Milton Keynes Xmas Mash-Up!

[khaosgoblin]

Every Xmas at MK we have an all day Warhammer mass battle, this year we have six players willing to take on another club in a mega (thinking 4k a player with some kind of comp limits) pitched battle all dayer.

The event is planned for Monday 28th December York House Youth Centre, London Road, Stony Stratford (much closer to train station & close proximity to pubs & take-aways) & generally ends up about £5 a head (I will confirm when sure of numbers)

Are any of you guys interested in a mass battle of this scale?

Cheers

Mark

[fatolaf]

I would have been if it were not for the fact I am in snowy Sweden then....

Sounds like fun though...

[maelzch]

I'd be up for it, but I'm away in exeter over xmas!

[khaosgoblin]

As we could not entice anyone up to Mk we decided to have a small tournament using four linked battles, Rules pack below i will let you know how it turned out!

Milton Keynes Xmas Mash-Up

4 linked games against 4 different random opponents, all games follow the rules for "Pitched Battle" & terrain will be pre-set at six pieces per table.

Game 1 - 1250 The Vanguard have encountered the enemy!
Standard army selection with the following limitations
A maximum of 2 characters,
Maximum cost of any single character 250 points
No Rare choices
Maximum 2 Special choices (no duplicates)
No Scouts, Skirmishers, Fast Cavalry, Flyers or units that enter the board after initial deployment (i.e. miners, gorgers etc)

Game 2 - 1250 + 500 (1750) The Scouts rejoin the Vanguard!
Standard army selection with the following limitations:
All additional points (500) must be spent upon Scouts, Skirmishers, Fast Cavalry, Flyers or units that enter the board after initial deployment (i.e. miners, gorgers etc) & Characters.

Game 3 - 1750 + 750 (2,500) The Elite troops join the Vanguard!
Standard army selection with the following limitations:
All additional points (750) must be spent upon Special, Rare choices & Characters

Game 4 - 2,500 + 499 (2,999) The levy has been raised joining the army at the final showdown!
Standard army selection with the following limitations:
All additional points (499) must be spent upon Core choices only

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Winning the Xmas Mash-Up!

VP calculated as standard, except points will be awarded for most banners taken (not each)
Battle points scored for each game as follows:
Difference in Victory Points                                                            Battle points
Game        1            2         3 & 4         Winner   Loser
Draw        0   -   149         0 – 224      0 – 299      10      10   
Marginal     150 – 299        225 – 449   300 – 599      13      7   
Solid        300 – 599        450 – 899   600 – 1,199      16      4
Massacre     600 +        900 +      1,200 +      19      1
Maximum VP     (1550)        (2200)              (3100 & 3599)
VP Bonus     +50           +75      + 100
(VP bonuses are awarded for each table quarter, general killed & most banners)

Victory points will be used in the event of a tie!

[fatolaf]

Sounds different mate, look forward to hearing the results...

[khaosgoblin]

We had a good laugh in the end with some fairly weird combinations created by the rules. The games created hwere interesting with the changing army for each encounter, looking to adapt this for a one day tournament.

Final results where:

1: Steve Knight DE 61 BP
2: Jim Moore LM 52 BP
3: Steve Hampshire BR 44 BP
4: Mark Borland TK 34 BP
5: Matt Perris EM 28 BP
6: Stephen Maylesbury 25 BP

Khaosgoblin