FoWSA 9 winners

And everlasting glory goes to the winneres at FoWSA 9 (Sept. 6, 2014)
who are:

Best General Justin Baeza Best Axis Scott Mckenzie Best Ally Colin McKenzie 2nd Axis Chris jackson 2nd Ally Michael Lisanti Best painted Scott McKenzie Best table Justin Baeza, table #8 Best sport Javier Arbona
And the player ranking is:
Player Nation Company Cumulative score wins Rank Justin Baeza US 30ID rifle co 22 4 1 Scott McKenzie Ger Panzergrenadier co 18 3 2 Chris Jackson German Schwere panzer 17 3 3 Nathaniel Lisanti German HG Panzerpioniere co 16 2 4 Colin McKenzie Finn Jaakarikompanie 15 3 5 Mark Reed Ger Wiking PG kampfgruppe 15 3 6 Eric Warren German Panzer co. 15 2 7 Michael Lisanti US Nisei rifle co 14 2 8 Joe Shaffer Soviet Motostrelkovy 14 2 9 Wesley Knight US 7th Armored tank co 13 2 10 Elliot Selle German Panzergrenadier co 13 1 11 Alex Howell Brit Welsh rifle co 12 2 12 Greg Ottoman Soviet Red Army hero tank co 12 1 13 Chris Lisanti US 30ID rifle co 10 1 14 Jason Moses Brit airlanding co 9 1 15 Javier Arbona Ger SS panzer co 7 0 16

Save these dates!

Save these dates for San Antonio FoW action:

Saturday Nov. 29, 2014:  Tanksgiving again:  Mass armor battle -

Saturday May 30, 2014:  Early FoWSA 2
the second San Antonio Early war Flames of War tournament.

Aug. 13 update; Now taking stand-bys for FoWSA9

Players with lists in for FoWSA9 as of August 13^th are:

Chris Jackson

The Lisantis (Chris, Nathaniel, and Michael)

Justin Baeza

Jason Moses

Greg Ottoman

Wes Knight

Scott and Colin McKenzie

Art Douglas

Mark Reed

Alex Howell

Joe Shaffer

David Beeson

Elliot Selle

That’s 16.  I will take other people as stand-bys.  Stand-bys are very valuable and welcome.

Ian Straus

FoWSA9 table contest rules:

Terrain table restrictions for FoWSA9:

Terrain will be appreciated, so we will have a terrain table contest, and I will give a prize for the best 4’x6’ table setup.  (We provide the table, which will likely be larger than 4x6; and you provide everything on top of it.)  We will set up terrain on Friday evening at about 10PM.  Please tell me in advance if you intend to participate in the table contest. 

Tables must represent European terrain involved in combat in 1944-45 (France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Rumania), and should be identified as to what area they represent.

Terrain will be defined in writing using the FoWSA table form, available from me [ian.straus@att,net] – and I will bring forms to the event.   Use the terrain types and nomenclature defined in the rulebook.

Tables must have a density of at least one terrain feature per 2’x2’ area, and the whole table must have at least six terrain features that limit line of sight.  Impassable terrain and major rivers in the center of the board are not to be used, nor impassable terrain on more than 10” of any side, nor may more than half the table area be difficult terrain.   Lone houses are not acceptable, as not realistic for any theater of this war.   Tables should be balanced so that victory is not decided by the die roll for choice of side, nor should they be impractical for either armor or infantry,  and that will be reflected in the judging criteria.  

Ian Straus

FowSA9 update - Aug.4th 2014

Players with lists in for FoWSA9 as of 7PM  8/ are:

Chris Jackson

The Lisantis (Chris, Nathaniel, and Michael)

Justin Baeza

Jason Moses

Greg Ottoman

Wes Knight

Scott and Colin McKenzie

Art Douglas

That’s 11.  Five positions are still open; after that come stand-bys.

And I have e-mails of  interest from Elliot Selle and Mark Bain.

August 3 update on FoWSA9

We are a little over a month away from FoWSA9, the ninth annual San Antonio Flames of War tournament.

As previously announced, we only have table space for 16 players.  The Dragon's Lair Annex is going to be used by a very large card game gathering, so FoWSA 9 is back in the main store and that's all the table space we are guaranteed at this point.

Therefore - your tournament slot is guaranteed when you get your lists in and approved.  After the first 16 I will take stand-bys.  Experience says a stand-by or two is likely to move up.

At this point (August 3, 2014) the following players have submitted lists for approval:

Chris Jackson

The Lisantis (Chris, Nathaniel, and Michael)

Justin Baeza

Jason Moses

Ten more player positions are available.

So although the original events announcement says the deadline for lists is  28 Aug 2014 for approval, it will help to get then in early.

Other elements of the original announcement are unchanged, as posted elsewhere in this blog.

Ian Straus

Time to get FoWSA 9 lists in!

It's time to get your FoWSA 9 lists in!
Now why am I trying to rush you?  After all, our events announcement says the deadline for lists is  28 Aug 2014 for approval.
It's because we have a space limit: 16 players.  The Dragon's Lair Annex is going to be used by a very large card game gathering, so FoWSA 9 is back in the main store and that's all the table space we are guaranteed at this point.
Therefore - your tournament slot is guaranteed when you get your lists in and approved.  After the first 16 I will take stand-bys.  Experience says a stand-by or two is likely to move up.

Ian Straus

Early FoWSA results

July 20, 2014 Early FoWSA results announcement

Early FoWSA winners [July 19, 2014]:

Best General -  Greg Ottoman

Second General – Scott McKenzie

Best sportsman – Colin McKenzie [broke a tie w/Andy Blozinski]

Best painted army   -  Chris Lisanti

Best Table Terrain-   Justin Baeza

Worst dice -  David Beeson

Player ranking

Name	army	Place	Points
Greg Ottoman	Russian infantry	1	14
Scott McKenzie	British armor	2	14
Rob Gailey	Russian armor	3	13
Justin Baeza	German armor	4	13
Michael Lisanti	French armor	5	12
Andy Blozinski	German mech	6	12
Wesley Knight	German mech	7	11
Chris Lisanti	German armor	8	11
Mark Reed	Italian Bersaglieri	9	10
David Beeson	Italian Bersaglieri	10	9
Mark Holmstrup	Dutch infantry`	11	8
Colin McKnzie	Finnish infantry	12	7
Natnaniel Lisanti	German infantry	13	7