The Middle Earth SBG Mixed Doubles @ Britcon 2024
Greetings and salutations! We are so excited to invite you to the return of a much loved Doubles Extravaganza, a MIXED DOUBLES Event!
That’s right, you’ll be putting together an awesome doubles force, from either side of the alliance matrix! Let’s see the whackiest and “themiest” combos you can think of for this one-of-a-kind event!
Venue and Tickets:
This event is being run by the wonderful folks from 7th City Games, working with the BHGS to stage a MESBG event for the first time at Britcon 2024, one of the UK's biggest gathering of merry wargaming folk playing in a variety of events, all complimented by a student-priced BAR, and a 2-day expo featuring a huge swathe of Trade Stalls offering minis, terrain, paint materials and everything hobby related!
Britcon 2024 takes place in the heart of Nottingham, in the Newton Forum Atrium of the Nottingham City Campus. For those of you who will be travelling from outside the area, the BHGS have also laid on some "Student-room" Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Halls of Residence only steps away from the venue. You can book this along with your gaming ticket (although including Hobbits in your army unfortunately doesn't entitle you to a second breakfast!)
Tickets:
The tickets this year are bookable from the BHGS through the Britcon website as above, AND there are 2 different options available:
This makes the event perfect for solo players who are looking to team up, and experienced players who really want to get into the spirit of the weekend and let fate decide the alliance!
Tickets will be £100 per duo and £50 per individual, which includes a "Grab bag" lunch on both days, entry to the Britcon Trade Show, a £5 voucher to spend with any of our traders at the Britcon Trade Show, discounted parking vouchers for the City Centre Q-Park car park, and (of course) a chance to play in a really cool event on some fabulous terrain !
Payment must be made to secure your slot and spaces cannot be held without payment.
The capacity for the tournament will be 50 Teams.
Any Queries about the "gaming" side of the event, please drop us a message on the Facebook Event Page!
- 998 (2 x 499) points, Doubles
- 6 rounds
- 2:30 hours
That’s right, you’ll be putting together an awesome doubles force, from either side of the alliance matrix! Let’s see the whackiest and “themiest” combos you can think of for this one-of-a-kind event!
Venue and Tickets:
This event is being run by the wonderful folks from 7th City Games, working with the BHGS to stage a MESBG event for the first time at Britcon 2024, one of the UK's biggest gathering of merry wargaming folk playing in a variety of events, all complimented by a student-priced BAR, and a 2-day expo featuring a huge swathe of Trade Stalls offering minis, terrain, paint materials and everything hobby related!
Britcon 2024 takes place in the heart of Nottingham, in the Newton Forum Atrium of the Nottingham City Campus. For those of you who will be travelling from outside the area, the BHGS have also laid on some "Student-room" Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Halls of Residence only steps away from the venue. You can book this along with your gaming ticket (although including Hobbits in your army unfortunately doesn't entitle you to a second breakfast!)
Tickets:
The tickets this year are bookable from the BHGS through the Britcon website as above, AND there are 2 different options available:
- You can buy a doubles ticket and head to war with a buddy,
- you can buy a singles ticket, and on the day be paired up with a battle buddy for the weekend!
This makes the event perfect for solo players who are looking to team up, and experienced players who really want to get into the spirit of the weekend and let fate decide the alliance!
Tickets will be £100 per duo and £50 per individual, which includes a "Grab bag" lunch on both days, entry to the Britcon Trade Show, a £5 voucher to spend with any of our traders at the Britcon Trade Show, discounted parking vouchers for the City Centre Q-Park car park, and (of course) a chance to play in a really cool event on some fabulous terrain !
Payment must be made to secure your slot and spaces cannot be held without payment.
The capacity for the tournament will be 50 Teams.
Any Queries about the "gaming" side of the event, please drop us a message on the Facebook Event Page!
Food, drinks and amenities:
Lunch is provided on both days. The Britcon team provide a range of options to suit most typical dietary requirements, but if you have any highly specific requests please the BHGS team direct.
What you will need for the weekend:
Schedule:
Day 1 -
Army compositions:
The main Army Restrictions are as follows:
If you intend to use any form of proxy or non-Games Workshop model (converted or not) please contact Will at [email protected]. Finally, all models must be fully painted and based including any necessary dismounts, there will be no exceptions to this, if a TO sees unpainted models in play you will be asked to remove them from the table as a casualty
Special Rules: Desperate Times: All alliances are considered to be Green for the purposes of List Building, including Good and Evil Combinations. LEGENDARY LEGIONS are not allowed at this event.
Submission of Army Lists:
All army lists should be submitted for checking one week before the event. Submission is compulsory and errors that cannot be immediately rectified, or that have led to an in-game advantage will award -1TP per game. All army lists should clearly state the general, which can be decided as a Duo for the Tournament as long as they are still the highest Tier available; Theoden isn’t taking orders from Groblog in any Event! All army lists should be submitted to [email protected]
Prizes:
The results of the tournament will be submitted to the organiser of the GBHL, and the Swiss winner will receive 90 points toward their score for the 2024 GBHL season. All other participants will receive an appropriate level of points toward their GBHL score based on their final standing, calculated after the total number of attendees has been determined. This event will also be a
scoring event for the GBHL central league.
The Tournament:
Pairings, Round Draw, Tiebreakers, Board Size:
The first round will be paired entirely at random, after which matches will be swiss paired based upon TPs.
For tiebreakers the tournament will be using Longshanks MOV, VPs Scored, VPs conceded in that order.
Tournament Points:
Points during the tournament will be awarded as follows:
All games will be played on 4x4 tables.
Sportsmanship, Rules queries and legal publications:
Whilst this is a tournament, the objective is for everyone to have a great time! Players are always expected to behave in a civil and respectful manner to one another and generally treat each other as they would like to be treated. Players are given a single warning when their behaviour toward other players is considered unacceptable. If the behaviour persists, the player may be disqualified. There is zero tolerance for cheating. Players found to be cheating will be immediately disqualified. Players are encouraged to work out simple rules queries themselves. TOs are the sole authority at the event and will be entirely impartial in their adjudication of any rule’s disputes. Remember, if a TO is required to intervene, the TOs ruling is final.
All official publications and rules that have been made available for sale to the public by Submission Deadline are legal.
Any Queries, Drop us a message on the Facebook Event!
Lunch is provided on both days. The Britcon team provide a range of options to suit most typical dietary requirements, but if you have any highly specific requests please the BHGS team direct.
What you will need for the weekend:
- Your Army! (See army composition section below)
- Your Army List (3 copies) Printed
- Hobby Materials: (Tape Measure, Dice, Pen and paper for Might, Will and Fate, Glue, Tray, etc)
Schedule:
Day 1 -
- 09:00 Registration
- 09:30 – 12:00 Game 1 – Pool 3 Random Roll
- 12:00 – 13:00Lunch
- 13:00 – 15:30 Game 2 – Pool 1 Random Roll
- 15:30 – 16:00 Break
- 16:00 – 18:30 Game 3 – Pool 5 Random Roll
- 18:30- Venue open late for Evening social, and perhaps a mosie into town….
- 09:30 Registration
- 10:00 – 12:30 Game 4 – Pool 2 Random Roll
- 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
- 13:30 – 16:00 Game 5 – Pool 4 Random Roll
- 16:30 – Awards and Goodbyes
Army compositions:
The main Army Restrictions are as follows:
- Each Team must submit 2 forces costing no more than 998 points (499 per player)
- All models must be WYSIWYG.
If you intend to use any form of proxy or non-Games Workshop model (converted or not) please contact Will at [email protected]. Finally, all models must be fully painted and based including any necessary dismounts, there will be no exceptions to this, if a TO sees unpainted models in play you will be asked to remove them from the table as a casualty
Special Rules: Desperate Times: All alliances are considered to be Green for the purposes of List Building, including Good and Evil Combinations. LEGENDARY LEGIONS are not allowed at this event.
Submission of Army Lists:
All army lists should be submitted for checking one week before the event. Submission is compulsory and errors that cannot be immediately rectified, or that have led to an in-game advantage will award -1TP per game. All army lists should clearly state the general, which can be decided as a Duo for the Tournament as long as they are still the highest Tier available; Theoden isn’t taking orders from Groblog in any Event! All army lists should be submitted to [email protected]
Prizes:
- The Podium Placers
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
- Best Army
- Most Sporting Team
The results of the tournament will be submitted to the organiser of the GBHL, and the Swiss winner will receive 90 points toward their score for the 2024 GBHL season. All other participants will receive an appropriate level of points toward their GBHL score based on their final standing, calculated after the total number of attendees has been determined. This event will also be a
scoring event for the GBHL central league.
The Tournament:
Pairings, Round Draw, Tiebreakers, Board Size:
The first round will be paired entirely at random, after which matches will be swiss paired based upon TPs.
For tiebreakers the tournament will be using Longshanks MOV, VPs Scored, VPs conceded in that order.
Tournament Points:
Points during the tournament will be awarded as follows:
- Win: 3 TP
- Draw: 1 TP
- Loss: 0 TP
- Concession: -1 TP
All games will be played on 4x4 tables.
Sportsmanship, Rules queries and legal publications:
Whilst this is a tournament, the objective is for everyone to have a great time! Players are always expected to behave in a civil and respectful manner to one another and generally treat each other as they would like to be treated. Players are given a single warning when their behaviour toward other players is considered unacceptable. If the behaviour persists, the player may be disqualified. There is zero tolerance for cheating. Players found to be cheating will be immediately disqualified. Players are encouraged to work out simple rules queries themselves. TOs are the sole authority at the event and will be entirely impartial in their adjudication of any rule’s disputes. Remember, if a TO is required to intervene, the TOs ruling is final.
All official publications and rules that have been made available for sale to the public by Submission Deadline are legal.
Any Queries, Drop us a message on the Facebook Event!
