The only X-Wing Regional Championship tournament being held in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas will be at GASP Games Day, Saturday May 4th.

Please visit http://eonsreach.com/gaspforum/index.php?topic=6286.0 for full details on this event.

Registration starts at 11am and the tournament kicks-off at noon.  The $10 entry fee gets you free drinks during the tournament, as well as 1 raffle ticket for additional prizes to be given away at the end of the tournament.  You can purchase more tickets during the event to increase your odds of winning.

You can post any questions here, or on the GASP calendar entry above.

Thanks,

Don

I forgot to mention that GASP has a game sales vendor that sets-up shop every month.  Chuck-a-Con game sales will be on-hand and will have plenty of X-Wing (and other games) for sale.  His prices are very competitive with internet retailers.  He will also be providing the additional door prize support.

Thanks,

Don

An on-line sign-up sheet was created, and I'll duplicate it here.  I'm leaving 10 spots reserved for on-site registrations.  Reply to this thread with your name and I'll add it to the list.  I'll also take alternate sign-ups in case of no-shows the day of the event.

Unfortunately I can't edit the post with the sign-up sheet, so please visit the GASP forum to see the list.  You can still reply here and I'll add your name to the list on the GASP forum.

http://eonsreach.com/gaspforum/index.php?topic=6286.0

Sorry,

Don

We are half way filled with pre-registrations for this tournament (11 of 22).  There will still be 10 spots saved for on-site registration the day of the event, but that will be first-come, first-serve.  To hold a spot now, post a reply here, or send me an e-mail with your name - info[at]gaspgamer[dot]com.

We've updated our news page with details on the tournament, for any that had an issue accessing our forum post.

http://www.gaspgamer.com/news/x_wing.html

Thanks,

Don

We played a small tournament at our Games Day yesterday, partly to work out the kinks for the Regional Championship event.  Here are some changes we decided to make.

1. Change the time per round to 60 minutes (from 50 minutes).  50 minutes just wasn't enough time to get a solid game in.

2. We used our simple scoring system yesterday (3/2/1 W/D/L), but I see now the beauty of the FFG scoring system (5/3/1/0) so we will use that for the Regionals

3. To help prevent players from quiting the tournament after a loss or two, you must play all rounds to be eligible for any door prizes.  It really sucks to have people that want to play not be able to play because their opponent quit.  The main point of the event is to have fun play X-Wing with new people, and we hope the door prizes we have will entice people to stay the course and finish the event even if they cannot win first place.  Remember, if you lose a game you get an extra raffle ticket for the door prizes as well.  We have some great door prizes to give out.

4. Not really a change but a reminder to please come prepared to play.  Bring 2 legible copies of your list (very important) and all the materials needed to play.  Also it would be helpful to build your force ahead of time and show up ready.  We all know X-Wing has many fiddly parts, and having just 10 people yesterday scrambling to build their lists was space consuming.  Try to bring only what you need to play.

5. Another reminder: The tournament starts promptly at noon, with registration beginning at 11am.  It will take some time to verify every person's list and get everyone signed-in , so please try to show up as early as possible (Games Day officially opens at 10am, but we start set-up around 9:30).  If you miss the noon start time but still want to play, you will receive a LOSS for round 1 and can join in round 2.  As an incentive to get people there early, anyone that shows up at 9:30am and helps set-up will get an extra door prize ticket.

We will update our tournament news page soon with these changes - http://www.gaspgamer.com/news/x_wing.html

Thanks,

Don

Less than 1 week left until the GASP Regional tournament.  There are 10 spots reserved for on-site registrations, but if we happen to get a large walk-up crowd, the decision was made to allow more than 32 players.  We don't want anyone to have to walk away from this one!

Door prizes have been finalized, this is in addtion to the FFG prize kit

• 1x Millenium Falcon
• 1x Slave 1
• 2x Tie Interceptor
• 2x A-Wing
• 10x custom printed 3x3 maps
• Acrylic range rules and movement templates
• Anything else we can scrounge up before the tournament

Soft drinks are included in your entry fee during the tournament.

After the tournament, feel free to hang out for the rest of Games Day and play some more games with some new friends.

Thanks,

Don

im going to try to be there early as a walk-in, since i just found this post today. Sounds like it will be a ton of fun!

EDIT: Nevermind found my answer to the question

will we be able to buy any ships from the vendor before the tourny?

The tournament was a success.  We had 18 players as our final tally, less than expected as we had about 10 last minute cancellations.  The tournament went 5 rounds, and we finished in just over 6 hours, including a small break for pizza.  Here's a picture of the group before the tournament started.  Drinks were courtesy of R2D2 :)

Everyone walked away with at least 1 prize, including either a felt gaming mat or custom printed paper mat (starfield or space station surface), see below.

 

 

I will definately agree that it was a success.  I have never played with the GASP group, or with the X-Wing Community of that area, and was welcomed and had not a single problem that was not resolved promptly, accurately, and accepted openly by the group.

Unfortunate for those that dropped out, or did not come as it was a great deal of fun, I went 2 Win - 1 Modified - 2 loss, and did not even mind the losses.  I learned more than I ever could about this game, playing at home, from this event.  

My with, pictured above, actually took 3rd out of 18, and the upper tier players were tough.  The lists were diverse, they had a dealer on site if someone had a last minute need.. I was truly taken back as I had feared it would be either disorganized ot disrespectful to new-comers; neither were true.

I feel with this game gaining momentum, there can only be a boon in desire for more organized events.  Hopefully the support from FFG remains constant, or even better, increases.

The prize support was acceptable, but ironically, the free ships being given had less impulsive glee for me than the acrylic Focus tokens.  I very much approve of adding alternate official parts to this game.  I am even hopeful that there will be some sort of upgrade/pilot packs as prizes for those whom have almost all the physical ships they need; such as myself.

To those I played, thank you.  And to the organizers, you surpassed my paranoid expectations and I will definately return in the future for more official events.

-Travis

*My wife took 3rd

Thanks for the kind words Travis.  This was GASP's first forey into major organized events, but we've had a lot of experience running more local events and tournaments for other miniature games like BattleTech, D&D minis, Star Wars minis, and Warmachine.

I'm hoping you three can make it out for a regular Games Day and experience all the other fun stuff GASP has to offer.  You were all a great addition to the tournament.  I'd definitely like to get some casual games in with you.

See you later,

Don