Comprehensive Tournament Rules.pdf

WizKids Approved Play - Mage Knight Comprehensive Tournament Rules

Comprehensive Tournament Rules

Last Updated August 8, 2005

This document is tournament legal on August 1, 2005 . It is legal immediately for all

Sealed/Draft events. Changes are noted in red .

Changes

The following sections have been added or revised:

• 1.6 – Retired Expansion list updated

• 2.1 – Tournament Legal Expansion list updated

• 11.1 – Tournament Legal Expansion list for National and World Championship

events (2005) added, as it differs from the list in section 2.1

Contents

• Introduction

• General Tournament Rules

• Constructed Format Rules

• Scenario Special Format Rules

• Junior Format Rules

• Sealed Format Rules

• Draft Format Rules

• Unrestricted Format Rules

• Marquee Special Format Rules

• Mage Knight Melee Quick-play Format Rules

• Mage Knight : Dark Riders Joust Quick-play Format Rules

• “Path to Glory” National and World Championship Tournament Rules

Introduction

Welcome to Mage Knight tournaments! Mage Knight events are designed to play

fast and feature lots of fun, exciting action. Players should always have a great time

at a sanctioned Mage Knight tournament. Whether they win or lose, their efforts

never go unnoticed. Players can win prizes and honors at many different types of

tournaments and share the good fellowship that comes with playing a great game

with great people. Questions about a sanctioned tournament should be directed to

the Warlord running the event, or to WizKids (the WizKids online support database is

accessible at www.wizkidsgames.com/ss.

This document contains the rules for playing and running sanctioned Mage Knight

tournaments. It is designed to compliment the WizKids Approved Play

Comprehensive Rules. In the event of any conflict between this document and the

Comprehensive Rules, this document takes precedence. WizKids requires that all

sanctioned tournaments be run in compliance with these rules. The most recent

version of this document is posted on our web site:

www.wizkidsgames.com/mageknight.

Registered players can earn exciting prizes for participating in Mage Knight events,

aside from prizes issued at the tournament (please see the WizKids Approved Play

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Comprehensive Rules for more information on the Player Rewards program).

WizKids provides, free of charge, a Personal Player Web Page that allows players to

locate sanctioned events near them. Players can register to participate in Mage

Knight tournaments by visiting the WizKids website at

www.wizkidsgames.com/register.asp and creating an account. Players are

encouraged to sign up in advance for sanctioned WizKids events, using the tools on

their Personal Player Pages. This helps tournament officials plan to accommodate all

players. Players who sign up for sanctioned events online should bring their User

Name and Player ID Number to the event. If a player wishes to register at the

tournament, he or she should contact the Warlord running the event for details.

1.0 General Tournament Rules

1.1 Sanctioned Events

A sanctioned event is any tournament or demonstration registered through

the WizKids website. In order for a Mage Knight event to be sanctioned, it

must be created by the deadline for the event creation, be run at a WizKids-

Approved Venue, and have a Warlord associated with the event before the

deadline. For more details, refer to the WizKids Approved Play

Comprehensive Rules.

1.2 Rules

Sanctioned Mage Knight events use the following official rules, except as

noted herein: the Mage Knight game rules from the most recent base Mage

Knight set; the Mage Knight Special Abilities Card from the most recent

base Mage Knight set; the most recent FAQ / Clarifications document after

its effective date; the most recent documents for expansions, including

Multiple Dial Warriors, Titans, and inserts from booster packs and other

products including new rules, mechanics, or special abilities; the WizKids

General Tournament Rules (contained in the WizKids Approved Play

Comprehensive Rules); and the Mage Knight Tournament Rules (this

document).

1.3 House Rules

“House Rules” are not permitted during sanctioned Mage Knight events. The

only exception to this rule is the Unrestricted format.

1.4 Army Point Totals

The Warlord and Venue determine the army point value of the tournament.

WizKids sanctions Mage Knight Constructed tournaments with army point

totals that are between 200 and 500 (so 200, 250, 375, 450, and 500 point

armies would all be acceptable). Constructed tournaments for armies with

point totals less than 200 or greater than 500 are considered “house rules”

and can only be sanctioned under the Unrestricted format. Players should

check with the Venue or Warlord for the appropriate army point total of the

event. The standard Mage Knight tournament is 300 points. Unless

specified otherwise in the online event description, a Mage Knight

tournament is assumed to have an army point total of 300 points.

1.5 Required Materials

Except where noted otherwise in this document, all players are responsible for

bringing the following materials to sanctioned Mage Knight events: a

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tournament-legal Mage Knight army with the appropriate point total; 4

pieces of terrain; 2 six-sided dice; a measuring device, such as a tape

measure; tokens, beads, coins, or other objects to use as counters; 3

Objective Tokens; 3 Control Markers; and Hex/Overwatch and Bombardment

Tokens if any of the relevant abilities are present in the player’s army. A

copy of the current Mage Knight rules and SAC is recommended, but not

required.

1.5.1 Battlefield

Sanctioned Mage Knight tournaments are played on a standard 3-foot-by-3-

foot playing surface. Any level, flat surface area that meets these exact

measurements may be used as the battlefield in a Mage Knight tournament.

1.5.2 Terrain

Only the Standard Terrain Templates (available for download at

www.wizkidsgames.com) are tournament-legal. All water terrain templates

are considered to be Shallow Water unless Deep Water is specifically allowed

in the published scenario for the particular event in question. Elevated terrain

(Abrupt or otherwise) may not be used, except in Unrestricted events.

Standard Terrain Templates are available for download from the WizKids

website. Terrain may not be placed within 3 inches of another terrain piece,

an objective, a battlefield edge, or a starting area.

Constructed Terrain is tournament legal in Unrestricted events only. The

player using it must bring all parts of the Constructed Terrain, as well as the

cards the terrain came in.

1.5.3 Item/Relic, Domain, and Spell Cards

Relic and Item cards, Domain cards, and Spell cards are tournament legal for

WizKids-sanctioned events. In the Constructed format or Scenario special

format, however, a Relic that does not have a faction or subfaction

requirement may not be wielded by a figure that has a point cost less than

the point cost of the Relic. Relics that have a faction or subfaction

requirement may be wielded by any figure that meets the requirements,

regardless of point cost.

1.5.3.1 Broken or Missing Card Elements

When using an item, relic, or spell card, a player is responsible for

bringing all relevant punchouts belonging to the card. However, at the

discretion of the Warlord, substitute punchouts may be used during

gameplay, provided any substitute is the same size and shape as the

original punchout and can be readily discerned as being used as a

substitute for the card. Additionally, the player must have the main

portion of the card – “proxy” cards may not be used at any time.

1.6 Retired Figures

Figures from the following Mage Knight expansions have been retired from

competitive play: None.

1.7 Mage Knight Universes

Sanctioned Mage Knight events may be registered in any of the three game

universes listed below:

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• Mage Knight — events in this universe use the latest version of the

Mage Knight Complete Rules of Play and must follow the tournament

rules contained in this document.

• Mage Knight Dungeons — events in this universe use the Mage

Knight Dungeons: Pyramid rulebook and may be run using house rules

to adapt these tournament rules as needed to suit the game and its

players.

• Mage Knight Conquest —events in this universe use the Mage Knight

Conquest rulebook and may be run using house rules to adapt these

tournament rules as needed to suit the game and its players.

1.8 Timekeeping

The Warlord running the event must announce the time remaining in the

round twice during the game: once with between 20 and 30 minutes

remaining in the round and once with between 3 and 7 minutes remaining in

the round.

1.9 Ending the Game

When 50 minutes have elapsed, time will be called by the Warlord running the

event. At this point, the player acting finishes his or her turn. If that player

was the first player, then play continues until the player to the first player’s

right finishes his or her turn as well. If, at the end of any turn, only one

player still has an able warrior on the battlefield, the game ends, and that

player is declared the winner.

1.10 Victory

Victory in each battle is determined by as per “Victory!” on page 19 of the

Mage Knight Complete Rules of Play. If no player controls a majority of

objectives, total the point values of the warriors that each player eliminated

during the game. The winner is the player who eliminated the most points’

worth of warriors. If the players are still tied, the winner is the player whose

army was built with the fewest number of points. If the players are still tied at

this point, each player rolls two six-sided dice; the player who rolls highest

wins the game (ties are re-rolled).

1.11 Rounds

Mage Knight tournaments typically use 3 or 4 rounds of Swiss pairings. See

the “How to Run Swiss Rounds” document on the WizKids website for more

details. Each Mage Knight tournament must consist of a minimum of 3

rounds.

1.12 Byes

A bye is issued when there are an odd number of players in a Swiss-style

event. A bye is scored as a win with 0 objectives and kill points equal to the

event’s build total. First round byes are assigned randomly unless a player

volunteers to take the bye. Warlords are encouraged to take such volunteers

into consideration for the Fellowship Prize. If more than one player

volunteers to take the bye, assign the bye randomly among the volunteers.

In subsequent rounds, the bye is assigned to the player with the worst win-

loss record.

1.13 TournamentPairing

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Pairings in the first round of a standard Swiss-style Mage Knight tournament

are determined randomly. After the first round, the Warlord determines

pairings by win-loss record (i.e. the player with the best record faces the

player with the second best record, the player with the third best record faces

the player with the fourth best record, and so on), taking care to avoid

rematches during Swiss rounds. Rematches are acceptable only once Swiss

rounds have ended and championship rounds begun.

1.13.1 Tournament Record Tie-Breakers

Tournament win-loss record ties are resolved by the following criteria in the

order below:

1) Opponent’s win-loss record

2) Total objectives held

3) Opponent’s total objectives held

4) Total points eliminated

Tie-breakers 1 and 2 may be switched at the Warlord’s discretion. If the

Warlord chooses to do this, he must announce this to all players before any

pairings have been made.

1.14 RatingandRanking

Mage Knight Constructed, Scenario, Sealed, Junior, and Draft tournaments

are rated and ranked using the ELO system. Registered players can check

their rankings by logging into their personal home page at

www.wizkidsgames.com .

1.15 RulesQuestions

All rules questions that come up during a sanctioned Mage Knight

tournament are to be directed to the head Warlord of the event. Rules

questions that come up outside of a tournament should be directed to the

Mage Knight : Rules forum at www.wizkidsgames.com or to the Mage

Knight Rules Arbitrator at warlord@wizkidsgames.com .

1.16 ArmyValidation

Army validation procedures are to be determined by the head Warlord of the

event, within the guidelines described in this section.

1.16.1 Army Registration Sheets

Prior to the event, each player fills out two Army Registration Sheets. One

copy will go to the Head Warlord for the event; the player shall retain the

second copy for the duration of the event to allow his or her opponents to

verify his or her army each round. Printable versions of the recommended

Army Registration Sheets can be found at:

www.wizkidsgames.com/ folder/filename.

1.16.2 Figures and Items

Prior to setup of each round, players paired against each other must verify

the legality of their opponent’s army by ensuring that the figures and items in

the army do not exceed the build total. During deployment, players shall

verify that their opponent has deployed all figures and items legally by

checking that all mounts have riders with matching mount symbols and all

items are legally wielded. Both players will be allowed to see all figures and

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