BAO 2018 is done and dusted!
Event Recap, here.
This will be an ITC formatted event, using the ITC Champion’s Missions. The tournament will be played over 6 rounds, Saturday and Sunday, July 28th and 29th at the Game Kastle store in Mountain View, CA. 550 Showers Dr Suite 1, Mountain View, CA 94040.
The 3 colors and based modeling policy will be strictly enforced. Models that do not meet this requirement will be removed from the tables by a judge. If you plan on using a substitution model or a proxy that is not very close in size and shape to the model it is meant to represent, email the TOs at Contact@FrontlineGaming.org with a picture of the model in question and an explanation of which model it is supposed to represent for TO approval. If you do not do so, the model may be pulled from the table during the event by a judge if they feel it is not an appropriate substitution.
Chess clocks will be used for those players with a winning record starting day 2 of the event and made available at tables for those players who wish to use them so long as supplies last. Rules for their use can be found in the above ITC Format link.
All current Games Workshop 40k source materials will be allowed so long as it is published on or before July 22nd.
Event Schedule:
- Saturday
- Registration: 8am
- Round 1: 9am
- Lunch: Noon
- Round 2: 1pm
- Round 3: 4:15pm
- Day ends: 7:30pm
- Sunday
- Round 4: 9am
- Lunch: Noon
- Round 5: 1pm
- Round 6: 4:15pm
- Awards: 7:30pm
Please leave any questions in the comments section below!
Refund Policy:
All tickets are fully refundable up until 30 days before the event begins, June 28th, 2018, at which point no refunds will be issued. Tickets are transferable up until July 26th, 2018 after which point tickets may not be transferred.
And remember, Frontline Gaming sells gaming products at a discount, every day in their webcart!
Hi, thanks for the update. I have a question:
Will there be any limits on PL for models? For example, some tournaments have a rule like “no single model with a PL greater than 30” to exclude certain very expensive models like the Eldar Scorpion Tank (32 PL). Will BAO have a limit like this?
Thanks!
Nope. We’re going directly off of the ITC format and the PL restriction was removed with Chapter Approved.
Thanks!
Already got mine! Can’t wait! The BAO is one of my absolute favorite tourneys each year.
See you there, buddy!
My list is ready time to get to painting those three colors LOL
Do it to it! See you there, buddy.
Are you guys going to make the belt trophy safer this year? Last year Brandon got pricked by something sharp in it and it drew blood… Hate to have that happen to him again this year ;).
He’s a big boy, he can take it 😀
That just means it has now been blessed by Khorne!
I got mine. Now I need to figure out how to make either Custodes or Grey Knights work…
See you there, buddy!
Why? Are they unemployed?
That made me laugh more than it should of
lol
Even though it’s a digital product it’s asking for a shipping method and there is no shipping method to Canada. Heeeeelp
Yeah, international shipping is a challenge on these. Email me at Contact@FrontlineGaming.org and I will get you taken care of.
Is the facebook event page a closed group? When I click the link I get:
“The link you followed may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience you’re not in.”
Ah, ooh, good question, will check.
Lol, yeah….I didn’t actually publish it again, haha. Oops! Try again, please: https://www.facebook.com/Bay-Area-Open-177460055657057/
Sold out? damnit, anyone want to sell me theirs?
Need to increase the capacity imo!
I guarantee you that before BAO rolls around, many people will drop (prompting FLG to open up those spots to others) and lots of folks will post to Facebook and other sites trying to sell off their tickets for one reason or another. Have a little patience.
Also, the reason they limit size is typically because the venue only has so much room in it and they only have so much terrain. Scaling upwards further requires a lot of work on their part.
I completely understand, and I was one who sold mine last year, hoping someone is selling this year so I can go, no issues should stop me this time.
We’d LOVE to increase capacity but unfortunately the venue can only fit so many people. =/