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Nation vs Nation !
2021 Event Pack
Want More Information about the WTC ?
OFFICIAL WTC WEBPAGE
Document History:
2020/11/05 : V 1.5
2020/08/25 : V 1.05
2020/08/24 : V 1.04
2020/08/14 : V 1.03
Note: This document is a DRAFT version for the 2021 Event.
Table Of Contents
1 About The World Team Championship
1.1 Mission Statement
1.2 Find Out More About the WTC
2 What You Need To Know About Attendıng The
Tournament
2.1 Sendıng A Team To The WTC
2.2 Team Captaıncy At The WTC
2.3 Addıtıonal Team Roles At The WTC
2.4 Registering For The WTC
2.5 The "Mercenary" / Unıted Natıons Team
2.6 Tournament Outline
2.7 Tournament Rules
2.8 WTC Missions Outline
2.9 List Submission
2.10 WTC Terrain Outline
2.11 Team Challenges At The WTC
2.12 WYSIWYG At The WTC
2.13 WTC Pod Phase
2.14 Tournament Schedule
3 WTC: At the Event
3.1 Getting to the Venue
3.2 Official Tournament Language
3.3 Round Pairings
3.4 Round Scoring
3.5 Starting A Game At The WTC
3.6 Event Streaming and Exposure
4 WTC And Attendee Discipline
4.1 Referees
4.2 Teams Forfeiting A Round
5 Penalties
5.1 Pre-Event Penalties
5.2 Event Penalties
5.2.1 Individual Player Penalties
5.2.2 Team Cumulative Penalties
About The World Team Championship
Mission Statement
The World Team Championship, WTC, or Worlds as it is
called by its player base, is an annual wargaming event for
the tabletop miniature game Warhammer 40,000. It is the
factual world cup, bringing together nations from across
the world to compete against each other in an enjoyable
team format. Traditionally, most of the best Warhammer
40,000 players from around the world are grouped together
in a hall for a week/weekend at a favorable location in
Europe to meet and compete with their peers. You won’t
find such density of high-level gaming potential in any other
event!
The mission of the World Team Championship is to make
nation vs nation Warhammer 40,000 team-play a globally
relevant competition. Our aim is to effectively and
efficiently administer, develop, showcase and promote Our Sponsors and Partners:
competitive Warhammer 40,0000, while creating a positive
and respectful environment that allows the event to grow
and meet the evolving needs of the players and the global
WH40K community as a whole.
At its core, the WTC is a tournament that aims to bring
together players from all over the world to compete in a
friendly but competitive manner. The WTC believes that
everyone is entitled to be treated fairly regardless of The Army Painter : Trophy Sponsor
gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, colour,
race, ethnic or national origins, political ideology, or socio-
economic background. Furthermore, the WTC subscribes
to the principles of equality of treatment and aims to
ensure that anyone who attends is able to do so in a
discrimination-free environment where everyone is treated
with due respect. The WTC is committed to ensuring that
everyone is able to attend the WTC free from direct
discrimination or abuse (physical, verbal or otherwise). As
such, the WTC will not accept nor tolerate any actions that
would result in an attendee receiving any less favourable
treatment by any other attendees on the grounds of: gender,
sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, colour, race, TSportsNetwork : Media and Streaming Partner
ethnic or national origins, political ideology, or socio-
economic background. The WTC expects everyone to
subscribe to, and do their best to uphold,these core
principals by way of their attendance. We reserve the right
to refuse entry to or expel from the venue, without refund,
anyone who is deemed not to have acted to honour above
standards.
Find Out More About the WTC
If you are interested to find out more about the event, get
access to our player packs, our organizational structure, or
just find out about some of our teams, head on over to the
OFFICIAL WTC WEBPAGE, and feel free to join our Best Coast Pairings : Tournament Software Partner
FORUMS and FACEBOOK PAGE if you would like to
interact with some of our player base.
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What You Need To Know About
Attendıng The Tournament
Sendıng A Team To The WTC Team Captaıncy At The WTC
If you are interested in bringing a new team to the WTC, or Throughout the year, a Captain is the voice of his team and
if you are not sure if your team is already represented at acts in their stead for all official communications and votes
the WTC, you should get access to the WTC FORUMS and that are required. At the WTC, The Team Captain is
post an inquiry in the general 40K section. One of the TO’s ultimately responsible for the conduct of his/her Team and
or captains will then get in touch to answer your questions. making sure all administration is taken care of each round
Alternatively, get in touch via our FACEBOOK PAGE. New (submitting results in a timely fashion,…). The Captain can
teams that participate after a 2 year hiatus (after 2 years of be called in for a 40K Captains Council in certain
non-activity the Captains post for any given nation is situations to discuss and resolve pertinent issues that arise
automatically vacated) or as first-timers will be given during the event. The Captains are also responsible for
access to the dedicated sections on the forum so they can checking all the rows and tables for any discrepancies in
ask their pertinent questions and be guided through the terrain density and placement before the start of the
process of bringing a new team to the event. tournament/round (if issues arise, call a ref immediately),
and for organizing their teams to check the final submitted
A 40K WTC Team consists of a minimum of 8 playing rosters (at least 3 other countries) prior to the event and
members. Of which at least 4 need to be able to show a making sure all their team members are signed up in time
record of nationality for representing a given country. For for instance.
more info on what this entails, please refer to the WTC There are no official guidelines on how Team Captaincy
Organizational Roadmap document. A team can have any should be decided. Every country should make up their
number of non-playing members to act as a coach or own means of determining who will spearhead their cause
assistant or any other additional role the team can think of, throughout a given WTC cycle. In most countries, there is
but they all need to adhere to the same restrictions and an association behind team selection, and a process is in
rules that are put in place for non-playing team members. place to make sure it is done in a transparent and honest
They are an integral part of the team, and their names and way.
roles MUST be stated when registering. Each team must
have one, and only one, nominated Captain (either playing What this means for most newer people attending the
or non-playing). WTC for a first time, is that in order to go to the WTC with
an existing team, you need to follow whatever protocol an
existing team has put in place to be able to make the team.
Get in touch with your captain and your local community
regarding how to be a part of it. It shouldn't be too hard to
come by that info.
The way WTC Captaincy works is that only the current
Captain can announce his successor. This should be done
as an announcement in a thread on the official WTC
FORUMS. If the thread isn’t updated, neither will WTC
records. That being said, if there is demonstrable proof that
a captaincy is taken ‘hostage’ by an individual or group of
people, and that a predefined system for selecting a certain
country’s representation/captaincy status is not being
followed or respected, the WTC TO group will investigate
and can/will decide to overrule and transfer captaincy
status to the rightful party if need be.
2019 Champions - Team England
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Addıtıonal Team Roles At The Registering For The WTC
WTC Registration for the WTC will be done via our partners at
A team may have any number of non-playing team Down Under Pairings (which recently merged with Best
members. They are allowed to: Coast Pairings so we will likely see a merged
feature/subscription but more news on that later) . We will
use their software to administrate our tournament. Teams
Be the Team Captain need to be signed up, in full (this means including coaches
and additional staff), before the registration deadline (see
Do/assist with the Pairings tournament scheduling below), shortly after which teams
Collate and submit Team Results will be divided into pods for the first stage of the event. In
case the number of registering teams would be uneven, the
Ask questions about how the game is going tournament TO’s will take it upon themselves to form a
(only in English, see below) Mercenary/UN team to make sure every nation always gets
Tell their player how their team is doing and
a respectable opponent during the event. This
what kind of points they require from this Mercenary/UN Team will be formed with 3 basic principles
game in mind: the players on it need to have as diverse of an
international character as possible, the players on it need
to be well-respected within their communities, and the
players in question need to show team-spirit during the
A non-playing Team Member is NOT allowed to: process of their teams formation.
Give Tactical advice (they may not tell their
player ‘how’ to get that win/draw/loss!) or The "Mercenary" / Unıted Natıons
interject in any way on in-game situations like Team
forgetting that their player forgot to
consolidate. If they perceive situations like When the need to form a United Nations Team arises
that, especially in the case where players (which is the case when an uneven number of teams
must do something but forget to, they can subscribes or when a team has to drop from the
call for the game to be stopped, and then get tournament after registration deadline), one of the WTC
a judge to rectify the situation.hey can call for
the game to be stopped, and then get a judge
TO’s will be appointed to lead the charge of forming the
to rectify the situation.
WTC UN Team. During the year, players interested in being
part of the mercenary team will be able to sign up using
Speak to their Team player in their native our WTC MERCENARY SIGN-UP FORM.
language. Speaking to their team members in Only players with entries in this document will be
the English Language is allowed as it is the contacted to make up our mercenary team. The WTC TO
tournaments official language (Not talking in will try to make as diverse a mix of nationalities (to
English will be seen as interference with the emphasize the international character of our event) as
game and is subject to a yellow card possible, and the selected team members will either
infringement type if reported). choose one person to be captain amongst them or one
Any of the 9 team members may perform a candidate will be appointed by the WTC TO’s. This team
player replacement: play a game with any of then functions as a full-fledged nation and have all the
the 8 armies submitted by the team in same rights and obligations as the other nations playing at
replacement of another team member for the the event.
duration of a whole round. Replacement
during rounds (ie when games have already
started) will not be allowed except under
extraordinary circumstances validated by a
joint decision by the head referees. A Captain
must petition this change before the head
referees. Any breach of these rules is to be
brought to the immediate attention of a
Referee.
Once players are at their tables at the start of any given
round, it is not allowed within a team to share info on
matchups or tactics by means of cellphones or other
devices either. Any breach of this rule that gets noticed will
see all offenders on the team admonished with an
immediate yellow card.
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Tournament Outline Tournament Rules
The World Team Championship is a 3 day, 8 round event 9th Edition, 2020 Grand Tournament Warhammer
that takes place from Friday to Sunday. Friday is the pod 40,000 rules
phase, where each nation will face 3 other nations in their 2000 points Strikeforce armies, fully painted and
respective pod for a 3-round day. After this pod phase, the WYSIWYG
teams will be matched and seeded using the SWISS
system, and will play 3 more rounds on Saturday before Only one of each faction per team, which means only
proceeding to the final 2-round phase on Sunday. one instance of SM/DW/DA/BA/SW… can be taken per
team. Chaos Daemons can only be summoned by one
player on the team, and cannot be summoned if there is
a player with a Faction Chaos Daemons Detachment in
their team.
Preset missions and terrain, played on a 60” by 44”
table
Pod phase followed by SWISS pairings, 8 round
tournament
3 hour rounds with 30 minutes pairing, for total round
time of 3.5 hours
Forgeworld units are allowed
Units of Legend may not be used
Chessclocks are mandatory. (Each team must bring 5)
Official language of the tournament is English
List of Factions
Space Marines Grey Adeptus Adeptus
Knights Custodes Mechanicus
Adepta Sisters of Questor Inquisition
Sororitas Silence Imperialis
Officio Astra Necrons T'au Empire
Assassinorum Militarum
Tyranids Genestealer Craftworld Drukhari
Cult Eldar
Harlequins Ynnari Heretic Chaos
Astartes Daemons
Questor Deathguard Thousand Orks
Traitoris Sons
WTC Missions Outline
Day 1:
R1: Mission 11 – Retrieval
R2: Mission 12 – Scorched Earth
R3: Mission 13 – Vital Intelligence
Day 2:
R4: Mission 31 – Overrun
R5: Mission 32 – Sweep And Clear
R6: Mission 33 – Priority Target
Day 3:
R7: Mission 21 – Surround And Destroy
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List Submission
Details regarding list submission will be added here once
we figured out if we want to automate the process or use
the oldfashioned ‘just post them on the forums’ approach.
In any case, players need to adhere to the following rules
when submitting their armylist:
1. Each Army list MUST mention which model will be
the Warlord . If your Warlord is a character, assign a
warlord trait to him. Add text as a subfix behind the
unit's point value as follows – WARLORD (Tenacious
Survivor). Warlord traits may NOT be changed before For more news about WTC, check out the WTC Podcast
the start of every game at the WTC. Characters that
have fixed warlord traits are of course exempt from
choosing another warlord trait. 6. Team Rosters need to indicate if a coach/assistant
2. Each Army list MUST mention which basic psychic spot is filled by the Team.
powers have been assigned to the. The same goes 7. Every player entry needs to list the country to be
for artefacts or relics or equivalents if they are able to quickly browse through the different lists.
chosen/purchased for models with stratagems. 8. Detachments from a list are separated by double
These may NOT be changed before the start of every "==" and always mention how many Command
game at the WTC. Points the detachment costs the army to field. A
3. Each Army list MUST mention all the special total CP number with CP cost spent shall be listed
abilities and rules that are in play for their army. on the armylist as well.
These may NOT be changed prior to the start of 9. All upgrades and options must be shown on any
every game but are fixed unless the special ability given unit except those that come as standard on
specifically allows for it to be changed once a game the model and cost zero points. Any wargear that
has already started (like Sacred Rites for Adepta can be chosen (whether it costs points or free)
Sororitas which can be chosen after deployment must be listed.
has finished or the Grey Knight Tides which can be 10. List transports at the bottom of each detachment.
changed with a psychic power). This applies to 11. Upgrades to specific models in a complex unit are
Tank Aces for Astra Militarum, Hive Fleet indicated per model.
Adaptations for Tyranids, Dreadblade Pacts and 12. Players opting to keep summoning points in
Damnations for Renegade Knights, Exarch powers reserve need to indicate so clearly, and how many
for Eldar, and so on. In case abilities will be points are available, on their army roster.
randomly rolled for (Exalted Greater Daemon 13. If a player's fortification cannot be legally be placed
abilities, Dreadpacts and Damnations, …) it needs due to being within 3" of other terrain features,
to be listed on the armylist and abilities will have to they may remove a ruin that is completely within
be rolled for each game at the WTC. their deployment zone, or if there isn’t one
4. All stratagems that will be used when mustering available with a ruin that is at least partially in their
your forces to purchase extra warlord traits, relics, deployment zone, and replace it with said
… and so on, MUST be listed on the armylist and fortification. When doing so, the fortification must
their CP cost listed. These are FIXED for the be placed completely within that players
tournament and cannot be changed. An example of deployment zone, as close as possible to the
this is buying an additional Exarch power with the position of the original ruin, bearing in mind that
Exemplar stratagem. no part on the ground floor of the fortification may
5. Each Team Roster must include all the necessary be placed directly on or above the 40 mm
info, meaning player names with the correct army, objective marker.
and clearly indicate what detachments are taken 14. Power Level's must be listed in the Army lists.
and how many command points each detachment
provides to the player, and all other relevant
information for your opponent. In the case of
Space Marines for instance, it needs to be
mentioned which Chapter you are playing, in the
case of the Mechanicus, the Forgeworld, and so
on... In the case of cross-faction detachments, each
entry needs to be succeeded by their faction or
chapter denomination. For instance - Troops:
Plague Marines . The overall Army Faction of a
roster is always defined by the common keyword of
the army.
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WTC Terrain Outline WTC Pod Phase
See our Terrain Map Document. After registration is finalized and it is known which teams
will attend, all teams and nations will be divided into pods.
This is done for several reasons. Knowing your first three
adversaries ahead of time will generate more opportunity
Team Challenges At The WTC for quality prep-time with your team, having a seeding
Challenges can be sent to other teams for the first round, system in pods will add to the World Cup feel of our event,
as long as the challenge is accepted by both captains, and and we can implement a system that ensures the top teams
this is formalized with a forum post that is plain to see for will meet later on in the tournament as is customary in all
everyone on our FB page or on the official WTC Forums. big nation vs nation competitions, and that for the two last
Challenges need to be announced before the draw rounds (rounds 7 and 8) at least, the top team will play the
deadline. See the Tournament Schedule later in this closest matched team so we can have a true event
document for precise dates. champion, at the same time allowing for more interaction
between teams that are historically showing strength in
different tiers on the first day by means of the pod
structure.
WYSIWYG At The WTC So how will it work? We will take the average final placing
The WTC armies have to be fully painted and based and be at the last 3 preceding WTC’s into account for the seeding
WYSIWYG (see basing document in case there is a into the pods. Each pod will aim to have 4 nations divided
question regarding, or have your captain approve basing into it (more on that later). The average final placing of a
that might stray from the norm on the Captains council given nation will thus determine which teams face off vs
forum). Models that are not official, do not fit the which teams at the next WTC, with a couple of exceptions.
WYSIWYG profile, or considerably deviate from the norm
MUST be presented at the 40K Captains Council (with Before dividing the teams into pods, we will
pictures or links to pictures preferably), at least a month put teams that challenge each other for the
PRIOR to the tournament and meet an approval from the first round in the same, randomly determined,
REFEREE CORPS (or alternatively a majority of Captains) pod.
before they can be used at the tournament. Threads can be
opened in the captains section on the WTC forums, and Before dividing the teams into pods, teams
captains can assume that their players’ armies are OK’ed if that haven’t attended a WTC so far will be
an approval note from the referees is given within the topic, divided randomly into a pod as there is no
way to gauge their strength.
no other objections from captains were raised and the
thread was started within the deadline. If ANY objections
(from captain or referee alike) were raised then assume the
models/armies in questions cannot be used unless a After the steps above have been carried out, the teams that
written statement says otherwise in the forum thread. Any haven’t been placed in a pod will be divided one by one in
models like this in use at the WTC without prior consent the pods.
will be up for an immediate infraction notice (yellow card) Let’s say we have 40 teams attending, it will mean we
for each game, and models will be pulled from the table have 10 pods. The nation that is averagely ranked in
where this is applicable, unless original stand-in models position 1 will go into pod 1, the nation with rank 2 in pod 2
can be produced on the spot (for LOS purposes or and so on until the nation with average rank 10 goes into
otherwise). pod 10, and then the procedure repeats with teams ranked
11-20 going into pod 1-10 respectively, until all teams have
An example of a non accepted replacement model for been given a place. In the case a pod would be already full
brimstone horrors; due to challenging teams or randomly assigned teams, the
team in question will just be ported to the closest available
pod that was next in line until all teams have been divided.
In the case we do not have multitudes of 4 teams, we will
randomly create one or more pods that are bigger in size to
make it work. It doesn’t really matter as long as everyone
gets 3 games in on the first day and the relative distribution
of strength of their opponents is approximately the same.
After the 3 games on the first day, teams will be ranked
on the overall score and tiebreaker score they achieved
within the pod and be matched vs the closest ranked nation
with the caveat that teams that already met in the pod
phases cannot meet again during the course of the event.
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A simulation based on last 4 years worth of data gives us the following distribution:
Pod 1 Pod 2 Pod 3 Pod 4
Nation Rank Nation Rank Nation Rank Nation Rank
Russia 1 England 2 Poland 3 Denmark 4
Sweden 8 Spain 10 Belarus 11 Scotland 12
Ireland 17 Switzerland 18 Turkey 19 Canada 20
Romania 25 Norway 26 Austria 27 Belgium 28
Pod 5 Pod 6 Pod 7 Pod 8
Nation Rank Nation Rank Nation Rank Nation Rank
Germany 5 USA 6 Finland 7 France 8
Italy 13 Australia 14 Ukraine 15 Wales 16
Greece 21 Croatia 22 Netherlands 23 Serbia 24
Northern Ireland 29 Hungary 30 Argentina 31 Czech Republic 32
Slovenia 33
Luxembourg 34
With simulated matches in Pod 8 as follows:
Pod 8 Matcups simulation
R1 France vs Wales
R1 Serbia vs Czech Republic
R1 Slovenia vs Luxembourg
R2 France vs Serbia
R2 Wales vs Slovenia
R2 Luxembourg vs Czech Republic
R3 France vs Czech Republic
R3 Slovenia vs Serbia
R3 Luxembourg vs Wales
Note: This is just an example. The bigger pods will be randomized, and might just as well be the pod with the number 1
seeded team or any of the other pods. We will always strive to have as much diversification and division between the different
team’s measurable strengths within a given pod.
Tournament Schedule
To be announced.
9WTC: At the Event
Getting to the Venue
Sequence of events – Step 1
Everything related to getting to the venue, and parking
opportunities/bus rides and schedules and whatnot, Team A and Team B secretly choose their defender and
can be found in our WEBPAGE in detail. reveal them simultaneously. After that, Team A and team B
secretly choose their two attackers for the given defender
The event will be taking place in the town of Leoben, and reveal them simultaneously.
Austria. Team A takes the two attackers given by team B, and
The location is the Sporthalle Leoben-Innenstadt secretly chooses which one is refused. Team B does the
Adress: Roseggerstraße 8 8700 Leoben, Austria same with the two attackers selected by team A. The
refused Attackers are revealed simultaneously and return to
the pool of available armies.
At this point, two defenders know their attackers; this
identifies two games. Log this on the score sheet. The Team
with the “table choice” token lets his defender choose the
table first followed by the defender who's team didn’t have
the table choice token. Two tables are now no longer
available.
Sequence of events – Step 2
Repeat Step 1 with the difference that the Team without the
“table choice” token now becomes the owner of this token
throughout this pairing step.
Official Tournament Language
The official language of the tournament, and the ONLY Sequence of events – Step 3
language that should be spoken at the gaming tables, is Change “table choice” token again during this pairing step.
English. Players must have their relevant rules available in This step will identify the remaining 4 games: 2 games
English at the WTC. This includes gaming aids and gaming “attacker vs. defender”, 1 game between refused attackers
attributes like stratagem cards and such. It is perfectly and 1 game with the remaining players.
acceptable to carry around a digital source for rules
material. A printed/tablet version of the codex/FAQs is Team A and team B secretly choose their defender and
acceptable for instance. Players that do NOT have the reveal them simultaneously.
English versions of their rules at hand when asked to After that, Team A and team B secretly choose their two
provide source material will be given a yellow card attackers for the given defender and reveal them
infraction notice. Players, and non-players, that are caught simultaneously. At this point there is only one last player
not speaking English at a gametable while addressing one available remaining in each team. These are automatically
of the players at that table, will be given an immediate designated as being the last matchup. Each team
yellow card infraction notice. immediately notes this on their round pairing log-sheet.
Team A takes the two attackers given by team B, and
Round Pairings secretly chooses which one is refused.
At the start of every round, teams get some time to work Team B does the same with the two attackers selected by
out the individual matchups that will occur within the team A. The refused Attackers are revealed simultaneously.
round. Teams have 30 minutes to discuss with their team
what the best strategy is for the round and to work out the They will automatically be designated to play the 7th game
pairings for the round. Rounds that start later than the of the round and face each other.
allotted 30 minute mark should be reported immediately to Defenders know their attackers; this identifies two
the judges so they can evaluate if a certain round will be matches. Log this on the score sheet. Team with the “table
impacted on total game time, and to see if it’s always the choice” token let his defender choose the table and then
same teams who seem to be having this problem and need teams alternate choosing tables, starting with the defending
to be spurred on to go through the process quicker. The players first.
procedure for the pairing process is as follows:
Captains roll off to determine which team will get to
choose its table first. That team gains the “table choice”
token.
A visual guide can also be found here.
10Round Scoring NOTE:
Penalties incurred might change the above win conditions.
A Round between teams consists of 8 individual games. In the cases where penalties on game points apply, a
Each game, players will score a number of points as difference of ten total game points always constitutes a win
described in the 9th edition GT Tournament Pack, namely for the team with the ten points difference. If there are less
games are scored individually on a scale of 100 pts (90 than 10 total game points between the teams it
points available from in-game scores and 10 points if the automatically constitutes a draw on the team level..
player in question had a correct armylist that was sent in
on time). Starting A Game At The WTC
An individual player scores an amount of points for his
team based on the VP differential outcome from the game Follow this procedure to start your games at the WTC:
with his opponent. To determine Game Points, each player
counts their victory points, subtracts their opponent's
victory points and consults the table below. If the score is 1. Muster forces: Go over your armylist with you
negative, the player who has a negative difference counts opponent
his points from the ‘opponent’ table. 2. Mission briefing and choosing secondaries. These
WTC Individual Scoring Sheet are noted on the scoresheet IMMEDIATELY. When
a referee is called to the table and notices this is
VP Game Points Player Game Points Player done incorrectly, a yellow card penalty will be
Difference A B incurred
0-5 10 10 3. Perform the initial game roll off for deployment
zones
6-10 11 9 4. The player having won the roll off chooses if he will
11-15 12 8 spend CP’s for stratagems ( putting units in reserve
and soforth). His opponent then does the same.
16-20 13 7
5. The player having won the roll off must state which
21-25 14 6 units will be deployed in which transports. His
25-30 15 5 opponent then does the same.
6. The player having picked deployment zone now
31-35 16 4 starts to deploy a unit after which players alternate
36-40 17 3 putting down units
7. The players roll off and the winner decides who will
41-45 18 2
get the first turn
46-50 19 1 8. Pregame moves and deployment
50+ 20 0 9. Players announce their remaining available
command points and clearly mark this somewhere
To determine the round score, players from each team for their opponent to keep track of during the
count their combined Game Points. The combined total of game.
all game point scores from all the players on a given team 10. Start the first battle round
will give the result for the Team as a whole. Team result
counted by total game points
Team Results / Match Points Event Streaming and Exposure
86-160 = Round Win, 2 Round points The WTC and the singles tournament that precedes it, will
be live streamed by a dedicated team appointed by the
75-85 = Round Draw, 1 Round point WTC TO’s and approved by the WTC captains. By
0-74 = Round Loss, 0 Round points
registering for the event, our players and teams
automatically agree to potentially playing on a Live Stream
via the Twitch Channel of any of our media partners or
If two or more teams have the same number similar outlets.
of Round points (2/1/0) , game points gained
from all battles will be used as tie-breaker.
11WTC And Attendee Discipline
Referees
The Tournament will be officiated by at least 5 referees
that are vetted by the WTC TO’s. As a general rule, a
referee may not rule on a table on which their own nation
is competing unless both players at the table agree that it is
OK to do so. A referee’s word is final and a decision may
not be escalated. This is because there are stringent
procedures in place for how a referee makes a decision,
and any that may have a severe impact on the outcome of a
game are only ever made in concert with other referees.
Abuse, of any kind, will not be tolerated where our referees
are concerned.
Official complaints after the round will be handled by
request of either captain immediately after the round. Both
relevant captains and two referees will participate.
Referees will hear one statement from each captain and
their counterparts response. After this referees will make
undisputed judgement about the case. Possible infractions
and associated cards are valid in the next round of WTC.
A red/yellow card system will be implemented to handle
any disputes/issues (see discipline section below).
If you are interested in joining the event as a referee, or
know somebody who does, please sign up with OUR
REFEREE SIGN-UP FORM. One of the WTC TO’s will
be in touch.
Teams Forfeiting A Round
If a team gets to the point like they feel they want to
concede a round at the WTC, due to an issue, or a
complement of issues arises, the referees and the WTC
TO’s should be advised immediately.
If it is a gaming issue between two teams the referee
team can try to defuse a situation and come to some sort of
fair resolution for both parties. Referees and captains of
teams are the only involved parties here. There will be no
onlookers or coaches or other team members involved
unless the referees deem it necessary.
If there is a need for it, the referees or one of the teams
can ask for the WTC TO’s to intervene on an issue. This
may occur when the referee team feels they are not
comfortable taking a decision, or if one of the captains feels
like the situation is still not treated fairly enough to
continue playing the round, or if the referees feel like the
situation supersedes their authority or mandate. In this
instance the WTC TO’s will take an informed decision after
listening to the three parties: referees and both captains. In
the rare situation where the WTC TO’s are unable to
resolve the issue then either they, or captains involved, can
call for a captains council for an immediate vote on the
matter.
If a team still feels that the outcome of the above is not
sufficient to continue playing, that team forfeits the round
and scores 0 points whilst their opponents score 2 points,
counting as having 5 individual wins and a VP difference of
100. The team that forfeits a round also forfeits their right
to a vote on WTC matter for the following year. There
should be no gaming situation that warrants people coming
from so far, paying so much money, and then not playing a
round, and there should be some consequence to teams
that force that kind of situation, for whatever reason.
12Penalties
Illegal Lists
Pre-Event Penalties
List Submission
In the case of an illegal list, a penalty WILL be immediately
incurred. Illegal lists are those that do not follow the 40k
Teams need to submit lists in the correct format without rules, codex, or WTC rules. There is no excuse for this, as
errors. Making correct lists and submitting them in the teams and captains can freely ask if a given list would be
correct format should be no difficult task for seasoned OK well before the WTC starts. Changes made to an illegal
players. Failure to do so will result in a player not receiving list to make it game legal will always have to be as minimal
the ‘bonus 10pts’ per game for a legal list (this is instead of as possible and are subject to referee approval. If the
the ‘bonus 10pts’ for a battle ready army). Teams that fail to substantial parts of, or the list in its entirety needs to be
submit their lists on time will have 2 points deducted from changed, the referee corps will apply additional penalties at
their overall score at the end of the tournament. No their discretion because of unfair advantages gained after
exceptions, no comebacks, no second chances. All list submission.
penalties will be evaluated on a case by case basis and Any checks required as a result of incorrect or illegal
motivated before the WTC 40K captains in a debrief. lists, will be done by the referee corps to make sure it is
done quickly and the corrected list are final and compliant.
List Checking Duties Our team of referees have authority to implement other
penalties that are not currently included in this list. In case
After the list submission deadline, each country will be of infractions/penalties, the relevant team captain will be
assigned 3 other countries lists to check for errors, or audited.
teams just check the lists from their respective pod. Teams
have one week to complete said list checking. Thereafter Signing Up To Tournament Management
teams will have two days to make any necessary Software
corrections to their own lists. Teams that meet those
deadlines and submit correct army lists will have 2 points Any teams who have not signed up their full complement of
deducted from their overall score at the end of the players in the tournament management software will have
tournament. Not fulfilling list checking duties will see the 2 points deducted from their overall score at the end of the
entire team penalized. Teams need to reply to the relevant tournament.
thread for the lists they are required to check with an OK, Furthermore, player profiles MUST reflect their actual
even when another team has already checked said lists. No name. NOT their forum or nickname. If for some reason
reply post automatically means a penalty. Going over the players want to keep their anonymity, it is fine to refer to
deadlines will also automatically incur a penalty. Just yourself as N. Kerr or Neil K as long as it would not be
replying OK when there are obvious and glaring errors will confusing to the TOs or referees in any way. In EVERY
also automatically incur a penalty. This will be applied very situation where this is not the case, teams will have 2
strictly. This is also overly harsh but list checking is serious points deducted from their overall score at the end of the
business, and as such every team should make the effort to tournament. This is harsh but too many problems and
comply. delays are caused every year by players using nicknames
The referee group will be in charge of overseeing this etc.
process. Glaring errors might result in a reduction in
points, under the purview of the referees.
Army lists are first going to be posted on the captains
forum. After the submission deadline they will be published
online via all our channels for everyone to see.
Formatting Errors
Any formatting errors will NOT incur a penalty as long as
they get corrected IN TIME before the list correction
deadline has passed. This penalty is for not properly listing
the weapon options or wargear of models and units, not
stating the Warlord, not correctly allocating dedicated
transports to units, etc.
13Agreeing a Result
Event Penalties
It came to our attention that some games were not played
Individual Player Penalties at the WTC but that certain players simply ‘agreed’ on the
The WTC employs a red/yellow card system for managing final score without the game being rolled. This is
player behaviour and conduct. If a player is deemed by the unacceptable and may have unfairly affected final
referees to have broken any of following rules they will be positioning of other teams. To ensure the integrity of the
immediately subject to one of the following penalties. The tournament going forward, any TEAM that is caught doing
application of a particular penalty is dependent upon the this or have done this, whether at the event, or retroactively,
nature of the infraction and how many times previously the and whether or not the action was performed by an
player in question has broken the WTC rules. individual team member without consent from any of the
other team members, will be punished by imposing a year-
long ban to attend the WTC on all the players from said
Warning List team. The captain position of said team will be
OFFICIAL WARNING: immediately opened up to other willing captains from said
No penalty to their individual score nation. Do not take the integrity of the tournament lightly…
YELLOW CARD : The WTC is the pinnacle of competitive gaming, regarded
-50pts to their individual score for that game as the World Championships for our hobby, and every team
RED CARD : should bear the ultimate responsibility for ensuring a fair
-100pts to their individual score for that game and
and merit-based outcome for the rest of the tournament
immediate expulsion from the WTC
attendees.
Dice-, Movement- or Rules-Cheating
If a player receives a red card their team can either find a
substitute player to take their place at the discretion of the Any instances of the following, or anything else within
referees, or else their remaining games immediately are similar confines, that is witnessed by a referee and/or an
allotted as a loss with a VP differential of 100pts. impartial bystander (i.e. a person not associated in any way
Additionally, the player in question will be imposed with a with either player or team) and deemed as deliberate
minimum one year cool-off period and will be expelled cheating will result in an immediate penalty:
from attending the next WTC automatically. Rules cheating - forgetting core rules for your OWN army
The referee crew has the right to escalate any infraction and models. will all result in an instant infraction.
to an immediate expulsion or even life-time ban from the Movement cheating - moving too far, pushing models
WTC depending on the gravity of the infraction and the outside of their regular movement allowance.
situation that presented itself. The WTC referee crew will Dice cheating - loaded dice, incorrectly counting the
motivate this decision in their post-event debrief before the number of passed or failed rolls, changing the value of dice
WTC40K Captains. rolled.
Take note that the referee corps main concern is always A note on dice etiquette: in regards to dice policy and
that games are completed naturally within the round time “cocked dice”, “dice that land on top of each other” or in
allocated. This of course depends on the transgression but terrain and such, note that at the WTC the following
normally the focus should always lie on games to be played applies: dice rolls will only count when the bottom of the
even if certain penalties will apply. Everyone paid good dice surface is entirely touching the table or game-mat
money to be at the WTC and to play their full complement surface. Re-roll cocked or stacked dice when the event
of games. For example, someone might have modeled his occurs, and re-roll any dice that land in terrain or on
entire army in a thematic way but his opponent and the anything other than the flat table (mat) surface. This
referees agree it falls into the realm of modeling for includes dice landing flat on objective markers. Reroll the
advantage and the player in question does not have enough dice. The use of dice-trays at the WTC is authorised.
stand-ins available. Referees will force the game to be When using GW dice, or any batch of custom dice,
played and at the end of the round apply any penalties that players need to ENSURE their dice pips (essentially the
are in place for such transgressions. This way we are sure number on the dice) can EASILY be distinguished from
everyone gets their full complement of games under across the table by their opponent. Where this is not the
normal circumstances. A list of offenses follows below: case, players will immediately incur penalty and the dice
will be removed for the remainder of the tournament.
Excessive Rules Questions
If a player is found to be repeatedly calling referees over for
rules questions which are clearly answered in any of the
relevant game literature including the WTC FAQ, they will
receive a penalty as this is a form of time wasting. The
penalty is determined on a case by case basis - this
prevents people being penalized for language issues
resulting in such questions, and also stops players ‘playing
the system' and stopping before a certain threshold before
a penalty is attained.
14Time Management and Slowplay Poor Sportsmanship or
Slowplay is a serious issue, as such it is MANDATORY that Negative/Aggressive Attitude
ALL games conclude their full complement of 5 turns
within the allotted time. For this reason the use of chess Any player or team member deemed by a referee to be
clocks is mandatory at the WTC, and it is important to note acting in any manner not in-line with the expectations of
that only chessclocks that count down to zero may be used. friendly but competitive gaming at the WTC will incur an
Each player is allocated equally half the remaining round immediate penalty. As a community we all believe that this
time once pairings have been completed (usually 1,5hrs per is a gentlemans' game to be played in a friendly but
player). competitive manner. Failure to uphold this belief will be
When deploying their armies it is MANDATORY that met with immediate reprimand.
players each take their respective turns to place units and A few examples to make it clear:
models during their own time allocation. That is to say it is A player forgets to bring in his reserves, and his
NOT acceptable for a player to deploy models and units on opponent objects to this when the player remembers
their opponent’s time. later in the turn during any given phase. It is BOTH
It is every player’s responsibility to be able to play their players’ responsibility to ensure mandatory things that
army within the allotted time. If you are playing with an happen in the game take place. It is customary to ask
especially large army, or one that takes longer than usual to your opponent at the end of his movement phase if he is
play, it is your responsibility to train to be able to play a full sure he does not want to bring any reserves on before
game within the allotted time frame. No exceptions, if you moving on to the next phase.
can’t complete a game with your army in the time given
then leave it at home. A player forgets to announce he will use a certain rule,
When starting battle round 4 if there is, collectively, less ability, stratagem or wargear at the start of the turn or
than 50 minutes left on the chess clock, and/or 1 player has phase and remembers later in the turn or phase. It is
less than 25 minutes, then a referee MUST be notified OK as an opponent to disallow the use of said rule or
immediately. item, but let it be known that we strongly discourage
Additionally when starting battle round 5 if there is, such behavior and encourage players to work together
collectively, less than 20 minutes left on the chess clock, rather than against each other.
and/or 1 player has less than 10 minutes, then a referee
MUST be notified immediately. Illegal Alternative Models, Modelling
In both cases it will be at the discretion of the referees to for Advantage, Non-Battle Ready
decide if a game can be completed naturally within the Models
remaining time, or a small extension of up to 5 minutes will
be given per player. Any alternative models that have not gained prior approval
The reason for the referee being empowered to give a by the referees will be removed from the board if an unfair
small extension is to ensure that the chess clocks are used in-game advantage is felt to have been gained. Models that
correctly and not abused to give an advantage to a specific have been converted or rebased that are deemed by the
player. If players follow the rules above and notify a judge in referees to gain an unfair in-game advantage will be
a timely fashion, we can all ensure all games end fairly. removed from play. Models that are not painted to a ‘battle
If a referee was not involved within any of the stated ready’ standard, or that simply aren’t up to acceptable
timeframes, then no extra time will be given. hobbying standards, will also be immediately removed. The
Once a player hits their allotted time on the clock, the player will have the opportunity to replace them with the
normal rules for playing the game no longer apply (rules official GW models. If no models are immediately available,
such as that you MUST attack when it is your turn to fight) he will continue the event without the use of said models
and they can take no further actions during the game whatsoever. If a player subsequently is caught reusing said
except in order to: ‘banned’ models he will incur an immediate red-card.
A - Make saving throws, and taking a Morale Test if
required to
B - Score objectives that they have achieved or already
hold
Penalties will be applied at the discretion of the referees
if they feel clocks are not managed properly, if players try to
abuse time management, or if a game does not complete
the mandatory 5 turns.
Furthermore, if a game does not complete the mandatory
5 turns and a referee hasn't already been involved, then the
captains and coaches are obliged to inform the referees
immediately. Failure to do so can incur a penalty at the
discretion of the referees. This is so that the referee corps
is always aware of any ‘repeat offenders’ and therefore
potentially deliberate slow play.
15Illegal Communication between Team Team Cumulative Penalties
Members Any penalties occurred during the WTC as a result of
Any communication between team members and/or player infraction also incur a team cumulative penalty,
spectators should always be in English wherever possible and will be strictly imposed upon the round points. As an
and have no relation to strategic or tactical advice example, Team A and B have a result of 5-3 wins in the
regarding any games in progress. Players can of course round with a VP differential of 123pts, but Team A
seek the approval of their opponents to confer with a incurred their second team penalty that round and loses
countryman in their native tongue prior to starting a 25pts (see below). This brings the VP differential under the
conversation. requirement for having the team win condition and
consequently changes their team’s match result to a draw.
Failure to do so will result in penalties. It does not affect the match result for the opposing team.
Obviously in some cases communication may not be
possible in English, in such a case players should seek the 1st infraction - Official team warning
assistance, where possible, of a referee or neutral third-
party who understands their language so as to adjudicate. 2nd infraction – 25 Victory Points per team
If such a person is not available then it is up to the 3rd infraction – 50 Victory Points per team
discretion of the referees if it is felt illegal tactical or
strategic advice has been given or not. 4th infraction – 75 Victory Points per team
The use of cellphones or other media to discuss tactics
and game situations once the pairing process has finished etc… etc..
and matches have been assigned is strictly prohibited.
Players suspected of, or caught, doing this will be
immediately red-carded. These penalties are applied incrementally and cumulatively
over the course of the tournament. This means if player A
on a team gets penalised, then subsequently player B on the
same team gets penalised, the penalty against their Team
escalates as the Team has then effectively committed 2
offenses. Again, this can cause that team to lose a match, it
cannot cause the other team to win the match (ie, you still
need to reach 5 individually won games and a BP
differential of 100). This can result in a match result of a
draw/loss or loss/loss in extreme scenarios.
It came to our attention that some games were not
played at the WTC but that certain players simply ‘agreed’
on the final score without a dice being rolled. This is
unacceptable and may have influenced final positioning of
other teams. To ensure the integrity of the tournament
going forward, any TEAM that is caught doing something
similar, or is known to have done something like this,
whether at the event, or retro-actively, and whether or not
the action was performed by an individual team member
without consent from any of the other team members, will
be punished by imposing a year-long ban to attend the
WTC on all the players from said team. The captain
position of said team will be immediately opened up to
other willing captains from said nation. Do not take the
integrity of the tournament lightly… The WTC is the
pinnacle of competitive gaming, regarded as the World
Championships for our hobby, and every team should bear
the ultimate responsibility for ensuring a fair and merit
based outcome for the rest of the tournament attendees.
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