What we have on offer here is “One Long Morning,” a short four-game CMFB tournament representing (fictionally) small-unit actions on the opening day of the German December 1944 offensive. The scenarios are very small and quite brief – 15 to 30 minutes – and all take place on the same map (this will be familiar to those who played in my CMBN tournament “The Farm” some years ago). All players will play all four games, with the winner being determined by the total score of all four games. The tournament is strictly limited to 16 players. Deadlines are detailed below.
Scoring works like this. Each game has 200 points available via a variety of objectives. In addition, players will gain 100 points per scenario for completing a detailed AAR (detailed narrative with photos and/or video) in a dedicated thread on this forum. As should be fairly obvious, players who do not complete AARs will be at a significant disadvantage – please consider this before signing up. Both players will report scores for each game. In case of discrepancies in reporting, screenshots will be required to validate the scores.
With small, short scenarios, the games will be completed quickly. With this in mind, here's the schedule:
Game 1: Play: 1 Jun – 22 Jun; AAR: 23 Jun – 29 Jun
Game 2: Play: 29 Jun – 20 Jul; AAR: 21 Jul – 27 Jul
(One week hiatus)
Game 3: Play: 3 Aug – 24 Aug; AAR: 25 Aug – 31 Aug
Game 4: Play: 31 Aug – 21 Sep; AAR: 22 Sep – 28 Sep
For obvious reasons, all games must be complete before AARs are posted, hence the separate windows for each.
The sign-up period will begin at noon Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday 28 May 2016. To sign up, send me a private message with your email address after that time (early entries will be ignored). The first 16 will get slots; I will keep a reserve list in case anyone drops out midstream (but if you think you might not be able to complete the whole tournament, please don't sign up).