SFR, Inc.

[dburkley]

DREAMATION 2012 will be at the Morristown Hyatt & Conference Center, Morristown, New Jersey, from February 23-26, 2012. See the Double Exposure website for additional information about the convention itself. DREAMATION (and DEXCON) are unique conventions in several regards:
1. Attendees pay only the admission price. There are no additional charges for entering events (with the exception of the "sealed deck" or "sealed starter" events).
2. Attendees can register for as many events as they choose to.
3. The convention offers a "Con Suite", where attendees have access to snacks and soft drinks for free.
4. Plenty of parking in the Hyatt. Attendees can bring their parking ticket to the Front Desk to have it validated and parking will be free.

Dragon Dice Events at DREAMATION: February 23-26, 2012
The following events have been submitted for the convention.

CXX1: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. Players try to conquer the world of Esfah in a boardgame version of Dragon Dice. Thursday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See also CXX8, CXX13, and CXX14.

CXX2: Dragon Dice Novice Event: Introductory Session. Players may bring a 2-Player Starter set or will be provided a pre-constructed 2-Player army. Thursday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners ONLY; Fun, All Ages. See Also: CXX4, CXX6, and CXX11.

CXX3: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Single Race. Bring a 36-health army, no more than 50 percent magician dice from a single race with the following restrictions: No more than one of the same monster, no more than two of the same rare, nor more than 3 of the same uncommon, and no more than 4 of the same common. Two Dragons must be brought (choose from black, blue, green, gold, ivory, or red), and any two terrains (including white-inked terrains from the new Battlefields release). Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session also counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

CXX4: Dragon Dice Novice Event: Introductory Session. See C294. Friday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session. See Also: CXX2, CXX6, and CXX11.

CXX5: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Constructed Starter. Bring your own 2-Player Starter, constructed as you see fit within the following limitations: Two 18-health armies, each of a different single race. Each 18-health army must consist of 1 monster, 1 rare, 3 uncommons, and 5 commons and all must be different (ie: no more than one of any single die). Two different colored Dragons (choose from black, blue, green, gold, ivory, or red), and four terrains (one Coastland, one Flatland, one Highland, and one Swampland) must be included. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session also counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

CXX6: Dragon Dice Novice Event: Introductory Session. See C294. Friday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session. See Also: CXX2, CXX4, and CXX11.

CXX7: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Constructed Army. Bring a 36-health army, no more than 50 percent magician dice, and prepare for war! Dragonkin, Magic Items, Minor Terrains, and Promotion Dice may be used, but are not required. All spells are in play. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session also counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

CXX8: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. Players try to conquer the world of Esfah in a boardgame version of Dragon Dice. Friday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See also CXX1, CXX13, and CXX14.

CXX9: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Sealed Starter. Players are distributed 2-Player starter sets ($14- entry fee) and play with all dice. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Saturday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

CXX10: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Battlefest! Bring a 60-health army with no construction limitations. Two terrains and three Dragons of any colors (or 2 white Dragons) must be included. Dragonkin, Magic Items, Minor Terrains, and Promotion Dice may be used, but are not required. Advanced Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Knowledge Necessary; Fun, All Ages.

CXX11: Dragon Dice Novice Event: Introductory Session. See C294. Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session. See Also: CXX2, CXX4, and CXX6.

CXX12: The 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Entrants must qualify through any of the five qualifier events played throughout the convention. All legal dice may be used in this event. All spells are in play. The most current Advanced Rules as found on the SFR web site will be used. Saturday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Knowledge Necessary; Fun, All Ages.

CXX13: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. Players try to conquer the world of Esfah in a boardgame version of Dragon Dice. Saturday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See also CXX1, CXX8, and CXX14.

CXX14: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. Players try to conquer the world of Esfah in a boardgame version of Dragon Dice. Sunday, 10:00AM - 2:00PM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See also CXX1, CXX8, and CXX13.

SFR annually puts on numerous Dragon Dice events at DREAMATION (as well as DEXCON, in July). See prior listings on the Conventions forum.

The event listing for DREAMATION has not been posted at the DOUBLE EXPOSURE website (but will probably be updated in November 2011). If you have any other questions about the convention or the events, please PM me. There is a "special admission" deal being offered for those who plan to attend DREAMATION 2012 and DEXCON XV in 2012 (see below).

Special Admission Price Discount for DREAMATION 2012 and DEXCON XV offered by DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Just like last year, we're going to let you save a bunch of money by offering a SUPER SPECIAL COMBO PACKAGE, until October 28, 2011. This year's prices are the same as last year: $82.00 for the basic Combo and $116.00 for the Super Deluxe Combo!

Let's do the math - For the basic Combo, we're charging only $82.00 for the cost of registration to DREAMATION 2012 ($50.00), February 23-26, 2012, and DEXCON 15 ($55.00), July 4-8, 2012; a savings of $23.00! For the Super Deluxe Combo, we're charging only $116.00 for the cost of registration to both conventions ($105.00), plus the DREAMATION 2012 t-shirt ($12.00), plus the DEXCON 15 t-shirt ($18.00), plus the DEXCON 15 Wednesday night Buffet ($25.00); a WHOPPING savings of $44.00!!!

Use this link to go directly to the 2012 SS Combo Page: http://www.dexposure.co/ss2012.html
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Daniel Burkley
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

[dburkley]

The proposed event schedule has been submitted. Information about DREAMATION is available at the Double Exposure website, but the event schedule will probably not be posted until January 2012.
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Daniel Burkley
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

[DEEPBLUEB2]

I really will have to make it to one of these...
hmmm 2 white dragons for battlefest.

[Denimwizard]

I am really going to try to make this one since i will be unable tomake Pax East. I will only be able to make Saturday and Sundays events.

[Denimwizard]

Looks like a couple friends of mine will be coming with me on Saturday to attend this con. I hope to buy more dice and meet some fellow DD enthusiasts!

[ddicerc]

Is there going to be a Saturday morning qualifier for the Regional? I can't come, but my two sons are considering it. (I have a professional commitment that weekend.)
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Steve "DDice" Braun
The Diceman's Gaming Pages: http://ddicerc.weebly.com
2014-2015 U.S. National Champion
(Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...)

[dburkley]

Yes - see CXX9 (Sat. AM) and CXX10 (Sat. PM). DREAMATION should have their full event schedule listed by February 15th 19th (pretty late, considering the convention starts on the 23rd). I'll update the event numbers when they post the event list on their website.
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Daniel Burkley
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

[dburkley]

The Event Schedule for DREAMATION was posted on Sunday, February19, at 2 PM. The Dragon Dice events are summarized in their final form, below:

C354: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. Just learning Dragon Dice? Then get your tournament feet wet at our Novice event. Borrow a preconstructed 18-health army from us, or bring your own. Only spells from the Basic lists are permitted. No more than 50 percent of your starting units may be magicians. No magic doubling will be used. This event will follow a Swiss format. Thursday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See Also: C400, C444, C605.

C355: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. Players try to conquer the world of Esfah in a boardgame version of Dragon Dice. Thursday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages. See Also: C488, C648, C709.

C399: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Single Race. Bring a 36-health army, no more than 50 percent magician dice from a single race with the following restrictions: No more than one of the same monster, no more than two of the same rare, nor more than 3 of the same uncommon, and no more than 4 of the same common. Two Dragons must be brought (choose from black, blue, green, gold, ivory, or red), and any two terrains (including white-inked terrains from the new Battlefields release). Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

C400: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. See C354. Friday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session. See Also: C444, C605

C443: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Constructed Starter. Bring your own 2-Player Starter, constructed as you see fit within the following limitations: Two 18-health armies, each of a different single race. Each 18-health army must consist of 1 monster, 1 rare, 3 uncommons, and 5 commons and all must be different (ie: no more than one of any single die). Two different colored Dragons (choose from black, blue, green, gold, ivory, or red), and four terrains (one Coastland, one Flatland, one Highland, and one Swampland) must be included. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

C444: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. See C354. Friday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session. See Also: C400, C605.

C487: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Constructed Army. Bring a 36-health army, no more than 50 percent magician dice, and prepare for war! Dragonkin, Magic Items, Minor Terrains, and Promotion Dice may be used, but are not required. All spells are in play. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Friday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Knowledge Necessary; Fun, All Ages.

C488: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. See C355. Friday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session. See Also: C648, C709.

C556: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Sealed Starter. Players are distributed 2-Player starter sets ($14 entry fee) and play with all dice. Intermediate Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Saturday, 9:00AM - 1:00PM; One Session; All Materials Offered. Beginners Welcome; Fun, All Ages.

C604: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Battlefest! Bring a 60-health army with no construction limitations. Two terrains and three Dragons of any colors (or 2 white Dragons) must be included. Dragonkin, Magic Items, Minor Terrains, and Promotion Dice may be used, but are not required. Advanced Rules as found on the SFR website will be used. This session counts as a qualifying session for the 2014 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Knowledge Necessary; Fun, All Ages.

C605: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. See C354. Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM; One Session. See Also: C400, C444.

C636: The 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Entrants must qualify through any of the five qualifier events played throughout the convention. The format will be 36-health, Constructed Army. All legal dice may be used in this event. All spells are in play. The most current Advanced Rules as found on the SFR web site will be used. Saturday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session; Bring Your Own Materials. Knowledge Necessary; Fun, All Ages.

C648: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. See C355. Saturday, 8:00PM - 12:00AM; One Session. See Also: C488, C709.

C709: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. See C355. Sunday, 10:00AM - 2:00PM; One Session. See Also: C488, C648.
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Daniel Burkley
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

[dburkley]

Results of the Dragon Dice Events at DREAMATION 2012
C354: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. No attendees at this session.

C355: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. A three-player game was tried using 51-health Force Pools (the equivalent of the 2-player starter 36-health distribution, plus a booster pack). The game took significantly longer than the typical 4 or 6 player “team” games previously playtested. Some editing was noted for the spell lists and some of the SAIs. For Force Pools of this size, about 4 tiles/player appears to be the upper limit for creating a gameboard.

C399: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Single Race. Edward Biot won this event with a Feral army and qualified for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship.

C400: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. There were no attendees to this event, so I put on another playtest session of the boardgame. This was a 2-player scenario using only 36-health armies, using 8 tiles with two “impassable” tiles in a 3-4-3 pattern. This developed into a good competitive game with significant swings of advantage, ending in 90 minutes.

C443: Dragon Dice “Constructed Starter” Intermediate Event: Four players entered this event:
Gavin (“Dusty”) Youngs: Scalder/Treefolk
Jamie Giffen: Firewalker/Undead
Jared Schuller: Firewalker/Goblin
John Poniske: Swampstalker/Treefolk

Jared won and John placed 2nd in this event, with Jared qualifying for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship.

C444: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. Edward Biot won this event with Ranier Frickanisie in 2nd place.

C487: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Constructed Army. Four players entered this event:
Gavin (“Dusty”) Youngs: Feral/Treefolk
Jamie Giffen: Firewalker/Undead
Jared Schuller: Goblins/Lava Elves and Dragonlord
John Poniske: Goblins/Treefolk
Jared won and Dusty placed 2nd in this event.
C488: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. This was a
-player scenario using only 36-health armies, using 8 tiles with two “impassable” tiles in a 3-4-3 pattern. This also developed into a good competitive game with significant swings of advantage, ending in 90 minutes.

C556: Dragon Dice Intermediate Event: Sealed Starter. There were four entrants in this event:
Edward Biot: Feral/Undead
Dusty Youngs: Amazons/Swampstalkers
Frank Warren: Amazons/Swampstalkers
Shannon Witte: Amazons/Swampstalkers

Shannon Witte won this event undefeated, which was remarkable in that she had played Dragon Dice for the first time the day before as a demonstration game and liked it so much that she entered this event. The highlight was a back and forth match between Shannon and Edward, where each player had three shots at winning the 2nd Eighth Face and just couldn’t win that maneuver roll, and both players had at least half their armies in the graveyard. Although she qualified for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship, Shannon preferred to play in the Novice event scheduled at the same time.

C604: Dragon Dice Advanced Event: Battlefest! There were four entrants in this event:
Dusty Youngs: Treefolk (half Willow types/half Dryad types)
Frank Warren: Feral
Jared Schuller: Black Eldarim/Goblins
Dan Burkley (2 rounds only): Dwarves/Lava Elves and Dragonslayer

Dusty Youngs won this event with Jared Schuller coming in 2nd, with Dusty qualifying for the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship.

C605: Dragon Dice Novice Tournament. This was expanded into a 36-health “Single Race” event by unanimous agreement. There were four entrants in this event:
Brian Eggert: Goblins
Michael Schuller: Coral Elves
Michael Witte: Lava Elves
Shannon Witte: Dwarves
Brian Eggert won this event in a tight finale with Michael Witte where the game could have been decided four times by either player before Brian finally sealed the deal.

C636: The 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Although we had 5 players qualify, only three attended – so an Alpha format was followed. Dusty Youngs won the first round multi-player event, and did the best in the round-robin matches that followed, winning the 2012 DENCC Region 4 Dragon Dice Championship. Dusty automatically qualifies for the US Championship event to be held at DEXCON in July 2012.
1st Place: Dusty Youngs: Treefolk
2nd Place: Jared Schuller: Goblins/Lava Elves
3rd Place: Edward Biot: Feral/Undead

C648: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. A 3-player game was playtested, using a set-up of 12 tiles with two “impassable” tiles. The game started with a 36-health Force Pool and 18-health starting armies, but it became apparent after 3 turns that the 15-health booster needed to be added to increase the Force Pool. One player complained it was not enough, but he succeeded to win the game, anyway, controlling 7 of 12 tiles at the start of his turn. The game lasted 65 minutes.

C709: Dragon Dice Playtest Session. A 6-player game was playtested as two teams of 3 players, using a set-up of 26 tiles with two “impassable” tiles. The game started with 36-health Force Pools and 18-health starting armies. The majority of players were novices to Dragon Dice, but aggressive, so the starting Force Pools were constantly replenished with losses. At least one player remarked that he felt the starting Force Pool should have been larger. The game ended with a conclusion in about 2 hours.

Several players from last year’s DEXCON events did not return to DREAMATION, but we welcomed back Frank Warren, who played at the Dragon Dice events at DREAMATION and DEXCON in 2009 and 2010. Jamie Giffen and John Poniske are Dragon Dice players from Maryland, who made the trip to attend DREAMATION and tumble some dice with some of our New Jersey gamers. We welcome Edward Biot, Michael Witte, and Shannon Witte as new Dragon Dice players (buying product to field their own armies) and I hope to see them again at DEXCON and next year’s DREAMATION, along with the rest of our players.
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Daniel Burkley
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