[France] French Open 2012 - May 26/27 in Lyon, France

[Zoroastre]

Dear players from Europe and beyond,


After the undisputable success of last year's seminal event, the second edition of the French Open will be held in Lyon on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th. We at the organization team are ready to welcome even more players from abroad and top the first edition both in quality and attendance! We're currently bodging a few glitches to make the event even more enjoyable for everyone, without compromising our core principles: balancing gaming & hobby, free food and .25" cheating*!

Update March 29th :
Rule Set Online! http://www.igorzoroastre.com/docs/fr...12.ruleset.pdf
All sorts of info on our forums! http://www.battle-group.com/forum/index.php?board=73.0

Update April 23rd: Hobby Grid added to the Rule Set!


Summary:
• Address: Maison des Associations Château Sans-Souci
36 avenue Lacassagne
69003 Lyon
France
• Format: SR2012, 50 points on Sat./35 points on Sun.
• Entry fee: 20 €/player
• Website: http://www.battle-group.com/forum/index.php?board=73.0
• E-mail: write to Igor at: zoroastre92-warmachine_at_yahoo.fr, tag [French Open]


Overview:

The French Open 2012 is a Warmachine and Hordes tournament held in Lyon, France, on the 26th and 27th of May. The tournament is organized by the RTS gaming club and the Battle-Group.com website. It follows the Steamroller 2012 rules with a few exceptions, notably the demand for fully painted armies. The event will reward the full hobbyist with painting and Iron Kingdoms trivia scores added to the tournament total. Note: unlike last year, Assassination will be a victory condition.

The tournament consists of two parts, one 50 point 3-game day on Saturday, and one 35-point 3-game day on Sunday. Both days are part of the same tournament and each follows the SR2012 Appendix Rules Baseline, 3 Lists Required and Divide and Conquer. The time will be chess-clocked. Maximum attendance is 42 players.

Just as last year we will do our best to accommodate everyone for free by dispatching players among our players and friends. If you come from abroad you have at the least a guaranteed place to crash as long as you bring your sleeping bag!

In case of international attendance, the tournament official language will be English.

So, what should I prepare?
Three 50-point lists following the SR2012 baseline, and three 35-point lists following the SR2012 baseline. Every model in the army must be painted and based - follow the Hardcore Painting Required variant as a guide. DO NOT INCLUDE reinforcements in your lists, the related scenarios won't be used.

You can already pre-register by logging on our forums and replying to this topic: http://www.battle-group.com/forum/index.php?topic=9073


What's different from last year?
Obviously SR2012 changed a few things, the most prevalent being the emphasis on assassination as a game-balancing factor. As a result games will be played with assassination as a victory condition.

The painting grid will be back in a modified, streamlined version emphasizing good tabletops rather than out of this world painting. There will be an Best Painted award completely independent from the painting grid.

The rules quiz will be as hard as last year (yey!). The background quiz will be toned down with focus on a couple books (more info later!).

You can expect the same quality of service as last year regarding food&drinks, all included in the tournament fee. We'll also do our best to gather as much loot as in 2011.



The complete ruleset should be ready by mid-March. In the meantime, for any question, reply to this topic, or PM or e-mail Igor at: zoroastre92-warmachine_at_yahoo.fr, tag [French Open]. See you in Lyon!


Igor

*and this, of course, is a joke

[Samhordes]

Another Stella event I am sure to be had. Looking forward to hearing allot about this one. Unfortunately I am in China that time. But I am sure Andres might be able to attend.

Good times,

Regards,
Sam

[Zoroastre]

Another Stella event I am sure to be had. Looking forward to hearing allot about this one. Unfortunately I am in China that time. But I am sure Andres might be able to attend.

Good times,

Regards,
Sam

Sorry to hear you won't be able to attend, Sam. Please convince Andres, meeting him would be a blast! And the end of Spring is such a gorgeous season in Lyon


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[bakaryu]

A shame that it clashes with the UK Masters which falls on the same weekend

[Zoroastre]

A shame that it clashes with the UK Masters which falls on the same weekend

Ah, dammit. And thinking that this year we tried to plan ahead to avoid interfering with the UK ETC... well I guess we won't be seeing a lot of you guys this year!

I.

[Zoroastre]

Well we're one week in and there's already 36 players pre-registered out of 42, with friends from Poland, Italy and Spain joining in. I expect the tournament to be full by the end of next week... which is great news!


I.

[gregoire]

It seems preregistrations exceeded expectations.

[Zoroastre]

Some fresh news: we're currently attempting to extend the max number of players to 50 to account for the massive amount of pre-registrations. The first version of the ruleset should be ready by next Monday. If you haven't preregistered but still wanted to here's your last chance!


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[SoulReclaimer]

Oh great we get to see all those SUPERB paintjobs again, I will have to wear my "painting skills inferior" hat on when watching the bar reps, pics, and you tube videos LOL

Good luck, Can't wait to hear the post event threads.

[Zoroastre]

Rule Set online!
http://www.igorzoroastre.com/docs/fr...12.ruleset.pdf

And we did extend our capacity to 50. Now we have to live up to the hype.

Also, all sorts of info on our forums: http://www.battle-group.com/forum/index.php?board=73.0


I.

[Zoroastre]

April 23rd update!

First of all, the new Hobby Grid (ex-Painting Grid) has been added to the Rule Set (http://www.igorzoroastre.com/docs/fr...12.ruleset.pdf). I have streamlined it so that it better fills its role, which is inducing people to go that extra mile in their painting. It is way easier to get a high grade and the max grade is not out of reach of the tabletop+ painters. Feel free to comment/discuss/hate on our forums: http://www.battle-group.com/forum/index.php?board=73.0

Second, we're currently at 43 out of 50 pre-registered players, so there's still a few slots available for last-timers (bad timing with the UK masters though ).

Third, the registration deadline is only 2 weeks away, everyone!

Fourth, if you need accomodation, this is the place where we're pooling everyone: http://www.battle-group.com/forum/in...p?topic=9216.0


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[Coalshed]

I'm really hoping to get to next years event. Can you make it the same weekend as Nuit Sonores please

[Zargar]

Sounds super cool, I'd love to participate but my other dependencies (work) will only let me know if I can attend after registration deadline - not to mention getting that much painted in time is... unlikely . Will there be any side events or similar? I'd still love to show up and play a few games (I'm in Paris).

[Zoroastre]

I'm really hoping to get to next years event. Can you make it the same weekend as Nuit Sonores please

Well the chances of getting a venue at that date are rather scarce

Will there be any side events or similar? I'd still love to show up and play a few games (I'm in Paris).

Any free game during the event is very unlikely... However you should totally register on our forums and see if there's anyone willing to play games in Paris, shouldn't be that hard to find.


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[Defenstrator]

Cool. Looking forward to the pictures again this year. For some reason French armies normally have pretty nice paintjobs.