L'Art de la Guerre: The Monday Knights get Biblical

L’Art de la Guerre (ADLG) is an enjoyable and easily learned ancients and medieval wargame. The Monday Knights wargames club will be hosting a five round, two-day tournament over the weekend of 23rd-24th May. The event will be held at Auburn Bowls Club, 2B Munro St, Hawthorn East, Victoria. As this is a licensed venue, minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The event theme is “The Monday Knights Get Biblical“ 200-point armies should be chosen from the “Ancient” and “Classical” sections of the army lists.  Allies that are from sections outside these are not permitted.

Please submit lists to adlg@mondayknights.org.au by 15th May. Please remember to specify a date for your list. If your choices cover a range of years, please pick one year.

Games will begin at 10am each day. Please arrive at 9:45 Saturday for setup and registration, and by 9:45 Sunday so the draw can be done. Games will last for a maximum of 2.5 hours. There will be three rounds on Saturday, and two on Sunday.

The Monday Knights will be providing a selection of terrain, but we encourage players to bring their own as we may not have exactly what you require.

First round opponents will be chosen based on chronological proximity of their armies. From the second-round onward opponents will be chosen based on player score.  Scoring system is out lined on page 2 of this document.

The tournament will be run by three “playing umpires”. The idea of three playing umpires is that they are still able to participate in the tournament, while also running the event. Due to the clarity and quality of the ADLG rules, we’ve found that this system works quite well. Playing umpires are not allowed to adjudicate issues in a game they are involved in. If there are an odd number of players a bye round will be given to the lowest ranked player. This is counted as a 90 point win and the player receives a $5 refund (no player can receive the bye twice, the second lowest ranked player will receive the bye round in this instance).

The Monday Knights pride themselves on being a friendly and welcoming club. New players are encouraged to attend. We can provide borrowed armies and host practice games in advance of the event; just contact us to find out more.

Trophies will be awarded for:

First Place
Second Place
Third Place

Countback, if necessary to decide places at the end of the event, will be based first on if the tied players played one another, and who won. Second on strength of schedule. Third on chronological list choice, with the earlier list winning.

Scoring

Victory:
100 –  1 point for every 5% (rounded down) of morale suffered loss. See table below.
A score between 81 and 100 points

Defeat
10 points + 1 point for every 5% (rounded down) of morale losses inflicted to the opponent. See table below.
A score between 10 and 29 points

Draw:
Each player scores 40 + 2 points for every 10% (rounded down of morale loss inflicted to the opponent – 1 point for every 10% (rounded down) of suffered losses.
Table below does NOT assist with this calculation.

Double demoralisation
Each player scores 58 points