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Dueling grounds is going to be running
an escalation league starting on February 7th at 1:00 PM. Designated league days
will be the first and third Saturday of each month although you may arrange
games on other days. Fully painted models are not required but would look way
more cool! Ben Cope (who ran our last 40K tournament) will be hands-on running
this league.

The league is designed as an opportunity for new
players to get involved in the game, players looking to return to it, or anyone
interested in just getting some games in with a decent amount of
regularity.

For the first round (February 7th-21st), matches will be played at
750 points with game type at the discretion of the players involved. At this
stage, we will not be using formations, and no list should have any Lords of
War. Lists are encouraged to be competitive, but not punishing to your opponents
if they are new players.

I would suggest not fielding vehicles with armor 14, or some of
the more powerful flyers at this stage in the escalation, but I will leave that
up to the judgement of individual players.

Anyone who is interested in participating is encouraged to come
out for our first event on the 7th, but if you can’t make it, feel free to
schedule matches with other people involved! The league can be joined at any
time, just ask for the sign up sheet when you reach the counter (we will have
match result slips available upstairs in the store, (just hand them to whomever
is behind the counter when your games are done).

Match results are going to be tracked within the league not just
to encourage a healthy competitive spirit, but also to encourage active
involvement in the league.

It should also be noted that any awesome and spectacular, or
hilarious events that occur in games on official league dates are to be rewarded
with appropriate bits in order to facilitate the player who owns said model
customizing the figure to represent it’s epic victory

Example causes for reward:
The Gretchin who took out a Terminator Sergeant
with an overwatch shot, whose squad proceeds to rout the marines
An Astra Militarium officer armed with a basic
CCW chooses to face a space marine chapter master in a challenge. And defying
belief. Proceeds to win the fight.
A squad of space marines who remained engaged
with an endless onslaught of worthy foes that by all rights should have
annihilated them lasts through 4 turns of non-stop combat against two enemy
squads and emerges victorious
A group of nurglings intended to tarpit a fully
equipped squad of thunderwolf cavalry somehow manage to kill them all. Papa
Nurgle is very pleased

These are just a few examples, I’m sure what will come up in
game will be even better! If you are interested in being able to get even more
out of the league in terms of rewards an optional buy in of $5 for each two week
period the league is active qualifies you for the prize support the store will
be distributing for league activities during that stage of the escalation. For
each person involved who chooses to participate in the reward structure of the
league Dueling grounds will be putting up $7.50 in store-credit towards
purchases of secondary market miniatures within the store.

For the first two weeks of the league, the distribution of prize
support will be roughly as follows

Accolades of Victory:
The player with the most games won (with their
losses subtracted against said total)
Reward: 30% of the pool
A Heroes Welcome
To be distributed between players new to the
game and hobby
Reward: 40% of the pool
Accolades of Annihilation
The player who was victorious via the complete
destruction of his opponents forces, with the lowest point value of losses in
the game in question. (If two or more players tie by having not lost a single
model in their games, they can either play it out, or share the
bounty)
Reward 15% of the Pool
Accolades of Persistence
The player with the most games lost (with their
victories subtracted against said total)
Reward: 15% of the pool

Thank you to everyone for your feeback via the Warhammer 40K - Toronto Facebook group.

Cheers!

Wayne Mittlestead
Owner, Dueling Grounds