Game Knight DDM Ladder League Rules

These are the rules for the Game Knight DDM Ladder League. The League will run for 12 sessions and begin on Saturday May 12th. Each League session will have an entry fee of $6 to cover prize support for that session and the prizes at the end of the League.

Format

All games will be 200 point matches with the Assault format using the standard warband building rules with the following exception. All players will draft 1 commander that they will have to include in every warband they build.

Commander Draft

Which commander you receive for the League will be determined by a random draft. Players enrolled in the League are asked to submit a draft sheet ranking the commanders they would like to have in some order, sheets are available at the Game Knight counter to fill out.

Each player enrolled in the League will then be assigned a random draft order with the draft occurring on May 1st. When it comes to a player’s turn in the draft order they will be assigned the highest ranked commander not yet chosen on their draft sheet.

The First Session

The first session on May 12th will be played as a standard Game Knight non-sanctioned tournament with points acting as tie breakers. The standings of this tournament will be used to determine the starting points. First place receives 100 points and every rank below 5 points less.

The Ladder Rules

The way to gain points in the Ladder League is to beat player’s ranked above you. Beating a player one rank above you gets you 10 points and for each additional ranking above yours you gain an additional 5 points.

Losing to a player who is ranked below you costs you 10 points no matter how much lower they are.

Wins against players ranked below you or losses to players ranked above you don’t result in any points changes.

Between each match in a tournament the player rankings are readjusted.

Byes

Byes should they happen don’t result in any point changes. In the first round should a bye be required the League Manager will take it. In following rounds the byes will be awarded to players with losing records at random.

Parings

For each round in the Ladder League players will get paired with the player who is closest to them in the rankings in the first round. After that players are paired together with similar wins and losses that session.

Tie Breakers

In case a tie breaker is needed to determine when players points are the same the first tie breaker will be attendance, a player who shows up gets the higher ranking over one who doesn’t.

The second tie breaker will be the player’s previous place before they are re-ranked. Should an additional tie breaker be needed it will be done by a d20 roll off.

Bonus Points

At the end of each League session players in attendance will be awarded 5 bonus points. Should a 1st place player not show up for a session they will lose points equal to whatever is needed to drop them to 2nd place and have 1st place in the Ladder go to someone who attends.

New Players

New players can join the League at any point. They come in with 5 points less than the current lowest ranked player.

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded for each individual session as any other Game Knight tournament.

At the end of the League prizes will be awarded to those finishing in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, the player who has the most sessions ranked in 1st  place, and the no-prize to the player who finishes with the worst ranking.

League Manager

Mike Jackson will serve as the League manager, all decisions he makes will be final. The right is reserved to make changes to the League rules at any point to keep things running smoothly and enjoyable for everyone.

Looks like I'm in for Dreamblade on saturday. 

Are we playing with Anvilborn? I'm not sure if its legal for another week or if I will even use it, but does anyone care?