aldavion
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Looking forward to the Welsh Open.
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Post by aldavion on Jan 4, 2020 11:31:47 GMT
I saw most of you at Tarrington but just to confirm for others that the Welsh Open 2020 will take place at the Penarth Wargamers' CRUSADE show at St. Cyres school in Penarth on Saturday 25th January. Doors open at 10am but the show committee are looking at some means of early entry for DBA participants. There is a planning meeting this week and I will pass on their conclusions as and when I find out myself. The trophies are on order and I suddenly realized we are only three weeks away today! So hope to see you there.
Usual blurb applies: The tournament is fully open i.e. bring any legal army, (or even two if you’d like to switch for the plate), and you don’t have to be Welsh. The plan is to continue with the standard format of a ‘world cup’ qualification of three rounds. Four players will qualify for the finals, all of whom will be guaranteed a trophy. Meanwhile the others will be invited to enter into a three round swiss tournament for the plate competition. Half hour rounds with a points system.
Any other queries feel free to contact me either on here or at:
aldavion@yahoo dot co
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Post by Baldie on Jan 4, 2020 16:33:56 GMT
Looking forward to it greatly
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 4, 2020 16:39:23 GMT
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it this year. Someone else will have to take the strongman role.
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Post by martin on Jan 4, 2020 16:46:41 GMT
I plan to attend.
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Post by Baldie on Jan 4, 2020 18:44:24 GMT
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it this year. Someone else will have to take the strongman role.
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Post by martin on Jan 5, 2020 10:10:55 GMT
I saw most of you at Tarrington but just to confirm for others that the Welsh Open 2020 will take place at the Penarth Wargamers' CRUSADE show at St. Cyres school in Penarth on Saturday 25th January. Doors open at 10am but the show committee are looking at some means of early entry for DBA participants. There is a planning meeting this week and I will pass on their conclusions as and when I find out myself. The trophies are on order and I suddenly realized we are only three weeks away today! So hope to see you there. Usual blurb applies: The tournament is fully open i.e. bring any legal army, (or even two if you’d like to switch for the plate), and you don’t have to be Welsh. The plan is to continue with the standard format of a ‘world cup’ qualification of three rounds. Four players will qualify for the finals, all of whom will be guaranteed a trophy. Meanwhile the others will be invited to enter into a three round swiss tournament for the plate competition. Half hour rounds with a points system. Any other queries feel free to contact me either on here or at: aldavion@yahoo dot co Hi Alan Thanks for confirming the Welsh Open's on....always a favourite. Can I ask that we make note of amenable Society of Ancients players, and record who fought who, to submit to the Society of Ancients 2020 Championship?? it would be a good start to the Championship year - menacussecundus is one of the drivers of this, but can't attend, so I'm hoping my memory will allow me to re-prompt on the morning of the 25th (!!). Cheers Martin PS....who is SoA among the attending players?
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Post by Baldie on Jan 5, 2020 11:53:18 GMT
I am
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Post by martin on Jan 5, 2020 13:05:26 GMT
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Post by Baldie on Jan 5, 2020 13:48:35 GMT
I am a recent addition
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aldavion
Munifex
Looking forward to the Welsh Open.
Posts: 44
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Post by aldavion on Jan 6, 2020 21:31:55 GMT
I saw most of you at Tarrington but just to confirm for others that the Welsh Open 2020 will take place at the Penarth Wargamers' CRUSADE show at St. Cyres school in Penarth on Saturday 25th January. Doors open at 10am but the show committee are looking at some means of early entry for DBA participants. There is a planning meeting this week and I will pass on their conclusions as and when I find out myself. The trophies are on order and I suddenly realized we are only three weeks away today! So hope to see you there. Usual blurb applies: The tournament is fully open i.e. bring any legal army, (or even two if you’d like to switch for the plate), and you don’t have to be Welsh. The plan is to continue with the standard format of a ‘world cup’ qualification of three rounds. Four players will qualify for the finals, all of whom will be guaranteed a trophy. Meanwhile the others will be invited to enter into a three round swiss tournament for the plate competition. Half hour rounds with a points system. Any other queries feel free to contact me either on here or at: aldavion@yahoo dot co Hi Alan Thanks for confirming the Welsh Open's on....always a favourite. Can I ask that we make note of amenable Society of Ancients players, and record who fought who, to submit to the Society of Ancients 2020 Championship?? it would be a good start to the Championship year - menacussecundus is one of the drivers of this, but can't attend, so I'm hoping my memory will allow me to re-prompt on the morning of the 25th (!!). Cheers Martin PS....who is SoA among the attending players? Is that what Bill co-ordinates? I usually send the full results to him as part of a national event.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 6, 2020 21:45:39 GMT
Hi Alan Thanks for confirming the Welsh Open's on....always a favourite. Can I ask that we make note of amenable Society of Ancients players, and record who fought who, to submit to the Society of Ancients 2020 Championship?? it would be a good start to the Championship year - menacussecundus is one of the drivers of this, but can't attend, so I'm hoping my memory will allow me to re-prompt on the morning of the 25th (!!). Cheers Martin PS....who is SoA among the attending players? Is that what Bill co-ordinates? I usually send the full results to him as part of a national event. Alan. No. There is a DBA League which Bill organizes. Although it is sponsored by the Society of Ancients, it is open to everyone. Then there is a separate SoA Championship, which is for SoA members only (but allows them to use any set of rules covering the Ancient and Medieval periods).
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aldavion
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Looking forward to the Welsh Open.
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Post by aldavion on Jan 10, 2020 8:11:36 GMT
Magister Militum will be our sponsors once again this year but they have changed their system. Instead of vouchers they have offered me a prize budget to buy prizes in advance. Their DBA armies selection is pretty good so the base plan is to buy two armies as prizes for the Open and Plate winners. Obviously the plate will be a 'lesser' army. Unless anyone has an alternate suggestion of something suitably generic?
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aldavion
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Looking forward to the Welsh Open.
Posts: 44
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Post by aldavion on Jan 10, 2020 15:14:36 GMT
Magister Militum will be our sponsors once again this year but they have changed their system. Instead of vouchers they have offered me a prize budget to buy prizes in advance. Their DBA armies selection is pretty good so the base plan is to buy two armies as prizes for the Open and Plate winners. Obviously the plate will be a 'lesser' army. Unless anyone has an alternate suggestion of something suitably generic? I should have added I need to order the prizes by Monday morning at the very latest.
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Post by menacussecundus on Jan 10, 2020 18:54:24 GMT
The problem with prize armies is that the winner may already have that army - or you go for something really obscure, which is probably obscure for a good reason.
The Baueda Hellenistic Fortified camp (DBA6) is rather nice, quite new (so not many people are likely to have it) and could be used for a variety of armies. Would that be an idea?
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Post by martin on Jan 10, 2020 19:38:46 GMT
The problem with prize armies is that the winner may already have that army - or you go for something really obscure, which is probably obscure for a good reason. The Baueda Hellenistic Fortified camp (DBA6) is rather nice, quite new (so not many people are likely to have it) and could be used for a variety of armies. Would that be an idea? Yep...camps/terrain can go down well, and are relatively ‘neutral’.
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