Winter War

[Grimwulfe]

I was reading up on a event called winter war.  Which is basically like a league play where you start with 500 pts and after each mark you increase your army 250 pts and so on.  How many people would be interested in something like this?  If we were to run something like this.  We could even have a league entry fee and get some store credit vouchers or something if Chase and Derrik agree.  Might be a cool thing while we all wait the planets(something) to come out and run.

Im sure I could get some volunteers to help run this if we get a good number interested.  In the past Jeff and I have done this before.  Not sure if hes down but who knows.

Basically looking for a estimate of how many people would like to join in this unofficial campaign/setting.

[The_Chef]

Yeah I'd be in. 500 points eh? so small.

[jesterofthedark]

I am down just depending on the day of the week that is the offical date to meet. 

[Achillius]

Sounds like fun.

Are you thinking of escalation on a monthly basis?

[the_trooper]

I would be up for something like this.

[Captain Bryan!]

I'll probably play(depending on what day it is on)

[Chase]

Are we thinking Monday night for something like this?  Troy, do you have a link to the rules?

[Grimwulfe]

Working on getting the rules now Chase.  Monday night would seem the better night to do it.  Escalation  time is still up in the air let me get some stuff together and well go from there.  Mainly wanted to see the interest and it seems good, so I will get stuff together and post it up when I can. 

[Chase]

I'm positive interest will be high.  I expect 40k to pick up a LOT in the coming week and last through the end of January due to the college kids coming home for a month and the Megabattle coming in Feb.


Escalation seems to work pretty well if it increases every week.  If you're planning to start at 500 points, maybe increasing by 500 each week is good?

Week 1 -  500
Week 2 -  1000
Week 3 -  1500
Week 4 -  2000
Week 5 -  2500
Week 6 -  3000

Thoughts?

Also, if we were able to get this going by maybe... Jan 4th 2010 (first Monday of the year) then we could run the 6 week long league and have people ready to rock and roll on Feb 20th (Saturday), which is likely the date for the Megabattle.

What are the chances of 40k burnout by the end of a 6 week long league?  Do you think it will hurt Megabattle attendance or help it?

[Achillius]

Ahh Ok,
      Not what I thought this was. I was under the impression that this would be a long term casual thing. More of a Get your army built over time and play with it as you go. A bit like the battle of four gamers in the WD. Which seems like a good motivator for painting



I'll keep an eye on this though..

Cheers,
Alan

[the_trooper]

Escalation league could help the megabattle since it will motivate people to build up and paint lots of models in a structured way.   40k burn out is possible but only after 6 weeks of league time, I doubt it.

[straightedge166]

I am in, sounds fun

[Grand Master Steve]

would be in with 4th company if i always had the same days off.

[Warpedfuzz]

It'd be depending on the day, but I could go for this. Mondays works for me currently.

[Rob S]

have people ready to rock and roll on Feb 20th (Saturday), which is likely the date for the Megabattle.

This means the megabattle is my birthday.  Sweet.