Cryptic Cabin 400 Points Middle Earth SBG Tournament, Saturday 8th June 2024

Welcome to our 400 points Middle Earth SBG tournament a quick skirmish and lots of dice rolling filled event

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• Ruleset: Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game.

• Event Date: Saturday 8th June 2024

• Location: Cryptic Cabin, Moss End Garden Village, Warfield, RG426EJ

• Number of Rounds: 5

• Roster: 400 Points

• Legendary Legions are allowed

• Heroes of Legend are banned

• Uruk-Hai Demolition Teams are capped to 1 per army

• Tom Bombadill is banned

• War Machines are capped to 2 per army

• Players are strongly encouraged to take fun and balanced lists, or use quirky units they might not normally use; this creates a more positive play experience for everyone and is more likely to earn you points for being a good sportsman from your opponents.

• This is not the sort of event where min-maxing and meta lists are rewarded.  

• Prizes: 

• Prizes will be offered for the following:

• Overall winner

• Player’s Player

• Best Painted

• Equipment Requirement

• Attendees are expected to bring all the models they need, dice, measuring implements, tokens and any relevant publications, such as the MESBG rulebook.

• Terrain will be provided by the store.

• Event Plan:

• Doors Open: 9:00am

• Round 1 - 9:15 till 10:45

• Round 2 - 10:45 till 12:15

• Lunch 12:15 till 12:45

• Round 3 - 12:45 till 2:15

• Round 4 - 2:15 till 3:45

• Round 5 3:45 till 5:15

• Awards 5:15 till 5:30

• Doors close at 6

• At the start of all rounds, missions will be announced by the tournament organiser and shared with all players.  

• Matchups and Gameplay Scoring

• Matchups in the 1st Round will be randomly drawn.

• Matches in the following rounds will be drawn based on the Swiss System, in which each player is drawn against the player with the closest game record to their own.

• Scoring will be done based on the following points system.

• Win: 5pts.

• Draw: 2pts

• Loss: 0pts.

• Tiebreakers will be administered based on the following:

• Tournament Score

• Head to Head Result

• Total In-Game Points Scored

• Coin Toss.

• Model Requirements

• Tabletop Standard: Models are required to be painted to ‘tabletop standard’ - defined as having three distinct colours visible on each model.

• Conversions: Conversions are welcome, as long as at the start of the game and when your opponent asks it is clearly explained what and who they represent in your army.

Event Pack Google Doc: 

BCP link