DSG Gilbert Warhammer 40k Golden Age Tournament

Event Text

Space limited to 16 players. If enough interest, we can round up some more toppers.

$10 entry fee, all towards prize support. There will be 4 main prizes:

Overall Winner

Best General

Best Painted

Best Sportsman

Armies will consist of 1750 points, consisting of a Primary Detachment using the standard Force Organization Chart. You may optionally take a single Allied Detachment and/or a single Fortification. No unbound armies. Forge World models that are listed in the Imperial Armor books for 40k use will be allowed.

Players MUST use the same army list throughout the tournament.

The current edition (7th Edition) codices and supplements (print, ePub or iBooks version) are allowed in this event.

New codices or supplements that are released 2 weeks prior to the event will not be allowed in this event. Current FAQs will also be in effect.

Fortifications will use the updated rules presented in the Big Rule Book (40k core rulebook). The following Fortifications are allowed in this event: Aegis Defense Line, Fortress of Redemption, Imperial Bastion, Skyshield Landing Pad, Wall of Martyrs Firestorm Redoubt and Wall of Martyrs Vengeance Weapon Battery.

Fortification upgrades may not be utilized except for Comms Relays, Gun Emplacements and fortification specific options.

ITC limits on source books for army list composition will be used. 3 books total for selection of the CAD and any allied detachment. Example. I want to play my Blood Angels, and will use the Blood Angel's Codex and the Angel's Blade source book for them. Since I have used 2 for the main CAD, that leaves me 1 book to select my allies from.

Tournament consists of 3 games, lasting 1.5 hours each, of 4+ (random game length), with a maximum of 6 turns game rounds. Games will utilize Adepticon Scenarios.

Armies should be fully painted, 3 color minimum. A display board or tray is NOT required. Models should be fully WYSIWYG - meaning if that Space Marine is listed as having a plasma gun, the model needs to have a plasma gun as well.

"Counts As" armies should be fully discussed with your opponent and organizers before the event starts.

Paint grading is done between 2nd and 3rd rounds.

First round pairings are determined by army composition scoring.

Scoring Mechanics

Battle Points (possible 42 points)

Major Victory – 14 points (10 more VPs than opponent)

Minor Victory – 10 points (5 more VPs than opponent)

Draw – 7 points (Game tied on total VPs)

Minor Loss – 5 points (score 5 less VPs than opponent)

Major Loss – 3 points (score 10 less VPs than opponent)

Battle Point Modifiers (possible 3 points per game)

Per mission scenario, normally 3

Slay the Warlord (+1 BPM for killing enemy HQ)

First Blood (+1 BPM for first destroyed unit or vehicle)

Line Breaker (+1 BPM scoring unit in enemy dz at end of game)

Player Sportsmanship (possible 15 points)

5 points – best game ever

3 points – good game, only minor issues

1 point – super douche, I want to speak to the Organizer

Paint Scoring (possible 20 points)

Composition Scoring (Possible 20 points)

Army lists should can be submitted up to 2 weeks early, to either Mike Jackson or Chris Huish. First game starts promptly at 11am. Sign up physically at the Gilbert Location.

Army selection rules update:

Codex Harlequins:

As this codex fails to list an HQ choice, and this tournament is CAD, players can chose a single Elites choice that is a Single Model, and nominate that character as it's Warlord and HQ choice.

Codex Custodes:

The Custodes can take a character from the following list:

Belisarius Cawl, Inquisitor Grayfax, or Celestine, the Living Saint (Gathering Storm 1)

Cypher, Lord of the Fallen or Grand Master Voldus, Warden of the Librarius (Gathering Storm 3)

Sisters of Silence:

As this codex fails to list an HQ choice, and this tournament is CAD, players can chose a single Elites choice and nominate a single Sister Superior as it's Warlord and Hq choice. This applies if this codex is chosen as the main CAD or as an Allied choice.

Mission Link

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Army List Submission

Tournament Army List Submission

In order to collect army lists in one spot, please post your army list as a comment to this post. These will remain hidden until the day of the tournament, where I will make them public for the event.