Shado
Baby's First Wargame
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Post by Shado on Mar 26, 2017 20:45:08 GMT
Hey Guys!
I am looking at hosting a Tournament at my LGS, but we are looking to do something different and maybe abit wacky. We are kinda stuck for ideas.
We do not want something super competitive, but we still want it to be new player friendly.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Post by Stormsmith Dropout on Mar 26, 2017 22:30:23 GMT
Well, there's always food machine and 'who's the boss?'.
One thing I heard about a while back was a tournament where you bring 1 list with 3 casters and they all have a shared battle group. The army only had jacks or beasts and the point total was equal to the sum jack/beast points.
It can lead to some fun builds.
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Tucker
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Post by Tucker on Mar 27, 2017 0:51:49 GMT
What about the small board format in the book? Rumble, I think? We had a tournament in that format at our local store and it was a lot of fun. 25 points or so.
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SeBM
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Post by SeBM on Mar 27, 2017 1:03:35 GMT
Friend of mine is running something he likes to call Hairy Balls of Steel:
1 list
35 points
Battlegroup only
12 minutes Deathclock
Some kind of scenario
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Post by thebuoyancyofwater on Apr 5, 2017 12:06:07 GMT
Everyone writes a list with, say, 25 warjack or warbeast points. You then arrange to have as many casters available to play as possible and at the start of each round every player has a random caster assigned to their list  If doing it for charity you can add stuff like paying to re-roll your/your opponents caster and the like. Cheers, Dave |
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zich
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Post by zich on Apr 5, 2017 12:16:37 GMT
Imprompto team tournament. All players get (randomly or otherwise) sorted into teams of 3 and compete against the other teams. Look up the HMD pairing system if you're going for this.
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Post by Cyel on Apr 5, 2017 12:27:57 GMT
My all-time favourite is match-rematch (switching armies for a rematch) from my old WFB days. Makes all those powergamers who rely on their OP netlists to carry the day squirm and cry  It requires small armies (so good for a store tournament) or a lot of time unfortunately as you essentially play double amount of battles. The upside is that the champion is really someone who can claim it's him, not his OP army, who wins the games |
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Post by tiberius on Apr 5, 2017 13:16:31 GMT
We did an unlikely allies tournament recently where you get paired with another player at random (15 pt lists) and play together as a team, lose all instances of "faction friendly" from all spells and abilities. It was a ton of fun to play.
Also there is thunderdome, a battle royale with 3 casters/warlocks per player...and nothing else. All have to be from the same faction. So if I brought Cryx, it would be something like Terminus, Asphxious the Hellbringer and warwitch Denegra. They are considered to be part of the battlegroup, all have their feats, you just don't get anything extra like Vociferon.
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Post by ComboSmiteNick on Apr 6, 2017 14:36:59 GMT
-Speed machine is the most fun I've ever had in Warmachine
(25pts in MK2) 35pts Mangled Metal/Tooth and Claw, 12 min Deathclock. The entire tournament normally takes about as much time as a normal game of Warmachine.
-Highly recommend "Who's the Boss" You don't need to have every caster in the game represented. Just get everyone to bring what they have. It's a blast.
-Highlander. "There can be only one." Single list event. You must have one and only one Solo and Unit. No repeat Warjacks/beasts allowed either. 25-35pts. Highlander encourages creative list building.
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