Tournament Tuesdays: Making a Change

I was recently reading the forums of a local podcast and one particular discussion about the problems with the US tournament system and why soft scores should be removed from tournaments. In general, I do feel the US system could use an overhaul, but I don’t believe that just removing whole aspects of the “standard” approach is the best solution.

When it comes to the tournament scene, I believe if I could implement one change across the US, it would be to return the standard tournament size to 1500 points. There are a couple of reasons I would want to make this change. Removing the reason of personal preference, my main reason would be that I feel it makes tournaments more approachable in general if painting is required. I also think that it makes the atmosphere more casual as players would have fewer units to manage and thus make it feel like there is more time to play each round.

So when it comes to the tournament experience, what is that one thing that you would like to change (other than winning more!)?

Weekly Contest Round Up

The Realms of Equinox Present's
Planetstrike

1. Models MUST be Games Workshop. They may be heavily converted, but it must be clear that they are primarily composed of GW models/bitz. FW models may be used.
2. Entries must be an elite choice from any current codex.
3. You must be a follower of “The Realms of Equinox” prior to submitting an entry.
4. Entries must be painted between July 4, 2009 – August 14th, 2009. Proof of work will be required as part of the submission process (see below).
5. Submissions will be accepted between July 4, 2009 – August 14th, 2009. This gives you plenty of time to build/paint your entry. Minimum of 2 Photos will be required of your entry: Work in Progress showing the unpainted model(s) on the new planetstrike book or the packaging for one of the new terrain kits, and a picture of the completed work. The completed picture file can contain multiple pictures, but only one picture file will be posted per entry. The deadline for submissions will be Aug 14th, 2009 11:59 PM CST. To submit your photos, please email them to: equinox999equinox@yahoo.com
6. All completed submissions may not appear on any other site or blog before August 31st, 2009. Works in progress may be posted on other sites and blogs before August 31st, 2009. (This is to encourage people to talk about their creations and build excitement around the contest) Any entries found to be violating this rule will be banned from the contest.
7. Voting will be done by the readers of “The Realms of Equinox”. Photos will be placed on the blog and each follower will get to vote for their favorite entry. Voting will take place between August 17th, 2009 – August 28th, 2009.
8. The winner will be announced on August 31st, 2009. The winner will receive a gift certificate for the Warstore. (Please note that the Warstore is not sponsoring this event, I am simply using them as they are a preferred vendor and very reliable.)
9. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section of this blog entry.

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Tournament Tuesdays: Invasion Kenosha II

I am proud to officially announce the launch of the Invasion Kenosha website. Invasion Kenosha is a 1000 point WFB event that I host annually. With the site live, registration for the event is now open. So mark your calendars and check back often!

Tournament Tuesdays: K'Wars II (Part One)

K'Wars was a 40K tournament series that was developed by members of the Kenosha Gaming Club (formerly the Abbott Gaming Club). The first two K'Wars were held at the Chicago Battle Bunker. K'Wars II was the bigger of the two held at the Battle Bunker.