GenCon 2011 General Announcements

[abbysdad]

Hi,

I am packing for the trip to Indianapolis right now! But before I pack everything up, I'd like to share with the forum some news about what we'll be doing at GenCon this year.

We will be running two events this year:

AE-WWII, Fight for a Cause Charity Event: Friday, 10 AM to 12 Noon, The War Store Gaming Area (Hall G).

AE-WWII, Tournament: Friday, 2 PM to 6 PM, The War Store Gaming Area (Hall G).

There will be prizes for first place and best painted in each event.

For the charity event, we are once again supporting the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/). Last year we raised close to 300$ in donations for the fund. That money goes to help the families of soldiers dealing with depression, brain injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome. This is a great cause. Please come out and support it. More details on how the event will be run are in a post below.

For the tournament, we are running a three scenario, non-linked campaign. Bring your best single detachment. There is no side board. All OTW rules, except for the Super Heroes options, are allowed. Players will be randomly paired each round. The scenarios will be standard missions from the AE-WWII core rule book. With perhaps a twist or two... ;D

I'll have the new miniatures with me so you can see what the new Japanese figures look like next to the rest of the miniature line. Remember, those guys are up in the webstore, and more to come soon.

Lastly, I need to tell you guys that we will not be running an AE-Bounty tournament at GenCon. It's a matter of logistics more than people signed up for the event. There's only one of me to go around this time.

I hope I get to see some of you in Indy this year. Feel free to come by the events and say hi if you're at the Con.

Cheers,

Chris

[abbysdad]

We need your guys help to make this event bigger than it was last year. Rob and the rest of the crew want to send the IFHF a nice check this year to help support the troops coming home.

There are a few catches we need to be careful about. GenCon has said that we cannot accept money at the table. Only the generic tickets, which are then exchanged for money. This is a problem because those of you that were at the event last year know that we allow you to pay for re-rolls and other benefits during the game.

So here's the deal: if you don't have any tickets with you, and you want to contribute to the cause, you can buy general tickets (which should be for sale across the way from the event) or...you can ask us to buy them for you at our earliest possible convenience. We will, we promise. We want this event to run smoothely and by the book so that GenCon will let us continue to raise money for the troops.

For those of you who wish to contribute online, we take paypal too. Send me (abbysdad) or Rob (darkson) a PM and we will give you the paypal address for the donation.

The Rules:

The event is a single scenario game. The goal is to capture the center of the board and two alien artifacts. But be careful! There will be a team of alien bounty hunters on the board, trying to reclaim the artifacts for themselves!

Players earn points each game turn, based on the number of artifacts they control (1 point per artifact), if they hold the center of the board at the end of all activations (2 points), or if they have removed all the opposing models from the game that turn (3 points). When no player is controlling the Alien Team, I will be controlling them ;D

When a player's detachment is wiped out, routes off the board, or has all models removed from the game, they will be able to re-deploy at the beginning of the next game turn.

The player with the most points at the end of 8 game turns, or 90 minutes, of game play, wins.

Players are allowed to purchase advantages during the game with donations of GenCon generic tickets. The cost for the advantages (aka "bribes") are:

1 re-roll of any 1 die, 1 single time, the final result stands = 1$

Forcing an opponent, or someone you don't like to re-roll a die, 1 single time = 1$

Re-Deploying your detachment = 2$

Forcing an opponent to Re-Deploy their detachment = 4$

Bringing all of your models back into the game with full wounds and equipment = 6$

Controlling the team of Aliens on the Board for one Game Turn = 6$

Let us know if you have any questions!

Thanks for your help in supporting the troops.

All the best,

The Darkson Designs Crew