MACE 2017 Cornerstone Events: Warmachine/Hordes

We are pleased to announced that MACE 2017 will have Warmachine and Hordes once again.  Chris Olsson will coordinate the following events at MACE 2017.

See OGRe for details and to sign up for these events.  You must be registered for MACE 2017 to participate.

Schedule of Events

All Weekend: Iron Arena (2 tables will be reserved for this even during events, no max players)

Friday 6pm-midnightish

Boaster’s Challenge (16 player max)

Saturday 10am-6pmish

MACE Open Masters (26 player max)

Saturday Midnight-1:30ish

Highlander (no maximum)

Sunday 10am-3pm

Rumble Steamroller (16 player max)

About the Events

PP Games Demos  

If you’ve ever wanted to try out Warmachine/Hordes or any of Privateer Press’ other games like  Level 7, Infernal Machine, or Zombies Keep Out, we’ll have demos available for much of the weekend!

 Iron Arena  

Iron Arena is all about playing games and having fun. To that end, when you play  games at MACE you earn Iron Arena points. You can also earn them by participating in  events, playing people you don’t normally get to play, and accomplishing a few other assorted  tasks related to PP games throughout the weekend. Why earn the points? Iron Arena is also  all about fun prizes. You can redeem your points for special items such as  Warmachine/Hordes templates, NIB models, signed posters, and limited edition models. It’s  not just for Warmachine/Hordes too. There are also ways to earn points playing things like  Level 7, Bodgermainia, or other PP games.  

Boaster’s Challenge  

If you’ve ever played Fable, you have an inkling of what this one is about. Players will compete  in a 50pt Steamroller tournament with a non-standard twist: at the start of each game they’ll get to make  boasts that handicap them in an attempt to earn Victory Points. Players also earn Victory Points from  their Control Points and Army Points Destroyed, but they only earn the Victory Points from their boasts  if they deliver a win. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the tournament wins.  

Midnight Madness: Highlander  

This has become a favorite event hosted annually at MACE. All players face off in a free-forall  on a single table using only a warcaster/warlock and a single warjack/warbeast. The winner takes  home a special prize: a handcrafted blade worthy of a Highlander LARP.  

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

MACE West 2017: Special Miniature & Tabletop Events

MACE West 100pt X-wing Tournament – (Friday, March 24 at 3 PM – 12 AM) – Standard 100pt Tournament.

MACE West Warmahordes Tournament Jamboree – (Mar 25 at 9 AM to Mar 26 at 9 PM) – Come test your mettle in this Masters style Warmachine steamroller tournament!  2 list ADR. Steamroller rules, 75 points divide and conquer

Settlers of Catan National Championship Qualifier – (Mar 25 noon until end) – Every year players from around the country compete in local qualifying tournaments. The winners of each of the tournaments are sent to the Catan National Championship (CNC). In 2017 the CNC will be held at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. Players will face off against all other winners of the qualifier tournaments to be come the year’s US Catan Champion. The winner of our event will have a seat at the Tournament at Origins. MACE will help cover some of the travel expenses (Gas money) and Catan Studios will cover some of the expenses at Origins (event pass, hotel etc..).

ROC Super Q MACE West – (Sunday, March 26 at 9 AM – 6 PM) – You will have to buy separate tickets for the Convention itself and then for the event. You can pay for the event from the store on the ROC in NC page. Follow the link provided for tickets to MACE or pay for them at the door the day of the event if you don’t want to go to the whole convention.

MACE West 2017: Warmachine/Hordes Events

We are pleased to announced that MACE West 2017 will have Warmachine and Hordes once again.  Tom Griffin will coordinate the Warmachine and Hordes events on Sat and Sunday at MACE West. Sign up for the tournament on Facebook or on OGRe.  You must be registered for the MACE West to participate.

MACE West Warmahordes Tournament Jamboree 

Come test your mettle in this Masters style Warmachine steamroller tournament! 2 list ADR. Steamroller rules, 75 points divide and conquer

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

MACE 2016 Cornerstone Events: Warmachine/Hordes

We are pleased to announced that MACE 2016 will have Warmachine and Hordes once again.  Chris Olsson will coordinate the following events at MACE 2016.

See OGRe for details and to sign up for these events

Warmachine/Hordes/PP MACE 2016

Primer  Schedule of Events

Friday  

3pm-12am Iron Arena & Scrambles

5pm-9pm PP Game Demos

5pm-12am Last Chance Qualifier

6pm-12am Boaster’s Challenge

Saturday  

9am-12am Iron Arena & Scrambles  

9am-9pm PP Game Demos  

10am-10pm Gunbunny Invitational Tournament  

11am-8pm Champions Dyad  

12am-2am Midnight Madness: Highlander  

Sunday  

9am-3pm Iron Arena & Scrambles  

9am-1pm PP Game Demos  

10am-1pm Speedmachine  

About the Events

 Iron Arena  

Iron Arena is all about playing games and having fun. To that end, when you play  games at MACE you earn Iron Arena points. You can also earn them by participating in  events, playing people you don’t normally get to play, and accomplishing a few other assorted  tasks related to PP games throughout the weekend. Why earn the points? Iron Arena is also  all about fun prizes. You can redeem your points for special items such as  Warmachine/Hordes templates, NIB models, signed posters, and limited edition models. It’s  not just for Warmachine/Hordes too. There are also ways to earn points playing things like  Level 7, Bodgermainia, or other PP games.  

Scrambles  

Scrambles are 4 or 8-player miniature Steamroller tournaments. Any time we get  enough players to run one, we’ll launch a Steamroller with whatever ruleset your group would  like to use. You choose the point level (must be at least 50pts to earn IA points), you choose  the variants, you can even choose the scenarios (or have the EO do it if you prefer). These  mini-tournaments will also be allowed to run with the Rumble rules if your group would like to  try them out.

PP Games Demos  

If you’ve ever wanted to try out Warmachine/Hordes or any of Privateer Press’ other games like  Level 7, Infernal Machine, or Zombies Keep Out, we’ll have demos available for much of the weekend!  

Last Chance Qualifier  

The Gunbunny Invitational roster is almost finalized two weeks prior to the tournament, but this  is the only exception. Win here and you’re in. The format is a 50pt Steamroller with the Deathclock  variant, will you take the last spot in the Invitational?  

The Gunbunny Invitational  

This is the 5th annual Gunbunny Invitational, the conclusion of a tournament series where many  of the best players in and around the Carolinas earn the chance to compete for the title, their name on  the plaque, and bragging rights for a year! Following tradition, the format for this event will follow the  Masters 2016 document and will be a 75pt 2-list event.  

Boaster’s Challenge  

If you’ve ever played Fable, you have an inkling of what this one is about. Players will compete  in a 50pt Steamroller tournament with a non-standard twist: at the start of each game they’ll get to make  boasts that handicap them in an attempt to earn Victory Points. Players also earn Victory Points from  their Control Points and Army Points Destroyed, but they only earn the Victory Points from their boasts  if they deliver a win. The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the tournament wins.  

Champions Dyad  

Using the new Champions format, players will compete in a 75pt 2-list tournament using only  warcasters and warlocks on the current Active Duty Roster. Do you have what it takes to win the day  with a limited caster selection?  

Midnight Madness: Highlander  

This has become a favorite event hosted annually at MACE. All players face off in a free-forall  on a single table using only a warcaster/warlock and a single warjack/warbeast. The winner takes  home a special prize: a handcrafted blade worthy of a Highlander LARP.  

Speedmachine  

Warmachine/Hordes is often compared to a complex version of chess. If that’s the case, then  this is speed chess. Players will use 25pt lists, Mangled Metal/Tooth and Claw rules, as well as the  SR2015 Destruction scenario in this tournament. Oh yeah, and did I mention the deathclock is 12  minutes per side? Yeah. Hold on to your hats cause this one is fast, furious, and fun!

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

MACE West 2016: Warmachine/Hordes Events

We are pleased to announced that MACE West 2016 will have Warmachine and Hordes once again.  Tom Griffin will coordinate the following events at MACE West.

Saturday  10 am

A Gunbunnies invitational qualifier. 2 lists, ADR, 50 points. If they don’t get back to me in time it’ll just be a masters style steamroller tournament. Still 2 lists, etc.

Saturday  9 pm

Highlander tournament. 2 caster teams, last one standing wins

Sunday 10 am

50 point spell draft tournament.

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

MACE East 2016: Warmachine/Hordes Events

The Warmachine and Hordes (Privateer Press) events for MACE East 2016 will include the following:

January 8th through 10th 

All Weekend long. Iron Arena – Play games to earn points. Cash those points in for prizes.

January 8th- 5pm – finish

Hardcore Tournament- 1  50 point list, timed turns, no painting restrictions. Prize support for executioner, mage hunter and vanquisher.

January 9th – 10am-finish

Battle for the Engine Steamroller – 50 point lists, 2 list required and deathclock. Steamroller pins and first place gets a battle engine of their choice

January 9th – 10pm – finish

Highlander – each player brings 1 warcaster/warlock and 1 non-character, non-colossal warjack/warbeast and compete in a free for all with all of you competitors until only one remains.

January 10th – 10am – finish

Spell Draft – Bring 1  35pt list and draft the spells that you can use during the event.

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

More about the Carolina Gunbunnies here

Warmachine, Hordes and Gunbunnies!! Oh My!

The Carolina Gunbunnies return with the Carolina Invitational tournament.  We just finalized plans for all the Privateer Press events, including the Last Chance Invitational Tournament (35pt Steamroller. Variant: Deathclock), Iron Arena events all weekend, as well as Press Gang Demos of all the Privateer Press board and card games.  Learn to play one of the Bodger games, High Commend or Level 7.  Play in the Iron Kingdoms RPG.  Learn to play Warmachine or Hordes so you can try out for next year’s invitational.

About Warmachine

WARMACHINE players take on the role of warcasters as they lead their titanic forces into battle. Warcasters possess significant martial prowess of their own as well as having hardened warriors and magical spells to bring to bear. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, machines, and creatures in their armies. WARMACHINE is fully compatible with its feral twin, the monstrous miniatures combat game of HORDES.

About Hordes

HORDES players take on the role of warlocks as they lead their wild forces into battle. Warlocks are formidable combatants in their own right, and their armies make use of both hardened and brutal warriors and packs of savage warbeasts, allowing them to contend on equal footing with the greatest armies of the Iron Kingdoms. Players collect, assemble, and paint fantastically detailed models representing the varied warriors, minions, and beasts in their hordes. HORDES is the feral twin of the steam-powered combat game of WARMACHINE, and the two are fully compatible.

See more about Privateer Press here.

More about the Carolina Gunbunnies here