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SN BATTLE REPORTS
RULESPACK v1.1
SN Battle reports started in July 2014 with the vision of recreating the old school style picture battle reports that people were used
to seeing in the White Dwarf magazines. Our goal was to steer the game away from its hypercompetitive status that had been commonly seen throughout the years and bring it back to its roots with well painted fluffy armies.
In January 2016 SN held its first No Retreat tournament, and despite it obviously having an element of a competitiveness, we wanted
our event to mirror our battle reports. We created a ruleset that encouraged players to create more fluffy lists whilst also trying to level out the playing field between each army to the best of our ability. Aside from that we wanted to make the whole No Retreat
experience to be about more than just a tournament, but a gaming retreat. Unfortunately though, as much as we would love everyone the chance to join in on the experience we can only cater for a limited amount of slots, so we have to filter through all the applications
and pick our favourites (and that is not an easy task!)
Fast forward to today and we feel like we have achieved what we set out to do when we started. We are very proud of our No Retreat
events and with each event it just gets better and better. So for all the players who wish to apply and/or have been successful in their application, below you can find the rules for the upcoming No Retreat event.
LOCATION
Europa Retreat Centre,
11 Windmill Hill Road,
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Click here for directions
DATE
Doors open: Friday 22nd Sep 17 @13:00
Tournament begins: Saturday 23rd Sep 17 @10:00
Tournament ends: Sunday 24th Sep 17 @20:00
Event Ends: Monday 25th Sep 17 @14:00
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Maximum Players: 36
Minimum age for tournament: 18
Ticket Price: £75 (Non Refundable)
Ticket includes exclusive event T-Shirt, free goodies, free entry to painting competition and a shuttle service
from the airport to the venue. Water, tea & coffee are also free at the venue for ticket holders.
Overnight packages are the following:
£35 per night for a single room
£25 per person a night for a double room (£50 total)
Overnight packages are for the Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights. If you intend to spend any more nights, before
and/or after the event, please contact us directly to arrange to see if this is a possibility.
Please note that as the location is a licensed premise, all guests wishing to stay over must be at least 18 years of age.
For additional information, or if you are intending to stay over with somebody who is not participating within the
tournament, please contact us at [email protected]
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ARMY COMPOSITION
>General Rules
Army is to be comprised of 2000 points or less (Regardless of Power Level Points)
Must be battle forged
All models must be fully painted to a level deemed acceptable by the SN Team
Army must be strictly WYSIWYG. However certain non-visible upgrades (e.g. various Character
wargear, grenades, etc) are allowed some leniency. If you have made any conversion work and are
unsure to whether they will be legal, just contact us beforehand at [email protected]
>Faction Rules
Armies must be comprised of a single faction with the following armies being broken down further. Them being:
Imperium
o Space Marines
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Adeptus Astartes” keyword
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Inquisition”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
Only one Chapter Type Keyword allowed within the entire army (e.g. Blood
Angels, White Scars, etc)
o Astra Militarum
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Astra Militarum” keyword
May contain units with the “Officio Assassinorum” keyword as Elite choices for
a “Astra Militarum” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Officio Assassinorum”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Inquisition”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
o Adeptus Mechanicus
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Adeptus Mechanicus” keyword
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
o Questor Imperialis
Must contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
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o Adeptus Custodes
Must contain between one and three detachments comprised of units with the
“Adeptus Custodes” keyword
May contain units with the “Adeptus Ministorum” keyword as units for a
“Adeptus Custodes” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Ministorum”
May contain units with the “Sisters of Silence” keyword as units for a “Adeptus
Custodes” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Custodes”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
o Adeptus Sororitas
Must contain between one and three detachments comprised of units with the
“Adeptus Ministorum” keyword
May contain units with the “Sisters of Silence” keyword as units for a “Adeptus
Ministorum” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Sisters of Silence”
May contain units with the “Officio Assassinorum” keyword as Elite choices for
a “Adeptus Ministorum” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Officio Assassinorum”
May contain units with the “Adeptus Custodes” keyword as units for a “Adeptus
Ministorum” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Custodes”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
o Sisters of Silence
Must contain between one and three detachments comprised of units with the
“Sisters of Silence” keyword
May contain units with the “Adeptus Ministorum” keyword as units for a “Sisters
of Silence” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Ministorum”
May contain units with the “Adeptus Custodes” keyword as units for a “Sisters
of Silence” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Custodes”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
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o Inquisition
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Inquisition” keyword
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Adeptus Astartes”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Astra Militarum”
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Imperialis”
May contain units with the “Officio Assassinorum” keyword as Elite choices for
a “Inquisition” detachment
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Officio Assassinorum”
If there is an “Adeptus Astartes” detachment within the army then only one
Chapter Type Keyword is allowed between them (e.g. Blood Angels, White Scars,
etc)
Army may not contain factions from both “Adeptus Astartes” and “Astra
Militarum” simultaneously
Forces of Chaos
o Chaos Space Marines
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
from the “Heretics Astartes” section within the Index Chaos book
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Traitoris”
Only one Legion Type Keyword allowed within the entire army (e.g. Thousand
Sons, Death Guard, etc)
If the army contains the same Mark of Chaos throughout (i.e. Tzeench, Khorne,
Nurgle, Slaanesh) and/or no specific Mark of Chaos, then they may take up to
one detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword “Daemon”
as long as all the units are also the same Mark of Chaos
o Chaos Daemons
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
from the “Chaos Daemons” section within the Index Chaos book
If the army contains the same Mark of Chaos throughout (i.e. Tzeench, Khorne,
Nurgle, Slaanesh) then they may take up to one detachment solely comprised
of units from the “Herestics Astartes” section as long as all the units are also
the same Mark of Chaos
If the army contains the same Mark of Chaos throughout (i.e. Tzeench, Khorne,
Nurgle, Slaanesh) then they may take up to one detachment solely comprised
of units with the faction keyword “Questor Traitoris” faction as long as all the
units are also the same Mark of Chaos
o Questor Traitoris
Must contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Questor Traitoris”
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Aeldari
o Craftworlds
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Asuryani” keyword
o Drukhari
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Drukhari” keyword
o Harlequin
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Harlequins” keyword
o Ynnari
Must contain between one and three detachments solely comprised of units
with the “Ynnari” keyword
Army can only contain units with the Ynnari keyword and one of the following
Aeldari’s:
Asuryani
Drukhari
Harlequins
Tyranids
o Tyranids
Must contain between one and three detachments comprised of units with the
“Tyranids” keyword (chosen entirely from the Tyranids Army List section)
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Genestealer Cult”
o Genestealer Cult
Must contain between one and three detachments comprised of units with the
“Genestealer Cult” keyword
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Tyranids” (chosen entirely from the Tyranids Army List section)
May contain a detachment solely comprised of units with the faction keyword
“Astra Militarum”
Army may not be comprised of a “Genestealer Cult”, “Tyranids” (From the
Tyranids Army List) and “Astra Militarum” factions simultaneously
>Detachment Rules
Armies must contain between one and three detachments as chosen from the rulebook with the following
restrictions:
The army must contain at least one of the following detachments:
o Battalion Detachment
o Brigade Detachment
o Vanguard Detachment
o Spearhead Detachment
o Outrider Detachment
The only exception to the above is a Questor Imperialis/Traitoris army. They would need
to use a Super-Heavy Detachment instead of one of the above
The Fortification Network is not allowed
Army may not contain both a Super-Heavy Detachment and a Super-Heavy Auxiliary Detachment
No detachment of any kind may be used more than once in an army
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SCENARIO RULES
Maelstrom objectives are all setup in advance and equidistant to each other. They may not be moved
at any point.
Mysterious Objectives rules will not be used for any objective
Units cannot be holding both a primary mission objective and maelstrom objective. At this point the
player must nominate which objective they are claiming at the end of their player turn.
There will be 5 games played during the course of the tournament.
Each game will consist of three missions; A Primary, Secondary and Tertiary, which will be scored
as follows:
o Primary Mission: 14vp (Eternal War Mission)
o Secondary Mission: 8vp (Maelstrom Mission)
o Tertiary Mission: 6vp
In the case of a draw on any of the missions, both players will get half the points for that mission.
Objectives from the primary missions must be placed at least 6″ away from a maelstrom objective.
All Primary mission objectives must be placed on the ground floor
When drawing your maelstrom cards, if there is absolutely zero possibility of achieving the objective,
you may immediately discard it and draw a new card. That being said, if there is even the slightest
remote possibility of achieving the mission, regardless of how slim or ludicrous it may be, then you
must accept the card.
All maelstrom cards that are worth D3 points are automatically worth 2, and cards worth D6 are
worth 3.
All games will be played using the Dawn of War deployment.
Once the final scores are recorded, In the case of a tie break, players will be ranked depending upon
who has gained the most logistical points from all their games collectively. Logistical points are the
point values of a unit that has been completely destroyed. Units only partially removed grant no
points to the opponent.
First blood will be replaced with “First Strike”. You gain a point if you managed to kill a unit on your
first turn
The advanced rules for Battlefield Terrain will be used and explained for each board prior to starting
the event
The Battlezone and Expansion rules found under the Advanced Rules section will not be used.
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MISSIONS
Game 1:
Primary – Retrieval Mission
Secondary – Deadlock
Tertiary – Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker & First Strike
Game 2:
Primary – No Mercy
Secondary – Cleanse and Capture
Tertiary – Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker & First Strike
Game 3:
Primary – The Relic
Secondary – Deadlock
Tertiary – Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker & First Strike
Game 4:
Primary – Big Guns Never Tire
Secondary – Tactical Escalation
Tertiary – Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker & First Strike
Game 5:
Primary – Secure and Control
Secondary – Cleanse and Capture
Tertiary – Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker & First Strike
ITINERARY
Fri 22nd Sep 17
14:00 – Doors open (Players can meet, greet & play friendlies)
20:00 – Meet & greet at nearby club with drinks and burgers
Sat 23rd Sep 17
09:30 – Tournament starts – Introduction
10:00 – 12:45 Game 1
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:45 Game 2
17:45 – 20:30 Game 3
Sun 24th Sep 17
10:30 – 13:15 Game 4
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:15 Game 5
18:00 – Awards Ceremony
Mon 30th Jan 17
14:00 – Doors close
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All army lists are to be validated and must be submitted to [email protected] by Saturday the 22nd July 2017,
the latest.
There will be Prizes and awards for both tournament and painting competition winners.
Please remember that tickets are non-refundable.
Note that rules can be expected to change/update as of when Forge World release their own Index books.
If you are interested in signing up or require any further information, please contact [email protected]
*Updated 21/06/17