League plays out over a 3 month period. The number of matches you will need to play will be dependant on the number of competitors but around 6 to 8 matches is likely to be the sweet spot.
Matches can be played anywhere – at EH Gaming, at the local gaming clubs (York Garrison or Next Generation Gaming), your house, the pub…just make sure they happen in a timely manner and you & your opponent submit the results.
Try not to fall behind the pace with matches played…not playing for a month will put you under pressure to catch up and having to play a game each week or two games a week may not be practical!
Team Building:
You can register up to 4 Primaries and up to 4 Secondaries – there is no limit to Supports but you must have the actual models to represent your choices on the table. Models do not need to be painted, but if you play with more than 25% of your models being unpainted then your opponent is allowed to enforce the addition of one extra inflicted wound to their score when submitting the match result. If both of you perform this act of heresy then no bonuses are awarded.
You will submit your model choices ahead of the League starting and may make changes up until the League begins. Once the League starts your Primary and Secondary choices are locked in until after you have played your 3rd match. After that match you may swap out up to 1 Primary and/or 1 Secondary for a new Primary or Secondary. You can only make these swaps once until the end of League and they can be made any time after you complete your 3rd match. Supports can be added at any point, as often as you like.
Matches and Scoring:
You and your opponent must randomly select a Mission. The Missions that are valid in this League are:
Never Tell Me The Odds
Sabotage Showdown
Shifting Priorities
If you each only have the same Mission pack available (e.g. Shifting Priorities) then just use that one. When arranging your matches please arrange with your opponent for at least one Mission pack to be available. If you do not own any Mission Packs yourself then your opponent is allowed to bring just one Mission Pack of their own choice and that must be played.
If other Mission Packs are published during the duration of the League then a decision will be made by the League admin as to whether or not they can be included during the current League or whether they will only be valid from the next season.
Shatterpoint matches are a Best of Three based on the winner being the first player to win 2 Struggles. The Winner of a match will be awarded 3 League Points – the Loser will be awarded 1 League Point. This consolation point is in place to encourage games to be played!
The number of Struggles you won will be recorded and these will class as Victory Points. This is the first Tie-Breaker mechanism to be used at the end of the League.
The Number of Wounds Inflicted must also be recorded. These will class as Auxiliary Points and they will be the second-tier Tie-Breaker at the end of the League.
Example – You win your match by 2 Struggles to 1. You inflicted 7 wounds and your opponent inflicted 5 wounds. You will score 3 League Points for your win, 2 Victory Points for the two Struggles and 7 Auxiliary Points for the Wounds. Your opponent will score 1 League Point, 1 Victory Point and 5 Auxiliary Points. If either of you played with more than 25% of your Team as unpainted models then your opponent will score an extra Inflicted Wound. If both of you did this then neither of you score the bonus!
Scheduling Matches:
League admin will draw the first fixtures out of a ‘hat’. After this first round of matches you are free to arrange further matches yourselves – Admin will step in and and arrange fixtures if any players are falling behind, or if anyone appears to be ‘preying’ on the players who are new to the game. There will be penalties applied if a player keeps cancelling arranged games and you may end up forfeiting a match.
Entry Fee:
The Leagues are free to enter for EH Gaming Members or £5 if you are not a Member. League matches taking place at EH Gaming will be subject to the usual play fees – £2.50 for Members, £3.50 for Non-Members.
Please remember to book a Shatterpoint table with EH Gaming ahead of time if you wish to play here.