I decide go with a German Panzerkompanie. Since the scoring will be modified and slanted to killing enemy platoons. With 2.5 hours, I would like to get my games over fast and with only 3 games, I really need to win big to keep myself in top consideration. The Tournament is LW and 1750 pts with 3 rounds at 2.5 hours a round. So, I hate playing blue on blue, which means playing against your nationality. Generally, people at the tournaments I am prepping for play elite allied infantry armies. I know several things based on my previous local FOW tourney experience. So, with this in mind lets walk you through my though process for my latest tournament.
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Free for All is great for big fast armies. Fighting Withdrawal and Hold the Line favor big infantry armies. Each Scenario has it own quirks and nuances. This is the last factor for prepping a FOW tournament. This generally favors, Fearless and Veteran units that are hard to hit and hard to break.Ħ. Battlefront scoring is all about capturing the opponents objective (while defending yours) with the minimum of platoon losses. For a 1500 game 2 to 2.5 hours is usually the breakeven point. The longer the round, the more it favors infantry armies. Round time limits – The shorter the round, the more it favors armor Armies. (Now, For the record, I am not advocating quitting a game or tournament, but there times when calling a game is the right thing to do especially if nothing can be accomplished and there are times to continuing to play a lost game to rack up points).Ĥ. The more games there are, the more leeway a player surviving a bad game. Is it worth it to spend the mental energy to gain points or cut your losses and run. How many rounds – Important in terms of your own metagame. Lower level games thrive on either super platoon armies or an army the center on a core platoon with cheap weapon platoons adding platoons and enhancing the army’s firepower.ģ. Higher level games allow you to pick up more support platoons and weapons become less important. What is the point level – Higher level point games require different armies than lower level games. If you go in to LW with a MW army, you will be at the least fighting with one arm tied behind your back.Ģ. What period – Mid-War (MW) or Late-War (LW). Besides the obvious of knowing when and where, here is a quick check list of other details:ġ. The first thing you need to do is to find out about the tournament. Tournaments are a great way to meet new friends, learn rules clarification, look at different painting styles and see what units work or don’t work. Here are some thoughts behind making a Tournament list. Between them, they run about 20 tournaments a year, so preparation is key so that you can at least provide a good game.
I live in a town that has two stores that have pretty active FoW scenes.
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