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Welcome to the Carolina Cryptid 2025!

This is a two-day, 5 game, 2300-point event. Each round will be 130 minutes with 65 minutes for each player. Chess clocks will be in use for time keeping. If you clock out, you can finish the die roll you are on and then it will be dice down until the game ends.
Schedule:

• Saturday
  • Doors: 10AM
• Sunday
  • Doors: 11AM

Prizes/trophies for-

• Best painted Army

• Best painted Army comprising 90% or more Mantic models

• 1st based on total points earned overall

• The Wooden Spoon

• Best painted Cryptid

• Best Painted Cryptid – Mantic model

• Player’s Choice Best painted Cryptid

• Player’s choice best painted army

• 2nd based on total points earned overall

• 3rd based on total points earned overall

• Slayer - Can be won by multiple people, you just need to kill your opponent’s Cryptid in each of your 5 games

• Survivor - Can be won by multiple people your Cryptid just has to survive the entire 5 games.

• Best team - Teams will consist of EXACTLY 3 Players. Notify the TO when registering your team affiliation. You will have team immunity in the first round of the tournament and the team with the highest combined score for the event will win the best team award.

Painted models are not required, but all models must be fully assembled, on the correct base size for the unit, and sufficiently identifiable to avoid confusion.  Painting is a sperate award and not reflected in the overall determination of standings in the event.

Scoring for the event is calculated by adding the total progressive score for the round + the attrition score you receive in each round. The total possible score for each round is 30 points with 150 points possible for the event.

Each round will be 130 minutes with 65 min for each player. Chess clocks will be in use for time keeping. If you clock out, you can finish the die roll you are on and then it will be dice down until the game ends.

Allies ARE NOT allowed.

The optional “WITHDRAW” rule will be used for this event with a -1 to hit modifier.

We will NOT be using command dice/ orders

Turn 7 Only attrition can be scored on this turn, no objective points can be scored.

Sportsmanship- There is no sportsmanship award. Each player should endeavor to be an opponent that they themselves would want to play against. If you would like to report something, please pull the TO aside or message the TO during or right after your game. If you receive more than 1 warning in the event you will be disqualified from the event and any future Carolina Reaper events.

Table setup

We will be using premade Maps that will be on the table at the start of each round. The terrain on the table will consist of a mix of

• Hills ht3

• Forests ht9

• Impassible Features ht9

• Walls/obstacles ht1

• Fields ht2

• Difficult flat terrain Ht -1 If you are 50% or more inside the area of terrain your height decreases by 1. It does grant cover, (Think of a foxhole) and all other difficult terrain rules for Flat terrain apply. Example - a Horde of Ht 3 ogre warriors advance into the terrain feature and are more than 50% inside of it. They are now considered to be Ht2 for all LoS purposes and are considered to be in cover. If the unit was behind the terrain feature and being shot at, it would not receive cover and still be Ht 3.

We will be using modified book missions. The following missions are the possible ones that will be played during the event, modified based on the scoring system for the event

• Pillage

• Loot

• Push

• Plunder

• Fool’s Gold

• Raze

• Smoke And Mirrors

• Salt the Earth

• Stockpile

• Seek and Destroy

• Protect and Raze

• Compass Points
  Please read the Following carefully.

Scoring

Attrition points - At the end of the match each player adds their attrition pointsto their final score for that round based on the total cost of units they each have killed. Use the following table–

• 0- 250 = 1

• 255 - 500 = 2

• 505 - 750 = 3

• 755- 1000 = 4

• 1005 - 1250 = 5

• 1255- 1500= 6

• 1505-1750 = 7

• 1755 - 2000 = 8

• 2005- 2250 = 9

• 2255- 2300 = 10

-Progressive scoring based on type of mission being played -

Using Objective markers - At the end of each turn starting at the end of turn two, players check for the following conditions, each being worth 1 point- The total number of mission points is capped at 20.

• Do you control 1 objective marker?

• Do you control 2 or more objective markers?

• Do you control more objective markers than your opponent?

• Do you control any objective marker on your opponent's half of the board?

Using Loot counters - At the end of each turn starting at turn two, players check for the following conditions, each being worth 1 point- The total number of mission points is capped at 20.

A unit can only score as many loot counters as it has unit strength. Example - a unit strength 2 titan can score at most 2 loot counters.

• Do you control 1 loot counter?

• Do you control 2 or more loot counters?

• Do you control more loot counters than your opponent?

• Do you control any Loot counter on your opponent's half of the board?

Using Bluff counters - At the end of each turn starting at end of turn two before any bluff counters are flipped face up, players check for the following conditions, each being worth 1 point- The total number of mission points is capped at 20.

Bluff counters are treated like objective markers for the purposes of controlling and scoring, at all times. When a zero-point counter is revealed, remove it from the table just like you normally would.

• Do you control 1 bluff counter?

• Do you control any 2-point bluff counter?

• Do you control 2 or more bluff counters?

• Do you control any bluff counter on your opponent's half of the board?

In this event you will be using 1 cryptid in each of your games throughout the tournament. This will be supplied by you. Once you pick your cryptid you will use the same model throughout the tournament, no swapping! For gaming purposes, it is a monster on a 50x50 base with various stats except They all will be HT 3 and US 1 and are able to benefit from any friendly Inspiring/rally auras. In the case of nightstalkers , the cryptid gains the “Mindthirst” special rule.

Pick one and make sure you notify the Organizer of your choice when you register and turn in your army list-

The Wampus Cat

• Pathfinder

• Nimble

• Dread

• Iron Resolve

• BloodBoil - This does not count towards your limit of this spell.

The Beast of Bladenboro

• Thunderous Charge 1

• Strider

• Vicious

• Lifeleech 3

• Nimble

• Wild Charge d3+1

• Rampage D3+1

The Red Cap of Old Salem

• Special ability - May cast each of their spells once per turn and after rolling to hit must proceed to roll damage for each hit. This damage does not cause any type of break checks.

• Spells – Barkskin 5 (does not count towards your limit of this spell), Enthrall 4,

hex 3, wind blast 2, Bane Chant 1

• Spellward

• Stealthy

• Nimble

The Raleigh Blob

Special ability – For each point of damage inflicted by its “cloak of death” ability it immediately removes one point of damage it has previously suffered.

• Regen 4+

• Ensnare

• Cloak of Death

• Pathfinder

• Ordered March

Knobby the Squatch

• Stealthy

• Pathfinder

• Fury

• Crushing Str 3

• Nimble

• Slayer D3