CaliCon 2011, our annual AGOT tournaments, has officially been scheduled for the weekend of Fri 9/30 - Sun 10/2. We are expecting anywhere in the neighborhood of 25-40 people this year so it should be a great turnout.

**There will be a $10 entry fee for the entire weekend to help cover the costs of prize support. Prizes will include swag from league kits, merchandise from the HBO store, various gaming stuff, etc.**

Venue locations are still being finalized, but all tournaments will definitely be held in Brentwood, CA. I will make another post when the venue is finalized, hopefully by the end of this week.

Event Schedule:
Friday 8pm - TBA, possible Dominion tournament.
Saturday 11am - AGOT Melee
Saturday (after Melee) - AGOT Draft
Sunday 11am - AGOT Joust

Any questions, please feel free to contact me (Joey Kreins) at [email protected] or 530-966-4760.

If you plan to attend and are not already on the Facebook invite, please let me know so I can get you added. I am using the RSVP on there to try and track our expected attendance.

The following hotels are nearby (no more than a 10 minute drive from the tournaments):

Hampton Inn Brentwood

Holiday Inn Express Brentwood

Comfort Suites Oakley

The venue has been finalized. We've decided to have all events at our house at 2524 Albertine Ln, in Brentwood, CA.

Looking awesome.

People should post here about CaliCon since we have a bunch of So Cal guys coming.

Or rather a bunch of San Diego guys and a few LA geezers!

Sorry it took so long to put this up....

Maester’s Challenge

For each field of study below, there is a task and a chain link of a specific color and shape. During the Melee and Joust events, players will earn a link for a particular field of study by accomplishing the task (only one link can be earned for each field of study, unless it states otherwise in the task description below). After the Joust on Sunday afternoon, the player with the longest chain will be crowned the Grand Maester (tournament points will be used as a tie breaker if needed). Of course, there will be a cool prize.

Fields of Study:
House Stark Lore – Play with, or against, a House Stark deck
House Lannister Lore - Play with, or against, a House Lannister deck
House Baratheon Lore - Play with, or against, a House Baratheon deck
House Greyjoy Lore - Play with, or against, a House Greyjoy deck
House Targaryen Lore - Play with, or against, a House Targaryen deck
House Martell Lore - Play with, or against, a House Martell deck

Engineering - Reveal 6+ cards during setup
Economics - Play 10+ gold worth of cards in a single marshalling phase
Knighthood - Successfully defend an unopposed challenge initiated against a player whose title you support (melee only)
Tactics - Win 3 challenges that you initiate, and all challenges initiated against you, in one challenge phase
Espionage - Discard the last card from an opponent's hand via intrigue challenge, or card effect
Poisons - Remove from play 3+ characters controlled by a single opponent during a single challenge phase
Money Lending - Finish the Standing phase with 6+ gold in your gold pool
Diplomacy - Control 3 different cards with 3 different house affiliations at the end of a round
Alchemy - Gain 8+ power in one round
Geography - Control 8+ locations at the end of a round

Faith - Come back to win a game after being down by 8+ power
Blockades - Win a game in which an opponent was 3 or less power away from winning at any point
Politics - Win a game in which an opponent finishes with 0 power
Letters - Win a game with 7+ cards left in your hand
Warfare - Finish a game with 10+ cards in an opponent's dead pile
Defenses - Finish a game with 3 or less cards in your dead pile
Athletics - Win a game in 3 rounds or less
Endurance - Participate in a game that goes 7+ rounds
“Weakest Link” - Play in the melee. Lose this link if you lose a challenge that results in another player winning a melee table

“Sansa Link” - Lose the first 2 rounds of the Joust, or finish 4th in the first round of melee (more than one possible)
Psychology - Win your last game during the swiss rounds of the Joust or melee (more than one possible)
Time Keeping - Finish the Joust with 0 modified wins
The Final Cut - Make the final cut for the Joust or the Melee (more than one possible)
Champion - Place first in the Joust or Melee (more than one possible)

*These tasks are not final, and may change before the event.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!