Battleground Games & Hobbies - Plainville Ladder League
Date: August 31st, 2014
Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: Dues each week
Do you play Warmachine/Hordes already? Have you wanted to try playing but weren’t sure where or when? Battleground Plainville will be starting a new League series labor day weekend and you are all invited to come and play.
Plainville Ladder LeagueLeague BreakdownSingles Steamroller games in 4 Levels with potential prizes for all levels of player with the emphasis on growing the community. Levels will be as follows
Level 1- 15 point Steamroller Format
- Tier 1 Caster /Lock Bonus only
- 2 League Points per win
- 1 League Point per loss
- 0 League Points lost to Lower level players
- No Character Units or Character Warjacks/Warbeasts allowed
- No Colossal Jacks/Gargantuan Beasts allowed
- No Battle Engines allowed
- 10 Total Points required to advance to Lvl 2
- Max 60 Minute Rounds, 10 minute turns
Level 2- 25 Point Steamroller Format
- Up to Tier 2 Caster/Lock Bonus only
- 6 Points per win
- 0 Point per loss
- -2 Points lost to Lower level players
- Only 1 Character Unit or Warjack/Warbeast allowed
- No Colossal Jacks/Gargantuan Beasts allowed
- 40 Total Points required to advance to Lvl 3
- Max 48 Minute Rounds, 8 minute turns/Death clock
Level 3- 35 Point Steamroller Format
- Up to Tier 3 Caster/Lock Bonus only
- 12 points per win
- -3 Points per loss
- -6 Points per loss to lower level players
- 100 total Points required to advance to Lvl 4
- Max 36 Minute Rounds, 6 minute turns/Death clock
Level 4- 50 Point Steamroller Format
- All Caster/Lock Tiers open to play
- 15 Point per win
- -5 Points per loss
- -10 Points per loss to lower level players
- Highest Total points wins bracket
- Max 48 Minute Rounds, 6 minute turns/Death clock
Rules- All players start at level 1 and work up
- Entry fee $10 per week
- Total of up to 3 games per week or 2 wins per week
- All games are Steamroller format
- Players pick the round length for each game up to the max allowed per level
- League general play nights will be Sunday and Monday each week
- Players are required to arrange their own games
- Battleground can be used at any time. Just make sure the place isn’t full or has another tournament running
- All players advance to Level 2 once they have acquired 10 total points
- No player can drop below Level 2 once it is reached
- Players can elect to not advance to the next level
- Players that drop more than 10 points below the total minimum Points required to attain a level automatically drop to the next level down
- Players can only challenge players at their level or above
- Higher level players challenged by a lower level player may decline only if they have players from their level present or if they have played all available participants in their level that week.
- Higher level players accepting a challenge by a lower level player must play the game at the lower level point value
- High level players that win against lower level players only win points equal to the level of the lower level player.
- All games must be recorded and tallied. Sheets to be returned to BG no later than close of business on Saturday or the current week
- Weeks will run Sunday to Saturday
- Final Prizes will be determined by attendance
- Players may bring any team or faction they choose
- Groups choosing to play outside the store regularly must get approval from Matt Robinson before starting league play.
- 2 scenarios will be picked each week and specifically chosen for game 1 and 2. Any 3rd games required may be rolled at random from the 2 chosen for the week
- All players must have copies of all scenarios in hand
o Packets can be provided to each player at the start
o Privateer Press Digital App has all scenarios in the official Steamroller rules
- All players must have copies of the current Rules errata
o July 2014 Errata is the most current
o Copies can be provided at the beginning of the league
- Games will be deemed won in the following order
o Scenario Win within the given time frame
o Assassination w/o completing the scenario
o Highest Scenario points once time has elapsed with no assassination
o Highest points destroyed
- All challenges for the given week are based on the players points and level on the start of that week.
o Points and/or Levels acquired during that week will not come into play till the end of the current weeks cycle
