Martin Mayers
Elder Member
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2008
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- The Gulag
- First name
- Gulagwanker
- Country
Thank you to everyone that has already notified me of their intention to attend (and also to those who have responded otherwise). And thank you also to those who have already begun to make early payment, taking advantage of the early bird offer. To remind you, the Paypal address for early bird payments, is boundingfirstfire@gmail.com.
It does us a huge favour if people who are definitely attending can take the early bird offer as we do have some outlay (ie. some additional prizes beyond what Bounding Fire and Battle School dice have been absolutely wonderful in providing) to pay for. There will be a random draw for a much sought after mystery prize for those who are able to help us out here (no, don't worry, it won't be my band's latest album available from all good record shops, Spotify etc.).
Please don't forget to register your attendance with Pete at View From the Trenches as you would for other UK tournaments (pete@vftt.co.uk).
And please also ensure you book your accommodation directly with the hotel using the details previously provided. Any difficulties give me a shout.
Now, they say that no plan survives first contact. You will all be aware that the original plan for this tournament was blind and un-played scenarios. The blind element will remain. However, the scenarios which Bounding Fire have kindly provided for the main event, whilst concluded insofar as play-testing have not been quite finalised aesthetically (to a very minor extent in most cases). Furthermore they are of course Bounding Fire scenarios and therefore in some cases rely on ownership of previous Bounding Fire products for some of the counters. Finally around half of the 15 or so sent to me are PTO. I'm mindful that not everyone on the scene is into PTO and it strikes me as slightly unfair to handicap people unfortunate enough not to play PTO. The scenarios look really ace and in some cases incorporate a new map which hasn't yet been seen by the ASL community at large.
I'm therefore looking for feedback from you, the community. Would you, given the choice, get behind a tournament where the scenarios slightly incomplete in some cases, and where the scenario choice in each round is limited to one? Or would you rather have an element of choice per round? I'm considering, in each round (except the final) there being the choice of three scenarios . A brand new and unseen one for the more adventurous, but two older (and I'll be going for the obscure) ones to allow some choice. For the final we will be using one of the new scenarios (for reasons that will become clear at the event).
Looking for your thoughts. Constructive feedback would be appreciated. Whilst we have our ideas on how we want to structure things, we do ultimately appreciate that it is about enjoyment. I'm sure no-one wants to be steamrollered into battling through the jungle with those Japanese chaps if they've never had the pleasure of the PTO before !
Really appreciate your responses on this (and any other aspect of the tournament).
It does us a huge favour if people who are definitely attending can take the early bird offer as we do have some outlay (ie. some additional prizes beyond what Bounding Fire and Battle School dice have been absolutely wonderful in providing) to pay for. There will be a random draw for a much sought after mystery prize for those who are able to help us out here (no, don't worry, it won't be my band's latest album available from all good record shops, Spotify etc.).
Please don't forget to register your attendance with Pete at View From the Trenches as you would for other UK tournaments (pete@vftt.co.uk).
And please also ensure you book your accommodation directly with the hotel using the details previously provided. Any difficulties give me a shout.
Now, they say that no plan survives first contact. You will all be aware that the original plan for this tournament was blind and un-played scenarios. The blind element will remain. However, the scenarios which Bounding Fire have kindly provided for the main event, whilst concluded insofar as play-testing have not been quite finalised aesthetically (to a very minor extent in most cases). Furthermore they are of course Bounding Fire scenarios and therefore in some cases rely on ownership of previous Bounding Fire products for some of the counters. Finally around half of the 15 or so sent to me are PTO. I'm mindful that not everyone on the scene is into PTO and it strikes me as slightly unfair to handicap people unfortunate enough not to play PTO. The scenarios look really ace and in some cases incorporate a new map which hasn't yet been seen by the ASL community at large.
I'm therefore looking for feedback from you, the community. Would you, given the choice, get behind a tournament where the scenarios slightly incomplete in some cases, and where the scenario choice in each round is limited to one? Or would you rather have an element of choice per round? I'm considering, in each round (except the final) there being the choice of three scenarios . A brand new and unseen one for the more adventurous, but two older (and I'll be going for the obscure) ones to allow some choice. For the final we will be using one of the new scenarios (for reasons that will become clear at the event).
Looking for your thoughts. Constructive feedback would be appreciated. Whilst we have our ideas on how we want to structure things, we do ultimately appreciate that it is about enjoyment. I'm sure no-one wants to be steamrollered into battling through the jungle with those Japanese chaps if they've never had the pleasure of the PTO before !
Really appreciate your responses on this (and any other aspect of the tournament).