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The 4th Annual “Dead of Winter” Kings of War GT GENERAL INFO:
Dates: February 1-2, 2025
Location: The Fortress of Gaming, 18 Railroad Avenue, Albany NY 12205
Cost: $60/player
Cost includes entry and lunch (sandwiches) on both Saturday and Sunday
SCHEDULE:
Friday, Jan 19:
6:00pm – 10:00pm: Open gaming at the event space
Saturday, Jan 20:
9:30am - 10:00am: Hall Opens, Check-in, Opening Announcements
10:00am - 12:30pm: Round 1
12:30pm - 1:15pm: Lunch
1:15pm - 3:45pm: Round 2
4:00pm - 6:30pm: Round 3
6:30pm – 11:00: Open Gaming
Sunday, Jan 21:
9:45am - 12:15pm: Round 4
12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm - 3:15pm: Round 5
3:15pm - 3:45pm: Scoring and Cleanup
3:45pm: Results and Awards
ARMY BUILDING GUIDELINES:
Armies from the Latest Kings of War rulebooks, Clash of Kings, and the Mantic Companion may be used. The points level will be 2,150.
NEW THIS YEAR: Because this is hosted by the Shambling Horde in conjunction with Zombie Planet, in addition to your 2,150 point army, you’ll receive a free Horde of Zombies and a free Tome of Damnation to place on one of your characters. The Tome must be placed on an eligible character even if they are already carrying an item. Mark which character is carrying the Tome on your army list at the beginning of the tournament. If, by chance, you don’t have any character or individual units in your army talk to me and we’ll figure something out.
This year we’re going back to the “Rule of Two”. Your army may contain only two of any unit entry/unit size combination. For example, you can take two hordes of Zombies, two regiments of zombies, and two troops, but you can’t take three hordes of zombies. Special units that are duplicates of a monster, war machine, or hero type count as that unit type. So you can’t take two phoenixes and Samacris, for example.
Army lists must be submitted by Monday, January 20th, 2024. All lists must be generated using the Mantic Companion App (found at: https://companion.manticgames.com/ ) and have the PDF output submitted to the tournament organizer via email to [email protected]. After lists have been reviewed for legality, they will be released publicly to all players. Any lists that are submitted after the deadline will get a 5 point tournament score penalty. Please be kind,and get your stuff to me on time so that I can set matchups, post lists and do other pre-tourney stuff.
TIME CLOCKS, ROUND TIME & DICE DOWN:
Time Clocks will be required, (65 minutes per player), each player should be sure to bring one. The total time allotted for each round will be 2.5 hours.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
You must bring everything you need to play a complete game - FAQ(s), a copy of your Army Rules, dice, tape measure, etc. 6 Copies of your army list are REQUIRED.
Battle Scoring: Black-Jack
Over the course of 5 rounds there will be up to a possible 21 points per game for a total of 105 potential battle points throughout the event. Battle points for each game will be determined as follows:
14 Win/ 10 Draw/ 7 Loss + Attrition Modifier + either Objective Modifier _or_ Score Modifier
Attrition Modifier - Difference in Attrition:
401-900 [+1 / -1]
901-1,400 [+2 / -2]
1,401+ [+3 / -3]
Objective Modifier - Difference in Objectives/ Tokens: (Pillage, Push, Raze, Salt the Earth)
2 [+1 / -1]
3 [+2 / -2]
4 [+3 / -3]
5+ [+4 / -4]
Score Modifier - Difference in Scoring: (Dominate, Invade, Control, Hold the Line, Wrack and Ruin, Seek and Destroy, Protect and Raze, Compass Points)
2-3 [+1 / -1]
4-5 [+2 / -2]
6 [+3 / -3]
7+ [+4 / -4]
Special Modification “Loot”
Because the current iteration of Loot in the pack does not contain enough tokens to get a full 5+ separation for +4 points, the following Objective Bonus should be used specifically for Loot:
1 [+0 / -0]
2 [+2 / -2]
3 [+4 / -4]
PAINTING, MODELLING:
40 paint points will be available to contribute to overall scoring for the event. Unpainted miniatures will be allowed to be used. However, all minis must be assembled and placed on the appropriate base size. An army with any unpainted miniatures will score 0 for paint. A model will be considered “painted” if it contains at least three colors, not counting primer/undercoat, and the bases must be painted or flocked. Painted armies will score at least 15 points.
Mantic models are NOT required, but the models used MUST accurately represent the game piece it is being used for. Any models that may cause confusion may be removed from the table at the TO’s discretion. If you have a concern about whether a model/unit will be acceptable, ask the TO well in advance of the event for approval of anything that may be questionable.
SPORTSMANSHIP:
25 total points will be available for sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is always a very important factor in our events. We are playing a game and any blatant unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated.
3 sports points will be available for each round, as scored by your opponent, centered around clean play. (See the section below for examples of Clean Play).
In addition, all players will be asked to rank their favorite (worth 2 additional points) and second favorite opponent (worth 1 additional point) at the end of the event.
CLEAN PLAY:
The concept of Clean Play in Kings of War can be summed up by clearly stating your intention in every phase of the game, so as to avoid confusion for your opponent. Examples of clean play include:
• Talking through your dice rolls by stating what units you are rolling dice for,
• Rolling dice where they can be clearly seen by your opponent, and removing your misses from the pile before rolling to wound,
• Answering questions about your units truthfully and completely,
• Announcing your unit’s location in relation to other units. (For example, telling your opponent that you are intentionally placing a unit outside of charge range of one of his units), and getting agreement from your opponent before moving on.
• Clearly measuring ranges and unit movements. (No “wandering tape measures”),
Please mark your unit’s initial position prior to moving them or bring unit templates that you can use to measure out tricky maneuvers and get mutual agreement from your opponent before you move a unit. If a situation arises where a judge is required to rule on the positioning of a unit, and its original location was not marked, then it is impossible for the judge to make an accurate ruling. We will have no choice but to automatically rule against the person who did not mark their unit’s position.
RULES CLARIFICATION:
If a unit carrying a loot token is subject to the “Frozen” special rule, its speed is reduced to 4.
We will be using the withdraw rule during the event.
We will be using Command Dice during the event.
TERRAIN PLACEMENT RULES:
We plan on having enough terrain for twenty four standard tables. Preset maps will be provided for each scenario.
CHARITY RAFFLE
Similar to last year, we’ll be having a prize-laden raffle to support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Now known as Breakthrough T1D). Over the past three years we have raised over $5,000 for JDRF. This is a testament to the generosity of the Kings of War Community, and George Vasilakos, the owner of the Fortress of Gaming. In short, you guys are awesome.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
18 Railroad Avenue, Albany, NY, United States, New York 12205, 18 Railroad Ave, Colonie, NY 12205-5748, United States,Albany, New York
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