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Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:36 pm
by epthegeek
I picked up a deck of Karl DeAngelo's "Critical Hit" cards which support a 3 strike tournament for up to 20 people.

For those of you saying "Who the what now?" I'll sum up: Karl came up with this game that is basically a 3 strike tournament with power ups. You get cards at the start that allow you to do things like play an extra ball at the end of your game to add to your score, or survive your third strike, etc. Everybody gets 2 cards to start with, and you play a round or 2 that lets you earn more cards. Then you actually start the knockout rounds and the cards are in play.

I bought the deck just because I think the idea is amazing and wanted to throw Karl a few bucks -- but if I could wrangle people into actually trying it, that'd be awesome.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:37 pm
by epthegeek
Pic of cards, because why not.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:49 pm
by Hilton
I LOVE this idea!

Where can I get a deck/how much?

Also, set a date and count me in!

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:51 pm
by Hilton

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:53 pm
by epthegeek
I'm sure Karl will make more - I got it from him at Pinburgh, he had one left.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:25 pm
by TomGWI
I bought a deck as well if you need another to borrow Eric.

I would be interested depending on the date and time.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:09 pm
by Ken
Sounds fun!

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:44 pm
by epthegeek
TomGWI wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:25 pm I bought a deck as well if you need another to borrow Eric.

I would be interested depending on the date and time.
I can't imagine running it with more than 20, I'm no Tom Graf. Also that would take a long time.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:07 pm
by TomGWI
epthegeek wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:44 pm
TomGWI wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:25 pm I bought a deck as well if you need another to borrow Eric.

I would be interested depending on the date and time.
I can't imagine running it with more than 20, I'm no Tom Graf. Also that would take a long time.
No problem thought I would offer.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:34 pm
by RustyLizard
I would love to try this after hearing about it on all the podcasts as long as we don't do it on the 5 out of 6 Saturdays that I work. :)

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:38 am
by QuyN
Can someone forward me a link to the game's rules? I tried searching a bit online and all I saw was signup pages for tourneys. I used to play Magic: The Gathering, so this is right up my alley. Really love card games. Thanks!

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:11 pm
by epthegeek
QuyN wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:38 am Can someone forward me a link to the game's rules? I tried searching a bit online and all I saw was signup pages for tourneys. I used to play Magic: The Gathering, so this is right up my alley. Really love card games. Thanks!
It's much less card game and much more pinball. You can throw cards before/during rounds to change parameters, but that's really the extent of the card interaction.

There is informal documentation in a Google Docs document that one guy who ran a tournament wrote up and Karl went over to edit. It's got a general overview of how it works, and details/examples of how the various cards work.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Em5 ... 3gv7io45yr

So I need to find a Saturday when enough people are available and we can take a crack at it.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:17 pm
by QuyN
I see. Very cool! Sounds like a fun way to shake things up.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:00 am
by ralphwiggum
This sounds like a fun night for Ballers to mix it up a bit. Not being handcuffed by IFPA points definitely has its advantages. I'm down.

Re: Anybody Interested in a "Critical Hit" Tournament?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:06 am
by Chris K
I'm up for anything that causes chaos! :)

"Roll the dice to see if I'm getting drunk!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zng5kRle4FA