[Deptheads] email blurb 1

Mon Jan 4 09:32:46 PST 2010

Eric,

Here is a cut and paste from the website.  I will set up a free webpage 
and get the url to you guys today or tomorrow.

> 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. Bring them along. What better Valentine's 
> gift could you give them then a spa weekend in LA without you?
>
> Chris Dunlap has put together a webpage for the event again, you can 
> find it here.
> http://members.cox.net/foworc/index.htm.
>
> 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
> Finns can ally with Finns or Germans
> Other Minor allies can ally with other minor allies, Germans, or east 
> front Italians
> Russians can ally with Russians
> Western allies can ally with other Western allies.
>
> 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.
>
> The winning team is the team with the most points, period. We will 
> have other prizes.
>
> 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.
>
> Special Rules
> No demo carriers (Goliaths and Bogwards), or special characters allowed.
>
> Only one Team member can take air support.
>
> For deployment, you count total platoons for both armies and divide by 
> two. Each team places one platoon, then the next team does.
>
> For defensive battle, if one of the armies is tank, you are tank. If 
> you are playing a team that has two tank armies and your team only has 
> one, the team with one defends.
>
> Break one company, both run away.
>
> Game scores count for the team, not the individual. The winning team 
> gets the prize, not the best individual effort.
>
> Flame throwers are not anti-tank weapons, they are 
> anti-fortification/anti-infantry weapons. As such there are two 
> special rules for flame throwers: 1) Platoons that are allowed to 
> swap-out for flame throwers can only do so when they are the attacker 
> in scenarios where the defender starts dug-in or is in fortifications; 
> 2) flame thrower teams attempting to attack an armored vehicle must 
> make a motivation test prior to shooting.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 – Fighting Withdrawal
>
> Day 2 – Sunday February 14
> 08:00 – 09:00 Set-up
> 09:00 – 12:00 Round 4 – No Retreat
> 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
> 13:00 – 16:00 Round 5 – Free-for-All
> 16:30 – ? Awards
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks. Spread the word.
>
>

Eric M. Aldrich I wrote:
> All that's on the web is the point totals and the like. Makes poor ad 
> copy. Also, it seems the URL resolves to a board where you have to be 
> a member to see anything :-(
>
> Eric
>
> On 04 Jan, 2010, at 03:06, tim at stugiii.com wrote:
>
>> Could you flesh out the Flames of War section a bit?  Just pull the 
>> info off the event listing
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at apple.com>
>> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:40:59
>> To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
>> Subject: [Deptheads] email blurb 1
>>
>> Here is the first email blast I'll send out tomorrow morning. If I'm
>> missing something critical it wasn't one the web site :-p (or I was
>> too tired to notice). Anyway, if you see issues let me know and I'll
>> fix them.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> ORCCON 2010
>> Presidents' Day Weekend
>> February 12th-15th
>>
>> Happy New Year! Now that it's 2010 it's time to get ready for the best
>> gaming experience in California this Presidents' Day weekend — Orccon
>> 2010
>>
>> ORCCON returns to the LAX Radisson for Presidents Day Weekend (Friday
>> February 12th through Monday 15th) where you can play 500 different
>> events and win $4000 in prizes! Join 1000 gamers for a holiday weekend
>> full of board games, card games, miniature war games and video game
>> tournaments! Play your favorite traditional games and Euro games,
>> historical, collectible, strategy and family games. Orccon also hosts
>> LARPs, painting contests, kid's events, war college seminars, really
>> bad movie night and roleplaying games.
>>
>> PREREGISTER!
>> Give yourself the gift of Orccon! Buy your convention badge for only
>> $40. Members of many gaming clubs receive an additional discount.
>> Visit www.strategicon.net for all the details!
>>
>> FREE VALET PARKING AT THE RADISSON
>> The convention room rate is $99 per night. That's $25 per night if you
>> pack four buddies in a room. Valet parking is FREE for one car per
>> hotel room. Call 1-800-333-3333 to book your hotel room. Ask for the
>> special convention rate!
>>
>> SPECIAL GUESTS!
>> Matt Leacock, Designer of Pandemic and Roll Through the Ages: the
>> Bronze Age will be our Guest of Honor this year. Joining him will be
>> Dana Lombardy, designer of Streets of Stalingrad and more recently
>> Tide of Iron: Designer Series Vol. 1.
>>
>> TICKET TO RIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER
>> Orccon 2010 will host the Pacific US Regional Qualifying Tournament
>> for the North American Ticket to Ride Championships. To participate
>> you must sign-up on the Days of Wonder web site 
>> (http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/tournament/signup/?id=42&event=1100
>> ) AND you must also register for the Orccon convention by visiting
>> their website.
>>
>> SPONSORED MAGIC: THE GATHERING TOURNAMENTS
>> Orccon is sponsoring four different DCI Sanctioned M:tG tournaments
>> throughout the weekend. The First Prize for each tourney is a brand
>> new booster box of Planechase - the newest Magic set!
>>
>> BROADSIDE BASH and LORD OF THE RINGS!
>> Frodo Lives! Broadside Bash is the official Games Workshop Independent
>> Grand Tournament being run by Pacific Marauders 
>> (http://www.broadsidebash.com
>> ).
>> This is the 3rd annual Grand Tourney include Warhammer 40k, Warhammer
>> Fantasy and War of the Rings.
>>
>> WWE RAW DEAL CHARIY EVENT
>> Orccon will be hosting the 2nd Annual Adam Crites RAW Deal CCG
>> Memorial Tournament. Both events have fabulous prizes!
>>
>> FLAMES OF WAR NATIONAL QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT
>> For the second consecutive year Orccon is hosting a qualifier for the
>> 2010 Nationals Tournament.
>>
>> WARMACHINE/HORDES
>> That right, Warmachine and Hordes is back at Orrcon, and its new and
>> better than ever!! With the release of the new Mark II version of the
>> rules sets from Privateer Press (http://www.privateerpress.com) the
>> game system and tournament rules set have been updated to reflect
>> player feedback and has been improved and updated!! ORCCON is
>> sponsoring an official Privateer Press 25 point tournament on Saturday
>> of the convention.
>>
>> MALIFAUX
>> Malifaux is the hottest miniature game to come out of Gencon
>> Indianapolis in 2009. This is a diceless 28mm miniature system wrapped
>> around Wyrd Miniature games (http://www.wyrd-games.net) line of
>> miniatures.
>>
>> UNCHARTED ISLES   
>> This is the heir apparent for everyone's small scale fantasy Man-O-
>> War. The scale is slightly larger, but it brings everyone's favorite
>> races back into play with Humans, elves, orcs and dwarfs playing a
>> central theme.
>>
>> MINIATURES BOOT CAMP
>> Our successful Miniatures Boot Camp will be back for Orccon. Boot camp
>> games provide attendees the opportunity to learn from experienced and
>> welcoming players. Ask questions, try out tactics, or test-drive
>> something new. Come demo Flames of War, Malifaux, Warmachine,
>> Uncharted Seas, and many others!
>>
>> WARGAME BOOT CAMP
>> Want to learn a new war game or an old war game that you've been
>> meaning to play for a decade or more? Orccon hosts the third War Game
>> Boot Camp where we teach old and new games to those who want to learn.
>>
>> Go to www.strategicon.net right now and get your Christmas presents!!
>>
>>
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