SFR, Inc.

[cliffwiggs]

I know it feels like a long way off, but I need to ask for thoughts on events.

We did some changes this last Gencon... we dropped some of the novelty events and we had added a lot more starter type events.

some things are unlikely to change. Worlds will be on saturday followed by battlefest... there isn't any other time to do worlds and battlefest is my favorite event so I dictate when it will be

but for the others... what events haven't you seen in years that you might like (teams, nature vs death) and what do we do every year that very few people play and you never want to see again (monster bash, magicians only)

what event might work better on a different day?

did anyone like/care about the intermediate events to get a more indepth demo than the novice tournament carries?
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[dburkley]

The idea of a Team event is appealing to me. I'm not aware of any specific "team rules", so I'm curious on how that would be conducted.

I favor more "intermediate" games, as novice players that bought a starter could still play, as well as the newer players (and those that haven't played since last GENCON). I'm of the belief that you would get more participation - but I'm not opposed to looking at the numbers from the last two years to indicate if I'm speaking fact or fiction...

I would also suggest permitting the new white-faced major terrains from the Battlefields expansion in Intermediate events, but not the gold-faced major terrains (nor Hybrid Dragons).

I have no problem running a playtest event for the boardgame I've been working on.
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US National Champion (DEXCON 2007, 2009, 2010)
World Champion (GENCON 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)
Battlefest Champion: DEXCON 2008, 2011, GENCON 2009, 2010 (co-champion), 2011, 2017)
"No Magicians": GENCON 2008
"Single Race": DEXCON 2008, GENCON 2010, 2011, 2014 (co-champion), 2017

[chuckpint]

The rules for the team event is still on the SFR website. It's at:
http://www.sfr-inc.com/team.htm
However, it refers to the team rules in the tournament guide. Here's that paragraph:

[marwyn_blackstar]

So is it just two faces captured by a team to win? And are there more rules than that listed? I'm very interested in this idea.

[chuckpint]

The team just has to capture 2 terrains. No other rules than what is listed. I'd change this to be more like a swiss format, but otherwise leave it as is.
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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).

[marwyn_blackstar]

Hmm interesting. One other question. If I hold an 8 can my teammate drop in and get the 8 benefits? Or drop his forces and allow me to retreat? Or is it just owned by the original owner.

[chuckpint]

It's exactly as the original rules, except for:

• How you determine order of play at the start.
• The fact that you can cast "friendly" magic on your teammate the same as spells you can cast on your armies.

Nothing else changes. So your teammate does not get any benefit from your eighth face. If you retreat all your units from an eighth face you own, the terrain immediately drops to 7. Same as the standard rules.
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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]

[cliffwiggs]

I only got to play Teams once and got stomped because I didn't appreciate how quickly a game can end. With that many terrains on the table and two people working together to turn it up...

I think the most interesting thing to note is that you can create an army for your opponent via a resurrection spell.
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[marwyn_blackstar]

Very interesting, might try to bring this up at the next group game thanks Chuck.

[DEEPBLUEB2]

Perhaps a multi-player format...
but not teams.

The multi-player game is quite a different style of play.

It may seem at times that there are teams,
(through political play and table talk)
but everyone is on their own.

I believe that they still use the multi-player round at Dex Con...
for the Nationals.
I think it is an opening round only...



I'm thinking perhaps an entire tournament that would be multi-player.

You might want to go more than 40 min however.

[cliffwiggs]

[DEEPBLUEB2]

Well I was explaining how it feels sometimes during a non team multi-player game.

even with the rule no table talk...
there will always be something said however remote.

My Suggestion...

was to make a non team multi-player format.

perhaps Sealed Box in 4 player mode.

(3 player would be like a by...
if there is an odd number of players)

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[DEEPBLUEB2]

Perhaps a team 2-player starter.
(2 players vs 2 players)

Each player would split a starter box.

Each must use the 18 health from each race.


So this makes it difficult,
as you have a random army,
and only 18 health.

[cliffwiggs]

event registration opens in 4 days.

At this point I've heard nothing that would make me submit anything differently than last year.
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[DEEPBLUEB2]

[chuckpint]

The reason we went with Firewalkers and Treefolk is simple. We have a ton of them. It makes no sense to do that with our best selling kickers, which are Scalders and Frostwings.

So if we keep those events, they will be those two races.
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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).

[DEEPBLUEB2]

[Zero_Dynasty]

i would really like some multiplayer events, I know a friend of mine would play also.
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[cliffwiggs]