Online Event - MLH by Auggie's Games

[dok]

A big thank you to our tournament sponsor, Auggie's Games.

We're pleased to announce the format for the first rotation of MLH. For more details, see this thread.

Games are played using a combination of the Dice/Chat app and a google doc that has an image of the maps and figures that both players can manipulate (example, with permissions disabled, here). Online play instructions and links to the apps can be found here. A Skype account, or other online voice chat app, is extremely helpful but not essential.

Classic, C3V and SOV are allowed. Official Marvel units are allowed only when the format states it.

Games will run at a rate of 1 game per week. Note that this is flexible, allowing for time to make up games as needed. If a player falls significantly behind the schedule, they may be immediately replaced by one of the alternates.

Here are the formats for each week (no Marvel unless otherwise specified, 24 maximum startzone spaces unless otherwise specified, C3V/SoV legal):

1. 650/Infiltrator/Uncommon
   
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   Glyphs will be Heal and Defense +1, played face-up.
   No common army cards are allowed. Uncommon and Unique units are allowed. Players will roll the D20 to see who places their first card's worth of units. The D20 roll winner can defer, if they choose. Battle begins after all units have been placed.
2. 480/Ratcatcher/Assassin's Guild
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   Each army must contain at least one unique/uncommon hero. Each player receives one Brandar's Chest treasure glyph that they must place on one of their unique/uncommon heroes at the start of the game. A player wins the game immediately if figures in their army are holding or standing on both Brandar's Chest glyphs at the end of any turn.
3. 500/[Fulcrum, Stygian Rift, Fossil, or Blackroot]/Kill 'em All
   
   Spoiler Alert!

   Map will be determined at random from the three possible maps after armies are submitted. These armies will be used in the playoffs.
   
   
   
   Glyphs will be Unique Attack +1 and Move +2, played face-up.
   
   
   Glyphs will be chosen from a random pool Heroic Rune (+1 Attack), Talisman of Defense (+1 Defense), Potion of Healing (Heal 3 Wounds), Scarab of Invulnerability (16+ ignore wounds, temp glyph), Belt of Giant Strenth (+2 attack, temp glyph), and Elixr of Speed (+4 Speed, temp glyph), played face-down. Trap is the standard "roll 3 attack dice".
   
   
   Glyphs will be Heroic Rune (Attack +1) and Brooch of Shielding (Disengage), played face-up with no traps.
4. 850/divided v2/mixed marvel 16 spaces
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   Marvel Legal. 16 maximum startzone spaces per army.
5. 575/Trepidation/B-
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   The side glyphs will be Move +2 and Wound.
   All figures must have a power ranking of B- or lower according to the spider_poison/Jexik thread. Refer to the C3V/SoV thread for C3V/SoV figures only.
6. 525/Road Rage v2/Heat of Battle
   
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   Glyphs will be Move +2, Unique Attack +1, and Wound, in addition to three random treasure glyphs.
   
   Players take turns placing a card’s worth of units, unengaged, on an empty space. When placing a squad, all figures in that squad must be placed within two clear sight spaces of the first figure placed from that card. Players will roll the D20 to see who places their first card's worth of units. The D20 roll winner can defer, if they choose. The player who places units second will have initiative for the first round. Battle begins after all units have been placed.
   
7. 540/Can't See the Jungle/Pooled draft.
   
   Spoiler Alert!

   
   Glyphs will be chosen from a random pool Heroic Rune (+1 Attack), Talisman of Defense (+1 Defense), Potion of Healing (Heal 3 Wounds), Scarab of Invulnerability (16+ ignore wounds, temp glyph), Belt of Giant Strenth (+2 attack, temp glyph), and Elixr of Speed (+4 Speed, temp glyph), played face-down. Trap is the standard "roll 3 attack dice".
   
   Rules for the draft pool:

   1. The total points in your draft pool must be between 900 and 1100 points.
   2. There may be no more than 1 of any given unique card in your draft pool (you may have both Raelins or both Drakes, though).
   3. If you choose a common squad, you must include at least two cards of that squad in your draft pool, but no more than the number which would fill a 24-space startzone.

   Procedure for the draft:

   1. Both players roll the 20-sided die. Re-roll any ties. The higher roller decides whether to pick first or defer.
   2. The player who picks first chooses one Army Card and immediately places those figures in their start zone.
   3. After the first pick, each player, in turn, chooses two Army Cards, and immediately places those figures in their startzone.

   Players continue drafting until they cannot draft any other figures within the 540 point total army limit.

Thaelenk Division

1. capsocrates
2. dok
3. Filthy the Clown
4. FuriousMufasa Gamebear
5. Infected Sloth
6. kira-tea
7. Xorlof
8. Machinekng

Volcarren Division

1. Bengi
2. boromir96
3. Kinseth
4. Major Q23
5. Megasilver
6. neo awesomeunleashed
7. Vegaslen
8. vegietarian18

League results are posted here.

Week 1 Results
Week 2 Results
Week 3 Results
Week 4 Results
Week 5 Results
Week 6 Results
Week 7 Results

At the conclusion of the 7 weeks, the top 4 will advance to the playoffs. Week 1 (semifinals) of the playoffs will use one of the maps not used in week 3, with players playing the same armies they played in week 3. The finals will use the final map, and players will trade armies (reverse the whip).

[infectedsloth]

What map is being used for week 6?

the formats and maps look really fun, can't wait to get this going.

[dok]

Originally Posted by infectedsloth

What map is being used for week 6?

The map hasn't been finalized and will have to get approved, but it will probably look a lot like the earlier Road Rage.

[MegaSilver]

Neat. Can't wait to start.

[vegietarian18]

Is format 1 Heat of the Battle? The description for it kinda makes it sound like so, but I'm not sure, because it's not specifically noted that it is.

Players will roll the D20 to see who places their first card's worth of units. The D20 roll winner can defer, if they choose. Battle begins after all units have been placed.

[Vegaslen]

the spoilers give the rules how it works

the actual order that they will come in will be random though decided by a d20 roll each week

so week 1 is not yet set

[dok]

Originally Posted by vegietarian18

Is format 1 Heat of the Battle? The description for it kinda makes it sound like so, but I'm not sure, because it's not specifically noted that it is.

No, it's not heat of battle. We're placing cards one-at-a-time, but all figures are placed in their proper startzones.

If you look at the map carefully, you will notice that there's something unusual about those startzones, though.

Originally Posted by Vegaslen

the spoilers give the rules how it works

the actual order that they will come in will be random though decided by a d20 roll each week

so week 1 is not yet set

Actually, week 1 will be what week 1 says, and so on. What will be determined each week on the fly is who will be playing who.

[Kinseth]

dok is correct on that part.

We moved the Kill em all up to week 3.

[dok]

Thaelenk Division

1. capsocrates
2. dok
3. Filthy the Clown
4. FuriousMufasa
5. Infected Sloth
6. kira-tea
7. lefton4ya
8. Machinekng

Volcarren Division

1. Bengi
2. boromir96
3. Kinseth
4. Major Q23
5. Megasilver
6. neo
7. Vegaslen
8. vegietarian18

[caps]

Originally Posted by dok

Thaelenk Division

1. capsocrates
2. dok
3. Filthy the Clown
4. FuriousMufasa
5. Infected Sloth
6. kira-tea
7. lefton4ya
8. Machinekng

Man, I'm really gonna' get my butt kicked--but I'm looking forward to it!

[Bengi]

Divisions also posted at leaguelineup.com/mlh

I'll also post results and matchups there as they come out.

[Kinseth]

We should have name for our teams.

Kinseth's Knights
Bengi's Banana Hammocks
Filthy's Vanishing Ninjas