2nd Annual Japan Open

[Gannon]

This pulled from Danguinius' Nagoyahammer post:

Hello everyone! That time of the year is quickly approaching again - The Japan Open of Warmachine and Hordes! The Fukuyama & Hiroshima & Iwakuni Wargamers will again be hosting a national level WarmaHordes tourney in Fukuyama (Hiroshima Prefecture). If you like wargaming, competing at the highest level, and having a good time with like-minded people, then we hope to see you there.

We will have our 2nd annual tournament here in the Hiroshima area on October 12th, 2014. It will be held in Fukuyama (kind of on the border of Hiroshima Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture) at the community center, just a 5-minute walk north of Fukuyama Station (a shinkansen station). It will start at around 10:00 a.m. and cost 1000 yen a head (for renting the room and prize support). The tourney will be run by our local press ganger (Gannon) and he`ll be handling all of the tournament lists, specific rules, and prize support.

We`re expecting wargamers from Shimane, Hiroshima, and Kyushu to attend, so it should be a decent gathering of WarmaHordes players to test your skills against. I know it`s a bit far for some members of this forum, but that weekend is a three-day weekend, so you could turn the weekend into a small sightseeing trip of Hiroshima (with one day of wargaming!). I will be updating this thread from time to time as we get more details and concrete info about the tournament. We hope to see you there! Here is the important information regarding this event:

Event: The Japan Open - War Machine & Hordes Championship Tournament
Date: Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Time: 9:00 doors open, 9:15 registration begins; 10:00 tournament starts
Place: Fukuyama Civic Center (located just behind Fukuyama Castle, a 5-minute walk from Fukuyama station).
Players: 8-16 players can participate (This could expand further...)
Cost: 1000 yen per player. 1000 yen is for the tournament on Sunday, October 13th. There will also be free play on Monday, October 13th for 500 yen...yes, that is a national holiday. We will probably also have a "nomikai" on the evening of Sunday, October 12th, but I haven`t heard anything about the place, time, or cost of this yet.
Materials: The tournament organizer will provide mats, terrain, and zone markers. Players are responsible for their own materials as written in the 2014 Steamroller rules.
Rules: This will be a 3-round tournament played under the 2014 Steamroller rules. Players must bring two 50-point lists from the same WarMachine or Hordes faction following the rules for special character restrictions. These lists must written/printed out and made available for the tournament organizer and each opponent. This tournament has a two special provisions: #1) You must use both lists at least once during the course of the tourney. #2) all models used in both lists must be fully painted (as per painting requirements listed in the Hardcore rule set) and based, with the front arc of each model painted or otherwise marked.
Contact: To register, or ask any questions, please contact:
Eric Perez - tournament organizer ([e-mail])
Daniel McCartney ([e-mail])



Also, for those unfamiliar with the rules of Privateer Press tournaments, here are some links:

Steamroller rule pack (this is the tournament we will play)
files.privateerpress.com/op/sr2014/Steamroller2014Print.pdf

Hardcore rule pack (we will NOT play this tournament, but the painting requirements are listed here - page 2)
files.privateerpress.com/op/sr2014/Hardcore2014Print.pdf

More information about the venue:
広島県福山市丸之内１−９−５
Hirosima, Fukuyama, Marunouchi 1-9-5
www.mapion.co.jp/phonebook/M1300 ... 000000044/

And, many of the players in this tournament have started a separate page condensing all of the tournament information in Japanese:

[I`ll have this link soon]

[Gannon]

Directions from the station:

Click on me!

[Gannon]

Just a quick follow up on the JO14.

We had a great time here. The day started off early (0500 for me) for the drive up to Fukuyama, picking up Danguinius and heading to the public hall. Once there we had a little time before it opened, so we parked and waited, but as soon as it opened it was full throttle. We had enough time to set up 9 tables, get everyone registered, fill out some last minute rosters, and make 1st round pairings before the 1000 start time. We actually started off a little late, but all was well since a roll of -15 minutes was rolled for the first game. I spent the first couple rounds checking rosters and making sure tiers were satisfied and only ran into one issue with a list out of 14, pretty good over-all considering there are no translations available for the WM/H rules or the SR rules. With the list checking behind me, I was free to check in on games and give the occasional rulings (only three over the entire day). Game four saw the two leaders of the packs Rantei and Aoitirou face off against each other. They were playing Skorne and Convergence of Cyriss respectively. Aoitirou took the win in the fourth round serving Xerxis2 a final blow with his Prime Axiom. Overall it was a great day and a great set of games for everyone.

We had players from all over the country attend. From as far north as Tokyo and Saitama to the southern most tip of the Island in the Kyushu area. Next year we are looking at possibly expanding it even further, with a 5 round, 32 player tournament. The Osaka boys have even talked about possibly getting some more Organized Play events going up in their area. I hope they do, since it will only expand the game within the country even further.

Final standings were as such:

1st Place
Aoitirou-Convergence of Cyriss

2nd Place
Rantei-Skorne

3rd Place
Daniel-Trollbloods

Best Painted
Rantei-Skorne

Booby Prize
Isobe-Retribution of Scyrah

I also gave Tetsu a Circle of Orboros pin for being such a good helper, it could not have been done without him.

I updated my Twitter feed (@mypadbox) the whole day and round by round during the last game. I will also post up an album on my Facebook page if you all want to see the pictures. Fully Painted was required to play in the tournament, so you will not see one plastic or metal colored miniature in the bunch.