Official Australian Flames Of War Mid-War Championship
Organised by Django UptonA 5 session Flames of War tournament for 5 to 32 players
Running Sunday and Monday (Sessions H, I, J, L, M)
Presented by the League of Ancients (Terrain) - http://www.leagueofancients.org.au
And Mind Games Melbourne (Prizes) - http://www.mindgames.com.au
And Zepnix Games - www.zepnix.com (Prizes)
Flames of War is an easy, fun and popular set of miniatures rules. Players control a company of World War Two troops in battle using 15mm scale miniatures.
The rules used will be Flames of War Second Edition including any updates and errata listed at www.flamesofwar.com
Play will consist of five rounds of up to 2 1/2 hours over two days with an additional round on the first day if more than 32 players enter.
Players will use fully painted 15mm scale Mid War armies of up to 1750 points from any FOW intelligence briefing from the North Africa or Eastern Front books or official PDF from the Flames of War website.
Terrain will be pre-set and defined. Missions played will be randomly drawn from Combat Missions 1-6 in the "Das Book" supplement.
The draw will be by Swiss chess by accumulated Victory Point score with the best attempt made to match historical opponents. If necessary an extra player will play byes to make the numbers even.
Trophies and prizes of Mind Games vouchers will be awarded to the highest VP total on the first day and two highest VP totals for the whole tournament. A Trophy and prize from Zepnix Games will be awarded to the Best Army as voted by the players. Highest VP for the whole tournament will be the official Australian Mid War Flames of War Champion for 2012.
Army lists are to be received by the organiser before Monday March 26, 2012. Players may enter for a single day.
The organiser can be contacted by email at django@alphalink.com.au by phone on (03) 9383 4951 or by post at 26 Henty Street, Brunswick, VIC 3056.