Will there be an organized play series scheduled?
Pretty much everything (miniature related) currently being played successfully (successful defined as popular and selling) in my region has some sort of organized play with events and tournaments. Even not so good games seem to be active if there is incentive to compete. It has to do with most people not having time to sit down and work out all the campaign details needed for a campaign and then getting bogged down in running the details but not being able to play. With organized play they know they can just drop in on Monday night with a fleet/army of X value and play. And they know that the conditions of the campaign will be balanced and fair because they are from a central source. Attend X events for X points and they are ranked X. Repeat next time. Games that just have some rules in the back of the book tend to fade into the bargain bin.
The question I have been getting most from the local miniature gamers when I bring up ACTA:SF have been variations on the theme of "Who will be running the official organized play", "what kind of tournaments", "how is ranking determined", etc. When I answer that I don't know and there hasn't been any indication of anything planned I get the, "well let me know if it will be a real game"? This idea of needed organized play to be "real" is even overtaking RPG's over here.
As a second question, I saw the campaign sheet and it looks like there is a campaign system for the game. Can anyone give any basic details of how it will work?
Pretty much everything (miniature related) currently being played successfully (successful defined as popular and selling) in my region has some sort of organized play with events and tournaments. Even not so good games seem to be active if there is incentive to compete. It has to do with most people not having time to sit down and work out all the campaign details needed for a campaign and then getting bogged down in running the details but not being able to play. With organized play they know they can just drop in on Monday night with a fleet/army of X value and play. And they know that the conditions of the campaign will be balanced and fair because they are from a central source. Attend X events for X points and they are ranked X. Repeat next time. Games that just have some rules in the back of the book tend to fade into the bargain bin.
The question I have been getting most from the local miniature gamers when I bring up ACTA:SF have been variations on the theme of "Who will be running the official organized play", "what kind of tournaments", "how is ranking determined", etc. When I answer that I don't know and there hasn't been any indication of anything planned I get the, "well let me know if it will be a real game"? This idea of needed organized play to be "real" is even overtaking RPG's over here.
As a second question, I saw the campaign sheet and it looks like there is a campaign system for the game. Can anyone give any basic details of how it will work?
