Rules Pack 2013 Warhammer World, Nottingham

Warhammer World Battle Brothers

2013 Rules Pack
Hello and welcome to the pack for the Battle Brothers events being held at Warhammer World throughout 2013. This pack covers all three of our core gaming so no matter which Battle Brothers event you are coming to, this is the only pack you will need! Battle Brothers events are all about having a great time with your closest ally, meeting new people and having fun. This pack will explain, in detail, how the events will work. For those of you who just want to turn up and play, heres all you really need to know: Arrive at the event with you gaming partner, your painted army and gaming materials, dice, tape measure etc. then prepare to have an awesome time with your closest ally fighting great games with likeminded people, see some inspirational armies and have a huge amount of fun. Finally, its worth mentioning that our games are written to be played in the spirit of friendly competition, where winning is less important than making sure everyone has a great time. You can help maintain this friendly spirit by ensuring that you and your opponent follow Warhammer Worlds Most Important Rule at all times. And thats all you really need to know about the Battle Brothers events. However, if you would like to know in detail how the weekend will work, read on...

Warhammer Worlds Most Important Rule:

In games the size and complexity of ours there are bound to be occasions where a situation is not covered by the rules or you cant seem to find the right page. Even if you know the rule, sometimes it just a really close call and players dont agree on the precise outcome. Nobody wants to waste valuable gaming time on arguing, so be prepared to interpret a rule or come up with a suitable solution for yourselves (in a gentlemanly fashion of course). It is important to remember that the rules are just a framework for an enjoyable game and winning is less important than making sure both players have a good time.

Pre-Registration
When you receive your ticket, youll need to preregister with us. Just email us at the address given at the end of this pack with these pieces of information:   Which specific Battle Brothers event youre attending Your name and the name of your gaming partner Your ticket number Your Team Name (if youve thought of one!)  If either of you have any specific dietary requirements (e.g. Allergies, vegetarian, celiac etc.)

The Event
So, as you are still reading then you must be curious as to how the event will work? Here are the facts... Battle Brothers is your chance to have fun with a friend, partner or family member, playing games against other such teams. The spirit of this event is entirely social and the challenge of playing as a team of two ensures that you will have a great time. By this definition, Battle Brothers is a great opportunity to meet new friends and gives you a fantastic reason to catch up with old allies who you havent seen for a while. Battle Brothers also offers you the opportunity to showcase your army to other hobbyists, play against some of the best painted and converted armies in the world, share your ideas and get inspired for new hobby projects.

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Registering at Warhammer World

When you arrive at the Battle Brothers, youll need to register in with the events staff, who will give you an events folder containing a record card, a rules pack and random table for your first game. If you have preregistered, youll save a lot of time here! To register, you will need the following Your ticket A team name (family friendly of course)  Two copies of the army list you are using over the weekend. At a two-day event, we will open an optional early registration on the Friday night. If you arrive in Nottingham early, and want to avoid the queues, then why not pop along and register early with us!

Warhammer: Each player uses a 1,000 point army allied together following the rules found on page 136 of the Warhammer Rulebook EG: Nick and John are going to Battle Brothers and Nick is taking a 1,000 point Orcs & Goblins army. John is taking a 1,000 point Vampire Counts army. These two armies fight alongside each other as detailed in the Warhammer Rulebook. Warhammer 40,000: A 1,500 point army chosen between two people using the rules from pages 108 113 of the Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook. EG: Adam and Rob are going to Battle Brothers and between them they need to fill a single 1,500 point army. Adam spends 800 points on a primary detachment of Black Templars and Rob spends 600 points on Blood Angels as an allied detachment following the rules in the Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook. Between them they then spend 100 points on fortifications, giving them their 1,500 point army. EG 2: Gareth and Ray are also going to Battle Brothers and between them they are taking 1,500 points of Orks as a single army. Gareth will use 900 points of the Orks and Ray will use 600 points, giving them a single 1,500 point army from one codex.

Your Army
You must bring along a fully painted and based army, picked with your partner to a specific points value from a current and official list produced by Games Workshop. Forge World and Warhammer Forge lists and units are not permitted at Battle Brothers. You will also need your gaming materials dice, templates, tape measures, Rulebook and two copies of the Army List you are using. The points value and composition of the army depends on the game you are playing:

The Rules of Engagement

These guidelines have been created in order to ensure everyone has a great hobby experience at all of our events. The intention is that, whilst ensuring everyone can take full advantage of their creative urges, there is no confusion over what models represent and that the event is relaxed and enjoyable for all.

Your Army List

An Army List is a record of your complete army, covering all of the unit entries, their wargear and their individual point costs. If you need help with producing an Army List then contact your local Games Workshop Hobby Centre. The Army List is an important part of the weekend. You need to hand in a copy during registration to be checked by the event staff. You will also need to have one to hand during your games for reference. Additionally, if the scores are tied for Battle Brothers Champions, the presentation of your Army List could be the factor that swings the results in your favour. Great examples of Army Lists we have had handed in previously include parchments, message arrows with rolled up lists on them, even fully illustrated books that tell the tale of the armys creation! The opportunities are endless, so feel free to go all out just as long as they are legible!

Miniatures
 All of your models must be fully painted and based and fully represent what is on your army list (including all equipment).  Every miniature and component must be produced by Games Workshop (Citadel, Forge World or Warhammer Forge).  We know many people like to take the opportunity to convert models for thematic and creative reasons. We actively encourage this, but do ask that if you are going to do so, please check with the events team first. We may ask you to make allowances at the event in order to ensure there is no confusion for your opponents.

Proxies
 A proxy miniature is a model that is standing in for something else and has not been changed in any way. Examples include using plastic Cadian Shock Troops as Stormtroopers or plastic Tyranid Raveners as Fiends of Slannesh.

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  We do not allow any proxy miniatures at our events. If Games Workshop produces a model for a unit entry, we expect you to use the correct model, for the sake of clarity to your opponent. (For conversions, please see the point above in the Miniatures section).  If you wish to personalize your units and/or convert/kit bash plastic or Citadel Finecast kits to create your own unique models that fit your vision of your army, please check with the events team first. We may ask you to make allowances at the event in order to ensure enjoyment of your opponents. Simply gluing a scope to plastic Cadian Shock Trooper wont make him a Kasrkin, but adding a gnarly chainsword and an appropriate paint job to a tactical marine can easily make him a heretic Chaos Marine Renegade.

Games
 You will play five games over the course of a two day event and three over a single day. Each round will be against a randomly selected opponent and will last two and a half hours.  The scenery will be set-up prior to the event. If the scenario requires a special terrain feature, it will be provided for you.  Scenarios will be taken from the rulebook of the game system that you are playing. They will be randomly generated by the event staff prior to each game. If there are a random number of objectives they will roll for this too and everyone in the event will play the same game. Warhammer: using the Pitched Battles scenarios from page 141 of the Warhammer Rulebook. Warhammer 40,000: using the Eternal War missions from page 118 of the Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook with the deployment maps from the same section. After each round you must fill in the results slip and hand it to the events staff.

Conduct
 We do ask that you try and resolve any rules problems out yourselves using your Rulebooks. If you cant, or you need help, feel free to call over a member of staff.  Remember the most important rule everyone is here to have fun! If you have any questions regarding the Rules of Engagement, you can find an FAQ document on the Warhammer World section on the Games Workshop Websitre (www.games-workshop.com). Please feel free to contact us with any other queries.

Scoring
  The team who scored the most Victory Points over the course of the event will be declared the Battle Brothers Champions.  In each game, your team will score a number of Victory Points as described in the scenario being played. Record these on your result slips prior to handing them in to the event staff.  In the final round both you and your partner will pick your favourite game that you played over the weekend using the voting slips on your event record sheet. The completed slips must both be handed in at the end of your final round. Each favourite game vote is worth 3 victory points in Warhammer 40,000 or 500 victory points in Warhammer.  In the event of a tie then the event organisers will use the number of favourite game votes to decide the winner, if there is still a tie then the final decision will be based on the presentation of your army list

Your Team Name

When you register at Battle Brothers, youll need to give us a name for your team. Perhaps you might go for a name relating to your armies, such as The Warriors of the Emperor or something to intimidate the other teams, like The Crushers of Souls. Perhaps you might for the ever-popular comedy option like The Ninja Badgers or The Rubber Ducky Generals. Whatever you call yourselves, it should to be memorable and must be family friendly!

Events only
During Warhammer Events, we may very well play the scenario The Watchtower. For this scenario only, capturing the watchtower in the centre of the board is worth an additional 500 Victory Points.

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Awards
At the end of the Battle Brothers event, we will have an Awards Ceremony, where we will recognise the achievements made by some of the teams. At Warhammer World, we like to recognise every aspect of the hobby, so there is something for everyone, no matter what you love about the Games Workshop hobby. We will award: T  he Battle Brothers Champions: the team who score the most amount of Victory Points over the weekend. T  he Acolytes of War: the team who score the secondhighest amount of Victory Points. T  he Aspirants of Glory: the team who score the thirdhighest amount of Victory Points.  The Artisans of Renown: the team who receive the most number of votes for Best Army, as voted for by the players.  The Scribes Quills: the team who are deemed to have the Best Army List.  The Soldiers of Misfortune: the team who score the lowest amount of Victory Points. B  ugmanss Rangers: the team who win the Pub Quiz (Two day event only) L  egends Painting Competition Awards: For the players who win the Legends Painting Competition.  The Emperors Laurels: For the team/ teams who recieved the highest number of Favourite Game Votes.  Warhammer World Knight of the Inner Circle: For any team who manages to earn 100% of the available Favourite Game Votes (3 for a single day event, 5 for a two day event)

Awards and how to win them

The Battle Brothers Champions
The trophy for the overall champions is awarded to the team who scores the most Victory Points over the event (including those Victory Points earned for gaming and Favourite Game votes are added together). If there is a draw, we will then look at how many Victory Points have been earned from Favourite Game votes as a decider. Is this is still a draw, we will decide the winner by the presentation of their army list.

The Scribes Quills

Every time we have an event here at Warhammer World, were amazed by the quality of some of the army lists we get handed to us old dusty tomes, electronic read-outs, scrolls, skulls, fully illustrated books and the like! We even had a huge wooden shield given to us once To honour this creativity, we created the Scribes Quills award for best army list. Judged by the member of the Events Staff who checks all of the army lists, this prize goes entirely on presentation. So why not go mad and see what you can create? The team who is judged by us to have the most extravagant and well-presented army list will win The Scribes Quills at the Award Ceremony!

The Artisans of Renown

During the first games play, the Events Staff will circle the hall a good number of times and take a very close look at all of the armies in attendance. We will then make a shortlist of armies we believe to be the best in the hall, and nominate them for the Artisans of Renown Award. The criteria we use when deciding our nominations are: Q  uality of Painting Is there a high technical quality of painting across the army? A  ppearance as a whole Does the army look great as a whole on the table? Do the models complement each other? O  riginality Are there conversions, or a colour scheme we havent seen before? Is your army unique? Theme Is your army obviously themed? C  entrepiece Is there a great centrepiece model for the army? A  rmy extras Have you got all your cool objective markers etc? If youve been nominated for the Artisans of Renown Award, you will be informed just before voting takes place. (Please note we will ask you if have painted everything yourself. Please be honest here if you didnt paint the force, let us know. If you didnt paint the army yourselves, we cant put you forward for

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the award, as it would be unfair on those that have). All the nominated teams will then have the chance to display their models during the lunch break (on the second day for a two-day event) while all the players at the event vote on them in secret, using the painting competition slips on your record sheets. The team who receives the most votes will win the Artisans of Renown prize at the Award Ceremony.

The Warhammer World Knight of the Inner Circle

We here at Warhammer World consider sportsmanship and displaying a great attitude to be far and away more important than winning games, and as such, we created a magnificent prize The Knight of the Inner Circle. This awesome trophy is awarded to each member of any team which manages to gain 100% of Favourite Game votes (6 in a one day event, 10 in a two day event). Such a display of great conduct is worthy of note, and anyone who does so is inducted into the Warhammer World Inner Circle of Knights.

Bugmans Rangers
Its tradition here at Warhammer World that, whenever we hold a two day event, we have a pub quiz in the evening and Battle Brothers is no exception. This is done just for fun and no effect on the rest of the weekend whatsoever! Gather yourselves into teams of no more than 6 (you do not have to stay in your Battle Brothers teams for this), and answer a devilish slew of questions about whichever game you are playing that weekend, including picture rounds, rules questions, brain teasers and more. The team who scores the highest will all win the Bugmans Rangers prize at the Award Ceremony, as well as a free round of drinks on us!

The Legends Painting Competition is run alongside the Battle Brothers event and gives the chance to show off your skills with single models rather than with whole armies. Open to everyone at Battle Brothers, simply enter a model in the relevant category when we are holding the competition (times are different depending on a one day or two day event check the schedule at the end of this pack). Once all the entries are in, we will open voting for everyone at the event to choose their favourite in each category, using voting slips provided. The entrant who receives the most number of votes will receive the relevant prize at the Award Ceremony. Please note, these models do not have to from your army for the event, so feel free to bring anything you like, from any games system you like! Beast of Legend you may enter any monster at all from you collection. It must be on a 40mm (Terminator/ Ogre) sized base or bigger. Engine of Legend you may enter any war machine or tank from your collection. Hero of Legend you may enter any single miniature from your collection, which is on a 25mm (Infantry base) or smaller. Monument of Legend you may enter any piece of scenery from your collection (dimensions 2 x 1 and 18 tall or smaller).

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Schedules
One Day Event
8:00am Doors Open. Registration begins. Bugmans Bar serving their breakfast menu. 9:00am Registration closes. 9:15am Event Briefing 9:30am 12:00pm Round One 12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch break Voting for Best Army begins at 12:30pm 1:00pm 3:30pm Round Two 3:30pm- 4:00pm Afternoon Break Legends Painting Competition open. Entries in by 3:30pm. Voting begins at 3:45pm 4:00pm 6:30pm Round Three 6:30pm 7:00pm Evening Break 7:00pm Awards Ceremony 7:30pm Event Ends

Two Day Event

Evening before the event 6:00pm 8:00pm Early optional registration open.

Day One
8:00am Doors Open. Registration begins. Bugmans Bar serving their breakfast menu. 9:00am Registration closes. 9:15am Event Briefing 9:30am 12:00pm Round One 12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch break Legends Painting Competition open. Entries in by 12:30pm. Voting begins at 12:30pm 1:00pm 3:30pm Round Two 3:30pm- 4:00pm Afternoon Break 4:00pm 6:30pm Round Three 6:30pm Evening meal 7:00pm Pub Quiz

Day Two
8:00am Doors Open. Registration begins. Bugmans Bar serving their breakfast menu 9:30am 12:00pm Round Four 12:00pm 1:00pm Lunch break Voting for Best Army begins at 12:30pm 1:00pm 3:30pm Round Five 3:30pm- 4:00pm Afternoon Break 4:00pm Award Ceremony 4:30pm Event Ends

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Contact Us
Phone: 0115 9004994 Email: whworldevents@gwplc.com

To pre-register, if you have any questions, or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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