Combat Patrol! 10/20 Tourney

[droofus]

Hi all! This is a post to announce October's 40k event - a combat patrol tournament!

For those of you not familiar with combat patrol, it was a system introduced in 4th edition to allow players to have smaller games, representing the clash of two small detachments This meant that restrictions would be put on what could or could not be taken to A) prevent things that wouldn't be in scouting patrols from showing up and B) prevent super powerful things from taking over.

Army Composition:

I've lifted the following rules from Adepticon's combat patrol event for this year.

Armies will consist of 600 points or less, and must conform to the following Force Organization restrictions:
⇒ 0-1 HQ
⇒ 1-3 Troops (you MUST bring at least one Troop choice)
⇒ 0-1 Elite
⇒ 0-1 Fast Attack
⇒ 0-1 Heavy Support
⇒0-1 "Swing" slot that can be used to get an additional fast attack, heavy support or elite choice.

• Armies are not required to take mandatory unit choices. All other unit restrictions (i.e. 0-1, must take x unit to take y unit) apply.
• You may spend remaining points on units from anywhere in the Codex.
• No Special/Unique/Named Characters are allowed
• With the exception of Troops and models with the Swarm Universal Special Rule, No model can have more than 2 Wounds.
• Psykers may only attempt ONE psychic power (or activate a force weapon) per game turn.
• Aside from Troops choices and dedicated Transports, only vehicles with a maximum of 11 in any armor facing may be taken.
Dedicated transports and troops may have a maximum armor facing of 12 (though IA11 Corsairs may NOT take Falcons as dedicated transports for combat patrol). Vehicle Squadrons and Artillery units are
permitted provided every unit within the unit individually would be permitted. Vehicle upgrades that increase an armor
facing may only raise the armor value to a maximum of 12 (this includes Necron Quantum Shielding).
• Flyers may not be used.
• Allies may NOT be used.
• Fortifications may be used, so long as they meet the requirements for vehicles (so no bastions, fortresses of redemption (or solitude), etc.)

Tournament Format:

5 Rounds, with rounds lasting an hour each.

Scenario format will be somewhat different, with a halloween theme. That's all the info you're getting for now.

$10 entry fee, and first and second receive store credit.

Fully painted would be nice, especially given the decreased model count as this point value. But I'm not going to enforce a painted model rule. Please do make an effort, as it will be worth your while. There is after all the...

Favorite ARMY Competition - that's right, at this point I think it reasonable for people to evaluate the paint jobs on an entire force. It will work like the favorite model/unit competition from last time, with everyone able to vote on their favorites. The winner of this vote will receive a prize. Note that only FULLY painted armies will be eligible for this prize.

[Sterling Archer]

Sounds fun, so flyers are allowed? Now what should i play, hmmm...

[discordian]

Elysian Guard can take Valkyries as Dedacated transports.....


Or you can just legally play necron flyers.


But it would be funny to table someone before their magical broke stuff shows up.


SORRY DAN.

[Sterling Archer]

Yeah, i ment my post to be which army should i play lol. I will not be using flyers, foe the first time in sixth edition lol.

[droofus]

Updated. Scouting missions generally don't have attack aircraft at their beck and call. Therefore flyers are not allowed.

[commissardanno]

Should warlord traits be allowed then?

[droofus]

Should warlord traits be allowed then?

Good question.

It'll work like this, if you have an HQ choice, then you proceed normally. Otherwise you simply find the highest LD character in your army (or select if multiple characters are tied). If you have no characters, then you have no warlord.

[fuzzums]

Count me in! Already got the day off.

[discordian]

Man it's days like this I wished I had 90 gretchin or 130 guardsmen...... or like a million cultist idiots (I'd check but I don't want to go into my recylce bin to fish out that chaos copy I deleted out of shear frustration)

[commissardanno]

There are always smaller professional armies as well rather than the spamming tactics.

[discordian]

So like ever single list I have ever played against you and won is what you saying

[commissardanno]

Eh exactly, though be it I'm learning.

[discordian]

Sorry I was being completely sarcastic with the million men thing. Not sure that came across.

I honestly can't remember the last time I played more than two of something in list. Although I will be honest I usaully field things in two's.


Just play towards the missions, everything else comes along in time when you realize what works and what doesn't.

[commissardanno]

Caught it.

[droofus]

Teaser Mission!

This is an example of the type of mission we will be playing on the 20th. Please use it to play practice games with while using the army comp rules listed in the original post. Players should also note that combat patrol games should be played on a 4'x4' table rather than the more standard 4'x6'.

Mission: Lost in the Dark
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Primary Mission: 3 Mysterious Objectives (1 placed by each player wholly within their deployment zone, 1 placed center board) worth 3 victory points each if held at the end of the game.
Secondary Mission: First Blood, Linebreaker, Slay the Warlord (only if both players have a warlord)

Special Rules
Endless Night: Roll for nightfight as normal. If you get first turn night fight it does NOT end automatically at the beginning of turn 2, instead roll a die at the beginning of each game turn after the first. On a roll of 5+ the sun rises and the remainder of the game is played without the night fight rule, on a roll of 1-4, the night fight rule continues to be used.

If you do NOT get first turn nightfight, then night automatically falls at the beginning of the third turn and remains in effect for the remainder of the game.

Confusion Reigns:
Each side must hold the maximum number of units possible in reserve. The choice of units is up to the player, but they must have half (rounding down) of their units in reserve at the start of the game.

Deadly Flora:
All forests and lakes/rivers/pools are mysterious and any results of 1 on the mysterious terrain chart must be rerolled.