Doubles Events are similar to regular tournaments, but with two players on each side. This means you can have a friend beside you to share in the victory (or blame for your defeat!).
The Doubles Tournament Companion features extra guidance on unusual rules interactions when there are two different armies on the field. For example, do you gain extra command points because there are two of you (nope), or can your Ork Boys hitch a ride in your mate’s Wave Serpent (also nope).
While we’re on the subject of doubles forces, we’ve seen a lot of questions about whether you can use a 3DP detachment as your only detachment in your army at 1000 points (a common size for doubles games). Our intent is to let you do so and we will be making an update to clarify that in the first update to the Muster Army rules after launch. Effectively, you can always choose to pick any one, lone detachment, regardless of the mission size, even if it costs more Detachment Points than that game might normally allow.
Teams Events
Teams Events, as their name suggests, sees players compete in teams rather than just one-on-one. In every round, each member of a team will play a game against one member of the opposing team, and the accumulated scores of all team members will decide the winner of a round.
Teams Events have some specific new rules of engagement that will make the experience more challenging and exciting than ever before.
First up, for every five players (rounding up), only one player can select each Force Disposition. This means that your combined team will have to master a number of different playstyles to come out victorious.
The way that opponents are paired and layouts are selected is a little different too. For most games, each team secretly selects a Defender and two possible Attackers. Once these are revealed, the team then secretly selects which Attacker they want their defender to face, and each team’s Defender gets to choose which mission Layout they want to use. This system is tweaked slightly depending on how many players are on each side – check out the full Teams Event Companion for more details.
Dominatus
There’s also a new Event Companion set up for running Dominatus campaigns using the new deck included in the Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon boxed set,* which spreads a narrative campaign out over the whole event.
The document includes advice on adapting the Dominatus deck for an organised event, as well as tips on how to pair players off.
From next week, all of the mission layouts will be available in the updated Warhammer 40,000 app, too, which we’ll have more to share on shortly. These Event Companion documents are also available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Download the Event Companions now, and get ready for your next big tournament!