In order to ensure that all tournaments that count for rankings are of a similar grade and structure, a set of guidelines for what constitutes a ranking tournament are under construction.
The thinking is that a tournament must adhere to the guidelines if it is to be given ranking status. The guidelines are fairly open and will allow the tournament organisers to add their own character and ideas to a tournament, so long as they follow certain set points.
Many thanks to Danie for writing the following guidelines (a few points have been edited by myself):
General tournament rules:
To have your tournament registered for rankings, you have to register it before hand, but then you may advertise it as a Warhammer Generals ranked tournament, using the Warhammer Generals logo. A few things will disqualify the tournament, see below.
To be able to register, you need a fully detailed rules pack of all the scenarios being played, and with a single, consistent points limit for armies to use. Details in the rules pack should include:
- the timetable,
- entry fee to your tournament,
- what prizes are to be won (other than being ranked),
- who is running it,
- the location of the tournament,
- the MAXIMUM players that you would be able to accommodate,
- contact details for preregistration to avoid disappointment,
- The points limit both systems are constrained to,
- The way points are scored (ie, 20-0, 17-3 or the new 3 for win, 1 for draw or 0 for loss system. You may also use your own system, as long as it is clearly defined)
- details about whether sustenance would be available for purchase and so on and so on.
See system specific rules below for more on scenarios and so on. Should your tourney be part of a larger event, details of how your rules pack can be obtained should be included in the event pack, if not your entire rules pack be able to be included.
There should be a dedicated judge/organizer for each system (thus minimum two people to run a tourney for both systems) for organizing and rules queries.
For a tournament to qualify for ranking status it will need to have a minimum of 10 players participating. If you don’t have this, your tournament will not be able to be ranked and be disqualified from rankings.
For both systems you need to have at least 5 games played, but more is acceptable, if not preferred.
If any big tournament doesn’t comply with the above, it also doesn’t count. It is my suggestion that Regionals tournaments HAVE TO comply with these rules. Nationals have to comply with UKGT rules, which also fall into these rules.