Player Rules

FORMAT

Squad Goals will be using the Standard timeline as outlined in the AMG Challenger rules document found here: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/marvel/op. Largely the other rules in the challenger doc will be followed, but in a few cases, we diverge from the rules template provided there, which are detailed below.

Team Construction

Teams will be made of 3 players.

  • Teams may not have any duplicate Characters
  • Teams may have duplicate Tactics or Crisis Cards

Matchup Process

The captains from each team will work together to determine the individual pairings of the players within their teams using the following method:

  1. Each team will have the 3 sheets to represent the three players on the team. Each team (referred to as Team A and Team B) will meet at the set of three tables (Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3) they are assigned to.
  2. To determine who is Team A and who is Team B, a 5 die priority roll is used once each team is at the table. The winner becomes Team A.
  3. Team A will choose one of their players and place their sheet face down any table of their choosing.
  4. Team B will choose one of their players and place their sheet face down on either of the other tables not chosen by Team A.
  5. The sheets placed in the previous two steps are revealed.
  6. Team A will choose one of their remaining players and place them face-down the table chosen by Team B above and the last player on the remaining empty table. Simultaneously, Team B will choose one of their remaining players and place them face-down on the table Team A chose above and the last player face-down on the remaining empty table.
  7. All sheets from the previous step are revealed and matches can then begin.

Team Tournament Scoring

The team that gains 2 or more victories from the 3 games in a round is declared the winner and receives one 1 tournament point. The losing team receives 0 points. Each player that wins their game in a round is awarded a “Player Tournament Point”.

This event will use the Longshanks Top Table feature for the 1st tiebreaker Each team’s strength of schedule will be calculated and will be used as the 2nd tiebreaker. The total “Player Tournament Points” a team has accumulated will be used as the 3rd tiebreaker. The number of victory points each team earns across all 3 games for a round is also recorded and is used as the 4th tiebreaker.

OTHER

Miniatures

Each player must have the miniature for each character on their roster. Players are allowed to customize their miniatures as they like but must follow these guidelines:

  1. The miniature must be made from a majority of Atomic Mass Games miniature parts from the Marvel: Crisis Protocol miniatures line.
  2. The miniature must be easily identifiable as the character it represents.
  3. The size or pose of a customized miniature cannot interfere with game play.
  4. Miniatures must always be attached to an Atomic Mass Games base or a modeled base that is the appropriate size and shape of the original miniature.

Cards

A player must have all Character cards, Team Tactic cards, and Crisis cards included in their roster. Proxies of cards are allowed if approved by the EO and must have the full rules text included.

Dice

Players should use official Marvel: Crisis Protocol dice, which includes the dice found in the Core Box, Dice Expansions, and/or promotional material distributed by Atomic Mass Games. Players may use replacement dice if approved by the EO.

Measurement Tools

  1. Choose one set of widgets and use those for the entire game.
  2. When a model is pushed or thrown a declared distance, it is assumed that the model can be pushed or thrown back the same distance and return to the same point. (This is commonly a result of someone with new widgets throwing a model off an objective and then the model being pushed back onto the point with the old widgets)

Deployment (The Pastrami Rule)

As the mats are only pre-marked in one orientation, players are not allowed to rotate the mat and can only choose to deploy from one of the two edges facing the chairs.

Use of Timing Devices

Swiss Round Times

Each event round of Marvel: Crisis Protocol is a predetermined length, giving players a certain amount of time to complete their games. The EO should start the timer for an event round after most players have found their seats and begun to set up. If a game has not concluded when the time for an event round runs out, the player with the most victory points (VPs) is the winner. In the case of a tie, players will immediately score the table as if the round had ended. If it is still a tie at this point, it will be recorded as a draw.

This event will use a 100 minute round timer.

Chess Clocks

Chess clocks will be used for Squad Goals. Chess clocks should be set to 45 minutes per player. When a player’s clock runs out, they immediately lose the game regardless of current VPs.

At the start of the game, the clocks will remain paused until deployment and the first power phase is complete, at which point the priority player will start their clock and take their first turn.

Each player is responsible for their own time. A player has the right to pass the time to their opponent whenever the opponent is making an action or spending time thinking about a decision. For example, an opponent deciding on using or resolving a reactive superpower such as Tricks And Traps or Lifesaver would be an instance to flip the clock onto the opponents time. While an opponent simply rolling defence dice would be an instance where you would keep the time running on your own clock.

The clock may be paused at the players’ discretion to resolve rules queries or judge calls. Excessive pausing of the clock will be considered time wasting by the judges and may be penalised.

In order to ensure timing in tournament games is fair and reasonable, at the end of the round the clock is immediately paused for the entirety of the Cleanup Phase and the following Power Phase. If either player is taking an excessive amount of time to resolve any decisions or player effects, a judge should be called to help resolve the issue.

PAINTING COMPETITION

Squad Goals’s painting competition will have three categories, judged by a panel of painting experts:

  • Best Total Team (all 30 models!)
  • Best Roster
  • Best Model

The “Total Team” category concerns the set of 30 models played by each player in the tournament. The “Roster” category concerns the set of 10 models the player is using in the tournament. The “Model” category concerns a single model, chosen by the player, that is among the models the player is using in the tournament.

The painting competition will take place during lunch on Saturday May 18th, and the winners will be announced in the closing ceremony on Sunday May 19th.