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To The Strongest! @ Britcon
To The Strongest! will feature at Britcon for the fourth time this year, again in a 2-day multi-round competition.
The Rules
To The Strongest will use the standard rule set as modified by the most recent set of Even Stronger. This is presently version 12a but any amendments up to the end of July 2025 will be used. https://bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/products/to-the-strongest-even-stronger-updated-24-3-2017
Only cards and not chits will be used during the tournament. Cards will be gathered and shuffled for both players at the end of each players turn. Shuffling machines are allowed!
Stratagems to be used if at least one player wants to i.e. they are not used only if both players don’t want to use them.
Rulebook terrain placement will be used. When the same type of terrain piece is placed next to another, the placing player defines whether it is separate (i.e. requiring its own card) or combined (i.e. the two pieces become one and have one card). This applies to multiple iterations i.e. if I place a wood next to a double-wood, I decide if that is now a one-piece triple wood with one card, or two terrain pieces (one double wood and the new single wood) with one card each.
A ZoC does not count as halting or Impassable terrain when checking if a diagonal move or charge can be made.
First-round opponents will be pre-decided with a random draw and published prior to the competition itself. As is customary, I’ll try and avoid matching regular opponents, so please let me know if you have any!
Any rules queries to be handled in our usual gentlemanly fashion, but in the event of a dispute, the tournament referee’s decision will be final (unless the query involves the referee themselves, in which case the final decision will fall to a pre-first-game-nominated secondary referee or, to finish the chain, if the game is between the first two mentioned, someone else can decide!).
The Tables
All games will be played on a 6’ x 4’ table using 150mm (6”) squares. The organiser would appreciate it if players could bring a cloth and terrain: Britcon could supply hand-gridded cloths if absolutely necessary, but it would be much better if we had enough professionally produced mats.
Points & Lists
The points values will be 140, using 25/28mm figures. All figures must be representative of the units they portray and painted to a minimum standard of three colours and a base of two colours including highlights.
The armies permitted will be from the most recent Ancient or Medieval lists up to the end of July 2025, all lists to be submitted by 01/08/2025 to Tim, who has kindly agreed to check them, at [email protected]. Please title your email BRITCON 2025 list.
Timetable
Friday 22nd August
Time TBC, but late afternoon/early evening: for those who want to, an opportunity for a practice game and then out into Nottingham for a drink and a meal.
Then the current plan is to repeat last year’s five games with the timings below, but we may add a sixth one in dependent on what people want to do (I’ll poll the attendees again closer to the time).
Saturday 23rd August
0845 - 0915 Registration
0915 - 1130 Round One
1215 - 1430 Round Two
1515 - 1730 Round Three
There will be a banquet/feast/meal on the Saturday night, venue TBC, but probably a curry of some sort. We’ll need a volunteer to sort
Sunday 24th August
0900-1115 Round Four
1200-1415 Round Five
1445 Prize giving
Timings are flexible, insofar as if BOTH players are ready and willing to play before the announced time, they can go for it. However, end times are not flexible as we need to maintain momentum.
Time will be called 15 minutes before the end of the round. When the present turn is finished the game ends, unless it is the round of the player who went first, in which case the player who went second will finish his round so everyone gets the same number of turns.
Results & Scoring
Results slips will be placed on each table, and it is the responsibility of the winning player (the player who took the most coins) to hand this to the Umpire (Robert).
Scoring will be the same as at Ewelme i.e. just cross-reference how many victory medals you took and lost to generate the points gained for the game. It’s all worked out for you in advance!
Contact
Robert on [email protected]
Book via the Britcon Booking Page
Don't forget, the cost of your entry fee includes your lunch on both days of the competition, and also a £5 voucher to spend with any of our Britcon traders!
The Rules
To The Strongest will use the standard rule set as modified by the most recent set of Even Stronger. This is presently version 12a but any amendments up to the end of July 2025 will be used. https://bigredbatshop.co.uk/collections/all/products/to-the-strongest-even-stronger-updated-24-3-2017
Only cards and not chits will be used during the tournament. Cards will be gathered and shuffled for both players at the end of each players turn. Shuffling machines are allowed!
Stratagems to be used if at least one player wants to i.e. they are not used only if both players don’t want to use them.
Rulebook terrain placement will be used. When the same type of terrain piece is placed next to another, the placing player defines whether it is separate (i.e. requiring its own card) or combined (i.e. the two pieces become one and have one card). This applies to multiple iterations i.e. if I place a wood next to a double-wood, I decide if that is now a one-piece triple wood with one card, or two terrain pieces (one double wood and the new single wood) with one card each.
A ZoC does not count as halting or Impassable terrain when checking if a diagonal move or charge can be made.
First-round opponents will be pre-decided with a random draw and published prior to the competition itself. As is customary, I’ll try and avoid matching regular opponents, so please let me know if you have any!
Any rules queries to be handled in our usual gentlemanly fashion, but in the event of a dispute, the tournament referee’s decision will be final (unless the query involves the referee themselves, in which case the final decision will fall to a pre-first-game-nominated secondary referee or, to finish the chain, if the game is between the first two mentioned, someone else can decide!).
The Tables
All games will be played on a 6’ x 4’ table using 150mm (6”) squares. The organiser would appreciate it if players could bring a cloth and terrain: Britcon could supply hand-gridded cloths if absolutely necessary, but it would be much better if we had enough professionally produced mats.
Points & Lists
The points values will be 140, using 25/28mm figures. All figures must be representative of the units they portray and painted to a minimum standard of three colours and a base of two colours including highlights.
The armies permitted will be from the most recent Ancient or Medieval lists up to the end of July 2025, all lists to be submitted by 01/08/2025 to Tim, who has kindly agreed to check them, at [email protected]. Please title your email BRITCON 2025 list.
Timetable
Friday 22nd August
Time TBC, but late afternoon/early evening: for those who want to, an opportunity for a practice game and then out into Nottingham for a drink and a meal.
Then the current plan is to repeat last year’s five games with the timings below, but we may add a sixth one in dependent on what people want to do (I’ll poll the attendees again closer to the time).
Saturday 23rd August
0845 - 0915 Registration
0915 - 1130 Round One
1215 - 1430 Round Two
1515 - 1730 Round Three
There will be a banquet/feast/meal on the Saturday night, venue TBC, but probably a curry of some sort. We’ll need a volunteer to sort
Sunday 24th August
0900-1115 Round Four
1200-1415 Round Five
1445 Prize giving
Timings are flexible, insofar as if BOTH players are ready and willing to play before the announced time, they can go for it. However, end times are not flexible as we need to maintain momentum.
Time will be called 15 minutes before the end of the round. When the present turn is finished the game ends, unless it is the round of the player who went first, in which case the player who went second will finish his round so everyone gets the same number of turns.
Results & Scoring
Results slips will be placed on each table, and it is the responsibility of the winning player (the player who took the most coins) to hand this to the Umpire (Robert).
Scoring will be the same as at Ewelme i.e. just cross-reference how many victory medals you took and lost to generate the points gained for the game. It’s all worked out for you in advance!
Contact
Robert on [email protected]
Book via the Britcon Booking Page
Don't forget, the cost of your entry fee includes your lunch on both days of the competition, and also a £5 voucher to spend with any of our Britcon traders!