Hallo all our pink 3++’s this is Goatboy and I am hear to chat about my feelings on playing a tournament that wasn’t dominated by battle points. I was lucky enough to throw down in the windy city of Chicago for Adepticon and found myself smack dab in another “competitive” tournament experiment. I personally think any tournament is competitive in some nature – whether it is paint competitive, handicapped army competitive, or just plan kick you in the nutz competitive.
Now I normally like Battle Points for my events. I think you can get some broad game ranges in scoring as well as some definite wins. It does usually lead to playing for the board wipe so that isn’t always the best. The best games I remember are the nail biters down to the end and when you are playing to get as many points as you can – a lot of the time it is just easier to play for the throat instead of playing for the missions.
Adepticon was my first chance to play in a non Battle Point fashion and I have to say I really enjoyed it. All my games were close and I thought I really had to out play my opponent in order to win. This is the best thing as beating the crap out of an army is just not fun for me. I feel so bad when the game just turns and it moves away from a good game of chess/checkers and instead devolves into a 5 move kill. It just isn’t fun. So Adepticon got it right for sure with the overall fun factor from the games I played.
