Huzzah Hobbies' Road to the NOVA Open 2015

Who? All 40k players in the DC Metro area!

What? An 8ish week League

When? May 18^th- July 11^th

Where? Anywhere! But you’re encouraged to game on Monday and Friday nights at Huzzah Hobbies located at 44927 George Washington Blvd, Suite 165 Ashburn, VA  20147

Why? Because who doesn’t want their chance to win a NOVA Invitational invite, give money to charity AND play their favorite table top game?

More after the break!

Schedule:

Signups	Now until May 16th	Mission:
Game 1	May 18th - June 1st	Crusade – Dawn of War
Game 2	May 25th - June 8th	The Scouring
Game 3	June 1st - June 15th	The Relic – Vanguard
Game 4	June 8th – June 22nd	Points and Regions – Dawn of War
Game 5	June 15th – June 29th	Crusade - Vanguard
FINALS	July 11th

Buy In - 

$20. You can sign up at Huzzah Hobbies located at 44927 George Washington Blvd, Suite 165 Ashburn, VA  20147. Or online, please email me for directions elphilo40k at gmail dot com. Signups will be from now until May 16^th.

Charity – A portion of the buy in will be given to Wounded Warriors http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Rules – 

We’ll be using NOVA Open Rules, Army Construction, Missions and FAQ. Rules, Army Construction and Missions can be found here: http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-40K-GT-Invitational-Draft-Primer.pdf

The FAQ can be found here: http://www.novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015-NOVA-Open-Warhammer-40K-GT-Draft-FAQ.pdf

League Format – 

While we’ll be using NOVA Open rules for the most part there was one thing that I wanted to change. For your first two games you’re not locked into a list, the only thing you have to choose when signing up is your Faction(s). That’s the only thing you’re locked into for games 1 and 2. At game 3 I will require you to send me a copy of your list so I can make it available to all league participants and from then on you are locked into your list, EVEN FOR THE FINALS!!!!

Brackets – 

All players will be placed into regional brackets. Hopefully this will cut down on travel time and distance to get your games in.

Information I need from you when signing up – 

I need your name, email address, a gaming club if you’re in it, your primary and secondary (if you have a secondary) faction(s), and finally the city and state you’re coming from. That way I can make the brackets on region. Just an FYI you will be setting up your games through EMAIL! If you don’t feel comfortable giving out your primary email address please sign up with a secondary one you don’t care about and that you check frequently!

Games – 

You have 2 weeks to complete your games please see the schedule above for when your two weeks start. If you do not complete them in the 2 week period you will be marked down as a forfeit. As a note you are able to complete your games earlier if your opponent is up for it. For example its week 2 and I want to try to get in my game with my week 4 opponent. They agree to play me at Huzzah Hobbies on May 25^th; you’re allowed to do that! But remember your opponent must agree with this as well!

Prizes – 

Depending on how many sign up. The idea is to have at least the 1^st and 2^nd of each bracket get a gift certificate to Huzzah Hobbies. Then the top 8 of the league will come into Huzzah Hobbies on July 11^th for a 1 day 3 round tournament to fight for the NOVA Invitational invite!

Brackets have been made and Prizes are here:

Grey Bracket Prizes
Bracket Battlemaster – Most Battle Points	Bracket Champion – Best W/L Record
Blue Bracket Prizes
Bracket Battlemaster – Most Battle Points	Bracket Champion – Best W/L Record
2nd Place Bracket Battlemaster – 2nd Most Battle Points
Green Bracket Prizes
Bracket Battlemaster – Most Battle Points	Bracket Champion – Best W/L Record
2nd Place Bracket Battlemaster – 2nd Most Battle Points
Purple Bracket Prizes
Bracket Battlemaster – Most Battle Points	Bracket Champion – Best W/L Record
2nd Place Bracket Battlemaster – 2nd Most Battle Points	Bracket Second to One – 2nd Best W/L Record
Yellow Bracket Prizes
Bracket Battlemaster – Most Battle Points	Bracket Champion – Best W/L Record
2nd Place Bracket Battlemaster – 2nd Most Battle Points	Bracket Second to One – 2nd Best W/L Record

EDIT 05/09/2015: 

I wanted to inform everyone of some changes that NOVA Open is doing and we're going to follow suit.

First change is the change to D Weapons, here is the change - 

D shots originating from greater than 12" away treat all "6" results as "5" results instead.
D weapons always inflict only D3 Wounds or Hull Points (even on a "6" result). These also still do their penetrating roll on the vehicle damage table.

The next change is detachments. Originally the NOVA allowed 2 detachments of anytype meaning you can double CAD. Now they've changed it. You can still take the double CAD but you're now open to a third detachment. Though the third detachment does have some restrictions -

Your third detachment must not be CAD like. Meaning that if the detachment that you want to take has all 5 choices (HQ, Troop, Elite, Fast Attack, Heavy Support) that is CAD like and not allowed in the third slot. Examples of CAD like detachments are Company of the Great Wolf Detachment (from Champions of Fenris Supplement), Real Space Raiders Detachment (from the Dark Eldar Codex) and Nemesis Strike Force (from the Grey Knights Codex). Now if your detachment doesn't have all 5 choices (HQ, Troop, Elite, Fast Attack, Heavy Support) it is a non-CAD like detachment. Examples of those are Masque Detachment (from the Harlequin Codex), Skitarii Maniple (from the Skitarii Codex) and Officio Assassinorum Detachment (from the Officio Assassinorum Dataslate).

Also please remember that if you take a Combi-Detachment (so far, as of this post, there are only 3, the Necron Decurion Detachment, the Craftworld Warhost from the Eldar Codex and the Blood Host Detachment from the Khrone Daemonkin Codex) then that counts as your two CAD-like detachments you can take. That way you're allowed to take that third detachment in case you want to take another formation or say an assassin.

If you have ANY questions about any of the detachment rules please DON'T hesitate to ask me. You can contact me via email, elphilo40k at gmail dot com.

The third and final update for this post is just an FYI for players. With the release of the new Imperial Knight Codex they have been changed into Super Heavy Lords of War. Meaning they are now banned in the NOVA Open format, so they're going to be banned in this league as well.

EDIT 05/19/2015:

You can keep track of the week's progress by looking at Torrent of Fire: http://app.torrentoffire.com/#/tournament/Huzzah-Hobbies-Road-to-the-NOVA-Open-2015

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT YOUR SCORES IN THE GOOGLE SHEET THAT YOU WERE EMAILED! DO NOT POST THEM TO TORRENT OF FIRE I WILL DO THAT AS THE WEEKS ARE COMPLETED!!!!!!!!!!

Also I just wanted to do a quick rules update as well. Since we're going to be doing the third detachment that NOVA will be instituting we also need to institute a new Secondary Objective that is being considered. That Secondary Objective is this: 

This Secondary Objective is awarded if you completely eliminate any enemy Detachment or in the case of a Combi-Detachment any one of the Formations associated with it. This secondary also is claimed if a player completely destroys a formation that is taken by itself.

Oh one last thing. A question was asked about terrain format, as in should you use the Standard Layout or the Alternate Layout for your games. I'm going to leave that choice up to you and your opponent.

That should be it! If you have any questions please let me know, my email is elphilo40k at gmail dot com.

Happy Gaming!