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Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« on: November 06, 2014, 03:40:39 AM »
     

Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington and Plainville MA





Format: RACES!
Date: Tuesdays starting November 18th and ending December 16th
Time: The weekly race will begin at 6:00pm sharp
Entrance Fee: FREE!


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25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02351
508.316.1195

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Please contact me at ChaseLaq@gmail.com with any questions


HOW THE LEAGUE WORKS:

Formula D is a high stakes Formula One type racing game where the players race simulated cars with the hope of crossing the finish line first.  It won "Party Game of the Year" in 2011, has been featured on Tabletop - the hit webseries, and has been a Battleground employee favorite for a long, long time.

It is our belief that it's hard to find a better game to play with a larger number of people and that a league would be totally awesome... so here goes:


• At 6:00pm every Tuesday from 11/18 through 12/16 (5 weeks) Battleground will be overseeing 1 Formula D race for all interested participants.

• Players will be divided into groups of 10.  If we can not evenly split players into groups of 10 we will divide them as evenly as possible.

• Players will race each other around a different track every week.  At the end of the race they will score points based on their finish.

• At the end of the 5 week league the player with the highest total score will be the winner and TAKE HOME A SWEET TROPHY commemorating their dominance.

• Results and standings will be posted here weekly.

An example of the scoring will be as follows:






ABOUT FORMULA D

The game mechanisms are a simple race, get to the finish line first! However, players have to use a significant amount of planning, and rely on quite a bit of luck. Each player manages when to shift gears, with each gear providing a different speed. (For example, 4th gear is a die that rolls random numbers from 7 to 12 for spaces moved.) Each turn, players may move up one gear, stay in that gear, or move down gears. This forces players to match possible rolls with the optimum distance for that turn, and hopefully plan ahead. However, speed is not the only issue! Corners have a "stop" rule that requires players to stop once, twice, or three times on that corner in consecutive turns or face a penalty. This creates an effective speed limit to the corners.

Of course, things do not always go as planned! Players take penalties if they miss their roll, bump into another car, are blocked by other cars, have to brake heavily, or have to downshift several gears. These are taken off of a car’s attributes (Tire health, Brake wear, Transmission Gears, Body, engine, and Suspension). Losing the maximum in any of these categories will result in elimination, or a severe setback for that car. This requires that players manage their car’s health, plan for their best path, and have good luck on their rolls. This high amount of luck gives the game its family appeal, and lets weaker players have a chance at winning once in a while.


« Last Edit: November 06, 2014, 04:21:14 AM by Chase »
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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 04:54:13 AM »
Plainville standings after week 1:

Bill B - 9 points
Pat M - 8 points
Rob K - 7 points
Rob R - 6 points
Vincent L - 5 points
Russ - 4 points
Paul -  3 points
Chase - 2 points
Liam - 1 point
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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2014, 11:57:50 PM »
Plainville Results from Week 2:

Robert R: 6 points
Bryan D: 5 points
Russ D: 4 points
Pat M: 3 points
Vincent L: 2 points
Bill B: 1 point


Plainville Results from Week 3:

Branden M: 9 points
Rob K: 8 points
Vincent L: 7 points
Pat M: 6 points
Bill C: 5 points
Bryan D: 4 points
Robert R: 3 points
Russ D: 2 points
Bill B: 1 point


Overall standings as of tonight are as follows:

Pat M: 17 points
Robert R: 15 points
Rob K: 15 points
Vincent L: 14 points
Bill B: 11 points
Russ D: 10 points
Branden M: 9 points
Bryan D: 5 points
Bill C: 5 points
Paul: 3 points
Chase: 2 points
Liam: 1 point

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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2014, 10:29:23 PM »
Plainville Results from Week 4!

Vincent L: 5 points
Chase: 4 points (Woo!)
Pat M: 3 points
Rob K: 2 points
Bill C: 1 point

Overall standings as of tonight are as follows:

Pat M: 20 points
Vincent L: 19 points
Rob K: 17 points
Robert R: 15 points
Bill B: 11 points
Russ D: 10 points
Branden M: 9 points
Bryan D: 5 points
Bill C: 6 points
Chase: 6 points
Paul: 3 points
Liam: 1 point

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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 12:53:31 AM »
Vincent and I had the closest finish possible.  It was crazy!

The sort of stuff you tell your grandkids about!  Well... probably not... but you get the idea.
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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2014, 01:57:24 AM »
Things are really heating up going into the last week folks. Still barely holding onto my lead into week 5 as we see it could be anyone sitting on top of the winner's podium in this fascinating league.
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Re: Formula D League! - Nov 18th, 2014 - Dec 18th, 2014
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 11:17:17 PM »
Final Results are in! Here are the Plainville Week 5 standings:

Bill C: 7 points
Rob K: 6 points
Pat M: 5 points
Vincent L: 4 points
Erin M: 3 points
Tom BW: 2 points
Paul R: 1 point

Which means our final winner is Pat Mulvey!



Here are the final standings:

Pat M: 25 points
Vincent L: 23 points
Rob K: 23 points
Robert R: 15 points
Bill C: 13 points
Bill B: 11 points
Russ D: 10 points
Branden M: 9 points
Chase: 6 points
Bryan D: 5 points
Paul: 4 points
Erin M: 3 points
Tom B-W: 2 points
Liam: 1 point

Thanks to everyone who came down and played!