40K for Men Tourney - 7 rounds 1 Night

[travis]

****Final Force Restriction Update September 2*****

****Updated September 1 ****

****Updated again August 30th*****

****Updated August 28th****

You read that correctly. We are holding our first Lock-in 40k event to coincide with Cyberstorm's lock-in. The event will be a bit old school in that it will be 7 rounds. Participants will be fed during the event by us.

Date: September 18th

Time: Registration starts at 6:00pm 1st round 6:30pm

Entry: $24.00 All money put in minus food costs will be put in the prize pool. This event will pay out deep in the standings.

Format: 7 rounds escalation style.

Armies start with 500 points and will continue to add points at each round increase.

Here are changes that will be in place the whole event.

No special characters.

No more then two of the same troop choice. Each unit needs to have different wargear.

Only one of any type of vehicle. You can of course have a Rhino and a Razorback.

Player's will be allowed to go light up to 25 points from one round to the next. The following round they will be able to increase there army by 275 points.

You can increase your existing unit sizes as the points limit increases.

You can also add wargear to existing units.

You can't subtract anything from your force.

All units, other then dedicated transports, are considered scoring units. Yes even independent characters.

Round 1 - 45 minutes, 500 points, Table size is going to be half normal size. Standard force organization needs to be followed. You can't have a second HQ until 1000 points.

These restrictions are for the first round only: No vehicles with higher armor then 13. Nothing with more then 3 wounds. Nothing with toughness 6 or greater.

Army Comp - Must have 1 troop choice. Can have at most 1 elite, 1 fast attack, 1 heavy support

Round 2- 500 points, 45 minutes, Full table size, Team round.

Teams will be randomly paired together

Use the same army from the first round. No modifications to lists are permitted.

Team rules- Your army's special rules don't help your partner at all. In the event that we don't have numbers divisible by 4, we will have one table play 3 v 2. The team with two, will be able to play with the army they would bring for the next round, to make up the points difference. Puppeteering player's will be frowned on. You can talk with your partner about strategy during the game. You should not be controlling your partner's army.

Round 3- 750 points, 1 hour

Army Comp - Your adding 250 points to your existing army. Max 2 elite, max 2 fast attack, max 2 heavy

Round 4- 750 points, 1 hour, Team Round

Teams will be put together this round based on standings. First place will be teamed with last place and so on. Tables will be set-up based on standing as well. With the first place player's team playing the second place player's team and so on.

Round 5 - 1000 points 1 hour 15 minutes

You can have a second HQ from this point forward but must still follow all other restrictions.

Round 6 - 1250 points 1 hour 15 minutes

Round 7 - 1500 points 1 hour 30 minutes.

Based on these time limits we should be done at 2am. When time is up in a round, it's over. Prizes handed out by 2:30. I will need everyone to help with clean up.

Army Lists - Have a list of your base 500 point army then a list showing what you will be adding each round.

Painting is not required. If your army has the least amount of paint on it, you will be assigned a dress to wear for the whole event. I only have one size and it's not big.

There will be painting contests. I am not going to list the categories. It's a surprise.

Additional Rules - No whining, crying, pouting or carrying on like a jerk. You will be asked to leave. No leaving before the event ends regardless of how your doing in the event. It's funny how often the players in last or second to last place always have headaches, back aches or cramping just as we are pairing the 3rd round. I don't have to name any names, you know who you are.

Pre-register and you pay $20 instead of the $24. Pre-registration is closed Sunday, September 12th at 8pm. I want to be able to grab some cool prizes.

I will be changing and adding on to this post as I have more information on the event. It's going to be a fun event with a ton of prize support. Let the games begin.

Travis Severance
Millennium Games
3047 West Henrietta Road
Rochester,NY 14623

[chumbalaya]

That sounds crazy. Same day as the Warmasters thing, but it's a lot cheaper and easier to get to.

Choices, choices.

[hyv3mynd]

Outstanding. Works better for me also logistically speaking.

Couple questions.

Didn't see hq's mentioned in the FO breakdowns. At which point are they included?

At which point are full FO charts enabled?

In the escalation format, can the foundation units be added to in later rounds? For example if I take 10 naked hormagaunts in round 1, can that unit be expanded to 15 with toxin sacs in round 3 and 20 with toxin sacs and adrenal glands inthe final round, or do starting units have to remain exactly the same from start to finish?

Also glad to see some team features in a local event. Can't wait!

[Smitty]

I'm not sure what the deal is for the HQ's but last night Travis stated that you can not add on to units in later rounds so what they have when you bring them into a round is what they have for the remainder of the game.. So you will have to carefully plan your points out..
I am definitely intrigued in this event..

[Wolf Lord Snorville]

If you want to add a unit over 250 points, can you short yourself at one point level so there is enough room at the next, or is it strictly add 250 points of stuff each time?

Also does painting matter for this? It may determine which army I decide to bring for it.

[hyv3mynd]

Also, will soft scores be used and what will the scoring matrix be?

Is there a pre-register signup and what contingencies will there be if total players are not divisible by 4 to make the team scenarios work?

[crimthaan]

Oh I'm def. in.

[Horst]

sounds fun!

What is the scoring rubric like, and who are the judges going to be are my two questions?

[Krusty (zack)]

since most of the people who would be judges are going to be playing, chances are there will just be a handful of players appointed to be those that settle rules disputes

you still need an HQ at every point level

soft scores will probably be pretty minimal considering there are already alot of restrictions on army structure, but painting scores will probably be similar to what we use in regular millennium tournaments

id like to say that you can add more number//upgrades to a unit as points increase, but im not sure if we have an official decision on that yet


another thing that has come up as a concern to some, we may put a limit on some things for the 500 and 750 point rounds, which may of may not include no having anything with more than 3 wounds, and no armour value 14 vehicles allowed, but at the 1000 pts and up, all units will be allowed

[Krusty (zack)]

also, there will most likely be some rather entertaining 'prizes' for things like getting the living nuts beat out of you in every round, painting, etc...

[chumbalaya]

Just doing some thinking on what to bring for this and some questions came up.

1) Is adding reinforcements ok? Such as, I take a unit of 5 Marines at 500, can I bump them up to 10 at a higher point level?
2) Are we gonna just stick with the 1 HQ the whole time or can we add another at higher levels (maybe once you hit 1000)?
3) Can Troops be duped? Otherwise a lot of armies are only gonna have 2 Troops unless some bring a SC. Also means bad news for a Deathwing/Loganwing/Bloodwing/Ravenwing or similar themed army.
4) What about transports that can be bought as a normal FOC slot and dedicated, like Land Raiders and Battlewagons? 1 taken as normal then dedicated as normal, provided they are equipped differently.
5) Any hard restrictions at lower levels? Land Raiders are possible at 500, dunno if that's cause for concern.
6) Does the FOC cap at 2 Heavy/Fast/Elite or does it go to the normal set up at 1k and higher?

[nutter]

@ Horst:::: Judges are going to be a group of three "senior" players, and they be there for any rules questions only, but they will be playing. Travis is the judge but there's not really"much" to judge

@ Snorville :::From what we were talking about last night, there is no painting, But there might be a award for it. Also no you can not short yourself to have more points later on

@ Hvy3mind:::: You get 1 HQ for the entire event period. I would plan also on having him be the exact same load out every game, you'll know for sure by next Tuesday. Good point about the whole divisible by 4, The ez solution is probably have Travis play his wolfs and it just a one on 1 game I.E. 16 people = 4 games, 17 = 4 games and one person playing Travis 1v1. 18 = 4 games and a non-travis 1v1, 19= 4 games and 2v.Travis? 20 = 5 games.... Just pray for we get the golden number.

@ Crimthaan: Awesome!!!!


Also more general rules that aren't 100% official but will be by next Tuesday

1) in the four smaller rounds (500, and 750) Your army has its Armor Value restricted to 13 or less and single models cannot have more than three wounds (Aside from Hq's) Most army's that will be there just cant handle those things at the points limits and also a Commander isn't going to those thing available to him in smaller engagements. (Blood angels in theory can have two land raiders in the 750 point game and Bugs could have 2 t6, w6 bugs, the Hive tyrant and then little nuts, and maybe 3 t6, w6 bugs but i don't have a the 'dex on me. again nothing out there can handle that) Those restrictions are lifted after those games.

2) for the team rounds your list are the same as the single's round this is to cut down on paper, (Save the Trees!!!)

3) Necrons don't follow the comp rules, nuff said. If there's any other army that can only field 1 type of troop with no different options let me know, i can't think of any but I'm normally wrong.


Also keep in mind the 500 and 750 point (Maybe? know by Tuesday) single matches are going to be played on half boards, (3' X 4')

Scoring is up in the air (Again next Tuesday) plan on it being fairly streamline though ( I'm thinking, 1 pt loss 3pts draw 5pts win + 1 pt random battle thingy)

[nutter]

You can bring 2 of the same troop there options cant be the same. I.e 3 man raven wing bikers with fist and flamer is different from a 3 man squad with Power sword and plasma gun.

[nutter]

Should have done this first, a easier way for chumb's post

1) As of now, No you cannot add.
2) As of now 1 Hq total, that might change after 1000 points (find out Tuesday)
3) See my second post
4) Yes, as long as their different
5) Yes see my first post
6) Might change to a reg FOC for the last game

[chumbalaya]

Thanks Ben. Now to figure out which army I want to do.