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Battleground Games & Hobbies - Plainville MA


**This event will be the FIFTH in a series of Battleground 40k Invitational Qualifier Tournaments. The Invitational will take place in December of 2012.**



Format: Singles (1v1) 1850 points per person
Date: October 13th, 2012 a Saturday
Time: Please be here no later than 10:15am. Set up at 10:45. Dice roll no later than 11:00am.
Entrance Fee: $20.00 per person

Address:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

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RULES FOR WARHAMMER 40K TOURNAMENT

This event will be capped at 40 players.

Rule Books:
The Warhammer 40,000 SIXTH Edition Rules will be used.

The following is a list of legal army choices:
Codex: Black Templars
Codex: Blood Angels
Codex: Chaos Daemons
Codex: Chaos Space Marines - (If the new codex come out on 10/6 it [b]WILL be legal for this event)[/b]
Codex: Grey Knights
Codex: Dark Angels
Codex: Dark Eldar
Codex: Eldar
Codex: Imperial Guard
Codex: Necrons
Codex: Orks
Codex: Space Marines
Codex: Space Wolves
Codex: Tau Empire
Codex: Tyranids
Codex: Sister of Battle (White Dwarf)




MODELS AND POINTS:

1. Each player must bring an army consisting of 1850 points (but no fewer than 1825), in accordance with these rules...

2. All models must follow “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG). All weapons, war gear, and so forth must be represented on the model.

3. Pictures of conversions or "counts as" models must be emailed to the Tournament Organizer unless they have previously been approved.

4. Warlord Traits - At the start of each game, before deployment, select two tables. Roll a die for each table. Choose ONE of the two results as your Warlord Trait for that game.

5. Psychic Powers - At the start of each game, before deployment, players will be allowed to pick their discipline and roll on the corresponding chart to determine their power.

6. Unfortunately, Forge World Imperial Armor units (and army lists) may NOT be used in this event. Forge world models may be used where appropriate, however.

7. We will require that each player submits an itemized army list to a Battleground Tournament Organizer on or before Monday, October 8th, 2012 (roughly a week before the event). An Army Builder .pdf is preferred but a detailed text file (.txt) is acceptable. PLEASE include the number of points each upgrade and unit costs on your list.

Please email lists to ChaseLaq@gmail.com as soon as they are finalized.

8. If illegal units or other rules violations are found in a player’s army list, at a minimum, the models in violation will be removed from all subsequent play. In addition, tournament points may be deducted and/or award eligibility may be forfeited. If in doubt, please ask for clarification in advance from a Battleground Tournament Organizer.

9. Restrictions:

• This event will not use "Mysterious Terrain" (p.102-103).
• This event will not use "Archotech Artefacts" (p 106).
• This event will not use "Unique Terrain" (p. 107).
• This event will not allow The Fortress of Redemption.


The following SCENARIOS will be used: TBA




HOW THE TOURNAMENT WORKS:

• Competitors will participate in three (3) games over the course of the day. In each game, you
will play a scenario and record the outcome of the battle on your results sheet. Each round you
will play a different opponent. Each round will last 2 hours and players will be given 15 minutes to deploy before this timer starts.

• In the first round, players will be matched up randomly. After the first round, players will be matched up according to current rankings in the tournament (based on the number of points they've scored) e.g., the player in first place will play the player in second place and so on. We will try our best not to pair players that come to the event together or regularly play each other in the first round. If a player receives a BYE they will be awarded the average of the winning players points for the round.

• You will not play the same person twice.

• We will do our best to prevent a player from playing on the same table twice.

• The pairings for each round will be announced as soon as they are determined. Please be sure to arrive at your table ready to play right away.

• Slow playing will NOT be tolerated. Players are expected to complete at least 4 rounds. If you suspect your opponent is slow playing PLEASE notify a Battleground staff member as soon as possible as we can not do anything about alleged slow play after the fact.

• Each game will be played on a 4' x 6' board.

• Players will receive Results Sheets and Player's Choice Sheets for each round at the beginning of the event. Each results sheet must be filled in properly to ensure that match-ups and point totals are correct. Once the sheets are completed they are to be turned in at the counter so the scores can be entered into the computer.




BATTLES:

The SIXTH Edition Rulebook and FAQ will be in use for all games and will be the definitive guide for all rules. The time limit for each game is 2 hours. At the end of this time limit, the round will be called; all players will need to finish their game immediately, and no additional time will be provided (dice down).


What You Need to Bring with You:
-Your (hopefully painted) miniatures
-At least TWO copies of your army list
-Rulebooks are required as are any additional books you need
-Pen and paper
-Dice and templates
-Tape measure
-Something to transport your army from table to table




STORE CREDIT AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT TO:
Store credit is good for any product in the store and all subsequent events. It never expires and will be saved for you.

Best General
Second Best General
Third Best General
Fourth Best General - Only awarded if we have 36 or more players

Player's Choice

Best Appearance - Army
Second Best Appearance - Army
(There will not be an award for the best looking single miniature for this event.)

Smokin' Boots - You got crushed... and you deserve an award for your epic failure.


• A note on the Appearance awards - We will award the individuals who we feel have the best looking army. We will use a scoring rubric that looks at painting, basing, display boards, and various other "extras" to determine the winner.

• A player may only receive one award with the exception of the Appearance awards, which may be awarded to anyone, regardless of their other accolades.

Sounds great! Looking forward to this.

"DAMN YOU WILL WEATON!!!!" JK I will send you the email tomorrow as it's a great place to unveil the new army me thinks.

I'll be there!

The event is filling up nicely. About 25 people are registered.

If you're down for playing please let me know ASAP.

Oh kack! My Renn Fair season is slamming, and i have a 5 weekend show here in Hebron Ct. throughout October.

Alas i will have to miss this event. Good luck everyone.. im calling it right. 1) Souza 2) Ragnar 3) Fennel if he goes. Best appearance, the Ork player with the awesome Red and yellow Vehicles. Players Choice: someone not playing Necrons.

Just wait till you see what i am painting .

Question, when you say, "Forge World Imperial Armor units (and army lists) may NOT be used in this event. Forge world models may be used where appropriate." Does that mean I could as an example, field a forge world Whirlwind for my Templars if permitted in the unit's entry, or absolutely no forgeworld units at all? I wasn't sure on the wording.

 Stormtrooper520 wrote:
Question, when you say, "Forge World Imperial Armor units (and army lists) may NOT be used in this event. Forge world models may be used where appropriate." Does that mean I could as an example, field a forge world Whirlwind for my Templars if permitted in the unit's entry, or absolutely no forgeworld units at all? I wasn't sure on the wording.

Yes, you can use the Forgeworld Whirlwind to represent a codex Whirlwind.

We don't allow FW *units* but we certainly allow FW models to represent units in various SM army books. Basically, "No Forge World rules. Forge world models are allowed where appropriate."


I wrote the line about using FW models where appropriate to encourage players that have awesome FW models to feel free to field them (as counts as) so long as that model has the right wargear in the right places.

I hope that helps to answer your question.

Chase wrote:

 Stormtrooper520 wrote:
Question, when you say, "Forge World Imperial Armor units (and army lists) may NOT be used in this event. Forge world models may be used where appropriate." Does that mean I could as an example, field a forge world Whirlwind for my Templars if permitted in the unit's entry, or absolutely no forgeworld units at all? I wasn't sure on the wording.

Yes, you can use the Forgeworld Whirlwind to represent a codex Whirlwind.

We don't allow FW *units* but we certainly allow FW models to represent units in various SM army books. Basically, "No Forge World rules. Forge world models are allowed where appropriate."


I wrote the line about using FW models where appropriate to encourage players that have awesome FW models to feel free to field them (as counts as) so long as that model has the right wargear in the right places.

I hope that helps to answer your question.

I see, thank you for clearing that up!

How can I register to come play?

Please send an email to ChaseLaq@gmail.com if you are interested and 100% sure you can attend.

Tsilber wrote:
im calling it right... Best appearance, the Ork player with the awesome Red and yellow Vehicles.

Do you mean this army?

There's actually two red and yellow Ork armies that show up at our events from time to time. Both look pretty bad ass.

The bottom picture is from one of our events... and based on the crappy terrain on the moon table, it looks like it was a long time ago.

Army is looking really good Tim!

tnolanjr wrote:

Tsilber wrote:
im calling it right... Best appearance, the Ork player with the awesome Red and yellow Vehicles.

Do you mean this army?

Thats the one, love the way this army looks.

-Todd