OPERATION JUNO: D-day CBT Narrative Event [June 7, 2025]

To honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders and their families, proceeds from the Ticket Sales for this event will be donated to Wounded Warriors Canada. Tickets will be non refundable and non-transferable 1 week leading up to the event.

OPERATION JUNO: D-day CBT Narrative Event

Saturday, June 7th, 2025
3 Rounds - Clan Invasion Era

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, The eyes of the Inner Sphere are upon you.   The hopes of liberty loving castes across the galaxy march with you."  
Galaxy Commander Eisenhower

Join us in commemorating the historical battle for Juno Beach on D-day through a Classic Battletech Charity Tournament.  This first of a series of historical CBT events will be based on the epic struggle our Canadian Forces faced on Juno Beach, June 6th, 1944.  Land your battlemechs on Juno Beach and pit them against the defenders of the Atlantic Wall to pave the way for the liberation Terra!   We are taking the historical data, photos and accounts to re-enact the historical battle, and ask the age old question.  "But what if they had mechs?"

A portion of the proceeds of the event will go to support  Wounded Warriors Canada.

Entry and Registration:

• $40 Entry fee
  
• Pizza Lunch Included
• Part of ticket price will be donated to Wounded Warriors Canada
• Registration by ticket purchase from Torchlight website
• Force Table of Organization & Equipment submissions to via Email classicbt.whatif.events@gmail.com
• Full Rules / Player Mission details and information packets will be sent by email.

The fee goes towards prizing for the event as well as pizza and drinks.   Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 players followed by painting/most VP/display/world builder/sportsmanship awards (separate from raffle prizes) then randomized raffle format.

Raffles will be awarded for:

•    Showing up! (+1)
•    Majority Painted Force (+1)  (75% or more)
•    Majority Based Force (+1)  (75% or more)
•    Finished Display Board (+1)
•    TO&E List Submitted On Time (+1)  (Before May 24th 2025)
•    Early Bird Sign-up (+1) (Before May 1st 2025)
•    Cash Donation to Wounded Warriors Canada of more than $5.00 (+1)

Event Format:

More information will come with the tournament packet, bans etc. emailed at a later date. (e-mail classicbt.whatif.events@gmail.com for questions) 

General Unit List Building:

•    6,000 BV Defender and 8,000 BV Attacker, participants must submit both TO&E Force List ASAP to classicbt.whatif.events@gmail.com
•    All finalized, corrected or late TO&E Lists must be submitted no later than final date of Saturday, October 26th
•    Clan Invasion era (Master unit list ONLY) 3050 to 3060 only
•    One Faction force construction (Only units from Jade Falcon or ComStar, etc)
•    Nominate one unit to be force commander
•    Minimum skill 2 (max 2 units)
•    Maximum skill 7 (max 2 units)
•    No quirks, special unit/faction abilities or mechwarrior skills will be used

Available/Banned Units:

•    Minimum of 4 units (bases) for the entire force
•    One-Half of your force MUST include Battlemechs
•    Maximum 2 VTOL units
•    No WiGE allowed
•    No Aerospace units, Conventional Aircraft
•    No Conventional Infantry (CI) allowed
•    May not include more than 2 copies of any one Battlemech/Vehicle Chassis
•    May not include more than 5 copies (A company) of any one, maximum of two types of Battle Armour type.  With a maximum of ¼ your total BV
•    Protomechs are allowed, up to ¼ of your forces BV
•    Vehicles are allowed, up to ¼ of your forces BV
•    C3 and C3i allowed but must be paid for in BV = to 5% BV of the ENTIRE network to each unit.
•    Allowed: ECM, TAG, AMS and all equipment listed in the BMM (Battletech Mech Manual Pg.120)
•    Allowed: Special Ammunition (BMM Pg.126) must be listed on Record Sheet

Round Rules:

•    Tie Breakers: VPs scored/MoV/Force Commanders Killed/Total BV Destroyed
•    3 Rounds, 120 Minutes OR 6 Turns, with forced withdrawl (Defender ONLY), revealed hidden units after Turn 4+ or at GM’s discretion.
•    Forced Withdrawal Rules do NOT apply for Attackers
•    Rounds and Timer may fluctuate based off attendance
•    First round pairing will follow a Carpool system (You will not be paired first round with the people who arrive with you Limit: 4 persons).

Itinerary:

                10:00am – Venue Opens & Player Check-in Begins

                11:00am – Round 1 Begins
                1-1:30pm – Round 1 Wrap-up and scoring, Game Results Posted

                1:30 - 2:00pm - 30 Minute Break

                2:00pm – Round 2 starts Attackers and Defenders switch roles
                4-4:30pm – Round 2 Wrap-up and Scoring, Game Results Posted

                4:30pm - Pizza and beverages table opens, 30 Minute Break

                5:00pm – Round 3 starts
                7-7:30pm - Game 3 wrap-up and finish

                7:30pm - Game day results and finish, awards and prizes