8/8/2019 2009 Origins Rogue Trader Tournament Official Rules

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2009OriginsRogueTraderTournamentOfficialRules

1) The5thEditionWarhammer40Kruleswillbeused.2) Forceswillbe1750points.3) AllofthecurrentvalidGamesWorkshopcodexeswillbeused. Thisincludesthefollowing: ChaosDemons;ChaosSpaceMarines;Daemonhunters;

DarkEldar;Eldar;ImperialGuard;Necrons;Orks;SpaceMarines(BloodAngels,DarkAngels,SpaceWolves,Generic);TauEmpire;Tyranids,and;

WitchHunters. ImperialcodexescanuseDaemonhunter and/orWitchHuntersaspertherulesgivenintheirappropriatebooks.

4) Three(3)gameswillbeplayed. ASwisstournamentsystemwillbeusedtopairupplayersforgames. Noonewillplaythesameopponenttwice.5) Hereisthescheduleforthetournament:

9am9:30am SignIn

9:30am10pm PreGame

10am12pm GameOne

12pm1pm Lunch

1pm1:30pm PreGame

1:30pm3:30pm GameTwo

3:30pm4pm Break

4pm4:30pm PreGame

4:30pm6:30pm GameThree

6:30pm7pm Break

7pm AwardCeremony

6) Scoringforthetournamentwillfallwithinarangeof0to100points. Thattotalissplitupintothefollowingcategories: BattlePoints(060points);PaintingPoints(020points),and;Sportsmanship (020points).

7) Eachbattlecangenerateanywherefrom0to20pointsforaplayer. Thespecificrulesforfiguringoutpointsforaparticularscenariowillbelistedonthescenariosheet.

8) Sportsmanship pointswillbeawardedinthefollowingmanner. Eachparticipantwillreceiveagamesheetonwhichtheycanrecordtheresultsoftheirbattleandthescoretheywishtogivetotheiropponent. Usethefollowingscaletoratethesportsmanshipofthepersonyoujustplayed(thislistwill

berepeatedontheresultssheet):

ThisfellowwasaboutasmuchfunasDarthVaderaftersomeoneshothispuppy. Hecheated

wheneverpossibleandbroughtalistthatwasacheesecompletefest. Getmeoutofhere!

0Points

Definitelynotfun. Hedidntknowtherules,didthingsthatweresuspicious,andwasgenerally

unpleasant. Irathernotplaythisguyagain.

1Point

Somewhatfun,butthereweresomeproblemsthatdecreasedmyenjoyment. Iwouldplaythisguy

againifIhadnothingelsebettertodo.

2points

Fun,butnotspectacular. Iwouldplaythisguyagain. 3Points

Quiteenjoyable. Thisguywasmorethanreasonableanddefinitelyaddedtomyfun. Idlookforward

toplayinghimagain.

4Points

Ihad

agreat

time!

This

guy

really

added

greatly

to

my

enjoyment

of

this

game.

Iwould

play

him

again

atamomentsnotice.

5Points

Inadditiontothesegradesapersonwhoreceivesasingle5ratingreceivesanextrapoint. Ifhereceivestwo5ratingshereceivesabonus3points

andifhethree5ratingshegets5extrapoints.InthecaseoftiestheawardforBestSportsmanwillgototheindividualwiththehighestBattlePoint

rating. IfthatisatiethenPaintingwillbeusedtodeterminethewinner. Ifsomehowthatisatiethenacointosswillbeemployed.

9) Paintingscoreswillrangefrom020points. Paintingwillbejudgedby40KOrigins.comofficials. Whileultimately anindividualspaintingscorewillbeuptothejudgestodetermined,theywillusethefollowingbasicratingsystemasaguide:

Bareplasticandmetal 0Points

Verybasicpaintjobwithnohighlightingorshading. Basesarenotflocked. 5Points

Complete,ifbasicjob. Threecolorswereusedonallmodelsandthebaseswereflocked. Some

highlightingandshading.

10Points

Athoroughlyfinejobcompletewithcompetenthighlightingandshading. Someconversionsand

stylizedbases

to

add

flare

to

the

army.

15Points

Excellentarmy. Atruemasterpiecedonebyanartistwedliketohaveteachus! Deservestobe

seeninWhiteDwarf.

20Points

Notethatjudgescangivearatinganywherefrom020astheyseefitinthecaseofarmiesthatdontfallexactlyunderthedefinitionsgivenabove.

10) While40Korigins.com willdoitsbesttoadjudicate rulesdiscussionsandconflictsultimately oncemadethejudgmentsofthestaffarefinal.11) Byenteringthistournamentyougive40KOrigins.comtherighttopostpicturesofthetournamentactionorofyourarmy. Wewanttoshoweveryone

thegreattimeweallhadatOrigins!