Bay Area Brawl 2023

[cmgames]

Another Bay Area Brawl is upon us!

Where: Oakland Public Library (Golden Gate Branch) Meeting Room, 5606 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA
Date: Saturday, Dec.9th, 2023
Time: 10:45am to 4:30pm. (opens at 10 - set-up and prep before we start)
TDs: thoppner18 (Troy), Trust Keeper (Logan), cmgames (Ziggy)


Format: Osterizer (Mix-It-Up)

Swiss-style Tournament - 4 or 5 bouts - 50 mins each
Higher partial points remaining as winner-determinant on unfinished bouts.
Classic HS, C3V, and SoV allowed. No Marvel or C3G.
Each player should bring their own combat dice, order markers, & wound markers.

Each player brings two different* 520-point-max, 24-hex-max armies.
All armies go into a common pool.
All players roll d20. High roll goes first (roll off ties) to choose one army from the pool.
After armies are chosen, bouts are determined.
Play bout 1 with your chosen army.
After bout 1 & bout 2, players swap armies. Byes keep their army.
Play bout 2 and bout 3 with the swapped armies.
For bout 4, players choose one of their own armies (before bouts are assigned).
After bout 4, if we go to a fifth bout, players swap armies again. Byes keep their army.

* The two armies cannot contain any of the same units. No Raelin in both armies, for instance.

Note: Some of us have lots of extra units and figures. If anybody needs units for their armies, please post here and we will see if we can accommodate.
Also, make sure to mark your figures somehow (label on underside of base, for instance) to ensure you get your own figures back again at the end.

A good resource for designing your armies is the Builder page at https://heroscape.org/builder/

Glyph Pool:

Spoiler Alert!

These lists are subject to change. Make sure to check back here before the event to make sure you have the latest lists.

Power Glyphs:
Astrid (Attack +1)
Dagmar (Initiative +eight)
Gerda (Defense +1)
Valda (Move +2)
Proftaka (Pit Trap)
Lodin (Lucky d20)
Wannock (End-of-round Wound)


Treasure Glyphs:
Bracers of Teleportation
Cloak of Invisibility
Belt of Giant Strength
Brooch of Shielding
Oceanstrider Amulet
Elixir of Speed
Ring of Protection

If you are bringing a map (or maps) that include(s) Glyphs, please bring a pool that includes as many of these as you can for each map.

Maps:

Spoiler Alert!

Stygian Rift (being provided by cmgames)


Highways and Dieways (being provided by Killometer)


Viper Valley (being provided by cmgames)


Subduction (being provided by thoppner18)


Turret Rocks - Jungle Edition (being provided by thoppner18)


Ayrewode's Bluff (being provided by Trust Keeper)


Alpaca Trail (being provided by Trust Keeper)


25 Years Later (being provided by ??? (volunteers?))


Blackridge (being provided by ??? (volunteers?))


Fulcrum (being provided by Killometer)

Attendees:
1. cmgames (Ziggy)
2. thoppner18 (Troy)
3. Trust Keeper (Logan)
4. Killometer
5. Calvin
6. Robotech Master
7. nextguy
8. Holden
9. Jerry22
10. Zeke
11. Erin
12. TheElusiveMandog (Philippe)
13. Zoe
14. Ben
15. JQ
16. MKPlusUltra
17. ??? #1 (possible)
18. ??? #2 (possible)

Might attend but won't be in tournament:
1. Porkins
2. ScottXN


So there it is! Time again to come out and throw skulls with the new (and some of the old) Nor-Cal 'Scaper crowd. Good games, good people; it's always a blast so don't miss out! Sign up today!

[Porkins]

Following.

[Killometer]

In! Plus Killo Jr.

[cmgames]

Originally Posted by Killometer

In! Plus Killo Jr.

Looking forward to seeing you again! And meeting the sprout.

Is your brother still interested/available?

~Z

[Killometer]

Originally Posted by cmgames

Looking forward to seeing you again! And meeting the sprout.

Is your brother still interested/available?

~Z

Not sure. I'm going to see him Sunday, so I will talk to him about it then.

Edit: I texted him. He says unlikely, but not to completely rule him out. I will apply pressure.

[cmgames]

@Killometer - Would you be available to bring a map?

~Z

[Killometer]

Absolutely. More than one, if needed.

And if anyone interested in coming would like to borrow some figures I'm happy to share. Especially to newer-to-the-game people who have had limited purchasing access.

[Robotech Master]

I can tentatively make it. I always have weekends off so making sure the day is available isn't too hard unless something comes up, but just have to make sure I maintain the willingness to head a few hours down 80 West.

[cmgames]

A couple of the maps need someone to volunteer to provide them. Post here if you can do so.

If you cannot provide one of the '???' maps, but can provide one of the others, let us know that, too. We can switch things around as needed.

~Z

[Killometer]

@cmgames swap armies with your opponent, or swap out for one in the communal pool?

[cmgames]

Originally Posted by Killometer

@cmgames swap armies with your opponent, or swap out for one in the communal pool?

In each swap, it is with your opponent. Swap the army you just played with the army you just played against.

~Z

[Robotech Master]

Originally Posted by cmgames

In each swap, it is with your opponent. Swap the army you just played with the army you just played against.

~Z

Since it describes round 2 and 3 as both being played with the swapped armies, does this mean you only get paired with two opponents the entire day and playing them repeatedly? Or does it mean I play round one against a person, swap armies with them, *then* play a different person, keep that army going into the third round against another person, etc.