How bout no Admiral Gilad Pellaeon.

Yes I am, that's the whole point. My entire industry is on lockdown and I won't be able to return to work until June 23rd at the earliest.

Saturdays seem to be the best day to play for most people, and in normal times, I almost alway have to work on Saturdays.

So what better way to spend that time than play minis!

I'm in

Jason and Mike I think we are down to you two (of those that have currently expressed interest). What unique should I knock off my list?

So, can we send our squads yet?

Sorry, I must respectfully withdraw from this tournament.
It is not what I thought I was signing up for.
I am not interested in playing under this system.

I had a really constructive conversation with Bryan about his concerns. We actually see eye to eye on many different things within the topic. It became clear that there were a couple factors:

A) There was a misunderstanding that the 7 point system would be what this tournament will be run under.
-Let me be clear (which I probably was not before). This tournament will be run under the current 3-2-1 system using the Tourney Tracker app. I will cross reference what (if any) changes might have happened in the 7 point system purely for data collection, AFTER the tournament is over.

B) Some of what the system entails as well as thoughts on gambit were misunderstood. I will go into more of that in each of the appropriate threads, but long story short - TOTALLY my fault for the long meandering stream-of-conciousness original post about our tourament scoring system. It's no wonder some people are getting the wrong impression - I was all over the map! I'll talk more about it in that thread.

C) Bryan put a lot of work into play testing and advocating for 10pt gambit, which I was largely unaware of. So of course it would strike a nerve that it is being discussed about being changed in such an impersonal way.

It was never my intent to force my views of our tournament scoring system and/or/gambit on anybody. Since I literally didn't see anything other than agreement in the threads (once I made myself a little more clear), I incorrectly assumed nobody would have an issue with giving it a try in a fun tournament.


He brought up many valid points about the value of 10pt gambit. Re-examining what my core issue is with the game straying away from its roots, the culprit isn't actually 10pt gambit. It's games not truly finishing (to be clear - I mean killing all an opponents pieces). 10pt gambit contributes to that only if it ends games before the time limit.

So - in light of all that - (and by all means Bryan - let me know if I have any of this incorrect) Bryan is not opposed to gambit points not ending games before time (ie adding gambit at the end.), but does have strong feelings about 10 pt. gambit.

THEREFORE -

For this tournament -

We will use current regulation 3-2-1 scoring, and 10pt gambit.

However - the one and only change will be that games don't finish just because you reach 200pts.
Keep playing until either:

-One player has no pieces worth points left on the board (reinforcements do not count, just as they don't currently)

-The round you are on when time is up ends (just like currently)

And by all means let me know if there are concerns.

He'll have to confirm, but that seems to be the case. He said he was excited about the format, but essentially felt like the rug was pulled out from under him with the later addition of changing 10pt gambit to 5pts, (as well as misunderstanding in thinking we'd be using the 7pt system - which again is my fault for not being clear enough).

So I certainly hope to have him (and everyone else) participate in this tournament without hesitation or doubts. I want us all to have FUN above all. Lets play some MINIS!!!