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August 15, 2013 NOVA Open Newsletter 
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MASSIVE NEWSLETTER!

This is the Final Big Newsletter before the 2013 NOVA Open. For that reason, it is chock full of important information for our attendees and anyone thinking of registering in the next two weeks.
 
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Much of this newsletter encourages you to make some final decisions before attending, so don't miss a thing!
 
**Players in the 40K GT & Invitational:
You will be receiving a news splash soon regarding the Torrent of Fire scoring software being used by NOVA Open 2013.  Watch for it, follow instructions, and pre-register with ToF as soon as you receive it - with thanks from the 40K team.
DAYS LEFT to 2013 NOVA Open:

 

This is your two-week warning! Put those last touches on your armies and get them ready for the NOVA Open 2013! 
 
You can prepare for the Big Day by making sure you're up to speed on registrationarmy list, and event primer information (links below). Review the most updated schedule, too.
W/E BADGE PRICE INCREASES

NOVA badgeFINAL REMINDER:

End of discounted weekend pass.  Badge price goes from $40 to $45 at 12:01 am August 17 to $45. Weekend Badges are required for All passes and GTs. If you are registered for an event and DO NOT YET HAVE A WEEKEND BADGE, grab yours now!  

SPACES LEFT

  

SPACE IS TIGHT - 

 

Events Filling Up Quickly; Claim Your Space Now:
40K GT:  25/256 Remain
40K Invitational:  FULL
Fantasy GT:  2/64 Remain
Infinity:  8/32 Remain 

 

Always Room for More:
Check the schedule to see if you have time to add a few fun or new events to your 4 days at the NOVA Open!

40K Trios:        11 teams/33 Players
40K Narrative:  36 players
WM/H:              32 All Passes/9 Events
FoW:                14 Two-War Passes
MAGIC:             Unlimited; Cash Prizes 
                         Starter Deck in 400 Swag Bags!

Seminars & Capital Palette:
Many new seminars and instructors. Streamline check-in and sign up for Seminars and Capital Palette now. Having a headcount helps the NOVA prepare; consider signing up for the following early:

Build a Display Board (On Site for your 2013 Army!)

Support the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation:
Buy Charity Army Raffle Tickets and sign up for their two seminars:


Though tickets for all events and seminars will be on sale at the NOVA Open Store during the Convention. signing up now guarantees availability.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT:
Nick "Darkwynn" Rose

 

 

Nick Rose

Nick "Darkwynn" Rose, from Austin, Texas, is an M&A Strategist for Dell. Nick plays Warhammer 40k, Dust, Infinity, and Pathfinder, and plays soccer 3-5 times a week. Although a tournament veteran, this will be Nick's first NOVA Open. Find him and his Eldar army in our 40k events! 

 

Nick is looking forward to playing for a change: this year he was a judge at Adepticon and he ran Wargames Con. The NOVA Open will be "the only time I actually get to play in a GT this year. Moving away from the player base and into helping run events, your play time goes from a lot to almost zero very quickly."

 

Nick recommends that first-time attendees: "Practice and know your list forwards and backwards. The best thing you can do coming to the table is to be prepared. That makes the time go fast and you are able to finish your game on time regardless of the outcome. Also bring the right attitude and you should have a great time regardless if you get destroyed or you come on top."

NEW SPONSOR:
PoweredPlay Gaming

PoweredPlay Gaming aims to electrify play, spark personal creativity, and empower individuality in gamers, hobbyists and collectors alike. From lights, to smoke, to sound and more, they provide the tools and components to customize your armies, planes, historical models and whatever your mind can create. Their product lights are ready to be installed into your models, right out of the package. No soldering, no taping, no crimping.

 

PoweredPlay Gaming is joining the NOVA Open 2013 at the Tournament Level, providing over 75 kits for prize packages and raffles, and will also have a vendor booth in the Regency Ballroom Foyer. But that's not all! Learn how to make your own lighting creations with their help:

 

Working with LEDs

Sunday, August 31, 2-4 PM 

NEW SPONSOR:
Dropzone Games  
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The premier sponsor of the NOVA Open's Fantasy GT, Dropzone Gamesis delivering a powerful package of prize support for Fantasy: nearly $4,000 in retail value! Every player who plays in the Fantasy GT will be given a Fantasy Swag Bag worth about $70 ~ and the winners will also receive $100-value awards packages from Dropzone Games!

 

Our Fantasy GT is on track to fill very soon, so if you've been waiting to register, now is the time to do it!
MORE FROM:
Tablewar Designs

Tablewar DesignsTablewar is one of our 2013 NOVA Open sponsors, providing high- value vouchers to top prize packages in multiple tournaments, but they have just become sponsors of the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation by providing display trays to the three Charity Armies being raffled!  Check out the Foundation's booth space and see what these great products are all about!

CHARITY ARMIES COMPLETE!

  

Three amazing armies, three amazing causes: Join the Compassionate Force, and take a shot at winning one of these professionally painted armies.  KR Multicase is providing custom cases for each army.  On top of that, Tablewar Designs has donated unit trays and display boards for them, as well!
 

   Redemption of the Fallen

1850 Point Dark Angels: Redemption of the Fallen

in support of Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (One of our European readers recently reminded us that Doctors Without Borders is better known internationally by it's French name, M�decins Sans Fronti�res).  Multiple Artists; See Below.

    Silent King

1000 Point Necrons: The House of the Silent King

 in support of Fisher House Foundation.  Artist: U.S. Army Capt. Wes Cogdal, owner of Stiff Neck Studio

  

Lightish Red

 

35 Point Khador: The Lightish Red Army in support of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Artist:  Brendon Caulkins (NOVA Open WM/H coordinator).

 

RAFFLE RULES POSTED HERE.

REDEMPTION FINISHED!
Redemption of the Fallen

 

Redemption of the Fallen Army is Complete!  The Foundation has brought it all together for you in this PHOTO ALBUM.

 

Special thanks to Tim Williamson as the artist taking the lead in this project ~ wrangling the other incredible artists behind the finished army which is now worth over 2000 points!

 

Thanks to our artists:  Tim Williamson, Dave Taylor, Chris Dubuque, John Stiening, Dan Withers, Mike Cho, and Gabe Dobkins (who finished Belial while in need of shoulder surgery!)

ROF Bikers
One of Dave Taylor's Ravenwing bikers pictured above; Mike Cho has enhanced the package by creating the accessories box pictured below.
RoTF Case  
    

Buy raffle tickets.

RAFFLE RULES HERE.

TORRENT OF FIRE (ToF):
The Rundown

  

Torrent of FireNOVA Open's 40K Invitational & GT Players will be First to experience the NEW ToF tournament management system.  How will it work?

  

PLAYERS: Hopefully, you will pre-register at ToF when NOVA pings you with your ToF ID in the next few days.  If not, you'll be checked into the system at registration. When the games begin, you'll find your table assignment and opponent via your smart phone, tablet or the wall projection at 40K Judge's table. When your game is over, if you have 'em, score your game from your phone or tablet; if not, head to 40K table.  Watch the live leaderboard to find out how you're ranked against the current competition. When it's all over, view your round-by-round results and statistics about how your army fared.   

  

ToF SITE VISITORS: Follow along with the action as it happens, via projector, smart phone, tablet ~ or join the ToF team at their booth, located at the entrance of the 40K hall.  Hang out in our big orange chair and see live results as they are turned in. As soon as a table is finished, you'll know the winner. And as soon as the round is complete, you'll know who's leading the pack. Then, register as a Warrior and get a TOF Challenge Coin and an entry into our NOVA Open 2014 raffle.

  

Think you can handle more power and responsibility? This NOVA Open, ToF will have a once-ever, charter-level membership price to become a TOF Hero!

 

ToF HERO:  Hero status includes expert-level content on www.torrentoffire.com, unlimited access to The Ultimate Weapon, our searchable database of 40K results from all TOF-powered events, and much more. This is not for the feint of heart. If you're ready, come to the ToF booth and learn how you can join The Revolution. 

VENDOR DISCOUNT NIGHT  

 

 

We now give you an excuse to arrive early at the 2013 NOVA Open:  VENDOR DISCOUNT HOURS!

 

Thursday, August 29

 5pm-10pm 

 

Shop with additional discounts of up to 10% for models, hobby supplies to finish up your armies, amazing terrain, that airbrush you've always wanted, lighting kits to illuminate your display boards and models, plus so much more! The following vendors will be onsite for the NOVA Open 2013:

 
Toledo Game Room (Bring old miniatures to trade!)

Bodacious Babes Battling Breast Cancer will be raising money for their Walk for the Cure entry fees.

GREX will be onsite to demonstrate airbrushes (sold by Games & Stuff).
REGISTER for CAPITAL PALETTE
http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/NOVA-Open-2013-Art-Competition-Capital-Palette.pdf
 
Don't forget to register for the Capital Palette painting contest! With amazing prize support and the adulation of your fellow gamers, Capital Palette promises to be a highlight of the NOVA Open! The Grand Prize winner receives a round trip plane ticket to and entry in the 2014 Crystal Brush contest in Chicago, and the winner of each category wins a trophy, a GREX airbrush, and more prizes valued at over $300 from our amazing Capital Palette Sponsors:
2013 NOVA Open:
SEMINAR ACADEMY

 

Want to learn the best techniques for modeling, painting, lighting, and even self-defense or mixology?

 

NOVA Open seminars are scheduled to allow you to enjoy the tournaments while still having access to a high number of these learning opportunities- and many are held several times! Don't miss this chance to learn from our experts, including Justin McCoy (Secret Weapon Miniatures), Dan Cotrupe (Tectonic Craft Studions), Tim Stone, Chris Dubuque, (aka Jawaballs) Caleb Wissenback (Award Winning Artist), PoweredPlay Gaming, and John Perkins (Basic Black & Phalanx). Many of these are "take-home" projects! Review the SCHEDULE and register today. Seminars include:

  

Airbrushing Minis Weathering Techniques 
Basing Your Models Cogs & Cobblestones 
Using Pigments on Minis Masterclass Painting 
Hirst Arts Terrain  Build a Display Board 
Primer to Tabletop Freehanding Minis 
Max Your Paint Score  Blending 101 
American Craft Cocktail Seminar
American Craft Beer Seminar

  

JPerkins

Interested in personal defense or gun safety and handling? Sign up for The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Guide to Personal Firearms Defense! Under the tutelage of John Perkins (left), this course includes a laser-cartridge-loaded Glock firearms accuracy competition at its completion. The winner will receive one fully functional Phalanx Defense personal body armor vest and a copy of The Imperial Infantryman's Handbook!

2013 NOVA REGISTRATION

With just two weeks left until the NOVA Open 2013, familiarize yourself with our handy guide to help you with check-in on the Big Day!

 

 

STEP 1:
  • Not Pre-Registered? Go to the NOVA Open Store to buy passes/tickets, then proceed to Step 2.
  • Pre-Registered for 40K? Drop off your Army Lists (see below) and pick up your registration check-in pass.
  • Pre-Registered for another event? Go directly to the Registration Check-In Desk
  • NOVA Open 2013 VIP? Go to the NOVA Open 2013 VIP Express Check-In Desk! Badges, Guidebooks, Swag + Pre-Purchased Seminar/Cap Palette/Con T-shirts will be ready for your pick up.
STEP 2:

1.  REGISTRATION CHECK-IN:
  • 40K pre-registered players hand desk agent your Army Drop Off Card
  • At Check-In, you will receive:  Your Badge, any Pre-Purchased Seminar or Capital Palette Art Competition Tickets and Pre-purchased T-Shirt Tix
2.  GUIDEBOOK PICK-UP
3.  SWAG BAG PICK-UP
4.  SWAP Con T-Shirt Size Tix for product at NOVA Open store at any time!
40K ARMY LIST DROP OFF

For all 40k Players, the Army List Drop Off will be your first step in your check-in process.  You will need to bring a certain number of copies of your lists in accordance with the following:

  • GT Players:  9 copies of your list
  • Invitational Players:  6 copies of your list
  • Trios Players:  4 copies of your team list + 2 copies of your individual lists (per individual player)
  • Narrative Players:  5 copies of your list
Hand all required copies of your lists to an Army Desk Operator. The ADO will draw one at random and return the remainder of your lists.

After your lists are checked in for each of your 40k events, you will be handed a Registration Check-In Card.  Take the card to Registration Check-in.

*If you are playing in any other tournament (not 40k), please arrive at the site of your event/s 15-20 minutes prior to start time, turning any required army lists into the Tournament Organizers when you arrive.
FINAL MISSION PRIMERS 

 

 

 

The following Game Primers have been updated as of August 1, 2013:

  

  

 

  

40K GT

40K Narrative

40K Invitational

Fantasy (New Release)

Warmachine/Hordes

Flames of War

Infinity Singles

Infinity Team

Infinity Hunger Games

  

40K TEAM TRIOS TOURNAMENT:
The Trios event will use select missions from the 2013 Final 40k GT Packet (linked above w/in the newsletter); additional information for team construction can be found in the Trios Primer on the NOVA Open website.
  
40K NARRATIVE TOURNAMENT: 
The Final Narrative Missions provide the information required to prepare for the Narrative Event.
  
40K NOVA FAQ:
The final Warhammer 40,000 NOVA FAQ is now available. 
$2K CASH HOTEL RAFFLE!

The NOVA Open Hotel Raffle is back: 

 

Every night you stay at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City during the NOVA Open, puts a ticket in our Hotel Raffle. Learn More HERE! 

 

BOOK YOUR ROOM NOW

By the time you read this, our room block may be FULL! 

 

JUST ANNOUNCED: Booking will remain Open until August 20!

 

The Hyatt has a 24-hr cancellation policy - reserve your room; click HERE.

 

Rates for 2013 are the same as the 2012 rate:  a shockingly low D.C. area price of just $85/night, and this rate is available for NOVA Open guests for 8 nights

 

Having  trouble securing rooms at NOVA rate? Please contact us at [email protected] and we'll assist. 

PODCAST COMPANIES:

 

Podcast NOVA Open has many event coordinators and staff members who provide pivotal roles in bringing this convention to life each year. They are available to provide interviews to any podcast interested in learning more about the NOVA, game tournaments, seminars or what it takes to bring them all together.   Contact us for interviews/content! 

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