I've done a careful read of the event listing, and there are a PILE of events! So many of them look like a lot of fun:
--Jedi Purge sounds really interesting; I've never played in an event like this but it sounds awesome
--Imperial Assault Hunger Games
--Mass Battles of various sorts
--Pod Racing is always popular, from what I hear
Here are the events that are regular competition Star Wars Miniatures as we know it:
Thursday 9:00 am: 175pt Faction Pure TournamentCreate a faction pure squad that is 175 points or less to battle it out. Build in your favorite faction (fringe is not allowed unless it is an all-fringe squad). Characters with affinity will be allowed in whichever factions they can legally be in.
Map List: Restricted
4 hours, $8
Thursday 8:00 pm: 200pt Team TournamentLight Side/Dark Side 200pts. One person from each team must play a Lightside squad, and the other must play a Darkside squad. Only one copy of each Unique PER TEAM. If you don't have a teammate, we will try and match up single players.
Lightside factions: Old Republic, Republic, Rebel, New Republic, all-Fringe
Darkside factions: Sith, Separatist, Imperial, Yuuzhan Vong, Mandalorian
Map List: Restricted
4 hours, $10
Friday 9:00 am: 200pt All Faction Battle10 activations. 1 per faction. Affinity doesn't work. Build a squad with exactly 10 activations, one from each faction.
Affinity does not work, and the faction will be determined by the faction symbol on the card.
Map List: Restricted
4 hours, $8
Saturday 10:00 am: 200pt Championship (and the Championship Finals follows at 6:00 but it's really 1 event)
200 pt faction legal tournament. 4 Swiss rounds. Top 4 advance to the finals.
Map List: Restricted
6 hours, $24
[3 more hours for the playoff rounds if you qualify in the Swiss rounds]
Sunday 10:00 am: 150pt V-Set 26 Sealed EventUse 2 boosters of customized miniatures (14 in total) from v-set 26 to construct a 150-point squad. 4 rounds of Swiss.
Map List: Standard
5 hours, $34 (it costs more because you're getting a bunch of custom miniatures!)
Just for clarification, here are the maps on the
Restricted Map List:
--Ravaged Base (aka Commander's Office)
--Remote Listening Post
--Frigid Outpost
--Great Library
--Starport District
--Pirate's Moon SW
The
Standard Map List (used only for the Sealed event) is freakin' huge. You can look up the options here:
http://www.bloomilk.com/Forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=31754