The awards section is a work in progress, feel free to email your suggestions of what types of awards you would like to see at the Iron Halo.
Best General - The Best General is the person who has the best win-loss record at the end of the tournament. Only your record on the table top is used to determine the overall tournament champion and the winner will walk home with the 2020 Trophy and the 1st place plaque. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Nick Sutherland - defending champion)
Best Overall - The Best Overall is commonly referred to as the “Renaissance Man” at other tournaments and it's the individual with the highest total score combination of: - Battle Points (40%) - Painting Points (30%) -Sportsmanship (30%). This represents the best overall player, who does well on the tabletop, but also has a well painted army and is a great opponent to play against. The winner will walk home with a Best Overall plaque. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Michael Boyer - Defending Champion)
Best Painted - The 5 players that receive the highest possible painting points for their army based on the 2020 Painting Rubric are finalists for the Best Painted award. Players will be asked when they check in on Saturday if they’d like to enter there army for this award. The judging for this award will be done during Armies on Parade on Sunday during lunch where 40K tournament participants can vote for their favorite painted army. The army must be a total of 2000 army list points to qualify as to set a limit on amount of models required for judging. All models that are played with at the tournament, must be on display. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Marshal VanNortwick - Defending Champion)
Best Sport aka "The Brian Hunter" - This award is give to the player who best exemplifies the spirit of the game by his/her attitude, demeanor, and treatment of fellow competitors, teammates, and judges while accepting victory or defeat graciously. At the beginning of the tournament each player is automatically awarded 500 sportsmanship points. Players can earn additional sportsmanship points by helping the tournament staff with tasks which help the tournament run. For example, helping setup and tear down. Players can also lose sportsmanship points, for example for every yellow card a player receives 100 points will be deducted from your score. In addition each player will have one vote (5 Points) to choose who they think the best sport winner should be and it will be added to the final score. The tournament judges and organizers will also add 100 points to 5 players who they believe went above and beyond the call of duty. Winner receives the Best Sports Plaque. (Wes Anderson - Defending Champion)
Best Team - This award is given to the team with the best team battle points average with 20 bonus battle points points for each team member who is participating to a maximum of 200 points. For example, if a team's average battle point score is 357 and have 12 players in attendance that team would earn an additional 200 battle points bringing their team total to 557. Any yellow card a player earns reduces the Overall team score by 15 points for each card. Team names are after registration and can only be changed for minor misspellings at the TOs discretion. The winning team will walk home with the 2020 Iron Halo Team Plaque. (Redacted - Defending Champion)
Individual Best Faction - This award is given to the person who has the best overall score in a particular "pure" faction army at the end of the tournament. The winner will walk home with a Best Faction plaque. To find out what your faction you will be competing in visit our Faction Scoring Chart. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship.
Wooden Spoon - This player who came to wreck face, but became a wreck themselves by placing dead last. Must complete all their games and be present at the awards ceremony. (Kyle Evens - 3 time defending champion)
Rookie of the Year - This award is given to the top player who is under 18 years of age.
Scoring is based on a max score of 600 in the following categories Battle Points and 500 for Painting Score and Sportsmanship Score. Click Here to view a sample score sheet.
Best General - The Best General is the person who has the best win-loss record at the end of the tournament. Only your record on the table top is used to determine the overall tournament champion and the winner will walk home with the 2020 Trophy and the 1st place plaque. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Nick Sutherland - defending champion)
Best Overall - The Best Overall is commonly referred to as the “Renaissance Man” at other tournaments and it's the individual with the highest total score combination of: - Battle Points (40%) - Painting Points (30%) -Sportsmanship (30%). This represents the best overall player, who does well on the tabletop, but also has a well painted army and is a great opponent to play against. The winner will walk home with a Best Overall plaque. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Michael Boyer - Defending Champion)
Best Painted - The 5 players that receive the highest possible painting points for their army based on the 2020 Painting Rubric are finalists for the Best Painted award. Players will be asked when they check in on Saturday if they’d like to enter there army for this award. The judging for this award will be done during Armies on Parade on Sunday during lunch where 40K tournament participants can vote for their favorite painted army. The army must be a total of 2000 army list points to qualify as to set a limit on amount of models required for judging. All models that are played with at the tournament, must be on display. A 2nd and 3rd place plaques will be handed out for those finishers. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship. (Marshal VanNortwick - Defending Champion)
Best Sport aka "The Brian Hunter" - This award is give to the player who best exemplifies the spirit of the game by his/her attitude, demeanor, and treatment of fellow competitors, teammates, and judges while accepting victory or defeat graciously. At the beginning of the tournament each player is automatically awarded 500 sportsmanship points. Players can earn additional sportsmanship points by helping the tournament staff with tasks which help the tournament run. For example, helping setup and tear down. Players can also lose sportsmanship points, for example for every yellow card a player receives 100 points will be deducted from your score. In addition each player will have one vote (5 Points) to choose who they think the best sport winner should be and it will be added to the final score. The tournament judges and organizers will also add 100 points to 5 players who they believe went above and beyond the call of duty. Winner receives the Best Sports Plaque. (Wes Anderson - Defending Champion)
Best Team - This award is given to the team with the best team battle points average with 20 bonus battle points points for each team member who is participating to a maximum of 200 points. For example, if a team's average battle point score is 357 and have 12 players in attendance that team would earn an additional 200 battle points bringing their team total to 557. Any yellow card a player earns reduces the Overall team score by 15 points for each card. Team names are after registration and can only be changed for minor misspellings at the TOs discretion. The winning team will walk home with the 2020 Iron Halo Team Plaque. (Redacted - Defending Champion)
Individual Best Faction - This award is given to the person who has the best overall score in a particular "pure" faction army at the end of the tournament. The winner will walk home with a Best Faction plaque. To find out what your faction you will be competing in visit our Faction Scoring Chart. Ties will be settled by battle points, strength of schedule then sportsmanship.
Wooden Spoon - This player who came to wreck face, but became a wreck themselves by placing dead last. Must complete all their games and be present at the awards ceremony. (Kyle Evens - 3 time defending champion)
Rookie of the Year - This award is given to the top player who is under 18 years of age.
Scoring is based on a max score of 600 in the following categories Battle Points and 500 for Painting Score and Sportsmanship Score. Click Here to view a sample score sheet.