[Plainville MA] Warhammer 40k Doubles Tournament: January 8th, 2011

[Chase]

Note:  Players interested in a 40k Singles Event (1v1) should keep an eye out for our event in mid-February.


Battleground Games & Hobbies - Plainville

Format: Doubles (2v2) 1250 points per person
Date: January 8th, 2011 a Saturday
Time: Please be here no later than 10:00am.  Set up at 10:30.  Dice roll no later than 11:00am.
Entrance Fee:  $20.00 per person / $40.00 per team

Address:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

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Contact:
The event will be capped at 24 teams (48 players).  

Please contact me at ChaseLaq@gmail.com or call the store to sign up if and only if you and your partner can commit to playing on January 8th.  If you need help finding a partner please post on the message board here.

Pre-registration is highly encouraged will likely end up being required.


RULES FOR WARHAMMER 40K TOURNAMENT

Rule Books:
The Warhammer 40,000 Fifth 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
Codex: Daemonhunters
Codex: Dark Angels
Codex: Dark Eldar
Codex: Eldar
Codex: Imperial Guard
Codex: Necrons
Codex: Orks
Codex: Space Marines
Codex: Space Wolves
Codex: Tau
Kroot Mercenaries
Codex: Tyranids
Codex: Witchhunters


MODELS AND POINTS:

1. Each player must bring an army consisting of 1250 points or fewer, in accordance
with these rules. Each team will consist of two players fighting together.

The Force Organization Chart will be split up into two parts as follows:

(Each player must take)
1 HQ
0-1 Elites
2-3 Troops
0-1 Fast Attack
0-1 Heavy Support

In addition, the two players on a team share three ‘floating’ selections, one each in Elites,
Fast Attack, and Heavy Support. Either player may use up to two of these floating slots,
but may not use the same slot as their partner. For example, Player A takes a second
Elites choice and a second Heavy Support choice. This means their partner, Player B,
may take a second Fast Attack choice as the third floating slot.

An exception to this is the mandatory choices for some armies.  For example: "You must take this HQ at this many points."  Those choices are allowed outside of these restrictions.  Ex. Space Wolves.

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

4. Teams are not integrated.  You may not share tech (for example, using each others teleport homers, etc).

5. If a unit/wargear/ability says something to the effect of "choose a friendly unit/model" you may not select a teammates unit.

6.  Necrons will never phase out.

7.  We will require that each player submits his army list to a Battleground Tournament Organizer on or before January 7th, 2011 (the day before the event).  We ask that players email their lists to ChaseLaq@gmail.com as soon as they are finalized.  We are going to do our best to check every list before the event begins AND will conduct random list checks at the start of each round.

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.


The scenarios we will be using for the event will be a slightly modified version of the 2010 Adepticon Team Tournament Missions.  I will be choosing 3 of the 4 scenarios.

The scenarios can be found here.



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 2.5 hours.

• 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 (Battle Points + Other Conditional Point Modifiers - presented in each scenario) 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 teams that come to the event together in the first round. If a team receives a BYE they will be awarded the average of the winning teams points for the round.

• You will not play the same team twice.

• We will do our best to prevent a team 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. We ask that each player be conscious of the
time and that you play at a regular and steady pace to complete the game. Anyone found slow
playing or deliberately stalling for any reason will be penalized.

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

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


BATTLES:

The Fifth Edition Rulebook will be in use for all games and will be the definitive guide
for all rules. The time limit for each game is 2.5 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.


What You Need to Bring with You:
-Your (hopefully painted) miniatures
-At least THREE copies of your army list
-Rulebooks and 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 Generals
Second Best Generals
Third Best Generals (only awarded if the turnout is large)
Best Theme / Comp / Sportsmanship (team)
Best Painted (individual)

Note:  a team may only win one award.


Please post any questions or comments here.

[Rurouni Benshin]

Wow, another one already?  I'll try to make this one!

[Ed]

Chase You need to hold one of these everyother month

[Captain Bryan!]

hmm....that was quick...i wonder what army im going to play

[Chase]

We will see how this one goes.  If it fills up quick, everybody has a good time, and the environment remains friendly, fun, and lacks a ton of WAAC (Win At All Costs), cheesy, no-fun-to-play-against lists we will continue to do them roughly every other month until the Megabattle stuff heats up.

My current idea is to run Doubles in Jan, 1850 Singles in Feb.   After that point who knows where we will be at.

Too many events might end up taking away from the "feel" I want the Doubles events to have.  With large turnouts, and therefore large prizes, I fear that the "spirit" of the event may be jeopardized if we run them too frequently.  Above all else I want every team to walk away feeling like they just played in an awesome, fun, different event that they feel proud to tell their friends about.  Up until this point I think we've managed to achieve close to that and our goal is to continue to get better.


Remember, this event is still 1.5 months away, so it's not like it's right around the corner.  I feel like it will fill up fast though... so let me know. 

[jfoodmaster]

Sign me up with Eric W. I'll be playing Space Marines...and he'll be playing...something. I dunno yet.

[Ed]

Since samy Sam has a army this time its space wolfs, space wolfs.

[Achillius]

Sean and I will be there...

[DWalker]

Don't think I can make this one... most likely will be working a company merger that weekend...

[skavengear]

Who's man enough to team with the forces of black legion? (me)

[jhobin]

Had some quick questions, I have a new unit I want to test out but with the upcoming holidays I doubt I'll be able to get them done;

-Do model's have to be painted?

-Are there points for painting, if so how much?

[Chase]

Had some quick questions, I have a new unit I want to test out but with the upcoming holidays I doubt I'll be able to get them done;

-Do model's have to be painted?

Nope.

-Are there points for painting, if so how much?

Nope.  Painting will be judged (and awarded) independently and will have no effect on your teams score in the event.

[Torvald]

I will be there for my first tourney with you guys.

[Chase]

Awesome news, Torvald.  Shoot me an email with your name, your partners name, and the armies you are likely to play as soon as you know you're coming for sure.

And just a reminder to some of the newer people who are interested:  The event is being held at the Plainville location.  (see original post)

[Torvald]

Having struggles finding a partner. If anyone needs one let me know.