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Legions Games and Snake Eyes Gaming will be hosting the 2nd year of the Be-Waaagh! the Ides of March 3 round 2000 point Warhammer 40k Tournament on March 24th 2012. This tournament allows Forge World models and rules

Tournament Organizer & Judge is Dominic Metzger

1130 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA , 15237.

START TIME: Noon. Signups at 11

We have a reputation for running good events, so everyone come and enjoy yourself. Due to recent events the following is something that everyone should be aware of

All tournament lists MUST be typed and printed out OR it must be on a normal sheet of paper with all units and options taken CLEARLY LABELED. If you can't take the time to write out your list then there are room for casual games on non-tournament tables. In addition, player conduct will be monitored and EVERYONE is expected to respect each other and play legit. I understand people can be heated during a competition, that is fine

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2000 Points Per Player
Winner of the event is the player with the most Primary Goals won. In the event of a tie, total battle points are used

MISSIONS LOCATED HERE

Entry fee: 15$ for non-fully painted armies and 10$ for fully painted armies (Defined as entire model being painted to a 3 color minimum, primed models nor do bare metal/plastic models with 3 dabs of paint count). Prizes are based upon full value of entrance fees. Depending on turnout prizes are awarded to top 3 players and best painted

All standard army books allowed (This will be updated based upon what books have come out)
Break usually between round 2 and 3

ALL GW FAQs are in effect

WYSIWYG is enforced within reason. Proxies that looking nothing like the original unit in question are not allowed. Minor variations are and if you have questions then ask beforehand

Each round will be 2:15 hours long with an ADDITIONAL 15 minutes given to deploy your forces (For a total of 2:30. Time will be called at that point) Do not start an additional full turn if there is not enough time

--------- FORGE WORLD RULES -----------------
Forge world ALLOWED see restrictions below
- Must use FWs official model or if no model exists you are allowed to create your own as long as 50% of the model is GW product (This is only time I enforce that silly policy)
- Must bring rules!@#$ (Can be photocopy) and must have the most UPDATED versions
- May use individual units or army lists using all restrictions listed
- Units must be OFFICIAL not experimental
- Must be approved by myself for use. (Contact me before the event!)
- No models designed for apoc (Obviously)
- No Fliers or in general any model that uses core rules not included in the basic game (IE no 7" template weapons). Fliers that may be used as skimmers may be used as such

Only units from the following books are allowed (Please note some of the books have misprints, if a rule from a unit in these books is different for the SAME unit from an GW codex, you use the codex version)

Imperial Armor Vraks**,8, 9, 10, 11
Imperial Armor Apocalypse Second Edition
** Vraks is an old book, I may or may not allow all the units so again clear it prior

FW Army Lists allowed
Elysian Drop Troops (IA 8)
Ork Dreadmob (IA 8)
Tyrant’s Guard (IA 9)
Siege Assault Vanguard (IA 10)
Eldar Corsairs (IA 11)
Siege Regiment (Death Korps) from FW website (Not the outdated book version)
Vraks Renegades army list from FW website (again not the outdated book version)

Units that are NOT allowed
Deathwind Drop Pods

Again you must clear any FW use with me prior

Please send any and all questions regarding the tournament to ME personally as I am not an employee of Legions Games. It's easier just to PM me here, but you can email me at kirasu@verizon.net as well

A lot of people still don't even know about Legions.. So here are some pictures of the wargaming area. It can easily fit 50 people if need be so drive to western PA and enjoy one of the largest gaming stores around

how many people are showing up for this this time. (take a guse)

I would say conservatively at least 30 although last 3 tournaments we've had over 45 to the 40k events


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Updated original post with some new information. Added Missions that will be used and allowed all FW except the Deathwind drop pod (It just bogs down the game)

Alrightie i'll bring the 3rd brotherhood back again.

I go to legions all the time, and have about three 2000 point armies but I've never really played against anyone I didn't know. I also pretty much suck at the game. haha My armies are just meant to be nice looking. 2k plague marines in rhinos doesn't seem to work out too well. I'd love to come and spectate though.

You should come and play anyway. Now that I have a new tournament program that can do more complex matchups Ive been tinkering with a way to do some kind of multiple tiered systems of matchups, so as to avoid the dreaded "noob stomp" . It won't be for this event, but the overall goal is to have different tiers with prizes for each so that you can hopefully play people of similar power level and have a good time doing it

@ Redaxe13

I also pretty much suck at the game

Listen I was in your shoes once. I sucked at the game. Out of 10 games, i'd lose 9 times. 2 things got me better.
1. i played every chance i got. I went to every tourament.
2. i study basic military tatics. By doing this you will have a better idea on what to do when things happen.
The only way you will get better is by playing. So play if you want to get better. If you want advice send me a pm and ill help you make an army list that is competive.

thanks guys, I was planning on going to the tournament just to watch how other people play. I'm gonna try to start playing whenever work and my girlfriend allow me to.

No problem as I said if you need help just PM or shoot me an email (wpago@yahoo.com) and ill help you make a list. I have played every space marine army (both chaos and loyal) in a tourament. Ill be more than happy to help you out.

Count me and at least 2 others from my gaming store in. We're looking to probably bring down 5 people. We're coming out of Indiana PA and we're looking forward to it.

Snake Eyes Gaming recently held a tournament at Legions with 50 participants. You can find details here: http://www.snakeyesgaming.blogspot.com/2012/02/warhammer-40k-beginners-tournament.html.
I would expect a good turn out for this event including players of all different skill levels.

Maybe my history is a bit off... but March 24'th isn't the 'ides of March' :-)

It's the grimdark history

Good catch, you're correct the Ides of March is not the 24th. I considered that when I named the event last year. Then it occured to me that there weren't any Orks present when Caesar was assassinated. I came to the conclusion that any tournament held in roughly the middle of March is close enough.

You had to make this 2000pts, didn't you...

I might have to break out the old Imperial Guard.

Yeah figured I'd mix up the point values a bit this time

Only a few days left until the event! I hope everyone who wants to come is able to as it's going to be a really fun event

Kirasu wrote:Only a few days left until the event! I hope everyone who wants to come is able to as it's going to be a really fun event

I won't be able to attend. I can work overtime on Saturday, and I can't afford to turn that down.

I will be there. For the Inquistion and the 3rd brotherhood!

Had a absolute blast yesterday, Was well worth the drive up to the store. Hope to play at Legions again soon. Can't wait to see the pictures!

Thank you all for those who attended! Looks like everyone had a good time and I'll be posting some pictures soon especially the starship troopers battle

Will the results be posted as well? I heard it was a good event, I'd love to see how many armies were there and where everything placed.

Congrats on another fine event!

There was a array of different armies. Alot of Power armor, Daemons, Eldar, Imperial Guard, Tau And if i missed one please forgive me. It was alot of fun. A very relaxed laid back environment for a tournament. The rules were well written and gave everyone a chance to compete for points.The Top three Armies were Grey Knights 1st, Grey Knights 2nd (me), And i do believe Daemons crept in at the last minute for 3rd. Best Painted was a beautiful and stunning Imperial Fists army. I know Kirasu has a ton of pics and excited to see them!

First batch of pictures from the events.. First are the tables! my favorite by far was the river basin

Looks like i need to come in and do some repair to last years GD tables ;-)

That river basin saved my butt more times then i can recall against gaurd. I was able to postion my self to where i could have a slug out against him but remain protected and in cover!

Sounds like it was a lot of fun. One of these days i'll have to get myself a 40k army... maybe when deamons get a new book

Hey Kirasu, you going to post the pics of when we were playing? Or did you forget lol

No I didnt forget, just I took so many so have to pick the best