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Is there Interest In a Flames-of-War or Battlefront product SPRING event in PDX area?


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1. Should we have an Event in March/Early April?
a) Yes
b) No  - - If no, then do not respond to the other paragraphs

2. WHAT:
a) Tournament
b) New player / how-to-play
c) Mega-battle (describe)
d) Team Event (describe)
e) Other event (describe)

3. WHEN:
a) Saturday, March 10. A week before St. Patrick's Day, in the early part of March Madness
b) Saturday, April 7. A week after the Final Four of March Madness
c) other day - specify

4. Rules and Period:
a) FoW v4 Mid-War
b) FoW v4 Late-War
c) Team Yankee
d) TANKS!
e) Other (describe)

5. WHERE:
a) Portland - Guardian Games
b) Oregon City - Oregon City Geeks and Games
c) Other (describe)

6. Length?
a) 3 games, 2.5 hrs ea. (Setup 10-11, Start 11 AM, end 9:30 PM)
b) 2 games, 3 hours ea. (Setup 11-12, Start 12 PM, end 8:30 PM)
c) Other (describe)

7. Theme?
a) Yes (describe)
b) No

8. Format
a) 1-on-1, no teams
b) 1-on-1 AND teams
c) pairs (2-on-2), no teams
d) pairs AND teams

9. Preferred prizes:
a) 1-2 large gift certificates
b) 3-5 gift certificates
c) Mix of gift certificates and prize pile
d) Prize pile

10. Entry Fee (affects number and size of prizes)
a) $20
b) $15 plus blister or $20
c) $10 plus blister or $15
d) $5 fee
e) No fee, but donations to the prize pile.
f) Other (specify)

11. Points
a) 71
b) 85
c) 100
d) Other (specify)

12. Prize Categories (list 2-5, in priority order):
a) Best General, Axis
b) Best General, Allies
c) Best Sportsman
d) Best Painted platoon
e) Dunkirk Award
f) Best new player
g) Best Modeling
h) Other (specify)

 

NOTE ON POINTS: Points Totals For The 2018 Tournament Season
The official points totals for the 2018 North American tournament season have now been decided and are as follows:

Period              Points        
Early-war         1250 points
Mid-war                71 points
Late-war          1780 points
Team Yankee      64 points

Major events and period: Adepticon: Mid-war; Historicon: Early-war; Canada: Mid-war; West Coast: Late-War; Southern: TBD.

source https://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=57

FYI : ENFILADE! 2018 will be held on May 25, 26, 27 (FRI-SUN) in Olympia, WA. There will be a Flames of War Tournament there. Period is Mid-War, Theater is North Africa.

 

NOTE - NOTE - NOTE: If there is sufficient response, but not a clear consensus, I might ask for another round of voting, to choose among the common choices.

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No clear consensus, so I tried to setup something in each category, with a variety of formats.

READ, COGITATE and COMMENT:
Proposed calendar of events, FEB-MAY.

For most events, barca will be the organizer, unless someone else steps up.

*All big event dates are tentative, awaiting coordination with stores.

Acronyms:
FoW = Flames of War (Mid-War)
GG = Guardian Games
OCGG = Oregon City Geeks and Games
TY = Team Yankee
WoG = Wings of Glory

Weekly recurring events
TY and FoW: Pick-up Games and campaign battles, TUE eve @ OCGG
TY and FoW: Pick-up Games and campaign battles, THU eve @ GG    Pick-up Games
WoG: SUN afternoons @ Katie O’Brien’s (sometimes @ Luck Lab on SE Hawthorne)
Saturdays, by arrangement: Either TY or FoW. Coordinate on Ordo.    

FEBRUARY
FEB    1-28 | Team Yankee | MINI-CAMPAIGN League: TY – Cold Fire, Hot Steel    
SAT, FEB 17* | WoG and FoW | "Stuka Hunting" – combined Wings-of-Glory and Flames of War Event @ GG (prob 1 table each)

MARCH
MAR    1-31 | FoW Mid-War | MINI-CAMPAIGN League: Blade Force and Paras. FoW North Africa, NOV 1942            
SAT, MAR 24*    | FoW Tournament: "Ironsides, Rats and The Fox" (Mid-War), loc TBD (est 7 tables)
        Notes: MAR 10 is 40k tournament at GG. March 17 is not in consideration due to St. Patrick’s Day

APRIL
APR    1-30 | MINI-CAMPAIGN League: TY – Scouts Forward!        
SAT, APR 14* | Demo-Day: "World Wars Battle Mash-up" (FoW, WoG, TY and TANKS!), @ GG (4 tables, 1 per rules system)
    Need 2 volunteers to demo FoW
    Need 1 volunteer to assist Jeffrey in WoG Demo
    Need 2 volunteers to demo TY
    Need 1 volunteer to assist barca in TANKS! Demo

MAY
MAY    1-24, 29-31    MINI-CAMPAIGN League: Avanti- Italians in Tunisia            
SAT, MAY 12* | TY Mega- Battle, loc TBD, details TBD
SAT, MAY 26 | ENFILADE! FoW Mid-War Tournament (Organized by taran.shannara)
SAT, MAY 26 | ENFILADE! Team Yankee Team Event        

 

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2 hours ago, phyfor88 said:

I like the idea of a FOW mid war desert mega battle.

If someone wants to organize and run this proposed event - FOW mid war desert mega battle - or one of the others I laid out, then we can

  • add this one, or
  • swap out with one of the large events.

As it is...I will be maxed out thru end-of-May:

  • running one major event per month
  • plus one mini-campaign per month
  • plus getting 2 armies ready for ENFILADE

Please speak up soon, as I am making reservations for tables in FEB and MAR, and setting expectations for FEB thru MAY.

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On 1/18/2018 at 11:11 AM, barca said:

If someone wants to organize and run this proposed event - FOW mid war desert mega battle - or one of the others I laid out, then we can

  • add this one, or
  • swap out with one of the large events.

As it is...I will be maxed out thru end-of-May:

  • running one major event per month
  • plus one mini-campaign per month
  • plus getting 2 armies ready for ENFILADE

Please speak up soon, as I am making reservations for tables in FEB and MAR, and setting expectations for FEB thru MAY.

Sorry I will stay out of the way.

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I will run a mega battle scenario in june since months are already booked up with events. I would appreciate if one one of the weekly game nights beforehand, 3 or 4 people would be willing to show up and help playest a set of game mechanics for it however.

End of this month I should have some desert terrain done.

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On 1/18/2018 at 8:40 AM, phyfor88 said:

I like the idea of a FOW mid war desert mega battle. I propose we play on a long board with each zone controlled by different players. I have done this before and is very fun. Player can start leave when they need to while the battle rages. 

On 1/20/2018 at 09:40 AM, phyfor88 said: Sorry I will stay out of the way.

Sorry, did not mean 2 put u off. FOW mid war desert mega battle sounds Great!

  • If u want to run, I can assist.
  • Date maybe SAT 28 APR or SAT 5 MAY?
  • Location could be either OCGG or GG.
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On 1/18/2018 at 8:40 AM, phyfor88 said:

I like the idea of a FOW mid war desert mega battle. I propose we play on a long board with each zone controlled by different players. I have done this before and is very fun. Player can start leave when they need to while the battle rages. 

Sounds like a great idea.

Maybe April would be a good month for this. One of the Saturdays in April at GG or OCGG (2-3 tables joined). On SAT, games stores are open 10AM-11PM.

Sundays not as good, since game stores have shorter hours than SAT (GG=12-8, OCGG=12-8).

GG gets more foot traffic than OCGG, and has more space.

We could do the mega battle instead of this demo event, since I have not made reservations yet: SAT, APR 14* | Demo-Day: "World Wars Battle Mash-up" (FoW, WoG, TY and TANKS!), @ GG (4 tables, 1 per rules system)
 

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