Grail Quest Results Loaded on Rankings HQ

Grail Quest IV's results are now loaded on Rankings HQ, so all you crazy kids have now received points and can now brag to your spouses about how elite you are in the national rankings*.  Check it out here:  http://rankingshq.com/public/tournamentprofile.aspx?TournamentId=2975

*  Note:  May cause the opposite of intended effects. 

The Armies of Grail Quest, Part 2

Here are the rest of my pictures of the armies that participated at Grail Quest this year.  Hope you enjoy them, and that we'll see your army there next year. 

Warriors of Chaos on Parade

Robert's High Elves Storm the Shore

Two Trebuchets...never leave home without them!

Eric's High Elves, including Maiden Guard

More Painted Skaven!

Scott's Warriors of Chaos

Best Sportsman Tony Nelson's Ogres

Eoin Whelan's amazing army and display board helped him to Best Overall.

Warriors of Chaos everywhere!

Marcus had over one hundred painted Night Goblins in his army.

The Armies of Grail Quest, Part One

I managed to snap a few photos of the armies on parade at Grail Quest during the tournament lunch break.  There were some very nicely done armies that attended, and I'll get all the pictures up today and tomorrow.  

Billy's Three Arachnoroks!

Erik's Bretonnians

This is Sparta!

Bart's Daemons (sadly, his list of six Greater Daemons was vetoed)

Joel's Fully Painted Skaven (They Do Exist!)

Nick's Empire

These Lizardmen had some pop!

The Dark Elves have captured Gary Busey!

Grail Quest Winners and Final Results

Congratulations to the winners at Grail Quest IV:  Lethal Flagon!

Best Overall:  Eoin Whelan
Best General:  Jason Conca
2nd Best Overall:  Jerry Parsley
3rd Best Overall:  Chris Cline
Best Painted:  Jim Chadwick
Best Sportsman:  Tony Nelson

Grail Quest Final Score Report

Soft Score Explanation:

Each section of the questionnaire that you filled out at the end of each round (sports and painting) contained ten questions. Each positive response to a question was worth 125 vp for the opposing player. For example, if Tom and Collins played a game and Tom answered "Yes" to all ten sportsmanship questions about playing Collins, Collins would receive a sportsmanship score of 1250. When Tom then answered only five of the painting questions about Collins army with a "Yes", then Collins would only earn a painting score of 625 for that round.

All three round scores were then averaged and added to total battle vp for the overall score. In addition, each time a player received a vote for best painted army, they received an additional fifty points to their overall score. Each time a player received a vote for favorite opponent, they received an additional one hundred points to their overall score. Soft scores combined made up roughly 25-40% of overall scores, depending on battle vp.

Any feedback for next year's tournament is very welcome, as I always aim to improve the tournament experience from year to year.