First the Results, then the TO Behind the Results stuff. Results
First-Mike Mattingly (56VP)
Second - Matt Robisch (55VP)
Third- Brandon Griffon (40VP)
Fourth - Josiah (40VP)
Best Painted: John Cook. 100% painted with conversions and freehand.
Tie Breakers mattered in the 3rd place standing. The difference was less than 600 points destroyed.
Average Scores By Round
round 1: 8.4
round 2: 12.5
round 3: 9.75
Average Score: 30.75
Average Paint Score: 10.8
Observations:
In no particular order
* There was a nice spread of numbers.
* People down into 5th/6th place had a legitimate shot to up the standings in the third round if they scored a crushing victory with minimal points scored on the top table. That is exactly what happened.
* Paint Scores mattered but were not overwhelming.
* The Difference between 3rd place and 7th place was 8 points.
* There were a lot of VP in play in ever scenario but rarely were they all scored.
* Round 2 seemed to be everyone favorite. The combination of capped Kill Points and Crusade objectives seemed to balance nicely.
* Many though Round 1 had to many objectives on the table (9). The intention here was to give players as many chances as possible to accumulate points, even in a losing game.
* Several said that with the Crusade objectives on the table, the Emperor's Will objective in the opponent deployment zone wasn't worth playing for even at 10 points.
* Almost universally people enjoyed the format, but we need to tweak the scenario format some. For instance in round 3 we probably should have had 3 objectives instead of 5. Or paired Emperor's Will with something else entirely like Relic.
Opening the floor for further feedback. If you want additional data let me know and I'll see what I can dig out. Our intentions right now is to run the same format next month as it appears to be an overall success.
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