Hobbit League End of Year Celebration - Middle Earth Strategy Battle Games

Middle Earth needs heroes! Odyssey Games is proud to host the Great Lakes Hobbit League, a community effort to bring the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game to the forefront of miniature wargaming. Battle with the famous characters of Tolkein’s classic like Aragorn or Sauron across epic battlefields. Command armies for good or evil and claim your place in Middle Earth.
For this month’s adventure, we are celebrating the end of a great year of gaming! We have a three prong event, with a Grand Championship, a fun Blitz tournament, and a potluck to round it all off.
- The Grand Championship will be a Top 8 event with the highest scoring members of this years Great Lakes Hobbit League. This event will be an invite only.
- The Blitz tournament will be open for any and all other players. The Blitz format offers a fast and easy setup of only 200 points, letting games move quickly. Prizes will be based on overall placement.
- The event will also be a potluck! If you are up to the challenge, bring a dish of your own making for everyone to share. The potluck will be in place of the usual Artisan of the Ages Hobby vote, letting people compete for the best food in the Shire!
— ENTRY
• FREE for ALL events! Invite required for Championship, all are welcome for Blitz.
* Sign up for the event using the Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/37705/
*Register for the event using the Longshanks link in the document above. Additional event information, including tournament packet and event rules, will be posted in the above Longshanks Link.
— SCHEDULE
• Doors Open - 11:00am
• Round 1 - 11:30am
* Each round of the Blitz event will be 40 minutes. The number of rounds will depend on the number of participants.
* Championship games will also start at 11:30am. There will be 3 rounds, each round will be 2 hours.
* Meal Break will be at 1:30pm.
— EVENT STRUCTURE
• Each round in the Blitz event will be 40 minutes. The number of rounds will depend on the number of participants.
• Championship event will be 3 rounds at 2 hours a round.
*20 minute warning indicates the current round will finish and players will not begin another.
—PLAYER REQUIREMENTS & EXPECTATIONS
-Players must bring:
• All rules (digital or physical) for your army.
• Tools & Accessories necessary to play the game & your army.
• Fully Assembled models that clearly represent your army. Up to 25% of your relative army must be constructed from Games Workshop products.
• One legal army roster from the current Matched Play ruleset.
• The Hobby Potluck is not required, but any player who wishes to bring a dish must do so in a safe container.
The TO will provide:
• Tables and Terrain setup for matches.
• Clear and visible round timer.
• Cards for determining scenarios & corresponding objective markers as needed
— PRIZING
• Prizes will be a host of goodies and items kept a secret for the day of! Various prizes will be given out to those who bring the best Potluck dish, those who do well in the Blitz event, and prizes given to the Championship players.