Editing WARMACHINE (section)

==List Building==

In the grand old wargaming tradition, every model has a points value and opposing armies have to be the same size. However, the points values of Warmahordes are very small compared to GW properties. 0 points is a small-scale learning game with one warcaster, their battlegroup. 50-75 points is brick-and-mortar-store tournament scale (roughly equivalent to 1500-2000 points of 40K). 100 points is for all-day convention tournaments. Anything bigger than 100 points borders on Apocalypse scale; Privateer Press has released "Unbound" rules to streamline games at 150+ points, and while they're still a bit on the clunky side it still keeps games of that scale to less than a day.

The majority of tournaments require you to write two different army lists and choose between them at the start of the game. This allows you to build one list which can cover for the shortcomings of the other. 1d4chan's official recommendation is to have one Searforge Commission Mercenaries list and one Talion Charter Mercenaries list, allowing you to field both [[dwarf|dwarves]] AND [[pirate|pirates]] at the same tournament.