Guardian Cup GT May 31st-June 1st 2014 Warhammer 40k

[CaptainA]

Guardian Cup VII – May 31^st-June 1^st

Tournament Organizer: Aaron Albert (Captain A) captainaka@hotmail.com

What:
40k, ‘LVO Style’ 2 day, bracketed tournament.

Part of the LVO Circuit!
6 Rounds (3 per day), using ‘LVO’ Missions.

40 Players
1850 Points

Escalation, Stronghold Assault, Dataslates, Formations, Digital Codexes will be allowed with the following restrictions:

2 Codex Limit – each codex, ally, dataslates, formation, and escalation you choose counts as one of your “codex” choices.

Escalation - no ranged weapons with D allowed. No non-Escalation FW. 550 points cap on Escalation units.

Stronghold Assault - no defense networks (multi forts) or void shields.

We will be using the LVO Open FAQ with the 2+ nerf (if you have a reroll of a 2+, the best you can have is a 4+ on the next roll.)
 

No Forge World.

When:
May 31st and June 1st Check-in time is 10:00 AM
Guarantee your spot by paying in advance for your ticket
$35.00, non-refundable.

Why:
Play 40 and drink beer, win The Guardian Cup, your overall bracket, or other trophies for Sportsmanship, Painting, and Achievements

Where:
Guardian Games
345 SE Taylor
Portland OR, 97214
503-238-4000

Note: Guardian Cup will be using Torrent of Fire, get your smart phones and iPads ready.

Night Fighting and Reserve rules (p124) are in play for all rounds. ‘Mysterious’ objective rules should be used. 'Mysterious' terrain should NOT be used.

DAY ONE, ROUND ONE : 10:15 to 1:15

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00

DAY ONE, ROUND TWO : 2:00 to 5:00

DAY ONE, ROUND THREE: 5:15 to 8:15

END OF DAY ONE: Brackets Generated.

DAY TWO, ROUND FOUR : 10:15 to 1:15

DAY ONE, LUNCH: 1:15 to 2:00
Display your Armies along with a copy of your list which includes your name. Take your time to check out the armies, then fill out your favorite armies voting sheet.

DAY TWO, ROUND FIVE : 2:00 to 5:00

DAY TWO, ROUND SIX : 5:15 to 8:15

AWARDS CEREMONY: 8:30

 

Caveat: Before anyone gets in a tiff and starts to complain about what is and what is not being allowed, please know that this was an intense and thoughtful decision. I love this game and have been part of the community for years now. I am not getting paid to run this event (and it is pretty much on my birthday May 30^th) nor am I getting anything. I am running this event because I love the game and love the store that I call home. This should be a great time to come together and play 6 games of 40k without drama or headaches. We all know that Games Workshop is moving at a pace that is quite fast and difficult to keep up with. I have been talking with other TO’s and this is pretty much the direction that they are going as well. No matter what I do, I will not make everyone happy and I understand that. Please keep things civil and if you want to discuss this with me directly, feel free to email me at captainaka@hotmail.com.

 

 

Guardian Cup Tournament Format Guidelines

1,850pts

40K Tournament Format

• Every scenario has a total of 10 possible points.
• Whoever has the most points, wins. Equal points is a tie. There are no degrees of victory, winning by 1 point or 10 is counted the same.
• The tournament is W/L/D format, with accumulated points used to determine standings within a given final bracket. For example, if you end the event with a 4-3 record, you will be ranked within that bracket according to how many battle points you accumulated throughout the event. The official scoring is 1,000pts for a win, 500pts for a tie and then accumulated points within the game. So, a player with a 4-3 record who accumulated 7 points in each of his 7 games would end with a final score of (4,049points). We score it this way so that the W/L/D record trumps accumulated points, but points earned throughout the tournament matter in determining your precise ranking in the event.
• Pairings are Swiss style, based on strength of schedule.

Scenarios

Each scenario is built using two book missions played simultaneously with all 3 book bonus points. Each mission is distinct, for example, Heavy Support units in Big Guns Never Tire can not take the Relic. Winning one mission earns that player its points. If a mission is tied, neither player earns the points. Any bonus points earned via Warlord traits, etc. apply to the primary mission only. For example, if your Warlord becomes a scoring unit, that will only apply to the primary mission.

In the Scouring, each player places 2 objectives in their opponent’s deployment zone and 1 outside of either player’s deployment zone following normal objective placement rules (6 total on the board for the Scouring). Each player has a 1, 2, and 3 point objective, which are revealed just before the role to seize the initiative as normal. You will end up with 2 objectives in no man’s land, and 2 in each deployment zone. Destroying fast attack choices counts for points to this mission.

In Big Guns Never Tire, each player places 2 objectives, one in their own deployment zone, the other in their opponent’s following normal objective placement rules (4 total for this objective on the table). You will end up with 2 in each deployment zone. Destroying Heavy Support choices counts for points to this mission.

Book bonus points are added to the total, not to each mission. For example, if you win the Primary mission, lose the Secondary Mission, and get First Blood, Slay the Warlord, but not Linebreaker, you would have scored 6 points total (4 for primary, 0 for secondary and 2 of the 3 book bonus points for 6 total). You will have a score sheet for each scenario that makes tallying the points very straightforward.

• All Fortifications are allowed. If you are placing a large Fortification that would displace a piece of terrain already on the board, simply remove it.
• Mysterious objectives are used.
• Mysterious Terrain is not used.
• If you roll your Warlord trait out of the BRB, you roll once and choose any trait with that number. If rolling out of a codex, generate the trait as normal.

1. Scenario 1: Emperor’s Will (4pts) and Crusade (3pts): Dawn of War Deployment. There are always 3 Crusade Objectives placed outside of either player’s deployment zone. Emperor’s Will objectives are placed in each player’s own deployment zone.
2. Scenario 2: The Scouring (4pts) and Purge the Alien (3pts): Hammer and Anvil Deployment. There are always 6 objectives for The Scouring, 2 of which must always go outside either player’s deployment zone. See scenario guidelines.
3. Scenario 3: The Relic (4pts) and Big Guns Never Tire (3pts): Vanguard Strike Deployment. There are always 4 objectives for Big Guns Never Tire. See scenario guidelines.
4. Scenario 4: Crusade (4pts) and Emperor’s Will (3pts): Dawn of War Deployment. There are always 3 Crusade Objectives placed outside of either player’s deployment zone. Emperor’s Will objectives are placed in each player’s own deployment zone.
5. Scenario 5: Purge the Alien (4pts) and The Scouring (3pts): Vanguard Strike Deployment. There are always 6 objectives for The Scouring, 2 of which must always go outside either player’s deployment zone. See scenario guidelines.
6. Scenario 6: Big Guns Never Tire (4pts) and The Relic (3pts): Hammer and Anvil Deployment. There are always 4 objectives for Big Guns Never Tire. See scenario guidelines.
7. Scenario 7: Emperor’s Will (4pts) and Crusade (3pts): Dawn of War Deployment. There are always 3 Crusade Objectives placed outside of either player’s deployment zone. Emperor’s Will objectives are placed in each player’s own deployment zone.

General Guidelines

Mission Order of Operations

1. Roll for Warlord Traits and generate Psychic powers. Each player rolls 1D6, chooses any of the three Warlord Traits with that number for their trait. If rolling from a codex Warlord Table, roll for the power as normal.
2. Roll for Night Fighting.
3. Roll for Sides. The player rolling highest chooses their deployment zone (but does not yet deploy their army, as normal) and deploys any Fortifications. The player going second then does the same.
4. Place objectives, with the player that chose their deployment zone first, placing the first objective. This can be any objective. The Relic automatically goes in the middle and is placed before any other objectives.
5. Roll for first turn as normal, following book guidelines for deploying forces, reserves, Seize the Imitative, etc.

Allowed Armies

• Escalation, Stronghold Assault, Dataslates, Formations, Digital Codexes will be allowed with the following restrictions:
  • 2 Codex Limit – each codex, ally, dataslates, formation, and escalation you choose counts as one of your “codex” choices.
  • Escalation - no ranged weapons with D allowed. No non-Escalation FW. 550 points cap on Escalation units.
  • Stronghold Assault - no defense networks (multi forts) or void shields.
  • All current Codices, and White Dwarf armies will be allowed.
• Allies per the Rule Book will be allowed.
• No Forge World.

Rules Judgments

Rules issues will be dealt with swiftly by a roaming judge. We use a hierarchy for determining rules issues as follows:

1. Main Rule Book
2. FAQs and Erratas
3. IGTC FAQ
4. Consensus of judges present at the time. Please note, that these judgments are final. We are da law!!!

Painting

While there is no painting requirement, the only prize you can win except raffle prizes is best general if you do not have a minimum of 3 colors. We count primer as a color. No basing requirement. Painting is judged by your peers in a “best of” category selection.

Comp and Sports

There will be no comp scores at this event. We feel that the game has an inbuilt comp system with the rulebooks and Codices. We do not feel that a second, player created level of comp is necessary. So bring whatever army you want to play!

Sportsmanship will be handled as a simple thumbs-up, thumbs-down check box on the results sheet.

The temptation to ding someone on sports after a tough loss is often too much for many players to resist. We therefore are providing a very narrowly defined set of terms under which a player may mark their opponent with a thumbs down mark on sportsmanship. This system is intended to punish those who are being abusive, but to not allow chimpmunking. After a great deal of real world use, we have found this system to work very well.

Legitimate reasons to give an opponent a thumbs down on sports:

1. Your opponent was 15 or more minutes late to the round.
2. Your opponent was verbally abusive. This does not mean you argued with your opponent or that your personalities clashed, but that they were verbally abusive and insulting.
3. Your opponent intentionally cheated. Be prepared to support your case to a judge.
4. Your opponent slow played. We define slow playing as not completing 4 game turns of play. In the case of 20 or less minutes left to play, divide the time remaining between players to complete one full GAME turn. Time each other during this period to ensure that each player has an equal amount of time to complete a full game turn. If one player does not finish within their limit, the other player can force them to stop and then begin their turn. This mechanic is in place to ensure no one is slow played out of a turn of play.

What does NOT constitute a thumbs down on sports?

1. You argued over rules with your opponent.
2. Your opponent beat you.
3. You didn’t like your opponent’s army.
4. Your opponent thinks the Black Lion never should have been the head of Voltron. The Green Lion was way cooler. NERD RAGE!!!

A negative mark on sportsmanship will be met with administrative action as follows:

1. First thumbs down: A verbal warning from a judge, up to reversing a win to a loss.
2. Second thumbs down: Reversing a win to a loss, up to disqualification from any prize support.
3. Third thumbs down: disqualification from any prize support, up to expulsion from the event with no refund of the ticket price.
4. Fourth thumbs down: Expulsion from the event with no refund of the ticket price.

WYSIWYG 

All models are expected to be WYSIWYG as much as is reasonable. Proxies are not permitted. Counts As armies with counts as allies will only be permitted if they represent a clearly concerted effort to build a unique army around an obvious theme. For example, an Adeptus Mechanicus army using extensive kit bashing and conversions will be fine. If you go this route, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HANDOUT TO SHOW YOUR OPPONENT THAT SHOWS WHAT EACH UNIT IN YOUR ARMY IS ALONG WITH ITS STATS AND PERTENANT RULES! You must also present this to them prior to the game so that they have time to understand what they are playing against. There will be no exceptions to this.

If your army uses only a single Codex but if for example you have Crimson Fists models using the Blood Angels Codex, or Chaos models using the Space Wolves Codex, that is acceptable. Allies for this type of army however, MUST be represented by their actual models. This is to avoid confusion. No exceptions.

If you have any questions about your army, ask us prior to the event so that we can let you know if what you have will be acceptable or not.

Modeling for Advantage

There is a fine line between creative freedom and modeling for advantage. We do not wish to stifle anyone’s creativity, but in the end, this is a game that relies heavily upon the physical characteristics of the models being used.

Modeling for advantage will be handled on a case by case basis. To resolve a possible abusive situation, follow these steps:

1. Ask the player to play the model as if it were a GW standard, modern version.
2. Call a judge to ask for a judgment.
3. Possibly substitute the model with an appropriate replacement.

Examples of what we consider modeling for advantage:

1. Using out of date and inappropriately sized models such as the rogue trader era Eldar Avatar (which currently is a large, monstrous creature model but back then, was the size of a Space Marine, which would now grant huge advantages due to being so much smaller) or Gorka Morka Trukks (which are less than half the size of modern versions). If an army is made predominantly of Rogue Trader era minis (or any era) and is clearly going for a theme, then exceptions will be made. If it appears to a judge that the player is in fact modeling for advantage, then action will be taken.
2. Increasing or decreasing the size of models to gain an advantage in gaining or granting cover. Custom Battle Wagons often fall into this category.
3. Altering a model to increase the range of a model or to benefit your LOS.

Terrain

Terrain will be prearranged and laid out by the TO’s prior to the event. We will not be using terrain placement rules per the book as it is too time restrictive. If you come to a table and feel that it is not sufficiently or fairly arranged, or that it may have been moved by the previous players, alert a TO who will arrange the terrain appropriately.

Hills: All hills are open terrain, granting cover via LOS blocking/interference as normal.

Barriers: All barriers grant cover per the book and are not considered to be Aegis Defense lines unless they were purchased and placed by a player.

Buildings/ruins: All buildings and ruins are assumed to have a ladder or other means for moving up and down. Rules in the Rule Book will be used for Ruins and Buildings.

Rock Towers, Crates, and Can Towers: Are impassible and block LOS completely (even if there are actual gaps in the terrain pieces).

All other terrain functions as outlined in the book.

 

What to Bring

• Your Army
• Tape Measure, Dice, Game Aids, etc.
• 3 Objective Markers on 25mm bases, 2 Objective Markers on 40mm bases.
• 8 Typed Copies of your army list. Be sure to include write how many Kill Points each of your units is worth on your list for ease of reference.
• All pertinent rules for your army. Codecis, White Dwarf Articles, etc.
• If you are using a counts as army, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PLAYER HANDOUT FOR YOUR OPPONENT IDENTIFYING WHAT EACH UNIT IN YOUR ARMY IS, NO EXCEPTIONS!! You don’t need to have one for every player, just one for the judges, and one to show each opponent.
• A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beer coozy. That would just own!

[AbusePuppy]

I suppose the extremely relevant question would be "what armies are allowed?" BAO and LVO both had some restrictions and rules changes in place- will the Cup be using these as well? I think the relevant "tiers" are:

 

-Escalation

-Stronghold

-Forge World

-Inquisition

-Dataslates/Formations

-Allies

[CaptainA]

Workin on it. Hence the, "more details coming soon."

[Dr.Insanotron]

 Also is it going to be 1750 like Frontline events, allowed Forge World?

[undertow]

Where is this being held?

[pretre]

Where is this being held?

Guardian Games, assumedly.

[undertow]

Guardian Games, assumedly.

Ahh, hence the 'Hosted by Guardian Games of Portland, Oregon' in the first post. Reading comprehension is a good thing I guess.

[CaptainA]

Ahh, hence the 'Hosted by Guardian Games of Portland, Oregon' in the first post. Reading comprehension is a good thing I guess.

Don't feel bad, I added it after you asked the question...

[CaptainA]

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/events/604549629626980/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

 

Top post updated to reflect latest info!

[CaptainA]

[CaptainA]

First post updated with the Tournament Format Guidelines.

 

 

Oh that's big font!

[CaptainA]

The Guardian Cup is pleased to announce that all of our tables will feature Frontline Gaming/Table War Gaming Mats!

 

Not only will you be able to play in style on the various mats, but you will be able to purchase them to take home after the event!

 

We will have the following mats:

Alpine

Barren Wasteland

Blast Zone

Grassy Plains

Urban Combat

Urban Combat 2

 

Price will be regular retail $85. You get to save on the shipping cause we are bringing them to you.

 

We will have 18 mats for sale in limited quantities. When you arrive and see one you like, make sure you pay asap to reserve it for after the event!

 

Check em out!

 

 

 

Thanks to Frontline Gaming and Angel of Guardian Games for helping to make this happen!

 

 

[CaptainA]

We are pleased to announce that Game Face Nation will be there to do a mini photo shoot. Ever wanted that prize of your collection to be in a White Dwarf Style photo shoot with terrain, cool effects, and professional photography?

They will have a boot set up at the Guardian Cup to take photos of your army. Best thing is that it is free!!!

Some examples of their work:

[MauzDeadalive]

I am all registered and paid....I am really looking forward to defend my Best Overall C Bracket Trophy...or improving upon that....regardless I look forward to some awesome games...running into great people I know...hopefully meeting some new people...and seeing some great armies. Rusty Necrons with a display board are rusted and ready to rock....just gotta figure out a list I like!

[CaptainA]

Things are starting to fill up! We are about three quarters full already! Get your spot before they are gone!

[CaptainA]

It looks like we will be having some invading hordes come to the Guardian Cup!

 

It looks like a solid group from Frontline Gamings Team0Comp are coming out the tourny. Reecius, Frankie, InControl, and Jason are planning to be there! Come defend the cup so that another Californian doesn't run away with it! Rub elbows with internet celbrities! Come party in Ptown!

 

Also a big shout out to the Ordo Fantaticus club that is helping us with terrain! Thanks a ton guys and Bryan for vouching for us/me. I will bring bacon!

[PumpkinHead]

I am slightly confused.  In the first part, right below the NOTE: you state "Night Fighting and Reserve rules (p124) are in play for all rounds. ‘Mysterious’ objective rules should not be used."   but later under Scenarios: you say "Mysterious objectives are used.".   Underlines are to highlight my issue.

 

Are mysterious objectives used or not?

[CaptainA]

I am slightly confused.  In the first part, right below the NOTE: you state "Night Fighting and Reserve rules (p124) are in play for all rounds. ‘Mysterious’ objective rules should not be used."   but later under Scenarios: you say "Mysterious objectives are used.".   Underlines are to highlight my issue.

 

Are mysterious objectives used or not?

Good catch! Discrepency between the last cup and this one that I didn't catch. Mysterious objectives SHOULD be used.

[CaptainA]

Guardian Cup Players Packet!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7dmIWXx5fCKUGFmWXRsYkxkbXM/edit?usp=sharing

 

I give a shout out to Ordo in there. :)

[CaptainA]

Article up on the Guardian Cup on Torrent of Fire!

http://www.torrentoffire.com/4697/they-will-spill-blood-for-the-guardian-cup

[CaptainA]

 

The Cups have arrived!

[CaptainA]

Did an interview with Frontline Gaming about the cup -

 

http://www.frontlinegaming.org/2014/05/19/signals-from-the-frontline-warhammer-40k-and-general-gaming-news-rumors-tactics-and-comedy-9/

Second link down below.

[CaptainA]

5 Spots left! Don't wait!

[pretre]

I wish... Have fun everyone!

[CaptainA]

We are using Torrent of Fire for the event. If you have a player ID, please email me, pm me here or on facebook or scrawl it on a note and pass it to me during class!

 

captainaka@hotmail.com

FB - https://www.facebook.com/aaron.albert.7