New tournament format?

[El Diabolo]

Pre-set Classic Matches

So here's the idea: 20 or so people file into a Heroscape tournament and find 10 boards each pre-set with 2 of 20 armies. 5 swiss rounds are played and scores are tabulated as per usual. The armies remain at the boards throughout the tournament! This would allow players to experience some great classic match-ups AND not be limited by their collections.

Here are some early thoughts. Please add additional suggestions and what map you would think ideal.

Knights of Weston VS Heavy Gruts
Dwarves VS Capuan Gladiators
Deathwalkers and Rats VS the Jandar "Boy Scout" robots
Lava VS Cold on a map that has both terrain!
Vampires VS Werewolves
Gladiatrons VS KRS army (wow... that could be great... although could be tough on an inexperienced B-tron player)

To see actual builds and maps... click on spoiler

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Match-up #1

Inspiration: Crossbows and Catapults

3x Knights of Weston 210
Sir Gilbert 315
Nilfheim 500

VS

3x Heavy Gruts 210
Ornak 310
Grimnak 430
Nerak 480
Marcu 500

On Highways and Dieways
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2nd Match-up
Inspiration: Steamroller Arguments

3x Capuan Gladiators 210
Spartacus 410
Crixus 500

VS

3x Axgrinders 210
Mogrimm 330
Migol 440
Darak A. 500

On: Mole Hills
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Match-up #3

Inspiration: Spider Poison's Rankings and the statement: "this army [arrow gruts] is about as close as you can get to a good counter for Vydar ranged" (Paraphrase)

Major Q9 180
Laglor 290
Raelin 370
Kma 470

VS

3x Arrow Gruts 120
3x Swog Riders 195
Krug 315
Mimring 465

On: Broken Skyline
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Match-up #4

Inspiration: Good Vs Evil - Robot Style!

"Jandar Boyscouts Vs Utgar's Deathwalkers"

3x Omnicron Snipers 300
3x Omnicron Repulsors 420
Zetacron 480
VS

DW 9000 140
DW 8000 270
DW 7000 370
Zettian Guards 440
1x Rats 480

On: Something Urban and industrial... any suggestions?

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Match-up #5

Vampires VS Werewolves

Inspiration: Twilight, Underworld yada yada... etc.

Cyprien 150
Sonya 195
Iskra 245
Rechets 295
Marcu 315
3x Phantom K 525

VS

2x Werewolf Lord 280
3x Wolves of Badru 520

On: Badru Valley

Comment: I think the wolves might get slaughtered! Maybe having a "home court" advantage would help!

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The Battle for Underacheivement

DW80000 130
Gorrillanators x3 400
Major x 17 500


VS

DW9000 140
Elite Onyx Vipers 240
Dund 350
Dead Eye Dan 410
Warden 816 500

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Fire VS Ice

Inspiration: A bit obvious.

Dzu-teh x4 300
Frost Giant 440
Greater Ice El 570

VS

Obsidians x3 300
Shurrok 460
Iron Golem 560



Common vs Common... Giant Vs Giant... Construct Vs Construct...

On: Hail & Brimstone Morazz Battlefield

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Humanity's Last Stand

Inspiration: Zombie culture

James Murphy 75
Johnny Shotgun 140
Nakita Agents 260
Krav Maga Agents 360
Agent Carr 460
Guilty McCreech 490

VS

Zombies x 8 480

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