SUPREMACY 25TH – 26TH JUNE 2016
Welcome to Throne of Skulls: Supremacy. Ahead of you lies a weekend dedicated to the hobby of collecting, painting and playing carnage filled games with Citadel Miniatures using the brand new Supremacy Tactical Objective deck. Throne of Skulls events are perfect for all hobbyists to come and enjoy as the focus is on camaraderie and playing in the spirit of the game; that is to say friendly competition and fair play are the order of the day.
WHAT IS THRONE OF SKULLS? At Throne of Skulls, you’ll get to lead your army through 5 games of Warhammer 40,000 over incredible terrain, facing fully painted armies led by like-minded opponents. You will fight for personal glory in the arenas of gaming, painting, sportsmanship and more. Grab your collection of miniatures, and head to Nottingham for a hobby experience like no other.
EVENT ESSENTIALS System: Warhammer 40,000. Army Size: At least one army of 1650 points. Number of games: 5. Army Selection: Battle Forged or Unbound (you choose). Scenarios in use: Maelstrom of War (randomly determined). Publications in use: All Warhammer 40,000 publications from Games Workshop, including Black Library, White Dwarf and Forge World (excluding Horus Heresy publications). A NOTE ON PAINTING AND BASING: At registration we will ask you if your army is fully painted and based. If it isn’t don’t panic! We will do our best to give you the time and space you need to get your modelsfinished before your first game. As we don’t allow anyone to play with unpainted or unbased models, but we understand that life gets in the way sometimes, we will do our best to help you get them up to standard. If you have a model which is unfinished, then we politely ask you to remove it from the table, as we are obliged to protect the experience of every attendant - we all want to play against fully painted armies, and this event is designed to give everyone the opportunity to do just that! All miniatures in your collection must be produced by Games Workshop and be fully assembled, painted and based. Each model must fully represent what you have presented on your army lists.
THE SCHEDULE SATURDAY 9:00am: Warhammer World main doors open 9:55am: Welcome and event briefing 10:00am–12:30pm: Game 1 12:30pm–1:30pm: Lunch and the Hero, Beast and Engine of Legends 1:30pm–4:00pm: Game 2 4:00pm–4:30pm: Break 4:30pm–7:00pm: Game 3 and the Company of Legends 8:00pm: Warhammer World closes
SUNDAY 9:00am: Doors open. 10:00am–12:30pm: Game 4 12:30pm–1:30pm: Lunch and the Best Army Competition Voting 1:30pm–4:00pm: Game 5 4:00pm–4:45pm: Break 4:45pm–5:00pm: Award Ceremony 5:00pm: Event closes
ARMIES
SCORING
To attend this event, you will need at least one fully painted and based army of up to 1650 points, selected using the “choosing your army” section of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook (page 116).
Throughout the event, you’ll earn Victory Points in your games. At the end of each game, simply record how Victory Points you earned for primary and secondary missions combined. How many Victory Points, combined with how many Favourite Game Votes you score (see below) will help determine who is awarded the mighty Throne of Skulls trophy.
You may bring more armies if you wish, and play any of them that you feel like game to game. This is to give everyone involved a bit of variety over the weekend. While many people are perfectly happy to play with just one army over the weekend, it’s not a requirement of the event and if you want to mix it up a little you can. Please be aware however that we do require that all of the miniatures you bring have been produced by Games Workshop and are fully assembled, painted and based. For the sake of clarity for your opponents, and to avoid mid-game confusion, we also require that each model represents exactly what it is on your army lists (including all weapons and equipment).
GAMES Over the course of the weekend, you will get to play five games of Warhammer 40,000, each lasting up to two and a half hours. Before each game, we will randomly select a mission from the Maelstrom of War section of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook (pages 148-153), which everyone in the event will play. Once the mission is played, it will be crossed off our list; each one will only be played a maximum of once. All your opponents throughout the weekend will be randomly selected for you by the Events Team. Simply find out what table you are on, and make your way there to meet your opponent and start your game.
GRUDGES If you and another player agree, we can arrange that you play against each other in the last game. This is a great way to ensure a thoroughly climatic ending to your weekend, or a chance to settle old grudges in the finest way possible - alongside a good friend. We call these matches grudge matches and we take details after your first game on Sunday during lunchtime - so if you want to arrange a match just let us know!
SUPREMACY - HOW TO REIGN SUPREME. The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that this event is based around the brand new Tactical Objective cards that were released a few months ago. They should still be on the shelves, so bear in mind you will need your own set of supremacy cards to attend this event! We will have plenty on the shelves of Warhammer World, just in case you can’t get any in the run up to the event.
SUPREMACY POINTS At this Throne of Skulls, the name of the game is of course, to reign supreme. As a result we have a unique award to give away – the Supreme Commander – to whoever scores the most ‘Supremacy Points’ that weekend. We will record Supremacy Points using the following rules: • Every Victory Point you score gains you a Supremacy Point. • Every Supremacy Tactical Objective you succeed at gives you three Supremacy Points. • We will then multiply your Supremacy Points by your Favourite Game Votes to get your total Supremacy Points for the weekend. EXAMPLE: James plays in all five games and scores a total of 65 Victory Points and does this by succeeding in 40 individual Tactical Objectives throughout his games. This total of 105 is now multiplied by his Favourite Game Votes, of which he received 2. This leaves his Supremacy total at 210.
FAVOURITE GAME VOTES Favourite Game Votes are simple - just pick the game you enjoyed the most that weekend. It’s a great way to acknowledge a really fun game, an opponent with whom you had a great rapport, or maybe it was just that their army looked fantastic. Votes are taken at the end of the weekend with the results of your final game, so please show your appreciation of your favourite opponent.
HOW TO WIN THE THRONE OF SKULLS At the end of the weekend, we will call all of the players who have earned the most Favourite Game votes to the stage. Of these players, the one who has scored the most Victory Points will be awarded the legendary Throne of Skulls trophy. Only players who themselves handed in a Favourite Game vote are eligible. At this Throne of Skulls, if there is a further tie after Victory Points, then we will use Supremacy Points as a final sorter.
OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE EVENT LEGENDS PAINTING COMPETITIONS Legends gives you the chance to show off your skills with single models and units rather than with whole armies. Simply enter the relevant category when it’s open; once all the entries are in, we will ask all the players to vote for their favourites. The player that earns the most votes in each category will win the relevant prize. (please note: only miniatures from your Throne of Skulls army may be entered into this competition). Hero of Legend: All types of Infantry, Cavalry, Bikes and Jetbikes Beast of Legend: Monstrous Creatures, Flying Monstrous Creatures Engine of Legend: All vehicles and Artillery. Company of Legend: Any unit of 5 or less Infantry or cavalry on 40mm bases or smaller or 3 or less Cavalry, Bikes, Jetbikes or Infantry on 50mm bases or larger.
THE BEST ARMY COMPETITION It’s an honour for any hobbyist to have their army nominated by the Events team for the Best Army competition. Make sure you show your appreciation by voting for your favourite collection from those selected during Sunday lunch time. The player who receives the most number of votes will earn the Best Army award and glory shall be theirs!
AWARDS At the end of Throne of Skulls, we will hold an Awards Ceremony where we recognise the achievements earned over the course of the event. We will be presenting: The Throne of Skulls to the Most Sporting Player who has scored the most Victory Points. Best Army to the player who earns the most Best Army votes during lunch time on Sunday. The Hero, Beast, Engine and Company of Legends awards will go to the winners of each respective Legends painting competitions. The Supreme Commander: This award will go to the player who achieves the most Supremacy Points over the weekend.
LUNCH We will be providing lunch for you on both days - Saturday and Sunday. The menu is decided closer to date by our expert chefs, and we make sure that a wide variety of dietary requirements are catered for. If you can let us know before the event then we can easily accommodate any requests, but if you can’t (or forget!) don’t worry we will also circle the hall during the first game asking for any specific requests and you can inform us then too.
CONTACT US If you want to ask us questions, discuss the models you wish to bring, or want to find out more about Throne of Skulls, please feel free to get in touch with us: Phone: 0115 900 4994 Email:
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