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Welcome to our semi-regular 40k Community Paired League! This paired 6 week league is intended to help onboard newer players into head to head games, scheduling using online community platforms, and introduction to the Grognards 40k Community while also providing a fun experience for all players regardless of experience by utilizing less ‘tourney standard’ rules and encouraging cooperation, community, and learning in head to head matches. Expect to see weird missions, first draft lists, and new friends!

               The league structure is as follows:

·       When the League begins you will be randomly paired with another person in the league, and in each following week you will be paired into a new opponent with your same placings record. It is up to you to find a time when you’re both available to meet up and play, and can play at both Grognards locales any time within each week of the league. This necessitates using the official Grognard Community Discord which you can find by going to our website ( grognardgames.com ) and looking for the link in the top left corner of the screen, using this link ( https://discord.gg/PXstNMefvV ), or through our in-store QR codes for your phone. This is the community resource center and best source of information on getting in contact with other local players, and participating in the league will not function without this vital resource for communication.

o   There is a 40k League channel, posting in there will help you find your opponents and you can always message Derek for help!

o   Pairings for your opponents will be posted to Best Coast Parirings (more on that later) when the league starts, and you will need to submit your results after your game each week.

o   If both players are unable to find a time they can meet up they can request a 50-50 draw result by messaging Derek, the event organizer.

o   If one player fails to reply to all attempts to contact them they will be given a loss and dropped from the event.

o   If extenuating circumstances prevent a player from making their agreed upon game time and they are unable to reschedule, they will be scored as a loss but remain in the event.

·       Each game will be 2000pts (you do not need to use the same list each week, just the same faction) using the Pariah Mission pack, and each of your pairings will be a specific mission set as follows in the format of Primary Mission/Mission Rule/Deployment:

o   Pairing 1 – Take and Hold / Inspired Leadership / Tipping Point

o   Pairing 2 – The Ritual / Prepared Positions / Hammer and Anvil

o   Pairing 3 – Scorched Earth / Raise Banners / Crucible of Battle

o   Pairing 4 – Supply Drop / Rapid Escalation / Search and Destroy

o   Pairing 5 – Linchpin / Adapt or Die / Crucible of Battle

o   Pairing 6 – Purge the Foe / Fog of War / Hammer and Anvil

§  Take pictures of your games! This is important for one of the league activities!

·       At the end of 6 weeks, there will be a top cut for the top 4 players in the league. They will have 2 weeks to get their games in, and once completed the winner will be the League Champion! Their missions are as follows:

o   Semi-Finals – Burden of Trust / Hidden Supplies / Tipping Point

o   Finals – Terraform / Swift Action / Search and Destroy

·       The league will be using Best Coast Pairings ( bestcoastpairings.com ) to organize and record your week to week scores as well as pair you into your opponents. After your game is finished, submit your score through Best Coast Pairings, and notify Derek if you’re having any problems with it (I can input your score manually if necessary).

o   Make sure you have an account on it preferably attached to your Grognards account email, or you can contact Derek on the discord to clarify your BCP email.

o   Once the league starts you will receive a message to this email prompting you to upload your list. You do not have to upload a full list, you can change it each game, instead simply record your Faction and your Discord Name here. Make sure you put your discord username at the top of your army list upload so that your opponent can easily find you!

·       Post a battle report of your game in the 40k Paired League channel on the discord and @Derek with your post! Could be as simple as some pictures, could be as detailed as a fluffy narrative spin, what battle plans were going through your head during the game, if you had a good time, all valid types of things to post as your battle report!

If you paint any units during the course of the league, post them in the Hobby and Painting channel and @Derek with your post. Show off your stuff to the community and see what other folks are up to!

Adapt or Die Bloodbowl Tournament 

What to bring and rules:

Three rounds, One day resurrection style tournament.
What to Bring: Your team, dice, pitches, rulebook
Entry Fee: $15.00
Location: Grognard Games Roselle

The following rules below will be in effect for this event.

Blood Bowl Second Season (2020) Rule Set
Latest GW FAQ and Designers commentary

All races found in the Blood Bowl Second Season (2020) Rule Book, Teams of Legend PDF, and Spike Magazines can be played. Because this is a resurrection style tournament, all injuries will be healed in between games by our world renown healers. This means they will be fresh and ready to go for the next round!

Team building:

You will be given a 1.1 million gold budget to purchase players, rerolls, fan factor, coaches, apothecaries, and cheerleaders with. You may also use this budget to purchase any Star Players as well. All new star players from the Second Season Edition and subsequent Spike Journals will be allowed. Wizards, Journeymen, Special Play cards of any kind, Halfling Hot Pot, Mercenaries are NOT allowed with the exception of Giants. Note: If you are including a Star Player OR a Giant, you must have 11 players on your team BEFORE hiring them. Having 10 players plus a Star or Giant is not allowed.

The number of primary skills you are allowed depends on your team's tier level. The teams and their tier level can be found below.

Tier 1 teams get 42 SPP to spend:
Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elf

Tier 2 teams get 54 SPP to spend:
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc, Slann, Tomb Kings, Vampire

Tier 3 teams get 66 SPP to spend:
Goblin, Halfling, Snotling, Gnome, & Ogre

Primary skills will cost 6 SPP while secondary skills are 12 SPP. Players cannot take any stat increases at all as they have finished training for this event months ago. Players can only have up to 2 primary skills on them and cannot take both a primary and a secondary skill. A single player with TWO Primary Skills will cost 14 SPP. The same skill cannot be taken more than 4 times on your entire team.


Star Players:

All new star players from the Second Season Edition and subsequent Spike Journals will be allowed. Second Season Edition has given Star Players each their own "Special Rule". If you have a Star Player on your roster, you are expected to explain the "Special Rule" to your opponent.

Star Players have now started realizing their worth after new agents flooded the market. In addition to their hiring fee, star players will cost your team an extra 12 SPP Due to popularity and market demand... Current GW MEGA STARS (see current FAQ) Bomber Dribblesnot, Cindy Piewhistle, Deeproot Strong Branch, Morg n Thorg, Griff Oberwald, Hackflem Skuttlespike, and Kreek Rustgouger cost 18 SPP instead of 12.

Because of the money generated by Star Players attending games, owners have also been paying actors to wear costumes and make appearances to help generate additional revenue. Due to this new scam, many teams have been swindled out of their money believing they have hired the real star player. If both teams on a pitch have induced the same Star Player on their roster neither team is allowed to field that star player during their game.

Survival of the fittest:

As Blood Bowl's popularity continues to rise the fight to be the best player in the league is becoming an uphill battle. This however does not stop devious players and coaches from obtaining questionable concoctions to boost performance.

At the beginning of each round you can choose one player from your roster to drink a mysterious potion that was obtained in the locker room. If they choose to drink the potion roll a D6. On a 3+ the player will improve one stat by rolling for a stat improvement as described in the main rulebook. However if a 1 or a 2 is rolled the player instead will lose a stat which will also be determined from the table. These stats will be reset at the beginning of each round and are not cumulative.  

Schedule:

Check in: 10:00 AM
Round 1: 10:30 AM
Lunch: 1:00 PM
Round 2: 2:00 PM
Round 3: 4:30 PM
Awards: 7:00 PM

Awards and scoring.

The better your performance in each game the more points you will receive. The amount of points you can earn in each game can be found below.

Win - 3 points
Draw - 1 point
Lose - 0 points
3+ TDs scored - 1 point
3+ CAS caused - 1 point

Welcome to our Star Wars Shatterpoint League! In this league, players will be paired against each other utilizing the "swiss" pairing method, which means you will be paired against opponents with a similar Win/Loss record. Expect to play 6 games over 6 weeks. We will be rewarding players based upon game performance, but also hobbying and experimenting with new models and scenarios.

               The league structure is as follows:

·       Each week, you will be paired with another player in the league. It is up to you to find a time when you’re both available to meet up and play. This necessitates using the official Grognard Community Discord which you can find by going to our website (grognardgames.com) and looking for the link in the bottom right corner of the screen, using this link ( https://discord.gg/PXstNMefvV ), or through our in-store QR codes for your phone. This is the community resource center and best source of information on getting in contact with other local players, and participating in the league will not function without this vital resource for communication.

o   There is a Star Wars Shatterpoint game channel as well as a Star Wars Shatterpoint League Channel, posting in there will help you find your opponents and you can always message Jay for help!

o  We will be utilizing Longshanks.org to organize and record your week to week scores as well as pair you into your opponents. After your game is finished, submit your score through Longshanks, and notify Jay if you’re having any problems with it (I can input your score manually if necessary).  Players will need to setup a Longshanks account if thy do not already have one.

o   If both players are unable to find a time, they can meet up they can request a draw result by messaging Jay, the event organizer.

o   If one player fails to reply to all attempts to contact them, they will be given a loss and dropped from the event.

o   If extenuating circumstances prevent a player from making their agreed upon game time and they are unable to reschedule, they will be scored as a loss but remain in the event.

​o   Your army is not locked and you may switch your force from Week to Week.