Foxhole Memorial 2016 - Updates!

[asuryanmark]

It's less than a month to go, and a number of you I've been poking and prodding and trying to keep interest up. Now for some proper updates and reminders!

Date

• November 6, 2016. First Sunday of November. 12pm. We start with a toast to the fallen and then get into the tournament.

Location

• Showcase Comics. The same location as last year. Worked well the last time, let's repeat!

Points Limit

• 1500

Valid Army Lists

• Any Late War list

Entry Fee

• A donation of Flames of War/15mm WW2 product valued at $25 or more to the prize pool. This is a tournament by the players and for the players.

Rounds
Foxhole Memorial 2016 will be a three-round round robin. If time permits, there will be a fourth round. The rounds will be as follows:

• Round 1: Fair Fight - Dust Up
• Round 2: Defensive Battle - Surrounded
• Round 3: Mobile Battle - Counterattack
• Round 4 (time permitting): Random Roll Off!

Scoring
Scoring will be based on a number of criteria, which are as follows

• Victory Points - Missions will use the standard scoring method as per pg 275 of the FoW rulebook. If time runs out before game ends, follow the rules for a draw.
  
• Units destroyed - How many of the opponents unit/teams you destroyed in the round.
  
• Losses taken - How many of your own unit/teams in the round.
• Number of turns played - How many game turns (i.e. where both players have a turn) the round lasted. Winning the game at the start of a turn counts as a game turn.

Award Categories
With slight changes, this is how you win at the Foxhole Memorial this year

• The Rommel - Most Victory Points accumulated in the fewest number of game turns played.
  It's all about the blitzkrieg, baby!
  Note this has been changed from last time so hopefully it's easier to get, and gives something for people who do well overall.
• The Patton - Highest number of opposing unit/teams destroyed.
  Blow them up real good, real good!
• The Montgomery - Lowest number of own unit/teams destroyed.
  Every life should not be wasted in crazy plans!
• The Zhukov - Highest number of own unit/teams destroyed.
  Oddly the most coveted award. It's not as easy as it looks!
• The Pink Panther - The Player's Choice Award!
  Nominate a player for any reason, the player with the highest number of nominations wins!

[Court]

So glad your doing this again Mark.

If anyone was interested in Flames of War at all, please check this out or even sign up. Great game, good players, and a hell of a cause.

[duckofdeath]

Looking at you bailey

[davidj]

With the Entertainment Expo and the Comicon both cancelled this year, I've been wondering if there might be a possibility of renting a space for a games day and having a Warhammer and Magic and maybe even X-wing tournament as well. It's just a passing thought. I don't think I've really got the time to organize it though, I do have a space with tables and chairs that I'm at pretty much every night and we could do the planning there. The sixth is awfully close but finding and renting a spot might be a good idea anyhow if there's more people this year.

[asuryanmark]

Dave, as much as I like the idea of renting a spot and expanding the games lineup for Foxhole Memorial, it's a little out of my budget ... not to mention the marketing involved to get enough people down for multiple games.

Let's save it for the future, shall we?

First things first, we need to get Sean playing. If we can do that, then I believe we can do anything!

In the meantime, location for this year is currently confirmed to be the same spot as last year, the backroom of Showcase Comics again.

[asuryanmark]

Can people please comment here as to whether they are attending and with which army? Thanks in advance.

[duckofdeath]

I'll be there for mother Russia!
(8th Independent Penal Battalion)

[sands]

I'll be there with Kampfgruppe Peiper. Alas no Peiper, he's sent 4th Kompanie this time as he's busy with the Ardennes offensive.

[asuryanmark]

K.Peiper without Peiper? Seems ... wrong ... somehow.

[asuryanmark]

Seems like I have more than a few 1500 point armies I can make all at once ... go figure.

• US Medium Tank (2nd Armored) - 2 Command Sherman Tanks, 5 Sherman Tanks, 5 Sherman (76mm Gun) Tanks, and a squad of 9 Paratroopers with a bazooka and mortar.
  
• British Canadian Armored Recce (aka the South Alberta Regiment) - 2 Command Sherman Tanks, 4 Sherman Tanks, 2 Sherman Firefly tanks, 2 Stuart light tanks, and a squad of 9 infantry with a PIAT, light mortar, and 3 Ram Kangaroo armored transports.
  
• German Kampfgruppe Spindler - 2 Command Panzerfaust infantry, 2 Panzerschreks, 2 MG teams, a 5 man Panzerfaust infantry squad, a 7 man rifle infantry squad, two PaK 40 anti tank guns, and ... oh yeah, 2 Koingstiger tanks.
  
• German 9th Panzer Company - 2 Command Panzer 4 tanks, 4 Panzer 4 tanks, 4 Panther Tanks, 3 Panzer 2 light tanks. And an "88" Anti-air/anti-tank gun with extra crew.
  
• German Herman Goering Panzer Company - 2 Command Panzer 4, 6 Panzer 3 tanks, 1 Tiger tank, 4 StuH Assault Tanks, 3 armored reconnaissance cars, and an "88" Anti-air/anti-tank gun.
  

I can loan a couple of these if asked nicely.

If anyone else has loaner armies available, by all means share here!

[duckofdeath]

I like wise have more than enough Russians to keep comrade Stalin pleased.

Soviet tankovy batalon - command t-34/85 tank, komissar Dedov in his personal t-34/85 tank, 10 t-34 tanks all with cupolas and 4 t-34/85 upgrades, 10 t-34 tanks all with cupolas and 3 t-34/85 upgrades, and 5 su-100 tank killers (look out tigers)

Or if you're like me and prefer to rain death on the enemy from above

Soviet udarny strelkovy batalon - command rifle, 2ic rifle, battalion komissar, 4 ptrd anti-tank rifles, 9 rifle/mg infantry with komissar, 9 rifle/mg infantry with komissar and maksim hmg, 8 maksim hmg gun teams, 3 smg scout infantry, 4 45mm anti-tank guns, 8 120-pm heavy mortars, and lastly 8 bm-31 katyusha rocket trucks.

[sands]

Mesha is planning on coming again. Got a free day. I can also lend a heavy tank Kompanie but it looks like lots of lender armies are available.

[asuryanmark]

Good to hear that Mesha will make it.

Last night to go eh? Checklist time:

• Remember the time change folks. We'll be trying to start around 12pm.
  
• If you have terrain, feel free to bring it.
  
• Remember to bring your donations to the prize pool please.
  
• Tasty beverage! Once again we will kick things off with a toast to the fallen, so please have one on hand.
  

OK. If there's anything else, it'll be dealt with tomorrow. Have a good night y'all, hope to see you there!