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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Dec 10, 2018 15:45:05 GMT -5
Talked to Mike about the idea of having an AOS tourney to attempt to grow the player base and he's totally into the idea!
So here's what we know:
Saturday January 26, 2019 - Kingston Gaming Nexus
No painting requirement. New player friendly $15 standard one day tourney entry fee that goes to prize support - which will be draw prizes so anyone can win them!
I'll update this first post as more details are hammered out... but I'd like to know from you (keeping in mind we want this to be new player friendly):
- How many points should this be? we generally play 2,000 points but would a smaller point level encourage more people to attend? - Are there any scenarios out of the 18 in matched play that you really enjoy and would like to recommend as a good one to use? - Do you want to use the realm rules? - Do you want to use Malign Portents? - Is there anything that would make this be easier to attend or that would help encourage numbers?
I'm committed to running it and doing my best to make this (and more tournies) happen - so even if there aren't huge numbers for this first one, it's still going to take place
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Post by Khalai on Dec 10, 2018 20:09:22 GMT -5
I'm definitely down for this one.
I think standard game size is fine with me, don't mind going down if we need to though, to encourage enlistment.
I've only played one game and that was months ago, so I'd be more satisfied keeping it simple from the mission/supplement side.
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Post by Takharsis on Dec 11, 2018 12:00:04 GMT -5
1000 pts seems great. 4x4 tables and easy to achieve.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Dec 11, 2018 12:06:56 GMT -5
1000 pts seems great. 4x4 tables and easy to achieve. thought you had more points than that?
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Post by redshirt2375 on Dec 11, 2018 12:35:46 GMT -5
I would love to come but it falls on a weekend my in-laws don't have my little monkey 😟
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Post by cmcd on Dec 11, 2018 20:27:08 GMT -5
Love this . 2000 pts sounds great.
i value your experience on all the other stuff. I think easier the missions the better.
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Post by vadah on Dec 12, 2018 20:22:22 GMT -5
planning this far ahead is hard for me, but I have every intention of attending
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Post by Takharsis on Dec 15, 2018 17:55:11 GMT -5
1000 pts seems great. 4x4 tables and easy to achieve. thought you had more points than that? I do just easier for new people to start with 1000
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Dec 16, 2018 7:54:51 GMT -5
added a poll to make polling easier.... cuz poll
you get three answers on each of the topics - so tourney size; endless spells and the additional realm rules
(endless spells and realm rules are NOT amongst the free rules online for those unaware)
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Post by macstern on Dec 16, 2018 21:05:00 GMT -5
As someone sitting on the fence about getting into aos I find the 2000 point tournament to be daunting. I would expect several others to be this way as well. I managed to pick up a half of soul wars, and some other units used, but to hit the 2000 points I'm probably looking at another 200 plus easy. As an avid fan of 40k with one 2000 plus army, and three others under a thousand, I find it to be difficult to invest in another system. Hopefully this helps in your decisions.
Also maybe do an exhibition game on a Saturday so 40k players and others could watch. I would suggest trying to make it fairly even matched armies as drumming's just make the game look bad.
One more thing as a father of 3 young children trying to justify spending that money right after Christmas is hard as well.
My two cents take them as you will.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Dec 16, 2018 23:07:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the feedback... 1500 might be a good middle ground then... as many people have either picked up (or would pick up) the forces from a boxed set due to the cost savings.
idea isn't so much "buy a bunch of stuff" and more "let's see the way most people can most economically try"
hence my votes at least for the expansions that need to be paid for not being used.
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Dec 26, 2018 14:34:13 GMT -5
So going to be setting up the tourney... as per the poll 1500 points no endless spells no realm rules no painting requirement! so super friendly new player welcome lets have some fun kinda thing! I'm going to make a new thread for the tourney itself... this was more to hash out ideas... so locking this one up
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