ESSENTIALS

• 4th edition Warhammer 40,000 rules, plus all Codices and Chapter Approved rules variations published by Friday 28th of September 2007 (except where exempted below)

• 1,500 point army (conforming to the standard force organisation chart), plus one Objective (40mm base size).

• All miniatures MUST BE PAINTED. Unpainted miniatures CANNOT be fielded.

• Army Rosters must be submitted by 30th of September 2007 via email to cmdr_roy (at) hotmail.com Late rosters will be penalised. See the Army Selection section for more information.

• Please bring an additional copy of your Army Roster on the day to show your opponent, plus your Army Background to hand in with your name included.

• Don't forget to bring a tape measure, dice, rulebook, codex, templates & any special rules you intend to use.

• All current Codex armies and current Chapter Approved variants may be taken. If the Codex supercedes the Chapter Approved list, use the Codex instead.

• In addition, the following may be taken:
- Allies as specified in Codex Daemonhunters and Witch Hunters;
- Minor Psychic Powers;
- Chapter Approved Recommended rules;
- Drop Pods may be taken but must be modelled;
- Vehicles from Imperial Armour (no superheavies), with the correct model.
- Special characters;

• The following may not be taken:
- Allies except as specified above;
- Monstrous allies from Chapter Approved: Creature Feature (WD292) and those freaky mind bending dudes;
- Vehicle Design Rules;
- Chapter Approved Optional or Trial rules;
- Any rule which requires "opponent's consent".

• If in doubt about whether your army is legal, please ask first!

• Chapter Approved Rules FAQs will be used where appropriate. Please see the GW website. Players wishing to quote from a FAQ must provide a copy on the day.

THE WINNER

• Players will fight FIVE battles each of 2.5 - 3 hours duration.Please arrive at 9:00am on the Saturday for registration and briefing. 10am start on the Sunday.
• FIVE different missions will be fought over the weekend. If you miss a round, it counts as a loss.
• Players will receive points for each battle and will receive an overall mark for;
Generalship (100pts)
Sportsmanship (35pts)
Army Painting (20pts)
Army Selection (15pts)
Total out of 170pts.
• The overall winner will be the player with the most points at the end of the FIVE games.

BLOOD RULE

The best thing about tournaments is meeting new players. To this end the "Blood Rule" will be in play. This allows players to be guaranteed that they do not have to fight players they face regularly.
You may nominate someone under the following conditions:
Someone you;
- are related to (e.g. a brother, sister, father [I am your father!] etc.)
- work or live with
- or members of the same gaming club
If you believe you are eligible, then let us know on the day of the tournament, and tell us why. The blood rule will only be active for the first 3 rounds of the tourney (day 1)

BATTLE POINTS

This category counts for 0-100 points.
Each player will receive points for each battle (a score between 0 and 20. Each games total will add up to 20 points, if it doesn’t check again).
These are as follows:

• Win game = 15 points. Draw game = 10 points. Lose game = 5 points.

PAINTING & MODELLING

This category counts for 0-20 points (everyone should score 20 points is this category otherwise they shouldn’t be fielding the army).

• Is the Army FULLY painted ? 10pts
(Undercoating is not considered to be painted. Unpainted miniatures should be removed from the table)
• Are ALL of the miniatures based/flocked ? 6pts
(It is not enough to just paint the base. It must be flocked or graveled in some way.)
• Are units easily identifiable and distinguished from other units that have the same type of troops etc. (ie. Different coloured bases) 4pts

ARMY SELECTION

This category counts for 0-15 points.

• Was the Army list in on time 2pts
• Is the Army list in the correct format (Is it easy to read/calculate). 2pts
(The Games Workshop format is available on the website www.games-workshop.com or the use of an Excel spreadsheet is also ok, e-mail if you want a copy)
• Is the Army list correct 3pts
• Do TROOPS make up 40% of the army 4pts
This is irrespective of squads being at full strength as there is considerable variation in squad sizes depending upon which army is used.
(Dedicated Transports count towards this total.)
• Do Independent Characters, squads and vehicles have names 2pts
• Army background and theme (fluff). At least one page on the army, no more. 2pts

Army rosters must be submitted electronically by the due date to with the file format of Firstname_Surname_ArmyType.xls .e.g. Leigh_Avery_Eldar.xls and using either Excel or the Games Workshop format (e-mail if you require a copy). Handwritten rosters and rosters in other formats such as army builder will not be accepted and will be treated as both incorrect and late. Please email your roster to cmdr_roy (at) hotmail.com
Check your roster at least twice please, too many errors too often make me unhappy.

What if my army roster is incorrect?

If your army is incorrect and you point out the error to us no points will be deducted for an incorrect list prior to the competition start. Once the competition has started if the player points out any errors no points will be deducted for an incorrect list, but at least two points, at the discretion of the organisers, will be deducted per round played.
Should the organisers or an opponent find an error before or after the commencement of the first game then the list will be both marked as incorrect (loss of 3pts) and at least two points, at the discretion of the organisers, will be deducted per round played (potential 10 pts).

SPORTSMANSHIP

This category counts for 0-35 points.

Everyone will start with 20 points for Sportsmanship. At the end of round 5 you will be required to vote for your favourite sportsman from the 5 games you played. Each vote will be worth 3 points. This is to address the fact that everyone should be behaving nicely and given that most people are generally nice and as such everyone will be on an even playing field, those exceptional people will receive extra votes giving them an advantage for being above and beyond.
You can also vote for the nastiest army you played against (this is a vote for the army, not for the person playing it) each vote will be worth -2 points. Those who may be nice people, but brought nasty/cheesey/bloodangels, can be penalised through this system. You DO NOT have to cast this vote, it is NOT compulsory.

If you feel that your opponent acted in a grossly unsportsmanlike manner, leaving you deeply angry or unhappy, then you can (if you must) let the TO know. Examples include outright cheating, heated arguments, etc. this must be explained to the organiser, who will decide whether or not to penalise the player, generally a 3 point per game penalty. One off occurrences wont result in an automatic points deduction, warnings will be given and continued problems addressed.

DETAILS

Cost is $35 a head prior to October the 1st and $40 after that for late entries or on the day, we hand out trophies and prizes (generally gift certificates) no one walks off with more than 1 prize (but will prob get two trophies).

Contact TO; cmdr_roy (at) hotmail.com for direct debit payment details.

You will need to put APOC and your real or WAU name in the relevant field.