Phantastacon XII Jan 9th-10th (Australian CCG Convention NSW)
Joseph Italiano
Phantastacon XII will be held at the CWA Hall, 561 Kiwa Street, Albury NSW,
2640, on Jan 10th-11th, 1999.
Welcome to Phantastacon XII, Australia’s premiere CCG
convention. Phantastacon will be a quarterly event, initially
exclusive to Melbourne, this is the first Phantastacon held
interstate. Phantastacon XIII will be held around Easter/term
holidays around mid April, back in Melbourne. Our aim is to
provide a forum for official sanctioned, world ranked CCG
tournaments. We will be running regional and national
championships for a variety of CCG’s. Phantastacon XII is
always keen for volunteers to run tournaments and demonstration
games. If you have any queries, would like to help (staff) on the
day, or would like to run a CCG event for future Phantastacon’s,
we are only to happy to hear from you.
LEARN TO PLAY
Phantastacon has numerous sealed deck tournaments available
which are designed for new players to learn the game at an
equally competitive level as established players. Cost of the
starter deck tournament not only includes the stock you buy (at a
reduced cost) but also your tournament fee. Starter Deck
tournaments consist of one starter and two boosters unless
specified otherwise.
Tournaments will be run within 3 hour blocks with half hourly
breaks. (Some may run over two blocks).
Costs
Preregistration cost is $10.00 for two days or $6.00 per day.
Daily rates at the door are $8.50 per day or $15.00 for two days.
Individual tournaments fees are $6.00 for constructed deck
tournaments, with sealed deck tournaments ranging from $10.00 -
$29.00 (see entry form sheet). Preregistration close one week
prior to the convention. (Jan 2nd, 1999).
Accommodation
We have organised discounted accommodation with two motels
in Albury. Just make sure you mention that you are with
Phantastacon and you will get a discount. Book early, as there is
a Tennis Tournament over the same weekend in Albury and
accommodation is going fast. The motels are: Albury
Townhouse, Cnr. Wilson and David Streets, Albury, 2640,
NSW. Ph: (02) 6021 3000. Members get 10% off standard rates
which are: $88.00 double/twin (inc. light breakfast) or $75.00
single (inc. light breakfast). Meramie Motor Inn, 595 Kiewa
Street, Albury, 2640, NSW. Ph: (02) 6021 8100. Members get:
$75.00 double/twin (inc. continental Breakfast), extra person
$8.00 or $66.00 single (inc. continental breakfast).
Prizes
Each tournament has a set of prizes listed at the end of the
tournament description. In addition to these prizes, all convention
members can win numerous spot prizes and tournaments with
larger participants numbers will also have free raffle prizes. The
raffle prize will be drawn randomly at the end of the tournament.
Each player that participated in the tournament (irrespective of
final position) has an equal chance of winning. The minimum
number of participants must be eight. The value of the raffles and
the number of prizes (1st to 4th) will depend on the number of
participants. Raffle prizes include merchandise, cards and
boosters.
BECOME FAMOUS!
Get published in Scrye Magazine.
Phantastacon tournament winners will have their photograph,
name and decks published in Scrye magazine. Players who get
placings for tournaments, being (2nd to 4th) will also be featured
in the magazine reports
Tournaments Details
Aliens vs. Predator
Aliens vs. Predator allows you to assume any of three roles. The
“breeding” Aliens, the “honourable sporting Predator or the
“resourceful” human Marines, who will be the last left standing.
There will be two sealed deck and two open tournaments at
Phantastacon X. One of each on each day.
Tournament Scenario rules are:
Each round will be played one-on-one. Every player should bring
two decks to a tournament, of two different species. Players may
have to alternate between decks, to ensure like species do not
meet in battle. AP tournaments are played in two-player rounds.
Players compete in a set number of Swiss style preliminary
rounds (minimum 4), after which a predetermined number of
semi-finalists are chosen. Semi-finals and final rounds are played
in single elimination rounds. All contestants must register the
exact type and number of cards used in their decks before the first
round of preliminary competition.
Starting Hands: Cards in the starting hands do NOT count against
limitations in the deck. The Alien Player will start with a
Breeding Chamber, an adjacent Hive location, a Queen, 3 Alien
Warrior character cards, and an Alien Warrior token on the
Breeding Chamber. The Marines Player will start with the
starting hand described in the Contact scenario in the rule book.
The Predator Player may choose not to start with the Mask or the
Melee Claws. No other weapons may be chosen to start in play,
however. Otherwise, the Predator Player will play with the same
starting hand as in the Contact scenario in the rule book.
Standard rules except for: 1) There must be at least 4 total
Supporting Characters in a deck. Additionally, there must be at
least 3 different types of Supporting Characters in the deck. 2)
There must be at least 6 total Locations in a deck. Additionally,
there must be at least 4 different types of Locations in the deck.
One of these locations must be Operations. These limitations do
NOT include starting locations. 3) The UA 571C Sentry Gun,
Display of Skill, Hand Welder and Hull Breach are all considered
unique for purposes of deck-building.
The same guidelines as for the Contact scenario will be followed,
with the following additions. 1) The species will act in Marines,
Predator, Alien (MPA) order, rather than MAP. This order is
used for any order of play or timing disputes. 2) Display of Skill
may never reduce the Predator's honour requirement below 8. 3)
A Predator character may only have a total of 29 Honour points
of equipment in its possession at any one time. If a Predator loses
an item in any way, it is free to search normally to replace the
item. Honour must still be paid for ALL items the Predator uses
to achieve a complete victory. The Outcast Predator is considered
to have an Honour of 12 for this purpose. 4) Marines may only
benefit from one Leader at a time. A Marine player may still
include multiple Leaders in their starting hand, but will only have
a maximum hand size of 5.
Victory: Marines: Complete Victory - Rescue 5 Supporting
Characters, and at least one Marine Main Character. Partial
Victory - Kill all opposing Main Characters. Predators, not
Outcast: Complete Victory - Achieve the appropriate Honour
requirement, and evacuate. This Honour requirement can NEVER
be reduced to less than 8, even when playing Eager Youth, or
with the use of Display of Skill. Partial Victory - Kill all
opposing Main Characters. Outcast Predator: Complete Victory -
Kill all opposing Main Characters. Partial victories are only
accomplished through ties. Aliens: Complete Victory - Hive all
Locations in play, or kill all opposing Main Characters. Partial
victories are only accomplished through ties.
Secondary Score: At the end of each round, the players must also
report a secondary score to the judges. The secondary score is
determined by the race played. Alien: Add the total number of
Supporting Characters brought into play. Marine: Add the total
number of Supporting Characters brought into play. Predator:
Add the total number of characters (Main or Supporting) killed.
This value is added to the previous total secondary score from
other rounds. The value has no impact on the tournament, unless
ties must be broken in determining semi-finalists.
Semi-finals: Semi-finals are resolved in single elimination
rounds, with contestants initially paired according to their scores
in the preliminaries. Only one game will be played between
contestants. A partial victory is sufficient to advance to the next
round in semi-finals. The winner of the final two-player round is
the tournament champion.
Scoring in preliminaries
Loss: 0 points. Partial victory: 1 pt Complete victory (including
byes): 2 points. Ties: Legal ties are considered partial victories
for both players.
Timing out
Time Limit: Rounds are limited to 35 minutes each. If neither
player has achieved a complete victory by the end of the time
limit, each player receives a partial victory. There are never time
limits in semi-final or final rounds, with the exception of
tie-breaking rounds to qualify for the semi-finals.
For the starter deck tournament, you get 1 starter (random) and
two boosters. The human player can add 5 supporting characters
from outside the game to their deck. The Alien player may add
one breeding token and a hive chamber. The Predator may add
one item up to an honour value of 4. Each tournament is 3 player
game, Swiss style. Standard rules & FAQ’s. Victory conditions
are based on accomplishment level when the game ends, plus
points for position. The game ends when on player achieves their
victory conditions or one player is eliminated. Points are scored
for each game played, based on the secondary score system,
described in the open tournament rules section, plus 1 point for
each player defeated (2). An eliminated player loses 1 point.
Time limit per game is 60 minutes. After 3 qualifying rounds, the
top 3 players of each race play off in a final round. Again, this is
scored as above.
Prizes include certificates, stock, books and rare promo cards
(Conestoga Class and Battle Standard). In addition to the
regular prizes, bonus prizes will be awarded for the first player to
complete these objectives during a tournament:
1. Human: Kill the Alien Queen.
2. Predator: Kill every supporting character played by all players.
3. Kill the Predator, with an Predator hybrid and chest burster in
hand at the time.
Sponsored by Harper Collins & A.W.
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is the last best hope for peace in the Universe. Each
player represents a race in the struggle for galactic supremacy.
Each race has their own agenda, whether it be peace, military
conquest, diplomatic or psychic subterfuge. However, depending
who controls the race (player) any option is available to each
race.
There will be four Babylon 5 tournaments, two sealed deck’s and
two open’s. Standard rules (Deluxe edition version) and FAQ's
apply. Players may have a sideboard reserve of 20 cards, which
they can use to modify their decks between rounds. Deck
minimum is 45 cards. Maximum of 3 of any cards. There will be
3 qualifying rounds of 3 or 4 players, with the highest scoring
players of each race going into a final round. Each round will
have a 60 minutes time limit. Each player receives a base score
equal to their final power when the games ends. If the game has
an outright winner (20pts), then each player receives a bonus of 3
points to their score. Winner or highest scorer gains a 5 pt bonus,
2nd gets 2 and third gets 1pt. The winner of the game also awards
2 points to any other player/s of their choice. If the victory is by
Major Agenda the winner scores 2 bonus points and can award
an extra point to another player/s. Everyone carries their base
score into the next qualifying game. The highest scoring player of
each race after the qualifying rounds, goes into the final. All
previous scores are ignored and all players start again at base
zero. The top two players of each race receive prizes.
Babylon 5 Errata.
1.Psi Attack can not target an ambassador.
2.Lovell should not say that he can be attacked by other
characters when he attacks, instead it should say that Lovell is
discarded when he makes this attack.
3.Sleeping Z'Ha'Dum: Is now reworded:
"Location's Military may only be used to oppose conflicts
targeting this location. Any player may rotate Sleeping Z'Ha'Dum
to give the Shadows +1 influence when a card providing or
requiring Shadow marks is played. Your ambassador gains a
Doom Mark. Sleeping Z'ha'dum must rotate to increase Shadow
Influence (in addition to other requirements).
4.As It Was Meant To Be is now a Major Agenda.
5.Any card which gives a generic bonus to abilities does not
affect Psi.
6.Border Raid: Initiator and Target may only rotate ONE card to
participate in this conflict, and it must be a fleet. Level the
Playing Field will NOT help this conflict. (Leaders may still lead
the fleets, and thus become extra participants.) Support fleets are
allowed to boost the one partipicating fleet.
7.Sustaining can only be done if:
a. There was no cost for the action to be sustained other than
rotating the card in question.
b. All necessary requirements for the initiator and the target are
still fulfilled.
c. The action being sustained increases an ability of a character or
fleet. Also, there is no end of turn gap in the effect. Any ability
that is being aided is continuously aided, even if the card
providing the aid has the phrase "until the end of the turn" on it.
8.The term "replacing" used in reference to agendas is completely
unrelated to replacing characters, which is the definition in the
Glossary. Replaced agendas DO NOT leave play. When replacing
an agenda, put the new agenda into play from your hand (while
rotating an inner circle character), and remove the old agenda to
the discard pile. If a Limited character is replaced, NO copy of
that character may come in to play ever again (treat the character
as if it had become Unique).
If a Multiple character is replaced, that copy leaves play, but no
other copy of the card is affected. (there are no examples of this
currently, but just in case...).
Races for Sealed Deck tournaments will be randomly determined.
Sealed deck consists of one starter and two boosters (Deluxe or
Shadow boosters for the Saturday and Great War boosters for
Sunday). For the open tournament, each player is required to
bring a minimum of three alliance races, as all four player games
must include one of each race. (Players that do not have three
decks, can not score bonus points). Each player will only play
one race for the duration of each tournament.
Zeta Squadron members gain a world ranking. (You may join
Zeta Squadron at the convention). Prizes include: certificates,
cards boxes and card packets, promo cards and for any
tournament with 24 or more players, a signed Babylon 5 card,
valued over $400.00. In addition to the regular prizes, bonus
prizes will be awarded for the first player to complete these
objectives during an open tournament:
Centuari: Sponsor Emperor Turhan and keep him in play and
alive for at least seven rounds until the end of the game.
Human: Sponsor Luis Santiago and keep him in play and alive
for at least seven rounds until the end of the game.
Minbari: Complete Delenn Transformed.
Narn: Win a Psi Conflict that you did not initiate.
1. General: Start a war with a race with whom you commenced
the game with a tension of one or two and win the war. (Be at
higher power than them at the end of the game).
2. General: Control six locations.
3. General: Sponsor a character from another race (non-neutral),
whom has a base cost of 9 or more.
4. Destroy an opponents ship, with a base Military of 9 or more,
during a military conflict.
5. General: Sponsor Jason Ironheart and keep him in play for at
least seven rounds before the end of the game.
6. Successfully Coup De Grace a player.
Sponsored by Precedence Publishing & A.W.
Dragonhunt
(Non Collectible card game for 2 players)
Dragonhunt is a simplified version of Wyvern (see Wyvern),
where only Dragons and terrain are used from a common draw
pile. This is an “sealed deck” tournament. No cards are required,
they will be provided. There will be multiple Dragonhunt
tournament during Phantastacon XII. Specific times will be
arranged to suit players.
All tournaments are Swiss style tournaments. Prizes include
limited prints, stock and certificates.
Sponsored by U.S. Games Systems & A.W.
Highlander
Australian Regional Qualifier #1
Highlander is a card game of swashbuckling sword fighting skill
and devious subterfuge. Players assume the role of an immortal
with their own unique abilities. The gathering is near, as all
immortals battle for “the ultimate prize”, to the death. The game
takes minutes to learn but longer to master. Don’t lose your head.
There will be two sealed deck tournament, a Lean and Mean and
the open tournament is the Australian Regional Qualifier number
one. The Lean and Mean tournament has a 50 card deck
construction maximum. Six cards must be Lean and Mean. If you
do not have 6 Lean and Mean cards, you may use proxies, but
will always go second in each game you play. All tournaments
are double elimination format. Each player can lose one game
and still be in the running, unless you lose your head, from a head
shot attack. Standard rules and FAQ’s will apply. All Highlander
cards are tournament legal, except the promo cards that have not
been officially released. The Saturday Sealed Deck will consist of
a Arms and Tactics sealed deck and 2 boosters, 1 gathering and 1
watchers chronicles. The Sunday sealed deck will consist of a TV
starter and 1 Watcher Chronicle booster and 1 arms and tactics
booster.
Prizes include certificates, promo cards and bonus prizes for
nexus members. Players may join Nexus at the convention. In
addition to the regular prizes, bonus prizes will be awarded for
the first player to complete these objectives:
1. First head shot kill
2. Take no damage during the game. (i.e. never drop in Ability).
3. Inflict more than 10 pts of damage in one attack.
4. Disarm an opponent.
5. Inflict more than 4 pts of “cheese” damage in one turn.
Sponsored by Thunder Castle Games & A. W.
Legend of the Burning Sands
Legend of the Burning Sands is a companion CCG to Legend of
the Five Rings. LBS is set in the mythical Arabian setting where
water is more important than honour. Players can win in a
number of ways, either by achieving a military victory and
thereby eliminating the other clans, a water victory where players
drain their opponents water supplies or an Story victory where a
clan manages to play 5 story points worth of cards.
We have three Legend of the Burning Sands tournaments
scheduled. Two sealed deck tournaments and one open. Standard
rules and FAQ’s.
Prizes include: uncut card sheets, certificates, T-shirts and Dinar
redemption certificates. In addition to the regular prizes, bonus
prizes will be awarded for the first player to complete the
following objectives during a tournament.
General: Drain all water from your opponent’s cities.
General: Destroy three or more of an opponents provinces in one
turn.
General: Bring out five story points.
Sponsored by Five Rings Publishing & AW.
Legend of the Five Rings
Legend of the Five Rings is a game set in a medieval mythical
Japan. Players can win in a number of ways, either by achieving a
military victory and thereby eliminating the other clans, a honour
victory (diplomacy) or an enlightenment victory where a clan
manages to retrieve all five rings.
We have four Legend of the Five Rings tournaments scheduled,
an open (1 on 1) Swiss tournament of at least 5 rounds plus a
final (Katana prize for this tournament only), a 4 player
multi-player qualifier and 2 sealed deck (1 on 1) swiss
tournaments. The Saturday sealed deck tournament will use
standard starters from all expansions, including: Jade, Time of the
Void, Shadowlands, Anvil of Despair, Crimson & Jade, Scorpion
Clan Coup and 2 boosters. 1 booster will be Jade, the other a
random one from the various startes used. The non-Jade booster
will be assigned randomly. The Sunday tournament will consist
of Hidden Emperor starters and 2 boosters (Prelude to the story
tournaments). One booster will be a random HE booster with 1
jade booster. Standard rules. All tournaments are two sessions per
tournament.
All L5R tournaments will be a swiss format games, no
eliminations. The number of round will be based on players, but
the base minimum is 5 (requires at least 8 players). All games end
immediately when time expires. Games scored win points and on
victory points. (Detailed schedule below). Standard rules &
FAQ’s apply, except: deck size minimum is 30/30 for sealed deck
tournaments, with 40/40 for open tournaments. Starting sequence
will be determined by a total of family honour and a focus value
deck cut and the mulligan rule will be in effect should any player
begin without any holdings. The two player games are 40 minutes
and the 4 player games are 100 minutes. The 4 player multiplayer
qualifier tournament will be a four player multi-round
tournament, non-elimination, qualifier. Each player will play
three 4 player games (2 hours time limit), scoring points by
fulfilling the victory conditions. The top four players will play off
in a final 4 player game. All of these qualifier tournaments will be
scored if time expires on the following basis: 1 vp for each
honour pt, 10 vp for each province destroyed (15 if Shadowlands
or dishonoured Scorpion Clan), 8 vp for each ring in play. Any
players who are eliminated in a game will lose 15 vp.
Qualification will be based on number of win points (wp) and if
that is tied on vp. Win points (wp) are 1 pt for 2 players games, 2
pts for a 4 player game, with 1 pt going to 2nd place in a 4 player
game.
Prizes include: Replica sword (Katana, if we get over 24 players
otherwise it will be a display box of cards), uncut card sheets,
certificates, T-shirts and Koku redemption certificates. In
addition to the regular prizes, bonus prizes will be awarded for
the first player to complete the following objectives during a
tournament.
1. General: Bring out an ancestral sword that makes your
opponent loose honour.
2. General: Destroy three or more of an opponents
provinces in one turn.
3. General: Bring out four rings.
4. General: Bring out six Black scrolls.
5. General: Bring out all five Thunders.
6. General: Bring out all three walls
Sponsored by Five Rings Publishing & AW.
Middle Earth: The Wizards
J.R.R. Tolkiens fantasy world erupts and Wizards vie for control
of the council. Saurian and his minions are set forth to hinder our
heroes on their quest.
There will be two Middle Earth tournaments. One sealed deck
and one open tournament. Standard FAQ’s and rules apply. This
is a Swiss style tournament. All games are one-on-one. Sideboard
for ME is 20 cards. (These 20 cards can be exchanged between
your standard deck, between tournament rounds). A player can
access 5 hazards from their side board if their opponents Wizard
is in play and the hazard limit against the opponent’s companies
for this turn is halved, rounded up. The time limit for each game
is 50 minutes. The Saturday sealed deck will consist of standard
starter with a Dragon and Dark Minion boosters.
For the sealed deck tournament, the deck size minimum is 25/25.
Each player receives a starter deck and two boosters. All cards
not used, are considered to be in the players sideboard. For the
sealed deck tournament, each player may also bring along their
own location deck (we recommend one of each location if
possible).
Prizes include certificates, stock and promo cards.
Sponsored by Alternate Worlds.
Mythos
Mythos is a game of supernatural horror set in the universe of
H.P. Lovecraft. Unsuspecting people become tangled in the
horror of the elder gods and their insane influence. Players
assume the role of an investigator, telling their tale (adventure) as
they discover the existence of the elder gods and the nightmares
they bring. Can you uncover the facts before you are driven
insane?
There will be New Aeon sealed deck, a Dreamlands sealed deck
and one open tournaments. Three 50 minute rounds will
determine the qualifying positions for the finalists. The top four
scoring players after the three rounds will play off in the final
without a time limit. Points are awarded for each qualifying game
on the following basis: The winner of each game is determined by
adding their sanity score and their adventure points. Once the
winner is determined, the qualifying points are calculated by
accruing adventure points plus position points. Position points
are awarded on the following basis: 1st = 10, 2nd = 5 and 3rd =
2. Minimum deck size is 52 cards with 20 adventure points. All
tournaments are two sessions per tournament.
Prizes include: card packets, game products, certificates and
trophies. In addition to the regular prizes, bonus prizes will be
awarded for the first player to complete these objectives during
an both tournament:
1. Summon Cthulhu and another GOO.
2. Travel between Lovecraft country, Dreamlands and the New
Aeon in one game.
3. Summon any three different GOO’s.
4. Drive an opponent insane.
5. Complete four 5 point adventures.
6. Complete four 6 point adventures.
7. Score 37 points of more in one game.
Sponsored by Chaosium and A. W.
Netrunner
It is the third decade of the 21st Century, the real world is just a
shadow of the corporate and private struggles of Cyberspace.
Your survival is determined by how you can perform within the
'Net, whether you're trying to process information or liberate it.
Players take roles of Corporation and Runner, with the main aim
of both sides being to obtain an Agenda. Corporations must
attempt to nurture an Agenda to fruition, the longer it takes the
more valuable it is. The Runner attempts to steal the Agenda off
the Corporation. The Corporation can build several different
means to defend Agenda under development, and the Runner can
obtain means to break through defences. But they who gets there
first, wins. In the world of NetRunner, it's either run....or be run
over.
There will be two sealed deck and two open tournaments. The
sealed deck will consist of one starter and two boosters or eight
boosters. Prizes include certificates, stock and autographed cards
including cards signed by Richard “Magic:TG” Garfield. All
tournaments consist of two sessions.
Sponsored by Wizards of the Coast & AW.
Overpower
A slugfest game of Super-Heroes and Super-Villains battling to
save or doom the world. Overpower is a simple game, ideal for
beginners.
There will be four Overpower tournaments, using Venture in
addition to KO. Two sealed deck and two open tournaments.
Standard FAQ’s and rules apply. In addition, the “Four Freedoms
Plaza/Baxter Building” is banned from the tournament. Each
round is 45 minutes duration. All games are two player games,
with a Swiss style tournament system . A minimum of 4 rounds
will be played. Minimum deck size 62 cards (4 characters, 7
missions and 51 playing cards), no maximum. In the event that
time expires before a player is an outright winner, the player with
the most completed mission cards (minus mission cards in the
lost pile) will be the winner.
For the sealed deck tournament, each player receives a starter
deck and two matching boosters (from one of the Overpower base
expansions). All cards not used, are considered to be in the
players sideboard and can be used to modify their deck between
rounds.
Prizes include certificates and stock.
Sponsored by A.W.
Star Trek: Next Generation
There will be two sealed deck tournaments, with standard rules
and FAQ’s. The Saturday sealed deck will utilise the official
Decipher sealed deck set and the Sunday tournament will use a
DS9 starter and two DS9 boosters. Star Trek: Next Generation is
a game where players attempt to complete missions, whilst
thwarting their opponent’s attempts. Battle is always an option,
but a last resort for the Federation! The tournament will be held
over approximately 6 rounds, each player playing a different
opponent each round. Deck size is unlimited, no more than 30
cards can be seed cards. This is a Swiss style tournament. All
tournaments consist of two sessions. Prizes include T-shirts,
cards and merchandise. Bonus prizes will be given for
encouragement awards, mini-prizes and raffle prizes.
Sponsored by Decipher & Sports Cards Australia.
Star Wars
Players assume the role of either the darks or light side and vie
for control of the force, while attempting to dwindle their
opponents force, utilising ships, characters and weapons.
Star Wars will feature one sealed deck tournament and one open
tournament, with standard rules and FAQ’s. Special Edition cards
will be used for the sealed deck. Players will be randomly
assigned either light or dark side and will only play that faction,
making their decks from the starter and 2 boosters.
Star Wars is a is a Swiss style open tournament. The tournament
will be held over approximately 3 rounds (6 games). Players will
build a deck of 60 cards, either light side or dark side. Force
loss/gain is totalled at the end of each game and the player who
has the overall highest force gain is determined the winner. Prizes
include T-shirts, merchandise and certificates. Bonus prizes will
be given for encouragement awards, mini-prizes and raffle prizes.
Sponsored by Decipher Inc. & Sports Cards Australia.
Wizard
Wizard is a non-collectable card game, similar to a Trump game.
No cards required, decks will be provided. It is a multi-player
game, up to 5 players. Each game played is it’s own tournament,
taking up to 60 minutes. All players get a world ranking just by
playing a game. There will be multiple tournament held
throughout Phantastacon XII, with specific times arranged to suit
players.
Prizes include certificates and stock.
Sponsored by U.S. Games Systems & A.W.
Wyvern
Wyvern is a game of mythical dragons, treasure and dragon
slayers, where player vie for control over six zones battlefield
positions.
There will be four Wyvern tournaments, two sealed deck, and
two open tournaments. We are using the standard rules and
restrictions as per Wyvern Shadow #5 with current FAQ’s.
Starter deck consists on one base starter and one each of the
Phoenix and Chameleon booster. All tournaments are Swiss style
tournaments. Prizes include limited prints, merchandise and
certificates.
1. Place two Wyvern shadow’s on a Wyvern.
2. Destroy 3 battlefield positions in one turn.
3. Dragonslay four Dragons in one game.
4. Finish a game with 6 battlefield positions, without having lost
a position during the game..
5. Destroy an opponents position, with one of their own dragons.
6. Increase a Dragon’s strength to 20.
Sponsored by US Games Systems & A. W.
YAPBM - The L5R PBM
For those of you who have managed to squeeze into the limited
playing field of this neat PBM, there will be a YAPBM meeting
of players at Phantastacon XII. This informal gathering will
represent players’ characters (Diplomats, Magistrates, Samuari or
Shugenja) that are attending one of the many marketplaces or
various holdings in Rokugan. These characters need not be the
actual characters you have in the PBM. However, they will be
able to interact, meet and react with other characters from the
various clans. The informality of the gathering means that during
the course of the convention (Saturday and Sunday), you can
interact as one of your clansmen. You can make deals, treaties,
challenge ratbags to duels, whatever takes your fancy and it
“counts” in the PBM.
Demonstration/Social Games
Most starter deck tournaments at Phantastacon X are also
demonstration games, designed to teach new player. In addition,
other demonstration games will be held throughout the
convention for different CCG’s. These are free to members and
are designed to teach new and younger players basic skills. These
demonstration/social games include: many CCG being played as
tournaments. In addition, you can bring along your favourite card
game and show everyone how good it is. There will be plenty of
space available for social play.
General Rules
The Fine Print
1. All players must be Phantastacon/TACC members.
Preregistation membership is $6.00 per day.
2. All players must complete an entry form.
3. Reregistered members need not register for both days.
4. Judges Decision is final.
5. No proxy cards.
6. No marked cards or marked sleeves.
7. Unless specified, all standard rules and FAQ’s apply.
8. Unless specified all sealed deck tournaments will consist of one starter
and two boosters, (the cost of which is included in individual tournament
fee). Starters and boosters must be open under supervision on the day of
the event.
9. No weapons (real or facsimiles).
10. Unless specified, standard prizes include certificates, cards and gift
vouchers.
11. Violation of rules, bad behaviour or criminal activity of any kind will
result in the immediate expulsion of the offender from the convention and
all future Phantastacons’ for life.
12. All players must agree to all the rules and conditions of Phantastacon
entry (by signing an entry form) to be admitted to the convention.
Special Thanks to all our sponsors: AI Games, Alderac Entertainment,
Alternate Worlds, Chaosium, Decipher, Five Rings Publishing,
Precedence Publishing, Sports Cards Australia, Thunder Castle Games,
US Game Systems, Wizards of the Coast, who make these sanctioned
tournaments possible and provide the extra incentive to spice up the
tournaments.