March 29th "This is NOT Adepticon Tournament"

[Andrew]

Come one, come all, to one more of those fun tournaments hosted by the Northern Illinois Miniature Gaming Club at On-Board Games!

Date
- March 29
Location
- On-Board Games
811 W. Lincoln Hwy, Dekalb, IL, 60115
Phone #: [phone]

Tournament Details
Points: 1850, standard FOC
Slots: 20
Cost: $12
Games: 3

Times:
Sign-in: 10:30am
Game 1: 11:30-1:30. If you miss it then tough luck, you'll get a draw or loss value, not determined yet. We will be starting on time, not late!
Lunch Break: 1:30-2:00
Game 2: 2:00-4:00
Break: 4:00-4:15
Game 3: 4:15-6:15
Awards: 6:30ish

There is a slight possibility of food being served after Game 3...but that is just whispers and dreams right now. Will update.

Army Rules

• Must be no more than 1850 points, but can be less.
  
• Must bring 2 (preferably) printed army lists for the judges and for yourself.
  
• Forgeworld units are allowed; however you must bring all rules about any units you use.
  
• Old One Eye, Red Terror, and Death Leaper are allowed for Tyranids. Again, all rules must be provided.
  
• If you are lucky enough to own the previous edition of the Chaos Codex, then you may use Daemon units as printed there in place of those given in the current edition. However, as they will count as "allies," you can only take the following:
  [glow=green,2,300]
  0-1 Greater Daemon
  0-2 Daemon Packs
  0-1 Daemonic Beasts units
  NOTE: None of these units count for the Compulsory choices in your army. Hence you need 1 HQ and 2 Troops from the regular Chaos Codex. However, they do count as scoring units as per the 40k rulebook...[/glow]
  
• The following are not allowed:
  
• [glow=red,2,300]Rules and Army Lists marked as "Trial" or "Optional"
  Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse rules
  Lost and the Damned Armies
  Feral Orks
  Armored Companies
  Relictors
  Apocalypse Formations
  Apocalypse Strategic Assets[/glow]
  

Rules Clarifications

• All Chaos Daemons, in the newest and previous editions, count as Daemons for Daemonhunter wargear purposes
  
• If using older daemons, they are subject to instability as per that codex, but they do use the most current summoning rules.
  
• All Grey Knights in power armor and terminator armor use the "True Grit" USR, clarified by the 40k rulebook
  
• All FAQ's will be on hand, and Judges will help to the best of their abilities, but if something can't be decided, go ahead and roll a 50/50 for it and play on.
  

Missions
All missions count as "standard" when referenced to in certain codecies.

Game 1: Arch Rivals
Description: You and your greatest opponent have been beating at each other for months on this dreary planet. Now things have finally come to a climax, and you have a chance to kill him, severing the head from the body as it were. However, he may very well do the same to you...

Game 2: Twilight
Description: As your troops tuck in for the evening meal, the alarms sound. An enemy army has been spotted nearby! As your troops rush to position, you notice the sky getting darker. Twilight is upon you!

Game 3: Battle in the Eye of Terror!
Description: Oh how the f@#$ did you get your army into this one? You managed to land on a planet within the Eye of Terror, only to find it occupied by yet another enemy! Your troops disappear and reappear, making it somewhat difficult to plan strategies, but also producing opportunities unlike anything else...

Each mission also has it's own set of special rules, to be detailed in your tournament packets.


Prizes:
We're trying to acquire sponsors, so stay tuned! If all else fails, good ol' store credit will do, so support your local game store!

[bloodangellh]

Hey Andrew have you figured out all of the the tournament rules yet? Like how scoring is going to be done and painting (or lack of painting) rules?

[Andrew]

Yea, for the most part. I'll look into posting that soon.

[ddaypunk06]

Sounds like some interesting scenarios. Lemme know if you need a hand with anything.

[Leudast1215]

If you want I'll help out too so you don't have to host it all by your lonesome like the other time.

[Andrew]

I would like a few people to help. One person to record results, another to take money and give out mission packets. 3-4 total will be good. Everyone working will need to be wearing an NIMGC shirt.

If we have enough, I will play as a ringer if it's necessary.

[RARE CHOICE GAMES]

Really only the four major exec board position need to do anything with the tournament, running it anyways, members should take advantage of the pre-registration fee for members (if that is happening this tournament) and participate in it and win sweet prizes.

[modius13]

I'd be willing to aquire and convert and/or paint something to be a prize

[Andrew]

We now have at least one sponsor:

Dark Tower Hobbies

Giggity.

[Andrew]

Scoring will be done in a different fashion.

It will be a summation between Battle Points and Sportsman Scores. Painting is out this time around...we'll see how it goes. I've got good ideas though.

[Leudast1215]

How will sportmanship scores work? In my very brief experiences with said scoring i gave everybody full and i often received zero apparently for measuring from above my models, which ironically given the way i measure REDUCES the movement and/or shooting range of the mini in question... maybe make the criteria based off of ability to resolve rule conflicts and not throwing a fit everytime a string of 1's pop up or something? I'm not sure if the possible fluffiness or "cheesiness" of a list should be rated either cause it's really subjective.

[Andrew]

It will be different than last time, yes.

[RARE CHOICE GAMES]

If your going to use sportmanship scores than you should use roughly the same as other tournaments do which includes following the rules and such, not just whether you are nice in a game. Being nice in a game is a very important thing but so is following normal guidelines when playing. Not picking on tom but since he brought it up...measuring from above a figure is a big deal especially in a tournament setting as you are not accurately measuring the distance, therefore even though tom does not do this one could possibly get benefits from basically cheating. Thats just my opinion. Like I said tom I am not picking on you just using your example.

[Andrew]

Well, it will be different but the same, if you can understand that. Nothing to worry about; it will be as accurate as I can, because I like good sports.

[bloodangellh]

Does sportsmanship include army composition? As in trying not to bring a giant plate of cheese.

[Andrew]

Probably. I'll try to write it up tonight.

[Leudast1215]

Actually I have a regular habit of doing measuring from above my models... However as I mentioned earlier the ironic bit is that this is innacurate measuring towards my opponents benefit because I measure, out of habit, from the back of my bases therefore reducing the actual movement and/or shooting range, but I'll try to get out of that habit for a tournament setting even if my way benefits my opponent on the table top. General 'niceness' yeah is really important, but not breaking the rules is more.

Btw I don't care if you pick on me I'm weird anyway ;D

[Andrew]

Good, I'll pick on you some more!

The measuring from above bit...unless you can really goodly see and sense the 3d version of the ruler you're making, it's hard to make it accurate. Hence why I like to have my ruler on the ground, so I move next to it. It's too easy to mistake things...hence I think why you were marked down the one time. For movement it is especially important, since fractions matter (as we all know). With shooting it's a bit more lax for me, and I'll measure above. But yea, expect the sports scoring on here by midnight or before.

[Leudast1215]

I should probably just used my old 6 inch template as a general rule from now on to avoid any measuring discrepancies ^_^, but yippe for posting the stuff.

[ddaypunk06]

Yea tournaments will not be as lax as our Thursday nights are. Especially since it will include players not in the club. So play fair. No need to try and cheat lol.

Cheaters in game servers online (also known as hackers or glitchers) are kicked and sometimes banned from the servers. I don't see us resorting to that, but you get the point. We are trying to promote a fun tournament. Play fair and be nice to each other lol.

Can't wait to see who wins! Good Luck!