The Gates of Gondolin 2023 - GBHL100

April 1st - 2nd
Greetings and salutations! We are so excited to invite you back to The Gates of Gondolin, a weekend of good-hearted merriment mixed with the GBHL’s highest competitive level! Within this tome of Wisdom is all the information you will require to attend, play some toy soldiers, and have a wonderful time!

Venue and Tickets:
This year, Gondolin will be taking place at a beautiful venue, The Engine Shed York Rd, Wetherby LS22 7SU. This is a next-level function room which will be ours for the weekend, featuring food and bar services for all your dietary needs. Wetherby is Just minutes off the A1/M1 Junction so Driving is very simple! The venue also has on-site parking for a good number of cars as well as nearby street parking, so you won’t have to carry your legions too far. Don’t drive? Don’t Worry! Wetherby has numerous access routes from York, Leeds and Harrogate, all of which have train stations.
While it is a bigger, better venue, We will still bring the excellent 7th City service! We pride ourselves on sourcing a diverse selection of gaming systems, supplies and items of interest. Take a look on our website and feel free to get in touch and reserve some goodies, we can deliver them to the event for you!
We also specialise in the buying and selling of second-hand games, armies, models, cards; if you collect it, we probably do too! Feel free to bring along anything you would like to trade in for competitive cash or credit rates.

Tickets:
Tickets will be made available on the 4th of February.
Due to upfront organisational costs, the first £20 of each ticket purchased is non-refundable. Refunds of the remaining value are available should players have a change of plans. No refunds will be available within one week of the event.
The capacity for the tournament will be 80 players.
What you will need for the weekend:
- Your Army! (See army composition section below)
- Your Army List (3 copies)
- Hobby Materials: (Tape Measure, Dice, Pen and paper for Might, Will and Fate, Glue, Tray, etc)

The Tournament:
Pairings, Round Draw, Tiebreakers, Board Size:
The first round will be paired entirely at random, after which matches will be swiss paired based upon TPs. For tiebreakers the tournament will be using firstly Total Victory Points Difference, followed by Victory Points Scored, and finally, most sporting votes. The Scenarios will be a random pool roll, and a random scenario roll with no pool repeats.

Tournament Points:
- Win: 3 TP
- Draw: 1 TP
- Loss: 0 TP
- Concession: -1 TP
- Most Sporting: 2 TP
There will be a total of 20 TPs available to players, TPs for most sporting will not be added until the end of the 6th Round.
All games will be played on 4x4 tables.

Schedule:
Day 1 -
11:00 Registration
11:30 – 13:45 Game 1
13:45 – 14:45 Lunch
14:45 – 17:00 Game 2
17:00 – 17:30 Break
17:30 – 19:45 Game 3
20:00-LATE Social!
Day 2 -
10:30 – 12:45 Game 4
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 16:00 Game 5
16:00 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:45 Game 6
19:00 – Awards and Goodbyes

Army compositions:
The main Army Restrictions are as follows:
- All attendees should construct armies of no more than 800 points.
- No models are banned from this tournament.
- All models must be WYSIWYG and 3rd party/ proxies will not be allowed unless the model doesn’t exist, and reasonable conversion work can’t be done.
If you intend to use any form of proxy or non-Games Workshop model (converted or not) please contact Will at Events.7thcity@gmail.com. Finally, all models must be fully painted and based including any necessary dismounts, there will be no exceptions to this, if a TO sees unpainted models in play you will be asked to remove them from the table as a casualty.

Submission of Army Lists:
All army lists should be submitted for checking one week before the event. Submission is compulsory and errors that cannot be immediately rectified, or that have led to an in-game advantage will award -1TP per game.
All army lists should clearly state the general along with any ally matrix colours where relevant. All army lists should be submitted to Will@7thcitycollectables.com

Prizes:
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Best Painted (Player Vote)
Most Sporting (Player Vote) +2tps
The results of the tournament will be submitted to the organiser of the GBHL, and the Swiss winner will receive 100 points toward their score for the 2023 GBHL season. All other participants will receive an appropriate level of points toward their GBHL score based on their final standing, calculated after the total number of attendees has been determined. This event will also be a scoring event for the GBHL central league.

Sportsmanship, Rules queries and legal publications:
Whilst this is a tournament, the objective is for everyone to have a great time! Players are always expected to behave in a civil and respectful manner to one another and generally treat each other as they would like to be treated. Players are given a single warning when their behaviour toward other players is considered unacceptable. If the behaviour persists, the player may be disqualified. There is zero tolerance for cheating. Players found to be cheating will be immediately disqualified. Players are encouraged to work out simple rules queries themselves. TOs are the sole authority at the event and will be entirely impartial in their adjudication of any rule’s disputes. Remember, if a TO is required to intervene, the TOs ruling is final. All official publications and rules that have been made available for sale to the public one week before the event will be valid for use in this tournament.

Accommodation:
There are numerous hotels available within easy each, the same can be said for BnBs. The Engine Shed’s Recommendation is the Mercure,