AC 40K Combat Patrols Mini Tournament FINAL UPDATE

Hey everyone!

Here's the word on our Games Workshop gaming action at AC this year. A 40K Combat patrols mini tournament, with art prizes no less!

Signing up:
As of now, I plan on a max of 12 slots to be available. Those who are in thus far are:

1: NallTWD (Thousand Sons)
2: Kegan Satori (Black Templars)
3: Tobias Marrik (Significant Divergence Space Marines)
4: BlackJokerFox (Imperial Guard)
5: Vidaroke (Necrons)
6: Silverhand (Minor Divergence Space Marines)
7: Alex Ritter

Rules:

-Each force is to be composed of no more than 400 points. The requirements to be fielded are one troops choice. Any other units to be added in may come from the force organization chart as normal.
-An HQ selection is optional, but one model must serve as your force's leader.
-No models may have more than two wounds. No ordnance weapons allowed. This includes Tyranid weaponry that use the large template to hit.
-No vehicle may have a combined armor value (Front + Side + Rear) of greater than 33.
-There are no 2+ saves allowed by any model.
-No invulnerable saves allowed. Even those incurred naturally, such as Dark Eldar Wyches.
-Forced selections will be suspended. (For example: A Space Wolves force must take one HQ for every 750 points, Ravenwing bike squads need to have Sammael to be troops selections, Imperial Guard must have a command platoon, etc.)
-Land Speeder Variants, Raiders and Sentinels will be limited to 0-2.
-Ravagers are limited to 0-1.
-Max model count of 25. (30 For Imperial Guard)

Scenarios:

The standard "Combat Patrols" Scenario is the default game to play, though there are three other options to choose from, if the players would like to switch up play styles to some variety. They are as follows:

1) Fog of War: (Nightfight, Reserves, spotting distance 8", Random Game Length, And total darkness- Anything moving more than 6" has to take a difficult terrain test to avoid hitting something in the darkness. Against vehicles roll 2D6, one double 1's it takes an immediate glancing hit. Jump infantry and bikes take dangerous terrain rolls.)

Escape off the other side of the board with at least one unit. If neither side achieves this, victory points work as normal. The unit moving off the board must have spotted an enemy unit (to tell them what's there!) Scoring units are above 25%.

2) Cleanse!: (Reserves, Deep Strike, Infiltrate, table corners)

Each table corner captured at the end of the game is worth 200 extra VP, in addition to whatever VP have been scored as normal.

3) The Runner: (Alpha, Dusk & Dawn, Strategy Rating)

The runner: WS4, BS2, S3, T4, W2, I2 LD10, SV3+

Defender must escort the messenger across the board to the opposing table edge. Must get within 4". If he's killed, the attacker wins. If he's in the 4" zone, the defender wins. If neither condition is met, award victory points as normal.

Scoring:

Scores will be determined in three categories:

1) Outcome of the game. Each match will be worth a total of 20 points. A win will be worth 15 points, a Draw 10 and a Loss, 5.
-Completing the objective in a scenario is worth an additional 5 points. In the event of a standard combat patrols mission, the objective will be to reduce all units below 50% and eliminate the enemy leader.

2) Painting. Painting will be worth 10 points and will be judged on a standard Rogue Trader score sheet.

3) Sportsmanship and Army Composition. SaAS will be worth 10 points. Up to five points for sportsmanship and up to five points for Army Composition. (IE: Was this a fun army to play against or was it designed to be cheesy and win?)

Total: 40 Points.

Playing:

Three games are to be played over the course of the con. Try not to play the same opponent twice, though I understand sometime it's a must. There isn't a set time to play these yet, so feel free to link up on the boards. I'll also be putting up a "Who's here and when" board in the gaming room.

There will be a score sheet box that I'll collect the results from in the gaming room. I'll clear this with the game room staff as the time draws closer. In the event this isn't a great idea, I'll collect the score sheets manually during the convention.

All games are to be played by Sunday at noon, so get crackin and have fun!

Remember- These games are designed to be played in 40 minutes. They're designed to be quick and fun, a perfect distraction after all the events have been played out and you're bored on Friday night.

For any other questions, post em up here and I'll get back to you quickly! Prizes are to come in various forms. More will be told when I get more information.

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Player sheets will be posted on the AC Message board on the third floor near the zoo under "W". For game times, please leave notes and responses along with rooms and other contact information. I'll be arriving late Thursday afternoon and will post them up then along with my room and cell phone number. If you need to contact me before AC, my AIM SN is my username here.