Category: Tournaments

Wrap-up from Toy and Game Expo 2014

22/7/2014

It was another successful Toy and Game Expo for 93 Made Games in the year two thousand and fourteen. We'd missed the previous year's expo due to a variety of reasons and were very happy to return to an expo that brings gamers, game designers and the general public together under one very high roof.

The expo started off with the indoctrination of the newest member of the company when we subjected Simon to bump in on a freezing winter's night. Whilst the expo hall was warm enough, having to circumnavigate half of Olympic Park to return to our cars froze our proverbials off.

Both days of the expo gave us plenty of chance to catch up with old friends and make new ones. We received visits from Barry and Jason from UOW Guild Gaming Society as well as Simon, Sam and Will who have been big supporters of Viewpoint in Australia and abroad. Christine and Manuel from Mega Games also dropped by to say g'day and pick up their freshly-minted copies of Monster Town. We made a lot of new contacts with up and coming designers such as Kim from Secret Base Games, Jason from End Game Games and Anna from Draw Cards Game. We saw and played many great games from Australian designers and can easily envisage a time in the near future where Australian games are going to be a well sort after commodity. Watch out world!

It's not a Toy and Game Expo without a Viewpoint Championships and it seems it's not a Viewpoint Championships without the reigning World Champion Lindsay Heming from The Games Cube winning again! 22 other competitors placed Lindsay firmly in their sights but he managed to stave off a concerted effort in the typical style of a champion (winning by the smallest of margins) by claiming his first double crown - Viewpoint Champion 2014 and Viewpoint Reflections Champion 2014. Well done Lindsay!

Viewpoint aside, we also had great fun demoing Monster Town and NinjitZoo. The guys from Blue Room Games definitely have a popular game and we're proud to help them get it out to the gaming public. We also can't wait to see what game they have in store next.

So if you were unfortunate enough to miss out on this year's Toy and Game Expo, make sure you check out their website and get in early for next year's expo. We'll see you there!

The Toy and Game Expo is Australia's only public expo with the latest in toys and board games. Experience the fun in this family interactive heaven for ages from 4 through to adults based on a principle of See, Play, Own. Come along and SEE passionate high end users demonstrating their projects. PLAY with it yourself, and if it tickles your fancy take the opportunity to OWN it by visiting a retail booth.

Viewpoint 3v3 League Season

14/11/2012

The new exciting Viewpoint 3v3 season gets underway on 1st January 2013. What is Viewpoint 3-on-3? Download the description and rules here.

Teams should register or express their interest by emailing us before the 31st December 2012. You are allowed 3 main players (1 captain and 2 other main players) plus 2 reserves (back up players who can substitute if the main players cannot make an agreed match).

Once teams are registered, 93 Made Games will place them into regional groupings so that it is easy for teams to hook up and play games. Depending upon the number of teams in a region, teams will have to play a number of predetermined games against the other teams in their region (example, Brisbane Central has 9 teams competing and Sydney West has 3 teams - the Brisbane teams play each other once, while the Sydney teams play each other 3 times). 93 Made Games will determine the actual number of games required in each region.

Teams and the regions they are based in will be posted on the 2013 3v3 Season webpage, along with the email contact of each team captain. The 2013 season will run from January 1st to May 31st. All teams must arrange to play their required games within their region by mutual consent. Once a game time and place is agreed to, the details will be posted on the webpage. Non-show results in forfeiture of the match. If people find it difficult to agree on a suitable date, 93 Made Games will nominate an in-store/in-club session where the teams will play.

Results are to be emailed to 93 Made Games by the winning team and confirmed by the losing team.

The two highest scoring teams in Australia will be invited play in a Grand Final to be held in June 2013.

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Viewpoint Tournament Wrap from TAG 2012

19/6/2012

93 Made Games hosted the Australian Viewpoint Championships and Viewpoint State of Origin at the Toy & Game Expo. Both tournaments boasted some of the biggest names in Viewpoint, including former World Champion runner-up Will Yung and former Player of the Year runner-up Alex Done.

Australian Viewpoint Championship

Lindsay Heming won the Australian Viewpoint Championship for 2012 by defeating an all-star cast of former and current Viewpoint champions. The combined might of Jacob Moriarty (2012 NSW Champ), Alex Done (2010 QLD Champ) and Will Yung (2010 Worlds Runner-Up) was not enough to stop Lindsay from taking the championship in 47 minutes. The early rounds were also tough with Jacob narrowly sneaking into the top 4 on second-order breakers. The stage is now set for a thrilling World Championships in October.

Viewpoint State of Origin

New South Wales evened the ledger by defeating Queensland by 2 games to 1 in this year's state of origin. NSW took the first game quickly with Will Yung flooding the board with View-points whilst his teammates Lindsay Heming and Victor Areces stalled QLD's efforts. QLD trio Sean Carroll, Alex Done and Keith Done balanced the scoreline in the second game by mirroring NSW's tactics from game one. With QLD on the verge of securing the origin trophy again, Victor Areces pulled off an amazing turn to return 20 points from the discard pile to his hand and play it to take NSW to the summit of victory. Congratulations to New South Wales!

Lindsay Heming, Will Yung, Jacob Moriarty and Alex Done

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Tournament Report from the NSW Viewpoint Champion

18/6/2012

Read this unique, swashbuckling tournament report by the 2012 NSW Viewpoint Champion, Jacob Moriarty.

Bonjour, and welcome to my gloat-fest. No really, I’m Fox Murdoch and this is the article they BEGGED me to write, featuring all my exploits along the path to victory. I am your NSW State Champion for 2012, and believe me I’m the best for the job.

How did it all begin? Well the previous night I located all the other competitor’s homes and paid their mothers/fathers/relatives $50 to put ex-lax in their dinners. Alas, it didn’t work! I’d have to win the day with real cunning, a touch of that charming smile, and unfortunately some actual games!

Not to worry. I happen to be a fantastic hand at Viewpoint – did I ever tell you about the time I bested a pirate ship and took all their wenches? Of course not, I’ve only just started my first article! Hah haa, but Viewpoint’ll get you outta some tight spots. Alimony for the kids? I win, you keep ‘em!

The day was like any other. The earth rotated, making it appear that the sun rose. I did too, and chose to skip the shower, intentionally. I find an off-put opponent has trouble holding their cards and their nose at the same time, so mores the winning!

I ventured forth carefully, calming the public transport beast known as a “bus” and arrived in Penrith, at Mega Games, in time for the registration. Even if not, I’m the bestest best friend of the local shop keep, and she told me already she’d slide in me for an extra $100. Not a small fee, but she be a fine crook if e’er there was!

But before we tell ye of the rounds, there was one small spry bright young bonny, who did catch me gaze. A William, a very clever one, who was Actually Reading The Cards before a tournament. This was new to me, actually reading? I always just got in there, had me way with the opponent, and then was the winner! But reading? Such a novel idea, such a rogue concept – surely he’d be one to watch.

Round 1 vs.Christine

Lo and behold, round 1 was against the very shop keep who let me in! Vengeance was mine! What do you mean, “what vengeance?” Of course I owed her some, she nearly might’ve not let me in! We shuffle up and play Viewpoint normal, and the game isn’t hard. I get a lot of bouncy fun type cards, that give you a solid 20 and let you replay your discard spells. And keeping a paw with roughly a hundred million spectacles, I knew she couldn’t have them and I’d be well protected, haha!! I win on 115, blast and double. That’s the first time I’ve finished under 150 EVER.

Game 2 we crack open the Viewpoint Reflections, and it’s a cracker from the start. People seem to be deathly afraid of having their precious Teddy Bears being taken, so when I try and steal some cards off her, Christine instantly drops some bears, and then I spy the useful cards that’re still in her hand – though now I mean mine. Without many ways to interrupt my progress, plus a few million of them “flip two cards for free” cards, I win the game easily and soundly.

So a nice opponent, and well fought but utterly vanquished. I can’t blame her really, there was a lot of prizes to hand out to mere mortal players for things like Kaleidoscope and fortune “Cookies” if you saw into the future and horrible green masks if you turned into a green eyed monster!! You can’t except someone to keep an eye on their game, when there’s the game, the prizes and me to distract you with.

Round 2 vs. William

Blast and double, William! I had no knowledge of my opponent, only that he READ CARDS before the game, and probably during them too! Didn’t he know the best way to play was with the most points, and to simply draw the best cards? Hmph, we’d have to see how he did things.

Game 1 he wins. Ashamed I am, I didn’t know “reading” was a good thing. Or something anyone could do. He helped me read a few of my own cards when I misplayed Blindside and poked him in the eye with me sword. He did manage to beat me with a fantastic amount of points, 135+ or summin’, while I was barely simmering at only 15ish. That’s what happens when you play Shadow, Mirror Image, Mirror Image and he plays STEAL ALL YOUR CARDS. Blast!

Game 2 he wins. Twice ashamed I am, as thanks to some nasty tricky “steal yours and play mine” style cards, he manages to steal all of my point while cranking himself up to 150 points! That’s overkill, you don’t need to go past 100 but by 50 points! Egads, I think me head be swimmin’. For the first time ever, I record a negative points total, gasp! This’d take away from me point lead I had after round 1!

Round 3 vs. Anthony

My opponent this round was a nasty, tricksy character. And forgive this old ego-trippin’ cliché pirate character, but I cannae remember his name nor the games. We both win one a piece, and the games ran like your typical affair. I play cards, he plays cards, we both go for big plays, but mine pans out since I kept cards from the start of the game, completely angled at tipping him over with a perfectly timed and precisely applied REVEAL.

Wait, it comes back to this old scurvy sea-dog, it’s Anthony, one of the game's creators! Bah, the way he was playing you wouldn’t THINK he created the game, ‘sall this pirate’ll say.

So with another win under my belt, I’d have to gulp and cross my hands and pray for a miracle…

Top 4

AND GET IT! I make Top 4, and it’s a heated session. William is around, but he’s done way too much peacocking, methinks – everyone is instantly wary of him and I know this’ll reflect in the game's plays. There is also Alex, who’s a wry sport and I think he’ll try and be tricky like myself, so definitely two be watched. And another fellow, Shawn, who’s game I didn’t watch but he seemed to be having fun, mostly, so a good member to have in a Top 4 all the game. Er, same.

The game begins, and skipped turns are all handed to William. We really don’t want him amassing all the extra turns and extra plays, that’d be devastating. Though we’re careful enough around each others toes, and I can smell the REVEAL cards just pilin’ up in everyone's hand. I know the score, play it safe until you CAN win. Never “Cookies”, always keep them. Teddy Bears are sacred.

The first big decision of the game came when I got -5 “swap a card” card. I’m no fool, I know it’s a good card but I know, worse, that I have three opponents. If I play it, how long will I keep it for? NEVER, that’s right! So much to my opponents’ “How could you? That’s stupid!” I bin the card for itself immediately, preferring the freebie and the knowledge that it’ll take 2 turns to retrieve, and then play, so it’s quite less of a concern now.

The second big problem came when William was ravaged, Shawn wasn’t really in it, and Alex was being very tricky indeed. He said He didn’t want to win, so who wanted his help? Well nothing says “Watch me” like “No really, don’t watch me” so I accepted his help and was super wary of things.

I had myself a Blindside, and imagined it’d be used on William, but he was so far behind that he couldn’t spring to 200 all that easily. Alex could, however, so I skipped his next turn. That wasn’t it though – about a million REVEALS jumped out! Cancel that. No, I’ll cancel THAT. No, says William, I’ll cancel THAT. No, says I, I’ll cancel THAT! No really, it went quite like that, all true and told and sworn to truth, we even have the video!

After the dust had settled, and everyone had made final decisions, it was decided to leave me to play my card and get it my way. Alex was skipped, Shawn and William added little things to the board, and on my next turn I played another Blindside, bringing my total up to 185. The joke? I had only 5s and 10s in hand, not a single 15 or 20! I relate this to the other guys, laughing as I feel the Championship may be slipping from me fingers.

Alex skips his next turn, and Shawn sticks true to his name and can’t do anything against me. William looks at his options, and plays the card that lets you mess with the top two cards of the deck. One for him, and one for me. My best hope if that they’re both 20, and he doesn’t have a card that’ll stop me. Worse case scenario is that it’s a horrible little 5, or worse, a minus!

The turn passes after MUCH consideration from William, and I draw Scab Duty, aka “draw a card from the bin.” Drat, only 10 points! If I play it, I’d end on 195, pass to Alex and then surely he’d win…

Unless there was a… precious little Teddy Bear in the bin, yes?

Perusing through the discard pile, I find chaff, crape, and finally that timid little teddy, who’s a godsend at only 5 points but a REVEAL instant speed! I howl with laughter and might, slap the delightful little Teddy Bear onto the field and wait, breathless?

“Do I have it?”

My opponents look at each other, their hands, and no one has any response. VICTORY!!!

To celebrate, I took everyone there to the local pub, where I drank too many beers and cut all their heads off. The police were awful nice about it, letting me play Viewpoint to get out of it. I win, easily (I’m the NSW State Champion, don’t ya know?) and now I’ve got me eyes set on the National Championship. State is good, don’t get me wrong, but this ego just ain’t that small-scale, you know? National will suit me fine.

Fox Murdoch, pirate captain.

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

What A Wonderful Viewpoint Worlds It Was

8/12/2010

With drama, intrigue and plenty of heroes, the Mega Games Viewpoint World Championships for 2010 was a major success. There were several titles up for grabs on the day, including Viewpoint World Champion, Player of the Year and State of Origin Champions. The title event tossed up a few surprises with some unseeded players knocking over Viewpoint state champions. There was much on offer for all attendees, many of whom did not go home empty-handed.

VIEWPOINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The World Champion title race was whittled down to the final 16 players who entered the quarter finals. Three rounds of 1-on-1 matches were held to test the mettle of players as they battled each opponent and demonstrated their skill with the deck. Former tournament winners and even NSW State Champion Nissa Waddell succumbed to other top flight players and two previously unseeded players - Will Yung and Nathan Raunjak. This left the top 9 to race for the ultimate prize.

The 3-player semi-final matches required players to be the first to win two games to advance to the grand final. The groupings pitted the likes of Nathan 'Gigantor' Anderson against Ken 'Ren' Swindail and Alex 'The Dominator' Done against Will 'The Newcomer' Yung. Surprisingly, Alex Done who had been leading the Player of the Year race for most of the year was taken to the wire and ultimately defeated in straight sets by Will Yung. On the obverse side of the coin, Nathan Anderson quickly dispatched his two opponents. The third semi-final match between Alex Fleig, Nathan Raunjak and Shawn Stamatakis went all the way to the fourth game with Alex Fleig taking out the last game to secure his position in the grand final.

There was quiet tension in the air as the top 3 contenders - Nathan Anderson, Alex Fleig and Will Yung - sat down for the last games of the 2010 season. Cameras and judges encircled the 3 players as they got underway. Will won the toss and elected to take the first turn. Alex went next and played a Visionary for early card drawing power and followed up in his next turn with a See Into The Future to already gain 3 extra cards from the Visionary. Alex then hit Will with a Mirage, which was followed up by an Eye Spy from Nathan. Will retaliated by swapping cards to get the Visionary. Alex quickly Miraged it and then Nathan sent a Mirage Alex's way. Players settled into conservative mode by forcing several discards and steals. Nathan then played a break-away move by Seeing Into The Future and trading cards with Peripheral Vision. Will played two of his own Peripheral Visions in an attempt to balance the ledger. The action heated up further as Mirages flew across the table. Nathan then made the most strategic play of the match by returning a Persistence of Vision to his hand using All-Seeing Eye. This allowed him to survive one round of standard board disruption and provided him with the opportunity to pull off a Shadow / See Into The Future / Peripheral Vision combo on his next turn, which won him game 1.
Nathan 1 - Alex 0 - Will 0

As Nathan won the first game, Will took the first turn again. The first few turns were largely uneventful and hadn't separated the players much. However, Nathan was laying a trap for his opponents by playing relatively innocuous but high value cards to put the pressure on them to find some answers before it was too late. But there would be no resistance as Nathan swept through Alex and Will in under 6 minutes. In doing so he proved his dominance in the 1-on-1 and 3-player formats as he became the Viewpoint World Champion for 2010.
Nathan 2 - Alex 0 - Will 0

Nathan was awarded the Viewpoint World Champion trophy and received $1000 in cash. Will and Alex received $250 each and were awarded the Good Games and LXG runner-up trophies, respectively.

VIEWPOINT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

At the start of the day only two players were able to win the Player of the Year trophy - Alex Done (46 points) and Nathan Anderson (42 points) - with 12 points on offer for the winning the World Championships, 6 points for being a runner-up, 3 points for 4th to 9th place and 2 points for 10th to 16th place. As Alex had played in fewer tournaments than Nathan, the only way for Nathan to win was for him to win the tournament and for Alex to not make the top 3. As history would have it, Alex Done strove valiantly (even achieving a rare lock-out game in the quarter finals against hardened veteran Barry Wonson) but fell at the final hurdle. Nathan went on to clinch the World Champion title and thus became Viewpoint Player of the Year. Nathan was awarded the Viewpoint Player of the Year trophy.

VIEWPOINT STATE OF ORIGIN

The final trophy on offer for the season was the Viewpoint State of Origin shield, which would be awarded to the state team - NSW or QLD - that won the best-of-three 3-on-3 series of games. Team NSW boasted 9 players - Geoff Turner, Barry Wonson and Shawn Stamatakis (NSW A), Ken Swindail, Jason Cleal and Nathan Anderson (NSW B) and Morgan Carty, Nissa Waddell and Will Yung (NSW C). QLD were limited to 3 players with Viewpoint game designer Sean Carroll, QLD State Champion Alex Done and LXG's Keith Done pulling on the Maroon jersey.

NSW absolutely dominated QLD in game 1 with Shawn scoring multiple plays using his early Shadow and Geoff and Barry locking down Alex, the only threatening QLD player, with several keenly-directed and undefended Blindsides and Skewed Views. QLD finally removed Shawn's Shadow just to see it replaced by a Shadow from Geoff on the following turn. The game ended quickly after that.
NSW 1 - QLD 0

As NSW sat back and basked in their win, QLD leaned into a concerned huddle to discuss tactics. Their objective for game 2 was to target a single player to make their score irrelevant, theoretically making the game a 3-on-2 affair.

As the teams got underway, game 2 looked like it was going the way of the first. Nathan Anderson was beginning to prepare his hand for an onslaught of Hindsight and See Into The Future cards. Fortunately a well-placed QLD Eye Spy ripped two key 20/20 cards from his hand. Just as QLD thought their trap had been set with their target Ken looking vulnerable and ready to have his view skewed, he revealed a hat trick of Persistence of Vision cards. QLD were stunned and left on the brink of defeat. The referee was counting them out... 6, 7, 8, 9... But no, wait! The expertly-timed top-decking abilities of Sean came to the fore as he ripped a Shadow from the top of the Draw Pile. Game 2 was QLD's as Sean used the 2 previously stolen Hindsights and a Mirror Image in hand to rail off multiple turns in a row.
NSW 1 - QLD 1

After their shock defeat in game 2, NSW scrambled to find a team capable of securing victory. NSW players were fighting for seats in the do-or-die game. Over in the QLD corner, the team refined their tactics further to designate 2 players as score-builders and 1 player as the aggressor.

Game 3 was finely-balanced with both sides trading between 150 and 170 points for several turns (Note that the objective for State of Origin is for the team to reach a composite total of 200 View-points). Then with Morgan all ready to place his final two cards down with Shadow, Sean had a choice between blindsiding him or skewing his view (both of which can be countered with the right cards). Sean chose the former option to take away any chance for Morgan to play a card. The Blindside stuck and the turn skipped to Alex who sent a Mirage Morgan's way leaving the scores at NSW 150 - QLD 170. Nissa then Blindspotted her own player to take the scores to NSW 170-all. It was all up to Keith to save the game and the series for QLD. Then with the prowess of a champion darts player, Keith dropped a Blindsided card on the table and pointed to Will. Will had no defence and the turn skipped to Sean who placed a 20-point card to seal an amazing come-from-behind win typical of all great QLD teams.
NSW 1 - QLD 2

The NSW fans and team were inconsolable as QLD raised the State of Origin shield aloft whilst chanting 'Queenslander! Queenslander!'

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU

Congratulations to Nathan Anderson for becoming the newly-crowned Viewpoint World Champion and Player of the Year. Nathan also won the Viewpoint Trivia Challenge, which proves he doesn't just have talents as a card player but also takes time to study and take note of the elements of the game.

Congratulations also goes to World Championships runners-up Alex Fleig and Will Yung and the player who narrowly finished second in the Player of the Year race - Alex Done.

Well done to QLD for winning the State of Origin and showing that QLD is still the only team that has the heart to 'play for the full 80 minutes'.

93 Made Games would like to thank everyone involved with the immensely enjoyable and successful Viewpoint World Championships. This includes the sponsors and supporters (Mega Games, Good Games, Ace Comics & Games, Boardacious Games & Puzzles and League of Extraordinary Gamers), the players (without you this day would not have happened), the stores and clubs who ran tournaments throughout the year and friends and family who assisted us producing and promoting Viewpoint. We look forward to the next Viewpoint World Championships, where new skills will be required with the adoption of Viewpoint Reflections into the standard format. In the meantime, keep your eye on the prize!

Stay tuned to the 93 Made Games YouTube channel for footage and highlights from the day, including the launch of the Viewpoint Hustle cartoon.

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Viewpoint Trivia and State of Origin and COG Art Competition

26/11/2010

The anticipation keeps building as the fun of the Carnival of Games gets closer. Not only will there be games galore but we'll also be holding a Viewpoint Trivia Challenge and COG Art Competition. Both of these are free and open to anyone to enter. The Viewpoint State of Origin, on the other hand, will pit a select grouping of 6 players against each other in a 3-on-3 'best of three' series of Viewpoint games.

VIEWPOINT TRIVIA CHALLENGE

The Viewpoint Trivia Challenge will test your knowledge of the Viewpoint card game. The trivia challenge will be held at 12pm. Each entrant will need to answer 10 questions with a possibility to answer 3 tie-breaker questions, if necessary. The winner will receive a new Nintendo Gameboy Micro and Gameboy game.

ART COMPETITION

The Carnival of Games Art Competition is open to artists of all skill levels and illustrative mediums - paint, chalk, pencil, crayon, macaroni, etc. People can bring their art to the event or they may sketch something up at the event. All works of art will be placed on display as soon as they are received and a winner will be selected at 12:30pm. The judging panel will be a selection of the Carnival of Games stall operators who will assess each piece based on its uniqueness, creativity and relevance to gaming (e.g. a Picasso-esque box of dice). The artwork does NOT have to have relevance to the Carnival of Games, 93 Made Games or anything associated with them. The winner will receive an autographed graphic novel (Witch King: Autobiography of a Dark Lord signed by the illustrator Paul Abstruse) and the opportunity to provide an illustration for one of 93 Made Games' upcoming games.

VIEWPOINT STATE OF ORIGIN

The Viewpoint State of Origin tournament will once and for all settle which state is best at playing Viewpoint - New South Wales or Queensland. Three representatives will be selected from each state who will then form teams to play in a 'best of three' series of games. Official Viewpoint tournament rules will be used with the following exceptions/clarifications:

RULES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

Entry is free.
Two decks of Viewpoint will be used.
To be eligible to play for a state, the player must have been born in the state, currently reside in the state or have played their first tournament game of Viewpoint in the state. This does mean that a person might be eligible to play for more than one state but as soon as that person chooses their allegiance they can never change it.
Teams may rotate their players in between each game. This means that up to nine players can player on each side in the tournament.
Players will be seated - QLD - NSW - QLD - NSW - QLD - NSW. Each team can determine its own seating arrangement within this pattern and the losing team can swap positions after the game they lost.
A toss of the coin is used to determine which team deals first. The winner of the toss gets to decide if they want to deal first. Any player in that team may deal. The first team to deal also gets to determine their seating arrangement for the first game after the other team has done so.
When a team wins a game, they must deal in the next game. Any player in that team may deal.
Composite team scores are used. i.e. The scores of each team member are added together to calculate the team total.
To win a game, each team needs to score 200 View-points or more.
If an effect refers to 'another player' or 'any other player', then this includes your team mates.
You cannot use a REVEAL/CANCEL card to 'protect' your team mates.
The victorious team is the first team to win two games. A third game will not be played if the same team wins the first two games.

PRIZES: The victorious team will be awarded the Viewpoint State of Origin Shield for 2010.

Carnival of Games

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

COG Games and Tournament Details

22/11/2010

The list of games on show at the Carnival of Games keeps growing and continues COG's theme that there will be something for everyone! There will be games for kids, teens and adults, card gamers, board gamers, Eurogamers, CCG enthusiasts, tournament gamers, casual players, girls and guys. Some of the games are listed here as well as details of the main tournaments and competitions that will be held throughout the day.

Giant Blokus
Gipf and Yinsh
Gobblet Gobblers and Chicky Book - for the kids
Jungle Speed
Monster Town
Gladitorus Millennia
Jungle Power - prototype board game designed by Jeff Horger (who designed Manoeuvre and The Storm Breaks)
Live or Die
Viewpoint Reflections
any many more types of board games and card games for people of all ages

SETTLERS OF CATAN TOURNAMENT

The Settlers of Catan was one of the first German-style board games to achieve popularity outside Europe. Over 15 million games in the Catan series have been sold and the game has been translated into thirty languages from the original German. The game has rapidly become popular in part because its mechanics are relatively simple, while its dynamics are quite complex. The players in the game represent settlers establishing colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles of different land types which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game. Now you can play in a tournament of this classic game.

RULES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

Entry is free.
The tournament will cater for a maximum of 12 players.
Where possible, players will be seated randomly with four players to a table. If this is not possible, players will be seated 3 to a table.
The tournament will run for 1 hour 45 minutes. When this time has run out, the current round will be completed and then one additional complete round will be completed.
A game will end immediately (before the time limitation) as soon as one player scores 10+ points.
The winner of the tournament will be the highest scorer. This is determined by their own points at the end of the game plus the scores of all the players who participated in their game.
In the event of a tie (only) the tied winners will be awarded additional points as follows:
- 1 additional point for the Longest Road.
- 1 additional point for the Largest Army.
- 1 additional point for each Development Card on the table or held in hand (with the exception of Army Cards).

PRIZES: The winner will be awarded the “Governor of Catan” framed certificate and a selection of board games. The runner up will receive a board game.

MAGIC GRAND MELEE

Dust off your decks and fight it out at the Magic: the Gathering Grand Melee Event to determine the best Wizard at the Carnival of Games. The Grand Melee is brought to you by the League of Extraordinary Gamers, a Brisbane based club who have been running Grand Melee events and leagues since Magic: the Gathering emerged in the early 1990's.

RULES FOR THE TOURNAMENT

Entry is free.
Maximum number of players is 12. The game will be split into two separate games if more than 12 players turn up.
Format - Vintage Constructed. Check out the latest list of Vintage legal cards on the Magic: the Gathering website.
No proxy cards are allowed in the Grand Melee.
Players sit in a circle so that everyone has another person on each side. Play goes around the circle and everyone has a range that is determined before the game. You can only attack the player to the left of you, although your global effects still effect everyone within your range. The winner is the last person left alive. Check out rule 608 in the Comprehensive from the Magic: the Gathering website for more details on how Grand Melee tournaments are played.
The following special tournament rules changes/clarifications will be used in the Carnival of Games Grand Melee:
- Turn markers are not used.
- Range of Influence is 2.
- There can only be one Legend of one type in play at any one time regardless of range. Playing a second Legend of the same type will cause the tabled legend to be discarded.
- The event organiser's rulings are final.
- Two hours will be allotted for the completion of the tournament.
- Points: You receive one point for each payer you kill/take out of the game directly. If you are the last player standing you also receive your own point. The last player standing is the winner. Otherwise, if there are 2 or more players left after the two hours, the player with the most points is the winner. If more than one player is on the most points, the game will continue until one player's points becomes the highest.

PRIZES: The winner of the Grand Melee will receive one Magic booster pack per player in the tournament. i.e. If there are 12 players then the winner receives 12 Magic booster packs. The set(s) will be determined on the day.

Carnival of Games

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Carnival of Games Hits Sydney!

16/11/2010

Just when you thought December was going to be a quiet month for gaming, the Carnival of Games will be in town to eliminate your pre-holiday boredom. 93 Made Games, Mega Games, Good Games and several other industry participants have teamed together to put on a show designed for gamers of all types, from kids and adults who enjoy sitting down to play a fun family-oriented card game to those who have dedicated themselves to some of the most strategic board games on the planet. The Carnival of Games will have something for everyone!

What’s better is that entry into all side events and most of the tournament games is free! Anyone can just walk on in and sign up to play one of their favourite games, browse the stands of some of the best games stores in Australia or just relax at the main stand and try out some of the newly invented games.

Wait! It gets better… there will be tons of prizes handed out all day. This includes gift vouchers, booby prizes, games, cash, trophies and much more.

So let us break down what you can do when you turn up to the Carnival of Games:

Play some of your favourite games, rare games from overseas and even some games that haven’t yet been released before anyone else.
Flex your skills in tournaments being held throughout the day.
Browse through stalls containing a diverse range of games and gaming peripherals.
WIN PRIZES! PRIZES! AND MORE PRIZES!

Now all you need to know is where and when… the Carnival of Games will be held at Parramatta RSL, O’Connell Street, Parramatta NSW on Sunday, 5 December 2010. The day will start at 10am and wrap up at 5pm. A schedule of events for some of the key events is shown below.

10:00AM to 1:45PM - MEGA GAMES VIEWPOINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

11:00AM to 1:00PM - SETTLERS OF CATAN (maximum of 12 players)

1:45PM to 3:00PM - VIEWPOINT STATE OF ORIGIN (NSW vs. QLD)

3:00PM to 5:00PM - MAGIC GRAND MELEE (Vintage Constructed)

The timing for each event includes registration, meal breaks and award ceremonies.

Check out the website for more details on the Carnival of Games and key events.

Carnival of Games

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Viewpoint NSW and QLD State Championships Results

8/10/2010

The New South Wales and Queensland Viewpoint Championships were held over consecutive and respective Sundays on 12 and 19 September 2010. The NSW Championships were held at Mega Games and the QLD Championships were hosted by the League of Extraordinary Gamers. Both tournaments saw rookie and seasoned players vying for the title of State Champion with some surprising results and plenty of enjoyment all around.

The NSW States were played over 5 rounds - rounds 1 to 3 were 1-on-1 matches and rounds 4 and 5 were 3-player matches. After the first 3 rounds, the top scoring players included Magic tournament judge Lindsay Heming and Viewpoint top 10 players Ken Swindail and Nathan Anderson. All players were seated for the 3-player matches with a top player being seated with a middle and lower placed player at each table. Round 4 saw the scalps of several high-ranked players being taken leaving rookie Nissa Waddell being seated in the final round with Lindsay Heming and Alex Fleig. Nissa reigned supreme in the final round and took the title of NSW State Champion for 2010.

Besides all of the seriousness of Championship-play, there was a lot of light-hearted fun with spot prizes being awarded depending on certain cards being played. For example, if you were the first player to reveal a Spectacles then you received a crazy set of glasses. Also, if you used a See Into The Future 'cookies' card you received a fortune cookie and if you played Blindside you received a pirate's eye patch.

The QLD States were played over 3 rounds in a series of 1-on-1 matches. After the first two rounds, two Alexanders stood alone to play in a 'highest cumulative score' final round. Alexander Done finished strongly to defeat Alexander Spinaze with Jeremy Norton edging out Zac Collier Vickers and Nigel Bell for 3rd place. Alex Done received the QLD State Champion trophy for 2010.

93 Made Games thank Mega Games and the League of Extraordinary Gamers for supporting us in organising and holding the Viewpoint State Championships for 2010. We also thank all players for their gamemanship, participation and feedback and look forward to making the Viewpoint World Championships 2010 an immensely enjoyable and rewarding tournament. We have received great suggestions and ideas, which we will be incorporating into the World Championships including official tournament rules for Tier 1 tournaments, spot prizes to extend the fun and formats for the State of Origin tournament.

Don't forget to keep your eye on the prize and keep practising at in-store demonstrations and tournaments at your local games store. 93 Made Games look forward to seeing you all at the Viewpoint World Championships 2010 on Sunday, 5 December 2010 at Parramatta RSL in Sydney, Australia.

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!

Viewpoint World Championships 2010

22/7/2010

The Mega Games Viewpoint World Championships 2010 will be held on Sunday, 5 December 2010 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at Parramatta RSL in Parramatta NSW Australia. Don't miss out on the fun, prestige and prizes of the inaugural World Championships for the most social Australian card game ever designed. The first place prize pool includes AU$1,000 in prize money, the World Champion's trophy and the honour to design a card for the next Viewpoint set. Many other activities will also be going on including play-testing of new games, an art competition and crowning of the Viewpoint Player of the Year for 2010. Attendees will also get to peruse the stalls of Mega Games and Good Games and stock up on plenty of other fun games.

The main event - the World Championships - will consist of a 5-round open tournament. Rounds 1 to 3 will consist of two 2-player matches per table per round in a round robin format. The top 9 players with the most wins (and then the highest aggregate scores) will advance to rounds 4 to 5. Rounds 4 to 5 will consist of 3-player games in a knock-out format. Rounds 4 and 5 will be 'first player to win 2 games' matches. Winner of round 5 wins the World Championships.

The day will be packed full of more fun activities than you can pack into a barrel full of monkeys, including:

Trophies, awards and prizes including thousands of dollars of prize money
Crowning of the Viewpoint World Champion and Player of the Year
Stalls from some of your favourite game stores including Mega Games and Good Games
Play-testing of upcoming games
Viewpoint State of Origin – New South Wales vs. Queensland
Massive Multiplayer game of Viewpoint
Art competition and a chance to get your artwork in future games

So be sure to hone your Viewpoint skills and improve your standing in the Player of the Year race by playing in lead-up tournaments throughout Australia and beyond. Everyone who wins a lead-up tournament will receive free entry into the Viewpoint World Championships. If you are unable to attend a lead-up tournament you can register on the day of the championships or pre-register at participating stores.

Stay tuned for more details on the Viewpoint World Championships 2010 and other lead-up events, such as the NSW and QLD Viewpoint State Championships, or contact 93 Made Games for more information.

Mega Games Viewpoint World Championships 2010

Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!