Belgian Grand Open 40K - Tournament Rating

Location

A (1.3)

Organization

A (1.5)

Games

B (1.6)

Catering

B (2.2)

Given Votes: 22 / 34 (65%)

Great event. Thx a lot to the organizers.

great event, A weekend of gaming with Belgian beer makes for a great time. There was some really nice terrain and some great opponents.
Photos (190 of them) can be found here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10776927@N08/sets/72157630655214006/show/

Battelreport can be found at
http://dakeryus-blogofwar.blogspot.de/
After the ETC blackout :)

overall good tournament. Place enough to play and to park the car. Easy access. Saturday afternoon too hot inside. The missions were good explained and were fun to play. I understand some people would like to have only painted armies. I understand this, i prefer this too, normally i wouldn't play with an unpainted army. Just make attention what's mentionned in the rulespack (ex 2 pc's) and what's for real. Price for 2 days is ok. Maybe for all participants next year a special dice of GBO. just an idea.
price for catering was a bit high, certainly for the drinks.

I had fun during the two days and no problems with opponents. Hope to be there again next year.

Locatie was uitstekend! Weinig op aan te merken: ruim voldoende plek zowel qua parking als om te gamen. En niet heel moeilijk om te vinden.

Organisatie heb ik toch een paar puntjes. M'n voornaamste 'klachten' zouden WYSIWYG en painting zijn.
Van een toernooi met dit kaliber had ik liefst toch wel tegen legers gespeeld war 3 kleuren, basing en WYSIWYG en zo niet dan een penalty.
Voor de rest verliep het wel redelijk vlot. Je winst altijd tegen wie je speelde en waar.
Alleen misschien volgende keer eens omroepen wanneer de lijstjes werden opgehangen volgend jaar? (eerder muggenziften dit)

Niks op aan te merken qua games.

Catering: aan de iets-wat duurdere kant maar verder geen klachten. Vriendelijk en behulpzaam.

Volgend jaar opnieuw.

Toernooi was geweldig, vanaf game 1 stevige tegenstanders dus erg leuk, dan kom je niet voor niets naar België afrijden.

Paar kleine puntjes, meeste ga ik niet herhalen, das wel duidelijk genoeg gezegt:
- Painting en vooral WYSIWYG moet maar met penalties in de volgende rulespack, minimaal 3 kleuren had ik gelezen, maar das niet lichtgrijs plastic, donkergrijs plastic en metalen popetjes.
WYSIWYG is nog erger, als had ik er persoonlijk geen last van, teamgenoten van mij liepen er wel tegen aan.
Duidelijke armylijst is ook een vereiste, dan staat op papier wat welk mannetje heeft en kan er geen misverstand over bestaan.
- Misschien iets eerder starten? In Nederland eten de meeste mensen tussen 6 en 7, maar misschien doen de belgen dat later. (Zelf geen last van door werk tot 7 uur ;) ) Nu waren we laat in de avond klaar en moesten we nog een hapje eten zoeken.

Overall a nice tournament, had good times. Scenario's where fun to play( should have read them first before making my list ;-) ). but the KP system was not fun imo, because 1 kp more gave you the win instead of 4-5 kp is a draw.

Was a fun tournament! The price for drinks and food was abit high...
Opponent's where all fun guys to play with!
The location was very nice and big! lots of place between every table which was very relax!
Good tournament!

Another good tournament, I had great fun =) I liked the new venue, it was a bit of a hassle to find, but its parking space and inside room is very nice. The mission system was actually okay for me, it was a very refreshing way of playing a tournament. Winning is winning, losing is losing, no matter by how much. The quiz was also a nice extra, rewarding those of us who get to know that side (the most interesting side, I think) of the hobby. Keep it going guys =)

P.S.: One minor remark: the catering was kind of expensive. 3 euro for french fries + sauce is ok, but 2 euro for a glass of water really isnt...

Overall great tournament, with nice and original scenario's. Few remarks:
- Orderliness: would have been better if all PA announcements had made clear if they were about 40K or Fantasy ("30 minute mark" can make you a bit nervous when you think it's for your game when actually it isn't)
- Information: would have been better if the prizes awarded at the end would have conformed to what was in the rules pack (i.e. also for 2nd best luitenant)
- Opponent's Army Lists: some very non-WYSIWYG armies, with extreme short-hand army lists. Should have been penalized or asked to improve army list at least.
- Price of catering: great for the beer, french fries, but 2 euro for a tea/coffee is rather expensive.

I had a great time. Just wondering why 50+ people registered and only 34 showed up? Thanks to everyone who voted for my army :)

Nice tournament, good location, hard and at the same time fun opponents.

I got what I was hoping for :)

Had a lot of fun opponents with good armies, very good opponents.
Great tournament and hope to come back next year ^_^

Many thanks to the organisation we need a 2 days tournament in Belgium, I am sure that next year due to a exeptionnel very good level we would much more players from other country and also more from Belgium.
The only problem for me is the to basic scroring system(win 2, draw 1, lose 0) I would minimum do W=3 D=1 L=0. or like ETC primary 8 pts secondery 4 pts VP = 8 pts. Many thanks to my differents opponents they were all plaisant and top players. rapidely next GBO

A very nice tournament.
I had a lot of fun and will surely be there next year!