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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 13, 2017 17:51:50 GMT
Will that is not correct. Please see the website for what I assume what the schedule will be for the weekend. Bring those bases and I'll trade you the ogres you wanted for them. Friday, November 17, 2017 daboyzgt.com/warhammer-fantasy-8th-ed/FRIDAY WARHAMMER FANTASY BATTLES – TRIUMPH & TREACHERY We will be playing using the WFB supplement, Warhammer: Triumph & Treachery. Bring an army worth up to 750 points. If you haven’t played Triumph and Treachery before be ready for an entirely fresh take on Warhammer. Multiplayer games with alliances back stabbing, and all sorts of plot twists! If you are playing in the Saturday escalation tournament, you must use your 750-point army for Game 1 of the escalation tournament. Game Time: 7pm – 11pm ------------------------ Also guys I am desperate for folding tables for the TO's and vendors and xwing. Instead of being $20 for the weekend for those tables they are charging us $60+20%admin+tax. I told them forget it and we'd bring in our own (I could buy tables for $60 I think.) If you have any you could bring could you please let me know.
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Post by wilsonthenarc on Nov 13, 2017 18:40:46 GMT
Yes, that jives.
I am stopping by on Friday night to hang for a few hours, but not game. I will NOT be playing in the Triumph & Treachery. I also wanted to hang and watch some Blood Bowl action.
I am 100% IN for Sunday, STORM OF MAGIC. That is Sunday, it's the "all day" event. I look forward to smashing, killing, and cheating the same casters I play against (and perhaps lose to) on Saturday. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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Post by wilsonthenarc on Nov 13, 2017 18:41:28 GMT
Bring those bases and I'll trade you the ogres you wanted for them. Swwweeeet
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 13, 2017 21:07:21 GMT
You know if you can get the day off we'd love to have you play Blood Bowl with us for the day.
Gary
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Post by avatarofbugman on Nov 14, 2017 2:03:21 GMT
Gary, I have 2 2x4 tables if that will help.
Jason
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 14, 2017 12:51:26 GMT
Yes if you could bring would be a help. Main room is covered but need some 3 by 3 play spaces for Xwing those two tables would be perfect.
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 17, 2017 10:28:54 GMT
@avatarofbug,an probably won’t need them but if you can fit them easily I would appreciate the backup just in case.
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 20, 2017 2:51:13 GMT
Folks let me know if you have specific awards you want me to record on the website.
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Post by dannytee on Nov 20, 2017 17:07:10 GMT
Folks let me know if you have specific awards you want me to record on the website. Kevin should verify but what I know is. Triumph and Treachery Winner: Tim Salamone Escalation Tournament Best General: Joe Boda (but that isn’t his real last name, Kevin or Rich could tell you the actual spelling I think). Weekend Best Overall: Kevin Coleman
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Post by StrongerTogether on Nov 20, 2017 19:43:12 GMT
10 8th ed fantasy 20 9th Age 24 AoS ... Wow! 54 people want to play Warhammer Fantasy Battles. But, a schism in the format results in 3 smaller events. It would be great if all 50 of us could just play ONE event. ONE format to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. Obv, EEFL is the Ring of Power. Wouldn't it be great if everyone in the US could come together and vote on a single system? Oh yea, they did. It was Kings of War.
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 20, 2017 20:03:13 GMT
Biggest KoW event in the NE was Crossroads. . .had 24 IIRC. We had about the same here for AoS and 9th. In total Da Boyz was twice as big as Crossroads for Fantasy systems.
Doesn't look like the people got the message on the vote. Might want to do a recount.
That being said I'm happy to consider hosting KoW in the future if someone I knew and trusted wanted to run it.
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Post by StrongerTogether on Nov 20, 2017 20:23:03 GMT
Both Unplugged and Keystone had more players than 9th Age at Da Boyz. Your numbers are wrong, but I get your point. I didn't come here to troll, but I saw a post that echoed my feelings, but from a different point of view. MY point is that people just play want they WANT to play, rather than making concessions for the greater good. And if we went back and re-voted, the same thing would happen again if people refused to play what the majority wanted. Now add on to that TOs refusing to run events that they don't like (or play, or want to fail, etc) AND Games Workshop throwing their muscle around and blocking events from having 9th Age (and probably 8th ed soon enough) all together and you are going to have a future where people are either playing AoS or are in their basement...
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Post by gjnoronh on Nov 20, 2017 22:13:15 GMT
I get your point. I really don't think KoW is the right fit for people who really enjoyed the complexity of 8th ed. It's great if you want rank and flank but thought 8th was too complex. That opinion is based on feedback from many of my friends who tried KoW in the post AoS aftermath and decided it wasn't for them. I can't say I tried it but I haven't played much of any big army level game since 8th ed ended. Largely because between Da Boyz taking six months of my year to organize and the relative lack of local GT weekends to tap into I can't easily get games in.
9th is just 8th with minor changes IMO. I think they are both really good games. I think 8th and 9th are going to struggle to maintain because they suffer from same problem 8th had for years that lead to it's death - it's too complicated and too high a model count to get new players in. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy it but I am coming at it from 25+ years of playing WFB the basics are assumed and then some for me.
I hosted three events at Da Boyz for Fantasy games, and I only really know how to play one of them. That's my call and it means I've got to be comfortable saying I don't really know the rules are for two of them (and Coleman/Rich run the other.) I do ask my experienced players and regional TO's lots of questions prior to the event. It certainly at least tripled my work on a certain level. But it also meant I kept most of the guys who came to Da Boyz in the past hanging out and having fun. It also meant the doors stayed open and lights stayed on for Fantasy over the last few years at Da Boyz. That's not the case for all fantasy events in the US.
I think it may be true GW doesn't like having 9th age at events. The muscle they are throwing around appears to me to just be lack of sponsorship. Most regional GT's didn't get GW sponsorship in the past. I did last year but that was quite unusual. If you don't normally get the sponsorship in the first place what other muscle are they going to throw around? Whether GW's lawyers are going to go after 9th is another matter. I suspect they will based on what's been happening in terms of IP with 9th in the last year. I think it is very problematic and likely suicidal to develop 9th Age branded miniatures.
IMO what should have happened is the 9th guys should have just done an 8.5 edition like EEFL is doing tweak some army books a little adding '8th ed' rules for new GW releases. GW wouldn't have had any interest if the fan made rules sets were just selling more GW models to folks who didn't like AoS.
Nick (and I'm assuming it's Nick) you know you have an invite in the past to talk to me about running KoW at Da Boyz.
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Post by avatarofbugman on Nov 21, 2017 0:37:47 GMT
I do not recall an actual vote. What happened is that many went to KoW due to there being an actual company behind it.
I like the KoW ruleset, the complexity of 8th is actually fun to work through. For years those in my group called 40k the kids game and fantasy the grown up game due to the rules.
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Post by Naitsabes on Nov 21, 2017 1:19:32 GMT
I don't think it is as easy as adding up the three numbers to estimate how many people would attend that 'one-ring' event. From the old grognard 8th edition perspective, some people can't be bothered to learn a new rule set, some people only went because of the Storm of Magic, Escalation and whatnot nature of the event that made it different from a regular tournament. So, the total number of players will likely be lower if it is just KoW or 9th Age. And, I don't understand the original premise anyway. Why is a bigger single tournament better than a number of smaller ones that offer 'different strokes for different folks'?
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