Chris Tomlin Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Event Title: BLACKOUT - 02-03/09/17 - Firestorm Games - PDF pack Event Author: Chris Tomlin Calendar: Events UK Event Date: 09/02/2017 12:00 AM to 09/03/2017 12:00 AM Hey guys, With the events calendar filling up so quickly I wanted to pencil in my second two day event for later in the year; the return of BLACKOUT (I figured I probably should build a bit of brand as opposed to confusing people by renaming my events each time!).CLICK FOR FULL TOURNAMENT PACK **23/08/17 Update** Here is a list of relevant information from throughout this thread. This will be collated into a proper "pack" by the end of the week. Apologies for the delay; We will be 5 games of straight up Matched Play Warhammer, using 5 of the new Matched Play battleplans from the General's Handbook 2017. I will announce each battleplan before the start of the round. Please try to familiarise yourself with these beforehand. Lists will be submitted to myself on the day (paper copy please). Command Traits and Artefacts must be listed and will not change for the duration of the event. I also ask that you have a second copy (paper or digital) that you exchange with your round one opponent. Please take a few moments to check each others lists before the game starts. Any errors spotted during this time can be amended without penalty, new Handbook and all that! Whilst my preference is usually for soft score heavy events, I have made the decision that this event will be basing purely off gaming because of the new Handbook. I want to keep it as simple and inclusive as possible, with people being able to try out new armies and cool allies etc. I was slightly loathe to remove a cohesive requirement (or at least a bonus for doing so), however this is a one off, once again because of the new Handbook, and I would certainly return to soft scores in the future. Luckily we have Facehammer coming up a few weeks after which scratches that itch this year. All models with matched play profiles in the General's Handbook 2017 can be used, as can the latest versions of any Forgeworld warscoll as of 26/08/17 (note Rogue Idol change). Also I am informed that updated matched play profiles are to be released for Compendium warscrolls on 26/08/17, so these will also be allowed. All models must be based on suitable round/oval bases and of course we will be measuring to bases! No other house rules as such, we will be following the Matched Play guidelines within the General's Handbook 2017 including Rules of One etc. Terrain is not required. All models must be fully painted* and based otherwise they will be removed and you will incur a 10 point penalty. There is no requirement for armies to be cohesive. This is to encourage people to try out the new allies rules! Please note that WYSIWYG is still a thing though!! 50 Tournament points available; Major Victory = 10, Minor Victory = 8, Draw = 5, Minor Defeat = 2, Major Defeat = 0 First tie break is Sports votes (be nice whilst winning!), the second is kill points scored. Armies will be displayed on Saturday lunch so that I can shortlist Best Army nominations for a public/judge vote on Sunday. If your army includes reserve points, you can display additional models from your summoning pool, however the overall army you display cannot exceed 2,000 points. Each player will vote for Best Sports at the end of the event, in the case of a tie, the highest placed player will win the award (win whilst being nice!). The Trophies available are; 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place: as above these are scored purely on the 50 gaming TPs available, with sports first tiebreak (kill points 2nd). 1st, 2nd, 3rd Best Army: these will be player judged from a nominated shortlist on the Sunday. Judges Choice Best Painted Army: this will be my favourite army at the event, entirely possible it will be one of the above 3 though. Best Sports: as above this will be based off player sports votes with the highest placed player winning in the event of a tie. The Jen Lyons Thrills not Skills Award: this will be awarded to the player who finishes last. Your name will be carried forward to my next event. Best In Alliance (Destruction, Chaos, Death & Order): these will be decided purely on Kill Points so can be won by anyone (except maybe @#SteveJames). In the unlikely event of a tie, highest placing will win. Also the Friday night Skirmish will have trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Best Warband and Best Sports *I will not use the term "3 colour minimum" as it is open for abuse. If you are unsure whether your models are painted(?!), please get in contact with me. Saturday 2nd September - BLACKOUT Day One Firestorm Games Opens: 09:00Registration & Announcements: 09:00 - 09:30Game One: 09:30 - 12:15Lunch: 12:15 - 13:15 – After Game One please display you army so I can select Best Army nominees Game Two: 13:15 - 16:00Game Three: 16:15 - 19:00Firestorm Games Closes: 23:00 Sunday 3rd September - BLACKOUT Day Two Firestorm Games Opens: 09:00Game Four: 09:30 - 12:15Lunch: 12:15 - 13:15 – After Game Four the Best Army nominees will display their armies for votingGame 5: 13:15 - 16:00Results Presentation: 16:30 - 17:00 **07/08/17 Update** This event will be played under The General's Handbook 2017!! Please see last post page 3 for more information. A full pack is to follow next week. There will also be a Skirmish event on the Friday. **05/04/17 Update** Tickets go on sale Saturday 8th April at 8pm GMT - £40 as PayPal (friends and family) to lunatic_pandora@btinternet.com (see below for more details) So I'm pleased to be able to confirm the dates as 2nd & 3rd September 2017 and more exciting, the venue; Firestorm Games, Cardiff What's even better is I'll be able to offer a capacity of 100 players! After the popularity of Tomorrow Burns in Weymouth, I figured it might be time to try my hand at a bigger event in a more easily accessible venue. As a massive fan of Cardiff events myself, this seemed an easy decision, made easier thanks to some conversations with @Mo Ashraf. I was keen to not step on any toes here and FYI I do not consider this a replacement or successor to the phenomenal Clash of Swords events Mo has run over the last few years, it's just me bringing my event to a different location. Who knows what will happen in the future, but for 2017, me bringing a big AoS event to Cardiff in the latter part of the year is just a good fit for everyone. I've also been in discussion with the Facehammer boys to ensure no clash with their Grand Tournament. There is a lot of talking behind the scenes between TO's to avoid clashes as much as possible to try and make it easier for you guys to attend multiple events. It's a testament to AoS and the strength of our scene that the calendar is being booked up almost right to the end of the year in January!! So get some dates pencilled in your calendar, start looking at hotels because they do get expensive and/or sell out in Cardiff. I've given as much notice as possible to hopefully make it easy to get yourselves sorted in good time (yeh right!!). I'm unsure when tickets will go on sale at present, so keep an eye on this topic. Chris BLACKOUT - 02-03/09/17 - Firestorm Games - PDF pack Edited May 23, 2017 by Chris Tomlin 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Entrants 1. Paul Buckler 2. Mike Burgess 3. Laurie Huggett-Wilde 4. Patrick O'Sullivan 5. Rob Noyes 6. Tony Moore 7. Matthew Croad 8. William Morriss 9. Kane Holloway 10. Sam Davies 11. Russ Veal 12. Les Martin 13. Donal Taylor 14. Chris Lewis 15. Elliot O'Neill 16. Sam Pearson 17. James Eveleigh 18. Steve Phillips 19. Ian Gilmore 20. Robert Sedgeman 21. Rob Perrin 22. Ben Diesel 23. Rob Ellis 24. Liam Cook 25. Jonathon Kyprianidis 26. Mike Wilson 27. Jon Warmington 28. Richard Ciereszko 29. Terry Pike 30. Paul Whitehead 31. Luke Whitehead 32. Ben Johnson 33. Steve Hursell 34. Dave Avery 35. Owyn Abram 36. Josh Richards 37. Ben Richard 38. Tom Hutchings 39. Aaron Bailey 40. Matt Arnold 41. Nicholas Nunn 42. Simon Eccles 43. Pete Allison 44. Chris Allison 45. Andrew Lewis 46. Joel Smith 47. Mark Saunders 48. Steve Smith 49. John Greene 50. James Hayday 51. William Crankshaw 52. Daniel Ford 53. Matthew Lyons 54. Jenny Lyons 55. Kieran Harper 56. David Brown 57. Ed Hamon 58. Jack McQuiggin 59. Hugh Halligan 60. Mike Parker61. Jan Proudley62. Joe Purcell63. Michael Vernon64. Paul Marshallsay65. Matthew Sheret66. Chris Thursten 67. Andrew Mackay 68. Danny Cashman 69. Marc Brookes 70. Stewart Callander 71. Nicholas Ruesink-Brown 72. Alex Clark 73. Mark Wildman 74. Benjamin Savva 75. Tom Lambert 76. Rob Bradley 77. Ian Ralph 78. Adrian Downey 79. Ricky Mee 80. James Boots 81. Carl Smith 82. Tom Pedley 83. Adrian McWalter 84. James Ramsey 85. Byron Orde Round One Draw 1. Donal Taylor vs Sam Davies 2. Paul Buckler vs Chris Lewis 3. Matt Lyons vs Les Martin 4. Matt Arnold vs Steve Phillips 5. Simon Eccles vs Ben Johnson 6. Jen Lyons vs Ian Gilmore 7. Adrian McWalter vs Ricky Mee 8. Rob Ellis vs Ben Diesel - 9. Stewart Callander vs Marc Brookes 10. Terry Pike vs Chris Allison 11. Tom Hutchings vs Rob Noyes 12. Robert Sedgeman vs James Ramsey 13. Paul Marshallsay vs Paul Whitehead 14. Ben Richard vs Rob Perrin 15. Carl Smith vs David Brown 16. Jan Proudley vs Rob Bradley 17. Daniel Ford vs Alex Clark 18. Jonathon Kyprianidis vs Pete Allison 19. Benjamin Savva vs Adrian Downey 20. Owyn Abram vs Mark Saunders 21. Matthew Croad vs Russ Veal 22. Elliot O'Neill vs Mike Wilson 23. Luke Whitehead vs Danny Cashman 24. William Morriss vs Joel Smith 25. Sam Pearson vs Chris Thursten 26. Dave Avery vs Kieran Harper 27. Patrick O'Sullivan vs Byron Orde 28. William Crankshaw vs Jack McQuiggin 29. Josh Richards vs Tom Lambert 30. Matthew Sheret vs Laurie Huggett-Wilde 31. Michael Vernon vs Ian Ralph 32. Richard Ciereszko vs Joe Purcell 33. Mark Wildman vs James Boots 34. Mike Burgess vs Ed Hamon 35. Liam Cook vs Steve Smith 36. Jon Warmington vs John Greene 37. Mike Parker vs Andrew Mackay 38. James Eveleigh vs Tom Pedley 39. Nicholas Nunn vs Andrew Lewis 40. James Hayday vs Nicholas Ruesink-Brown 41. Kane Holloway vs Hugh Halligan 42. Tony Moore vs Aaron Bailey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlySarcasm Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Aaaawwww yiiiiisssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 2nd and 3rd September 2017 100 players Firestorm Games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalesOfSigmar Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Looks like I need a trip down to Cardiff! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forestreveries Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Reserved for entrantsCan you edit this post to "Entrants List 1. Aaron Bailey"Please.Sent from the Hidden Enclaves via the Realmroots 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Looks like you should have the pleasure of both me and my brother for this one once booking opens Probably head back to on the train overnight though as it works out cheaper! Guess we're looking at 2k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) 100% going to this! Can't wait, Chris! Edited January 21, 2017 by bottle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan.Ford Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Can you put me down for this , Daniel Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwarmington Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 OK just read the words 'in cardiff' Im there! cant wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangfroid Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Count me in please Chris :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SteveJames Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Awesome hopefully should be able to make this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petloski Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Total newbie to the forum, but given that I work at Firestorm, I've no excuse for missing out on this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob N Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Count me in Chris. Just got the ok from the wife. Today is a good day! ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Watson Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Looks like i will actually be able to go. Me and the Mrs-to-be are planning a road trip honeymoon, so it just so happens we will be in Cardiff this weekend. Can't believe she is ok with this! Count me in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 01/04/2017 at 1:52 PM, N_Watson said: Looks like i will actually be able to go. Me and the Mrs-to-be are planning a road trip honeymoon, so it just so happens we will be in Cardiff this weekend. Can't believe she is ok with this! Count me in! No way! That's awesome man. Great news, you've got a keeper there!! Tickets will go on sale this Saturday. Details to follow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Afternoon all, Tickets for BLACKOUT will go on sale this Saturday, 8th April, at 8pm GMT. The cost is £40 which includes lunch on both days. Payment is to be made by PayPal as friends and family to lunatic_pandora@btinternet.com - There are 100 tickets available on a first come, first served basis. I have offered early access to some friends, local gamers and attendants of Tomorrow Burns. Tbh, I do not expect to sell 100 tickets. The idea is that everyone who wants to play, can...that said, the scene is pretty crazy right now, so don't miss out! Please note that unlike my Weymouth events, there will not be commemorative glasses for entrants. I can't give too many more details on the event itself as present as of course The General's Handbook 2 will be out beforehand. Suffice to say it'll be 5 games of warhammer, most likely with soft scores and in general a really fun time! Dependant on how Shadespire pans out, I like the idea of running that on the Friday evening. I may also have a word with @bottle about running a Hinterlands event on Friday evening. All that needs to be hashed out though. We'll see. If you are away at Heat 2 this week and are concerned, send me a tweet or text and I'm happy for you to pay early. I also appreciate that these go on sale very close to the Facehammer GT tickets which is not ideal. Unfortunately I cannot afford to wait until May, this is mostly due to Cardiff hotels which are already very pricey for this weekend (so I really would advise against waiting...note to self; book a hotel!). That said, I certainly don't want to impact anyone buying a Facehammer GT ticket, I want to see both events filled out nicely as they're gonna be great (me and the Facehammer boys made sure the events were as spaced apart as possible to encourage as many of you to come to both as possible). So if you're really struggling please get in touch and we can try to work something out. Cheers, Chris Edited April 5, 2017 by Chris Tomlin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenecbromancer Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Hotel booked and tickets paid for - looking forward to this! Only the three SWAG boys there to hand out points to everyone we meet though which is a shame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 How quickly are tickets likely to sell out? I'm really keen to go but will struggle to find the cash before the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hey everyone, Thanks for the great support so far. Sold 57 tickets on the first evening which was fantastic. Had a couple more come in over the weekend. I will post a full list of entrants later this evening. I have had plenty more interest (including loads of my mates who still haven't signed up...cheers boys!!) so am confident/hopeful of this hitting the 70 mark which would be brilliant. On 09/04/2017 at 7:29 PM, Jamie the Jasper said: How quickly are tickets likely to sell out? I'm really keen to go but will struggle to find the cash before the end of the month. I think you'll be fine to wait until the end of the month mate. If there is a sudden rush then get in touch and we'll sort something out. Thanks Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Morning, Second post in the thread updated to include entrants. 60 of you so far with more to come I feel. Also have the first grudge already - @Donal & @TDK!! Chris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Morning, I'll update the entrants later on as we've had a few more payments trickle in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulug1974 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Signing up now. Have I missed a pack or is that not up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 No pack as of yet. I'll get a basic structure up this month, however won't be able to go too much into specifics re the gaming side until we know more about GH2. Will definitely update entrants this week as well. Hopefully we'll have a few more payments this week as we've just gone past payday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Tomlin Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Entrants updated. Up to a respectable 67 already! @Paul Buckler & @Binx - Did I see you grudged? I've added it to the post, let me know if incorrect. Cheers, Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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