Open Warhammer 40k Championship of Russia

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An Invitation to Open Championship of Russia - 40K

 

Organisation: Is handled entirely by the Russian Wargames Unity, which is a GW-independent entity, dedicated to promotion of wargames and sportsmanship in Moscow and Russia as a whole.

 

We have a considerable experience in running and attending tournaments (over 50-60 40K players). Have regular attendance at the GTEE (victoriously :D) and ETC (aspiring to victory :P).

 

We have plenty of high qualiy terrain and gaming tables to host a first class intenational tournament, which we want our OCR to become.

Venue: Moscow, «Tekstilschiki» Metro station, Volgogradskyi pr., 46\15, DK «Moskvitch», 3 floor, club («Sodruzhestvo»).

 

Accomodation: Is provided on a pay-free base at you fellow players place, or in local gaming club (do not forget a sleeping bag ;)). Alternatively we may advise you on a suitable hotel in Moscow which is both convenient and reasonably priced.

 

Date: 29-30 of August 2009 (Weekend).

 

Schedule of the OCR:

 

First day, 08\29.

 

• 10:00 am. - Doors open, and the registration begins.

• 11:00 am. - 2:00 pm. First game round.

• 2:15 pm. - 5:15 pm. Second game round.

• 5:30 pm. - 8:30 pm. Third game round.

• 9:00 pm. - Doors closed.

 

Second day, 08\30.

 

• 11:00 am. - Doors open.

• 12:00 pm. - 3:00 pm. Fourth game round.

• 3:00 pm. - 3:45 pm. Best Army painting competition.

• 3:45 pm. - 6:45 pm. Fifth game round.

• 7:15 pm. - The Awards Ceremony.

• 7:45 pm. - Doors closed.

 

Things you should bring along

 

• Your army (obviously)

• All rules and documents for regarding your side of the gameplay (Army Codex, Imperial Armour books), including FAQs & Errata. Only orignal print books are allowed (no photocopyies).

• Armylist (roster) which is both readable and prcise for you opponents convenience (we advise ”Armybuilder” software).

• Dice

• Tape measure

• Templates and blasts

• Also it is highly recommened that you have your army-specific markers for displaying mission objectives.

 

Army Composition

 

• Warhammer 40.000 5th Ed. Rulebook with official GW FAQ are in full effect.

Also, the "Clarification of the Wargames Unity" has precedence in all controversial issues (better ask beforehand ;)).

• Army limit is 2000 points, standart Force Organisation Chart.

• Special Characters and Unique Units are allowed (exept those who requires opponents' approval, like Space Wolves' Characters).

 

Allowed standard armies

 

• Space Marines.

• Black Templars.

• Blood Angels (online codex).

• Dark Angels.

• Space Wolves.

• Imperial Guard (2009 codex).

• Daemonhunters.

• Witch hunters.

• Eldar.

• Dark Eldar (2nd print).

• Orks.

• Chaos Space Marines.

• Chaos Daemons.

• Tyranids.

• Tau Empire.

• Necrons.

 

Additional armylists

 

• Space Wolves 13th Company («Eye of Terror»).

• Armoured Company «Imperial Armour» (Imperial Armour I Vol.)

• Elysian Drop Troopers (Imperial Armour III Vol.)

• Tallarn Desert Fighters (Imperial Armour III Vol.)

• D-99, Ordo Xenos Elysian Regiment (Imperial Armour IV Vol.)

• Death Korps of Krieg Siege Army (Imperial Armour V Vol.)

• Vraksian Renegades & Heretics (Imperial Armour V-VI Vol.)

 

Additional rules.

 

• Codex Errata shown on Games Workshop official website applies in full manner.

• Imperial Armies can include Inquisitorial allies from Daemonhunters and Witch hunters armies.

• It is allowed to use units and vehicles from Imperial Armour books (I, II, III, IV, V, VI Vol. & Apocalypse), except models with Structure & Mass Points, Superheavy models & Gargantuant Creatures. No Flyers.

 

Army outlook

 

• Only fully painted armies are allowed on tournament. Bases should be painted or covered in texure.

• All models should have equipment & weapons according to army roster (WYSIWYG).

• It is allowed to use converted and scratch-built models.

 

Tournament system

 

• Tournament has the following score system:

• Champion of Russia (1-st place) – a player who recieves more tournament points than all others. In case of a tie - a player who scores more net victory points. Second & third places are also awarded.

• Best Sportsman – a player with the highest Sportsmanship score.

• Best Army – a player who wins Best Army competition.

• Best Expert – a player who wins 40k Universe Quiz competition.

 

Games

 

• Players will be divided in pairs on first game round randomly. From the second game round on players will be divided in pairs according to swiss system. Players won't play with each other more than once.

• All gameboards will be covered with terrain according to Rulebook - no less than 25%. All terrain features should be measured according to their bases.

• All pairings will be displayed on special screen together with their table number.

• The OCR uses standard RB missions and deployment types (detailed in the Players Handbook)

• Both players receive 10 tournament points each, if their game is a draw.

• If one player wins, then he receives 30 tournament point, and the other player receives 0.

• After each round, Victory points are calculated (Rulebook), which serve however only to break ties between equal TP positions.

 

Registration

There are three ways to do it. First - you can leave info about you and your army in this topic. Second - you can send me a private message or use email: grave40K@yandex.ru. And last - if you know Russian you can visit our forums: http://forums.warforge.ru/index.php?showforum=325.