Hello, fellow Lock & Loaders! My name is Tyson Koch—you may know me from Las Vegas Open WARMACHINE events and various hobby blogs or as a game accessories purveyor and occasional podcast ne’er-do-well. I come to you now to expound the wonders of the Who’s the Boss?! event at Lock & Load this year!
Casual players make up a large portion of the attendees at L&L, and we figured if I wrangled out a little space and time, we could spice things up a bit for everybody.
Who’s the Boss? (WTB) is a casual format in which you make an army without a warcaster or a warlock. Each round of the event, you randomly generate a warcaster or warlock from ANY Faction to add to your army. This leads to all kinds of craziness. Vlad2 in Convergence—yes, please! Rasheth, not so much…
And that’s not the only form this chaos comes in: free spins, switch ’casters with opponents, Dealer’s Choice, 50’-tall Haley, and much more! Obviously, this is not meant to be a “balanced” format. Your job is to make the best of whichever ’caster you’re dealt. But never fear, if you get a less than optimal selection, it doesn’t mean your chances are sunk!
WTB is about scoring points via “Achievements.” This is a list of things you can do during each game to score points with winning a game being the least of them. The person who scores the most points over the four rounds of the event will be the winner (i.e., The Boss!). But that’s not the only victory to be had, and we’ll have a few different prizes to hand out. Please see the rules and army score sheet for more details.
As this is a casual event, you may join during any round and leave whenever you like. We just want you to have fun!
I’m very excited to see everyone again this year at L&L. Hopefully, you’ll have some time to join the fun or at the very least stop by and say hi!
Event details (subject to change; please see schedule at con)
When: Saturday, Check-in at 9:45 a.m.; ’caster generation at 10:15 a.m.; dice roll at 10:30 a.m.
Random pairings, four rounds fixed, join and leave whenever you want.
Registration sheet will be available at the Iron Arena table, 64 player cap.
Rules: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qtj6tsn6ok57b5e/WTB_%20ruleset8.pdf?dl=0
Sample Army Score Sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sppmafz1ei0q3mv/WTB_ruleset_convention_2016.pdf?dl=0