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gibberish_47
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Hey Fyre! There was a tournament in Austin, MN in March. Jormi is on here, I think. He ran the tournament. I think there are quite a few people over there. I got second there because of win/loss, but first by far points-wise. 
gibberish_47
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Codeman said:
I assume Jormi will post a thread for that soon? The last tournament went really well, IMO. I never got to play you, though.
deliverymanxas
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Where do you guys normaly play? Im in Fremont, NE and have a few friends that play about once a week. If you guys are up to it, maybe we can get something going sometime? If driving isnt your thing...like me...maybe we can find someplace in the middle to meet up.
Let me know
Let me know
I just checked out how far it is from Fremont to Atlantic, Ia and from Ames to Atlantic and it's about 1 hr. 50 min. for each of us. I don't know about driving that far for just a game but if we could find more people in the area I would be willing for a tournament.deliverymanxas said:
deliverymanxas
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I actualy started a thread/topic about a "regional" tournament. I would love to get a ton of people to meet in a 'midpoint city' to play a tourney. If people are willing to drive a couple of hours, up to 3 would be alright for me; we could get one hell of a tournament going.
gibberish_47
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Wait, where's Iowa again?
deliverymanxas
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Supergeek...
You still around? If so, hit me back and maybe we can get some type of game goin sometime. Your friends...my friends...little roadtrip...Heroscape...
You still around? If so, hit me back and maybe we can get some type of game goin sometime. Your friends...my friends...little roadtrip...Heroscape...
Oh yeah, I'm still here. My biggest problem is that I have only 1 friend who plays and I doubt that he would be willing to road trip for a game. He wasn't even interested in going to the Austin, Mn tourney last Sat. but then again, he's kind of a drunk.
I did take my traveling master set to the local comic/game store for boardgame night and talked to one of the guys from the I.S.U. wargaming association and I will be attending one of their meetings for rercruiting purposes. So, hopefully soon I will have many more people that may be interested!
Also, I know Jormi_Boced and Codeman are going to be having another tourney in Forest City in Sept./Oct. or something and if you would like to meet me somewhere, you could ride up with me.
Let me know what you are thinking about and we'll try to work something out.
I did take my traveling master set to the local comic/game store for boardgame night and talked to one of the guys from the I.S.U. wargaming association and I will be attending one of their meetings for rercruiting purposes. So, hopefully soon I will have many more people that may be interested!
Also, I know Jormi_Boced and Codeman are going to be having another tourney in Forest City in Sept./Oct. or something and if you would like to meet me somewhere, you could ride up with me.
Let me know what you are thinking about and we'll try to work something out.
deliverymanxas
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Supergeek said:
Damn, F.C. is still about 5 hours away...If we were able to make to your place...I think it was only about 2 hours away, that would be do-able for sure. But the F.C. might be a bit too far...but who knows...its a couple months away. And we could do the car-pool thing. I got a Grand Caravan that can seat my friends and a couple of yours if we choose that route.
deliverymanxas
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Codeman said:
I was a litttle wrong on my guess of 2 hours. Im 3 hours. Doesnt really seem like much, but we'll see. If it is pretty big, then a 3-4 hour trip would be worth it.
As far as that goes, are we able to get an approx. head count? This way if we need more sets/maps, I could bring my stuff to make a multiple map tournament. This would prevent us from hitting a "I didnt get to play, and I've got to go already" type of night.
Codeman
Well-known member
Deliverymanxas the format is multiple maps so you and everyone at the tournement plays every round. There would not be a need to bring your terrain as the maps are hopefully set up by the time you get here. All you will need is your dice, turn & wound markers and then whatever army & cards you will be playing for the day. Even if we have an odd number show up we have some people that know how to play and will fill in so there isn’t a bye. So far each round has had a time limit of one hour. I would expect that to remain the same or go a little lower ( 50 minutes?) At this point we’ve played armies between 400, 450, 500 points. 400 is a little short for one-hour play. 500 is about the limit on the high side, I think we will be playing something in the 475 point range next time.
Jormi_Boced does an excellent job of running these torments. Every round the undefeated play each other until there is one undefeated left ( in tournaments of 14-18 people it has taken 4 or 5 rounds ). Everyone else is paired with similar records and they also do battle to get a somewhat true first thru last place standing, and prizes are distributed in that manner first to last. This coming tourney as well as the second one we had... everyone got a HS tourney t-shirt ( Worth the $5 entry fee right there) The best part I believe everyone has fun.
I would expect this torment to be at least 18 strong however I do feel good that the numbers will get a little bigger as people like you come and see what it is all about. I am looking at getting a good size room at a local pizza place. It can easily handle 12 maps (24 entrants) with lots of table space and room left over. Anyway if you have any questions feel free to ask and I’m sure SuperGeek wouldn’t mind answering any questions either, as he is a veteran of a three tournaments we have had.
Jormi_Boced does an excellent job of running these torments. Every round the undefeated play each other until there is one undefeated left ( in tournaments of 14-18 people it has taken 4 or 5 rounds ). Everyone else is paired with similar records and they also do battle to get a somewhat true first thru last place standing, and prizes are distributed in that manner first to last. This coming tourney as well as the second one we had... everyone got a HS tourney t-shirt ( Worth the $5 entry fee right there) The best part I believe everyone has fun.
I would expect this torment to be at least 18 strong however I do feel good that the numbers will get a little bigger as people like you come and see what it is all about. I am looking at getting a good size room at a local pizza place. It can easily handle 12 maps (24 entrants) with lots of table space and room left over. Anyway if you have any questions feel free to ask and I’m sure SuperGeek wouldn’t mind answering any questions either, as he is a veteran of a three tournaments we have had.
Drumline3469
Assuming the Missionary Position
I live in KS but I am frequently in the Ames area so if that's not too far my grandparents got a place there. I dunno when I'll go again I just returned from that area.
Drumline3469
Assuming the Missionary Position
There's not a whole lot. There's alot more in Nevada which is about 1/3 the size and about 10 miles East.
I don't know what the deal is but it's a buyers market for sure. My brother lives in Nevada and has been trying to sell his house for a year.Joah said:It's in the middle of the corn belt. SG, why are there so many houses for sale in Ames?gibberish_47 said:Wait, where's Iowa again?
Edit: Last night I realized that the students are gone and many of those signs could have been for rent.
Drumline3469, are you from Nevada? Feel free to PM me the next time you are in the neighborhood if you feel like a game, you wouldn't need to bring a thing.
Drumline3469
Assuming the Missionary Position
My gma lives there and my other lives in Ames so I'm there often I'm there in August maybe helping my gma move out. But yeah houses don't sell worth shit in Nevada. People only want the ones that are brand new and being built on the outskirts. I'll PM you when I know for sure about my next visit. I'm from Wichita, KS along with Roxas.
deliverymanxas
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Supergeek--
Do you guys have an exact date and time planned yet? This way I can start planning with my friends and most important, my wife. I think somebody said sometime in Sept./Oct.?
What is the entry going to be? Prizes? Are the games going to be 1 on 1, or teams?
Some of these may have already been answered, if so I apologize.
Dmanxas
Do you guys have an exact date and time planned yet? This way I can start planning with my friends and most important, my wife. I think somebody said sometime in Sept./Oct.?
What is the entry going to be? Prizes? Are the games going to be 1 on 1, or teams?
Some of these may have already been answered, if so I apologize.
Dmanxas
Codeman
Well-known member
deliverymanxas said:
Check out the seventh entery on page 2 .....I answered most of these the best I could as details aren't completed yet.
I'm sure it will be October, I was going to poll everyone on which 3 Saturdays would work.
-Entry fee will stay at $5
-1 on 1 although Jormi_Boced said he may do a team event in Austin
- Prizes I was hoping to find some at Gen-Con, haven't contacted any sponsers yet. I am planing on T-shirts for all entrants.
Watch the " Event Tread " for details - I'll probably post under " Tree Town Classic - Iowa/Minnesota