Grimfoe Games Flames of War Escalation League
What is an Escalation League?
An escalation league is a great way to get involved in a new game without a huge upfront cost as well as providing you with a pool of opponents looking for games of the same level. In an escalation league each participant would put together a small force at the beginning of the league, each month the point limit will increase giving each player a chance to expand upon their list - this continues until the armies are built up to the average points total for a full sized game.
The league is geared toward new players and teaching people how to play the game as well as expanding their collection up to the standard points level of games.
What are the Details for this Escalation League?
- It will be Flames of War 2nd Edition, Late War.
- Any Late War Briefing is permitted.
- Initial Force will be 600pts, the steps will be: 900, 1200, 1500, 1750.
- League will start Wednesday 5/19, steps will occur every 4 weeks.
- For the first 2 months (600pts and 900pts) the following force creation rules will be in effect:
- No vehicle, plane, infantry or gun team with a AT rating of higher than 11
- No vehicle with a front armor of higher than 7
- 1 Combat platoon instead of the normal minimum amount
Official night for Escalation League Play will be Wednesdays but you may play games at any time. You are not required to play the same list every game in a step, experimentation is encouraged, however this is intended to allow you to try out units to learn and build the best "All-comers" army you can, not to tool your army to best matchup to whatever opponent you happen to be playing!
League/Campaign Element
The players will be split into two teams - Axis and Allies, players may play practice games vs any force from their own team but the results of these games will not be counted toward the campaign. After each game between an Axis and Allied player the result should be reported to the store - this will be tracked over the course of the Step. There is no limit to the number of games you may play in a week - however only the first game between any pair of opponents will be recorded for League/Campaign purposes. At the end of each step the totals will be tallied and the step will have been won by either the Axis or the Allies, $20 in store credit will be awarded to the player from each team with the most points during this step.
A $20 painted prize will be awarded each step to a random player drawn from all players who at the end of the step has his entire force painted.
Any Shenanigans involved in the prize support may result in prize support being suspended from the league or individual players expulsion from the league.
At the end of each step there will be a mega-battle held at the weekend (usually a Sunday), this will vary from step to step and will involve multiple players - tables and special scenario rules. The results for the step will impact the scenario - more wins throughout the month means an advantage in the final battle!
Ordering/Purchasing
6 day prior to the next step date an order will be submitted for everyone's new purchases - you are not required to buy your models in this order and we will have models in stock however in order to make sure you have the models you want in time for the next step we suggest you special order them - any models ordered as a part of that order and to make up your next step will get a 10% discount.
So what are you waiting for? sign up for some Flames of War - If you would like a demo of the rules stop by after the Grand Opening May 1st or pm me to arrange a time.
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