Lucky 13's Schedule of Events: Wednesdays Apocalypse Army Painting 3 PM-6 PM Thursdays Apocalypse Terrain Class 5 PM-7 PM Chapter 1: The Menace Lands - May 17th, 2009 Chapter 2: Breaking Through - June 14th, 2009 Chapter 3: The Eagle's Nest - August 23rd, 2009 Chapter 4: The Table's Turn! - August 30th, 2009 Chapter 5: Rolling Thunder - September 27th, 2009 Chapter 6: Striking at the Heart - November 8th, 2009   WHAT IS IT? The Lucky 13s is a six month-long Apocalypse Campaign that will run in Jester's. It is essentially a series of six major, in-store Apocalypse events, supported by a cast of activities that leads you towards membership in "The Lucky 13s" club of Apocalypse enthusiasts!   WHY ARE WE DOING IT? We want to show our hobbyists that we are committed to the great freedoms that the Apocalypse and Planetstrike formats give to us all. The only restrictions are your imagination and maybe floor space. Running a six month-long campaign gives people a chance to plan out their forces, get some painting done and, most importantly, work together to create a sense of something larger. Hopefully this campaign will give you, our hobbyists, an opportunity to create your own myths and legends.   WHAT WILL WE DO? We've created an evocative story line based around a hard-bitten, rag-tag Imperial Guard Regiment, the Mordant "Lucky 13s". This story line will evolve over the year and be shaped through store reports. The next chapter in the story and a corresponding scenario will be determined by consistent themes found in the reports. • Six Mega-Battle Game Scenarios. These will be throughout the year, once per month and will involve a cast of armies so all players will have a reason to participate. We'll post the next scenario in the series online for you to download shortly after each mega battle. • After Battle Reports. A write-up each month that collects the reports from the field and continues the story line. Each month we will also post a list of the key players from across the country that contributed the most to each mega battle. • Certificates of Achievement and Lucky 13s Patches. These are for those players that become members of the Lucky 13s Campaign Club by participating in 13 different events.   BESIDES THE MEGA BATTLES, WHAT OTHER KINDS OF ACTIVITIES CAN I EXPECT? In addition to the mega battles, you can expect a myriad of different hobby events in between, giving players a variety of ways to participate in 13, Lucky 13s events over the campaign. These events will vary from store to store, but you can expect activities like the ones listed below: • An Apocalypse Gaming League. Participants play one focused game per month for the league (either 2-on-2 or 1-on-1) to help advance the local story line. • Apocalypse Objective Building Sessions. These will be linked to the scenarios and story line and should reward players with Strategic Assets or other benefits in the game. • Apocalypse Terrain Building Sessions. These will be linked to the scenarios and story line and should reward players with Strategic Assets or other benefits in the game. • Apocalypse Story Writing Competition. Background stories are a very important aspect to creating an evocative campaign, and often get players more invested in their games. • Apocalypse Datasheet Design Competition. Design special engines of war, or elite forces of hardened veterans. Let your imagination run wild!     WHAT IS THE LUCKY 13s CAMPAIGN CLUB? We will run ten or more events and activities over the year that are under the auspices of "The Lucky 13s" Campaign. When you attend your first event, you will be noted on a player tracking sheet like the one shown below. As you participate in each event a store employee will put a stamp on your player tracking sheet entry (for the six month league, players get one stamp per game each month). Because we know there are hundreds of different ways to interact with Apocalypse, we're trying to make sure that there will be different activities and events that appeal to everyone.