open at eleven. I encourage everyone to bring a snack or soft drink to all of these events, but this one is actually ... wait, this is good:

Spoiler Alert!

non-HeroScape focused.

So, I am encouraging everyone to bring a board game sort of thing of their choosing if they so choose. Or bring a bunch, fill your whole car up I don't care. I guess I did edit it. I edited it alreaditedly.

The Mount Vernon Marshall vs Marshall Valhalla Monthly is on, so marshal your forces and join us for some magnificent victories or vicious, well, defeats. In other words, it looks lafleurhero and myself will be hosting a monthly event up in Mount Vernon, on Big Lake.

I don't know about the format for this one. I've had some inclination to play some large-map multiplayer crazy scenarios, but haven't worked any of that stuff up. It'll probably be the standard 500 point showdown but I'll update this if I figure stuff out more.

The doors will open at noon, if you want to get there early, but the "tournament" itself will start around 2 PM PST April 26th.

Also, I am asking everyone who RSVPs to bring one snack or soft drink. If we coordinate on what that will be, it will avoid there being 14 bags of Flaming Hot Cheetos™. One meal will be provided by yours truly: frozen pizza (or the like).

Guest List:
@Dr.Goomonkey (+3, at this point) [pizza]
@Cinnamaldehyde [pizza]
...and more???

Maps:
TBD


Anyway, send me a PM if you are interested in coming and need the address. As always I reserve the right to have reservations about any suspicious people with 4 posts and negative reputation (looking at you, bots), but most of you seem to be all right.

Looking forward to a day of bloodshed and merriment!


Archived First Post for Posterity's Sake:

Spoiler Alert!

For this first event the tournament itself will be starting at 3 or 4, considering some off-site friends of mine who won't be able to show up until after work/school. I'd be fine with people showing up as early as one, though.

The format for this event will be a standard 500 point casual tournament, allowing C3V and maybe just any customs that you think are fair and want to bring (I have a few personal customs that I generally include with the rest of my cards, not my demons yet). Hopefully there will be interest in having RiSkape at one of these, but for now I'm keeping it simple since I've got a couple brand new players joining us.

Guest List: (10 and counting!)
@Dr.Goomonkey (+6?)
@lafleurhero (+1)
@Cinnamaldehyde
...and more???

Maps:
Probably stuff Cinnamaldehyde and I will put together in the days leading up to the event, if you have specific map requests let me know and I'll see if I can whip them up.

I may post the glyph pool I'm looking at using or those might be specific to maps, and I probably won't post any premade armies I come up with. If HSers are coming you might want to bring your own armies, but I should be able to accommodate if not.


If anybody wants to show up just PM me and if you pass my smell test I'll send you the "secret gaming cabin's" address (I assume most HSers aren't too stinky but I would like to protect my family's cabin from reeeal weirdos). It is in Mount Vernon so if more people from Everett and south of there show up it will probably be worth carpooling, but that's up to you since I'll be up there for a few days before the event. Snacks and beverages are always appreciated, and if we get some more entrants I might put together a list of what people plan to bring so we don't end up with 14 bags of pork rinds and nothing else. And for dinner I'm kind of planning on making an order to the Big Lake Bar and Grill for somebody to go pick up, but might just get a few frozen pizzas.

Annnnnnnd, that's all for now. I'll try to keep this updated in case my +6 gets even more out of hand but I think this sums things up. See y'all after the mid-terms!

[Cyborgs Gaming]

I'll probably build a few extra armies that people can borrow. I'd come and build some maps too, but I really don't see me having time, and it's a lot easier to keep track of various 500 point armies than terrain tiles.

Maybe I can pre-build 1 or 2 maps and put them on cardboard or something. So do we want to stick with standard 24 hex start zones?


Also I plan to bring King of Tokyo with the Halloween expansion and probably King of New york too. This is a game that is very fast and best played with a lot of players, so probably 2 or 3 games while everyone is there, which should still be under 2 hours.

[Cyborgs Gaming]

If anyone comes from up north, (Bellingham or BC) I could pick you up at the Chuckanut park and Ride just off I-5 in Burlington and take you to the cabin. Directions from there can be hard to follow, but that isn't far from my house and easy to drive to the cabin from there. Plus then I have hostages! Mwahahaha

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Originally Posted by lafleurhero

I'll probably build a few extra armies that people can borrow. I'd come and build some maps too, but I really don't see me having time, and it's a lot easier to keep track of various 500 point armies than terrain tiles.

Maybe I can pre-build 1 or 2 maps and put them on cardboard or something. So do we want to stick with standard 24 hex start zones?


Also I plan to bring King of Tokyo with the Halloween expansion and probably King of New york too. This is a game that is very fast and best played with a lot of players, so probably 2 or 3 games while everyone is there, which should still be under 2 hours.

Bringing some armies and maps sounds great, and yeah I'm planning on standard 24 hex start zones. Other games sounds fun, too. I'll have most of my game collection there (mostly Dominion but a few others) and the cabin has a few games of its own. Three-player chess, anyone?

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Had a blast at the Secret Gamers' Cabin last week, er, yeah that was last week. We gotta remember to take some pictures at one of these things so that people know it actually happened.

I'm hoping we can set something up in December that more people could attend, I think if we go with Wednesday that will pretty much exclude people unless we go close enough to Christmas where that'll probably exclude people (especially since I'll be unavailable for the 21st). Maybe @Nomad could shed light if possibly he'd be available on the 14th?

If we have to do Sunday to get more people I think that'll be fine for me, though. There is also the other event that looks to be brewing down near the southern border, but I don't know when that's supposed to actually happen at this point.

[Cyborgs Gaming]

Maybe with the mix of new and experienced players that we have, we could try some 2 v 2 maps? 1000 points per team split however you want to give a bit more flexibility. I could bring 1 map and if you did 2 more that would be enough for 12 people. I could build my team army from my collection too and you could build however many. I think that the 742 armies that you built last time was a bit of overkill ^.^

[Nomad]

I am not available on the 14th.

[Dr.Goomonkey]

I have updated the OP to include the upcoming even on the 28th. To reiterate here, doors open at noon, "tournament" starts around 2, and I'm asking everyone to bring a snack or soft drink. Let's play some 'Scape!

[Dr.Goomonkey]

"Important" rules update: the point limit is now 500-510 points. Taking some inspiration from Nomad many years ago, this let's some armies play that just don't quite add up to 500 points.
No Isamu to fill those last 10 points, though.

EDIT: I'm also going to be building map specific armies. Players will roll off, with the winner deciding who chooses first between their own army and the map army. The loser will choose start zones, regardless of army choice deferral.

[Cyborgs Gaming]

That sounds good, there was a zombie army with Vampires that I would want to play at 505.

I agree, don't fill it just to fill it, there needs to be a good reason for it.

I'm a fan of 550 or 600 armies myself

[Dr.Goomonkey]

The recent MVMvMVM was a success, sorry that Lafleurhero couldn't make it in the end but there's always next month (year)!

I thought I should start posting picture of these things, so here are the maps Cinnamaldehyde and I whipped up. One of them is an old map of mine, but all of them saw play and I think everyone enjoyed them. Maybe next time I'll remember to actually take pictures while there are figures on the maps!

Shinking City


Massive Pools of Molten Magma


Shady Splits


Ruined Wellspring by Cinnamaldehyde


Have Glacier Will Traverse by Cinnamaldehyde

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Hey hey, we've got another MVMvMVM on the books. It'll be this Wednesday, the 8th. Sorry for the late notice, but I didn't want to miss another month.

Anyway, all the same stuff applies. PM me for the address. Start time is 2, but if you want to show up a bit before that it's fine. Asking all the guests to bring a snack or soft drink, and I'll provide pizza at some point. See y'all soon!