- Squad Leader Academy (SQLA) is pleased to announce the 2004
GI: Anvil of Victory Circus PBEM tournament. VSQL will be the standard interface,
participants may elect either PBEM or server play. This event is not to be
Boardgame Player Association (BPA) sanctioned but rather ran as a SQLA event.
The impact is 2004 BPA membership is not required to participate (although
still encouraged) and SQLA will incur all the charges for the plaques which
will be passed on to the participants.
- This will be a somewhat
informal event as most of us are rusty on GIA play given that the existing
VSQL does not support GIA play. The beta version of GIA.mdx extention for
VSQL will be used This extension will add the necessary counters for the selected
scenarios (rather than spending the time to create a full GIA counter set).
This extension will be upgraded as needed. Counters will stress functionality
rather than final aesthetic appeal. This events serves to debug the GIA.mdx
extension to define further enhancements.
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This event will be Swiss/Round Robin as a function of the number of participants.
Initially drawing four players, this will result in a three round event.
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All matches will be AREA rated and SLlist ladder. AREA ratings as of 8/31/04
will be used to seed the participants as a function of the tournament start
date.
- New SQLA scenarios may be used, often with board not included
in SQL – GIA game sets. Given the small amount of GIA play as noted
on the SLlist Scenario record, many existing GIA scenarios are candidates
as well. Participant designed scenarios can be used as well. Scenarios will
be ‘partial bid’ as balance will not be tested with 50+ plays
prior to use.
- Partial Bid Format: Each player sends the GM their preferred
side in the scenario. If players pick opposing sides, scenario is played as
written. If players pick the same side, the lower rated bids first, bidding
the number of dominant squads added to the other sides ‘At Start’
forces. The Lowest bid is ‘0’ and all bids must be integers only
(0, 1, 2, 3…). Bid continues until one player elects to play the opposing
side augmented by the extra at start squads. This data and game results will
work to modify the scenario forces over time.
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A Personal Leader Counter competition will be conducted within each tournament.
The best performance of surviving leaders as measured by net Élan
points will earn a plaque in addition to the first place tournament winner.
Due to the low volume of players, plaques will not be awarded nor will the
participants be required to fund these items.
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All appropriate Squad Leader 4th edition rules. Cross of Iron 4th edition,
and Crescendo of Doom 1st edition, GI: Anvil of Victory rules 2nd edition
rules will be used as modified by the 2002 compiled Q&A) and superceded
by SQLA Rule conventions will be in force. A SQLA ‘Rule Czar’
with alternates will be defined. Player’s individual ‘House
Rules’ are not applicable to this or any other SQLA event.
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This event is expected to become annual events, augmenting the BPA Squad
Leader and Cross of Iron PBEM championships (annual January start date),
the BPA Squad Leader Series tournament at the World Boardgame championships
(typically the first week in August, Baltimore, MD, USA) and other FTF and
PBEM events run by SQLA. BPA sanctioning in future years will be assessed
if the participant pool meets BPA requirements (presently minimum of 16
players with 100% BPA membership).
