It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - Printable Version

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - Printable Version

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It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - HMCS Rosthern - 02-07-2025

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4

I am looking to see if there is interest in a Western Front tournament. I propose a sequence of scenarios around 30 turns, one scenario selected from these titles, in the order presented. This sequence of scenarios would match the timeline of the Western front in World War 2.
Alamein ‘42
Tunisia ‘43
Sicily ‘43
Salerno ‘43
Normandy ‘44
Bulge ‘44
Scheldt ‘44
Depending on numbers one or more of the titles might be dropped. Likely we will do 6 titles.

Why around 30 turns? One complaint of typical tournaments is that the scenarios are too short and don’t test all the skills of an entrant (e.g., skills around resting units and recovering men). I would select scenarios that include approximately 2 sets of night turns.

This tournament would start early 2025 and go until the end of 2026. (Like I said, it’s a Long Way to Tipperary Big Grin

) Assuming 6 titles the estimate for the length of the tournament, using the standard formula of 3 * number of turns + 10 days per scenario formula, we get the maximum of 30*3*6 + 6*10 = 600 total days. If we start soon enough we could likely get it done by the end 2026, or just after.

12 entrants is the minimum number of entrants to proceed; 2 teams of 6 over 6 rounds.

Of course, this requires that tournament entrants own all the titles in the list. It’s possible the titles required could be reduced, if that makes it more likely we could get enough entrants (e.g., a Mediterranean title tournament).

The existing scoring system would be used.

Please post here if you would be interested.

Also, if you have any comments on how the tournaments have been run to date, please post here.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - Fhil - 02-07-2025

I´m in for any format this will turn into and will purchase any title I don´t have in my collection that will be required to own :)

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - ComradeP - 02-07-2025

Sounds good, I also like the switch to slightly longer/larger scenarios.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - jim pfleck - 02-08-2025

I would be interested. I like this format.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - Partizanka - 02-08-2025

I will join.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - MikeC - 02-09-2025

I'd like to get in on this. I have all the titles except Tunisia and Scheldt. Thirty turns sounds like a great length.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - LordDeadwood - 02-09-2025

I'm in. I really like the scoring system you have implemented, much better than the simple 2 points for a major win, 1 point for a minor win.

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - MikeC - 02-09-2025

Just curious, are the tournament games also recorded on the TOC ladder?

RE: It’s a Long Way to Tipperary WDS Tiller Operational Campaigns Tournament No. 4 - Ricky B - 02-09-2025