SAVE THE DATE!

New York will host this year's 8th Annual Black Friday Joust Tournament on Saturday, calling it "Red Saturday." The date has been moved from Friday to Saturday to accommodate travelers who traditionally attend this annual event.

Location has not yet been finalized--2-3 options are under consideration. The venue will be accessible by public transportation. More details will be announced on these message boards and at www.Meetup.com/Thrones as the date approaches.

As New York's largest joust (1v1) event of the year, participants will have the opportunity to take home a variety of prizes, including the Red Saturday Trophy.

COMPETE FOR CONTROL OF THE REALM!
The event will follow standard FFG guidelines for a 1 vs. 1 “Joust” competition. FFG lists full rules for competitive play on its website (www.fantasyflightgames.com).

• Five preliminary rounds of “Swiss” styled 1 vs. 1 pairing, with cut to top four or top eight (depending on turnout) for quarter- or semi-finals.
• All A Game of Thrones LCG cards released by or before November 1, 2012 are legal for this event, excluding those “banned” for competition in FFG’s most recent FAQ.
• The event will adhere to the most recently posted FAQ on FFG’s website, posted here: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=10&esem=4.

CASUAL MELEE ON FRIDAY, NOV 23

For those who are in NYC on Friday, November 23, we will hold a casual melee tournament at 1:00pm. This will not be part of the official tournament, but we will have some limited prize support (and bragging rights throughout the year). This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with friends you rarely see, and will likely involve a late-night trip to a nearby restaurant/bar.

For questions about either event, prizes, or legality of cards, please post here or contact Dan with the NYC Night’s Watch at [email protected].

In for the last tourney of the season! GG NYC!

Looking forward to my first tourney!

One of these years….

Have fun guys!

Ratatoskr said:

+1

I may actually only be at the melee this year, the saturday is actually problematic. But I will do my best to make the event.

ttt bumpskies for the nyc crew.

Just curious, who all is planning on traveling/attending?

I suspect we'll have a record number from the NYC area, but fewer travelers overall. I'm expecting around 10 from NYC alone, but I've heard that Erick and Corey are unable to make it due to Thanksgiving holiday plans this year.

Who else from DC/Boston/DE are planning to attend?

Twn2dn said:

Yo.

Booked my flight! I really need a hobby that doesn't make me leave Florida in November…

I will likely drive up for this. Hopefully that encourages others from the meta to go as well. We need a DC presence at the tournament.

I'm in but don't know about driving. Traffic is nuts around that time. I also haven't gotten confirmation on lodging yet cough cough ^^.

dcdennis said:

I have a couple of places I'm looking at. There will definitely be a hotel room close to public transit. I was delaying a bit to see if I could get a final location before I booked the hotel so I could try to walk as little as possible -- I have to maintain my figure.

Is that 1pm casual melee time set in stone? There is a real cheap amtrak ticket that puts me at penn station by noon on Friday. How far from Penn station is the venue? Would 1hour be enough?

edit: went ahead and booked it anyways since it was 1/2 the price of the next highest ticket. i arrive at 12:05 to penn station friday, hopefully that gets me there in time.

Pretty much all the potential venues are within 30 minutes of Penn Station. 45 - 60 minutes should be the max from Penn Station depending on how the trains are running.

Also, Amtrak probably is the best way to get there. Traffic is miserable and I always take Amtrak over the bus to get back to my parents' on Thanksgiving week.

mdc273 said:

awesome, ill probably cab it just to be safe.

dcdennis said:

Make sure they don't "mishear" you and take you on the opposite side of the city on that street. That's happened to me before and I wanted to punch the cab driver in the head.

having only been to nyc one other time in my adult life, i have no idea what that means.

dcdennis said:

a given street in manhattan may have 2 street addresses sharing the same number, differentiated by East and West. For example, 300 West 14 Street and 300 East 14th Street both exist, but they are on opposite sides of the island (8th ave and 2nd ave, about a mile apart). I assume something like that is what happened to Bomb?

Vaapad said:

pardon my retardation, but then isnt that just two different streets? East Windsor and North Windsor are two different towns, not one town with two names.

dcdennis said:

In theory perhaps, but geographically no. 14th Street is one linear street, running East/West across the island. The portion to the west of 5th avenue (which runs North/South) is West 14th street, and the portion east of 5th avenue is East 14th Street. All other numbered streets adhere to this structure.

Tourists.

Jesus

I'll be there competing for the Sansa Stark award, hopefully with some ill conceived deck like Martell Dayne, Greyjoy Holy or Lannister Knights

jack merridew said:

Accidental double post.