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Actually the book says in the Bigger Games section on pg 110 that you are allowed to take "an additional primary detachment..., an additional allied detachment and an additional fortification." also under the fortification rules on page 114 it says, " You can take a single fortification for each primary detachment in your force." These rules are in the rulebook, I was more asking if the tournament itself allowed two fortifications or was the tournament going to limit it to 1.

Well i just got my ticket is there a way i can comfirm that you got it with my name?

toocool61 wrote:
Actually the book says in the Bigger Games section on pg 110 that you are allowed to take "an additional primary detachment..., an additional allied detachment and an additional fortification." also under the fortification rules on page 114 it says, " You can take a single fortification for each primary detachment in your force." These rules are in the rulebook, I was more asking if the tournament itself allowed two fortifications or was the tournament going to limit it to 1.

That's correct: if you use a second primary detachment, you may include a second fortification. That means two HQ choices and four Troop choices at a minimum.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Well i just got my ticket is there a way i can comfirm that you got it with my name?

You should have an email confirmation by now. Let me know if you don't.

I did, I was just wanting to confirm My name was registered.

I emailed several questions and even tried posting on the web page but received no reply, are there people who are checking emails/posts?

The questions I asked were:

1.) Is there a parking charge for the Alameda County Fairgrounds for those that will be driving?

2.) Will people staying at other hotels be able to have any shuttle service or will they be able to use the shuttle service at Larkspur landing and leave their cars at the hotel?

3.) How will you guys handle Forgeworld units that may be updated in the Apocalypse rules next month, will you just allow the new rules to be used without any "cooldown" period or require the old rules for units/models to be used?

4.) How will you handle certain unit/model upgrades that are not necessarily included in a unit's box? Will players need to somehow come up with adequate conversions or will they be able to use an option that is in the box but say it is something else as long as they clearly let opponent's know and it is clearly marked on the army list? An example would be how one would model a Spinneret Rifle on a Warp Spider Exarch since no such bit exists for a Spinneret Rifle in the first place.

Thanks!

1: ) I went to the fair ground before, no i believe there isnt
4: ) I am curoius aswell. Multi-spectrum sweep, and Command and control node, and pure tide chip do not have official wargear.

If using forgeworld, does the forgeworld unit get updated point costs along with the new codex? For instance, if I wanted to run Hornets from Eldar forgeworld, would a bright lance still cost 30 pts or would it be like in the new book, and cost either 15 or 20 points. Or how about wasp assault walkers? will they have different point costs for their weapons than their counterparts war walkers?

 mortetvie wrote:

1.) Is there a parking charge for the Alameda County Fairgrounds for those that will be driving?

Obviously, Rob will probably know better, but there is a charge to park at the Fairgrounds during the Fair, Scottish Games, Good Guys Car Show, and anything else I've been to there. Obviously, these are all much larger events than a 120 person get together, so the rules may be different, but I am expecting to be charged if I want to use the official parking lot. If you know the area, it's not hard to find neighborhood parking within a 5 minute walk of the Fairgrounds, and it is in Pleasanton, so it's a safe enough area to leave your car parked for a day.

I am curious, though, if there will be any on-site concessions? I don't mind going to the kebab house across the street, but I'm not sure if time will really accommodate that.

 mortetvie wrote:
I emailed several questions and even tried posting on the web page but received no reply, are there people who are checking emails/posts?

The questions I asked were:

1.) Is there a parking charge for the Alameda County Fairgrounds for those that will be driving?

2.) Will people staying at other hotels be able to have any shuttle service or will they be able to use the shuttle service at Larkspur landing and leave their cars at the hotel?

3.) How will you guys handle Forgeworld units that may be updated in the Apocalypse rules next month, will you just allow the new rules to be used without any "cooldown" period or require the old rules for units/models to be used?

4.) How will you handle certain unit/model upgrades that are not necessarily included in a unit's box? Will players need to somehow come up with adequate conversions or will they be able to use an option that is in the box but say it is something else as long as they clearly let opponent's know and it is clearly marked on the army list? An example would be how one would model a Spinneret Rifle on a Warp Spider Exarch since no such bit exists for a Spinneret Rifle in the first place.

Thanks!

Yes, I check all of those places regularly -- I've just spent the past week driving across the country, though. Sorry for the delay!

1) Maybe, probably. The charge is $7 per car, but we've asked to have that waived. I'll know for sure by the end of June and update then.
2) Which hotel are you thinking of? I can check and get back to you.
3) Our cutoff date for new material is July 6 - if something comes out after that it won't be allowed at the GTGT.
4) For obvious reasons our rules require WYSIWYG models; however, if you have a specific model question you can always email or post a picture. If you're using an upgrade and that model/wargear literally doesn't exist from GW, a clear stand-in and adequate notice given to your opponents is all we'd ask for.




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toocool61 wrote:
If using forgeworld, does the forgeworld unit get updated point costs along with the new codex? For instance, if I wanted to run Hornets from Eldar forgeworld, would a bright lance still cost 30 pts or would it be like in the new book, and cost either 15 or 20 points. Or how about wasp assault walkers? will they have different point costs for their weapons than their counterparts war walkers?

If a Forgeworld model has a weapon that's been updated in a new codex, you should play the model with the new weapon profile. The points cost does not change, though.

Hey Rob, thank's for getting back to us and hope you had a safe trip!

I am going to be staying at the Hyatt Place Dublin/Pleasanton so I was wondering if I could just drive/walk over to Larkspur Landing to take advantage of the shuttle service or if you might be able to cover other nearby hotels.

Also, you said that

If a Forgeworld model has a weapon that's been updated in a new codex, you should play the model with the new weapon profile. The points cost does not change, though.

How does that work with the Eldar Warp Hunter? Does that mean the template version is S4 AP2 Distort and the large blast is S10 AP2 Distort?

Almost a month away and I still havent finished painting my army.

Updates for today:

The Prizes page has been added to the site. We're giving away some awesome stuff! We've also updated our Event Information page to display our paint rubric.

Details on possible shuttle service will be posted tomorrow. Right now I'm not sure if we'll be able to get it running during the weekend. Also tomorrow is the release of our new, comprehensive FAQ, which should answer all of the rules questions that have been submitted thus far and clear up a lot of little concerns you might come across during several games of 40k.

Thank's Rob, appreciate the updated info!

We're working with Larkspur Landing to offer shuttle service to the fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday. I don't have anything confirmed yet, but it looks like we'll be offering a 30-minute window in the morning and evening on those days where the shuttle will be travelling back and forth from the hotel to the fairgrounds.

I've begun updating our Event FAQ (I'll continue doing that throughout tonight and tomorrow). If you have questions you'd like to see answered there, please post them here and I'll get to them ASAP.

I know the FAQ says that weapon profiles for forge world will be replaced by weapon profiles in the codex so I wanted to make sure that the following interpretation is correct:

Warp Hunter says it is armed with a Distortion Cannon and has rules for a D-Cannon in a box below the main entry.

Does that mean it follows the rules for the D-Cannon in the codex as per the Vaul's Wrath Support Weapons thereby going from a Large Blast to a Small Blast and going to S10 or does it maintain it's large blast shot?

Also, it has the Aether Storm rule that refers to it's D-Cannon rules, so does that mean it can fire the D-Cannon profile from the Eldar Codex as a Template thereby having a S10 Ap2 Template?

Just would like some clarification on how you guys will rule this weapon profile to be, thanks!

How do you guys feel about costumes? I have commissar one i want to wear maybe(Depends on the heat).

Going over the Warp Hunter rules now.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
How do you guys feel about costumes? I have commissar one i want to wear maybe(Depends on the heat).

I love costumes!


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Based on a very involved discussion between judges today, we've decided to alter our stance on Forgeworld rules as they relate to Games Workshop codices. Forgeworld has proven in the past that it is capable of updating its rules without our help; as such, updates to weapon profiles in GW codices do not affect Forgeworld units with the same weapons -- continue using the weapon profiles listed with the official Forgeworld rules. I apologize for any inconvenience in planning your army, but we think this is the most straightforward and reasonable manner for dealing with this issue.

robpace wrote:
Going over the Warp Hunter rules now.

Based on a very involved discussion between judges today, we've decided to alter our stance on Forgeworld rules as they relate to Games Workshop codices. Forgeworld has proven in the past that it is capable of updating its rules without our help; as such, updates to weapon profiles in GW codices do not affect Forgeworld units with the same weapons -- continue using the weapon profiles listed with the official Forgeworld rules. I apologize for any inconvenience in planning your army, but we think this is the most straightforward and reasonable manner for dealing with this issue.

Thanks for the update, I bet it was an interesting discussion-I would have loved to hear how it went down =).

Looking forward to driving up there next month. By the way, will there be any opportunity for open gaming Friday and will you be able to post pictures of any of what the terrain might look like?

 mortetvie wrote:

robpace wrote:
Going over the Warp Hunter rules now.

Based on a very involved discussion between judges today, we've decided to alter our stance on Forgeworld rules as they relate to Games Workshop codices. Forgeworld has proven in the past that it is capable of updating its rules without our help; as such, updates to weapon profiles in GW codices do not affect Forgeworld units with the same weapons -- continue using the weapon profiles listed with the official Forgeworld rules. I apologize for any inconvenience in planning your army, but we think this is the most straightforward and reasonable manner for dealing with this issue.

Thanks for the update, I bet it was an interesting discussion-I would have loved to hear how it went down =).

Looking forward to driving up there next month. By the way, will there be any opportunity for open gaming Friday and will you be able to post pictures of any of what the terrain might look like?

If you join the Facebook group you'll have access to lots of WIP photos of terrain. I'm putting up new photos almost every day at this point. We'll definitely have space for open gaming on Friday, probably beginning in the mid-afternoon.


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Here are a few snaps I took while working on terrain the last few days. Please excuse the poor photo quality, they're WIP shots from my phone. The steampunk buildings are from our new sponsor Custom Kingdoms.

Sweet terrain, it looks like you guys are going all-out this year eh?

 mortetvie wrote:
Sweet terrain, it looks like you guys are going all-out this year eh?

Yep! We ordered over 100 new pieces from Amera, who's also a new sponsor this year, and added over 100 square feet of area terrain already. Our ultimate goal is 500 square feet of terrain, based on these calculations:

64 tables x 6ft x 4ft = 1536 sq ft of tabletop x 30% coverage = 460.8 square feet of terrain

We're also building some awesome new custom stuff for the Friday narrative event. We're using Amera trenches and some special terrain for the surface of Cadia, and up in the sky we're building an entire board to represent the interior of Lord Admiral Quarren's ship.

I may have missed this on the website, but is there a special set of rules y'all are using for the Kill Team tournies on Friday?

Amerikon wrote:
I may have missed this on the website, but is there a special set of rules y'all are using for the Kill Team tournies on Friday?

We do have a pretty explicit set of rules for the Kill Team events - I'll post them today.

Last night we added an All Access Pass option to our Tickets page; it gets you into the main event and (1) Warhammer 40k Draft or Narrative Event; (1) Conversion Contest; and (1) HQ Deathmatch at a 10+% discount ($90 total).

Can I use the Iyanden Supplement and Eldar codex in conjunction in the tournament? like use the spiritseer and use the primaris from the Iyanden codex and that is it?

The supplement specifically says you use Iyanden or Eldar Codex rules where applicable and not both...So no mixing or matching =(.

However, if all you want is the Primaris from the Iyanden codex, you can still take everything from the Eldar codex...Only the applicable Iyanden rules replace the applicable Eldar Codex rules.

 mortetvie wrote:
The supplement specifically says you use Iyanden or Eldar Codex rules where applicable and not both...So no mixing or matching =(.

However, if all you want is the Primaris from the Iyanden codex, you can still take everything from the Eldar codex...Only the applicable Iyanden rules replace the applicable Eldar Codex rules.

This fine gentleman is correct.

Okay and do all models need to be based? or is the three color minimum the only requirement?

toocool61 wrote:
Okay and do all models need to be based? or is the three color minimum the only requirement?

Basing is not required, just the 3 colors.

robpace wrote:

toocool61 wrote:
Okay and do all models need to be based? or is the three color minimum the only requirement?

Basing is not required, just the 3 colors.

If i have a model that is primed black then has red and white on it would that be acceptable? I.E. Dominant black and then red and white on other parts of the body. Or should I just dry brush gray to make sure I don't get stiffed?

GTKA666 wrote:

robpace wrote:

toocool61 wrote:
Okay and do all models need to be based? or is the three color minimum the only requirement?

Basing is not required, just the 3 colors.

If i have a model that is primed black then has red and white on it would that be acceptable? I.E. Dominant black and then red and white on other parts of the body. Or should I just dry brush gray to make sure I don't get stiffed?

Yep, that's fine! We count primer as a color.