Inquisitor Grand Tournament 2012 - March 31st

[Cortez]

I feel left out. I only got one E-mail.

[MarcoSkoll]

How odd. Well, I got two shortly before seven from the standard Conclave address, then a more formatted one at a bit before eight that was sent from Gav's site.

It doesn't bother me personally - better than spam relating to "increase your prowess" or "Your bank account has been desactivated" (usually thus misspelt, and none of them yet relating to a bank I actually do have an account with) - but there's clearly some people who feel more strongly.

Mind you, it's not hard to get Charax grumpy.

[DapperAnarchist]

I got one from the 'Clave, one from Gav... And then wondered who would be first to complain about it

[krenshar]

Hi, put me down as a very probable please - I should be able to confirm by end of Feb.

Thanks for sending out an email; I've been skulking in the p&m section and hadn't looked around further until now.

I've a quick query re the briefing pack.  Under Lightning Reflexes (17.1), the text reads

The player declares the Action and rolls a D6. If the result is equal to or less
than the character's Speed, the Action is achieved (a roll of 1 always fails).

I'd have thought that auto-failing on a 6 would make more sense but I've never used the rule before.  Is it a deliberate system to reduce the chance of success or a small typo?

[MarcoSkoll]

It seems counter-intuitive at first read, but it is deliberately that way to reduce the reflex chance.

[TheNephew]

I won't go so far as to book a ticket, though I'd quite like to come, bar one enormous issue - I'd effectively have to learn how to play the game almost from scratch in the next month or so.

Does anyone have a handy Inquisitor for Dummies guide I could peruse alongside my rulebook?

(I'm aware I've been inactive for a whole long time, and wasn't terribly active back then either, so it seems unlikely many people would know me.)

[Kaled]

Not knowing how to play isn't really an issue - we've had new players before and everyone is always very helpful and will talk you through your games (partly because they're nice people, but also because it's likely to help their score). As long as you are familiar with the rulebook then you'll be fine - you'll need to understand with the actions mechanic, and the basics of shooting and hand-to-hand combat, but that should be enough to get you by. I would suggest bringing characters who are pretty simple - no psychic powers, no complex equipment etc so you only have to concentrate on the core bits of the rulebook. I'd also suggest cutting and pasting the rules for any skills and equipment that you do use onto a single reference sheet that you can quickly refer to. When it comes to GMing, create a fairly simple scenario that will let you concentrate on running the game. Make a list of character's speeds and initiatives (or use the cards I created) and just keep the game moving - your players should know the rules well enough anyway.

[MarcoSkoll]

I wouldn't say it's a problem either.

Provided you've actually read the rulebook and you've got a veteran or two there to help explain it, it snaps into place pretty quickly once you actually start playing. Relearning it should be easier.

[greenstuff_gav]

Rolling as low as possible on D10s and as high as possible on D6s is all you need :-D

I only get to play at 'clave meetups yet manage to do ok :-)

[Cortez]

Except for the fact that you fail all your action rolls Gav!

There was a good article with some training scenarios in the first edition of Dark Magenta. Playing through them should be sufficient to refresh yourself on the core rules.

[Stormgrad]

In regards to not knowing the game, i was familliar with inquisitor had not played it ever and so on the way to the event spent the train reading the pdf back to front on my laptop

the only point in which u need to be totally familliar with the rules is when ur gming and chances are someone on ur table will know the rules better than you defer to there judgement and explain its ur first time playing the game the inquisitor  community is small and tight knit and so wont take the piss cos the game and the community rely on trust

[Stormgrad]

in reply to my above post, last year was my first time playing inquisitor and the guys where most gentle with me i had no warband of my own so i borrowed ( i did not enter the painting and modelling contest as i felt it would be unfair) however most if not everyone will be kind and respectful and in an effort to engage you and keep you in our community will bend over backwards for u so just turn up

[Simeon Blackstar]

Just thought I'd weigh in to support the group email: it woke me up and made me realise how long it's been since I came to one of these. On the downside, all my models are at home, I'm not sure when I'd next be able to pick them up, and they need a lot of prep work. Frankly, they're in an appalling state and my favourite one have gone missing somewhere (my chainsaw bayonet-wielding Catachan ).

Still, give me a week or so to mull things over, check my timetable and plans and have a think about scenarios and I'll see if it's feasible.

Cheers,

Ross

[MarcoSkoll]

on the way to the event spent the train reading the pdf back to front on my laptop

Try reading it front to back this time - from experience, players don't appreciate you talking backwards.

˙ɥsıɟ ɟo ǝlʇʇǝʞ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ǝloɥʍ ɐ s,ʇɐɥʇ ʇnq 'ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʇɐɥʇ ɹoɟ 'uʍop ǝpısdn ɹO

Just thought I'd weigh in to support the group email

Woot. Hopefully we'll lure a few more people on board.

As for your models, you're better off than I am. Mine aren't even sculpted yet!

[seiterarch]

I believe that our little group from Manchester should be coming by, maybe 3-5 of us. Can't remember everyone's Conclave haandles though.