Prizes awarded to:
1st Prize: Overall 4th place. (So how cheesy can you afford to be if you need to come fourth?)
Judging:
Refer Below. We expect to see lots of skullduggery, manipulation and backstabbing
2nd Prize: Biggest Bonus. (aka “Most Tasty Cheese”)
Judging:
Awarded to the player who finishes with the highest absolute bonus point total (includes evil manipulation bonus given by other players).
3rd Prize: Overall Last. (aka “The Most Useless Army”)
Judging:
Refer below. For those who deliberately lose to attempt to win - beware of the bonus points!
4th Prize: Most Ruthless General.(aka “the Biggest Sad Assed Cheesy Bastard award” )
Judging:
Awarded to the player who finishes with the highest tournament point total.See I lied- winning isn’t everything - you can only come fourth.
5th Prize: The most coveted army.
Judging:
All players vote on the army that they would like to steal. Ask yourself "what army would I rather take home than mine?" Painting is a factor but not the only one. Model selections, conversions and themes also should be taken into account.
You can only ever win one prize.
(I don’t care how good you think you are).
No prizes for coming second.
If you place overall 2nd and find yourself eligible for any of these prizes they will be awarded to the next place getter instead.
A Cheezecon event sponsored by Military Simulations (
The Lord of the Cheese Rings
The Return of the Cottage Cheese
(Lord of the Rings SBG tournament for the twisted)
The Lord of the Rings game system is designed to re-create the battles in Tolkien’s immense world and players would normally look down upon playing “against the spirit of Tolkien”. Well, there is nothing normal about Cheezecon.
Have you ever wondering what it would be like for an army of Mordor Trolls to run havoc in the Shire? Would you like to see if Rangers of Gondor would perform well with the addition of Dain Ironfoot, King Under the Mountain? What if you could make a ‘Black Gate’ army of just eagles and archers?
Then this is for you. A no holds barred, make Tolkien turn in his grave, cheese rules tournament.
Here is your chance to pound your opponents to oblivion using that great but unbalanced army without having to feel guilty. (Anyone playing here should be expecting it!) If you've ever said something like "Elendil would be unbeatable along side Aragorn…" then here is your opportunity to put up or shut up!
“The Lord of the Cheese Rings” will be held at NWA Mitcham 7:00pm to 12:00am on Friday October 31st. There will be four rounds. If you intend to participate you must notify Craig Wyton by email before the 29th of October. Cost will be $10 (paid at the door).
Organisers note:
This is meant to be a fun tournament where you can play those technically legal armies that you’ve been dying to play but are just not in the spirit of Tolkien. Your army doesn’t have to be able to win to have a good chance of getting the major prize - it just has to be cheesy! Of course with the variety and number of prizes on offer every one should have a chance of winning something!
Any queries or ideas to Craig Wyton via: ubject “Cheezecon”
Venue information:
Mitcham
Mountview Uniting Church
cnr Whitehorse Rd & Doncaster East Rd, Mitcham
Tournament Rules:
All players will be required to provide one ‘Good’, or ‘Evil’ army chosen from the following publications (up to date at the time of writing): The One Rulebook or Mines of Moria manual, and/or The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, A Shadow in the East, Fall of the Necromancer, Ruin of Arnor, Khazad Dum, Gondor in Flames, Harad and Mordor supplements. You must bring along any rule you are using, or it cannot be used.
- Each player must bring two copies of their army list.
- As well as their army, each player must bring two circular objective markers with a diameter of 40-60mm. These can be decorated anyway that the player likes, and will count in the judging for the most coveted army.
- If a player wishes, they can bring both a separate good and evil force and choose to use one or the other before their first battle. This is to prevent any crazy situations in which we have 13 evil players and only 5 good players (that could never happen- could it?).
- The total of each force must be equal or less than 353 points.
- Each force must include at least one Hero to lead it into battle. There is no limit on the points that can be spent on heroes, so each force can be entirely made up of Heroes if the player wishes.
- Each force must include between 3-28 models.
- Named characters may only be taken once (this includes characters that appear in the rulebook multiple times).
- Players cannot take Gollum (Smeagol from the Two Towers book is okay), Tom Bombadil or Goldberry.
All measurements must be in Inches.
Representative miniatures: Players must be able to represent all the models in their army with appropriate miniatures. No tanks please! Painted models will also be appreciated.
Proxy Models: Players may use profiles in the rulebooks to represent characters that have not yet been covered. For example, the profile for an Ent could represent Beorn. Any proxy models must be made clear to your opponent by the use of a reference chart. You still cannot take named characters more than once.
Scenarios: Each player will play four different scenarios throughout the four rounds. Each game will be limited to one hour or ten turns (whichever comes first) to ensure that there will be plenty of action.
The four scenarios are provided in the scenario pack.
Judging:
Game results: max 80 points (20 per round): Each round is worth a maximum of 20 points. Refer to the scenario booklet for the actual points.
"chill" factor: max 20 points (5 per round): Players vote on game enjoyment / opponent. (I know I said winning is everything but the player who can keep his opponent smiling while laying the boot in deserves reward.) Anyone who gives a mark lower than a 3 will be interrogated.
Bonus points can (or will) be earned for the following:
Army Selection Bonuses
To get these bonuses, I will need a copy of your army list no later than the 29th of October.
We’re as strong as the smell of Limburger: 5 points if you have 15 or more models with a Strength value of 4 or more.
We can’t fight our way out of a Bree: 10 points for any army with all models with an attack value of 1.
I shoot like an Orc Cheese: 5 point bonus to anyone who has less than 33% of their total models armed with missile weapons (all types of bows, throwing weapons, throwing stones and crossbows). 10 points if you have no missile weapons.
I can’t out run circles around you Cheese: 5 point bonus to anyone who has over half their total models with a movement value of 5 inches or less. 10 points if the whole army can move only move 5 inches or less.
“Marvel at my detail bases” Cheese: 5 point bonus for any player that includes 2 or models with 60mm or larger bases (Mordor Trolls, Shelob, Spider Queens, Ringwraiths on Fell Beast, Chariots, Dragons, Mumakil, Eagles, Ents).
We’re as tough as 20 year old parmesan Cheese: 5 points if you have 15 or more models with a Defense value of 6 or more.
We’re just yellow Cheese: 5 points for any army with all models courage 4 or below. 10 points for any army with all models courage 3 or below.
Check out my big thing: 5 point bonus for any player that spends 160 or more points on a single model.
“But it’s legal in Legions of Middle Earth” Cheese: 5 point bonus for creating an army that follows the army theme rules in Legions of Middle Earth.
Separating the knurds from the way! The army/ies with the lowest army selection cheese bonus will get a 20 point bonus (hey it’s not that easy to come last!)
Other bonuses
“It’s in the books-Really”: 5 pointsfor creating a Tolkien- like story to justify your army.( No more than one A4 page). 10 points if you quote the appendices of Lord of the Rings, or use The Hobbit, or The Silmarillian to justify your army.
You poor sad sorry sod bonus: 20 point bonus for anyone who does not have any victories by the end of the tournament.
Evil Manipulation bonus (aka “sportsmanship”): max +/- 10 points per entrant: At the end of the tournament you can give any opponent a +/- bonus if you think they have come up with a particularly cheesy army you admire (or despise). Of course you can also just do this as part of your evil manipulations to prevent them coming fourth, last or anywhere else.
I’m am so bloody unbeatable bonus: Any person who ends the tournament without losing a game will get a 15 point bonus.