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Blood in the sand is a two day 2000 point Indy GT for Warhammer 40K that will take place on may 21st and 22nd at Gamers Inn in Mesa, Arizona. (1232 E Southern Ave Mesa, AZ 85204)

There will be 32 slots available to start with and more opening up if demand is high enough.
Cost is 50 dollars pre-paid and 70 at the door. (Email Bloodinthesandaz@yahoo.com for pre pay details)
Check in will be at 8:30am and dice rolling at 9:30am
All models must be painted to the three color minimum and based (wysiwyg is in effect)
There will be 5 games over a two day time frame all games will last 2:15 minutes with time in between for drinks and snacks with a lunch break the fist day.
Drinks and snacks will be sold at the game store and outside food and drinks my be brought inside.
There will be an open painting contest for all players to enter free of charge there will be 6 categories and you may only enter each one once but are free to enter none, one or all categories.
The categories are
-solo infantry model
-squad 5+
-Small tank/ Monstrous Creature (i.e. Rhino, Hive Tyrant, chimera ect)
-Large tank/ Large MC (i.e. land raider, Trygon, valk ect)
-Superheavy
-Diorama
Prizes and a plaque will be given to the winners from each category.

Prizes will be given for all of the following
1st place overall = 500 dollars store credit to Gamers Inn
2nd place overall = 300 dollars store credit to Gamers Inn
3rd places over all = 100 dollars store credit to Gamers inn
Best Painted = 50 dollars store credit to Gamers inn
Best sportsman = 50 dollars store credit to Gamers Inn
Crowd favorite = 50 dollars store credit to Gamers Inn

Winning any of the above will also award you with a plaque as well

Good luck

1. What are the missions?
2. How is the scoring done? (BP's, Painting, Sportsmanship?)

Dave_Fay wrote:1. What are the missions?
2. How is the scoring done? (BP's, Painting, Sportsmanship?)

I forgot you have people here.

Mission are standard mission, Battle missions and some old missions from back in the day. Everyone who signs up gets a copy Feb 18th when play testing is done.

Scoring is based off of the 5 point system (major minor draw minor major) will sports being a three point question (would you play him again, yes no maybe) and then a favorite opponent at the end.

painting?

And is there a way to see the missions on feb 18th without signing up?

Will this event be reported for the Southwest Masters Cup?
(EDIT) Regarding the painting competition: Can these be the same models we play with, or will they be set aside during matches for further review/scrutiny?
IE: If I want to submit a squad, can I use that squad during gaming or do i have to bring an extra squad for play?

Dave: check out my thread on the GE board...more info provided.

Count Me In.

Painting is many different things for this tournament but not part of your scoring to win the grand prize. There will be a painting competition for those who sign up to compete in as a side prize and also another prize for best overall and best painted army.

Now if you ment is there a painting requirement, there is three colors and base now I will not be to strict on this but please try to not show up with a grey plastic army.

I will post the mission on here if you would like but signing up isn't prepaying. It is just sending me your full name army played and t-shirt size.

prepayment is through Gamers Inn's website ( gamersinnaz.com ) under events and will close on may 6th after that you will need to pay at the door prices.

I do not know what the Southwest Masters Cup is but I will not be reporting this to them ( unless after I look it up now that it has been brought to my attention and they allow it)

Finally yes anything entered into the painting competitions must be left with the judges due to time constants, sorry for any inconvenience.

This might be a dumb question, but since I did not see it I will ask. What month is this in?

May 21-22. The weekend BEFORE Memorial Day wekend.

dkellyj is right it is may 21st and 22nd

Blood In The Sand ‘11
Tournament missions

Mission 1: Killing in the name of….
Pitched battle
Annihilation
Once per battle, each player may nominate one unit (including IC joined to that unit) to re-roll all to hits and to wounds for one player turn.

Mission 2: Fighting in the shade
Dawn of war
5 objectives
During the deployment phase you may deploy anything in your army (I.E. not two troops and one HQ) Night fight is in effect for the first game turn.

Mission 4: HOLD!!!!
Pitched battle (modified)
Three objectives placed in “no mans land”
Instead of deploying 12 inches on the long table edges you will now deploy 24 inches along the short table edges. You will use your short board edge for all fall back and reserve movements. All outflanks will now be done along the long table edge.

Mission 3: This land is MY land.
Spearhead
5 objectives
The 5 objectives for this battle are the table quarters and a 24 inch circle in the center of the board. Anything counts as scoring for the point of holding and contesting but a unit may only ever hold one objective and if they are on two the controlling play may choose which he is holding or contesting.

Mission 5: A war on all fronts
Modified
Annihilation (each HQ is worth 2 kill points)
Deployment is done with the first person (Defender) deploying his army inside a 24 inch circle in the center of the board. The person deploying second (Attacker) keeps everything in reserves to come on to ether short board edge they want first turn. All fall back moves are made towards the nearest board edge. All defender units gain the stubborn and stealth USR and all attacker units gain relentless for the length of the game.