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Warhammer Saturday "Funament"

Judge Contact:

Scott Kline

Description:

2007 FlatCon “Funament” Rules

This tournament is designed to be easily accessible for newer players as well as to provide a fun alternative for veteran players. It is designed to be low pressure and big fun.

This will be an escalation tournament.

• Game 1 – 500 Points
• Game 2 – 750 Points
• Game 3 – 1,000 points

Important: Bring a copy of your army composition for the judges. Failing do to so will result in a 0 for Army Composition.

Army Selection:

1. Any current published army list can be used. If you bring “alternative” armies, be sure to bring a copy of your army's rules for each opponent and the judges.
2. Each army must have a valid army composition for the point level of each game.
3. Special Characters and Named Characters are allowed (if you can fit them into a legal army build).

Messenger Models will be needed. This must be a single model on foot on a 20mm or 25mm base.

Non-GW models are allowed. Proxies are allowed. Non-painted figures are allowed.

“Sliding” will be used vs. “Clipping”. Maximize the # of models in combat to maximize carnage!

Bad Sportsmanship will not be tolerated.

Scoring:

Battle:

Standard Victory Point values from the BRB Pg 102 unless specified otherwise in the scenario. +75 pts is required for a Victory.

30 Battle Points total.

Up to 10 Bps per Round.

10 Battle Points per round for results: (10 – Victory, 7 – Draw, 3 - Loss)

Army Composition:

Army Composition will be judged by the judges and players.

Up to 20 points total. 5 points form the judges. 15 points from the players.

Judges will be looking at the army and unit selections.

One point will be given for each "Yes" below.

• Is the Army Legal? Yes/No (non-legal armies will not be allowed!)
  Does the army have a legible army list? Yes/No (If we can't read it, we can't judge it.)
• Is the army representative of the race/theme chosen? Yes/No
• Is the army in the spirit of the FUNament? Yes/No
• Would you ever play with a list like this? Yes/No

Each game will also have player judged composition:

• +5 points (Fun Army Selection!)
• +3 Points (Your standard tourney fare. Fair, balanced, but not pulling any punches.)
• +1 points (Hard Army Selection) 

Sportsmanship:

Sportsmanship will be player judged.

30 points total. Up to 7 points per round and up to +9 points for Favorite Opponent votes.

Sportsmanship will be judged by your opponent by using a Sportsmanship checklist.

One point is awarded for each "Yes" below.

• Did your opponent arrive to the table on time? Yes/No
• Did your opponent come prepared to play and bring all required items to play (dice, templates, rulers, rulebooks, army books, pens, calculators, etc.) Yes/No
• Did your opponent appear to measure movement and charge distrances accurately, explaining what he was rolling and measuring for? Yes/No
• Were all rules issues/disputes that may have arisen during the game handled amicably by your opponent? Yes/No?
• Did you have fun playing your opponent, regardless of the outcome? Yes/No
• Was your opponent a fair and sporting Player? Yes/No
• Would you voluntarily play this Player again? Yes/No

In addition, at the end of Round 3, you will cast your vote for Favorite Opponent. Each vote received will be worth 3 points.

Awards:

• Best Overall
• Best Sportsmanship
• Best Costume/Army Theme
• Worst Dice
• Others

Schedule:

• Check-in at 9:00 a.m.
• Game #1 (500 pts.) 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (1 hour slot)
• Game #2 (750 pts.) 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (1 1/2 hour slot)
• Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Game #3 (1000 pts.) 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (1 1/2 hour slot)
• Wrap-up/Awards 3:30 p.m.

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