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Hey Dakka!

Just a quick note to let everyone in the L.A. area know that our first 40k league for 2010 has begun, it's a 5-week league that cuts to single-elimination playoffs, 1850 points, standard missions with weekly secondary mission objectives. Weekly pairings are posted every Tuesday and sign-ups are ongoing for the first couple weeks. You find the full league rules on our local message board, which you can find from our website.

And the tournament...

Game Empire Pasadena's Double-Header Tournament is coming up!

Saturday, February 13 (and every second Saturday) at 10:00am.

1850 points on the 40k side.
2250 points on the WHFB side.

3 Rounds each, usually wrap around 6:30; $10 entry or $20 GW purchase.

Format is modified RTT.

On the 40k side, players play 3 rounds. Each round is a different scenario, and between each round players move to different tables each with a variety of pre-set terrain set-ups. Battle Points are earned by winning/losing/drawing games, as well as by achieving secondary mission objectives. Players are also scored after each game, by their opponent, on their sportsmanship and army theme/composition. Each player also gets one vote each for their favorite opponent and favorite army. Votes are worth bonus points and may only be cast for a player's opponents during the event. Every effort is made to ensure players don't play on the same table twice or play against people they came to the tournament with, but it is occasionally unavoidable.

On the WHFB side, players play 3 rounds, all of which are played as a standard 'pitched battle' using VPs. The number of terrain pieces for each table is pre-set, but players alternate placing the terrain pieces before each game begins. Battle points are determined based on the VP margin between the players. Players are also rated on both sportsmanship and army composition by their opponent after each game. Again, every effort is made to ensure players don't play on the same table twice (though it is less of an issue for WHFB, given the amount of terrain involved and the fact that it is not pre-set) or play against people they came to the tournament with, but it is occasionally unavoidable.

Prizes for each side are:
Best Overall (most total points) - Battleforce or $90 in GW product
Best Army (most combined painting and theme/comp points) - $20 in GW product
Best General (most Battle Points) - $20 in GW product
Best Sportsman (most Sportsmanship points) - $20 in GW product Standard RTT format.

For the new year we've streamlined things a bit, players now get one vote each for their favorite army and favorite opponent. We rolled the Best Painted award into the Best Army award to make room for the new Best General award. We're always trying slight variations on the standard 40k missions to keep things interesting.

We use all the most recent errata/FAQ available from GW, and players are encouraged to bring a copy of relevant articles to have on-hand during games. Any rulings for contentious issues (like some of the stuff from the new Tyranid book... Mawloc, I'm looking at you!) that we are aware of prior to the event will be announced before the first round takes place.

We were one table short of capacity during the January event two weekends ago, so if you're thinking of coming down, give me a call so I know to expect you.

For the February event, we will be experimenting with 2.5 hour rounds, so please be here early so we can start on time at 10:00.

Game Empire Pasadena
2302 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA. 91107
www.gameempirepasadena.com
(626) 304-9333 (ask for Travis)

Thanks for looking!
-Dis.

you might want to change this, the broadside bash is the same weekend.

They can't. They are posted in White Dwarf which is 3 months out. Plus they generally always run them the second saturday of the month. That way there is a tournament almost every weekend if you know where to go

Yeah, it is what it is. We're always on the second Saturday, since we run a lot of different events at the store and every other Saturday during the month is similarly booked. Most of the time it's a good thing; since our event is always the same time each month people can plan for it, every once in a while we get scheduling conflicts.

Basically, if you're looking to play that weekend and you can't commit to both days of the Con/Bash, you've got an option. Either way, it looks to be a good weekend for us and our little plastic men!

And then we'll do it all over again on March 13th!

-Dis.

You said you're trying 2.5 hour rounds is this an increase or decrease from normal? I can never remember how long the rounds are because my opponents and I always seem to finish early...

It's a slight increase; we have been running 2 hour, 15 minute rounds, and I want to start doing some events at the 2000 point level for 40k, so I need to tighten up the schedule to fit enough time for games to finish at that size.

We'll be trying the longer game length for the next few events.

-Dis.