Bay of Kings is a 1,995 points Kings of War Grand Tournament played over 2 days in lovely San Diego, California.
When: September 23rd and 24th, 2023
Where: Marina Conference Center: 1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109
Dockside is the venue at the conference center
A comfy waterside venue with a view of the Marina, a relaxed alcohol policy, and nearby all sorts of great attractions for family (or adult) fun. Enjoy food, drinks and great battles with friends (and enemies) in an idyllic location. Saturday taco bar lunch at the venue and a Saturday night BBQ by the beach rounds out the weekend.
Follow all regular rules for army construction from the Kings of War main rulebook. We WILL be using the supplemental Clash of Kings Organized Play Book. Lists on Mantic Companion labelled (2023) should be used where available. Optional Withdraw rule will not be used.
1995 pts
Registration
Please send the following information along with your payment of $50 to bayofkingsgt@gmail.com through PayPal.
Name -
Army Faction (IE, Undead, Northern Alliance etc…) If You Have It -
Email Address -
Phone Number –
Club/Travel Group -
Scoring
Scoring will combine Battle, Sportsmanship and Painting as we feel these are the three important pillars on which an overall player should be judged.
Battle - Standard Clash of Kings scoring for battle with attrition as a tiebreaker.
Painting - Judged by tourney organizer (Brinton Williams). Points will be earned for the normal stuff like solid technical application, good theme, smooth blending, freehand, conversions, display board (wankers), basing etc… Essentially, an amazing army will get 20 points. Most people should expect a 10-15.
Your army does NOT have to be painted fully, but all figures should be fully assembled and resemble what they’re supposed to be (and you’re getting dinged on that paint score if they’re not done). You can use any manufacturer you want, and be as creative as you want, just make sure your opponent knows what he/she is fighting. Seriously. They should be able to read through your list, look at your army and know what is what. If not, the responsibility is yours to be a good person and make it easy on your opponent. Kings of War allows incredible freedom to express the hobby in your own way, do not take advantage of this to slap some nonsense on a base and call it Drakon Riders. We’ll be loosely enforcing Minimum Model Count from the rule book but if you have something awesome and you’re worried about it, shoot us an email, it’s probably fine and we’ll let you know.
Armies borrowed / commission painted / not painted by the player are not eligible for “Best Painted” award. They will also receive a 10% reduction to their score as it relates to best overall.
Sportsmanship - At the end of the tournament each player will fill out a sportsmanship sheet selecting the three best opponents in descending order to determine best sports.
3 Points - Favorite opponent
2 Points - Second Favorite opponent
1 Point - Third Favorite opponent
Maximum 18 Points
Sports factoring into overall will be decided by a set of pre-determined questions on the score sheet around clean play, time management etc…
Schedule
Saturday
9:00am: Check-In
9:30am: Round 1
Noon: Lunch
1pm: Round 2
3:30pm: Round 3
* Expect to finish Round 3 around 6pm
Sunday
9:00am: Round 4
11:30am: Lunch
12:30pm: Round 5
3:30pm: Awards
*Expect to finish around 4pm
Awards
Best Overall = Highest overall TP’s
Best General = Highest BP’s
Best Painted = Best painted army as chosen by judges
People’s Choice = Best army as chosen by peers
Best Sports = Highest Sportsmanship Score
Things to Bring
Your Army (seriously, don’t forget that or you might get stuck with a loaner Kingdom of Men army with no colossal giants)
Dice, measuring device, wound trackers, writing utensils and anything else you’ll need to game. Please use dice both you and your opponent can read and be clear about how you’re tracking damage.
Core Kings of War rulebook (and any supplemental rulebooks you’ll be using items/spells/rules from) IE: If you’re playing Brotherhood, bring Uncharted Empires! If you’re using a new item from Clash of Kings, bring that book as well
Good attitude
What else you might want to bring
A tray of some sort to transport your army between games
A sense of humor
Additional Info
We can generally organize rides from Airport to lodging so let us know when you’re flying in and we can try and help
There will be some Air BnBs rented with multiple attendees staying so let us know if you want in on shared housing options
Any Questions…feel free to reach out. bayofKingsgt@gmail.com
-Brinton
Accommodations:
Hotels: Conference center has a discount rate with the following hotels found here. (Days Inn by Wyndham and the Holiday Inn Bayside are the more affordable options). The only hotel sort of walkable to the site is “The Dana” which is quite expensive. Most likely you’ll need to grab a quick Lyft or Uber over to the venue. There is a large number of hotels in the surrounding area and very affordable ones in Hotel Circle/Mission Valley as well.
Air BnB: Air BnB or VRBO is a great option especially if you’re traveling with a group. Anything in Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Point Loma, Bay Park, Mission Hills would be a very close Lyft or Uber away and would work perfectly. A number of players will be staying at a couple Air BnB’s which will be booked soon. We can direct you to players setting those up and see if that works if you’d like to stay at a bigger house with multiple people.
