GW-Determined Awards
We’ve made a slight adjustment to the awards we’ll be giving out; adjustments we think are in keeping with the original intent of the GTs. We also have a cascading Award hierarchy. If you win Best Overall, you are ineligible to win another GW-determined award. If you win a Best General award you are ineligible for a Sportsmanship or Army Appearance award. If you win a Best Sportsmanship award you are ineligible for an Army Appearance award, and so on.

Winning a GW-determined award does not put you out of the running for either player-determined award.

Best Overall Award
We will award one Best Overall prize to the hobbyist who comes first in each of the Tournaments (40K, Warhammer, and The Lord of The Rings).

Best Overall

This prize will go to the competitor with the highest combined scores from the Battle, Sportsmanship, and Army Appearance categories. In the case of a tie, the Best Overall prize will go to the competitor with the highest Battle points, then Sportsmanship points.

Note: The Best Overall award is only available to those competitors that painted their own army.

Honesty
We want people to come along to the Grand Tournaments to have a great time immersing themselves in our geeky hobby. We want the games to be challenging, the toy soldiers to look cool, and the company of fellow hobbyists to be stimulating. Along the way we’ll present some awards to people who we recognize as “champions of the hobby”. We don’t mind if you bring an army that someone else painted (either borrowing one from a buddy or paying a painting service to paint it for you), that’s a decision you make. We will ask each competitor at each event if they painted their army themselves, and we expect honest answers. Those who did not paint their army themselves are ineligible for the Best Overall and Best Army Appearance awards, but may still quite happily walk away with any of the Best General or Best Sportsmanship awards.

Although it might be tempting for some to be less than honest with us, we remind these people that the information age is truly upon us and, if you have lied, the online community will let us know very quickly that this is the case and we will investigate the claims. Those competitors who are “found out” will have their title stripped; their GW Tournament Circuit points erased, and we expect the online community will do a pretty good job of sullying their reputation.

Please be honest with us. There is no benefit in not being honest.

Best General Awards
For our Warhammer and 40K Tournaments we will present three awards to the Best Generals:

Best General - 1st Place
Best General - 2nd Place
Best General - 3rd Place

This award will go to the players who have achieved the best score in the Battle Points category over the course of the Tournament. In the case of a tie, we will compare “strength of schedule”, where the player that has played against the toughest opponents will win. If there is still a tie the awards will be given in order of the competitor with the highest Sportsmanship points, then Army Appearance Points.

Note: Due to the size of the Lord of The Rings Tournaments we will only present one Best General award at each tournament.

Best Sportsmanship Awards
For our Warhammer and 40K Tournaments we will present three awards for Best Sportsmanship.

Best Sportsmanship - 1st Place
Best Sportsmanship - 2nd Place
Best Sportsmanship - 3rd Place
This award will go to the players who have achieved the best score in the Sportsmanship category over the course of the Tournament. In the case of a tie, we will give the awards in order of the competitor with the highest Battle Points, then Army Appearance Points.

Note: Due to the size of the Lord of The Rings Tournaments we will only present one Best Sportsmanship award at each tournament.

Best Army Appearance - 1st Place
Best Army Appearance - 2nd Place
Best Army Appearance - 3rd Place

For our Warhammer and 40K Tournaments we will present three awards for Best Army Appearance. These awards will go to the players who have brought, in the minds of the Judges, the coolest looking armies to the event.

Note: The Best Army Appearance awards are only available to those competitors that painted their own army.Note: Due to the size of the Lord of The Rings Tournaments we will only present one Best Appearance award at each tournament.

Other Awards
In addition to these established awards we may also present a few random and/or timely awards at each event. Keep an eye on this website for updates.

Player Determined Awards
We are big fans of the idea of “more awards to more people” so, at each of the Grand Tournaments, we will continue to present the player-determined awards of Favorite Opponent and Player’s Choice.

Favorite Opponent
At the conclusion of your final game you are required to fill out your voting slip (part of the package you’ll receive at the event) with the name of your Favorite Opponent at the event. This is the person you had most fun playing against and would like to play again on a regular basis. The winner will be the player with the most votes. In the case of a tie, we will check out Sportsmanship scores.

Players’ Choice
Between the second and third games on Saturday we will ask all players to leave their army set up for Player’s Choice voting. It is not compulsory to set up your army, nor is it compulsory to vote. You will need to hand in your voting slip (part of the package you’ll receive at the event) with the name of the person who brought the army you would most like to take home with you. This could be because of the great army list, the awesome paint job, or cool conversions. It is up to you.