Post by Fadril Adren on Aug 3, 2022 19:37:12 GMT -5
The Broken Sword' Grow and Paint League by Para Bellum Vanguard Rob Hensell
WHAT: This is a moderate level League for Conquest The Last Argument of Kings table top wargame by Para Bellum. This will be a variant of the online #PathofConquest league by Para Bellum. The purpose is to help players slowly build an army of their choice from the available factions over the course of a few months by purchase, assembly, list building, painting, playing the game to scenarios and learning your faction, and of course, having fun building a local community and meeting new people. Players should have basic and common rules knowledge on how to play Conquest, list building, and their own army rules.
WHERE: This event is hosted by 'The Broken Sword' game store in Plainwell, Michigan. The store is an official retailer of Conquest and has many in-stock items plus can order specific regiments as needed. League games will be played here.
HOW: While we all have some competitive nature, this league is not designed for a high level of it. As this league is designed for moderate players level, it will have a general game knowledge structure and a focus on painting, playing to scenarios, growing an army, and having fun. That's not to say that new players are not welcome! They most assuredly are and all are welcome to participate keeping in mind the former thoughts.
This league will have monthly completion steps called Milestones. Each Player must select one faction they wish to build for the League (can be current, new, already bought, or not yet bought) Players will start with a 800 point max legal warband. Each additional Milestone players will need to add 300 points worth of additional troops until our goal of 2000 points. Each Milestone, player lists must still remain as legal per standard Conquest The Last Argument of Kings rules for army building. We will use the 1.5.1 rules build. COPIES OF LISTS NEED TO BE SENT TO ROB HENSELL EVERY MILESTONE.
Players must, at least once per Milestone, get one game in minimum (played at The Broken Sword) with that respective list. More games are allowed. However, games are where players will learn and apply the rules and highly encouraged to get as many as they can. All game results (including players and their factions played, a pic or more) also need to be posted in the Conquest at The Broken Sword Facebook group.
There IS a painting requirement! Since one of the main purposes of this League is to have a fully painted 2000 point army by its end, a 3 color (not including undercoats) plus basing (can just be painted if players don't yet know how they want to decorate them). Stands do not need to be decorated to match bases, but is encouraged. The following is the painting requirement: Within EACH Milestone, painting progress MUST be done and pics of them MUST be posted on The Broken Sword Facebook Group by EACH LEAGUE PLAYER. However, as some are new to painting and others take different times to finish... you have until the END OF THE LEAGUE TO FINISH PAINTING. So, you do not need to fully paint each of your Milestones while within them respectively, but by the end of the League. You simply need to show that you ARE painting and work-in-progress pics of painting in each Milestone must be posted in the Broken Sword Facebook Conquest Group. That said, BONUS POINTS will be awarded to players who DO fully paint each Milestone within that Milestone's time frame and posted pictures online.
Players are encouraged to post pictures online of their army progress at least once a week in the Conquest Broken Sword Facebook group. They MUST post pictures at least once a Milestone.
You must keep all units chosen from month to month with the caveat of increasing or decreasing number of stands, changing upgrades etc which you can do as you see fit. This will make it much easier to work with your given points. You can "save" leftover points for the next Milestone. Meaning if your Milestones 300 is only 220 and no room for more then the remaining 80 can be used in next Milestone. Thus will allow for big units or monsters etc.
Basically the 300 puts you at a specific points level for that Milestone and is a points cap.
For this league, we will only be using models which have been officially released by Para Bellum - please no 3D printed models for this league (printed bases/stands are ok). However, kitbashing is allowed as long as the regiments still resemble the original model (i.e. model head/weapon/shield swaps, reposes, banner alterations etc.)
**ALL PURCHASES FOR THIS LEAGUE SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH 'THE BROKEN SWORD' IF POSSIBLE. We want to grow our community and help our local store too! If you already have some models, then any future purchases for this league should be through 'The Broken Sword'.
When: This event will begin August 21st, 2022. This will be your 800 point starting warband. Players will have until Sept 30th to complete Milestone #1. (Note that First Milestone is one week longer than the rest - this is to account for starting at 800 points)
Oct 1 - Oct 31: Milestone #2 of +300 points (1,100 max)
Nov 1 - Nov 30: Milestone #3 of +300 points (1,400 max)
Dec 1 -Dec 31: Milestone #4 of +300 points (1,700 max)
Jan 1 - Jan 31: Milestone #5 of +300 points (2,000 max)
LEAGUE SCORING:
3 Points for each game played (Must use scenarios from Organized Play and secondary objective cards) and completed. This must be with another League Player.
1 Point for each game win
3 Points for painting (as per above painting standard) entire Milestone's worth of models while within that Milestone (Only achievable once per Milestone)
2 Points for painting progression and pictures posted on Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group per Milestone (only achievable once per Milestone)
15 Points for fully painting army by end of league
BONUS POINTS:
10 Points Creating a written background on your characters, warbands, and overall army, and posting it on The Broken Sword Facebook Conquest group. (only achievable once)
5 Points for having all army's stands painted and decorated to match bases (only achievable once)
5 Points for giving a Conquest DEMO to a new prospective player (only achievable once). Pics and write-up needs to be posted on Broken Sword Facebook Conquest Group.
2 Points for each posted Battle Report on a League game FROM THE PERSECTIVE OF THAT PLAYERS ARMY (does not need to be "in-character" but coolness factor if you do!). These need to be posted in Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group to achieve points.
PLAYERS CHOICE: Each player has a total of 10 points that they can use and award a different player than themselves. These points are discretionary and do not need to be utilized... but is there as a way for players to award players for something they like, appreciate... or heck... even bargain!! Betting a win.. or an objective during game with another player. Or simply liking their painting, Narrative story, or a witty regiment move in the game.. whatever they feel another player may warrant.
Points will be tracked by Vanguard Rob Hensell and posted every Milestone on the Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group as well as overall League Champion.
League end wrap-up will be a date yet determined.
Prizes: Please note that everyone who participates and finishes the League will get a prize. There will also be other prizes awarded To Be Announced.
Q&A
Q: Can lists change like character loadouts or regiment upgrades or do they have to stay the same from Milestone to Milestone?
A: Lists can change in between each Milestone as far as character and regiment upgrade load outs as well as the number of stands (increasing or decreasing). You can add characters but not take away. Keep in mind what you want your 2k points final army list to look like as your building up from the 800.
You can also change who is the Overall Army Warlord in between Milestones... and I can see many lists starting out at 800 with a character who won't end up as 2k army warlord.
The Original 800 points is your army's foundation so it will affect what you add in your next Milestone as your building off of that (though, per above, changing number of stands and loadouts in between Milestones is perfectly acceptable... even encouraged to try different things... plus will help with finding point adjustments for new Milestones)
Q: Does the army background have any influence on army builds?
A: Background will not change anything. It's merely adding some narrative into the League and another way to get points if you find yourself needing to catch up... or maybe your into Narrative. It will be interesting to see if anyone utilize this as I'd love to see how far in depth they go.
WHAT: This is a moderate level League for Conquest The Last Argument of Kings table top wargame by Para Bellum. This will be a variant of the online #PathofConquest league by Para Bellum. The purpose is to help players slowly build an army of their choice from the available factions over the course of a few months by purchase, assembly, list building, painting, playing the game to scenarios and learning your faction, and of course, having fun building a local community and meeting new people. Players should have basic and common rules knowledge on how to play Conquest, list building, and their own army rules.
WHERE: This event is hosted by 'The Broken Sword' game store in Plainwell, Michigan. The store is an official retailer of Conquest and has many in-stock items plus can order specific regiments as needed. League games will be played here.
HOW: While we all have some competitive nature, this league is not designed for a high level of it. As this league is designed for moderate players level, it will have a general game knowledge structure and a focus on painting, playing to scenarios, growing an army, and having fun. That's not to say that new players are not welcome! They most assuredly are and all are welcome to participate keeping in mind the former thoughts.
This league will have monthly completion steps called Milestones. Each Player must select one faction they wish to build for the League (can be current, new, already bought, or not yet bought) Players will start with a 800 point max legal warband. Each additional Milestone players will need to add 300 points worth of additional troops until our goal of 2000 points. Each Milestone, player lists must still remain as legal per standard Conquest The Last Argument of Kings rules for army building. We will use the 1.5.1 rules build. COPIES OF LISTS NEED TO BE SENT TO ROB HENSELL EVERY MILESTONE.
Players must, at least once per Milestone, get one game in minimum (played at The Broken Sword) with that respective list. More games are allowed. However, games are where players will learn and apply the rules and highly encouraged to get as many as they can. All game results (including players and their factions played, a pic or more) also need to be posted in the Conquest at The Broken Sword Facebook group.
There IS a painting requirement! Since one of the main purposes of this League is to have a fully painted 2000 point army by its end, a 3 color (not including undercoats) plus basing (can just be painted if players don't yet know how they want to decorate them). Stands do not need to be decorated to match bases, but is encouraged. The following is the painting requirement: Within EACH Milestone, painting progress MUST be done and pics of them MUST be posted on The Broken Sword Facebook Group by EACH LEAGUE PLAYER. However, as some are new to painting and others take different times to finish... you have until the END OF THE LEAGUE TO FINISH PAINTING. So, you do not need to fully paint each of your Milestones while within them respectively, but by the end of the League. You simply need to show that you ARE painting and work-in-progress pics of painting in each Milestone must be posted in the Broken Sword Facebook Conquest Group. That said, BONUS POINTS will be awarded to players who DO fully paint each Milestone within that Milestone's time frame and posted pictures online.
Players are encouraged to post pictures online of their army progress at least once a week in the Conquest Broken Sword Facebook group. They MUST post pictures at least once a Milestone.
You must keep all units chosen from month to month with the caveat of increasing or decreasing number of stands, changing upgrades etc which you can do as you see fit. This will make it much easier to work with your given points. You can "save" leftover points for the next Milestone. Meaning if your Milestones 300 is only 220 and no room for more then the remaining 80 can be used in next Milestone. Thus will allow for big units or monsters etc.
Basically the 300 puts you at a specific points level for that Milestone and is a points cap.
For this league, we will only be using models which have been officially released by Para Bellum - please no 3D printed models for this league (printed bases/stands are ok). However, kitbashing is allowed as long as the regiments still resemble the original model (i.e. model head/weapon/shield swaps, reposes, banner alterations etc.)
**ALL PURCHASES FOR THIS LEAGUE SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH 'THE BROKEN SWORD' IF POSSIBLE. We want to grow our community and help our local store too! If you already have some models, then any future purchases for this league should be through 'The Broken Sword'.
When: This event will begin August 21st, 2022. This will be your 800 point starting warband. Players will have until Sept 30th to complete Milestone #1. (Note that First Milestone is one week longer than the rest - this is to account for starting at 800 points)
Oct 1 - Oct 31: Milestone #2 of +300 points (1,100 max)
Nov 1 - Nov 30: Milestone #3 of +300 points (1,400 max)
Dec 1 -Dec 31: Milestone #4 of +300 points (1,700 max)
Jan 1 - Jan 31: Milestone #5 of +300 points (2,000 max)
LEAGUE SCORING:
3 Points for each game played (Must use scenarios from Organized Play and secondary objective cards) and completed. This must be with another League Player.
1 Point for each game win
3 Points for painting (as per above painting standard) entire Milestone's worth of models while within that Milestone (Only achievable once per Milestone)
2 Points for painting progression and pictures posted on Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group per Milestone (only achievable once per Milestone)
15 Points for fully painting army by end of league
BONUS POINTS:
10 Points Creating a written background on your characters, warbands, and overall army, and posting it on The Broken Sword Facebook Conquest group. (only achievable once)
5 Points for having all army's stands painted and decorated to match bases (only achievable once)
5 Points for giving a Conquest DEMO to a new prospective player (only achievable once). Pics and write-up needs to be posted on Broken Sword Facebook Conquest Group.
2 Points for each posted Battle Report on a League game FROM THE PERSECTIVE OF THAT PLAYERS ARMY (does not need to be "in-character" but coolness factor if you do!). These need to be posted in Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group to achieve points.
PLAYERS CHOICE: Each player has a total of 10 points that they can use and award a different player than themselves. These points are discretionary and do not need to be utilized... but is there as a way for players to award players for something they like, appreciate... or heck... even bargain!! Betting a win.. or an objective during game with another player. Or simply liking their painting, Narrative story, or a witty regiment move in the game.. whatever they feel another player may warrant.
Points will be tracked by Vanguard Rob Hensell and posted every Milestone on the Broken Sword Conquest Facebook Group as well as overall League Champion.
League end wrap-up will be a date yet determined.
Prizes: Please note that everyone who participates and finishes the League will get a prize. There will also be other prizes awarded To Be Announced.
Q&A
Q: Can lists change like character loadouts or regiment upgrades or do they have to stay the same from Milestone to Milestone?
A: Lists can change in between each Milestone as far as character and regiment upgrade load outs as well as the number of stands (increasing or decreasing). You can add characters but not take away. Keep in mind what you want your 2k points final army list to look like as your building up from the 800.
You can also change who is the Overall Army Warlord in between Milestones... and I can see many lists starting out at 800 with a character who won't end up as 2k army warlord.
The Original 800 points is your army's foundation so it will affect what you add in your next Milestone as your building off of that (though, per above, changing number of stands and loadouts in between Milestones is perfectly acceptable... even encouraged to try different things... plus will help with finding point adjustments for new Milestones)
Q: Does the army background have any influence on army builds?
A: Background will not change anything. It's merely adding some narrative into the League and another way to get points if you find yourself needing to catch up... or maybe your into Narrative. It will be interesting to see if anyone utilize this as I'd love to see how far in depth they go.