Association and running events

[nackanid]

Hi everybody!

So, this is it.. after a lot of considerations me and some friend decided to start an 40k-association. I live in Uppsala, Sweden, witch is one of the biggest city’s in Sweden. Ok, not that big with only 200k people but for Sweden, that’s big. I have been playing 40k for a very short time compared to a lot of people. Started when 8th came and got hooked directly. It’s not just the game in whole, the community were amazing to me. When I started to read up on rules and fluff a lot of people reached out to me and help me with lists and stuff like that.

In Sweden, Malmö and Västerås is the biggest community’s. Uppsala were in the frontline a couple of years ago but now, there’s nothing. A huge hole that is just waiting for someone to fill. And now, me and some friends will try to fill it.

This thread is for some venting and for me to write my thoughts. Feel free to comment woth advice on starting your own association and running tournaments!

So, next weekend we are hosting our first event… it’s really scary and I really want to impress everybody, but also just survive it. I’m thing about not playing, just be the TO. I really want it to work out… Right now, there is 26 participants and I think we have everything under control. Just waiting for something to f us over…

[mattblowers]

Relax and have fun. It's a hobby. Plan for the worst, expect the best. Thanks for taking it on. I hope 40K flourishes in your area from your efforts. Hopefully GW can reign in the runaway meta, that is probably your worst enemy right now.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Good luck! Make sure to have a copy of all rules and FAQs on hand in case you're asked to make a ruling. Make sure to post pictures of the actual event.

[nackanid]

Oct 25, 2019 18:11:51 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Good luck! Make sure to have a copy of all rules and FAQs on hand in case you're asked to make a ruling. Make sure to post pictures of the actual event.

Good advice! I will!

[nackanid]

Our second event is now history and what a success! A double tournament with 20 teams, fighting for the grand price. BCP is worthless though when running a team-tournament. Had to resort to old Excel… A lot of work but so fun!

Learnt a lot from our first event and I felt like we were more prepared. We had our own terrain now and didn’t have to borrow from other associations. The terrain were a little bit spars on some tables and we definitely need to up our game on that.


Last time we had a lot of troubles with food at the event, it took forever… This time I had my pen and paper and took orders from everyone to order pizza. Everything went so much smother. The idea were to have a more fluffy tournament but with 12 of the top 20 ITC-players in Sweden attending, the list were competitive as hell! Got crushed with my tyranids but hey, as a TO it’s hard to play 😉


The feedback from the attending players were amazing and I’m so happy and pumped for more events.


Next time:

Maybe a tournament with teams of four, ETC-style. To force a more fluffy style on the list, maybe highlander-style in the lists.

For pictures: follow us on instagram Upsalir_spelforening or on facebook, search for Upsalir. 

[mattblowers]

Sounds like Sweden really comes out to play. Great job! Is it hard to get a visa for Sweden? Might be worth a trip. It's gotta warm up a bit first for my Florida blood though. (Ironically enough I just looked it up and today we are only a couple of degrees different.)

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Jan 22, 2020 13:30:47 GMT mattblowers said:

Sounds like Sweden really comes out to play. Great job! Is it hard to get a visa for Sweden? Might be worth a trip. It's gotta warm up a bit first for my Florida blood though. (Ironically enough I just looked it up and today we are only a couple of degrees different.)

I think a US passport will cover you flying to Sweden or anywhere in the EU for a trip. For living? No idea.

Good job on organizing!

[naviedzony]

Good job!

I have a good friend in Sweden who studied at Uppsala University.

[mattblowers]

Jan 22, 2020 13:53:40 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Jan 22, 2020 13:30:47 GMT mattblowers said:

Sounds like Sweden really comes out to play. Great job! Is it hard to get a visa for Sweden? Might be worth a trip. It's gotta warm up a bit first for my Florida blood though. (Ironically enough I just looked it up and today we are only a couple of degrees different.)

I think a US passport will cover you flying to Sweden or anywhere in the EU for a trip. For living? No idea.

Just 40K tourism, nothing else. Oooh, that should totally become a thing. Cruise ships, island getaways, etc. all centered around 40K. Just gotta have things for the wifey to do whilst I game.

[nackanid]

Thank you all!

mattblowers: You are welcome anytime! Sweden is wonderful in the summer, june-august For 40k Västerås, Malmö or Uppsala is the way to go. Stockholms is coming up also! We are situated in Uppsala right now but all the TOs in Sweden cooperate. As I wrrite this, plans for an 300 pers tournament is in the making...

naviedzony: We are situated in Uppsala! Ask him to contact Upsalir on Facebook!

[nackanid]

And again, a new tournament is in the making! This time we are going for a more narrative style with cool armies and amazing battlefields.

We will have 15 tables but I’m having trouble with ideas for the terrain and missions. We have time to make new terrain so that’s not an issue right now. Do you guys have any fun and awesome missions/terrain features?

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Jan 31, 2020 13:40:33 GMT nackanid said:

And again, a new tournament is in the making! This time we are going for a more narrative style with cool armies and amazing battlefields.

We will have 15 tables but I’m having trouble with ideas for the terrain and missions. We have time to make new terrain so that’s not an issue right now. Do you guys have any fun and awesome missions/terrain features?

You could try to do one of the challenge missions for chapter approved maybe. People in the tournament could sign up as an attacker, a defender, or either. You could then have points being assigned to either side based upon how long the defender lasts. I'd probably limit army composition too to avoid netlists.

Another option could be to make a narrative around a wart torn planet. You'd look at the factions and write up something based upon the results of each game. So, people x and y battled on table 5 and the imperium won so they gained ground in a certain city. You could also modify terrain for each table based upon the outcome of the prior games. For example if the attacker wins, them the defender has less terrain at the start of the next game.

A final thought is to give people some sort of campaign points that they can spend to gain some advantage at the start of a game. For example, they could get a certain PL in reinforcements for free or they could place an extra piece of terrain in their deployment zone. Potentially, this could be used as a handicap system, so if you lose a game, you can use this on your next game?

Note: I'm assuming you're looking at fun tournament and not necessarily 100% balanced. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[nackanid]

Jan 31, 2020 18:02:40 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

Jan 31, 2020 13:40:33 GMT nackanid said:

And again, a new tournament is in the making! This time we are going for a more narrative style with cool armies and amazing battlefields.

We will have 15 tables but I’m having trouble with ideas for the terrain and missions. We have time to make new terrain so that’s not an issue right now. Do you guys have any fun and awesome missions/terrain features?

You could try to do one of the challenge missions for chapter approved maybe. People in the tournament could sign up as an attacker, a defender, or either. You could then have points being assigned to either side based upon how long the defender lasts. I'd probably limit army composition too to avoid netlists.

Another option could be to make a narrative around a wart torn planet. You'd look at the factions and write up something based upon the results of each game. So, people x and y battled on table 5 and the imperium won so they gained ground in a certain city. You could also modify terrain for each table based upon the outcome of the prior games. For example if the attacker wins, them the defender has less terrain at the start of the next game.

A final thought is to give people some sort of campaign points that they can spend to gain some advantage at the start of a game. For example, they could get a certain PL in reinforcements for free or they could place an extra piece of terrain in their deployment zone. Potentially, this could be used as a handicap system, so if you lose a game, you can use this on your next game?

Note: I'm assuming you're looking at fun tournament and not necessarily 100% balanced. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Good points! We are planning right now for teams of 4 and you play 2-2. Attacker and defender on some tables and some just ETC or Maelstroem. 

Our thoughts circle around 4 planet each and you win and loose planets. Both the looser and the winner gets some sort of bonus after each battle, some stronger than other of course. To medigate netlisting we would like to go Highlander-style on the list. With only 1000pts per player, it's not that restricting but it gets rid of the really strong lists. 

Regarding your note: You are 100% correct!