LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (AND ASSORTED SMALL CHILDREN),
I PRESENT TO YOU
MONSTER TRUCK MANIA!
In an effort to wind down as we come out of yet another successful and stressful Vassal World Cup, I present our next Vassal tournament, MONSTER TRUCK MANIA, with one singular objective: HAVE FUN! Players are hereby encouraged to bear this in mind as we go through this tournament, and to seek to maximize fun, for both themselves and their opponents at every opportunity. This entire tournament is structured around controlled ridiculousness, so HAVE FUN!
Format
Tier: Relaxed. This is the definition of a casual event. Play nice, play fair, play to have as much fun as possible. First time Vassal players are welcome, but are strongly encouraged to practice on Vassal before your tournament games in order to help things go smoothly.
Structure: Custom. That's actually a lie, we're using the Basic Structure outlined in the Tournament Regulations document with one major change to the actual Swiss setup. Stealing from the success of the Autumn Tournament, there will in fact be two tournaments using the same rules running in parallel, one of Europe and one of everyone else. As of right now, plans are for three rounds of Swiss.
Rules
FOR THE PURPOSES OF MONSTER TRUCK MANIA, THE FOLLOWING RULES ERRATA ARE IN EFFECT AT ALL TIMES.
1. In keeping with maximum ridiculousness, fleet points cap is raised to eight hundred (800) points.
2. In keeping with making sure Rule 1 doesn't spiral out of control, squadron points allowance is lowered to twenty five percent (25%). For those too lazy to cut 800 in quarters (I am too, don't worry), that means there are two hundred (200) points maximum allowed for squadrons.
3. Commanders may only be equipped to Large base ships.
4. Fleets MAY NOT contain any Small base ships.
5. All Margins of Victory points requirements are doubled.
This means: 6-5 is MoV<119, 7-4 120->279, 8-3 280->439, 9-2 440->599, and 10-1 600+.
6. The following objectives are errata'd in the following ways:
Station Assault: Victory token value increased to 80 points.
Capture the VIP: Victory token value increased to 100 points.
Contested Outpost: Victory token value increased to 40 points.
Dangerous Territory: Victory token value increased to 30 points.
Intel Sweep: Final score bonus increased to 150 points.
All other rules for fleet-building (one of each objective, no doubling up on unique upgrades etc. etc.) REMAIN IN EFFECT PER FFG TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS AND THE RULES REFERENCE GUIDE. Anyone playing in the tournament may submit as many fleet lists as they desire. However, only their final submission will be considered as their legal list. Please don't blow up the form.
I have included in the signup form an option to offer to be a judge for games you are not playing. Please, we've gotten through three World Cups and I have no idea how many other tournaments without issue, please please please don't make this the tournament that starts that trend. Remember Rule No. 1 of Star Wars Miniature Gaming: Fly Casual.
Schedule
All Dates are closure of that tournament element.
Signups/Fleet Submission: March 9, 2359 GMT
Fleet Lists & Round 1 Matchups Posted: March 11
Round 1: March 26, 2359 GMT
Round 2: April 12, 2359 GMT
Round 3: April 26, 2359 GMT
Under this schedule, there are two weeks per round. Remember, we are playing with elevated points totals and elevated squadron counts. Players are encouraged to coordinate ahead of time to plan whether or not they believe they can complete their game in one longer than average session or if they will have to make it a two parter. Any player pair that are unable to play during this 2 week window will receive a 0-0 loss. Either player has the opportunity to concede to their opponent if they are unable to schedule and believe they are more to blame for the scheduling conflict, which will result in a 8-1 win (280 MOV) for the other player. Players are encouraged to post their scheduled games to the thread once they agree to a game time. A no-show by either player for a scheduled game will result in a 0 point loss for that player, and an 8 point victory for their opponent, with 280 point MOV.
I really really don't want to enforce the above rules. Please don't make me.
Finally, as this is a casual event for fun, all players are strongly encouraged to create fun, engaging battle reports for their games. Awesome points* will awarded to those players with exceptionally entertaining battle reports, be they video commentary, written dialogues, or whatever else you come up with that I haven't yet.
*Awesome points are not worth either score points or tournament points. They may however be redeemed in person at the rate of all of your awesome points for a drink of your choice (that I may legally buy for you).
Feel free to also repost your signup below to build hype for MONSTER TRUCKS!
If there's something that you see that needs addressed, please bring it to my attention. I can't fix issues that I don't know about. Finally, thanks to @Green Knight whose Autumn Tournament geographic separation idea I've pilfered and @BiggsIRL whose Vassal World Cups are the highlight of the Vassal year and whose 2018 World Cup thread I have grossly plagiarized.
Edited by GiledPallaeonDates updated
