Australia, VIC. Arcanacon XXXIII X-Wing Tournament. Sun 25 Jan 2015

By leadgend, in X-Wing Organized Play

Arcanacon XXXIII

X-Wing Tournament

Sunday January 25 2015

Organised by Django Upton

Arcanacon XXXIII is a games convention held in Melbourne from January 23 to 26, 2015.

This X-Wing tournament is one of many events at the convention.

Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game is a fun Star Wars space combat game using miniatures, cards and dice.

The rules used will be the standard rules as updated with a latest errata and tournament rules on the FFG website at tinyurl.com/X-Wing-Rules except as follows:

Play will consist of 5 rounds of up to 75 minutes starting at 9am taking up sessions G and H in the timetable.

Players will use 100 point squadrons. Proxy cards and printouts from Squadron builders may be used.

Pre-registered players should submit their squadron to the organizer at [email protected] by Monday January 19 as a simple list. Do not send squadron builder files.

The draw will be by Swiss chess by tournament points and margin of victory with the best attempt made to match Alliance with Imperial opponents. If necessary an extra player will play byes to make the numbers even.

Scoring will be by tournament points and margin of victory for Places. Countback for places shall be by the results of their games if they have played each other, otherwise by sum of opponent’s scores.

Medallions and Prizes will be awarded to the Top Places. First place prize is a Tantive IV corvette.

All players must register with Arcanacon. Entry fee is $20 and also includes fee entry into the Epic Big Battle.

Arcanacon information and online registration is at www.arcanacon.org

Arcanacon XXXIII will be held at Melbourne High School, Forest Hill St, South Yarra (Melways 2L/3K).

Sponsored by:
Conquest Games Convention
www.conquest.asn.au (Tables)

KayJay’s Games and Hobbies Cafe - www.kayjays.com.au (Prizes)

On FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/307428269446778

Results:

Placing. Name, Faction, Tournament VP, Points of enemy killed, Awards and prizes
1. Ian Williams, Rebel, 20, 400, First place medallion, Tantive IV
2. Tyler Fitt, Rebel, 15, 352, Second place medallion, YT2400
3. Jon Krik, Imperial, 15, 342, Third place medallion, Tie Defender
4. Adrian Hunter, Rebel, 15, 334, Perspex movement templates
5. Jackson Wain, Rebel, 15, 300, Perspex range rulers
6. Alex Frang, Rebel, 10, 323
7. Brad Morris, Rebel, 10, 254
8. Lawrence Katsipidis, Imperial, 10, 199
9. Tom Ward, Imperial, 10, 175
10. Rodney Hedger, Rebel, 5, 241
11. Aiden Jones, Rebel, 5, 206
12. Mark Chandler, Imperial, 5, 163
13. Darcey Jones, Imperial, 5, 149
14. Tarquin Murnane, Rebel, 5, 112
15. Amber Seidl, Rebel, 0, 56
Bye. Django Upton, 15, 296

Ian's winning list:

Chewbacca - YT1300 42
+ Predator 3
+ C3PO 3

Leebo - YT 2400 34
+ Predator 3
+ Heavy Laser Cannon 7
+ Recon Specialist 3
+ Outrider 5

Ian also videoed his games (which turned out to be the top table games) so hopefully he will post a link soon.

Edited by leadgend