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Just in case anyone was wondering (I think Reecious and some others might have been)...

I just got an email from a rep at GW (John Shaffer) in charge of handing out the prizes for the 'ard boys winners (I asked a few questions so he was nice and responded). He said that the top 3 at each 'ard boys will in fact get a free ticket to the Throne of Skull tournament and that they will have their ticket and a tournament pack sent out in the upcoming months. I take it to mean that everyone else with a Golden Ticket from other qualifying events will also get a free ticket and tournament pack sent out to them.

Hope to see everyone there!

Also, I noticed the UK throne of skulls 2011 packet says that the game for 40k is going to be 1750 and not 1500, unless I read the wrong 2011 doc? This probably means the US one will be 1750 or thereabouts (though I always liked bigger games because I could bring more toys!).

Anyone have an idea on the date? I never caught that info anywhere =(. Oh well, congrats to everyone that managed to get a ticket!

The Throne of Skulls events have been running in the UK for a while and have been successful. It is not like this is a brand new system that is being unveiled to US players, it is just the first time we are getting a taste of this new style.

The other tournament systems they run at Warhammer World can be found on their site:
http://warhammerworld.typepad.com/warhammer_world_news/events.html

The UK Throne of Skulls Pack and update can be found here: (note that 40K is 1500 points)
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=2200008&aId=11300007a

The US Throne of Skulls packs are due to go up on the GW US site any time now. I think what they are aiming for is the same system will be able to be run in all countries. It really isn't too different from the GW events of old, and they do have more of a focus on gameplay than painting and modeling. Dates and full rules for the US version will be in there. I think we are looking at a July 2011 date for the Vegas finals.

The National Circuit Tournament Organizers were informed that all the "Golden Tickets" will be mailed out to the recipients at the end of the circuit in May 2011.

Also, please remember that GW has not done GT's in the past two years and next year they have one planned that we know about. There is a new crew putting together events (including the Vegas ToS) and they have been very supportive of the independent events, which happens to be where most of the action is. They are putting in some great efforts, but it will be a while to see how the big Finals event turns out.

Another thing about Throne of Skulls in the UK, I believe they put a small amount of tickets available for sale on the website in addition to the different qualifying events. They usually sell out in an hour or two, so keep an eye out to see if something like this happens in the US.

Lastly, has anyone actually tested the new system yet?

We are running our One day, Three game, Forge World Friendly event at MechaniCon with a rules pack similar to ToS with just some tweaking to accommodate for 3 games instead of 5. We will get player feedback and share that with the community and the GW event staff. If anyone else runs a ToS event, please share your experiences. Obviously it is not made for the competive-driven gamers, but it does have traits similar to the larger events run over the past 15+ years. I am very excited to see a large annual event provided by GW and I hope it is well worth the wait.

Nowhere on the uk TOS doc does it say 40k games are at 1750.

This will be funny when a space wolf player goes & crushes all 5 games but because the other space wolf players did so well the only Ork player that kills it will win best overall.

I was reading the packet for some other random UK GT thing, my bad! 1500 is a bit restrictive but oh well, it should be fun!

asugradinwa wrote:Nowhere on the uk TOS doc does it say 40k games are at 1750.

This will be funny when a space wolf player goes & crushes all 5 games but because the other space wolf players did so well the only Ork player that kills it will win best overall.

Just imagine what will happen if one Necron player wins just a single game!

Fearspect wrote:

asugradinwa wrote:Nowhere on the uk TOS doc does it say 40k games are at 1750.

This will be funny when a space wolf player goes & crushes all 5 games but because the other space wolf players did so well the only Ork player that kills it will win best overall.

Just imagine what will happen if one Necron player wins just a single game!

too bad they do an "Average"......

Although if I can get a bunch of people to bring Tau armies and throw thier games.......

Obvious hyperbole is lost on some...

why should how other people do effect me winning my games

this is worse than having comp shoved down our throats

Fighting my way through serious competition to win a Golden Ticket to the Las Vegas GT....

Is like winning first on the Golf Pro Tour qualifier to find out that you've just gained access to the Saturday Family Mini-Golf Putt-Putt Extravaganza!

No thanks.

I will not be attending this sham of a tournament. My interest in the hobby is in my ability to compete, to create functional armies, to demonstrate my prowess and test my mettle against other similarily minded people.

Hulksmash wrote:Next I bet you'll say that Fantasy should still be played at 2k cause that's what they used to playtest it at way back when....

2K works great for fantasy in 8th edition!

Just thought I'd throw that out there...

Golden Ticket or no Golden Ticket, I'm going to Vegas.

Simply put, I don't play in enough tournaments to really care if I'm in the tourney or not, but I love going to Vegas and since it is within a few hours driving distance there's no reason not to go. Now, if I happen to win a ticket to play in the LVGT, then great. (The only GT I've played in this year was Adepticon, and I only see me playing in one more tourney between now and July.)

However, this could be an awesome weekend to go. I could sleep late, go down and watch a game, eat at a buffet, put some money on the Steelers, play in a poker tourney, then go back and see the results. I could even get in and play on the GW tables on Friday and Saturday night after eveyone is done. Heck, knowing GW they'll generally have a table or 2 up for open gaming as well as a hobby/modeling table and some preview items to check out.

All in all, I could get a couple games in, hang with some friends and have a great weekend without even playing in the tourney.

Ticket or no ticket, it's Vegas baby!

^^This a thousand times over.

Though I do have a ticket I'll probably be there assuming no major financial issues come up. It'll be a fun weekend in Vegas. And to be honest it'll still sell out when they put the extra tickets up. Even with the format it has. The old GW GT systems were far worse (i.e. no painting rubric, comp, random extra points) and those tournaments sold out for 40k within a week across the country. I'm looking forward to it.

Yeah, I'll be there and probably make it a week-long trip.

Please note: If this were occuring in almost any other city than Las Vegas, there is no way I would go.

Hence the reason it's in Vegas Fearspect. Even GW recognizes that fact