We now have a full house for another great weekend of Warhammer with our premier Warhammer Fantasy Grand Tournament!

We may add more tables or have spots come available, so contact jeff@buckeyebattles.com to get on our waiting list.

Pre- registration for our popular Friday 40k RTT is still open.

Fantasy GT is 2400 points and 5 rounds. Full details of both events to be announced soon.

Choose Event

40k RTT$20.00 USD Fantasy Team$10.00 USD

Use our secure paypal button above to pay for your registration. Don’t wait we plan on filling the theater again this year.

Don’t forget to finish your registration by going to our Pre – Registration page to submit army lists and contact information.

Event details:

• 3 rounds (2 1/2 hours per round)
• Starting at 11am, There will be a lunch break after the first round.
• 1300 pts per person, 2600 per team
• Up to 50 pts can be taken from one side and loaned to the other. (ie, Army 1 would be at 1250 and army 2 could be at 1350).
• Normal Compositon rules apply for each force. Each team is then able to have 2 Generals and 2 BSB’s. We will use all ally rules from the Base rule book(BRB Pg 136). *We will not be using the fragile alliances/Grand alliances due to time and ease of competition*
• Free with Fantasy GT registration, or $10/person payable at the door.

Download Rules and Scenario Pack: Buckeye Battle Team Tourney v2

Please Submit Lists to doug@buckeyebattles.com, as soon as possible.  Please include a team Name for easy identification. We will accept lists up to 3 days before tournament. Sooner is better though please.

If you have any questions, please comment, email Doug, or post to our Facebook page.

1850 points
3 rounds
65% score is battle. (strength of schedule added in)
25% is painting (checklist judging)
10% is sportsmanship

Swiss Pairing

Imperial Armour is allowed if it has been updated by FW to be 40k approved. (must have model and book)

Armies to be painted to a 3 color minimum.

Here are a couple missions 2 of these will not be used, 3 round mission will be revealed the day of.

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Cleanse_2
Spearhead_Dominos
Spearhead_Virus_Bomb

If you have any questions feel free to email Jeff@BuckeyeBattles.com and/or join our Facebook group.

Warhammer Fantasty Indy GT Rules Pack:
Buckeye Battles VI Rules Pack v1.0

Our scenario pack will be posted here soon. We will likely carry forward most if not all scenarios from last years event. So please take a look at the old ones if you want a feel for our scenarios.

All 40k updates will be posted in a separate post.

Watch this space for any updates and/or join our Facebook group.

As promised, here are the final fantasy scores.
40k results are here.

This was another great year for Buckeye Battles. We increased to 84 registrations, with 80 in attendance! That was 400 games of Warhammer  Fantasy in two days!

A giant thanks to this years sponsors and organizers, and the players who made this happen.

First is Battlefoam, which has provide a variety of foam trays that will be prizes for both the 40k RTT and the Fantasy GT.

Second is Game Room Comics, in Toledo. Another last minute addition who will be providing a number of  big tournament prizes. If you find yourself in Toledo, stop in or check out their website. A giant thank you as their donation will allow for more prizes on the table for everyone.

And don’t forget our original sponsors, The Guardtower in Columbus (the home of the Central Ohio Wargaming Slackers), Comic Shop Plus in Newark, Logo7 Media for the website and hosting. and most importantly Games Workshop (who without our favorite games, we wouldn’t have a reason to get together and have fun)!

Breaking News: We will have Warhammer Fantasy 8th Edition Rulebooks as part of our prize support!

Buckeye Battles is returning  July 9th and 11th, 2010!

Our main event is the Warhammer Fantasy Independent Grand Tournament.  This is a 2250 point, five round competition against rivals from across the country.  We make our event unique by using banding and some great scenarios, that will test your mettle as a general.

We are now a proud  member of of the Games Workshop Official North American Circuit.  The top two players will qualify for the 2011 Vegas GT Invitational!

Pre-registration opens in March 31st, 2010, we only have 88 spots for this tournament and expect to sell out again this year.

New for 2010 will be a Warhammer 40k event.

Banding is decided by 9 judges from all over the world.  These judges are tournament veterans and have different opinions on what is good, bad, and ugly. The idea is you wont be judged based on 1 particular groups biases and will have a wealth of experience and backgrounds going into the decisions.

There is no cookie cutter formula to the bands.  Each list is evaluated on his own merit. The judges presume the worst possible use of your lists (aka 5 blocks of 25 thunderers that are themed for the Civil War will still be graded on what the list potentially could do).

This also means the judges presume you are a competent player and will use the list as a competent player would.  Just because you don’t win much with the list you turn in, doesn’t mean its not a tough or nasty list.

The judges will submit a vote on which band the list is appropriate in. Judges can veto a list also,  3 veto votes and we will ask you to resubmit your list with comments as to why.   At the start of July we will compile all the lists and make sure those on the bubble between bands land in the band we feel is appropriate.

Band 1 typically includes , gun lines, lists that include many of the best items,  powerful magic phase. It can include characters on flying rank breakers with good saves if the rest of the army is also solid.  Some of the stronger books tend to land in this group such as Deamons, Dark Elves, Lizards, and Vampires. Though there are possible builds from those books that can make it into lower bands.

Band 2 is typically full of balanced lists.  Usually a good balance of core, shooting, magic and tactically important units/characters.  There are also included lists from the tougher books where its apparent there was a honest effort to make a softer than normal list.   There can be some tough stuff in these lists, but also a good mix of core infantry or less obvious choices.

Band 3 is where you can find your lists that do not take many characters, have lots of core troops, minimal magic and some shooting.   You will find Dogs of War, Ogres, Orcs, as well as other armies that have made a considerable effort to leave out the best of the best from their books or balance 1 great unit with several softer ones.

Do not assume band 1 is all hard core players and band 3 is all kids and part timers.  A band 3 player has won 2 of the 3 events.

Edit: Removed references to WPS as it is no longer being maintained.