Thread: Roll Call - if you play, or are thinking about it, please reply

I convinced Gwen to run a demo for me this evening at DL, thereby unwittingly foiling some insidious "plan." And also, incidentally, finagling some pastries. I picked up Marcus and friends to play until the rules are available for the other stuff I've got, so hopefully that'll work.

Originally Posted by luckyjoemc

So all of my M2E stuff finally comes in tomorrow ( Yay for Tara and bury shenanigans ) Has anyone made any decisions about a Slow Grow league or maybe just a set night for play?

I'm always there Wednesdays, and it's sounding like that's the only day Morella can do easily. The one problem with that day is it's also Warmachine night, so it'll be harder to seduce those players into our game if they have to give up warjackin'. But if people want an official night named, Wednesday sounds like it.

Slow grow, I'm still trying to muddle through a few ideas for it. Maybe start low points led by a henchman and a set crew. Then every other week, add a X points worth of models to your "pool" of available stuff to pick during set up, and the other weeks up the points. So, something like:

Week #, Game points size, points worth of options to pick from*, options to lead your crew
Week 1 15 Points, 15 points of models, Henchman
Week 2 15 Points, 30 points of models, Henchman
Week 3, 25 points, 30 points of models, Henchman
Week 4, 25 points, 45 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 5, 35 points, 45 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 6, 35 points, 60 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 7, 50 points, 75 points of models, Henchman/Master/Second Master
Week 8, 50 Points, Unlimited options, Henchman/Master/Second Master
Week 9 (Weekend?) End of League Tournament, depending on participation

*Maximum number of points to pick from. Not a requirement, you can get by with just the game size #. Also includes upgrade cards.

Each week, score two different sets of points. 1 competitive (did you win your game that week, vps earned in game) and 1 achievements (did you pull off certain non scheme/strategy related goals, painting scores, bribe the henchwoman, etc). End of league a winner based on competition and one based on total overall score.

I'd say the game lends itself to achievements to score extra points during the league, and the local group lends itself to "soft scores" as well (painting, modeling, etc. Morella, Warpaint and I are all big painters/fluff bunnies and more on the fun side of fun versus competitive. Even if I do turn into a "powergaming min/maxing edge of rules running take no mercy jerky cheatyface" sometimes. :P ) so I could set up some of those into it as well. Just points for painting always feel entirely subjective to me.

And yes...there will be Spanikopita tonight.

Originally Posted by Salubrious_vampire

Just points for painting always feel entirely subjective to me.

And that tends to encourage me to buy way too many models ...