The Tricksters Blade

Tournament Event Players Pack 2013

Brought to you by

and Sponsored By

Tannum War Gaming and Toys

markbeardmore@gmail.com www.kingaroywargamers.webs.com

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Special Thanks
I would like to start by thanking the local club members who have assisted me so far and are continuing to assist me in running this event, without your help this would not be possible. I would also like to extend a special thanks to Andrew from Tannum War Gaming and Toys. Who has offered prize support, and will be running a store over the weekend. If you would like him to bring something specific for you give him a call on 0400 624 847 at least a fortnight before the event and he will bring it down for you.

Introduction
Welcome to the Tricksters Blade Warhammer Fantasy tournament! A tournament brought to you by Kingaroy Wargamers. This is the players pack, which contains all the important information you require to compete at Tricksters Blade. Important dates, tournament rules and other tidbits can all be found in this document. The Kingaroy Wargamers Team hopes your Tricksters Blade tournament experience is both enjoyable and successful; we are looking forward to the tournament intensely and hope we can all strive to make Tricksters Blade a wonderful event.

The Players
All the players that attend Tricksters Blade are expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the event. That includes playing the game in the right spirit, making sure they have everything they need (dice, measuring tape, clear army lists and their armies!) and in general contributing to a friendly environment where everyone can enjoy both their games and the time spent in between rounds with fellow gamers. The event organizers will do their best to ensure that the event runs smoothly and everything is provided to enable the players to get as much enjoyment as possible from the event, and likewise the players should do their utmost to hold up their end of the bargain. Most important of all, enjoy yourself!

The Officials
The Officials job is to make sure everything runs smoothly and that you can concentrate solely on your task at hand and that is to play the best Warhammer you can against likeminded people that share your love of the Warhammer Fantasy hobby. The Officials should look forward to the event as much as the players and pledge to do their best to run the event as smoothly and professionally as possible.

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The Tournament
Tournament Official: Mark Beardmore markbeardmore@gmail.com When: September 7th & 8th Where: Kingaroy RSL Start Time: Arrive at 9:00AM for 9:30AM Start Cost: $50 $40 for Kingaroy Wargamers Members Army Size: 2500pts Rounds: 5 Rules: 8thEdition Warhammer Fantasy rule set. Terrain: Random Forests and Fences will be used, there will also be a Mystical Monument on each table Lists Due: Friday August 30th

Tournament Scoring
Each player will accumulate tournament points over the course of the day comprising of the elements listed below. A final score out of 100 will be calculated, therefore each point a player earns in Battle, Sports and Painting will directly contribute a single point to their tournament score. Battle Points: Five (3) games will be played by each player with a maximum of 20 battle points being gained per game (massacre). following VP table will be used to determine the points received by each player for each game. Battle Points Earned Winner Loser 10 10 11 9 12 8 13 7 14 6 15 5 16 4 17 3 18 2 19 1 20 0

Victory Points 0-100 101-200 201-350 351-500 501-700 701-900 901-1150 1151-1400 1400-1700 1701-2000 2000

With 3 games, it is possible to amass 100 battle points towards a players tournament score. Sportsmanship: After every game each player will answer the 5 questions below regarding their opponents sportsmanship attributes throughout the game. A player's tournament points for sports are calculated by their opponent's responses to these questions. 1. Were all rules queries resolved amicably and without too much argument?

Tricksters Blade Players Pack www.kingaroywargamers.webs.com 2. Did your opponent always state what they were doing clearly before proceeding rolling dice and/or moving models? 3. Did your opponent move their units correctly? I.e. did they not use a "rubber ruler" and therefore moved their fast cavalry, skirmishers and other units the correct distance each time? 4. In your opinion, did your opponent play the game in the right spirit? Did they maintain a sensible approach and demeanour when things were not going their way? 5. Would you be happy enough to play your opponent again? Maybe not today but at another tournament perhaps? So from the 3 games a player could possibly receive 50 sportsmanship points (perfect score) which will contribute 50 points to their tournament score. Painting: The organiser will inspect each army on the weekend and mark the painting on the following criteria: Is the army fully painted (3 colours minimum)? Are the bases flocked? Does it have painted movement trays for units that require it? (Contact organiser if unsure what requires movement trays) Does the army look like a cohesive force? Consistent colour scheme etc. From the listed criteria a total of 15 points is available should a players army score the maximum for each one. The idea is that each player has a fully painted cohesive looking army. This is not a beauty pageant and not Golden Daemon. If it is painted to the above criteria you will receive top marks.

Tournament Restrictions
Restrictions are being kept to a minimum and are as follows. *2500 Points. *Special or Named Characters are allowed *Any of the Army Books published by Games Workshop before September 2013 are able to be used. *All current FAQ articles produced by Games Workshop will be used. *Apart from Winds of Magic dice an army may only add 2 Power Dice or Dispel Dice to its magic dice pool in each magic phase (apart from the exceptions below). This includes channelling, so for example if you channel one dice you can only add one more. Any dice added to the pool, regardless of source (generated, stolen, stored from previous magic phases, generated by magic items/abilities to boost spellcasting before or after the casting attempt, produced by spells, lore abilities, and so on) count. Excess dice are simply discarded and cannot be used in any way (i.e. - they cant be stored). If a dice is stolen from the opponents pool, but your army has already generated two extra dice, the dice is removed from the opponents pool and then discarded. Any additional dice are lost and cannot be used. The controlling player chooses which dice are discarded if there is a need to distinguish.

Tricksters Blade Players Pack www.kingaroywargamers.webs.com *Dice generated from being in proximity to a Shard of the Herdstone do not count as a power dice for the purpose of the dice limit. *Items that add D3 power dice are allowed to exceed the dice limit and add the additional dice should the result of the dice roll grant three extra dice. *Night Goblin Mushroom D6 do not count as "power dice" as per their Army book. * No single non character unit in the army may be over 550 points or contain more than 50 miniatures * The magic item Fozzriks Folding Fortress may not be taken. *Watchtower. No one starts in the building. +500vp for holding the tower/building at the end of the game rather than total victory. *Blood and Glory. +500vp for meeting the victory conditions first rather than total victory. *** All lists will be looked over, and if it is deemed that you have built a list purely to destroy your opponents will to go on, you will be asked for a resubmit ***

ArmyLists
Players are required to send their army lists through to markbeardmore@gmail.com no later than the 21st of September 2012. Failure to do so will result in a -6 points deduction from their battle score (2 points per game in the tournament). Please contact the tournament organiser if your list is going to be late. (If there is a good reason I wont deduct the points) Army lists are to be in Microsoft Word or Notepad format. Therefore if you use Army Builder please save it in text format and send that through, not the original Army Builder format!

FAQ
The link below has the official Games Workshop Errata for the 8th edition rulebook as well as the 8th edition FAQ and some army FAQ's. http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp? categoryId=1000018&pIndex=1&aId=3000006&start=2

Prizes
Trophies/prizes will be awarded for the following: *1st Overall (player with most tournament points) *2nd Overall *3rd Overall *Best Sport *Players Choice *Wooden Spoon

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Registration
To register send an email with your name, contact details and army you intend to use (i.e. High Elves, Tomb Kings), to markbeardmore@gmail.com . We are currently limited to 30 places.

See You There

The team at Kingaroy Wargamers is very much looking forward to the event and we plan to continue to make The Tricksters Blade an enjoyable day for all involved. We appreciate your support for this event and look forward to catching up with all of you in June. Mark Beardmore markbeardmore@gmail.com.com After Hours Phone: 0418 731 597