OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - congrats vegie!

superfrog · Aug 5, 2023

Online Heroscape Season 53:
Delta Coalition Wars

REPORT GAMES HERE

The Quarterfinals are on Apocalypse Now.

The kevindola (4-0) {1} v. og-blaha (3-1) armies are:

* Bol, Kha, Taelord the Kyrie Warrior, Nottingham Brigandx6, Red Ants of Aunstromx4 (drop 1)
Warden's Undead Honor Guard
* Warden 816, Crypt Guardianx3, Drow Chainfighterx3, Tomb Skeletonsx6 (drop 1)

og-blaha chooses who places first.

The superfrog (3-1) v. arrow grut (3-1) armies are:

Battle Masters
* Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Ne-Gok-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3
District IX
* Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Ne-Gok-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3

superfrog chooses who places first.

The shiftrex (3-1) {9} v. ryguy266 (3-1) {5} armies are:

* Eldgrim the Viking Champion, Moltenclaw, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Greenscale Warriorsx3
Shurrak Around the Clock
* Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Shurrak, Tarn Viking Warriors, Ashigaru Harquebusx3

shiftrex chooses who places first.

The Play-in is on Canary.

The grey waves (3-1) v. vegie dad (3-1) armies are:

Cut to the Chase
* Breach, Otonashi, Goblin Cuttersx4, Nottingham Brigandx7 (drop 2)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
* Akumaken, Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3

grey waves chooses who places first.

Round 4 is on Viney Pines.

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Round 3 is on July.

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Round 2 is on Twisted Cistern.

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Round 1 is on Ascension.

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Games are played using the online Heroscape interface. Check the spoiler for a how-to-play video.

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Delta Coalition Wars

For this event, each player will bring a 520 point army (VC Delta costs) containing no more than 24 hexes*. VC allowed, no Marvel.
Each army must contain at least 140 points each from 3 different Valkyrie Generals.
Before each game, there will be a dice-off, done by the tournament organizers.
The winner of the dice-off chooses whether to place first or second.
*Airborne Elite, Rechets of Bogdan, and Bound Heroes of the Acolytes of Vorganund count towards the hex limit.

Maps (links to be added as available):

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The regular season will last four weeks, with one game each week. After the regular season ends there will be a single elimination bracket for the top finishers.

Event Details and Rules:

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Dice-off Equalizer - A check before each game to see the dice off win % for the tournament for each player will be made. If a player has a lower Dice off win % than his opponent, he will automatically win the dice off. Should the win % be tied, a dice off will be performed.

Time Controls

If, at the end of any turn, both of the following conditions are met:

One player has taken 20 minutes less game time than their opponent according to the app AND
At least 60 minutes of gameplay time has passed since the timestamp of the first set OMs,

Then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may note the current time gap in the chat window and warn their opponent that they are approaching the timed game finish. After that point, if the time gap between the two players increases by another 10 minutes beyond the noted gap, then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may end the game on time. The game will then go to partial card scoring.

Additionally, if one player has taken 40 minutes less game time than their opponent, the player who has taken less time than their opponent may note the current time gap in the chat window and warn their opponent that they are approaching the slow play forfeit. After that point, if the time gap between the two players increases by another 20 minutes beyond the noted gap, then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may claim a win on time, irrespective of the game situation.
The organizers reserve the right to nullify either of the time controls rules if we find that it is being abused or if we believe the time recorded on the app is incorrect.

Because of the time control rules, it is important to use the app's clocking features correctly.

Always press the "done" button when your turn is complete.
If you decide to move to a position where your opponent has the option of a leaving engagement attack or engagement strike, use the appropriate quick message button to tell them to make that roll.
If you have any out-of-turn movement (scatter, scurry, etc), press "done" when you are done with that movement.
If you decline an out-of-turn action (e.g. you don't want to attempt a leaving engagement attack on Krug, or you don't want to scatter), press "done" to decline the action.

Stalemate Rule

At the end of any round after the fourth round of the game, a player may activate the stalemate countdown by informing their opponent in the chat window. After that call, if three or more consecutive rounds pass where:

There is no attack or attacking power* used against an opponent, and
Each player wins initiative at least once,

Then the game is over and the winner is determined by partial card scoring.

Note: If a wound is healed (and/or a destroyed figure is returned to the battlefield) then the attack or power that inflicted the wound (and/or destroyed the figure) does not count for the purposes of avoiding a stalemate.

* "attacking powers" are defined as any special power on an army card or glyph that inflicts wounds, destroys figures, or takes permanent control of figures.

Scheduling

Once a round is announced, you will have one week to complete your game. Please attempt to schedule a time to play your game with your opponent.

If after 72 hours (3 days) you have not been able to reach your opponent via PM, please notify the organizers of the situation. Also notify the organizers if you cannot come to an agreement with your opponent on a time to schedule the game during that week.

If a game is not completed on time and the tournament organizers are not notified of an issue, both players may be given a loss.

The tournament organizers reserve the right to manually set the pairings involving players with a history of either failing to schedule their games, or not showing up for scheduled game times. Such players will also not be given the benefit of the doubt should scheduling conflicts arise.

Reporting Game Results (and dropping out)

The winner of the game must use the game result form to report results. (This will be linked once the tournament begins.)

If you do not want to continue in the tournament into the next round, please PM an organizer to let them know.

Etiquette for watching games

Only the tournament referees (Dysole, kevindola, dok, vegietarian18, and superfrog) are authorized to make binding rulings. If no referee is present in a game, ask before offering your opinion.
Refer to this thread for the etiquette rules of the Online Heroscape tournaments.

Disputes

The tournament referees are Dysole, kevindola, dok, vegietarian18, and superfrog. These players may make rulings on in-game disputes (line of sight, figures fitting on a space, dice rolled too soon/too late, etc) in games where they are not playing. If there is a dispute and one of these players is online, they may issue an on-the-spot ruling. If you have a dispute you cannot resolve, and none of the referees are present, you may stop the game and PM the tournament referees for a ruling.

NOTE: if a ruling is made late in the week and there is not enough time to schedule completion of the game, the tournament referees may issue a forfeit loss to the player who was ruled against.

Chris Perkins · Aug 5, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars

How long do sign-ups last?

Hopefully at least a week after ScapeCon.

superfrog · Aug 5, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars

I think our goal is to launch the 20th.

Grey Waves · Aug 5, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

It’s 2023 and we’re still running events that use a hex limit?

Grey Waves · Aug 6, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

The above post was in jest, in case it wasn't clear. I actually do really like this format; it's just annoying that you can't run, for example, 3x Templars as an army core because it uses up 18/24 of your total hexes.

Dysole · Aug 6, 2023

Grumble

I'm aware the link to signups aren't working. I'm looking into why.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp3HT0zPgYYqrWmNr0VGx92Kr8JTP3NhyWWYCBzXb87ofXTg/viewform

~Dysole, posting the link here so people can use it while she figures out what is wrong with the OP

Dysole · Aug 7, 2023

Weiridities

Okay fixed the link. Let me know if you have any issues.

~Dysole, informationally

ryguy266 · Aug 7, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

FYI the signup Delta prices do not reflect the latest changes. Heavy Gruts are 85 instead of 80, etc. The important one is Nilfheim, who is 230 instead of 245. He's currently legal in the format in the signup sheet, but not in the latest Delta. This event will be using the latest changes, right?

Dysole · Aug 7, 2023

Heads Up

Someone pointed out some of the Delta prices were wrong. This has been fixed.

~Dysole, informationally

superfrog · Aug 10, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

Apocalypse Now
Canary
Forest Fire
Ascension
Battlefield 23
Viney Pines
July
Twisted Cistern

Sir Heroscape · Aug 18, 2023

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Submitted.

Shurrig · Aug 19, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

Pumped for my first OHS season!

Sir Heroscape · Aug 21, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

can't wait to see the matchups...

Dysole · Aug 21, 2023

We're Live

Round 1 is on Ascension.

The foudzing v. caps armies are:

Chains and cocoons
* Bol, Motley Max, Bugbear Basher, Eilan Sidhex4, Goblin Slashersx3
THEM!
* Eltahale, Josie Whistlestop, Major J15, Red Ants of Aunstromx5

foudzing chooses who places first.

The viideosayg v. bert armies are:

* Eldgrim the Viking Champion, Major Q10, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Deathreaversx3

* Bahadur, Brute Gruts, Varkaanan Swiftfangs, Horned Skull Brutesx2, Marro Gnidsx2

viideosayg chooses who places first.

The xiegfried v. dysole armies are:

Sahuagin Carry
* Marcu Esenwein, Marro Warriors, Zelrig, Greenscale Warriorsx3, Sahuagin Raider
Diplomacy - The Art of Letting Somebody Else Have Your Way.
* Izumi Samurai, Josie Whistlestop, Racheim, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [SotM], Ranjit Singh, Tarn Viking Warriors

xiegfried chooses who places first.

The dachshund v. thrasherdarkrai armies are:

Is Kevin my real dad??
* Bol, Marro Warriors, Me-Burq-Sa, Mogrimm Forgehammer, Roman Legionnairesx3
Venoc Warlord's Tri-General Super Synergy!
* Venoc Warlord, Mohican River Tribex2, Roman Archers, Roman Legionnairesx2, Venoc Vipersx2

dachshund chooses who places first.

The knightoflight v. megasilver armies are:

3 Ants in a Trenchcoat
* Gen. Simon Fraser, Moltenclaw, Greenscale Warriorsx3, Red Ants of Aunstromx3
Honor Guard of the Last of the Mohicans with Krav Maga Gunslingers
* Krav Maga Agents, Honor Guard of the Blasted Landsx4, Mohican River Tribex2, Tombstone Gunslinger

megasilver chooses who places first.

The vegietarian18 v. quozl armies are:

Roman Diplomacy
* Akumaken, Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3
Elemental, My Dear Kurrok
* Kurrok the Elementalist, Air Elementalx5, Earth Elemental, Fire Elementalx3, Water Elementalx4

quozl chooses who places first.

The dok v. sir heroscape armies are:

Terrorize, Devour, and... Maraud?
* Marcu Esenwein, Marro Warriors, Racheim, Specters of Aldornx4
LEGO Time
* Bol, Isamu, Me-Burq-Sa, Mogrimm Forgehammer, Ne-Gok-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3

dok chooses who places first.

The shiftrex v. kevindola armies are:

* Eldgrim the Viking Champion, Moltenclaw, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Greenscale Warriorsx3

* Bol, Kha, Taelord the Kyrie Warrior, Nottingham Brigandx6, Red Ants of Aunstromx4 (drop 1)

shiftrex chooses who places first.

The chris perkins v. ryguy266 armies are:

Teeth of the Snake
* Concan the Kyrie Warrior, Zetacron, Teeth of the Makwax2, Venoc Vipersx5

* Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Shurrak, Tarn Viking Warriors, Ashigaru Harquebusx3

ryguy266 chooses who places first.

The superfrog v. captain stupendous armies are:

Battle Masters
* Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Ne-Gok-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3
Aubriesenwein
* Cyprien Esenwein, Major Q10, Sonya Esenwein, Aubrien Archersx2

superfrog chooses who places first.

The backcountrygamer v. grey waves armies are:

Hot Ones
* Eldgrim the Viking Champion, Ulfrid Hornwrangler, Vulcanmech Incendiborgs, Axegrinders of Burning Forgex2
Cut to the Chase
* Breach, Otonashi, Goblin Cuttersx4, Nottingham Brigandx7 (drop 2)

grey waves chooses who places first.

The shurrig v. og-blaha armies are:

Dragons in a Major Way
* Major Q10, Moltenclaw, Greenscale Warriorsx3
Warden's Undead Honor Guard
* Warden 816, Crypt Guardianx3, Drow Chainfighterx3, Tomb Skeletonsx6 (drop 1)

og-blaha chooses who places first.

The vegie dad v. earthling armies are:

Friends, Romans, Countrymen
* Akumaken, Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3
Erevan's the new Appa
* Erevan Sunshadow, Kurrok the Elementalist, Air Elementalx3, Fire Elementalx4, Water Elementalx4

earthling chooses who places first.

Send PMs to vegietarian18 to schedule games with his dad.

The arrow grut v. houndsrule armies are:

District IX
* Azurite Warlord, Me-Burq-Sa, Ne-Gok-Sa, Roman Legionnairesx3

* Eldgrim the Viking Champion, Kyntela Gwyn, Otonashi, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], 10th Regiment of Footx2, Warriors of Ashrax2

houndsrule chooses who places first.

~Dysole, kicking us off

dok · Aug 21, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

This format was a fun one to come up with builds for. Here are some other builds that I came up with or had others mention to me that I thought were interesting for this format:

Splashpad

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Constructs (couldn't decide which was better)

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Lawmen/Raiders

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Cultists

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Khosumet+VIs

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Ninjas

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ogblaha · Aug 21, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

This format was a fun one to come up with builds for. Here are some other builds that I came up with or had others mention to me that I thought were interesting for this format:

Lawmen/Raiders

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I wanted to play cowboys but I didn't think that 2 squads of raiders was enough to do the job

caps · Aug 21, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

I really liked this one except into high-defense multi-SA hero armies (mainly constructs)

Black Wyrmling x4
Goblin Cutters x4
Red Wyrmling x4
520 Points, 24 Figures, 24 Hexes
Settings: VC, Delta Points

kevindola · Aug 21, 2023

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this is awkward

Arrow Grut · Aug 21, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

kevindola said:
this is awkward

I think you have a son

Dysole · Aug 21, 2023

Planned

xiegfried and I will be playing this Friday.

~Dysole, eager to take Ranjit for a swing

Chris Perkins · Aug 21, 2023

Re: We're Live

The chris perkins v. ryguy266 armies are:
Teeth of the Snake
* Concan the Kyrie Warrior, Zetacron, Teeth of the Makwax2, Venoc Vipersx5

* Raelin the Kyrie Warrior [RotV], Shurrak, Tarn Viking Warriors, Ashigaru Harquebusx3

ryguy266 chooses who places first.

Playing Wednesday @ 11:30 am EST / 10:30 am CT

Arrow Grut · Aug 22, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

Finished up with hounds rule earlier this afternoon.

Hounds opened by screening with WoA on the Valda side of the map the ruin Round 1 and placed Raelin behind the ruin to protect her. Round 1 I moved Ne Gok Sa onto Valda and started slow rolling romans up to the high ground to meet Hounds' pod. On OM3, I advanced MBS behind a wall of a roman vanguard and started attacking the WoA. I also took wannok with a roman, though this proved to be pretty unimportant and went uncontested until the late game.

Round 2 consisted of me attacking down with MBS and sneaking a single roman through his formation each turn while he returned fire with the 10th on the romans. He couldn't get good shots on MBS (or opted not to take them) while I couldn't see Raelin without moving into a more vulnerable position, so I opted to go after the 10th instead with all of my attacks.

Round 3 I won my third and final initiative. My progress on the 10th was slow, but so was Hounds' progress on the romans. The sacrificial roman rush through his formation had been largely frutiless and 2/3 MBS attacks missed. I dropped his 10th to 4 figures this round, but I wouldn't be able to kill the 10th for the rest of the game.

Round 4 Hounds' got an init switch. Whereas at the end of round 3 I blocked 4/4 attacks against romans, this round the now WTF-boosted 10th connected on 3/4 attacks. This was a deathknell for my postion and left me with 4 romans; 2 on the hill, one on wannok, and one in a position to reinforce wannok if the wannok roman was removed. I took another shot with MBS, started to manuever the wannok roman forward to wipe his clean-up heroes in his startzone (I was able to kill all 3 as they were weakened by wannok wounds). These two romans' defense held out this round as hounds targetted them, but it was not enough to win the game.

Though MBS put up a fight and NGS took a disengage to engage Raelin and draw attacks and fire (he died unceremoniously in 2 rounds of attacks from 10th) neither could outrun the remaining 4 10th. I conceded with an unactivated azurite warlord against 5 WoA, 4 10th, and Raelin.

I thought a lot about what I could have done differently when I realized I put too much empahsis on a 50 point figure to win the game for me. I should have targetted 1 WoA on the far right that would have allowed me to rush my romans forward through the screen and onto the 10th/Raelin. Even though it felt exceptionally bad, I should have abanoned my position on the hill to try to get lucky and hit through his screen.

GG hounds, you played it super well. Good luck in your future games.

KnightOfLight · Aug 22, 2023

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Mega silver and I just finished. This was a really quick game with some crazy rolling. I opened ants while mega went Mohicans. Because of my speed, mega had to play it careful, he also won round one initiative which gave me the opportunity for an initiative switch. The ants speed was amazing as I rushed in and took out 1 Mohican with a lucky 2v3. Mega used his turn 3 to grab wannok and develop two more Mohicans. Unfortunately his 2 attacks went sour and he didn’t kill the ant I had rushed at his Mohicans. So with turn three I got height on the wannok guy, and developed to get 3 attacks on his squad. I killed the wannok Mohican but failed my attacks on the rest. I then won initiative and got 1 more kill leaving him with 2 Mohicans. His defense and attack were both pretty bad here. He responded by only killing 1 ant. I then threw an ant into his startzone and continued to assault the river tribe. I got another kill leaving him with one lone Mohican. Essentially, once he swapped to honor guard he had only killed 2 ants. Mega’s attack was really bad for the whole game, ending at 38% while I was rolling really hot early on, I think I hit 68%( eventually cooled to 53%) Thankfully, mega’s defense was above average, and at least the honor guard helped with the bad attack stat because of their auto skull. Mega slowly ground through the ants and I pivoted to Moltenclaw and greenscales. Holding valda all game was huge and game me so much bird control. Moltenclaw started really hot killing 4 guard on his first two fire lines. It helps that Moltenclaw is just really good into honor guard as they have to clump to be effective. Long story short, I’m spite of mega’s really bad offensive luck, he held out pretty well taking me down only 1 squad of greenies left before we called it. I had 3 greenscales, 1 ant, 2/3 gen Simon (wannok) and 0/6 Moltenclaw. He had 1 Krav (caught them in the startzone with supercharged ants) and 2 honor guard.

GG Megasilver! You played that well and made it close!

caps · Aug 23, 2023

Re: We're Live

Dysole said:
Round 1 is on Ascension.

The foudzing v. caps armies are:
Chains and cocoons
* Bol, Motley Max, Bugbear Basher, Eilan Sidhex4, Goblin Slashersx3
THEM!
* Eltahale, Josie Whistlestop, Major J15, Red Ants of Aunstromx5

foudzing chooses who places first.

This game is going down on Saturday at 7am MT!

Viideosayg · Aug 23, 2023

Re: OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - Signups until 8/2

Bert and I will be playing tomorrow at 8 EST

OHS Season 53 - Delta Coalition Wars - congrats vegie!

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