"how long is this going to take?"
Well....here goes :
With the blessing of a low point count, we should be able to get full 6 turn games completed in approximately 1.5 hours.
No one likes to field a great 2000 or 1850 ( my personal fav ) army, only to have it go 3 turns in 2 hours..... bad tourney, no donut !
With that in mind, the format is going to greatly effect the total time as follows :
Single elimination 1.5 hour games with 12 players would take approximately 3 hours to get down to a pool of three semifinalists.
3? We cant have three semifinalists- this tourney is HORRIBLE.... But wait, the fourth seat in the semifinals will be taken by a player selected by an independent ( non-playing in the tourney) panel of judges for best painted army NOT CURRENTLY IN THE SEMIS by merit.
Since GW no longer stipulates that all minis must be painted to play- this will give everyone a reason to paint to the max, for a shot at that golden ticket !
The semi final round would take 1.5 hours
Down to two now !
The final round would take 1.5 hours... This gives us about 6 hours of play time, with the addition of whatever time is required for schlepping your stuff from table to table between rounds, reloading your guns, and potty breaks.
If less than 12 show, we'll have to wing it.... if more than twelve show, we'll just expand in groups of two... this would not dramatically effect the time of completion.
May the best army rule the day !
