pandasauce Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) This coming Wednesday at Valhalla Battle Games will be a Malifaux Tournament. Round 1 starts at 6:20 sharp so show up no later than 6:05 . Set Shared Strategies, 35SS games, $5 Entry. You will be allowed to bring 50SS of models and up to 2 masters from a single faction to build your crews from for each game. Proxies are allowed if you have the appropriate 3x5 stat cards with suitable sized models and similar look so it is clear what it is. Cash prizes. Please let me know if you are coming so I can plan accordingly. Strategies: Round1: Shared Claim Jump Round2: Shared Line in the Sand Round3: Shared Plant Evidence 8/1/2012, 6-10pm Valhalla Battle Games: 601 North York Rd, Elmhurt IL. 630-607-0048 Edited July 31, 2012 by pandasauce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 If my softball playoffs don't wind up on Wednesday, I would like to get out there. (If We win Tuesday, we play Wednesday) So, I can't commit until late Tuesday... I was wondering why the limitations on models and masters? Also, how many rounds do you expect to get in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 So, I can't commit until late Tuesday... I was wondering why the limitations on models and masters? Also, how many rounds do you expect to get in? That's fine, good luck on your game either way =] The limitations are because some people are relatively new compared to others. Having the limitations makes it so that one player with everything does not have advantages over others that have not had enough time to collect a large pool of models. It makes the players choose a balanced pool of models to build crews from instead of everything from books 1-3. And there will be 3 rounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hmmm... I will be interested to see how that pans out. As someone with a large collection of rezzers, it honestly just makes me more inclined to take as OP a base list as I can manage since variation will be limited. With an optimized sideboard for certain strats. So, rather than sneaking in Seamus or Nicodem if possible for a particular strat for diversity, I'd be inclined to say that Kirai or McMourning are best equipped for the largest list of scenarios, so I would possibly expect newer players to have a more negative experience... But, not having run a tourney yet, I have no idea. I find often with Malifaux that my expectations and reality are the barest of acquaintances. I hope to make it as I am trying to learn to play faster. (<avoids the glare of Nilus from this year's Adepticon story encounters>) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 How long of rounds? I probably won't be able to make it out that early on a weekday night(nor stay that late) but I am just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 How long of rounds? I probably won't be able to make it out that early on a weekday night(nor stay that late) but I am just curious. 70(not including 10 min setup time for each round). So technically 80 with setup. Mainly because the store is only open until 10(or 10:30ish when he is aware of such events) and many of the attendees work until about 5. So I have just enough time with this round length. Also, this is the day he wants Malifaux stuff done since it is the shop's Malifaux night. He has scheduled events or themed days for every other day, and he seems quite adamant about keeping it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Also, this is the day he wants Malifaux stuff done since it is the shop's Malifaux night. He has scheduled events or themed days for every other day, and he seems quite adamant about keeping it that way. Thanks for the info, I can understand a day for regular play/league play but it tough for tournaments. But you gotta do what your stores lets you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Thanks for the info, I can understand a day for regular play/league play but it tough for tournaments. But you gotta do what your stores lets you do. Yeah, gotta work with what I'm given =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopelessHeretic Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 How does the limitation work with models that replace or summon? For example lets say Ramos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 How does the limitation work with models that replace or summon? For example lets say Ramos. Summons and replacing models do not count towards the 50SS hiring model list. So 3 steam punk arachnids(SPA) will cost 9 soulstones to hire in normally and they can swarm together without having to account for its cost in the initial hiring pool. The same goes for summoned models such as the electrical creation or even more SPA's. Since some crews like Ramos or many Resser's can be dependent on summoning, I will not hold that against the player for hiring restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpobjects Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Are you going to list the shared strategies for each round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Edited nad posted now =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpobjects Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks for posting the information. Count me in. I may be bringing a friend. I will post tomorrow morning if he is attending as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks for posting the information. Count me in. I may be bringing a friend. I will post tomorrow morning if he is attending as well. Fantastic! It will be nice meeting you, as I do not recall having done so already. =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopelessHeretic Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Count me in for sure. Also what is the scoring method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Count me in for sure. Also what is the scoring method? Domination Format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I am happy/sad to say that we won by one run in extra innings, so I will not be at the tournament. I hope it goes well and intend to be at your next one. Post an awesome tourney report! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I am happy/sad to say that we won by one run in extra innings, so I will not be at the tournament. I hope it goes well and intend to be at your next one. Post an awesome tourney report! Congrats! There will be more tourney's so no worries there. And I definitely will. This one is a test tournament because I am trying to see if I can get 35SS games in 80 min rounds(including setup). I picked strategies that will force players into the center of the board, so I hope that helps. Otherwise Next time it will be 2 90 min rounds and not domination format. I just really like 3 rounds for a tournament is all =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 The other option for 3 rounds at 70 minutes is to consider smaller crew sizes. 25 stones would be doable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Thank you to everyone that was able to make it! And yes, Next time it will be smaller crews. I was trying to give the players what they wanted within my limitations, it was a learning experience for me and I will improve it for next time =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 So who won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandasauce Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 So who won? Bret took first with Zoraida and Collodi Joe D took second with C. Hoffman and Lucius Vince took third with Colette Dubois The first two rounds were exceptionally bloody with all three games having clashed at the middle with great haste. Turn 2 or 3 by the latest crews were battered to nearly half their starting forces. My goal was to promote some slaughter without actually being slaughter, which played out as expected. The third round was a bit more focused on planting evidence all over the board, but still a massacre of models nonetheless. Across all three games in all three rounds there was a delightful amount of slaying. This being the first actual tournament I have run I have learned a lot and will be able to adjust for next time with my restrictions of what the store allows me to do. Next time I will drop it down to 25SS, and I will make it a story-like encounter with special terrain features and events throughout. This should fix the time constraints I have to work with and add some more flavor to the battles. Overall everyone had a great time and had a lot of great games. Cannot wait to run the next one, which may be on a Sunday if all goes according to plan. =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Bret took first with Zoraida and Collodi So Bret remembered to do his fast actions on his puppets then? Glad to here it went so well and a Sunday event would be very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopelessHeretic Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Having 800 counters really helped him with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Having 800 counters really helped him with that. Well he learned the night before that if he didn't put them out he would forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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