Dates: Heat 1: COMPLETED. Heat 2: 8 th /9 th April Heat 3: TBC. Grand Finals: 7 th /8 th October 2017

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2 Dates: Heat 1: COMPLETED Heat 2: 8 th /9 th April 2017 Heat 3: TBC Grand Finals: 7 th /8 th October 2017 Event Essentials: System: Warhammer : Age of Sigmar Army Selection: Select an army worth a maximum value of 2,000 Points using the rules and restrictions provided in the Pitched Battle section from the General s Handbook. Only Warscrolls and Warscroll Battalions with Pitched Battle Profiles may be used at the Grand Tournament. You must use the most up-to-date version in print/ digital form available. This includes Forge World models that have a Pitched Battle Profile. Note that Allegiance Abilities can and should be used. Welcome Welcome to Games Workshop s Warhammer Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament. This event is for anyone who enjoys using a canny mix of army selection, canny generalship and good cheer to win games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. It s one of the most fun games in the world and being crowned the Grand Champion of Warhammer Age of Sigmar at the end of the year is a colossal achievement and worthy of great song and rejoicing. Only a formidable general will be able to raise trophy belonging to the Grand Champion Games Workshop s unique prize we offer only to those who can not only play the game, but do so in the spirit of the Age of Sigmar, and with a well painted army. What is a Grand Tournament? For the longest time Games Workshop has run tournaments and events of all sizes across the world. Probably our most historic is the Grand Tournament, an event we use to decide once and for all who the best players are all across the world. At this event we will be deciding who the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Grand Champion is, the player officially recognised by Games Workshop as the greatest Warhammer Age of Sigmar general in the land (with a shiny trophy as proof to boot!). So if you fancy a shot at the title, or just want to test yourself over the Heats and then the Grand Final, or even just enjoy some great games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, get your ticket before they run out!

3 The Heats A Heat is a tournament held here at Warhammer World from which the top players are invited to attend the Grand Finals later that year. Each Heat is a tournament for 90 people that runs the same format across the year and the top players from each Heat will qualify to attend the Grand Finals later that year. When you are qualified we will use your contact details provided to send you an invite to the private Grand Finals event on our ticket sales website where you, and other qualifiers, will be able to buy one ticket to the Grand Finals in October. Tickets for the Grand Finals will also be available to buy in person at each Heat weekend, but will only be available to those who will qualify. We will be taking the top 40 players from Heats 1, 2 and 3. When you qualify, you will have until the next Heat to buy your ticket (usually 2-3 months or so, but this can vary). Any tickets that remain will simply be allocated to the next Heat and more players will have the chance to qualify. If you just need a little more time to get your ticket, just get in touch with us (contact details are at the end of this document) and we will do our best to give you the time you need.

4 The Grand Tournament House Rules: We expect all players to play in the spirit of the game having a positive game against a friendly enthusiastic opponent is what we all want. At this tournament, we will measure all distances between models using their bases as a reference point. This is commonly known as measuring base-tobase. When measuring vertically, you should count the model s own torso, arms, legs and head as well. Wings, Weapons, Banners, and so on should be ignored. You will not be allowed to be play with unpainted or unbased models. We will politely ask you to remove any such model from the table (what counts as painted and based is detailed later on in this pack). Any Forge World Warscroll or Warscroll Battalion with a Pitched Battle profile is fine to use at this event. Allegiance Abilities must be recorded on your Army List and may not be changed during the tournament. You must hand in a physical copy of your Army List at the event. This will allow us to check your army and forward the lists on after the event to keep up-to-date. There is no need to your Army List in before the event. Any new releases will be in use at our events, unless their release falls on the weekend of the event. Scenery available to your army (e.g. Sylvaneth Wyldwoods) is of course permitted at our events. Remember they must be fully assembled like any other part of your army. House Rules will be subject to change in between Heats, so check them regularly!

5 A NOTE ON PAINTING AND BASING: At registration we will ask you if your army is fully painted and based. If it isn t don t panic! We will do our best to give you the time and space you need to get your models finished before your first game. As we don t allow anyone to play with unpainted or unbased models, but we understand that life gets in the way sometimes, we will do our best to help you get them up to standard. All miniatures in your collection must be 100% produced by Games Workshop and be fully assembled, painted and based. Each model must fully represent what you have presented on your army list. If you are not sure whether or not your models come under this heading, use our handy flow chart, presented overleaf. The physical copy of your Army List handed in at the start of the event will be used to check your army during the first game. If there is anything you are unsure of, get in touch with the Events Team prior to the event. If any of your models don t meet the above requirements, we will politely ask you to remove it from the table. We are obliged to protect the experience of every attendant - we all want to play against fully painted armies without any confusion. This event is designed to give everyone the opportunity to do just that. THE SCHEDULE THE HEATS (5 Games) SATURDAY 9:00am: Bugmans Opens for Registration 10:00am: Main Hall & Stores open 10:20am: Event Briefing 10:30am 1:00pm: Game 1 1:00pm 2:00pm: Lunch and the Hero, Beast and Company of Legend 2:00pm 4:30pm: Game 2 4:30pm 5:00pm: Break 5:00pm 7:30pm: Game 3 8:00pm: Warhammer World closes Note: This may change as we often, but not always, run some late night entertainment on Saturday night. SUNDAY 10:00am: Warhammer World Opens 10:30am 1:00pm: Game pm 2:00pm: Lunch and voting for the Best Army Competition 2:00pm 4:30pm: Game 5 4:30pm 5.30pm: Break 5:30pm: Award Ceremony 6:00pm: Warhammer World closes THE SCHEDULE GRAND FINALS (6 Games) SATURDAY 9:00am: Bugmans Opens for Registration 10:00am: Main Hall & Stores open 10:20am: Event Briefing 10:30am 1:00pm: Game 1 1:00pm 2:00pm: Lunch and the Hero, Beast and Company of Legend 2:00pm 4:30pm: Game 2 4:30pm 5:00pm: Break 5:00pm 7:30pm: Game 3 8:00pm: Warhammer World closes Note: This may change as we often, but not always, run some late night entertainment on Saturday night. SUNDAY 9:00am: Doors open. 9:30am 12:00pm: Game 4 12:00 pm 1:00 pm: Lunch and the Best Army Competition Voting 1:00pm 3:30pm: Game 5 3:30pm 4:00pm: Break 4:00pm 6:30pm: Game 6 6:30pm 7:15pm: Break 7:15pm: Award Ceremony 8:00pm: Warhammer World Closes

6 Are you planning to use converted models or proxies* in your army? YES NO Contact us at or ring us and check to make sure your conversion/ proxy is appropriate for our events.** Carry on. Nothing to worry about except mould lines and getting it painted on time. *A proxy is when you use an unconverted model as a Warscroll/Datasheet entry different to the one it normally represents. Examples include Arachnarok Spiders as Stonehorns, Cadian Shock Troopers as Scion Tempestus s, Skeletons as Grave Guard and so on. **This is only for our gaming events, held here at Warhammer World. This doesn t count for your local model shop, Games Workshop, Warhammer Shop, club or even a regular gaming evening at Warhammer World. Get in touch with them to see what their standards are. When you contact us, it would help a lot if you include pictures of the models in question. Also, don t panic. We are really nice and we LOVE cool hobby. Note: Fully assembled means just that fully assembled. Examples of models that are not fully assembled are cavalry without riders, artillery pieces without crew, one Mangler Squig on a base rather than two, half a skeleton representing a full one and so on. Please bear that in mind before deciding what to bring along!

7 Registration: At the beginning of the weekend, you will need to register with us for the event. All you need to bring is your ticket (either electronic or physical), a copy of your army list and we will give you your score card, a player number and assign you to your first table for the weekend. At this event, you must use the same army all weekend, and we will be doing spot checks of the army lists to make sure all the points are added up correctly and that each army has the required units. If we come across a small mistake, we will let you know and, if needed, help you make corrections to the list. If it s a mistake of Godbeast-like proportions, we will have a chat and decide what to do it may involve a modification of your previous game results, as we want this to be as level a playing field as possible, and wins from previous games shouldn t count if you were playing outside the rules of the event. Games Over the course of a Heat, you will get to play five games of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, and six at the Grand Final, with armies chosen using the rules and restrictions laid out in the Pitched Battles section of the General s Handbook. After each game there will be either lunch or a brief break while we get the results in order to decide your next opponent. After the first game, where opponents will be randomly allocated, we will assign you opponents with a similar score according to the Swiss system. The way this works is players with the same number of Tournament Points (see later) will play against each other. So if you are winning all your games, you will play against opponents of a roughly similar skill level to you, ideally helping to ensure an enjoyable event for all concerned. Timings Each game will last two and half hours. As we need to get your results after each, we will need you to finish each game quite quickly and hand in your results after the timer runs out. The size of the game has been set up so that both players should be able to set up and play your game comfortably in the time allotted. We d recommend having some practice games against your mates to get used to it! If you discover from practice that you play really slowly and can t get your game finished to a satisfying conclusion, then bear in mind that this makes it less likely that you will pick up any Favourite Game Votes, so do your best to pick up the pace!

8 Battleplans During the Heats, we will roll randomly to select that game s Battleplan. Once that Battleplan has been used, it will be crossed off our list; each one will only be played a maximum of once. During the Grand Finals you will play each Battleplan once. Scores: After each game you will have 5 minutes to record your result and hand it in to the Events Team. At this event, we will be recording Major and Minor Victories, and this will be the largest factor in deciding who is crowned the Grand Champion and winner of the event. In the unlikely event that both players have the same score, record this as a draw. You will also need to record the number of points scored in each game. This will be used a soft score to help resolve tied results. Points scored is based on casualties as per the General s Handbook. Each victory will be allocated certain value of Tournament Points. Your total Tournament Points will decide who wins the event overall. Major Win: 20 Tournament Points Minor Win: 13 Tournament Points Draw: 10 Tournament Points Minor Loss: 7 Tournament Points Major Loss: 0 Tournament Points Whoever has the highest amount of Tournament Points at the end of the event will win the tournament, as described below under the Awards section. Note: A Minor Loss is the result acquired when your opponent scores a Minor Victory. This is not a typical result available from the General s Handbook and is specific to these events only. If you are nominated for the Best Army award or receive an Honourable Mention, you will automatically have a Draw (10 Tournament Points) added to your tally for the weekend.

9 OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE EVENT: THE LEGENDS PAINTING COMPETITIONS The Legends gives you the chance to show off your skills with single models and units rather than with whole armies. Simply enter the relevant category when it s open; once all the entries are in, we will ask all the players to vote for their favourites. The player that earns the most votes in each category will win the relevant prize. Only miniatures from your army may be entered into this competition. Hero of Legend: Any single Battleline, Leader or uncategorised model on a 60mm base or less. Company of Legend: Any unit of 5 or less models on 60mm bases or less or on cavalry bases. Beast of Legend: Any Behemoth, Behemoth Leader or Artillery model (plus any attendant crew). Note: if there are any models (new releases for example) that don t fit in a category, fear not. The staff member will make a decision on the day and you will still be able to enter your model. The Events Team reserve the right to add additional requirements on the day for unusual circumstances and entries. THE BEST ARMY COMPETITION Painting a whole army is a landmark achievement in and of itself, and everyone at the event should be proud that they have a painted army to play with. Some players go above and beyond this, and produce exceptional quality armies to an incredible standard. Conversions, gorgeous basing, gorgeous highlighting, subtle airbrushing, themed models - the works. The Events Staff on the weekend will get a shortlist of the best armies from the event and from that shortlist, they will pick the Best Army Nominations. Any Army that makes it on to the Shortlist will receive an award in recognition of their efforts. Every player who is selected to be a Nominee will display their armies over lunch time and then all the attendants will have a chance to vote for the one they like the best. The player who receives the most will be awarded the Best Army Trophy during the award ceremony at the weekend. Lunch We will be providing lunch for you on both days - Saturday and Sunday. The menu is decided closer to date by our expert chefs, and we make sure that a wide variety of dietary requirements are catered for. If you can let us know before the event then we can easily accommodate any requests, but if you can t (or forget!) don t worry - we will also circle the hall during the first game asking for any specific requests and you can inform us then too.

10 The Heats: The Champion: AWARDS The Finals: The Age of Sigmar Grand Champion, 2017 The Champion is a paragon of the Games Workshop hobby. An enthusiastic gamer, painter and an all-round nice person to play against. To decide who receives this award, we will rank all the players based on their victories. Whoever has the most Major and Minor Victories will be crowned The Champion and declared the winner of the event. In the case of a tie, we will use the total number of points scored as a secondary sorter. Should there be a further tie, Favourite Game Votes will be the third sorter. Note that the title will have the Heat number attached to it as will 2 nd and 3 rd place. The Herald This will be given to the 2 nd place finisher of the Finals. The Equerry This award will be given to the 3 rd place finisher of the Finals. Most Sporting Player This award will go to the player who has the most Favourite Game Votes. If players are tied, we will use Tournament Points as a secondary sorter. Sporting Player This award will go to every player who has a Favourite Game Vote for the majority of their games (3 or more). The Best Army Award - Whoever gets the most votes in the Best Army Competition will receive this trophy. Hero, Beast and Company of Legend Whoever gets the most votes in each individual competition will receive the appropriate award. The Wooden Spoon This award will be given out at the Events Staff discretion, as long as it doesn t cause embarrassment! It will be given to the person who finishes last in the event. The Grand Champion is a paragon of the Games Workshop hobby. An enthusiastic gamer, painter and an all-round nice person to play against. To decide who receives this mighty award, we will rank all the players based on their victories. In the case of a tie, we will use the total number of points scored as a secondary sorter. Should there be a further tie, Favourite Game Votes will be the third sorter. The Age of Sigmar Grand Herald, 2017 This will be given to the 2 nd place finisher of the Finals. The Age of Sigmar Grand Equerry, 2017 This award will be given to the 3 rd place finisher of the Finals. Most Sporting Player This award will go to the player who has the Most Favourite Game Votes. Sporting Player This award will go to every player who has a Favourite Game Vote for the majority of their games (3 or more). The Best Army Award - Whoever gets the most votes in the Best Army Competition will receive this trophy. Hero, Beast and Company of Legend Whoever gets the most votes in each individual competition will receive the appropriate award. The Golden Spoon This award will be given out at the Events Staff discretion, as long as it doesn t cause embarrassment! It will be given to the person who finishes last in the event.

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