May 10th - 11th
1750 Points
Fully painted armies are REQUIRED at these events!
Entry Fee: $40
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We only have 60 spots available for each event, and they are already filling up fast with locals as well as players traveling from Seattle, Portland, Missoula, Moscow/Pullman, the Tri-Cities...
Don't Delay if you want to Play!
Big Announcement #1: Torrent of Fire will be used at the Storm
GT to track data and pairings in real time! Find more details on what this means for the Storm and you at
http://www.torrentoffire.com/tournament-organizers
Big Announcement #2: The Storm
GT is going to be included in the tournament circuit that Frontline Gaming has just kicked off at their Las Vegas Open. The details are still being worked on but this is an exciting development that we feel is worth mentioning now. We hope you guys are as excited about this as we are.
The Details:
* Armies must be 1750 points or less.
* An army's Primary Detachment and Allied Detachment must be made from the following Codexes or Supplements:
6th Ed era: Tyranids, Inquisition (Primary Detachment), Adepta Sororitas, Space Marines, Eldar, Tau, Chaos Daemons, Dark Angels, Chaos Space Marines
5th Ed era: Necrons, Grey Knights, Dark Eldar, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Imperial Guard
4th Ed era: Orks
Supplements: Clan Raukaan, Sentinels of Terra, Black Legion, Farsight Enclave, Iyanden
* An army is allowed one 'Special Allowance' selected from the list below:
--Any number of Forgeworld
40k Approved units as
FOC and points allow for their Primary and/or Allied Detachments (see link below for allowed units and sourcebooks).
--One
40k Dataslate Unit (eg Belakor or Cypher)
--One
40k Dataslate Formation, as long as it is not treated as "Come the Apocalypse" with the Primary or Allied Detachments
--An Inquisition Detachment, as long as it is not treated as "Come the Apocalypse" with the Primary or Allied Detachments
* An army's Fortification Slot may be selected from Stronghold Assault. However the following fortification datasheets are NOT allowed: Fortification Networks of any type, Void Shield Generator, Prometheum Relay Pipes, Fortress of Redemption, Aquilla Strong Point.
* Forge World Approved units are NOT allowed unless the player chooses to select them using their one Special Allowance.
* Forge World Army lists are NOT allowed.
* The following Forge World units are NOT allowed under any circumstance: Super Heavy, Gargantuan Creature, Experimental Rules, Units available only within a Forge World army list and Horus Heresy Units of all kinds.
* Lords of War are NOT allowed.
* Apocalypse only units and formations are NOT allowed.
* Players must use the same army list throughout the event.
Gameplay:
* 5 rounds.
* 2.5 hour time limits.
* Missions will consist of two primary objectives and three secondary objective.
* Primary and Secondary objectives will be drawn from the standard book missions as well as other sources (old editions, other events, our own devising).
* Missions are scored in the same manner as Las Vegas Open (4 point primary, 3 point primary and 1 point for each of three secondary).
* Primer missions will be out a month before the event, until then
LVO missions are a great practice resource.
* Win/Loss/Draw record will be used to determine Best General.
* Battle Points will be used to help determine Overall Champion, Best in Codex and as a tie breaker for Best General and Best Sportsmanship.
Sportsmanship
* Sportsmanship per game will tracked in a pass or fail manner.
* Poor sportsmanship can result in Battle Point deductions, exclusion from awards, expulsion from the event or banning from future events at the organizers discretion.
* Favorite Opponent Voting will be tallied at the end of the tournament.
* Favorite Opponent voting will be used to determine Best Sportsmanship and as a tie breaker for Best Overall and Best in Codex.
Appearance:
* Armies must be fully painted
* Model WYSIWIG requirements whenever a bit is available (primary concern is identification on the tabletop)
* Scratchbuilds and counts as models are allowed on a case by case basis as long as they conform to the general size and shape of the model they represent.
* Appearance will be scored by judges using a standard rubric.
* Armies that were not wholly created and painted by the attendee are not eligble for Best Appearance but will not otherwise be penalized or restricted from winning other awards (including Favorite Army -- new this year).
* Armies will be setup during the second day lunch break for Favorite Army voting.
* Favorite Army voting will be tallied at the end of the tournament.
* Appearance scoring will be used to determine Best Appearance and to help determine Best Overall and Best in Codex.
* Favorite Army voting will be used to determine the Favorite Army Award and as a tie breaker for Best Appearance.
Awards:
* Overall: Battle Points + Appearance Points
* Best General: Best Win/Loss/Draw Record
* Best Appearance: Appearance Points
* Favorite Army: Favorite Army Votes
* Best Sportsmanship: Favorite Opponent Votes
* Best in Codex: Battle Points + Appearance Points
Rules Questions:
*
FAQ:
GW FAQs will be the primary source. We will then refer to the most up to date IGTC
FAQ document (that is currently the Adepticon
FAQ, but be aware that it contains a lot of info specific to their events that will not apply at The Storm). We reserve the right to add additional clarifications prior to the event.
If you have any questions not covered by the two sources above or have any concerns feel free to contact us.
* Forge World:
The most current resource for
40k appropriate units is the Adepticon pdf. See the link below. Ignore any reference to the Adepticon Events.
http://www.adepticon.org/14rules/201440Kapproved.pdf
*Dataslates: All of the dataslates avaiable as of the time of this writing (2/18/14) are legal for use as a Special Allowance (see above for details).
*New Rules Releases:
--If a Codex is released on or before April 12th that replaces an existing codex, then the new codex will be supercede the older version. If a new codex is released after that date and before April 26th then both the new codex and old codex will be allowed. Any replacement codex released after April 26th will not be used at the event.
--Any other rules (dataslate, supplement, Forge World release or a new codex that does not directly replace an existing one) released after 2/18/14 will be evaluated and given a go or no go on a case by case basis.
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