Other Fearless Veteran tournaments are described here: 2017, 2021, and 2022.
The 2023 SAG Fearless Veteran tournament was great fun! We didn't get as many players as we have in previous years but did get 4 participants, the minimum number needed for our small, friendly, club tournaments, we could have handled 8 players total. We had five players present, but since we had an odd number I sat out to just run the tournament.
This year the game was Black Powder, 2nd edition, 500 points, any Napoleonic Era Army (1780-1815). We played a three round round robin format. Each round was a different scenario, designed for the tournament. They were 1. Set Piece Battle 2. Meeting Engagement and 3. Annihilation (each pretty much fit its title). Players were provided the scenarios in advance and we ran some playtests in the weeks before. The winner was determined by the Win/Loss record, with the first tie breaker total victory points lost and the second tie breaker total victory points gained. It was designed to reward preservation of the player's own troops over destroying enemy troops.
As always, we were playing for the trophy, the winner's name on the Fearless Veteran plaque, and club bragging rights!
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| Ren maneuvers his Prussians against James in the Set Piece Battle scenario, round 1. |
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| On the left, Rob's French face Ken's Russians in the Set Piece Battle scenario, round 1. |
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| In the meeting Engagement scenario, Ren's Prussians fought Rob's French while James' Austrians face Ken's Russians. |
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| Prussians versus French. |
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| James maneuvers his Austrians against Rob's French juggernaut in the Annihilation scenario, the final round. |
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| Ren contemplates the winning moves of Ken's Russians in the final round. |
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| The Prussians and Russians clash on the brown fields of eastern Europe. |
Final Standings
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| Ren awards Ken the Fearless Veteran 2023 trophy. Ren had carefully hand panted the trophy himself. |
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| The 2023 trophy, & the wall plaque. |
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