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    New York State Tournaments 2021

    in USA

    Posted

    Da Boyz registration opened this weekend and AoS sold out 62 slots in about 3 hours.  We have wait list available.

    Crossroads registration is open and is almost at their cap of 32 and will have wait list available

    Wait list accessible through the registration page for both.

     

    Gary

     

    Looking for a AoS Community in NYC

    in USA

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

    On 6/28/2021 at 10:23 AM, EarToTheWeb said:

    Folks,

    I have been searching the web and I cannot find groups for local Age of Sigmar players in New York City. I have found the Brooklyn Strategist, but they only have a couple of AoS players and they mostly do 40K there. 

    1. Does anyone have a NYC / Brooklyn gaming group for AoS?

    2. Does anyone know of a platform where Brooklyn AoS players chat to schedule games? 

    • I am from Denver, Colorado and folks there generally used Facebook to schedule games. I detest facebook, but any port in a storm as they say. None-the-less, I cannot find any NYC facebook groups.

    Thanks!

    Hey check out  Martin Orlando (@CV_Consigliere) on twitter he runs tournaments in the NYC area.  He'll be able to point you in the  right direction. COVID has cooled things down but there is a strong NYC and NJ Facebook AoS community prior to COVID

    I'm not sure this link will work as planned but click it and see if it takes you to his profile.

     

    Now what?

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    In the short run if you want your large scale gaming fix I'd recommend looking into the narrative Animosity campaign.  No it's not competitive gaming but it is a way to put the things you are doing in isolation or in limited contact gaming into a bigger picture and give you something to drive towards

    This is by the guys who did the Coalescences international AoS Narrative campaigns in the past. 

    https://animositycampaigns.com/

     

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    So how does everyone feel about Age of Sigmar?

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    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

    I'm an old player - I started with WFB 3rd ed in 1990 or so and played every edition up until the current date.  


    AoS is great - in lots of ways the armies play more like their fluff says they should then they did for the last few editions of WFB.  (I.E. in 8th  the most effective orc army was all artillery and Foot of Gorgkin level 4 shaman sitting in the deployment zone until they need to countercharge something) 

    The rules are generally straightforward but provide a lot of appropriate flavor for each army.  

    I highly recommend it if you haven't played.

     

    Addendum note this is coming from a guy who played a lot of high level competitive WFB in 6th-8th and have won every award from Overall to Best General to Best Painted and Best Sports at 25-100 person events.   I played a ton with some of the best players in the US including most of the US ETC team through it's WFB era.

     

     

     

     

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    Corona Virus and The Hobby

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    42 minutes ago, Nos said:

    The UK Government has today announced that it is recommending people to avoid all contact which is non-essential, in order to limit the contagion risk for Corona Virus. Our gaming group have just unanimously decided that we should no longer meet, and I would ask all those in the UK to do the same.

    Wargaming is non-essential contact. Theres no grey areas there.

    I work in Healthcare provision and expect to soon be joining my colleagues in supporting and isolating and treating vulnerable individuals from the virus in the biggest battle the NHS has yet faced. In order to do this it is essential that the spread is limited to ensure that when these people get Ill, they can be cared for with the appropriate care and expertise and equipment required for people with weak immune symptoms fighting off pneumonia. If they do not receive that support, they will die.

    If the level of spread is in anyway multiplied by unnecessary social contact, such as people going to work who can work at home, or people going out to play football or to the pub or to play war games, then our health system will soon be swamped.

    In which case anyone requiring critical intervention regardless of cause is also likely to die. If that happens, then people with health conditions which are not usually fatal will without the requisite resources to support them become critical, and then they will die. And so on. The evidence in Italy at present is that the real danger of COVID 19 is not that it kills people, it's that it kills hospitals.

    Dont go out and play war games, or indeed to do anything non essential. Not only do you put yourselves at risk, you put others at risk, and you create a negative example that encourages others to do likewise.

    On a similarly related note, given the social isolation to come, while possible can I encourage you to please order things from Independent Hobby shops etc if you're going to buy anything over the next week or so. Many of them struggle month to month as it is so weeks without custom Is going to be brutal.

    Our actions now will endanger lives or save them.

    Wash your hands as well as your brushes.

    God bless everyone x


     

    Agree entirely.

    US based healthcare provider - if you don't know what   'Flattening the Curve'  means - read the following to understand why this is so important.  

    https://www.vox.com/2020/3/15/21180342/coronavirus-covid-19-us-social-distancing

     

     

     

    New York State Grand Tournaments 2020

    in USA

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

    Triumph GT is  cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.

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    SAVE THE DATE – the Da Boyz GT will be November 13th-15th 2020  


    Dear friends of Da Boyz, we’ve locked in a date for the 2020 Da Boyz Grand Tournaments.   So you can block your calendars, submit your vacation requests, and start painting your minis!

    Event registration is not yet open, but we will send out another email when we open registration. This is usually around the first week in July

    So many new and exciting changes are in store for  2020

    Josh Keal is taking over from me as our lead TO for Age of Sigmar.  Josh has been our AoS rules judge for the last few years and will raise the event to even greater heights.

    Dean Bilz is taking over from Josh as lead TO for Warhammer Underworlds and this event will be moved to Saturday.

    Andrew Weber is taking over from me as our lead TO for Blood Bowl.  Blood Bowl will be moving to being a Saturday only event.  

    Blood and Plunder will move to Saturday as well and Drew Saxton will continue to man the helm of this great event.  

    Warcry will be added as a Friday event TO’d by Aaron Piskarowski. 

    We are planning on adding a Kill Team event TO’d by Shane Smith. Date and format to be determined.  

    8th edition Warhammer Fantasy makes it's return with Kevin Coleman and Rich Salamone in the lead.  

    I will still be involved running the overall event and will be part of the AoS team and supporting Blood Bowl.    

    We will continue our tradition of doubles 40K and AoS on Friday.  We will be offering demos of several game systems including Freeblades, and Blood and Plunder.  If you’d like to demo another game system or run a side event on Friday let us know.   

     

    Get ready for Da Boyz by playing at other great events!

    While you are getting ready for Da Boyz check out our sister  regional events: 

    Warmasters AoS Team Tournament - Kitchener Ontario - April 25-26

    https://www.facebook.com/events/doubletree-by-hilton-kitchener/warmasters-aos-team-tournament-2020/488084852088910/

     

    Summer Slaughter GT Phoenixville PA  July 18/19 2020  http://summerslaughtergt.com/ (40k, AoS)

     

    Capital City Blood Bath - Ottawa Ontario - August 14-16  - AoS, 40K,  and more http://www.capitalcitybloodbath.com/

    Wars on the Shore Erie PA August 22-23 40K http://www.facebook.com/WarsOnTheShore

     

    Crossroads Grand Tournament - Horseheads NY - September 26-27  AoS, Blood Bowl, Kings of War   http://www.crossroads-gt.com/

    Claymore Grand Tournament - Mount Laurel NJ - October 17-18  AoS More details to follow from Martin Orlando at https://twitter.com/CV_Consigliere

     

    Gary for the Da Boyz team

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    Tzeentch win Cancon and the GW GT Heat 1

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

    3 hours ago, Forrix said:

    I kinda feel like it was them saying "Hey! We do playtest!" 

    Just a reminder in case you or other readers  didn't know some of the playtesters are on this forum including the OP who started this thread topic (and who is also the host of this entire forum.)     No one on this forum can say the folks who playtest don't know what players on this forum think. about rules (not that you were saying that just want to make the general point to all of us. )   

     

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    Tzeentch win Cancon and the GW GT Heat 1

    in Age of Sigmar Discussions

    Posted · Edited by gjnoronh

    I know the history Joe from the old Warhammer.org forum and agree generally with you.   I think you called it 'Funners' vs something else in the past? 

    However, I think there is also something to be said in a never perfectly balanced rules set for  extra respect for the person taking the smaller gun and winning vs the biggest gun and winning.    Or taking  a list that ticks the visual and thematic boxes but may not be competitive at all particularly  in a game system where the lore and story telling  and visual aspects are such an important part of making a pleasurable and immersive experience.   

    It's also the case that some complaints may be founded in some cases.   There is some kind of behavior that is "WAAC and TFG" including providing a belligerent, rules lawyering, or cheating type experience.       That's not because of someone's choice of a tougher list vs a softer list.  That's more due generic behavioral stuff about abusing the competitive system as far as it will go.      It's very rare in the AoS scene thankfully.    That behavior 'costs' the opponents, tournament organizers, and the AOS scene quite a bit as it turns of people from playing the system in general or going to events.  Fear of being exposed to that behavior is the most common reason I hear for folks not coming to events.    

    What are the 'costs' potentially from an opponents perspective ignoring behavioral issues?  Would a quickly commissioned poorly painted hard as nails list be a cost from an opponents perspective. I think possibly.    Same list lovingly painted  and converted with a visually immersive theme - that might feel like not a 'cost'  I think.

    I guess the "WAAC" label  really begs the question  what are 'the costs' who is paying them?    

     

     

     

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