The 150-point constructed tournament at MegaCon in Orlando turned out very well. We had 15 players sign up -- nearly double of last year’s turn-out.
There was a mix of experienced and new players. And we had a very wide variety of squad types.
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The Squads (as they placed):1 = Fett BH/R2/JWMx2/Lobot (Lando DS)
2 = Luke’s Snowspeeder/Golan/Shaak/2-1B/Uggie Tech x2
3 = Fett BH/Yoda of D/Luke HPU/Juno/R2/Uggie x2
4 = Fett BH/Jango BH/Lando DS/R2/Uggie
5 = Caamasi Noble x4/Rodian Hunt Master/Wicket/Rodian Scoundrel x3/Advance Scout x 4/Nom Anor
6 = Fett BH/Jango BH/Lando DS/R2/Uggie
7 = Zuckuss/Bossk/Lando Clarissian/Dengar/Aurra JH/Quarren Assassin/Battle Droid/Nikto Solider/Uggie
8 = Jango BH/Aurra Sing/Mando Supercommando x2/Bespin Guard x2
9 = Mas/Jabba CL/Chagrian Merc. Cmdr./Gamorrean Thug x5/Tusken Raider Sniper x4/Mustafarian Solider
10 = Jango BH/Mando Commander x2/Mando Solider x2/Ewok Warrior
11 = Dengar BH/Jabba the Hutt/Zuckuss/Greedo/Bossk/Fett Enf./Uggie
12 = Mandalore/Mando Blade Master x3/Mando Warrior/Uggie x3/Human Blaster for Hire
13 = Boushh/Dengar BH/IG-88 BH/ Jango BH
14 = Rodian Hunt Master/Wicket/Leia HC/Weequay Leader/Ewok x12/Ewok Warrior x8/Ithorian Commander
15 = Thrawn/Lando HOT/Imp. Officer/Heavy Stormtrooper x2/Sandtrooper x2/Stormtrooper x4/Probe Droid/Mas
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Since I was running the tournament, I didn’t get to sit and watch the games, but here are some highlights:- Within three minutes of the start of the first round, player #15 quit. He was upset because he was paired against a player with a "power squad" and ended up on the bad end of the Arena map. He complained that he’d brought a "fun squad" and didn’t want to play against people who were playing GenCon-type squads.
- If you noticed, two players had the exact same squad: Jango/Boba/Lando/R2/Uggie. They said they had play tested and figured that squad could defeat the GenCon winning squads (and the Fett/JWM/R2 squad specifically). Since neither placed in the top three, I’d be interested in seeing if this build shows up later or if it’ll be dropped.
- The player with the Nobles got a bye on the first round, but totally hosed the Mandalore squad in round two. The Nobles player blocked hallways and totally prevented the melee squad from approaching. He essentially sat back and popped off the Mandos. Worked like a charm. That time.
Round three he faced the first-place player, who used double-override to lock his Nobles away from the rest of the squad. In round four he faced a Jango team on the Arena map. Flight and Sniper essentially nerfed his entire build.
Overall, an interesting one-trick pony that worked beautifully once, but fell apart against GenCon-esque builds.
- The second-place player was a 16-year-old from my local group. I’ve played against similar squads of his, and I know he’s tough with it. He parked the Golan in Gambit every time, healed Shaak with 2-1B a lot, and Mobiled with the Snowspeeder.
He took down both Jango/Boba squads and had no problem against the Jango/Mando squad. He didn’t do so well when the first-place player based Shaak with both JWMs and Fett took out 2-1B, the Golan and the Snowspeeder.
- One of the coolest things was on the day before the tournament I’d helped a brand-new player learn the game. We sat and constructed him a squad based on the limited figures he had and he ended up taking 7th place.
The Fun and Odd:Player #11 was dressed in a screen-accurate 300 costume. So, we had a half-naked Spartan playing a Bounty Hunters squad.
A 501st friend of ours stopped by in his Stormtrooper armor, then returned later in his Grievous costume. I took some time while he and his son were there to show his son the game. Junior was all about buying some minis as soon as Dad got out of costume.
Since we were in the Main Hall, we were placed next to the autograph area. Got to see Fat Mamma from “Who Wants to be a Superhero” sign autographs and do photos with fans. Toward the end, they were having a casting call for the series, so there were all sorts of people in strange “hero” costumes milling around.