We have 22 player positions, and I hope that if you haven't signed up you will get your lists in to me by Sept. 2nd. After that date I will take stand-bys.
Since the tournament is close, I'm posting the table contest rules below. Copies of the table form are available from me at setup, or now by email.
Ian Straus
FoWSA tournament director
ian.straus@att.net
FoWSA 10 Table contest rules
Terrain will be appreciated, and I will
give a prize for the best table setup.
Please tell me if you intend to participate in the table contest.
●We will set up terrain on Friday
evening at about 10PM, and/or on Saturday promptly at 9AM.
●We provide the table, which will
likely be larger than 4x6; and you provide everything on top of it. If you bring a cloth larger than 4x6 then
mark or tape it to indicate the actual playing area.
● Because this is a Late War tournament,
terrain must represent part of the European theater of operations (no African
events in Late War). Extra consideration
will be given if it represents a particular place in which there were 1944-45
military operations, including terrain taken from maps or satellite photos
which accompany the table.
● Tables’ play areas will be 4’x6’,
except that bocage or urban tables must be 3’x4’.
●Terrain will be defined in writing
using the FoWSA table form, so as to prevent disputes
and keep the definition of the table consistent between games.
●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
are not to be used in the center of the
board, nor may they prevent entry to any one edge.
●Rivers that are Very Difficult or
Impassable should have fords and/or bridges.
Multiple fords and bridges if they are longer than 3 feet. (If you want to play a major river crossing
operation I’m up for it, but it doesn’t fit in a tournament).
●Nor may more than half the table’s
play area be difficult and very difficult terrain.
●Lone houses are not acceptable, as not
realistic for any theater of this war. (The
lone farmhouse is an exceptionally American thing.)
● The FoW rules state that the line of
sight rule is WYSIWYG, so do not define “levels” of hills, which are references
to other rules.
Note that
the criteria for judging the tables are:
Balance: The winner should not be decided by the die
roll for setup.
Visual appeal: Is this a good looking,
interesting table? Judge on appearance
of terrain components and match to 15mm scale.
Adequacy of the terrain notes and sketch map.
Realism & Appropriateness to the FoW game and
period.
