Introduction
This is your guide to the Warmaster’s Tournament Circuit (WMC). Contained in this guide are the rules for tournament play on the circuit. Our system allows for a great deal of flexibility in its scoring system for painting and composition rules. This allows you to choose the tournament style best suited to your tastes and a place to find where those events are being run.

Each WMC tournament that a player attend improves his or her odds of attending one of our Invitational Warmaster’s Tournament Championships. These events will be held at different times of the year to allow players to participate in Championships for multiple systems, if they qualify.

How to Register?
There are two ways to register for the WMC. The first is to fill out the flyer provided to all Organizers and mail it to the return address on the flyer. The second is to create an account here on the website.

How it Works
The basics of the WMC Tournament ranking system work in the following way:
Each Game System supported by WMC has a separate ranking system.
Players earn Battle Points based on their ranking in their four best tournaments results within a system, with the maximum points available and earned scaling with the size of the event.
Players earn Attendance Points based on number of events attended, the value of which slides with the scale of the event. Players earn these points from the 25 largest events attended (which averages out to roughly 2 events per month).

The maximum ranking score available in any system is capped at 400.

Earning Battle Points:
Available Points are awarded on a scale based on attendance, with the maximum points available being modified by the size of the tournament. The maximum points available is divided into the following tiers:
11 players and under = the maximum points available is 55
12 – 20 players = the maximum points available is 70
21-36 players = the maximum points available is 85
37+ players = the maximum points available is 100

The first place player will earn the maximum points available. After that the points will be reduced at a rate determined by the number of players (see example below). The formula used is the following
R is player rank
X is the number of players
M is max points available
BP is the Battle Points Earned
The Formula is BP = (M/X) * [X-(R-1)]

Explanation: M/X determines the points separation between each player. X-(R-1) determines how many times a player’s result should be multiplied by the separation value.
Therefore, in a 50 man tournament, the first place player will earn 100 points, the second place player will earn 98 points {(100/50) * [50-(2-1)]}, the third place player would score 96 points {(100/50) * (50-(3-1))}, etc.

Earning Attendance Points

Each tournament attended is worth between 1 and 4 additional points, depending on the scale of the event. The points available are the following:
11 players and under = 1 attendance point is earned
12 – 20 players = 2 attendance points are earned
21-36 players = 3 attendance points are earned
37+ players = 4 attendance points are earned

Examples: If a player were to attend eight12-20 player events, three 21-36 events and two 37+ player events would earn 33 (8*2 + 3*3 + 2*4) points over the course of the year. If another player attended 30 events over the course year, his 25 top attendance points earning events would be used. If the player attended 12 eleven and under events, and a mix of the other sizes, 5 single point earning events would be dropped from his total.