Warhammer 40,000
General Tournament Rules & Standards

The following rules and guidelines are given to establish a standard for play when playing in tournaments at Hit Point Hobbies. These standards are in effect unless otherwise stated in the tournament packet.

For rules with the astericks (*), the assumption here is that the tournament is one of the monthly, Saturday games. Wednesday Night Warlords may use different rules.

Swooping Hawks do not lose ongoing effects (such as Soul Blaze, Falling Back, etc.) if they are off the table due to Skyleap, but are also not affected by them until they return to play

The Wave Serpent's shield, the under-slung Shuriken Cannon, and the under-slung Shuriken Catapults all fire as fixed-forward weapons.

Changing modes is part of the unit's movement, and additional movement is disallowed by the summoning rule.

All technical arguments aside, there is a strong, established practice in the last two editions that no units can assault the turn they arrive on the board unless there is strong, deliberate language to create an exception. This rule does not bear that language.

• You can move up and down the Skyshield Landing Pad by climbing up and down the edges as it were ruins, usually requiring a difficult terrain test. The Skyshield requires 4" of movement to climb up and down.
• The shielded walls of the Skyshield are battlements and provides a 4+ cover save (in addition to the invulnerable save).
• The horizontal surface of the Skyshield Landing Pad is considered impassable terrain and you cannot climb up own down without moving to the edge first.
• While firing weapons from a unit, or to a unit, underneath a Skyshield Landing Pad, barrage weapons can not be used.

Please Contact the TO if you wish to make an exception.

If you would like to make an exception, contact the Tournament Organizer.

• When possible, players are grouped into "teams" based on a player's location. Players from the same team should not play each other regardless of scoring. We do this to help increase the variety of armies and players encountered. Teams are chosen by the Tournament Organizer.
• If a large enough player base is present, arrangements will also take in effect what army codexes are played.
• Round pairing is handled by software.
• Table assignment is also given by software. When the number of prepared tables exceeds the number of players, some tables may be broken down during the day to make room and accomodations for other patrons of the store.

Applicable terrain pieces are not available for all tables, and to many players have forgotten in past events to make the effects of Mysterious Terrain consistent between games.

The forfeiting player receives zero points for the game.

• The winner for a tournament will be based on the win / loss record of all of the matches
• A pre-defined tie-breaker score will be used. It will either be the points to determine the winner of the game or a separate scoring system.
• When there is a tie for win / loss, the total of the difference between the player and the player's opponents are used.

• The Tesla Weapons on the bottom of the Night Scythe are hull mounted.
• Models can not embark into a Night Scythe

1. Determine the number of models hit
2. Roll of the destroyer table, discard any ones. Separate the roles of 6 into a different wound group (if any).
3. The attacker determines which wound group is handled first.

For rolls of 2-5 on the Destroyer table:

1. Determine the order which models would receive wounds (as normal).
2. Roll for look out sir (if possible/desired)
3. Roll saves (as for normal wounds)
4. Roll for the number of wounds delivered to models who failed their save (if necessary)
5. Remove models as needed

For a roll of 6

1. Determine the order which models would receive wounds (as normal).
2. Roll for the number of wounds delivered to models (if necessary)
3. Remove models as needed

Actions that can be performed "instead of shooting" may not be done if the unit has chosen to move during the shooing phase. For example, a tech priest can not choose to use the Blessing of the Omnissiah rule while other members of his squad choose to run or turbo boost. Likewise, if a member of a unit does an "instead of shooting" action, none of the other units may move.

Stormsurges
For Stormsurges (or any Gargantuan Monstrous Creature), the player must declare which weapons (at least one per model) are being fired at the designated target at the time the Coordinated Firepower attack is declared. The designated weapon(s) cannot be fired at a different target. When player chooses to fire the remaining weapons, they may be target the same unit and get the appropriate bonus, or they may be fired at other units; but those attacks will not receive the bonus from the Coordinated Firepower Rule.

Shadowsun
If Commander Shadowsun is declared as part of the Coordinated Firepower attack, she may also fire one her fusion blasters at a second unit, as described as above, except she must declare the second target before the dice for the Coordinated Firepower attack is rolled.

• Must have line of sight to its target even if the weapon being fired does not normally require LoS.
• Always counts as stationary for this firing.
• May still fire Overwatch if assaulted in the same player turn, even with the same weapon used to intercept.
• Cannot fire more weapons than it is normally able to fire during its own shooting phase.

A unit targeted by a Witchfire psychic power may wait to declare whether or not it is Jinking until the power has been successfully manifested.

A vehicle firing an Ordnance weapon may only fire Snap Shots with its other weapons regardless of whether those other weapons are fired before or after the Ordnance weapon.

If a Ordnance weapon rolls 3D6 for armor penetration (such as the Eldar Revenants Sonic Lance), then roll four dice instead of three and pick the three highest results.

Fortifications may never benefit from the Scout special rule.

You can Look-out-sir!! all attacks from a stomp attack, even when the "Overrun" result is rolled.

If by chance a model is completely or partially covered by a vortex blast it cannot perform actions; it cannot be assaulted, effected by psychic powers or take any damage other than that from the vortex. Once the Vortex moves (or disappears) off of a surviving model, it can behave as normal.

Skimmers that Deep Strike onto enemy models mishap normally (their scatter is not reduced to avoid enemy models).