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  2. 2020 Winter Warzone 40K Escalation League Rules (CANCELLED)

    in Warhammer 40,000

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    40K Escalation League - 2020 Winter Warzone

    “The road to OFCC”

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    Welcome everyone! You’ve waited patiently, here’s the rules you've waited for!

    What: 40k escalation league

    When: 8 weeks of slaughter! Starting Saturday February 29th 2020 and ending Friday April 24th 2020.

    Where (multiple locations in Portland/Vancouver area): 

    • Ordo/WoW clubhouse, (Tuesdays 5pm+ and Sundays 3pm+) on normal game nights. Arrange games in game night thread on these forums.
    • Goin' Gaming (Sundays, starts at noon)
    • Gambit's Cards & Hobbies (Thursdays, starts at 5:30pm). Play at their league night and receive 10% off product, food, & drinks.
    • Fate & Fury games, (Saturdays, call ahead for time) 
    • Geeks and Games, (Mondays, call ahead for time). Come enjoy a beer and have a great game!
    • Even home games are allowed (against league players).

    Perks: There will be a 1750 point ITC style tournament Saturday April 25th 2020 after the league ends hosted at the Ordo clubhouse. Anyone who purchased 2020 Ordo champ dues (Reaver or higher) and played at least 5 weeks/games in the 40k league for credit will get FREE entry to that tournament. More info to come.

    Who: YOU!!!

    Why: Because you need to prepare an army, refresh on 40k rules, or just love 40k so much you want to play more often! Also, this would be great preparation if you’re thinking about OFCC in July!

    Cost: League itself is FREE for everyone. With the exception of game night dues (playing at WoW) or if the store you play at has a fee.

    • Highly recommend renewing your champion status on the Ordo store for 2020. Warlord more than pays for itself for just the 8 league nights alone when playing at WoW.

    Needed: Bring a copy of your lists each week, gaming equipment (dice, cards, etc), and a good sportsmanlike gaming demeanor.

    Army Composition:

    • Battleforged lists using matched play, with the goal of escalating a real army for future use (OFCC, tournaments, and other future events).

    • Max detachments:

      • 500 points: 1 detachment

      • 750 to 1250: 2 detachments

      • 1500 to 1750: 3 detachments

    • Armies can include any number of 40k approved Games Workshop, Chapter Approved, or Forgeworld sources

    • Each week will be an increased point value.

      • Week 1 (Feb 29th) - 500 (doubles recommended)

      • Week 2 (March 7th) - 750 (doubles recommended)

      • Week 3 (March 14th) - 1000 (doubles optional)

      • Week 4 (March 21st) - 1000 (doubles optional)

      • Week 5 (March 28th) - 1250

      • Week 6 (April 4th) - 1500

      • Week 7 (April 11th) - 1500

      • Week 8 (April 18th) - 1750 (same point level as tournament on April 25th)

    • You need to have fun with this. Experiment with combinations you’ve never tried, you are not locked into a list or army during this league! This is not a win at all costs league, make sure your opponents enjoy the game too.

    • CLARIFICATIONS:

      • If you use a detachment, you get all the benefits of a detachment including CP's.

      • Some weeks have limits on how many of detachments you can take.

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    Event Specific Rules:

    • Your army is your army.

    • You have your own Warlord. Nominate a CHARACTER. Required keyword.

    • If playing doubles:

      • Your psychic powers can only buff your army. They are allowed to debuff your teammate’s army.

      • For the purposes of the Fight Phase, teammates are considered as one and will need to pick a single unit to Fight first.

    • 6x4 tables with FAQ Tactical Reserves rules in effect.

      • Smaller tables will be used for the lower point levels.

    • League points will be earned in 3 ways:

      • Win/Loss/Draw

      • Newly painted models/units

      • Sportsmanship

    Painting and Basing Requirements:

    • All models must be WYSIWYG assembled (no proxies). Painted is optional.

    • If counting models toward painting points:

      • Must be minimum 3 colors

      • Effort must be made to transform or replace the bare plastic base

      • Points will be awarded to single models newly (1 point each, max 3) painted OR bonus points if an entire squad is newly painted/finished (5 points). This can be earned weekly.

    Missions:

    • All missions will be released the Sunday before the week begins on Tuesdays. (i.e. Mission for the first week will be posted March 1st, etc).

    Earning League Points (earned once each week):

    • Win: 5 points

    • Loss: 1 point

    • Draw: 3 points

    • Newly painted models OR unit

      • Newly painted counts if completed after Feb 1st 2020, in preparation for the league.

      • If painted 2 units in a week, count the other unit next week (yes it can carry over).

      • 1 point per newly painted model, max 3

      • OR

      • 5 points for newly painted squad, vehicle, or monstrous creature

    • Up to 5 Points for sportsmanship

      • Create a weekly updated thread on the Ordo forums tracking your missions & progress (+1pt)

      • Bring food for your league mates or buy opponent a snack/drink? (+1pt)

      • Did you laugh and grin during the match OR crave a rematch? (+1pt for your opponent)

      • Travel to a different location than you usually play OR play an opponent you have ‘never’ played/met before (+1pt)

      • Bring a new person to the league (+1pt)

    Awards:

    • Best Overall

      • Awarded by Most total points

      • Prize: A custom forum banner for your Ordo posts showing your awesomeness!

    • Best escalation

      • Awarded by most painting points

      • Prize: Bragging rights

    • Best Sportsmanship

      • Awarded by most sportsmanship points

      • Prize: Bragging rights

    • Stores may offer their players additional prize support on the side as desired.

    I will be tweaking this as needed so please stay tuned to this page. Ask any questions. Tell me what you think.

     For the Good of the Order!

     

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  3. Winter Warzone - 40K ITC 3/9/2019 @ WOW

    in Tournaments

    Posted

    On 1/22/2020 at 3:01 PM, ZeroStride said:

    Very interested in this, as I'm working on building/painting for a 40k Sisters army right now!

    I'm thinking an 8 week escalation league starting around Late feb or early March, culminating in a Saturday ITC tournament open to all, but still fun and casual. League players, get first registration to the tournament too.

    We had a blast last year, looking forward to another! Only thing i can't decide is start at 500 points or 750, to allow true escalation. However, this year I'm considering starting at 750, and ending at 1750 (which would be good for the tournament too). 

    I need to talk to a few people for some logistics, but this IS happening 😁

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  4. Stripping

    in Artificier's Forge

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    3 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said:

    I'll look it up, as I'm on my laptop at any rate ^_^

    I haven't used break fluid since 4th going into 5th ed 40k.  No thanks. lol  

    Castrol's is a degreaser, ya?

    Simple green has always worked fine for me. Takes scrubbing with a toothbrush, but doesn't damage plastics, even if you leave it in for 2 days, etc. Does take some scrubbing, and the model is not 100% paint free in some places. But it's enough to repaint.

     

    That said, Bryan told me about Castrol Super Clean, think it was like 1-2 hours to soak then the paint just peeled off. PROBLEM, it's very caustic and cancerous, use ventilation and proper hazard gloves!

  5. Winter Warzone - 40K ITC 3/9/2019 @ WOW

    in Tournaments

    Posted

    On 3/10/2019 at 5:37 PM, zcaust83 said:

    great event guys!

    please have more of those. Sunday RTT's are beginning to be a thing so maybe that can work in the future

    Stay tuned...looking to run another club escalation league (likely in March 2020), to culminate in another ITC tournament in April on a Saturday! Pondering the planning now...

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  10. Gaming Mats

    in Artificier's Forge

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    2 minutes ago, VonVilkee said:

    I agree with dark trainer, I have both vinyl and neoprene. But my vinyl mat is only 3x3 never considered replacing my front line gaming 6x4 mats.

    Yeah, this!

    Vinyl is fine for smaller mats. I have 3 different blood bowl pitches, some kill team mats, etc. Plus, vinyl is cheap enough to get printed custom too. The kill team mats we got from https://www.aprintco.com/ were a steal.

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  11. Ordo BB2 League Season 2

    in Blood Bowl

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    On 1/13/2020 at 12:59 PM, SigurdBC said:

    The concession was in my and Jollyork's game. We got through the first half just fine, and then Jollyork's laptop decided to take the rest of the game off and he got disconnected. He said he was fine with conceding, but if concessions aren't allowed then feel free to reset our game. It was a close first half with me barely being able to not score. Stupid blitzer failing to catch a 3+ handoff with a reroll. If he didn't have spp and dodge I'd have fired him out of spite. 

    Meh, it is a dice game... 🤣

  12. Gaming Mats

    in Artificier's Forge

    Posted

    On 1/11/2020 at 10:02 PM, andy said:

    Interesting. Those are vinyl. I wonder how they feel... I like the sponginess of the neoprene ones. 

    Neoprene is superior because it will always lay flat after being rolled. A huge vinyl mat can sometimes have waves after unrolling. Sure it's cheaper, but the neoprene is an invenstment for a reason. I agree, I wish neoprene wasn't so expensive.

     

    I also like how neoprene deadens dice bouncing and rolling all over. It's minor, but makes for cleaner play.

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  15. Punch it, Kid! Rise of Skywalker with Spoilers

    in Warpspace

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    On 1/9/2020 at 7:38 AM, Brother Glacius said:

    So I went and saw it a second time, and honestly, it didn't help. There are just some really stupid moments in the movie and other things that feel off. Overall, it isn't a horrible movie or a dud. It is probably the best out of the last three films...but that isn't saying much compared to the rest. For whatever reason, the bad stuff seems to stand out compared to the good stuff...so when I think of the movie, I think of what's wrong with it..not what was good. That's probably the best indicator I can give for the flick as a whole. 😞

    This!! The final trilogy was a pile of [big bad swear word], the last at least ended it decently. All 3 movies were not a Lucas envisioned story.

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  20. Tuesday 1/7/20 - Ordo Game Night at WOW

    in Game Night

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    59 minutes ago, Captain Seitz said:

    My brother and I may be in tonight but probably can’t make it to 7pm. What time do things close down on Tuesdays?

    As DC said above, definitely 9-10, our group will be there til before 10, maybe a little earlier at least. We can work out at least 10pm for ya 😁

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  21. WarCry Counts As Factions (Bretonnia; Sylvaneth)

    in Warhammer Universe

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    42 minutes ago, Ish said:

    I’m going to have to doubt you on that. Unless you had a very unusual army that revolved around some very strange interpretation of their old army book, you should be able to put any collection that was a WHFB 8th Edition legal army on the table in AoS*.

    Some names special characters might no longer count as special characters (like my poor Grimgor Ironhide) and you might have to do some jiggery pokery with unit sizes... But that’s about it.



    * Offer void in Khemri and Bretonnia.

    The corsairs are a separate army from the witch elves, which are a separate army from the core spearmen, etc. My pre AOS army was 2 hydras, 2 blocks of spearmen, cauldron of blood, a couple of sorceresses, 2 repeater ballista, blackguard, harpies, etc.

    The way the book made it out is all those units are split out across multiple armies now and makes them pieces of a once whole army. That said, haven't dug deeper in AOS, but haven't seen models I can use in Warcry from what i own yet.

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