League Play in 2012

[Khornagaunt]

Hey all, as some of you may have noticed, it's Warmahordes league season again. Up here in Cambridge the Ard Boyz are getting ready for the War-Torn Alliances, happening right after Gen Con. I was wondering if you guys were doing the same. Both BG stores have a pretty strong PP community that seems to be growing, and I think hosting this league would help further that. It also might help encourage higher attendance in future tournaments. Plus, it's a lot of fun, and the overall winner gets a snazzy medal. I was curious to see what your plans were in regards to it.

[Ed]

I've been waiting to play in a league but plainville lacks the players to do so. Abington is a maybe I don't know where they stand on active players.

[canadianone]

C'mon Plainville, lets rally some support for this! We need to host something like a paint and grow league to kindle some interest in plainville. I personally am going to be doing the league at another store, which is disappointing because i really like the plainville group.

[jonm]

I've went to Warmachine night in Abington a couple weeks ago and everyone was playing/painting 40k. I know Dystopian Wars is also fairly popular up there. I'm sure a power shift will occur when new releases pick up and the next expansion comes out later this year.

[Ed]

I've went to Warmachine night in Abington a couple weeks ago and everyone was playing/painting 40k. I know Dystopian Wars is also fairly popular up there. I'm sure a power shift will occur when new releases pick up and the next expansion comes out later this year.

this is why I stoped going to abington.

[Chase]

The problem is my limited time.  Leagues require a fair amount of work on the stores end and I don't have the time to devote to it currently.

At the end of the summer (post Gencon) I have no idea what the workload will look like.  It's certainly a possibility.  Plainville saw a bit of a WM/H explosion last summer, so we'll see what happens.

We've also JUST got a Press Ganger.  Maybe Sean will want to spearhead stuff.

[canadianone]

wait, PLAINVILLE got a pressganger!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

[Ed]

Not to pressure anything  or anyone,but Sean is doing tale of 16 gamers. I wouldn't want to have him shift his focus off a event he allready is doing. So that is a other reason to wait for the summer I guess.

[the_trooper]

I've went to Warmachine night in Abington a couple weeks ago and everyone was playing/painting 40k. I know Dystopian Wars is also fairly popular up there. I'm sure a power shift will occur when new releases pick up and the next expansion comes out later this year.

this is why I stoped going to abington.

You stopped going to Abington long before that.  

Pretty much tale of 16 gamers did help the mini community breathe some life into 40k.  Once it is done and if a league started up (and the minuteman comes out), I don't see why myself and others won't pickup warmachine again.

Edit:  I keep hearing people say the warmahordes community is dead in Abington.  I only know of one person actively choosing to sit out of w/h at the moment.  The rest are just minigamers enjoying a league.  As we all know, most have limited time / resources so if the main play group is wanting to do x, the rest of the play group may shift that limited time for that fixation. 

I know I only switched to 40k for a while just slow down my obsession of warmachine.  I have a feeling other players are in the same baot.

Sorry if this is ill formatted or incoherent, Im in a hospital bed on hospital medication so thatMs my excuse.

[jfoodmaster]

I've went to Warmachine night in Abington a couple weeks ago and everyone was playing/painting 40k. I know Dystopian Wars is also fairly popular up there. I'm sure a power shift will occur when new releases pick up and the next expansion comes out later this year.

this is why I stoped going to abington.

You stopped going to Abington long before that.  

Pretty much tale of 16 gamers did help the mini community breathe some life into 40k.  Once it is done and if a league started up (and the minuteman comes out), I don't see why myself and others won't pickup warmachine again.

Edit:  I keep hearing people say the warmahordes community is dead in Abington.  I only know of one person actively choosing to sit out of w/h at the moment.  The rest are just minigamers enjoying a league.  As we all know, most have limited time / resources so if the main play group is wanting to do x, the rest of the play group may shift that limited time for that fixation. 

I know I only switched to 40k for a while just slow down my obsession of warmachine.  I have a feeling other players are in the same baot.

Sorry if this is ill formatted or incoherent, Im in a hospital bed on hospital medication so thatMs my excuse.

I did officially justg become a Pressganger, so I'm open to ideas. Id love to run something. I think league play is a lot of fun. I hang in Abington on Thursday nights. Warmahordes isn't dead. We played nonstop for the past year and 40k is getting a bit of life. That doesn't mean we threw away our PP stuff.

Also, if anyone was wondering if I can juggle tale of 16 gamers and Warmahordes, I'll say this: just about all my Trollbloods are painted and I can paint Guardsmen and Space Marines pretty fast.

[jonm]

Congrats on becoming a PG, Sean. That's pretty awesome.

For the record I wasn't trying to shit all over everyone in Abington with my first post. I just pointed out what was going on there the last couple times I've been by. I am by no means a regular so it probably wasn't even fair to comment in the first place. And if it wasn't clear in my first post I get that most people juggle several games and popularity often comes in waves. I wasn't trying to bash anyone there.

Anyway, I think a league at some point would be a good idea. Maybe bi-monthly tournaments too. If you ever want help building terrain or anything let me know.

[jfoodmaster]

I wonde, since there are so many new players if a battlebox tourney would generate any interest. I've always wanted to do one. The buyin is small too.

Jon, I didn't think you were down on us from that day. We just got a little burnt out.

[GossWeapon]

Maybe the barrel roll will return. Warmachine is in need of a pick up. If Ed returned then I'm down for whatever.

[PhoenixFire]

I wonde, since there are so many new players if a battlebox tourney would generate any interest. I've always wanted to do one. The buyin is small too.

Jon, I didn't think you were down on us from that day. We just got a little burnt out.

i would be in for this, i know nothing about Warmachine other than it's nothing like 40k but i really like the steampunk look and have been wanting to try it out

[Ed]

If you want to try it out I have 4 battleboxes which is thee intro level of the game I can be at plainville anytime after 6:30 ish. Rich I went on vacation for like 30 days when came back 40k was in the swing of things on the boards so I've been playing at James story