NorthEast Ohio Draft Tourney

[lefton4ya]

Choose from poll options above of when, what format, and whether you want Customs. For when and what formats you want, choose all you would be willing to do (multiples allowed). If there is no way you are attending do not vote as to not skew the count of what attendees want.

Look for more details in a new thread once the date and above options are chosen. Will most likely be at All-American Cards in Warren.
Stay tuned for details on things like maps, exact times, etc. Those going to NHSD in Columbus may plan this out more.

For draft format, we are going to be using the Pooled Draft Format by dok, but with any of the above modifiers that are voted upon. I suggest getting in on KC's Mock Draft Thread before you vote so see which method you like best. I think draft tourneys are a good way to play custom units in a fair way and if enough people don't mind them, I would probably have a restriction like "You can only bring 400 points of custom figures" which would be less than what you could play and less than half of what you can bring. Point totals for army and draft pool will be decided shortly.

Spoiler Alert!

Originally Posted by dok

I've been toying with the pooled draft concept for a tournament. This approach seems like, by far, the most natural way to reduce the tendency to bring power builds. Rather than tweak point levels, or impose army restrictions, you simply play the game as it's played in basements all over the country: with everyone putting their figures in a pile and each person taking turns grabbing figures out of the pile. There's a lot less incentive to bring Q9 when it could easily be your opponent who plays him!

However, I'd still like to see draft rules configured in a way that allows nice thematic armies to be drafted when they are available. So, I've tweaked the typical rules to this end and shoehorned the concept into a tournament setting. Here is my proposed format:

• Each player brings a draft pool of between 600 and 1000 points, with a minimum of 5 different cards. A draft pool must contain at least two cards of any included common squad.
  
• When players are matched up to play, they begin by dicing off d20s. The winner of the roll has two options:
  1. choose a side of the map
  2. choose whether to pick first or second in the draft
  The loser of the roll gets the other one of the two choices.
  
• The player who picks first takes one selection turn; after that the players alternate taking two selection turns.
  
• On a selection turn, a players drafts one card from either drafting pool, with two exceptions:
  1. If a player selects a common card and there are multiples of that common card in the pool, the player may immediately draft additional cards of that common, up to as many as point total and availability allow.
  2. If a player has drafted more total points than their opponent when it is their turn, they may pass on that selection turn.
  Whenever a player drafts a card, they must immediately place the figures from that card in their start zone (with the exception of figures that do not begin the game on the battlefield).
  
• The draft continues until both players either have no options they can draft within the point total or decline to draft further, at which point the game is played with the drafted armies.
  
• At the conclusion of the game, each player recollects their original drafting pool.

Thoughts?

EDIT: One more option I forgot to ask is whether people want to be able to draft treasure glyphs (in addition to glyphs on maps)? It would probably be something like 30 points for a permanent and 20 pionts for a temporary (banning healing and Ancient artifact glyphs) where you bring 2 glyphs that are pooled with your opponent for each game and you can draft one glyph (and only one or none) as part of a normal draft turn.

[MattserTruckRally]

I think I like November 20th since it's a month from the Columbus tournament to give some time between scaping. It may also be better timewise since this likely be the last Heroscape event of the year.

[southwest ninja]

What can I say, I'm a rules kinda guy. As of right now I believe I can make both dates. Only time will tell.

[Fedex worker]

Either date is good right now. I think this will be really fun! Also, I wouldn't like custom figures included. Even though one of the CHCG24 is mine.

[killercactus]

I voted 2x commons, 1,2,1,1,1 and no customs. The only reason I went with 2x commons is that I think it would save some time over the rulebook method and the armies will end up very similar, else I'd have went with the rulebook.

I highly doubt that I'll be able to make either of these unfortunately, but I won't rule them out. I had to give up scape tournaments until my birthday again to go to GenCon this year, although I was able to renegotiate NHSD into my plans, so who knows.

I'll be sad if I can't make it to this since I'm starting to believe more and more that this is the best way to play tournament Heroscape, and that it should be the "standard" format over pre-made armies, but either way I look forward to seeing the results!

[Raudulfr Shieldcrusher]

2x commons, 1,2,1,1,1 . . . , no customs, Nov 20th.

I'd rather see the glyphs on the board and not in the draft.

Can't wait to try this format out!