[Deptheads] Flames of War Tournament: OrcCon 2010
Eric M. Aldrich I
ealdrich at penguinlust.org
Wed Sep 2 21:18:34 PDT 2009
Go with it for now :-) I don't see anything in there that's cause for
concern.
Just one clarification -- How is the $10 going to be collected?
Eric
On Sep 2, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Robyn Nixon wrote:
> I’m 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 coast’s largest FOW qualifier tournaments is
>> returning to :
>> OrcCon 2010
>>
>> We will be hosting a 2-day, 5-round tournament in Los Angeles over
>> President’s day weekend, February 13 –14 at OrcCon. Here’s the
>> website for the convention http://www.strategicon.net/. The event
>> is being held at the Radisson hotel at LAX. Sorry for the
>> Valentine’s conflict, but I don’t have control over the date. Just
>> take your wife/girlfriend out the weekend before and make it nicer
>> then normal(I’m 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 “events” 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. I’d 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 isn’t
>> 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
>>
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