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What:
40k, ‘Nova Style’ 2 day, bracketed tournament.
6 Rounds (3 per day), using ‘Nova’ Missions.
1850 Points, standard force org, 40k army codex,
supplements and fortifications.

When:
November, 9th and 10th Check-in time is 10:00 AM
Guarantee your spot by paying in advance for your ticket
$20.00, none refundable.

Why:
Play 40 and drink beer, win The Guardian Cup, your overall bracket, or other trophies for Sportsmanship, Painting,
Achievements

Where:
Guardian Games
345 SE Taylor
Portland OR, 97214
503-238-4000

Each round has a Primary Objective, winning the Primary mission will always win you the round. Secondary Objectives (Line Breaker, Slay the Warlord, First Blood) are only ever used in cases where the Primary Objective is tied. Night Fighting and Reserve rules (p124) are in play for all rounds. All objectives are always worth 3 victory points including the relic and scouring objectives, ‘Mysterious’ objective rules should not be used.

DAY ONE, ROUND ONE : 10:15 to 1:15
Deployment: Dawn of War (p119).
Primary Mission: Purge the Alien, kill points (p127).

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00
Display your Armies along with a copy of your list which includes your name. Take your time to check out the Armies.

DAY ONE, ROUND TWO : 2:00 to 5:00
Deployment: Hammer and Anvil (p119).
Primary Mission: Crusade (p126), 6 Objectives. Each objective placed at the center of each 6th (24x24) of the table.

DAY ONE, ROUND THREE: 5:15 to 8:15
Deployment: Vanguard (p119).
Mission: Big Guns Never Tire (p128), 4 Objectives. Each objective will be placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table. Heavy Support units count as Scoring and as additional VPs to the opposing player if destroyed (ala big Guns).

END OF DAY ONE: Brackets Generated.

DAY TWO, ROUND FOUR : 10:15 to 1:15
Deployment: Table Quarters (5th Ed ‘Spear Head’), 12’’ from table center.
Mission: The Scouring (p129), 5 Objectives (not random points). Four objectives will be placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table, and one objective in the center of the table. Fast Attack units count as Scoring and as additional VPs to the opposing player if destroyed (ala The Scouring).

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00
Display your Armies along with a copy of your list which includes your name. Take your time to check out the armies, then fill out your favorite armies voting sheet.

DAY TWO, ROUND FIVE : 2:00 to 5:00
Deployment: Vanguard (p119).
Mission: The Relic (p131), placed in the center of the table. Plus 4 ‘normal’ Objectives placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table, and one objective in the center of the table.

DAY TWO, ROUND SIX : 5:15 to 8:15
Deployment: Dawn of War (p119).
Mission: The Emperors Will (p130), 2 Objectives placed by each player. Plus three objectives placed across the center of the table in the middle of each table 3rd (24x48).

AWARDS CEREMONY: 8:30

Trophies will be awarded for:
Guardian Cup, bracket A winner
Best Sports, event wide
Best Painted, event wide
Bracket B, C, and D Winners.
Bracket A, B, C and D Runner Up
Bracket A, B, C and D Best Overall

So 14 trophies up for grabs.

Best sports is scored based on player ratings. At the end of the event players rank their top three opponents and a score is assigned for each.

Best Painted is scored based on player votes. Armies are displayed during lunch and breaks, players vote on their favorite three armies a score is assigned for each vote.

Best Overall is scored based based on the sum of your inverse ranking in your bracket for game, painting, and sports. So for example if I finished 3rd in my bracket for games (8 points), 5th for paining (5 points) and 8th for sports (3 points), my overall score would be 16 points.

I won't be able to make it due to scheduling, but I strongly encourage anyone who can to make the trip. Gareth runs a good tournament.

From the local boards:

This is all subject to change...

Each round has a Primary Objective, winning the Primary mission will always win you the round. Secondary Objectives (Line Breaker, Slay the Warlord, First Blood) are only ever used in cases where the Primary Objective is tied. Night Fighting and Reserve rules (p124) are in play for all rounds. All objectives are always worth 3 victory points including the relic and scouring objectives, ‘Mysterious’ objective rules should not be used.

DAY ONE, ROUND ONE : 10:15 to 1:15
Deployment: Dawn of War (p119).
Primary Mission: Purge the Alien, kill points (p127).

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00
Display your Armies along with a copy of your list which includes your name. Take your time to check out the Armies.

DAY ONE, ROUND TWO : 2:00 to 5:00
Deployment: Hammer and Anvil (p119).
Primary Mission: Crusade (p126), 6 Objectives. Each objective placed at the center of each 6th (24x24) of the table.

DAY ONE, ROUND THREE: 5:15 to 8:15
Deployment: Vanguard (p119).
Mission: Big Guns Never Tire (p128), 4 Objectives. Each objective will be placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table. Heavy Support units count as Scoring and as additional VPs to the opposing player if destroyed (ala big Guns).

END OF DAY ONE: Brackets Generated.

DAY TWO, ROUND FOUR : 10:15 to 1:15
Deployment: Table Quarters (5th Ed ‘Spear Head’), 12’’ from table center.
Mission: The Scouring (p129), 5 Objectives (not random points). Four objectives will be placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table, and one objective in the center of the table. Fast Attack units count as Scoring and as additional VPs to the opposing player if destroyed (ala The Scouring).

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00
Display your Armies along with a copy of your list which includes your name. Take your time to check out the armies, then fill out your favorite armies voting sheet.

DAY TWO, ROUND FIVE : 2:00 to 5:00
Deployment: Vanguard (p119).
Mission: The Relic (p131), placed in the center of the table. Plus 4 ‘normal’ Objectives placed in the center of each quarter (24x36) of the table, and one objective in the center of the table.

DAY TWO, ROUND SIX : 5:15 to 8:15
Deployment: Dawn of War (p119).
Mission: The Emperors Will (p130), 2 Objectives placed by each player. Plus three objectives placed across the center of the table in the middle of each table 3rd (24x48).

AWARDS CEREMONY: 8:30

Trophies will be awarded for:
Guardian Cup, bracket A winner
Best Sports, event wide
Best Painted, event wide
Bracket B, C, and D Winners.
Bracket A, B, C and D Runner Up
Bracket A, B, C and D Best Overall

So 14 trophies up for grabs.

Best sports is scored based on player ratings. At the end of the event players rank their top three opponents and a score is assigned for each.

Best Painted is scored based on player votes. Armies are displayed during lunch and breaks, players vote on their favorite three armies a score is assigned for each vote.

Best Overall is scored based based on the sum of your inverse ranking in your bracket for game, painting, and sports. So for example if I finished 3rd in my bracket for games (8 points), 5th for paining (5 points) and 8th for sports (3 points), my overall score would be 16 points.

Guardian Cup is signed up for Torrent of Fire!

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Is there hotels nearby or does the TO have a deal with one of the nearby ones? I am defintely interested in attending this and think I could get some more people in Sacramento to come.

What is the player cap for the tournament? How many have signed up?

I think the cap is 40. I'll ping Gareth to have him swing by.

SCP Yeeman wrote:
Is there hotels nearby or does the TO have a deal with one of the nearby ones? I am defintely interested in attending this and think I could get some more people in Sacramento to come.

What is the player cap for the tournament? How many have signed up?

We have no hotel affiliations or recomendations.
We have ~20 of the 40 slots filled.

I would recommend calling Guardian Games on (503) 238-4000 to pre purchase a slot before making travel plans.

Is Forgeworld allowed at this event? Getting people together now to buy tickets!


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Is Forgeworld allowed at this event? Getting people together now to buy tickets!

SCP Yeeman wrote:
Is Forgeworld allowed at this event? Getting people together now to buy tickets!

No forgeworld, just standard codexes and supplements.

Truly is a lot of fun. I had a blast the last time I went. Guardian Games moved to a newer, bigger location relatively recently. League nights are fairly solid (alas, I haven't been able to partake for a bit in that). Beer plus Warhammer on boards with great terrain, gotta love it!

Yeah, did we mention beer?

Anyone know if there are tickets still left for this event?

 tastytaste wrote:
Anyone know if there are tickets still left for this event?

Last that I heard, there were.

Try Guardian Games at (503) 238-4000. They open around noon today. You can sign up and pre-reg by phone and get yourself locked in.

If I recall from the sign in sheet this weekend, there are less than 10 spots left open.

Looks like all 40 are filled.

Here's the link to Torrent for anyone who wants to keep track of results:

http://app.torrentoffire.com/#/tournament/Guardian-Cup-IV

Any news as to why TOF stopped reporting after round 4 on day 2? I was really enjoying watching the results in real time.

Not sure, from what I heard it just broke and Gareth had to do the rest manually. I'm waiting for Gareth to post the official results. I know someone from Cali took the top spot (or so I was told).


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Did Torrent break for any other tournaments?

I believe it also went down during the Feast of Blades. I'm really enjoying the site and the app so hopefully they can get the issues resolved soon.

Yeah, probably people keep clicking on it to refresh and we killed the backend. Maybe we should start a separate thread in Tournament Discussions about ToF to see if someone knows what's up?


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Link to the results:
http://www.ordofanaticus.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=27

The event was forced to continue manually after round 4 due to the size of brackets the Guardian Cup guys had set up.

We are of course continuing to develop the software, however it's designed to programatically handle brackets, and when the bracket size and number of rounds don't divide evenly, it caused some unexpected issues.

We will be receiving the results from Gareth in the next day or so, and will have them entered in to ToF.

All other events this past weekend (11th Company GT, Vic Masters, and Fort Kearney) ran very smoothly.

Awesome! Thanks for the response.

Had a great time at the Guardian Cup this weekend, just wanted to say thanks to Gareth and Guardian Games in Portland (fantastic venue), and to my opponents (Dan, Kris, Steve, Jeff, Ryan, and Kevin). Gareth especially had a hard time herding everyone in the right direction, especially once Torrent of Fire collapsed but for the most part things went well. If I can make some suggestions - put out an FAQ ahead of time for sticky rules bits, just so everyone knows going in what to expect. Also, find a better way of letting everyone know what the game clock is at; in one of my games the first my opponent and I heard about time was that we had 15 minutes left. Those are relatively minor issues though, so thank you again to Gareth and Guardian Games!

Sirus