Spectre Game GT 2013
This Gt was the first one I have run; I wanted it to be as
legitimate as possible. Not some thrown together tourney, this was very
important to me, so I began by doing research and I listen to a lot of the 40k
podcast which has a good insight into the tourney circuit. I also asked other
major 40K GTs questions and ask if I could use some of their styles. I knew ,
that I should have as much of the rules, FAQ, and other information written
down and available to the attendees prior to the event.
Writing the tournament packet was more in-depth than I had
thought, actually this whole” T.O.” (tournament organizer) process was harder
that I had expected truth be told. I have listen to many a pod cast where they
make it sound so easy, and for the most part it was easy. The hard part was really how big I wanted to
go, I wanted to incorporate our Club members for the North Platte Table Top
Gaming Club, which frequently get together and play, however some of us are
half a state away from the others, and I wanted a even to get us together.
The GT was a 3 round
tourney I used the Nova Open format and a software the Neil from the 11th
company had written, the program was
simple in design but the inner workings I thought were complicated, now not saying
that it was just so easy that I made it hard, who’s to say LOL. The player sign
in at the beginning and set up a password, at the end of each game the players
would come to the computer and enter in the scores, and at the end the software
complied the scores into total scores, and the winners were chosen from there. I
think it worked very well there was appearance and sportsman ship scores too
that factored in to the overall score.
The event was held at a Gaming store The Trolls Den in
Kearney, NE I had 14 players and the Trolls Den had room for 7 tables, it was a
tight fit but very do-able. I was able
to bring down enough terrain to finish out the tables with the terrain that the
Trolls Den had set out. I also was able to finish up my Ice table and used it
for the final table. The terrain was set
in a nova style it consisted of 7 pieces of terrain per table with 1 LOS
blocking 2 ruins, 2 hills/trees, and 2 area terrain pieces. Objective were set
two 5 objectives 1 set in each quarter and one in the middle.
The event was a good success and learning experience, it
showed me that people were willing to read ahead, do the prep work and come to
have a good time, most of the players knew the rules fairly well and there were
more than enough people to help with rules questions, which there were not many
of, we did see some new players and there was a good selection of armies being
used, I feel that the players had a good time and I think would participate in future
events if I plan them, I just glad things went as good as they did and no major
incidence happened, I had 4 prizes and I think that they were given out to the
right people who won them.
I think next I’ll run a team tournament …
