40K Kill Team Grand Tournament [May 10th, 2025]

Welcome to the largest Kill Team event in Canada. We had a blast back in January, its time to upgrade and do it again! This time we've reserved more of the game hall here at Torchlight Games & Hobbies, and thus we've secured the larger standing height tables to both spread out a bit more, but increase the overall capacity of players. We've increased the prize support as well, so more people will take home something!

To secure your spot at the event, a ticket must be purchased ahead of the date. You will be signed up to the BEST COAST PAINRINGS EVENT, using the same email you used to purchase your ticket here.

BASEMENT BASTARDS’ TORCHLIGHT KILL TEAM TOURNAMENT PLAYER PACKET

Date & Time: Sat, May 10th, 2025 at 9:00 am
Ticket Price: $40 + Tax with Pizza Lunch Included

Torchlight Narrative League
Prizing for the “Attack on Volkus” narrative league will be awarded day of the
tournament. The biggest Nob claw you’ve ever seen will also be in attendance!

EVENT ESSENTIAL INFO
System: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team 3rd Edition - Matched Play
Location: Torchlight Gaming - 860 Harrington Ct, Burlington, ON L7N 3N4
Missions: Approved Ops 2024 Card Pack
Number of Rounds: 4

WIN-PATH PAIRINGS
Your opponent for your first game will be randomly determined. Subsequent rounds
will use ‘Win Path’ to pair opponents in each round. This pits players both against
someone with the same record and who won and lost their games in the same rounds. For example, a player who lost Round 1 and won Round 2 will play an
opponent who did the same, rather than someone who lost their first two and lost
their third round. This is done to ensure players with a similar strength of schedule
pair off and to ensure an increasing level of skill parity and sportsmanship with each
subsequent round, as they face people who have had an increasingly similar play
and outcome experience across the event.

GAME SPEED AND MILESTONES
Each round of the tournament has a two hour time limit. The tournament organizer
grants a few minutes once the next round pairings have been posted for players to
find their tables and move their belongings there.

Outside of tournaments, most players do not complete their games against a set
clock. As a result, players may not generally play at a pace that is suitable to
complete a game of kill team in the allotted round time. To ensure that each player
has access to an equal amount of time, it is recommended that players use a chess
clock. Each chess clock should be set to 50 minutes per player. Approximately 10
minutes should be used prior to the clock starting for each player to get settled and
explain their team's rules to their opponent. Once deployment has started, the clock
is in use. The only time a clock should be paused is between turning points, when
operatives’ activation tokens are flipped and scoring is done. During judge calls, the
clock will not be paused. Pausing the clock during game play will result in warnings /
penalties.The chess clock is primarily used to ensure that one player is not using
75% of the available time, if a player’s clock runs out and the times are within 15
minutes of each other, play will continue normally until the round timer finishes, at
which point the game will end and final scoring will be calculated. If one player runs
out of time and there is a discrepancy of more than 15 minutes left for the other
player, the player who’s time ran out will no longer be allowed to take actions as the
player with remaining time finishes out the game. Judgment calls will be made by
tournament organizers in these circumstances, if both players amicably agree on a
resolution without organizers, this is the ideal outcome.

Mandatory chess clocks may be implemented at the tournament organizer’s
discretion.

SCORING
Scores can be submitted digitally on the Best Coast Pairings app. Alternatively, if
there are any issues with submitting digitally, a score sheet can be handed in to the
tournament organizer.

EVENT SCHEDULE
9:00 am: Doors open
9:00 am - 9:30 am: Player Sign in.
9:45 am - 11:45 pm: Round 1
11:45 pm - 1:45 pm: Round 2
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm: Lunch
2:45 pm - 4:45 pm: Round 3
4:45 pm - 6:45 pm: Round 4
6:45 pm – Awards
10:00 pm – Venue Closes

Late arrivals for Round 1 will have the clock started on their time at the beginning of
Round 1.

EVENT AWARDS
The Warhammer hobby is multi-faceted, with both game play and painting being
important. As a result, the following awards will be presented:

1st, 2nd and 3rd place: The players who end the tournament in those positions.
Best Painted: The player voted as having the best painted kill team and/or displayboard. Commission painted teams are not eligible to compete in best painted. Only the team being played that day is eligible to compete for best painted.
Best Sportsman: The player voted as the best sportsman from their opponents. In
the case of a tie, the player with the lowest record wins. (It’s much easier to be a
good sport when you’re winning, and much harder when you’re losing!)
Raffles!: To ensure that EVERYONE has a chance at prizing, a portion of the prize
pool will be randomly raffled off to participants who have not placed already.
One prize per player per day.

BOARD LAYOUTS
Each Kill Zone will be pre-set by the tournament organizer.

PLAYER CODE OF CONDUCT
There is a famous adage that says, ‘It matters not if you win or lose, it’s how you play
the game.’ At Torchlight Gaming, we strongly believe that Warhammer 40,000: Kill
Team is a game best played in this spirit, and we place great emphasis on playing
excellent games with like-minded people in our events. Therefore we expect players
to play each game with a certain code of conduct to support this. When you arrive at
your table for a game, greet your opponent, introduce yourself, and start the game
promptly. We expect players to treat each other positively and demonstrate good
sportsmanship throughout each game.

JUDGES
Event staff will be available in the store throughout the event and hold the final say
on all game rules and tournament issues. Individual rulings, however, are never
binding precedent - it’s a game, not a court of law. Rulings will always be based on
correct rules interpretations rather than adhering to previous precedent. When calling for assistance, please be prepared to provide any relevant rules to the particular
question.
A Note on Active Judging. At Torchlight Gaming events, judges are empowered to
actively stop instances of illegal play, with or without a player’s specific request for
intervention. If a player has concerns at any point, they are always welcome and
encouraged to call a judge. While we will not have judges at every table, and we
cannot stop every instance of a minor misplay, our goal here is to make all the
games played at Torchlight Gaming tournaments an enjoyable experience for
everyone.

CONCEDING
We expect all players to see the game through to the very end and not concede, as
doing so can impact tiebreakers and, ultimately, the final rankings. In the unlikely
event that a player does concede before the game has reached its natural
conclusion, then the players should follow the rules presented under ‘End the Battle’
on page 93 of the Kill Team Core Book.

Of course, if you have some kind of emergency that means you can’t proceed, just let
the event staff know.

CHEATING AND IMPROPER PLAY
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is a complex game with many different rule
interactions. As a result, rules can be misplayed during a game. Even if these rules
are not intentionally misplayed, game infractions will result in warnings. Singular
warnings are not an issue - it is a reminder to play properly and to maintain a proper
board state. Multiple warnings throughout the tournament can result in penalties.
Blatant cheating is not tolerated in our events, and any observed or reported
cheating will result in penalties, ejection from the tournament and potential bans from
future events.

Eating competition TBA!

CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the event, feel free send an email to
BasementBastards@hotmail.com, Ry_Snow@hotmail.com, or join our discord and
send us a message!

Ticket purchases are fully refundable until 7 days prior to the event.

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