Event Rules
List Submit:
by June 1st, 2012.
This is a 2-Day, 5 Round Warhammer Fantasy Battles tournament. Players in this tournament will bring armies that consist of less than or Equal to 2400 points. Overall tournament scoring will be based on battle points earned during your games, as well as scoring for your army composition and sportsmanship throughout games. A painting competition as well as a terrain competition will be based on a combination scoring by judges and peers.
Da' Games
The scenarios for 2012 are available for download here. We reserve the right to change the scenarios beforehand, but will announce any major changes via email and Twitter (@BloodInTheSun).
Da' Looks
The 2012 paint scoring sheet is available for download here.
Da' Loot
Awards and/or prizes will be awarded for the following categories:
- Best Overall (Battle +Sportsman +Comp +Paint Score)
- Best General (Battle+Comp)
- Best Sportsman (Highest Sports Score)
- Best Army (Painting and Appearance – Peer Vote)
- Best Appearance (Highest Paint Score)
- The Snorri ("Fluffiest Army" -Best Comp + Peer Voted Theme)
- Best Terrain Piece (Painting and Appearance – Peer Voted)
There will be a few "Mystery" achievement awards. There will not be any duplicate winners.
Materials
Bring everything that you as a player need to play the game. If you need a template for your war machine to fire, bring a flame template. We will not be providing any. We will have a friendly local game store onsite to sell you any forgotten gaming materials.
Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe!
You must bring at least FIVE non-hand written copies of your army list that are clearly legible and lists out all the details of your characters and units and all of their points costs. Blood In the Sun is a Closed List Tournament and Players must provide a copy of their list to their opponents at the conclusion of each round. Army Builder printouts are preferred.
Army Requirements and Restrictions
- You must use the same army list for each game.
- Players may field an army of up to 2,400 points and not a point more using the requirements and allowances for 2,400 point armies as specified in the Big Red Book.
- Armies do have to be painted to a minimum of 3 colors.
- WYSIWYG. GW models are not required, but an accurate representation must be used. No “proxy” models. Conversions are welcome and smiled upon, but using your buddy’s Treeman model as your Hellpit Abomination is not. Also, Units must have a majority of the models making up a unit armed correctly.
- You must indicate which lore each Wizard will be using for the entire tournament on your army list. Skaven Grey Seers must choose how many of each lore (plague/ruin) they are taking prior to the event.
- Special Characters will not be allowed in Blood in the Sun.
- There will be no alteration to the standard army unit selection rules. Your army composition score will be judged by your opponent at the end of each game.
- We are using 8th edition rules and all current army books released prior to May 1st, 2012. DoW lists will be allowed using the Indy GT Lists. Chaos Dwarf armies will be allowed using the Tamurkhan Rules. Warhammer Forge Rhinox riders will be allowed only in Ogre Kingdoms and DoW armies. All other experimental, trial or optional rules will not be allowed.
Pointz
Total Battle Score will be 50% of your Overall Score - Based on Battle Points
Total Comp Score will be 15% of your Overall Score - Peer Evaluation
Total Sportsman Score will be 15% of your Overall Score - Peer Evaluation
Total Paint Score will be 20% of your Overall Score - Judged by T.O.
Rerolls
You will receive a Re-roll Token for completing each of the following tasks.
- For showing up (Yay)
- Paying AND list turned in on time
- Participation in Terrain Contest
- Participating in Charity Raffle
No more than One Re-roll May be used Per Game. No re-rolls may be used in the 5th round of games. Used to roll one six sided dice. (It may be a Scatter or Misfire Dice as well). If multiple dice are rolled initially, you may re-roll only one of those dice. You may never re-roll a re-roll.
Terrain Contest
Participants should create one piece of terrain. It should be fully painted and should represent one of the following from pages 118-131 of the Big Red Book. Please use the word "represent" loosely and feel free to be as creative as you would like.
- Wyrding Well
- Anvil of Vaul
- Temple of Skulls
- Fungus Forest
- Blazing Barricade
- Blessed Bulwark
- Ghost Fence
- Blood Forest
- Altar of Khaine
- Arcane Ruins
- Bane Stone
- Idol of Gork
- Magic Circle
- Plain Ol' House
- Dwarf Brewhouse (High Elf Nightclub?)
- Haunted Mansion
- Wizard's Tower
Terrain Pieces will be used during the event and will be placed on a randomly allocated gaming table. Winners for the Terrain Awards will be chosen by the tournament organizers as well as peers. Entries must show craftsmanship or it will be rejected from the competition (No pre-made and pre-painted Terrain or random object that you attempt to justify ie No handing us a Snickers Bar and stating it's a Ghost Fence). Prefab houses, etc. are fine as long as it took some effort on your part to assemble and paint it. Please note that there is no size restriction for the terrain pieces, but pieces too big or small may not be used for game play.
***Reminder: participation in the terrain contest will get you a re-roll token!!!***
