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Esteemed Ambassadors:


Rules and clarifications can all be found there, as can the actual Missions you will be facing. All of these should be fully updated by the time registration starts on November 19th.

This is one of the most highly funded and supported tournaments in Washington State, as its previous attendees will attest. It is the signature event for the Olympia/Tacoma area and we were able to fill the first bracket within about two hours of the start of registration last year. Therefore we encourage your lordships to be ready to board your starships at the appointed date registration begins. The second bracket was esssentially filled within two days. We anticipate that it will be similar this year.

The Arena is unique in that every faction is represented just once by its Ambassadors in each bracket, and you will never battle the same faction twice. Not only does this encourage a truer all comers approach, but we have designed the missions to further encourage balanced forces and to be more akin to normal Warhammer 40,000 than the ITC missions allow while still being unique and challenging. Our primary goal is to see the Codex represented in its full panoply to the extent our supereme Ambassadors are able.

Yet this will in fact BE an ITC event and a GT event no less, for those who are aspiring to the highest rankings among your brethren. Take advantage of this opportunity not only to earn your favor with the Great Ones for the Final War, but also to garner the recognition you so richly deserve among your peers.

We provide the food necessary, so you are disallowed from swallowing other Ambassadors inbetween matches. Drinks and snacks are all there to keep you energized and hydrated so as to maintain your focus in battle. Only the very best efforts will avail you in the arena. We expect no less of you, for the future of your entire races may depend on the outcome...

Good luck Ambassadors.

Facebook group (not for registration): https://www.facebook.com/events/1149839168399360/

That's the same exact weekend as TSHFT in Bellevue. Might split the participant pool.

We got permission from the host store, so we moved it to avoid the conflict.

18 slots filled as registration opened today. Havent even had my coffee yet! 14 to go. Look forward to seeing you all there.

We still have openings for the following Ambassadors:
Adepta Sororitas
Adeptus Mechanicus
Dark Eldar
Tyranids

For clarity:
If you register as Chaos Daemons, you can choose to play them or Daemonkin (but not both of course)
If you register as Adeptus Mechanicus you can draw from both Skitarii and Cult Mechanicus

Updated the list. Register soon!

This will be one of the last GT's of the 2016 season, pretty much right before the LVO grand finale.

Quick update on the available factions available still, as Grey KNights are now takes, as are Space Wolves!

Adepta Sororitas (2 openings)
Adeptus Mechanicus (2 openings)
Dark Eldar (one opening)

Again, If you register as Adeptus Mechanicus you can draw from both Skitarii and Cult Mechanicus

For ease of reference. If you have questions you want added or addressed, please put them in the actual input thread itself. Thanks for the great input! As of 12/28/2016

Q: For clarity, does the Super Formations itself count AS a Formation for purposes of the three Formation limit?

A: No, do not count the Super Formation (such as a Decurion or Dawn Blade Contingent "super-formation) in any way. This differs from the ITC. You are allowed three Formations total, whether they fall in or out of a Super Formation. If you opt for a third Formation, that third Formation must be a Combined Arms Detachment as described in the main rule book. The goal here is to see the full panoply of your Codex represented proudly, in victorious armed negotioations.

Q: If a unit exchanges its normal deployment option with the Genestealer Cult Ambush option, is it considered to have moved for purposes of Heavy weapons?

A: No, but it still cannot move in the turn it chooses this option of course.

Q: In missions in which Kill Points are counted, will Super Heavies/Gargantuan Creatures still yield a Kill Point for each 3 Hull Points or Wounds it suffers per ITC rules?

A: Yes.

Q: Will Super Heavies/ Gargantuan Creatures still yield a +1 to Seize the Initiative as ITC does.

A: Yes.

Q: Will we have access to Escalation Warlord Traits, for any reason?

A: No.

Q: When does the Haemotrope Reactor affect a weapon?

A: When that weapons actual name contains the word plasma/plasmic or when the weapon specifically says that it is a plasma weapon in its weapon entry (not its fluff). For example, Pulse weapons are described as utilizing plasma in their fluff, but it is not in the end a “plasma” weapon according to its entry.

Q: Do the Army List Entries in Decurion style “Super-Formations” count against your 3 Formation limit, as long as I qualify otherwise to use them?

A: No

Q: Will any faction have access to Sisters of Silence, since they are not in a codex being represented?

A: Only the Adepta Sororitas Ambassador will have access to them. They may only take the Null-Maiden Task Force Formation (specifically).

Q: Is Hammer of Wrath forfeited if you choose to use a Grenade?

A: It will not be for this tournament

Q: When does a Fortification or Defense Network count, for purposes of whether or not you have achieved Sudden Death Victory against your foe.

A: Fortifications elements (such as the Gun on a Gun Fort) that have Wounds, or that still have weapons capable of auto fire, are considered “Alive” for purposes of Sudden Death. Any others are ignored.

Q: If I represent the Adeptus Mechanicus, may I use both the Cult Mechanicus and Skitarii books for my force?

A: Yes, subject to the same 3 Formation limitation as all Ambassadorial entourages have

Q: The Traitor Legions Supplment dropped after the cut off. May I use it as the Chaos Space Marine Ambassador?

A: Yes

Q: In the Super Eclipse Mission, when do you start rolling to see if Night Fight ends?

A: At the beginning of Player Turn 3 and every subsequent turn.

Q: In the Super Eclipse Mission it states that Night Fighting begins in turn 2. If I have the Strategic Warlord Trait that allows me to choose Night Fighting in Turn one, what happens?

A: If you have this Warlord Trait and invoke it, then there would be Night Fighting in both Game Turn 1 and Game Turn 2. Per the mission, you would start to roll at the beginning of Player Turn 3 and every Player Turn afterwards to see if the Night Fighting ends on a 5+.

Q: When the mission refers to a unit being at or above half strength, does this refer to the model count or to the number of wounds/Hull Points remaining?

A: Models remaining. So if a unit of 1 Dreadnought is missing 2 Hull points, it is still a unit of one and therefore considered at or above half strength. The same would be true for a Monstrous Creatures. A unit of three Carnifex's that is reduced to 2, one of which has lost all but one wound, would still be at or above half strength because the unit still has two models in it.

More interesting news from the front, as reported on our Facebook page earlier:

The list of our Ambassadors grows in prestige. It was brought to my attention that 9 of our Ambassadors and organizers are in the top 5% of the ITC standings this year and among those, four are in the top 2%.
According to current data transmissions from the ITC, our attendees include the second highest rated DeathWatch Captain, 4th highest Grey Knight Captain, the 6th highest Necron Phaeron, the 22nd highest Eldar Autarch, 4th highest White Scars Captain, 2nd highest Ork War Boss, the 7th highest Space Wolf Captain and finally a player that is the Top Harlequin Prince, Imperial Knight pilot and 6th most nefarious Daemon Prince in the galaxy!
This is truly an auspicious, and infamous, group and we are gratified that your various factions saw fit to send such worthy representation.

Registration closed on Friday. You may now view all of the Ambassadorial entourages at our website.

Ambassadors.

The following are the list of Secondary Objectives we may be using for Missions 2-5. Please take a moment to view them: Secondary Objectives:

Master Spy:
Each player nominates one of their opponents non-vehicle models and announces it as their spy traitorous spy, in the order you deployed. To achieve the secondary objective, that enemy model must survive. In addition, that model must always be allocated wounds last unless a blast or Template is being used, are egardless of its position in the unit. Your troops are under strict orders not to kill him. That model will never offer to Look our Sir. Therefore if he is the closest model to the character attempting to pass a wound off, the attempt to do so automatically fails. Betrayal!

Hold the Line:
The mission has gone from bad to worse and there is no longer a need for caution. It's win now or die with your boots on. You must hold the enemy tide back.
If your enemy ends the game with no units within 12" of your long board edge you have achieved the secondary objective. For a unit to be in your deployment zone for this purpose, one Scoring model must be within 12” of your deployment edge.

Legendary Heroes
Good soldiers will fight for their cause. Great soldiers would die for it. Legends are made when improbable odds are overcome.
You must destroy a unit (or force it off the board) that costs twice as many points as the unit that finishes it, in one phase. If more than one unit contributes wounds/damage to the effort that phase, count the higher point unit as killing the target. A unit that falls off the board is considered killed for purposes of this objective, but it must happen in the same Phase as the damage that caused it to flee. The combined cost of the unit is used, so when characters join to a unit, that units cost increases accordingly for purposes of this Secondary Objective.
Example: if you have a 200 point and a 300 point unit attacking the enemy’s 500 point unit in the Psyker phase, and both of your units cause damage, the 300 point unit gets credit for the kill that phase (which means this Objective is not scored).

Frag 'Em All and Let The Emperor Sort ‘Em Out.
Only a complete victory will do.
You can achieve the secondary objective if your enemy has less than half the original units you do at games end. For example if you end with four of your original units left on the board, and he ends with 2, you have achieved this objective. “Summoned”, regenerated or otherwise conjured kill points do not count as “alive” for this purpose.

The Vagaries of War
Even the most experienced veteran knows that the winds of battle change and with it, new orders arrive, followed by orders countermanding orders. In the end the vagaries of war are always unpredictable and the soldiers can do nothing except follow the latest command.
Place two new objective markers in the center of the board and scatter both individually 5D6 inches. Like all objectives they are impassible and if they land directly on a unit, reduce the scatter the least amount possible to place it without landing on a model or in impassible terrain. It never lands on target, so use the small arrow on the scatter die to determine the scatter direction if the "HIT" result comes up on the scatter die. If the objective scatters off the table, it stops at the board edge. New orders: Secure the objective!
To gain credit for this Secondary objective, you must control more of them than your enemy at the end of the game.

“Lord, give me the strength to find one more”.
Your battle brothers are your victory and none can be left behind in battle.
The next time a non-vehicle unit is destroyed, leave the last model removed from that unit on its side, where the model died, which is now an independent character marker with all its previous statistics. It has one wound remaining and cannot attack in any way nor use any items it carries, but is not dead (yet), and cannot move unless it joins another non-vehicle unit.
To rescue this model and gain this Secondary Objective, it must first join a unit, which ends that units movement. You can then move in future phases to get him/her into base contact with your Deployment edge, where he/she will receive triage. The unit cannot launch assaults, nor run or turboboost when helping your downed comrade (though you can be transported at any speed in a vehicle). Once the model itself reaches your deployment edge you have achieved this Secondary Objective and the unit providing help is placed in Ongoing Reserve (announce by what legal method you wish to return at this time, such as Deep Strike if your unit has this ability).