Slitherine

I'm pleased to announce the Inagural "Madaxeman Inviational" FoG Tournament (In a Pub on one day at a weekend).

Dates - Sunday 17th May
Venue - The Perseverance Shroton Street, Marylebone/Edgware Road
Time - 10am until, well, at least 6ish, maybe closing time.
Format:
* 2 games for everyone, (10:30-1:45pm, 2:30pm-5:45pm and an optional third round starting around 6pm if anyone wants to stay later)
* 900 AP Singles
* Rise of Rome, Immortal Fire & Legions Triumphant lists allowed.
* Only one player will be allowed to field any given list - where two people claim the same list, the choice as to who gets it will be blatantly fixed in a way which is biased against better players.
* All lists MUST include the 600AP(-ish) "starter" list for their army exactly "as is" (ie unit sizes, generals etc all as printed).
...plus one of two ("A" & "B") alternate 300AP(-ish) selections of additional troops, to allow you to field 2 possible 900 AP lists. No date restrictions or stuff on the variants. So, you find out your opponents army, choose whether you want to add on your "A" or "B" 300AP list, and start playing.
* This means you'll be submitting 2 x 300 AP lists to me, not one 900 AP one.
* No modifiers will apply to the initiative rolls, essentially because I reckon LH armies are good enough already.
* Assuming at least one of us is bright enough to work the BHGS scoring system, we'll use that.
* We have space for 5 tables, and we have 5 tables (I hope) so thats 10 people maximum. We already have close to that, so only a few more slots are available.
* Entry is free (unless anyone desparately wants me to organize a prize, or would like me to make some money out of it) but you are obliged to drink at least a pint a game. The really good chippie (The Sea Shell in Lissom Grove) next door is apparently open on Sunday lunchtime as well, which is good news all round.

We may also run a swap-shop Bring and Buy - ie bring any stuff you want to get shot of and someone else might make an offer to buy it off you

Last few places remaining, so please confirm interest to me asap at tim at madaxeman.com !

tim

Tim

Sounds really good fun but sadly I am working, hope it goes well.

First Round Draw
(Vaguely historical actual and possible foes)
Early Vandal vs Western Hunnic
Late Republican Roman vs Illyrian
Dominate Roman vs Palmyran
Sassanid Persian vs Parthian
Hepthalite Hun vs Classical Indian

Great day - many thanks to Tim.

Once again 900 points rocked and rolled Its the future

nikgaukroger wrote:Great day - many thanks to Tim.

Once again 900 points rocked and rolled Its the future

If I lived less than 200 miles away I would have loved to have been there.

Who won?

P.S. Try 650 on a 5 by 3 table (oh, you are aren't you...) it's the future too.

Vandals first, LRR second, a tie for 3rd between the Illyrians and the Huns (I think). Full results tomorrow.

Insisting on including the starter armies "as is" makes choosing lists more interesting than you'd think!

hammy wrote:

nikgaukroger wrote:Great day - many thanks to Tim.

Once again 900 points rocked and rolled Its the future

If I lived less than 200 miles away I would have loved to have been there.

Who won?

P.S. Try 650 on a 5 by 3 table (oh, you are aren't you...) it's the future too.

Thanks, Tim and all, for a great day.

Think you made your point re the 900 points. I was sceptical, as I rarely finish a game with 800 pts. But having less room to dodge around in does seem to make for a quicker, more decisive game. 650 pts on a smaller table also sounds good.

Incorporating the Starter Armies was another plus - putting a bit of grit into the selection.

It's good to see that Fog is played with a bit of variation. People liked an earlier set of rules so much that they'd play scores of tournament games a year, mostly to a narrow formula. This repetition eventually diminished interest in the game. Hope Fog keeps fresh by trying different things out.

Alan

1st - Ray Duggins - Early Vandal - 35 points
2nd - Me (Tim Porter) - Late Republican Roman - 29 points
3rd= - Alan Goodearl - Illyrian - 28 points
3rd = - Nik Gaukroger - Hepthalite Hunnic - 28 points
5th - Graham Willmott - Palmyran - 27 points
6th - Kris Pugh - Parthians - 22 points
7th - Brian Holmes - Classical Indian - 19 points
8th - Carlos Ferrao - Dominate Roman - 17 points
9th - Michael Row - Sassanid Persian - 15 points
10th - Geoff Punshon - Western Hunnic - 5 points

Details of round-by-round matchups and scores on www.madaxeman.com or direct at this link.

Didn't there used to be somebody here that thought Illyrians were just road kill? Can't remember who, however ...

Any chance of posting the Early Vandal list ?

I've added it to the Wiki on my site

http://www.madaxeman.com/wiki2/tiki-ind ... rly+Vandal

The others will be there soon too on the relevant pages

In response to Nik's 'Didn't there used to be somebody here that thought Illyrians were just road kill? Can't remember who, however ...', it was me. I have to say I am impressed, especially given the other results. Really want to read Tim's account of the game as I would have expected LRR to rip them apart.

Well done to Ray! Another Reigate star is born?

Looks more like a Visigoth not Vandal army with the Dom Roms onboard.

Can't believe you guys let the Gimp win.

grahambriggs wrote:Can't believe you guys let the Gimp win.

I have to say there were two "Gimptastic" rounds of combat dice when my Warbands faced the mighty Cats.
Fragged or broke the lot of them. I'm not sure this would have worked on Hammy's combat simulator.

Great fun competition run by Tim. The Guiness was good and everyone had a stress free Sunday.

Added bonus that there is a "destination" fish and chip shop next door to the pub. Fantastic!!

Thanks again to Tim for organising a great event.

Ray "Bring out the Gimp" Duggins

Scrumpy wrote:Looks more like a Visigoth not Vandal army with the Dom Roms onboard.

You're right but check out the competition rules. They are the same army by another name. I'm not sure how it became Early Vandal and not Visigoth.

Sorry to upset you. It really does cover the table at 900 points. I fought both battles on the Steppe and it didn't bother me.

The question now is should I include this comp in the rankings?

I can't think of a reason not to other than Ray winning and Tim doing rather better than normal.

Anyone?

hammy wrote:The question now is should I include this comp in the rankings?

I can't think of a reason not to other than Ray winning and Tim doing rather better than normal.

Anyone?

You could feed the results into the JD, oops BHGS computer program. I'm sure Tim's result would somehow get lost....

hammy wrote:The question now is should I include this comp in the rankings?

I can't think of a reason not to other than Ray winning and Tim doing rather better than normal.

Anyone?

And that we don't include invitational comps perhaps