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Ken Con 3.0
This year at Kencon I've decided to run a draft format. The way it works is each player will roll for a random 600 point pod and keep that pod for the whole tournament. Each game the players will pool their 600 point pods into one 1200 point pod. The players will then draft a 400 point army in a 1-2-2-2-2.... order. There will be a mix of newer players and veteran players alike. There was some debate on whether to roll a new 600 point pod every round, similar to what happened at Kencon 2.0 but the thought was that the longer a player plays with his specific 600 point pod, the more comfortable they will become with at least half of the pod in each game.
Anyway, what I would like feedback on from you guys is on the 600 point pods themselves. Below are the 12 pods I'm anticipating using. I tried to make synergy fairly obvious in each pod (as well as counters), and offer some differing branching options in each pod as well. I also wanted there to be some synergies between other pods as well. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts. Thanks! (P.S. Do note the Wyvern and Chainfighters synergy with Arkmer and the Nakitas) Dumutef x 2 50 Death Knights x 3 230 Venoc Warlord 350 Aubrien x 2 490 Air Elemental 520 VV x 2 600 Cutters x 2 100 Brutes x 2 250 Mezzos x 2 380 Brunak 490 Sharwin 600 Minions x 2 220 Runa 340 Izumi 400 Hounds x 2 580 Marcu 600 Spiders x 2 80 Wyvern 180 Estivara 260 Blades x 2 340 Nerak 390 Ornak 490 Iskra 540 Rechets 590 Isamu 600 Major X17 100 Quasatch x 2 300 Repulsors 340 Zetacron 400 Glads 480 Blasts x 2 600 Syvarris 100 Drake 1.0 210 Mohicans x 2 350 Black wyrms x 2 410 Brave arrow 460 EOV 560 Theracus 600 MFM 100 Krav 200 Romans x 2 300 Valgaurd 410 MBS 460 PK x 2 600 SoJ x 2 220 Concan 300 Knights x 2 440 Denrick 540 Red wyrm x 2 600 Gladiators x 2 140 Crixus 230 Nakita 350 Gorilla x 2 530 Johnny 595 Warden 90 Granite Guardians x 2 290 Grubs x 2 350 WSG 485 Chain fighters x 3 560 Guilty 560 Oto 600 WoA x 3 150 Arkmer 200 Emirroon 280 KG 300 Acolarh 410 Jdawn 510 Brandis Skyhunter 600 Khosumet - 75 WL - 215 (or Frost Giant for @Raider30 ) WoB x 2 - 375 Anubians x 3 600 Dragon Dice - (the 2nd best game there is) Learn to Play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3q6...wujcr8vVf8e21G Last edited by Matthias Maccabeus; July 19th, 2021 at 12:35 PM. Reason: Beau and his frost giant... |
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Re: Ken Con 3.0
Looks like fun. Nice list of figures. I like the idea in general to level the playing field for variety of skill players.
Really the only thing I don't like is the un-mind-linked elf wizards in that pod. Arkmer is fine, but the others are kind of trap picks without Ulginesh. You can replace with Sonlen Syvarris or even Morsbane, who can be a fun counter draft piece. 10 Years of Gencon/Scapecon Battle Reports - Comic Battle Reports - Probability Calculator App - Reverse the Whip Army Archetypes "It's all about the game." - Sgt. Ernie Calhoun |
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Re: Ken Con 3.0
When are you running KenCon?
What GenCon taught me was to assume only one skull on three dice! |
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Re: Ken Con 3.0
Vegie, that is a good point. I do think Jdawn could still be worth it, even if you only grab 2 other wizards. Chardris I could see getting rid of.
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Re: Ken Con 3.0
One small army change, I did take out Chardris for Brandis Skyhunter.
I assigned and let all the players know their draft pools last week so that they have 2 weeks to flesh out their strategies, etc. I'm interested to see if everything flows as well as I think it will. I'm also interested to see how well the more rookie players do. I'm hoping the 2 weeks notice for their pools will help speed up the drafting process. The players also have knowledge of all the pools so they could theoretically look up everything and even know all synergies and cross counters between pools etc ahead of time, but I think that's a bit ambitious. After thinking too hard about everything, I think I should have dropped the wyrmlings in the 2 armies or added more in the others. Overall I think that's the only thing I would have changed as of right now. I'll let you know my thoughts after the event to see if I'd make more changes. Dragon Dice - (the 2nd best game there is) Learn to Play! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3q6...wujcr8vVf8e21G |