Tigerstyle Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 That's Vappafuax 2014 all done, thanks to everyone who came and made it an excellent event. We had a few odd hiccups, some within my control and some not but I think we got there in the end and it all went pretty well. I should say a big thanks to And for helping with the setup yesterday and helping run things. Also a big thanks to And, Nathan, Sam and Shane for building a ton of terrain and boards over the past few months. It's set us up in good standing for future eventsl at Garrison and at Vappa again. Also a big thanks to Jen for volunteering to stand down as a player when we had an odd number. It meant no one had to have a bye and I didn't have to play which I was grateful for. Also, thanks for our event sponsors for helping out with the prizes. Please go and check them out and tell them you heard about them at Vappafaux. They are: Bendyboards.co.uk Tinyworlds.co.uk Fenrisgames.com Warbases.co.uk Urban Construct (wargamesterrain.co.uk) I'll post the full results tomorrow and upload to the rankings. In summary: 1st - Paul Campbell 2nd - James Doxey 3rd - Greg Piskosz Best sports - Shane McDowell Spoon - Paul Butler Best Painted: 1st Jen Truby 2nd Ben Halford 3rd James Doxey Congratulations to all those guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 One other thing, if anyone has any feedback on the event them please let me know, as we want to make things even better for next year and future events. You can PM me here, or tweet/ DM me on twitter @tigerstyle40k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicFOX Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks for running a great event mate. Had a blast. Good work with the long lunch break, was great to get a proper look round this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 The round timings were spot on - I got all 5 turns in, in all 5 games. Great idea with the long lunch break - although my bank manager won't be thanking you! Had a great time thanks to all the York garrison lads and the cracking event you all pulled together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 The timings were one of the things that I was concerned about going into the event, but each round there were only a couple of games still running at the end of 90 minutes so it looks like that might be a decent time length. I think we probably had a little longer than 10 minutes setup as we'd got started a bit earlier in each round so it looks like a 10-15 minutes setup with a 90 minute round is OK for 40ss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrengisKhan Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks for running the event Chris. It was a really great day. Can you put the full standings up? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Can you put the full standings up? Yep, I'll post them here tomorrow and upload the results to RHQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManMyke Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Just got in from a fantastic day. Thanks for running it Chris, the #tractormassive will be back next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argentbadger Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks to Chris for running a great event, and thanks to Matt, Ben and Graham for playing three great games with me. The round timing felt good and the long lunch break gave us the opportunity to browse the rest of the convention. This was my first Malifaux road trip and I'd definitely do it again (wife points pending, of course). York makes it a reasonable driving range from Central Belt Scotland so we might try to get more attendees from our groups making these events in the North of England. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Paul Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Yes thanks to all, I have a really good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManMyke Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks to Chris for running a great event, and thanks to Matt, Ben and Graham for playing three great games with me. The round timing felt good and the long lunch break gave us the opportunity to browse the rest of the convention. This was my first Malifaux road trip and I'd definitely do it again (wife points pending, of course). York makes it a reasonable driving range from Central Belt Scotland so we might try to get more attendees from our groups making these events in the North of England. Thats a great point. The beauty of York is that is can pull in players from both ends of the country with a reasonable drive (4 hours for us from the backwards lands of Norfolk). Would make a great GT location if there was a suitable venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 We've got some big rooms at the Folk Hall where Garrison meet, there's several of a similar size if not larger to the one we had Monkeefaux in last year so a big event in York is a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godgolden Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 My first big tournament, was a truck-load of fun, excellent organisation, cheers to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I've been through and double checked all the score sheets again, and verified that the below are the final standings (I did find one error but nothing that affected either end of the table): These are the results that will be uploaded to RHQ shortly. The final faction breakdown was: 8 Arcanists 5 Guild 5 Outcasts 4 Neverborn 4 Ten Thunders 1 Rezzer 1 Gremlin I'm going to crunch through the sheets and look at scheme selections in a bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentRock Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Any word on what masters the winner was using? Is this two 10T Lynch wins for major UK tourneys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManMyke Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Oh for total VP rather than differential to be the tie breaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManMyke Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 He was using the ultra broken Mei Feng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Players weren't required to record their masters only their factions. I've been asked for that info a couple of times so I will get it noted for future events. Paul definitely used Mei Feng in his course to victory certainly in the last game, but I'm sure he'll chip in and confirm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks for the breakdown by faction. You guys achieve some good diversity on the table and in the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I thought some of you might find the scheme selections interesting. Strategies were pre-announced, schemes were provided for all games at the start of the day. 28 players gives us 56 scheme selections per round: Round 1: Reconnoiter ALITS: 4 Breakthrough: 16 Spring the Trap: 7 Bodyguard: 14 Make Them Suffer: 15 Round 2: Turf War ALITS: 3 Assassinate: 16 Vendetta: 7 Frame for Murder: 24 Breakthrough: 6 Round 3: Stake a Claim ALITS: 3 Plant Evidence: 14 Assassinate: 5 Entourage: 15 Protect Territory: 19 A Line in the Sand was very rare, most of the selections above are from 2 players taking it in two games, and one player selecting it in all three games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 wow very interesting distrubtion especially almost every single player selecting Frame 4 murder in Round 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerstyle Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yeah, it's a pretty killy strat with a fairly killy scheme pool. FfM and Assasiniate the big choices there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euclid (#ScottishMeta) Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Many thanks for a fantastic day. Had a great time (as usual), will try to travel again soon. Paul used Mei, Lynch and Mei. He usually blogs a write up of all event he attends so expect that for more details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argentbadger Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Any word on what masters the winner was using? Is this two 10T Lynch wins for major UK tourneys? Many thanks for a fantastic day. Had a great time (as usual), will try to travel again soon. Paul used Mei, Lynch and Mei. He usually blogs a write up of all event he attends so expect that for more details. Indeed, Joe has stolen my thunder. I used Mei Feng in the first game (vs Ten Thunders; Misaki), Jakob Lynch in the second game (vs Outcasts; Viktorias) and Mei Feng again in the third game (vs Neverborn; Lilith). I might well have used Lynch in the final round but I'd actually been talking to my opponent before, not knowing that we'd get paired up, about the many uses of the master so we made a gentleman's agreement not to have a 'Lynch-off'. I only own two wave 1 Ten Thunders masters so one of them was always going to get a second run out. It is all written up in tedious fantastic detail here if you want to know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Any word on what masters the winner was using? Is this two 10T Lynch wins for major UK tourneys? You'd still be below me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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