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ABOUT

Judgement Day (JD) is first and foremost an event for like minded people to pit their talents and abilities against each other playing Warhammer 40k in a friendly, competitive environment.
Who am I kidding? It's adults playing with very expensive toy soldiers!

JD4 2009, the forth installment is on Saturday August 8th and is a 1x day 40k 5th ed tournament of 5x games with 750pt armies. Further information is listed in the various links on the left.

EVOLUTION

JD evolved from Opportunity and Circumstance.
The lack of 'Opportunity' for me to participate in 40k tournaments in Melbourne (because most of them are 2x day events) brought about by my current 'Circumstance' as a new parent and all the responsibilites that parenting brings.
40k gamers in Melbourne are fortunate because we have some awesome 2x day events but few 1x day events.
So I decided to throw caution to the wind, become a Tournament Organiser (TO) and run something I would like to attend.
In it's 4th year JD has continued to evolve, now under the auspicious guidance of WAACY as I take a step back to refresh.

VISION

It is my vision that JD will become a regular, annual, potentially Iconic, 1x day 40k tournament on the Melbourne gaming calendar.
The format may change as the game and my experience as a TO grows but changes will only occur for the betterment of the event and the gamers experience.
4th installment, and we're ringing the changes.

MISSION

I/We undertake to organise and run this event to the best of our ability, in a professional manner and will do our utmost to ensure it is successful, enjoyable and memorable for all concerned, for all the right reasons.
It's all about having fun. After all...it's just a game.

COMMITMENT

Games Workshop laid down a 'Player's Bill of Rights' for organisers of NTS Events pre-2005 and we agreed to guarantee certain basic things, which you could expect to see. While this appears to have moved on I/We still feel it's a good benchmark and have retained it as a staple of JD.
Basically at JD events players have the right to:

Have fun and meet new people. The main purpose of the event is to allow a group of people who share our hobby to spend some time playing some fun and interesting games. Playing is its own reward and no unsporting-like behaviour will be tolerated.
Play at least three games. If you've worked hard putting your army together then you need to expect to play more than a game or two...particularly if you've travelled any distance to be part of the event.
Fair adjudication - Players' will have their questions, interpretations, disputes or disagreements settled by polite, impartial Judges who have a reasonable working knowledge of the game system. They are on hand to make correct rules calls to the best of their ability without favor to friends or local favourites. At the end of the day Judge's call are final and should be respected. Since you're there to play for fun, the whole event shouldn't be ruined by a call that didn't go your way.
Battle against other painted armies. Players spend a great deal of time painting and converting their models to make the army look good. At home, in a club or smaller non-NTS events the amount of bare metal on the table matters little. But it's insulting to your opponent if they have gone to some effort to meet the expectation of the tournament community and the person on the other side of the table hasn't bothered.
Have the event organised and run in a timely manner. Regardless of how far anyone has travelled to a tournament, everyone appreciates that games are started and played in a timely manner. Players should be able to get a schedule from the organiser so they can plan their day.
Play in a reasonable comfortable and safe environment. Players need room to manoeuvre, a place to put their gear and certain other facilites to make the experience complete. A good venue helps heaps.

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