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chuckpint · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:42 pm GMT Post subject: GenCon 2008

Believe it or not, it's nearly time for SFR to register games for GenCon. So I'm starting this topic and I want to hear from people who think they may make it to GenCon.

Basically, what in the way of Dragon Dice format games do you want to play?
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chuckpint · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:51 pm GMT Post subject:

Just a quick update on GenCon. Event registration starts on February 3. Because of the fact that they are remodeling the convention center, there will be less space there than last year. If we want to have space to run any events, I'm considering February 3 as the deadline for our events. So speak up now on what you want to play.
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

chuckpint · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:36 am GMT Post subject:

OK, I'll start off with a list of games I want to see:

World Championship (duh)
Battlefest
Single Race
Sealed Starter Box
No Magicians!

Of course we will have Novice Tournaments at least 3 times on Thursday-Saturday, once on Sunday.
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:30 am GMT Post subject:

As you know I'm moving, but I still want to try to attend.

Is anyone interested in an Intermediate tournament? either as a real tournament or the same as our novice tournaments (ie a learning experience)

Otherwise the items Chuck has listed sound good to me.
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einstein_pi · dragonmount Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 29

The events sound good thus far, I plan to be there. Last year was sort of hard to make with other things going on, but I plan to hit all days this year.

The intermediate tournament might be interesting...particularly if it was held later after the novice ones. Especially as a real tournament, you could draw in some new interest and the novices you just helped out.

ddicerc · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:15 pm GMT Post subject:

An Intermediate late in the week could draw some of the newbies. I remember at GenCon 2006 that we had a father and son who played in one of our regular events (I think it was Battlefest) after buying enough of the homebrewed starters we had on hand to make up big enough armies. They didn't do well, but they did enjoy it. An intermediate would be a better step up for our "novices."

I'm probably not going to be able to make GenCon this year, but if I do I suspect I'll be working the booth demos and running Novice events again, so I probably wouldn't play anyway. And don't feel sorry for me-I really like doing the Novice events, and I think I still hold the record for biggest Novice event at GenCon. Surprisingly, if I played one event, it would probably be an Intermediate, since I like the "little" games and cut my teeth on 24h games.
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chuckpint · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:32 pm GMT Post subject:

Ok, I'll setup an intermediate event. So what time and day? 2 hours or 4 hours?

Note: events for 2008 are going up to $2 per 2 hour slot. Not my idea, GenCon's.
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

ddicerc · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:47 pm GMT Post subject:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:58 am GMT Post subject:

einstein_pi · dragonmount Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 29

The date sounds good, I'm not familiar enough with the match times in tournies and such to comment on that portion.

chuckpint · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:18 pm GMT Post subject:

Ok, here's a schedule so far. I still need suggestions for at least two more games:

Thursday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament
noon-4:00pm: No Magicians!
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament
6:00pm-10:00pm: Single Race
7:00pm-9:00pm: Novice Tournament

Friday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament
noon-4:00pm: OPEN
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament
6:00pm-10:00pm: Sealed Starter Box
7:00pm-9:00pm: Novice Tournament

Saturday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament
noon-4:00pm: World Championship
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament
6:00pm-10:00pm: Battlefest
7:00pm-9:00pm: Intermediate Tournament

Sunday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament
noon-4:00pm: OPEN
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

ddicerc · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:48 pm GMT Post subject:

How about a new event: Magestorm Battle. Bring a 36h army, containing at least 6h of magic items (excluding medallions). (Numbers could be tweaked.) This would give players an incentive to try out magic items, or at least an excuse to use them in an army. New players may not even have tried them out.

For this event, you could also add a rule that would allow MIs to be dropped and picked up if an army was eliminated, if the victor had units that could carry the MIs. But I'd lean toward standard rules so players could try them out.
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piMaster · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:09 pm GMT Post subject:

No Monsters Only events? Shocked

Well, just to throw out some ideas: Opposites Attract, All Uncommons, All Rares.
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einstein_pi · dragonmount Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 29

A few ideas come to mind - Novice versions of the most popular alternative stuff (Battlefest?). A strategy discussion presentation, followd by QA, discussion, and then some demos may be interesting as well.

DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:01 am GMT Post subject:

chuckpint · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:27 pm GMT Post subject:

Ok, I'm thinking that Sunday would be Misfit Monster Bash.

How about the Friday noon slot being "Player's Choice"? It can be any 36 health format the players desire. I'll start a thread just for that, and on May 1, start a poll. The poll will end on July 1, and the format with the most votes will be played at GenCon. Only rule is that the format must be different than any other format already scheduled (e. g. we will not have another Single race).
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

chuckpint · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:22 pm GMT Post subject:

Thursday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament (TCG00002)
noon-4:00pm: Player's Choice (TCG00013)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament (TCG00003)
6:00pm-10:00pm: Single Race (TCG00022)
7:00pm-9:00pm: Novice Tournament (TCG00004)

Friday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament (TCG00007)
noon-4:00pm: No Magicians! (TCG00015)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament (TCG00006)
6:00pm-10:00pm: Sealed Starter Box (TCG00020)
7:00pm-9:00pm: Novice Tournament (TCG00005)

Saturday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament (TCG00008)
noon-4:00pm: World Championship (TCG00017)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Novice Tournament (TCG00009)
6:00pm-10:00pm: Battlefest (TCG00018)
7:00pm-9:00pm: Intermediate Tournament (TCG00019)

Sunday:
10:00am-noon: Novice Tournament (TCG00011)
noon-4:00pm: Misfit Monsters (TCG00016)
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

jmonnett · Sunday: noon-4:00pm: Misfit Monsters (TCG00016)

chuckpint · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:27 pm GMT Post subject:

Just got this announcement today:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:55 pm GMT Post subject:

After the poor showing at GenCon SoCal, I can't say I'm surprised and I guessing that GenCon Australia won't happen now. Ah well. Chapter 11 is a good way for a large company to walk away from bad decisions.

It'll be interesting to see if Indy gets renamed and run directly under WotC.
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