25 Feb 2007
Just like a maneater absorbing the culture of the other races around him, we here at the stronghold have decided to appropriate an idea from elsewhere. The Tale of Four Gamers.
For those of you not famililar with htis, it began in White Dwarf quite a few years ago now, where four of the staff were allowed to spend a certain amount each month on an army and would write an article detailing their progress at the end of the month, complete with pics of all the mdoels htey had bought and painted this month. At the end of the series, the four gamers chose armylists absed on what they had built up in their armies and lpayed a hugge game at the end to determine who would arise the victorious gamer.
Our version will run in a similar manner. Four Gamers will, each month, have an allowance (of their own money I hasten to add) they can spend on their army. Where our idea diverges frm White Dwarf's is that not being an official GW publication, we can get our miniatures from a number of sources. So long as you don't spend over the allotted amount each month, the mini's can be bought from websites, second hand from eBay, from trading posts etc.
Although they can use any of the help available here in the forum, each month each member must write up a report of what they have done with the money this month and provide pictures of the models added to the army. This will be added to the main website.
At the end of the event, the four gamers will meet up in real life and choose a 500 point list each then compete in a climactic 4 way battle report!
But how can an international forum such as the Ogre Stronghold feasibly have 4 members gather together I hear you ask? We intend to use the events GW runs as a meeting place. For example, the UK Games Day allows bring and battle games so four UK gamers could meet at the Gamesday and play the big game there.
We are only planning on running one ToFG at a time, however as one ends, if it is successful, then we will move on to another in another part of the world.
If you are interested in being one of the four featured gamers please send me a PM with a pitch, what army you would plan to build, and what Gw event you are planning to attend that other players could meet at (e.g. UK GD, one of the US GT's, NZ GD etc).
Before putting your name forward, please be aware this is a committment and every applicant must be willing and able to
- Attend a Games-Workshop run event such as a Gamesday where the big game can be held.
- Spend £40 (or equivilent) in the first month and £20 (or equivilent) each subsequent month for a set number of months.
-Be prepared to write a detailed and interesting article each month.
-provide qulaity photogrpahs of your painted models each month
-Be willing to start a brand new army. It's okay to tread new ground and revisit an army you've collected i nthe past but this must be made with al new models and built from the ground up
When we have four solid applicant who are going to a single event the moderator team will decide who will be the first four gamers and which country etc it will take part in.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss this, ask questions, tell me it's a stupid idea and I'm out of my mind...
but all pitches need to be PM'ed to me. Preliminary deadline for applications will be Friday 2nd March.
Thanks
Corai
For those of you not famililar with htis, it began in White Dwarf quite a few years ago now, where four of the staff were allowed to spend a certain amount each month on an army and would write an article detailing their progress at the end of the month, complete with pics of all the mdoels htey had bought and painted this month. At the end of the series, the four gamers chose armylists absed on what they had built up in their armies and lpayed a hugge game at the end to determine who would arise the victorious gamer.
Our version will run in a similar manner. Four Gamers will, each month, have an allowance (of their own money I hasten to add) they can spend on their army. Where our idea diverges frm White Dwarf's is that not being an official GW publication, we can get our miniatures from a number of sources. So long as you don't spend over the allotted amount each month, the mini's can be bought from websites, second hand from eBay, from trading posts etc.
Although they can use any of the help available here in the forum, each month each member must write up a report of what they have done with the money this month and provide pictures of the models added to the army. This will be added to the main website.
At the end of the event, the four gamers will meet up in real life and choose a 500 point list each then compete in a climactic 4 way battle report!
But how can an international forum such as the Ogre Stronghold feasibly have 4 members gather together I hear you ask? We intend to use the events GW runs as a meeting place. For example, the UK Games Day allows bring and battle games so four UK gamers could meet at the Gamesday and play the big game there.
We are only planning on running one ToFG at a time, however as one ends, if it is successful, then we will move on to another in another part of the world.
If you are interested in being one of the four featured gamers please send me a PM with a pitch, what army you would plan to build, and what Gw event you are planning to attend that other players could meet at (e.g. UK GD, one of the US GT's, NZ GD etc).
Before putting your name forward, please be aware this is a committment and every applicant must be willing and able to
- Attend a Games-Workshop run event such as a Gamesday where the big game can be held.
- Spend £40 (or equivilent) in the first month and £20 (or equivilent) each subsequent month for a set number of months.
-Be prepared to write a detailed and interesting article each month.
-provide qulaity photogrpahs of your painted models each month
-Be willing to start a brand new army. It's okay to tread new ground and revisit an army you've collected i nthe past but this must be made with al new models and built from the ground up
When we have four solid applicant who are going to a single event the moderator team will decide who will be the first four gamers and which country etc it will take part in.
Please feel free to use this thread to discuss this, ask questions, tell me it's a stupid idea and I'm out of my mind...
but all pitches need to be PM'ed to me. Preliminary deadline for applications will be Friday 2nd March.
Thanks
Corai
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