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It seems that 'ard boyz is the 40K event most similar to a National Championship. I say, "Most similar" only because they have three rounds and work their way down to only 3 winners (regional). When you win semi-finals you get an entire new army. When you win the finals you get $300, which is less than the semi-final winners get. Why not give the winners something a little more special as a bonus?

Championship winners in other games get to make something - in MTG they get to help make a card, Mechwarrior clix used to let them design a mech and pilot, and Mechwarrior CCG let them design a mech. I know GW will never let fans make a new unit, but what about something simple and useful - holiday megaforces. Let the 3 winners compile a megaforce for three different armies. That way the megaforces would at least be full of useful units and not random box sets thrown together.

Should be in tournament discussion.

What they should do is give the semi finalist winners $300 and give the finals winners the armies.

I disagree. I like seeing thirty people get armies, not just one.

I do agree that the finals winners should get something more, though. The awards they used to give when it was new were pretty awesome. Stuff like piles of Forgeworld. Wasn't the 2009 first prize a full 2500pt army of Forgeworld Red Scorpions?

ryan3740 wrote:I know GW will never let fans make a new unit, but what about something simple and useful - holiday megaforces. Let the 3 winners compile a megaforce for three different armies. That way the megaforces would at least be full of useful units and not random box sets thrown together.

GW's not going to let players determine what's in their megaforces, either... they'd probably put in too many good/useful units (zing!)

Yeah, too useful. I was thinking about starting a Dark Eldar army and looked at the megaforce. No thanks. Despite saving money, I'd actually lose money because I'd buy units that I don't want. Four troops and 2.5 transports? No heavy support? Who threw that box set together?

Someone who knows that Ravagers are Heavy Support?

Corrode wrote:Someone who knows that Ravagers are Heavy Support?

Flawless victory!

Finish him!

Oops, I thought it had two raiders. It does have a ravager in there.

Winners get more than just $300 bucks I took second at the finals up north and received a Citadel Realms of Battle Gameboard, Cities of Death Rulebook, a ticket into Throne of Skulls, was told our pictures would be in a White Dwarf and also a trophy. I believe the only thing different first place got is a ton of the building kits for terrain to go with his gameboard but i could be incorrect.

While more stuff is nice, what I enjoy more than stuff is the fun games and atmosphere. While I couldnt go this past year, other years at the finals have been a blast. The trophies are awesome, the fact that its a free one day event is amazing, and they even expanded to have 3 such tournies so more people can go instead of just chicago.