Here are the tournament rules for AoW at the BHGS Challenge:
15mm AoW COMPETITION RULES
Umpires: The AoW design team.
Competition Rules:
1. The rules to be used are the latest version of the AoW beta rules as provided by Slitherine.
2. Players wishing to participate must register for the AoW beta program by contacting
JDM@Slitherine.com and completing the required non disclosure agreement.
3. Armies may be chosen from either the
army lists for beta testers or selected from the following list:
Ancient Egypt
Early Egyptian ; New Kingdom Egyptian ; Libyan Egyptian ; Kushite Egyptian ; Libyan ;
Nubian ; Hyksos ; Syro-Canaanite ; Hittite Empire ; Sea Peoples
Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia
Mitanni ; Cimmerian ; Neo-Assyrian Empire ; Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Greek, Persian & Macedonian Wars
Classical Greek ; Early Achaemenid Persian ; Lydian ; Thracian ; Syracusan ; Early Carthaginian ; Skythian or Saka ; Kyrenean Greek ; Late Dynastic Egyptian ; Alexandrian Macedonian ;
Later Achaemenid Persian ; Classical Indian ; Early Successor ; Galatian ; Hellenistic Greek ;
Graeco-Bactrian ; Graeco-Indian
The Rise of Rome
Mid Republican Roman ; Late Republican Roman ; Gallic ; Pyrrhic ; Later Carthaginian ;
Ancient Spanish ; Later Macedonian ; Later Seleucid ; Later Ptolemaic ; Attalid Pergamene ; Numidian or early Moorish ; Pontic ; Early Armenian ; Parthian ; Later Jewish ; Illyrian ;
Slave Revolt ; Bosporan
Imperial Rome
Dominate Roman ; Principate Roman ; Foederate Roman ; Later Sarmatian ; Early German ; Dacian or Carpi ; Ancient British ; Caledonian ; Early Alan ; Jewish Revolt ; Sassanid Persian ; Kushan ; Palmyran ; Early Frankish ; Western Hunnic
Alamanni, Burgundi, Limigantes, Rugian, Suevi or Turcilingi ;
Early Visigothic, Early Vandal or Quadi ; Early Ostrogothic, Herul, Sciri or Taifali ;
Early Anglo-Saxon, Bavarian, Frisian, Old Saxon or Thuringian ;
Gepid or Early Lombard ; Early Scots Irish ; Early Pictish ; Hephthalite Hunnic
Byzantium and Islam
Early Byzantine ; Maurikian Byzantine ; Thematic Byzantine ; Nikephorian Byzantine ;
Later Moorish ; Later Visigothic ; African Vandal ; Italian Ostrogothic ; Early South Slav ; Lombard ; Avar ; Arab Conquest ; Early Bulgar ; Ummayad Arab ; Abbasid Arab ;
Early North African Dynasties ; Khurasanian Dynasties ; Bedouin Dynasties ;
Dailami Dynasties ; Pecheneg ; Ghaznavid
The Crusades
Early Crusader ; Later Crusader ; Fatimid Egyptian ; Seljuk Turk ; Cuman ; Komnenan Byzantine;
Post Latin Conquest Byzantine ; Ilkhanid Mongol ; Mamluk Egyptian ; Cilician Armenian ;
Syrian States ; Ayyubid Egyptian ; Medieval Cypriot ; Latin Greece
Western Europe in the Later Middle Ages
Medieval French ; 100-yrs War English (Continental) ; 100-yrs War English (Britain) ;
Later Medieval Scots (Britain) ; Later Medieval Scots (Continental) ;
Later Scots Isles & Highlands ; Later Anglo-Irish ; Medieval Irish ; Low Countries ;
Later Medieval German ; Italian Condotta ; Swiss ; Free Company ; Medieval Burgundian ; Medieval Castilian ; Medieval Crown of Aragon ; Medieval Portugese ; Later Granadine ;
Navarrese ; Ordonnance French ; Wars of the Roses English ; Ordonnance Burgundian ;
Santa Hermandad Nueva Castilian
Eastern Europe and the Rise of the Ottomans
Early Ottoman Turkish ; Later Ottoman Turkish ; Tatar ; Late Byzantine ; Later Russian ;
Later Serbian Empire ; Later Bulgarian ; Later Lithuanian ; Later Polish ; Later Teutonic Knights ; Middle Hungarian ; Moldavian or Wallachian ; Albanian ; Timurid;
White Sheep Turcoman or Black Sheep Turcoman ; Later Hungarian
Chinese Armies
Yuan Chinese ; Ming Chinese
Each participating player will be allowed to request
up to three of the above lists in addition to the standard army lists for beta testers document.
4. The list submitted must not exceed
800 points specified.
5. Army lists must specify the number and size of battle groups and the order of march for deployment. They should also include the territory list for the army. Once an army list has been submitted it may not be changed or altered other than to correct any errors. Players may only correct their errors by making reasonable changes to their list. It is not allowed to completely re-write the list, and the list checkers decision on this is final.
6. Please note the BHGS Challenge 2007 is a single list format. Any incorrect list discovered after a game has commenced (after set up dice have been rolled) must be corrected prior to the next match.
7. Army lists must be submitted for checking in advance and must be received by the List Checker
not later than one week before the event.
8. The List Checker is James Hamilton (
hammy@the-riverbank.net) 17 Davenport Park Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6JU. Tel 0161 483 9131. Please note that only incoming calls are possible, and that the list checker can only respond to queries in connection with Army Lists. All other queries must be addressed to the organisers.
9. Players must fully define their troops as they are placed on table.
10. Table size is 6' x 4' and players must supply their own terrain pieces. These must be to an acceptable standard, and umpires will have the discretion to remove unsightly items. In addition all figures must be representative and painted and based to an acceptable standard.
11. Players must be present and ready to start the match at the appointed time. Where a player has a reasonable excuse for arriving late the match start will be delayed by up to 30 minutes. After which time the effected player will be awarded a bye and 32 points. No player will be awarded more than one bye for any reason.
12. If a player resigns from a game at any stage after the first set up dice have been rolled their opponents will be awarded 32 points.
13. Matches will continue until the end of the side with initiatives turn (but not including a final interbound phase) in the current pair of turns when time is called. Time will be called after 3.5 hours plus a 1 ??“ 15 minute random factor. The random factor will be determined by the umpire prior to the start of the round, and will not be revealed until the announcement is made. Players may always commence games earlier than the stated time by mutual consent.
14. Admission to the tournament is at the sole discretion of the organisers and their decision on all matters is final. An application to enter denotes acceptance of these rules. Entry fees and any queries to be addressed to the BHGS The White Cottage, 8 Westhill Ave. Epsom, KT19 8LE. Tel. 01372 812132. Fax. O1372 817038. e-mail
BHGS@slitherine.co.uk All postal correspondence must be accompanied by a SAE. Those indicating an e mail address will receive communications via e mail.