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DBA Scramble Touranment
By Will Michael (aka Pavane)
The object of the Scramble Tournament is to emphasize player
skill over army selection by having players use a different army in each round.
Each player brings a valid 12-element army, camp (camp follower element
optional) and only enough terrain for one legal battlefield as the defender.
Armies with dismounting elements may only bring the mounted or dismounted
element; there is no dismounting allowed. The 12-element army and terrain
choices cannot be changed between rounds. Players can lay the terrain as they
desire, but all pieces supplied must be used. All of the players' armies are
placed in a pool and will be assigned to each player before each round. No one
will use the same army twice or play the same opponent twice.
On the first round players, and the armies they will use, are assigned randomly.
Players may not be assigned their own army.
On subsequent rounds players will be matched using their accumulated score, with
the top scoring player playing against the player with the second highest score,
the third and fourth highest scoring playing together, etc. The allocation of
armies is based on the accumulated score of each army. The top scoring player
will be assigned the lowest scoring army, the second highest scoring player will
receive the second lowest scoring army, etc. Players may not be assigned their
own army, or an army that they have already played.
On the final round everyone will play with their own army. Players are matched
using their accumulated score.
Award the player with the top accumulated score (champion player), and the
player bringing the army with the lowest accumulated score (most challenging
army).
Players will generally benefit from choosing an army that they have mastered,
yet others find difficult to play. This can be further exploited by including
terrain that is less advantageous for that army. Expect to see armies that would
never be used in a traditional open tournament format as players try to handicap
their opponents with challenging armies to play.
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Photo Credit: Close-up from DBA Scramble
Tournament at 2010 Fall In! Convention, by Will Michael (aka Pavane)
Last Updated:
02 November 2010
Comments and feedback welcome.
Input to Chris Brantley.
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