Game Summit 2010: Warhammer Tournament details

[theroyalfalcon]

one note is I would add one more stipulation that being that TROE be added to the 1st tier.

[Twinlinked]

I think this would alleviate allot of the issue that seem to be coming up, IE chariots vs cavalry and i know i was thinking how complicated would that be to rule on if there was an obscure situation on the day of the tourney, this way it is clear cut

But i will not be participating in the fantasy tourney so my vote doesn't count for much

A.

[Orionii]

How excactly will the warmaster system change the rules for the tournament? Is it going to add in the tiers and leave all the list restrictions the same or is it going to completely change everything?

[Spanky_100]

This thread is locked please go here viewtopic.php?f=71&t=4527 for the official warhammer tournament rules.


Hi all,

My name is Spanky_100 (aka Andrew Weber) and I will be running the fantasy tournament at Game Summit this year.

So here is the official format of the tournament:

It's a tiered system with no other restrictions (and note that it is different than the warmasters challenge tiers):

Tier 1 (2000 points)
Vampire Counts
Daemons
Skaven
Dark Elves

Tier 2 (2250 points)

Beastmen
Bretonnia
Chaos Dwarfs
Dwarfs
Empire
High Elves
Lizardmen
Tomb Kings
Warriors of Chaos
Wood Elves

Tier 3 (2500 points)
Orcs and Goblins
Dogs of War
Ogres

The tournament will be 4 games, peer judged painting, and will be broken down into the following points allocation/game:

Battle: 15 (Total=60)
Sportsmanship: 5 (Total=20) (Bonus for top 3 sports (5,3,1 respectively)
Painting: 5 (Total=20) (Bonus for top 3 painting (5,3,1 respectively)
Comp: 5 (Total=20)

Further notes to on how battle points are broken down:

15 points for a massacre
11 points for a solid
8 points for a draw (Cause 1/2 points suck)
4 points for solid loss
1 point for being massacred (cause no one likes to be a zero)

Sportsmanship is broken down as follows:

5 Best sport ever, want to have his/her children
4 Sure I'd watch your kids
3 Good game
2 Rather never play you again
1 I look for you name in the obits daily

At the end of the tournament you'll vote for your favorite opponent.

Painting is broken down as follows (and no unpainted armies are allowed)

5 Golden Demon
4 Simply beautiful job, lots of conversions, nice display
3 Good table to quality
2 Keep trying, the painting lessons are over in the pavilion
1 Did you spit that paint on?

During the tournament, all of the armies will be setup and displayed and each player will vote for his/her favorite army.

Comp is broken down as follows:

5 Well balanced army, themed, and competitive and fun to play against a list like that.
4 Well balance army, themed.
3 Well balanced, only one item/unit that seems a bit cheesy to me
2 Not balanced, designed to abuse the system.
1 Not fun to play against.

There are no comp related bonuses.

Any other questions? Post them here, send me a PM or right to me here at andrew.weber@rogers.com

Oh and in terms of scenarios, I haven't decided yet, but don't expect pitched battles and there will definitely not be any flanking scenarios.

Cheers,

Spanky.

[Orbital]

How excactly will the warmaster system change the rules for the tournament? Is it going to add in the tiers and leave all the list restrictions the same or is it going to completely change everything?

All the answers you're going to need are right here.