Middle
FoWSA
You are invited to the 2016 Mid-War Flames of War San Antonio
Tournament,
Otherwise known as Middle FoWSA.
(The
last time we did mid -war in FoWSA was in 2013, so this might be Middle FoWSA
10.1)
The tournament will be held on the second
Saturday in July, July 9th, 2016 in the Annex at
Dragon’s Lair Comics, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd # 129 San Antonio, Texas
(Fredericksburg Rd and Medical Dr.).
There are 18 player
slots. First lists in and approved,
first served. I will take stand-bys
after that. Please Email all lists
to Ian Straus at ian.straus@att.net by.noon July 2nd 2016 for approval. Send lists with subject line “Middle FoWSA lists”.
This Mid War Tournament will cost $15.00 with a $5 discount for current LSHM members who pre-register. Tournament fees will be payable on the day of event at the door. Lunch (pizza) is included in the entry fee. On the day of the event, registration opens at 09:00 AM, pairing at 10AM, and play begins at 10:15 AM. Expect play to continue until 8PM.
The Tournament will use 1700 points, with special 2nd list criteria. Deadline to get lists in: July 2nd at noon, central time. Armies must be built from the current mid war Army books and official PDF lists available on line as of June 1st 2016, principally Eastern Front and North Africa.
There will be 4
rounds played:
● Rounds 1 and 2 will last at most 1 hour
and 30 minutes. When composing your main
list, please create an 850 point list to be used in rounds 1 & 2. This lists must be a
subset of your 1700 point list and must contain at least a company HQ and 1
combat platoon. You may reduce or increase the number of squads or vehicles within a platoon, up to
the maximum or down to the minimum, and add or drop upgrades in order to get as
close as possible to 850 points (but not over 850), but you may not use a platoon not included in
your 1700 point list. Rounds 1-2 will
be played on 3’x4’ half-tables, and distances in the missions will be modified
to fit this table size.
● Rounds 3 and 4 lasting 2 hrs 30 min. with an option (up to the second
player) to take 10 more minutes to finish the current turn or to end it
immediately. These rounds will be played
with your 1700 point list, on the full tables.
Lists must show the player’s name, player’s city, the book or PDF on which they are based, the company nationality, name and page number, the number and types of
stands in each platoon, as well as the point costs and upgrades. Bring copies of your
list for your opponent to look at, and bring the source
book or PDF.
Heroes may be
used. However when a specific Hero is
killed, all players using that hero immediately lose the hero in question for
that round. (After all these guys are
unique.)
Missions will
be announced at sign-in.
Priorities in
pairings in rounds 1& 2 will be: No
repeat battles with the same opponent; pair Axis vs. Allied; pair opponents
from different cities.
Priorities of
pairings in rounds 3 & 4 will be: No
repeats vs. the same opponent; pair Axis
vs. Allied; Highest cumulative scores vs. highest.
Prizes will be
awarded to best overall general, best Axis, and best Allied players as well as prizes
for best-painted army and best terrain table.
Terrain will be appreciated, and I will give a prize for the best table. (We provide the table, you provide everything on top of it.) We may set up terrain on Friday evening at about 10PM, or Saturday at 9:00AM. Please tell me if you intend to participate in the terrain table contest, so that I may send you table criteria and forms.
Ian Straus, tournament director.
For FoWSA tournament and San Antonio
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