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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Hello everyone.
I'm planning to host a Memoir tournament at the UK Games Expo 2010 in Birmingham.
http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/mem.php
It would be great to see faces old and new.
I'll be posting more details here so watch this space.
Feel free to ask any questions here or via geek mail
Looking forward to another great day's gaming...
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Harvester of Eyes.
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
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I'd love to be there but I must decline. My eldest son is getting married that day.
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Jim O'Neill (Established 1949)
Scotland
Motherwell
I aten't dead yet...
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scribidinus wrote: I'd love to be there but I must decline. My eldest son is getting married that day. Some people just can't get their priorities right! 
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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All you budding generals are needed...
Sign up early...
http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/mem.php
Makes planning the day a little easier to have the numbers well in advance.
Thanks.
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Charles Cabell
United States
Fort Mill
South Carolina
www.facebook.com/HistoricalBoardGames
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Ahh if only I could. One year I will make it over there!
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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My on-line time is very limited at the moment. Working away from home and hotel t'internet service still under review.
I'll try to post more details of what I have planned this coming weekend.
A lot will depend on numbers but the general structure and theme is already formulating nicely...
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Only 6 slots left available - that's great news.
Thanks to the 10 that have already signed up.
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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This will be my fourth straight Memoir tournament held at the UK Games Expo and in every one of the previous years I have tried to make the event both open to new (novice) players and a challenge to veterans. I do this by making use of all of the expansion packs to give players the variety of scenarios covering the Eastern, Pacific and Mediterranean theatres as well as the 'standard' Western Front scenarios from the base game. The latter tend to be less 'complex', not that Memoir could ever really be considered difficult in wargame terms, but newer players can sometimes feel overwhelmed by some of the additional rules the expansions include. I therefore try, where possible, to allot the new players one of the western Front scenarios for their first round. This helps to build their confidence with the game mechanics before attempting the slightly more involved 'expansion' scenarios and I always make sure I'm around to help with any questions / clarifications.
I hope to make this year's event just as challenging to the veterans but every bit as open to players totally new to the game.
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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I have received some questions regarding format of the tournament and expansion game-set requirements.
Here is my reply...
The tournament is solo and not team play. The format depends on the total number of players but I tend to structure the event into two distinct sections. The first preliminary rounds (morning and early afternoon) we split the participants (randomly) into two groups. One group takes the role of the Allies and plays all the preliminary rounds as the Allied side in each scenario against a different Axis opponent, recording their scores for each round. Players are then ranked in order of their group to find the highest ranked Allied player and the highest ranked Axis player. This way you are actually competing against your fellow group members. I use this format because it helps to equalise the imbalance in many of the scenarios. It doesn't matter if you play a scenario that particularly favours the Axis player since you are trying to beat the respective scores of all the other Allied players that play the same scenario rather than your Axis opponents. At the end of the preliminaries, normally 3 or 4 rounds, we then rank all the players with the top Allied and Axis player playing in a final round to determine the overall winner. This last round is the same scenario played twice with each player taking both Allied and Axis sides and the aggregate score over the two games determining the winner. Likewise all other ranks play off to determine the rankings for the event. Players can always skip this last stage if they'd rather spend time looking around the Expo but I have to say that in my previous 3 tournaments we have yet to have anyone drop out. Everyone seems to enjoy themselves to the point that they want to compete to the end to earn their tournament placing rank.
As for the scenarios played I do tend to mix and match between all the expansions. Don't worry about bringing copies, I have more than enough to cover our requirements and if we have a scenario with rules you're not familiar with I will be available to get you up to speed with any key differences. I often include one with air rules but leave it to the players' own discretion on whether they use the rules or just play without. There will be at least one Eastern Front, Mediterranean and one Pacific Theatre scenario (as well as the base game) for you to play so you get a good variety and it helps many players to try these expansions for the first time.
I follow exactly the same format for the C&C Ancients event since the same often applies to balance for the scenarios.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
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Jonathan Townsend
Italy
Roma
Lazio
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Hi y'all. I am in! Looking forward to it.
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Only 3 places left at the table!
If you're thinking about trying you'd better get a hurry on.
Thanks to all for signing up - it makes my task just a tad easier knowing the number well in advance.
Keep watching. Some scenario details soon...
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Malcolm Green
Canada
Victoria
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Wish I could be there! Good on you for running it again...best of luck!
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Thanks Malcolm.
This year looks like it could be the highest attended yet. Always gratifying when the numbers increase from year to year.
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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I'm also running a C&C: Ancients event on Sunday.
Interested parties should subscribe here...
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/523351
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Tournament Scenario
A Memoir tournament planned for the early part of June without a beach scenario just wouldn't seem 'right'!
So this year we'll be joining the Canadians as they hit the Atlantic wall at Juno...
I'll use this as the introductory scenario for any new players since it has fairly limited units and terrain but still has enough to challenge the more discerning player...
Features:
Beach movement
Bridges
Bunkers
Hedgehogs
Rivers
Temporary Objective hexes
Wire
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Tournament Scenario
The Mediterranean Theatre will take us to February 1943 with Rommel's Afrika Korps pressing what he described as...
"the soft spot in the American lines"... Kasserine Pass.
Features:
Airfield* (with air rules optional*)
Fortified Defenses (sandbags)
Special Forces (Elite Infantry and Armour)
Steep Hills (cost 2 to move up)
Temporary Objective hexes
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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One remaining slot left.
Thanks to all that have signed up. I hope you will enjoy the day as much as we have in the past.
I really need to complete the 16 - yes I could play myself but my experience tells me we always have a no-show so I need to be the reserve - There must be one last person tempted to take the plunge, come on, dive in, you won't regret it.
[Note: whoever takes the last place will receive a nice (little) gaming pressie courtesy of yours truly]
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Tournament Scenario
The Eastern Front takes us to the frozen plains outside Rostov...
Features:
Blitz rules
Exit hexes (across river)
Frozen River
Rostov Oil Pipeline rule
Russian command rules
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Tournament Scenario
And to complete the preliminary rounds we'll be tussling on the slopes of the Sugar Loaf and the Half Moon. It's the battle of Okinawa and the marines have a tough nut to crack...
Features:
Caves
Engineer units
Imperial Japanese Army command rules
Mobile Artillery
Temporary Victory medal for section control
US Marine Corps command rules
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Phil Everitt
United Kingdom
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Barry
Are you going to post any After ACtion Reports on the tournament?
BTW thanks very much for organising this, we both had a great time. 
Phil + Charlie
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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Hi Phil (and Charlie)
Glad that you both enjoyed the day. This year's new room made the event even better and gave us plenty of space with an interesting view over the busy Warrick Suite. I'll post some pictures, courtesy of Sean Wenlock, just as soon as I can find the necessary time to get them uploaded. I'll be putting up the tourney results here in due course but there won't be any AARs. Unfortunately I didn't have the time during the day to watch any of the games close enough to do them justice.
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Barry Ingram
United Kingdom
Leicester
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For reference.
Details of this year's (2011) event with piccies from the 2010 event...
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/628971/memoir-tournament...
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Posted Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:43 pm
