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Franck
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 Richard Borg in Essen
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Fri, 12 October 2007 16:33
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On sunday october 21st (from 11.30AM), a round of the first german championship of BattleLore will take place on our booth (#12-68).
Richard Borg will be there to sign your games and answer your questions!
See you in Essen!
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echtalion
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Tue, 16 October 2007 20:26
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Wow
Too bad I can't go to Essen... 
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Sothis
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Tue, 16 October 2007 23:28
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And too bad I'll be there Thurs-Sat and not Sunday!
Will there be exciting new things on the DoW stand for BattleLore fans? Scottish Wars? Creatures? Heroes? Please drop us a hint, Franck!
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Kluuetje
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Wed, 17 October 2007 10:30
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| Sothis wrote on Tue, 16 October 2007 23:28 |
And too bad I'll be there Thurs-Sat and not Sunday!
Will there be exciting new things on the DoW stand for BattleLore fans? Scottish Wars? Creatures? Heroes? Please drop us a hint, Franck!
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Yes, c'mon Franck say something about it. Can we buy something new there?
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blindspot
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Sat, 27 October 2007 18:49
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So how did the championship go? Who won? What was the format? Would love to hear some details.
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gonrhade
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Sun, 28 October 2007 10:59
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i heared that the championship was real pain full long and not the best solution for a torment.
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BeardFan
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Re:Richard Borg in Essen
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Sun, 28 October 2007 13:02
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| blindspot schrieb am Sat, 27 October 2007 18:49 |
So how did the championship go? Who won? What was the format? Would love to hear some details.
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I participated in the championship qualifier tournament. The format was like this:
Each player was assigned a side (English / French) and he kept this side through the tournament. Then there were two preliminary games (Scenario 2 and Scenario 5). Points were earned for win, number of enemy flags (red flags counting more than blue etc.). If there still would be a draw points were awarded for the majority on one of the flanks.
After these 2 games, the best English faced the best French in a final scenario (custom, but totally symmetric scenario).
I had several problems with this tournament format:
If you didn't make it to the final, you played just two games. (I traveled a total of 6 hours there and back on train. Playing only 2 scenarios was kind of meager)
You can reach the final on 2 lost scenarios (being the best on 1 side) while players with 2 wins end up at the bottom of the ranking. I'm not sure, but I think it happened at Essen. At least in the first round no French did win. So a person with 3 losses out of 3 games got second, and I placed 7th with 2 wins.
Some games dragged a long time. There has to be a time limit (it wasn't in Essen).
The owner of my local shop held a tournament some time ago, and his format was much better:
We played 2 scenarios, each one two times on different sides against different opponents according to the Swiss system.
You had to win with 2 points advance.
There was a time limit of 75 minutes.
Games won within the time limit counted more than games won due to the limit taking effect. I think it was 3 points for a normal win, 2 points for a win due to time limit, and 1 point for draw or win with only one advance.
This was a very good tournament. You played 4 games within 6 hours. The winner had to win at least 3 out of 4. Imbalances in the scenarios were neutralized by playing each side.
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