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For the 40k Champs, how much can we expect the missions to change, if at all? I want to start finalizing my list for serious practice mode so it would be nice to know if I should expect changes.

Requizen wrote:
For the 40k Champs, how much can we expect the missions to change, if at all? I want to start finalizing my list for serious practice mode so it would be nice to know if I should expect changes.

The core principles embodied in the missions will not change (overall mission design, scoring method). There may be changes to other, minor, aspects. Feel free to engage 'serious practice mode' with confidence.

What is the Adepticon ruling on the fire arcs provided by the Obelisk Tesla Spheres? Do they get full horizontal/vertical fire arcs?

AwayFromLife wrote:
What is the Adepticon ruling on the fire arcs provided by the Obelisk Tesla Spheres? Do they get full horizontal/vertical fire arcs?

Here is the link for the AdeptiCon FaQ Submission Form:

https://docs.google.com/a/montessoriib.org/forms/d/17SZHWw3nXD6-2Zyxd-zTu8S2aaaM4LyHY88nlQCXtuE/viewform

Any particular reason that the Chaos Knight is not allowed and the Cerastus Knights are, even though they're not in books either? Or is it just a bit of harmless Imperial favoring?

The Chaos Knight has Experimental Rules, where the Cerastus Knights are Warhammer 40,000 approved. Experimental units are never included in the Imperial Armour Approved Units list. As soon as Forge World posts approved rules, we will amended the list if appropriate.

Tomb-fire, thought Sister Vasha Fane, as she silently moved deeper into the twisting heart of the Vexxian necropolis. The sickly green light cast shifting shadows ahead of her. Its source, though hidden from sight, was well known to the death-hunter. She had tracked the liche back to its fell lair, though at a terrible cost. Seven Sisters had left the Citadel a week ago, but now only she remained. Vasha turned a corner and drew her sword, Dawnsinger. Before her, in the center of the vaulted crypt, stood the liche, his eye sockets alight with the ghastly tomb-fire. “I bring you your doom, Herr Steinkeller…,” Vasha called, “Again.”

AdeptiCon 2016 is proud to introduce Sister Vasha Fane, one of this year’s exclusive convention models. Sculpted by Bombshell Miniatures, this metal figure will be limited to a run of 1,500 and will be included in as many swag bags as possible!

Have primers for the 40k team tournament been posted yet ?

Not yet. They will be, *soon*.

Cool !!!

40K Team Tournament Primer Missions are up!

http://www.adepticon.org/wpfiles/2016/201640KTTPrimer.pdf

Thanks Big D !!!

Iconic Illustrator Mark Gibbons at AdeptiCon 2016!

Games Workshop has long been known for its iconic art, especially during the 1990s. And few artists were as iconic as Mark Gibbons. Mark began his tenure with Games Workshop at their Nottingham HQ in 1992 and the next five years would become known as his “Spiky Period.” During that time, Mark’s illustrations would grace the pages of GW’s best known games, including the 5th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the 2nd Edition of Warhammer 40,000, and the legendary Necromunda. After his tour of duty with Games Workshop, Mark spent time working for a number of ground-breaking video game development studios, including Sony and Blizzard Entertainment where he worked as a concept artist on World of Warcraft. Recently, Mark has made triumphant return to his first love- tabletop gaming – and is currently working with Andy Chambers on developing some exciting new projects.

Mark Gibbons will be hanging at the Games and Gears booth during AdeptiCon, so don’t miss the chance to meet one of the hobby’s greatest artists. Make sure to keep up with his work over on Facebook!

What happens if opponent places terrain in my deployment zone such that I cannot deploy my fortification?

Terrain is typically moved the minimum distance to allow for placement of fortifications.

 LValx wrote:
What happens if opponent places terrain in my deployment zone such that I cannot deploy my fortification?

You move it and deploy your fortification.

However, I recall the terrain being already set up at AdeptiCon events.

 kronk wrote:

 LValx wrote:
What happens if opponent places terrain in my deployment zone such that I cannot deploy my fortification?

You move it and deploy your fortification.

However, I recall the terrain being already set up at AdeptiCon events.

Terrain in the 40K Champs, 40K Team Tournament and 40K Maelstrom will be player-placed (before deployment zones are chosen).

BlackorGrey wrote:
Any particular reason that the Chaos Knight is not allowed and the Cerastus Knights are, even though they're not in books either? Or is it just a bit of harmless Imperial favoring?

Nice

This will be the third year of going to Adepticon, but my first in participating in any of the events. I'm doing the 40k combat patrol, get my feet wet so to speak. So here is what I have, am I forgetting anything that I will need to play the in the tournament. If anyone can let me know if I'm forgetting anything, or point me in the right direction, I would appreciate that.

So I have,
My army, army codex, Mini rules book, dice, templates, measuring tape. I still have to print out my army list, but not sure if I'm forgetting anything else.

Thanks

Dark Deeds Afoot at AdeptiCon!

Dark Deeds is a darkly humorous card game of skulduggery and suspicion for 2 to 5 players. In Dark Deeds players take the role of minions in service to a powerful, mysterious, and clearly villainous, patron. The Patron wants deeds of infamy, violence and coercion committed and you are the ones who must avoid the authorities, the do-gooders and, most of all, each other to perform them. Rich rewards beckon, along with horrific punishments for failure. So are you the kind of malevolent minion the patron needs?



Designed by the legendary (and nefarious) Andy Chambers and Ryan Miller with artwork by the similarly iconic (and also nefarious) Mark Gibbons, Dark Deeds looks to be an instant classic. And it will make its debut at AdeptiCon 2016! Dark Deeds will be available at the Games & Gears booth a full 30 days before its official release, starting Wednesday night after registration (March 30th). Games & Gears will also be running demos of the game all weekend long and there will even be some AdeptiCon exclusive cards available. All that combined with the fact that Mark Gibbons will be there live in person doing signings means that Dark Deeds will have quite a launch party extravaganza!

 DarkKnights44 wrote:
This will be the third year of going to Adepticon, but my first in participating in any of the events. I'm doing the 40k combat patrol, get my feet wet so to speak. So here is what I have, am I forgetting anything that I will need to play the in the tournament. If anyone can let me know if I'm forgetting anything, or point me in the right direction, I would appreciate that.

So I have,
My army, army codex, Mini rules book, dice, templates, measuring tape. I still have to print out my army list, but not sure if I'm forgetting anything else.

Thanks

Something to carry the army on, like a display board or a cheap serving tray.
Bring some bottled water and a few snacks.
Cash for food
FAQ

Dark Deeds sounds awesome - will definitely be looking for a demo of that!

Hey what's the general acceptance on custom/kitbashed models? I don't have the Varguard Obyron model (mostly because I hate working with Finecast) but have a custom Cryptek that I usually use for him. Same size, same weapon, clearly able to be picked out of a group. Is it ok to use that in the Friendly or should I look for one online?

I figured this falls under the "scratch built" portion of the Model Policy, but wanted to be sure.

AwayFromLife wrote:
Hey what's the general acceptance on custom/kitbashed models? I don't have the Varguard Obyron model (mostly because I hate working with Finecast) but have a custom Cryptek that I usually use for him. Same size, same weapon, clearly able to be picked out of a group. Is it ok to use that in the Friendly or should I look for one online?

I figured this falls under the "scratch built" portion of the Model Policy, but wanted to be sure.

I believe what you describe is fine. However, you can always send in a picture to info@adepticon.org to verify everything before the event.

At adepticoncon do they let people use count as i.e. I want to make a Culexus for my tau FSE using shadowsun as a base model with the same weapons and huge head as the true model is this kind of thing ok

Oldmike wrote:
At adepticoncon do they let people use count as i.e. I want to make a Culexus for my tau FSE using shadowsun as a base model with the same weapons and huge head as the true model is this kind of thing ok

I get to be a robot.

I believe what you describe is fine. However, you can always send in a picture to info@adepticon.org to verify everything before the event.

Question on scoring -

-Pairings for the first game on Thursday will be randomly determined. Subsequent games will be seeded by Battle
Points first, then by Battle Record and then randomly within those divisions.
-Battle Points, Battle Record and Strength of Schedule from Thursday’s qualifier will determine bracket seeding for
Friday’s elimination round.

-Battle Points: Battle Points are a cumulative total of all mission results throughout the entire tournament and will be used
when seeding subsequent games, determining qualification and seeding for Friday’s elimination round.
-Battle Record: Your Battle Record is a value representing your overall Win-Loss-Draw record, regardless of Battle Points
earned (Win = 10 points, Draw = 5 points, Loss = 0 points). A player’s Battle Record will be used for seeding subsequent
games, determining wildcard qualifiers for Friday’s finals

So is this year a BP tournament, or a W/D/L tournament for seeding? Is your Battle Record (W/D/L) separate from your overall BP?

 djdarknoise wrote:
Question on scoring -

-Pairings for the first game on Thursday will be randomly determined. Subsequent games will be seeded by Battle
Points first, then by Battle Record and then randomly within those divisions.
-Battle Points, Battle Record and Strength of Schedule from Thursday’s qualifier will determine bracket seeding for
Friday’s elimination round.

-Battle Points: Battle Points are a cumulative total of all mission results throughout the entire tournament and will be used
when seeding subsequent games, determining qualification and seeding for Friday’s elimination round.
-Battle Record: Your Battle Record is a value representing your overall Win-Loss-Draw record, regardless of Battle Points
earned (Win = 10 points, Draw = 5 points, Loss = 0 points). A player’s Battle Record will be used for seeding subsequent
games, determining wildcard qualifiers for Friday’s finals

So is this year a BP tournament, or a W/D/L tournament for seeding? Is your Battle Record (W/D/L) separate from your overall BP?

Battle Points and your W/L/D records are both kept separate. The tournament winners are determined via Battle Points. The W/L/D record (Battle Record) is only used to break ties in seeding, ties in qualifying for Friday's Finals and the Best Showing awards on Thursday evening.

Requizen wrote:
What's the word on allowing recent 40k rules? With Curse of the Wulfen having Space Wolf and Daemon updates, people might want to run some stuff out of it. Will there be a cutoff date like last year or will it be on a case-by-case basis?


Cutoff date is listed in the rules:

Codices, Codex Supplements and Warhammer 40K Campaign Supplements that are released prior to February 28th,
2016 will be allowed in this event. Apocalypse War Zone supplements, Apocalypse Formations, Forge World army lists
and material from the Horus Heresy books WILL NOT be allowed in this event.


Could anyone tell me if Curse of the Wulfen made the cut...basically I can not find an official release date anywhere...thanks

It made the cut. It was out a few weeks before deathwatch was and deathwatch was out last saturday.