[Deptheads] Flames of War Tournament: OrcCon 2010

Wed Sep 2 17:38:15 PDT 2009

I¹m good with it, but Eric should give it his blessing and edit, there might
be some things we want to emphasis and de-emphasis, or might just want to
change the wording.

Robyn

On 9/2/09 3:39 PM, "Gayle Charboneau" <monkedoodles at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Robyn,
>  
> Is this okay to cut and paste on to Facebook (as is?) or do you want to
> create a different postable ad for facebook?
>  
> Gayle
> 
> 
> From: Robyn Nixon <robynln at gmail.com>
> To: "deptheads at strategicon.net" <deptheads at strategicon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:14:37 AM
> Subject: [Deptheads] Flames of War Tournament: OrcCon 2010
> 
> So we have it booked!!
> 
> One of the West coast¹s largest FOW qualifier tournaments is returning to :
> 
> OrcCon 2010 
> 
> We will be hosting a 2-day, 5-round tournament in Los Angeles over President¹s
> day weekend, February 13 14 at OrcCon.  Here¹s the website for the convention
> http://www.strategicon.net/. The event is being held at the Radisson hotel at
> LAX.  Sorry for the Valentine¹s conflict, but I don¹t have control over the
> date. Just take your wife/girlfriend out the weekend before and make it nicer
> then normal(I¹m looking at you, Tom).  Anyway, you should all treat them
> special everyday given that they put up with you.
>  
> This will be a 2,000 point mid-war doubles tournament, and will be a qualifier
> for the 2010 Nationals Tournament.  All official published lists (army books
> and .pdfs) are legal.  Each player gets 1,000 points to build a legal company.
> Up to 100 points can be shared with your team mate.
>  
> Germans can ally with Germans, Italians, or minor allies.
> Italians can ally with Italians or Germans
> Russians can ally with Russians
> Western allies can ally with other Western allies.
>  
> No demo carriers (Goliaths and Bogwards) or special characters allowed.
>  
> We will have room for 40 teams (80 players), so first come, first served.
> There will be a $10/person entry fee (all of which will go towards prizes).
> We will also have prize support from Battlefront and from my own stash of
> stuff.  Everyone will receive at least one blister pack, so no one walks away
> empty-handed.  Prizes will include but are not limited to, Osprey books,
> blister packs, Platoon Boxes, Army Boxes, Dice, Rule/Army Books, painting
> guides, and painted figures.
>  
> No histories are required for this event.  Lists are due to me no later than
> Monday February 1, no lists will be accepted after this cut-off.  Both lists
> for the team need to be submitted together.  Lists received before January 15
> will receive a token for one free re-roll, good once for the event and good
> for any die roll.
>  
> I will also be including a few ³events² in certain scenarios. Figure on one
> each day.  Also, expect board specific terrain rules and snow boards using the
> I-95 Odd-Bog rule (each player roles a dice before their movement phase, on an
> odd die roll, they make bog checks for all non-road movement).
>  
> The first round will be the only round where I will try to not have people
> from the same gaming group playing against each other.  Players will not have
> to play the same team twice.  I will try to always do Red vs. Blue, but
> closest victory points trump all.  I will also try to make sure that you do
> not play on the same table more than once.
>  
> Lists will be posted prior to the event for all to see and comment on.  So let
> the trash talking commence.
>  
> The first round will start at 9:30 sharp on Saturday.  Please arrive no later
> then  8:30 for sign-in and table assignments.  Each round will be 3 hours.
> I¹d like to get assignments out early so people can begin set-up prior to
> 9:30.
>  
> Something new for set up this time.  Each team gets 15 minutes to set up.
> Platoons not deployed at the end of the time limit will come on per the
> reserves rule.  Last year we had some games finish before others had finished
> setting up, and this really isn¹t acceptable.  Even infantry hoards should be
> able to set up in that time, so make a decision and stick to it.
>  
>  
> Schedule
> Day 1  Saturday February 13
> 08:00  09:00    Set-Up and Registration
> 09:30  12:30    Round 1  Breakthrough
> 12:30  13:30    Lunch
> 13:30  16:30    Round 2  Encounter
> 16:30  17:00    Break
> 17:30  20:30    Round 3  No Retreat
>  
> Day 2  Sunday February 14
> 08:00  09:00    Set-up
> 09:00  12:00    Round 4  Fighting Withdrawal
> 12:00  13:00    Lunch
> 13:00  16:00    Round 5  Free-for-All
> 16:30  ?           Awards
>  
> Airborne players will be able to swap out Seize and Hold for Free-for-All.
> Both players will need to be airborne for this to happen.
>  
> I am going to need terrain help to pull this off.  Please send me an email if
> you are interested in helping with the terrain.  My preference is for very
> terrain dense boards that present interesting and challenging tactical
> problems.  Please no pool tables.  Please send pictures if you can.
>  
> I will update this posting as I have more information.
>  
> Spread the word!
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Bill Wilcox
> billwilcox at fairisaac.com
>  
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, proprietary
> and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
> If you have received this email in error please delete it immediately.
> 
> 
> 
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
> 
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Deptheads mailing list
> Deptheads at strategicon.net
> http://mordred.punk.net/mailman/listinfo/deptheads

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mordred.punk.net/pipermail/deptheads/attachments/20090902/cb76c7bc/attachment-0001.htm