The Samurai Championship Tournament

Gencon Indy, Gencon Australia, the European Championship and the South American Championship are each host to the Samurai Championship Tournament. While each location will have special events, multiple tournaments and activities, the first rounds of the Samurai Championship Tournament will be represented in the main event at each location. 32 players will move on to the finals to be held in Southern California in November of 2008.



GenCon Oz 2008

http://www.genconoz.com/

Gencon Oz brings the Gencon experience to Australia for the first time, and L5R will be there. Four players will move on to the finals in California from this event.



L5R Lead Designer, Bryan Reese, will be in attendance, acting as our Head Judge for the events.



Registrations are now open.



Dates: Thursday July 3 2008 - Sunday July 6 2008.

Location: Brisbane Convention Centre

Venue details

Surrounding area details/attractions

CCG Events:

This is a list of the main events occurring at GenconOz. These are the only events that can be registered. Other smaller events will be added at no cost.



Thursday

Samurai Championships Qualifier 1

10:00am (Be there at 9:00 for registration)

This is the first qualifier for the main event.

Legacy Event

7.00pm until we get kicked out.

Players are not able to pre-register for this event through GenconOz.

Please register via the AustL5R forums. (Asap would be good.)

Race for the Throne Points: 4/2/1/1 Military

Gold coin donations would be good, and I'll find some prize support.



Friday

Samurai Championships Qualifier 2

10:00am (9:00 registration)

This is the second qualifier for the main event.

Gencon Dinner

Location will be a local Japanese restaurant.

Sono Restaurant - www.sonorestaurant.com.au

7.00pm until we get kicked out.

This is not an official event. Instead, it is just a chance to go out and socialise outside of a gaming environment. Spaces will more than likely be limited, so express intent now.



Saturday

Samurai Championships Elimination Rounds

10:00 am (9:00 registration)

To participate, you must have qualified via Qualifier 1 or Qualifier 2, or be a pre-qualified player (be on the Qualified Players list).

Storyline details to come.

Second Storyline Event

10:00 am (9:00 registration)

For those who are not in the Elimination Rounds. Samurai constucted.

Race for the Throne Points: 4/2/1/1 Military

(Still register under Legacy on the GenconOz site).

POLITICS

Politics Points will be awarded on Saturday at the Event

There are four methods of Political Points at the various events. The first is Best Dressed. Costumes will be judged by the T.O. event team and AEG staff. The points are awarded to the Clan of the costume represented.

1st Place – 7pts

2nd Place – 5pts

3rd Place – 3pts

4th Place – 2pts

5th Place – 1pt

Next is Best Clan Banner. Banners will be judged by the T.O. event team and AEG staff. The points are awarded to the Clan of the banner represented. If a particular banner or specific banner design has already won points at a Samurai Championships event it MAY win points again.

1st Place – 5pts

2nd Place – 4pts

3rd Place – 3pts

4th Place – 2pts

5th Place – 1pt

Last is the Largest Clan banner. Simply put the largest and most noticeable of all. It must however still be carried on poles by people. There must have been some reasonable effort in the development, not simply splashing green paint on a sheet and calling it a Mantis banner, etc. If a particular banner or specific banner design has already won points at a Samurai Championships event it MAY win points again.

1st Place – 5pt

2nd Place – 3pt

3rd Place – 1pt

Banner Dominance, the most clan banners. Simply put clan with the largest number of banners at the event. Each banner must be carried by a single person (Not specifically an event attendee) when counting happens There must have been some reasonable effort in the development, not simply splashing blue paint on a sheet and calling it a Crab banner, etc. If a particular banner or specific banner design has already won points at a Samurai Championships event it MAY win points again.

1st Place – 5pt

2nd Place – 3pt

3rd Place – 1pt

Saturday night has been left free for attendance at the L5R LARP.



Sunday

Samurai Championships Final Rounds

10:00 am

Finals for the main storyline event.

Race for the Throne Points: 12/6/3/3/1/1/1/1 Military



Strategic L5R

10:00am

A cross between the L5R CCG and the Diplomacy board game.

Clan Daimyos move their generals across a map of Rokugan, either engaging them in combat, or taking enemy territory.

Information can be found in the AustL5R forums. Strategic L5R rules



RPG Events:

Brought to you by Heroes of Rokugan.

Heroes of Rokugan tabletop modules

Thursday-Saturday

9:00am, 2:00pm, and 7:00pm



Heroes of Rokugan LARP

Saturday 

8:00pm

Freeform using rules and characters from the tabletop game.

Bring along your own character, or choose from a limited range of pre-generated NPCs.





Please go to the AustL5R forums if you have any questions about any of the above information.

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