Achievement Preview

Above is mock up of what the Achievement buttons will look like. The buttons will be small 1 1/4" buttons so you can pack you shirts/army transport/ whatever with them. Now how you get these buttons is totally on you. You will get one button for each achievement you earn. The total will relate to how many chances you have to will door prizes at the wrap-up of the Weekend. But don't worry, just getting to the Weekend will score you at least one and that means at least one chance to win a prize.

Basically it will break down like this...
One achievement = One Button
One Button = One ticket for a door prize
Five Buttons = Another ticket
Ten Buttons = Another ticket
Fifteen Buttons = Another ticket
...and so on.

So one will get you your first ticket and then you will receive another for every five achievements.

Its going to easy to get the dang things too, so even if you are a sub-par player and just want to come have fun, you will have just as good of a chance to win a prize as other people. This will be a fun distraction to a crazy weekend full of gaming.

As far as the specific achievements go...well...I'm going to publish a full list before the event, but I am still tweaking the specifics. But to give you some examples:
-Medic!(Survive the game with your caster down half their life or more.)
-Why won't they F'ing Die? (Make 3 tough rolls in a role for a single model.)
-Wrench Turner (Field a fully painted army in at least one game of an event)
-You and what army? (Destroy an opposing army until only your opponents' caster is left)
...and there will be MANY more.

Like I said it will be real easy to get these achievements...in fact you can get a few before the Weekend even happens. Take a look at the following list and earn before you get there.
1. Explosivo's First Tournament: I will hand out buttons to the people who make it to Kris Johnson's first official tournament as a Press Ganger. It's at Pulp Fiction Comics in Lee's Summit, MO on August 8th. CLICK HERE for more details.
2. GenCon 2009: Find me at GenCon this year (preferably while I'm not working for PP) on Friday night, Saturday or Sunday and just ask.
3. I'm a Fan!: Become a fan of WARMACHINE Weekend on our Facebook Page
...and there will be a few more (watch the blog for updates).

One more thing...Just to clarify, You have to attend the Weekend to be able to get any prizes. I will be happy to hand out buttons to people who Attend an event I'm at (like GenCon), but I will not register the achievement until you sign up and attend WARMACHINE Weekend. Please no e-mails needing to know if you won a prize just because you own a button. Just attend the event, join in on the fun, and see what happens!

Whew...that's all for now. Please let me know if you have any questions (wmweekend@gmail.com)...time for a nap!

Gah...back!

The last couple of weeks have been trying. I will have from here on some regular updates starting TODAY! I should be able to get a lot more detail concerning the logistics of the event up over this next week. As always if you have any questions, e-mail me at wmweekend @gmail.com.

WARMACHINE Weekend 2009 Events!!!

Here is the TENTATIVE list of event coming to Warmachine Weekend this year. Remember that the times may change without notice, but if they do I will let everyone know.

WARMACHINE Weekend 2009
Friday October 16th:
11am - 500pt Mixed Steamroller 4 (SR4)
3pm - 750pt Mixed SR4
7pm - Monsterpocalypse Single Monster tourney
8pm - 350pt Mangel Metal/Tooth & Claw

Saturday October 17th:
9am - 1000pt - Mixed SR4 MAIN EVENT!
9am - 500pt - WARMACHINE SR4
3pm - 500pt - HORDES SR4
8pm(after the 1000pt event) - 350pt Mangled Metal/Tooth & Claw HARDCORE

Sunday October 18th:
9am - 750pt - Theme Army Tournament
10am - 350pt - Mixed 1:1:1:1
2pm - Award Ceremony

There will also be Iron Kingdom Roleplaying sessions and Monsterpocalypse events as well. As soon as I confirm from the people running these I'll post the start times for them.

Remember that with every Warmachine and Hordes event you play in(and finish) you will have a chance to win a new army(more info on this coming soon).

I'll be posting the list of acheivments soon as I am still editing them. Suffice to say there should be 50-75 (maybe more) acheivements that will be in place for you to win door prizes at the award ceremony.

As always email me at wmweekend@gmail.com if you have any questions.

These aren't the updates you're looking for...

Just a quick note. Due to a minor domestic emergency (nothing major), I may not be able to get the events and achievement list up tonight. I'll more than likely be away from the computer most of the day, but I should be able to have it listed by tomorrow night or Thursday morning at the latest. Feel free to keep sending ideas (wmweekend@gmail.com) and I'll update ASAP.

...carry on.

Looking for help-photographer

Warmachine Weekend is looking for someone (or a team of someones) who can take and upload pics to this blog during the weekend. That person would need a digital camera (one that can take good macro pics) and the knowledge of how to use it.

Responsibilities would include taking pics of cool minis, feature match reports, and general event coverage.

There will be perks for these special people so email me if this sounds like something you may want to do (wmweekend@gmail.com)

1 Week Until Events & Achievments are Posted!

Just a quick update. Next Tuesday I should be posting the final event list AND the achievement list. This means that everyone needs to get me anything they would like to add. Hopefully we will also have some other fun news to update the world on.

...'til then.

WMWeekend '09 Achievements!?!

In years past we have had a few different way to give away prizes at Warmachine Weekend. We have had a big raffle, just gave them out like door prizes, given them to winners, etc. This year we are doing something a little different. After reading the rules for the Monsterpocalypse "All You Can Eat" event I thought about how fun it sounded. For those who don't know, you get achievements and then get prizes based on how many achievements get for playing through the course of the day. I also thought about how everyone seems to like the achievement system in World of Warcraft, X-Box Live, and all the rest. So...

This year the "door prizes" will be given out (sort of) based on the number of achievements you get. To be specific, we are going to give raffle tickets based on how many you can get over the course of the weekend. More than likely it will be a system where you will get a ticket for 1, another one at 5, another at 10, and so on. The specific details will be worked out later.

Also to hand out the prizes, we will do the drawing after the events on Sunday morning. This means we will more than likely move a short event to the Sunday morning slot and after do the prizes and crown the Weekend champ. More on scheduling to come...

So spread the word, what I need from everyone for the next couple of weeks is the following:

Send me a list of achievements you think should be on the final list. These can range from normal game condition awards (Win 3 Mosh Pit scenarios) to crazy things (Get off my lawn-Kill an opposing caster in melee with one of the "old' minis like Sevy, Doomshaper, etc.). Send me you ideas at: wmweekend@gmail.com and in a couple of weeks you will see the final list.

Now the fun part. Each achievement will get you a corresponding button to go with it. So by the end of the weekend, some people may have their army transports or t-shirts full of them.

Get some buttons/achievements before October 16th! I will be at some events over the summer where you can pick up a promotional WMWeekend button that corresponds for the event. Bring the button with you to the weekend in October and POW! instant achievement...all for just hunting me out at the event. I will be handing the first ones out at GenCon, so make sure to hunt me down. Also, former WMWeekend champs will get a special button to show off to everyone, I will hopefully have those ready by GenCon as well.

So you have your assignments...get to work!

Also, we are still planning on doing the "win an army" prize to a random person that finishes each event.