The Maelstrom Cup - Mansfield Notts - 8 & 9 May 2010

[The Painted Goblin]

This event was originally scheduled to be held mid Jan, but had to be cancelled due to all the bad weather.

So, here are the details:-

To be held in the Eye of the Storm, above:-
Maelstrom Games,
Matlock Mill
Hamilton Way
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 5BU

Tickets are £20, and can be bought at the Maelstrom Games website, at this link

Cost of the ticket includes trophies, prizes and lunch on both days plus endless supply of tea and coffee.
Rules will follow the CRP rules, downloadable from the GW site, and teams are to be chosen with the following criteria:-

1,100,000 starting purse
All teams from the CRP can be used, along with the 3 additional BBRC endorsed teams
No star players allowed
No inducements allowed, with the exception of Master Chef for halfling teams (he costs 100,000 and becomes a permanent member of the team for the whole tournament)
Before the tournament starts, you can select 5 normal skills and 1 double skill to distribute among your players. No player may be given more than 1 skill, and the same skill cannot be given to more than 2 players.
All deaths/injuries/casualties are wiped clean between matches.

Trophies are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, most sporting player, best-painted team and of course wooden spoon!

See the full rulespack for other pertinent info.

[Purplegoo]

Weekend after the GT?

I guess you'll either struggle, or you're trying to give coaches a direct choice?

[The Painted Goblin]

I haven't organised it - I'm just reporting it

Besides, there may be a few (me included) who can't make/can't afford the GT due to it being on a bank holiday weekend.

[The Painted Goblin]

Original post edited to show correct information (price and link to website)

[The Painted Goblin]

Rulespack is now available:-

http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/downloa ... s_pack.pdf

[Geggster]

Have signed up. Only down the road now so will give it a go.

[DeathJester]

Bugger im going to this, but Geggster now going to do me out of a tourny win

[Geggster]

Just bumping this. I appreciate that it's the weekend after the GT - and not far from Nottingham, but the field is growing slowly, the facilities at Maelstrom are fantastic (I hear) and it's another excuse to have a laugh all weekend.

Hopefully we can see some more folks sign up....

[Joemanji]

I might be able to make this now ...

[Purplegoo]

I'd quite like to have a try as it goes, the venue seems really interesting. I just don't think I can get away with two running.

[Podfrey]

Hopefully we can see some more folks sign up....

I've always been a big believer in the idea that if you want others to support your event then you should support theirs.

Would be great to visit the Maelstrom gaming place, but timing of event, prior plans and lack of mutual support are all negatives for me I'm afraid, sorry

[Joemanji]

I love it when you are masterful Geoff.

[Podfrey]

That's Mr Monkey to you...!

[Geggster]

...timing of event, prior plans and lack of mutual support are all negatives for me I'm afraid, sorry

"Lack of mutual support"? Whilst we are all free to make our own choices and it is really bad timing with the GT the weekend before, is your point that the people running this - and I'm not sure who they are - should have supported someone else's tourney first? Do you know that they haven't? Just because they aren't posting on TFF doesn't mean they don't support the tourney scene..... the TFF crowd is really just the tip of the BB iceberg.

Course it may very well be that the guys are new to the scene, aren't fully aware of TFF (or care for it - I don't care for it some of the time), have the facilities at Maelstrom and thought that they'd try and run a tourney.... Well good for them. It doesn't mean that anyone has to support them but giving a reason that they've not supported "us" first is hardly going to bridge gaps between different parts of the community.

[Don__Vito]

I would have gone to this but can't make that date, maybe next event they run?