Gonna do another mini tournament with other expats but we have fewer players this year so I was thinking a fun way to do it would be 2v2 four player games (only four of us). I LOVE 2v2 but I also want a single tournament winner. This way we can have more winners too! So I was thinking of having a couple games of 2v2 with different teams for each. Each player would keep a tally of their own points won (by kills or by objectives or whatever) and the winning partners of each game would also get a bonus (to encourage at least a little teamwork). So, say A and B play C and D first game and win, A and B each get their individual points PLUS maybe an 8 point bonus? Then A and C play B and D and the winning partnership gets that bonus again (plus whatever they individually scored).

Any weird things you might anticipate happening? I could see maybe A and B (even if they are together) still racing each other for objectives or kills... Anything else?

Maybe it's just easier to do All versus All? I do love the partnership aspect though...

Is 8 a good number for winning pairs to get? More? Less? I was thinking of playing just to 55 or 50 to keep the games a bit faster...

At UKGE the official side event that Aneurin put together was two simultaneous 2v2 matches, where the winning two teams were then put into a 4 player free for all to compete for a spot gloss Vinto (drooool right?). It lets you have some of the teamwork action, followed by an almost-swiss-style-cut, and then a free for all brawl in the top 4. I wasn't able to play in this as I was still in the main tournament but it sounded like a lot of fun to me.

3 hours ago, penguizaur said:

it sounded like a lot of fun to me.

Oh wow! That sounds really fun! We only have four players though... Maybe we should just do one 2v2 and one All v All...

What's a spot gloss Vinto? I know who Vinto is but not the former part. Something pre-painted?

Oh, another q. I have Hoth and JR so can do either of those 4 player maps. I've played them both and like them well enough. Is the HotE 4 player map much better? I have time to take it to the local printer and get it made... Anyone played on it?

1 hour ago, Mandelore of the Rings said:

What's a spot gloss Vinto? I know who Vinto is but not the former part. Something pre-painted?

I can't speak to your 4-player questions as I've never tried it, but "spot-gloss" is a fancy way of printing cards so that they're super-shiny (something like this: https://www.jukeboxprint.com/spot-uv-business-cards ).

One of the organized play prizes that FFG came out with was a Vinto card printed like that. It's a bit of a popular item among the people who collect the alt-art prizes because 1) it's rare (to my knowledge they've only been given out at a few select national/international-level tournaments) and 2) it looks really super cool

From what I gather, the newer 4 player maps are quite a bit more interesting than hoth. Also remember that R2's command card isn't allowed in 4 player. I'm definitely a sucker for the spot gloss cards, wondering if they'll have a new one for Euros this year haha.

Where could I find this rule with the R2 command card?

1 hour ago, mischraum.de said:

Where could I find this rule with the R2 command card?

Can't find a specific ruling anywhere.

There was a one-time ban for a free-for-all tournament once;

It would be much cooler if it was a special figure... cards are cool and all but having a unique pose of Vinto (or heck, even Biv) would be next level.

I know they'd never put that much effort into a prize though... cards are pretty easy to design.

On another note, those Bossk and Sabine figs for Legion look pretty darn cool. Sigh... I guess I could swap them out for what I have...

47 minutes ago, Mandelore of the Rings said:

It would be much cooler if it was a special figure... cards are cool and all but having a unique pose of Vinto (or heck, even Biv) would be next level.

I know they'd never put that much effort into a prize though... cards are pretty easy to design.

On another note, those Bossk and Sabine figs for Legion look pretty darn cool. Sigh... I guess I could swap them out for what I have...

I think people have wanted the custom poses for ages, and then Legion gets the Celebration Vader (and also a little upgrade card pack, which IA has been begging for too lol). I ended up just heavily modifying my models on my own by chopping up Legion models and combining them with IA models XD

On 6/11/2019 at 5:04 PM, penguizaur said:

modifying my models on my own by chopping up Legion models and combining them with IA models

wow, that sounds pretty cool. did you put pictures up somewhere?

4 hours ago, Mandelore of the Rings said:

wow, that sounds pretty cool. did you put pictures up somewhere?

Here is a photo which contains a bunch of them. My not-quite-Spectre Cell: Kanan, Ahsoka, Hera, Sabine, Chopper, and Ezra. The main mods are LEDs (most of the electrical bits were done by Kei from https://www.fullmodlighting.com/ ), Ahsoka's pose was flipped around a bit, and Sabine'd helmet was replaced, pose adjusted a bit, and she is magnetized to a jetpack base.

wow. (while shaking my head, 'cause in comparison mine suck... actually, even without comparing, mine suck... just not a painter)