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Goodbye To Chess

Chess was important growing up. When I finally got my own room as a kid, it was the former den, filled with my father's chess trophies and books from his time on the Penn State chess team. I wasn't terribly into chess, but I read all the books in the den, mostly sports novels (ugh), chess strategy and how-to books. For a while in high school, I brought my chess set and played in science class, where the game was socially acceptable. My player's handbook stayed at home. I was a solid, thinking several moves ahead kinda kid, so the chess books were mostly aspirational. I felt like I wasn't quite smart enough to go full chess, like a wannabe wizard with an eight intelligence. Magic missile was just out of my grasp.

When I opened the store in 2004, I had a very respectable collection of chess sets, amazing really, for a 940 square foot store (amazing equals dumb for non retailers). These were all on full display, and about once a week, I would remove the pieces of each set, dust the board, and put them back on. My father was impressed when he visited. When it came to chess, I knew how to represent. This was all incredibly time consuming and eventually I lost several boxes, making selling them pretty difficult. Oh, and then there were the missing pieces. Realizing the queen is missing from a $250 Egyptian chess set will make you seek out boxed chess sets pretty fast.

As the display sets sold, their replacements tended not to get re-opened, and eventually not re-ordered as the plain white box did nothing to help move them. Chess sets sold poorly. They have always sold poorly. They sell poorly now. Stores in the region who do much better with chess, who dominate with chess? They sell poorly there too. It's a legacy item, an item that says "games" to the general public. It's a touchstone for me and my father. But chess, to be honest, is a complete waste of space.

That's not true everywhere. There are stores in the Midwest that do gangbusters with chess. But here? The serious players buy their sets online, often through chess organizations or just Amazon. In the store, I think it's enough to have a tournament size Staunton set and a roll up travel set, but beyond that there are hundreds of themed chess sets that will make you crazy as customer seek them out. Civil War? Simpsons? Harry Potter? You could stock an entire store with what's out there ... and promptly go out of business.

I used to special order sets and it was time consuming and unrewarding, unlike the work with other types of games. Help a board game customer and you may have created a regular board game customer and maybe even a board game hobbyist. Help someone with a chess set and you've sold them a chess set and you'll never seem them again.

I've watched my classic games numbers stagnate, even when I double or triple my selection. I've tried more and less and different and boxes with pictures and on display and nope, none of it works. It's dead here. I've been foolish not to drop it sooner. I would look at the corner where our "classic" games reside and fantasize about what I would put there. Frisbee golf. A coffee kiosk. Anything but chess.

With 25% Chinese tariffs, I'm extremely concerned about board games. But then there's chess. All those classic games come from China, really. I had forgotten. It's not even on my radar anymore. We just didn't re-order classic games after the holidays and nobody seemed to mind, except the occasional random customer who has clearly never been here before. We send them to the regional store that has a better selection and also doesn't make money selling them. Then that classic game space got taken up with profitable stuff. So with tariffs on the way, a better use of that space, and performance numbers that I use an example at trade shows of what you should drop, I think it's time to say goodbye to chess. Sorry dad.

ASOIAF: Tywin Lannister 40Pt Army

My point exactly.

In my previous article, I gave you guys the rundown for how I go about building army lists.  I always start with the Commander first and then try to take units that best take advantage of their tactics cards.  Well, I decided to get the party started with my favorite character from GoT:  Tywin Lannister.  Lannisters, in general, have a ton of control elements and I think Tywin just adds to the flavor in a big way.  He is a battlefield commander so that means you put him with your frontline troops in any one of the units that he can be taken in.  Since he's considered an infantry character, you have to put him in one of your infantry units.  I decided to put Tywin inside a unit of Mountain Men because they have a pretty respectable save of 4+.  Besides, having two chances to apply Panic-based damage is great.  More on this later.

For now, let's take a look at Tywin himself and his Tactics cards to see what he offers us:

Just look at this badass.

From the get-go, you can see that Tywin is all about making your opponents' units Weakened and then exploiting those tokens and effects to your advantage.  Immediately, you can see that Tywin's Commander card has built-in Lannister Supremacy and Fear of the Lion.  Fear of the Lion combos really nicely with Tywin's tactics cards because it allows him to place a free Weaken token on any enemy unit within Long Range of his unit when he activates.  I put him with Mountain Men because MMs already have built-in Vicious so on the offense, they can make opponents take Panic Tests with a -2 modifier.  When they attack back, Tywin's Lannister Supremacy makes it so if I roll a 7+ on my Panic test, my opponent has to take another test at -2 again.  This is some pretty silly free damage if my opponent rolls poorly and can also be a form of damage negation because the more models they lose to Panic checks, the less damage they will do because of the ranks lost.  Throw Weaken on top of this from Tywin and it becomes a force multiplier.

The Lion doesn't mess around.

The Tactics cards themselves are very nasty. Exploit Weakness is a perfect example of a card that kicks your opponent when they're down.  If you spend the Weaken token, you can force your opponent re-roll all of their successful hits and any 1s to pop up will deal automatic wounds to their unit on top of whiffing on their attacks.  This is extremely effective at taking down heavy cavalry because it essentially turns that units attack into wounds that bypass saves.  The Lion's Wrath is a great card because it affects ALL enemy units on the board that has Weaken on them and it lasts until the end of the round.  You will hear me say this a lot, but anything that lasts an entire round is super good.  Players take alternating turns activating their units, but rounds last after all player turns are finished.  This means that for the duration of the round, anything Weakened on the battlefield will be moving -1 movement AND suffering Disorderly Charge on a roll of 1-2.  First, this card auto-applies a Weaken effect anywhere on the board, but Disorderly Charge is super frustrating when it happens.  Another example of Lannisters kicking you while you're down, but Disorderly Charge robs you from your ability to re-roll hits on a Charge AND essentially silences you for the rest of that unit's turn.  Players cannot play Tactics cards for the remainder of that unit's action, and if you miss the actual charge itself, that unit has to take a Panic test.  Lastly, we have Lannister Intimidation.  This is pretty much a hard silence on the enemy unit and all of its attachments until the end of the round.  Again, end of the round here folks, Tywin doesn't F around.  Almost everything he does is centered around making your opponents' units weaker while giving slightly leveraging your battlefield position.

Pycelle is an auto-include with Tywin.

As for unit selection, there are quite a few things you can do and I think Tywin is one of the more flexible commanders for how you want to build the list.  To make things a little easier, let me first start off by saying that you should probably take Pycelle as your first NCU.  Pycelle is incredible with Tywin because he puts Weaken tokens on your opponents when he claims a zone.  This is exactly what Tywin needs when playing his Tactics cards and Pycelle on the Tactics zone after The Lion's Wrath will see 3 enemy units Weakend on a single turn.  Now, Varys is pretty much one of the best NCUs in the game IMO.  His ability is incredibly good even if you only have a limited amount of Order tokens.  The ability to stop a crucial game-altering tactics board play or NCU ability from triggering when claiming a zone can be huge.  Since Lannisters is a control-heavy faction in general, you will see me playing Varys a lot in my lists.

Alright, enough talk, here's the list:

Faction: House Lannister
Commander: Tywin Lannister – Lord of Casterly Rock
Points: 40 (4 Neutral)

Combat Units:
• Lannister Guardsmen (5)
  with Assault Veteran (1)
• House Clegane Mountain Men (6)
  with Tywin Lannister – Lord of Casterly Rock (0)
• House Clegane Mountain Men (6)
  with Assault Veteran (1)
• Lannister Crossbowmen (6)
• Knights of Casterly Rock (8)

Non-Combat Units:
• Pycelle – Grand Maester (3)
• Lord Varys – The Spider (4)

Made with ASOIAFBuilder.com

As you can see, I have quite a bit of diversity in there with 7 total activations (5 combat and 2 NCUs).  Combat activations matter for deployment, but total activations matter for how much control you have over the board state.  That will be its own article at another time, but this isn't the first time I've played a minis game where activation and unit activation order matters a lot.  Anyways, let's take a look at the rest of the list I have here:  You will see Guardsman with Assault Vet, Tywin in MM and another unit of MM because they're a rock-solid unit.  Assault Veterans because I love the aggression and they are great with Tywin because Weaken basically ensures that there will be a second round of combat and your guys will attrition quite well.  For the Guardsman, you can also choose to bring along a Guard Captain to auto-pass Panic and therefore guarantees Lannister Supremacy every time.

When it comes to rounding out the rest of the army, Crossbowmen are there so they can pick off enemy units from range.  From here, you can generally branch into any direction you want to bring for the meta.  You can take another unit of Lannister Guards, another unit of MM, but for diversity and the ability to harass objectives, I decided to go with Xbows.  If you think about it, if you're running a pretty aggressive infantry army, having 7 shots of Sundering from Long Range that hits on 3s is no joke.  On top of that, I've decided to go wih a unit of Knights of Casterly Rock because they're a pretty decent unit to have for the points.  Some people don't like them because you need to play them well and they're not push and win like the Flayed Men, but if you get them on the flank of a combat you need to win, you will like them a lot.  They're designed to win on the charge so if you're not destroying units on the charge, think about saving them until you do or else you'll have to waste turns (or Manuever on the Tactics Board) to set them up again.

Stay tuned for my next article where I cover one of my favorite Stark lists to play right now!

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A New Leader Emerges.

Matthew Petersen (Oakhill School) is now the v front-runner for the Clash Royale Esports title.

As the date of Mind Sports South Africa's 2020 National Team Trials (19 September 2020) creeps forever closer, Registered Players jostle for top position.

The 2020 NWU MSSA Online School Esports League  saw Matthew Petersen (Oakhill School) streak into the lead, and even though Willie van Rensburg (Hoërskool Klerksdorp) had a sterling performance at MSSA's 2020 North West Online Esports Championships, Matthew held onto his considerable lead. Dale Spolander (Northcliff High School) who dominated the rankings for the 2020 year to date is currently ranked in 3rd place.

By making such decision, MSSA, is offering all Registered Players to grab an opportunity to qualify for MSSA's 2020 National Team Trials.

There is one championship left prior to such 2020 National Team Trials being MSSA's open 2020 Free State Online Esports Championships on 5 September 2020.

The conditions for entry are as follows:

• Entry is R35.00 per Registered Player.
• Only fully-paid-up Registered Players may participate in this event.
• Entries for Free State Online Championships must be submitted by 3 September 2020.
• To enter, the club must complete the Google Drive document. 
• The entry form may be found on Google Drive. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ERR6815uVjSMu4t5KkRxYqGJ_AA88kkz31qRgksASc/edit#gid=287696184
• Clubs are to download the entry form, completed the downloaded form, and e-mail it to Mind Sports South Africa. 

The current rankings for the Clash Royale esports title are:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Matthew Petersen	20	Oakhill School	538.7
2	Sebastian Cook	20	Oakhill School	392.9
3	Dale Spolander	20	Northcliff High School	351.2
4	Willie van Rensburg	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	293.8
5	Henco Volschenk	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	234.5
6	Gustav Louwrens	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	229.3
7	Immanuel Swart	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	197.1
8	Henco Volschenk	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	166.9
9	Suene du Toit	20	Northcliff High School	165
10	Tiaan Du Preez	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	157.7
11	Alexander Venter	20	HS Randburg	154.5
12	Charl Potgieter	20	HS Randburg	146.7
13	Nico Bisschoff	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	143.5
14	Karl Wassermann	20	HS Randburg	137.5
15	Liam Moodley	20	Pr0NHS	129.5
16	Ehandre Ellis	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	128
17	Joshua Evans	20	Northcliff High School	119.4
18	Jordan Nel	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	117.4
19	Rheinieco Nel	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	116.1
20	Aidan Vorster	19	Curro Aurora	109.6
21	Wickus Lubbe	19	Parys High School	109.6
22	Thammy Ndlovu	19	Northcliff High School	109.6
23	Willem Broodryk	19	Parys High School	109.6
24	Carlos Kori	19	Northcliff High School	109.6
25	Terrance Broomberg	19	Curro Aurora	109.6
26	Tyreke Michael	19	Northcliff High School	109.6
27	Jeandre Viljoen	19	Parys High School	109.6
28	Rheinieco Nel	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	107.4
29	Michael Naidoo	19	Northcliff High School	107
30	Herschelle Ncube	19	Hyde Park High	106.7
31	Wesley Pachai	19	Curro Klerksdorp	106.4
32	Willie van Rensburg	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	105.4
33	Josh Naidoo	19	Northcliff High School	101.8
34	Anneke Lourens	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	100
35	Vicky van der Merwe	19	ZAG Academy	100
36	Rivaan Ramdass	19	Hyde Park High	99.9
37	Michael Pienaar	19	Northcliff High School	95.1
38	Daniel Lombard	20	Monument Park High School	95
39	Kyle Vorster	19	Curro Aurora	95
40	Thammy Ndlovu	19	Northcliff High School	92.8
41	Ehandre Ellis	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	92.8
42	Khumo Mononyane	19	Hyde Park High	90.5
43	Rohil Shivaay Poorun	19	Northcliff High School	90.4
44	Mack, Shane	20	Oakhill School	90.3
45	Karli de Jager	20	Hoërskool Randburg	82.9
46	Daywenn Redlinghys	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	75

Also read:

• Upcoming events: Free State Online Provincial Championships - 5 September 2020
• Upcoming events: National Team Trials - 19 September 2020
• Calendar of  Events: 2020
• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's School Championships.
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Premier Championships.
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• Results: Gauteng Online Provincial Championships.
• Test Match results: South African Protea DotA 2 team rises triumphant.
• Test Match results: DOTA2: South Africa vs Azerbaijan
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Qualifiers: Clash Royale
• Qualifiers: Counter-Strike: GO
• Qualifiers: Dota 2
• Qualifiers: League of Legends
• Qualifiers: Paladins
• Qualifiers: Pro Evolution Soccer
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• IESF's 12th Esports World Championship - Eilat now set to December 6th - 12th, 2020.
• Rankings: Clash Royale
• Rankings: Counter-Strike: GO.
• Rankings: DotA 2 rankings
• Rankings: FIFA '20.
• Rankings: HearthStone
• Rankings: League of Legends
• Rankings: Paladins
• Rankings: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES)
• Rankings: Street Fighter V
• Rankings: Tekken 7 rankings