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FTW Games will be hosting a 'Ard Boyz Style Tournament on January 22nd at 9am. Ard Boyz games are no holds barred, where only the cheesyist most hard hitting lists will do.

Best part is there is no sports, comp or painting score! All you have to do to take home overall is WIN WIN WIN! So bring down your unpainted figs, and get stuck in!

Check it out here http://www.ftwgames.net/2010/12/40k-ard-boyz-tounament-january-22nd-9am.html

1. General Information
Date: January 22, 2011
Location: FTW Games
Entrance Fee: $10
Prize: 100% payout as FTW Games store credit

2. Schedule (estimate)
09:00 - 10:00; Registration
10:00 - 12:30; Round 1
12:30 - 13:15; Lunch + Army Judging
13:15 - 15:45; Round 2
15:45 - 16:00; Break
16:00 - 18:30; Round 3
18:30 - 19:00; Closing, Prizes, and Cleanup

3. Registration
This event is first come, first served. A spot may be reserved by paying the entrance fee at FTW Games in advance. No refunds. Lists may be submitted for review. Although this is encouraged, it is not required.

4. Things You Need To Bring
Each player is responsible for bringing the following items:
• Your army
• Dice (d6, scatter, and artillery)
• Measuring device(s)
• Templates and objective markers
• Three or more copies of your list. Lists must be printed and must have the stats for every unit, including saves.
• Army Book for your army. Although not required, it is suggested that you bring the current errata and FAQ material for your army.
• At least one rulebook between you and your teammate.

5. Army Restrictions
1850 pts per player Standard Force Organization.
The rules for allies are in effect.

WYSIWYG: Units must be WYSIWYG. Any model that fails to meet this requirement will be instantly removed from play (at your opponent’s discretion). Conversions and ‘counts as’ are allowed within reason (judges’ discretion).

Painted: Armies do not need to be painted to play or win overall, but wouldn't it be sweet to have a whole painted army to play with. Painted figures play better!

6. Bracketing
Opponents will be randomly determined for the first round. Swiss pairing (using just the gaming score) will occur in the second and final round.

7. Prizes
All entrance fee money will be "the pot", even from those that drop out. This money will be divided among the top winners as follows:

Overall Champion: 40%. This is the player with the most overall points, includes the battle points for all three rounds, painting score, and the players choice score.

Best Painted: 30%. During the lunch break, judges will inspect and score the painting on all the armies. To keep things objectively based, a checklist will be used to evaluate each army.

Best General: 20% This is for the player with the most battle points.

Player’s Choice Award: 10% Each player will have the opportunity to rank each of the armies they have fought against using a simple checklist.

If a player wins multiple awards they will only receive the award with the highest prize and the award for any other category they have won will go to the runner up in that category.

City and state that FTW Games is in might be a helpful thing if your looking to get people outside of the current group. Just a thought

Kesher wrote:FTW Games will be hosting a 'Ard Boyz Style Tournament on January 22nd at 9am. Ard Boyz games are no holds barred, where only the cheesyist most hard hitting lists will do.

Best part is there is no sports, comp or painting score! All you have to do to take home overall is WIN WIN WIN! So bring down your unpainted figs, and get stuck in!

Kesher wrote:

7. Prizes
All entrance fee money will be "the pot", even from those that drop out. This money will be divided among the top winners as follows:

Overall Champion: 40%. This is the player with the most overall points, includes the battle points for all three rounds, painting score, and the players choice score.

Best Painted: 30%. During the lunch break, judges will inspect and score the painting on all the armies. To keep things objectively based, a checklist will be used to evaluate each army.

Best General: 20% This is for the player with the most battle points.

Player’s Choice Award: 10% Each player will have the opportunity to rank each of the armies they have fought against using a simple checklist.

If a player wins multiple awards they will only receive the award with the highest prize and the award for any other category they have won will go to the runner up in that category.

You're announcing an 'Ard Boyz tournament, but then running an RTT. >< Which is it?

Yeah, it's on thing to have a best painted award even at a pure battle points event, but you mention paint scores.

I'm guessing most of the text was copy and pasted, as there was also a reference to one rulebook between each player and a teammate.

Teh website lists the location as Midlothian, virginia.

I'm glad that you guys are announcing the painting up front. I used to live in Midlothian (Brandermill) and Mechanicsville. If I was still down that way, I'd have gone.

I'd be very disappointed if I showed up to an "'Ard Boyz" style tourney, only to find out that, to get the lion's share of the prize, I actually have to have a well painted army. that isn't very ''Arn Boyz."

No disrespect, of course. Just saying I'd have been upset to show up without knowing it. So, good job on announcing the difference in advance. Hopefully, it's posted on any in-store documentation, as well.

Eric