The very first Relic Knights Midlands Cadre is just around the corner! Who will be crowned Midlands Cadre winner on the 17th October 2015? Taking place in the lovely town of Leamington Spa, UK at the Dormer Conference Centre. Cadre's go head to head in an effort to be crowned number one. This is an Endless Hunger format event but because the Doctrine have been magically charging the area they have managed to corrupt the rules a bit...

The Midlands Cadre 2015 Back to School will feature four intense rounds of fast paced objective grabbing, fighting and action. Ninja Division will kindly be offering a host of prizes for entrants who place as well as tournament only patches. This is an escalation style tournament where the battles intensify throughout the day, the round format is as follows (see the end of the post for specific details on list building).

Round 2

Round Time	Cadre Size	Queue Size
50 mins	35 pts	3

Round 3

Round Time	Cadre Size	Queue Size
70 mins	50 pts	3

Round 4

Round Time	Cadre Size	Queue Size
70 mins	50 pts	3

1. Players must bring 1 Encounter list and 1 Skirmish list following the list building rules specified later in this article
2. Players may bring 2 Encounter lists and 2 Skirmish lists.
3. Darkspace and Special Edition models are allowed.
4. All models must be appropriately represented by a Ninja Division model.
5. Models must be fully assembled with the correct size base.
6. Alternate models can be used so long as they suitably represent the unit and are Ninja Division models.
7. At most 25% of your list may be represented by alternate models.
8. Models are not required to be painted (but please make an effort)
9. First round opponents will be drawn randomly
10. There will be four swiss rounds
11. Players need to score 6 victory points to win a game
12. If time is called the player with the highest victory points is the winner
13. If the victory points are even then a draw is called.
14. Players will earn tournament points for the following outcomes
1. Win = 3 points
2. Draw = 1 point
3. Loss = 0 points
15. Victory Points difference will be used to break ties followed by Victory Points scored and finally number of Wins vs Tied Participants.
16. Be respectful to your opponent, allow them to see all open information and do not take unreasonably long periods of time to complete your activations (Don't be a dick!)
17. You will be asked to complete a score sheet after each round which must be completed.
18. Cheating goes against the rule of "Don't be a dick!" Anyone caught cheating will be removed from the tournament with no refund.

List Building Rules

When building your cadre for this event you must specify two lists, a 35 point list and 50 point list. Furthermore the 50 point list must be a continuation of the 35 point list, the rules for this are as follows:

1. You must submit one 35 point list including one questing or relic knight
2. You must submit one 50 point list including all the same units and boosts declared in the original 35 point list.
3. You may submit two 50 point lists (optional) including all the same units and boosts declared in the original 35 point list.
4. You cannot remove units or boosts.
5. You cannot change your questing or relic knight.

Unit	Type	Points
Leopold Magnus	Questing Knight	13
Fritz	Cypher
M8 Blitz Auto Tank	Minion	9
Diamond Corps (5)	Minion	9
Esper Condenser	Boost	2
Dampening Field	Boost	1

List 1 - 50 Points

Unit	Type	Points
Leopold Magnus	Questing Knight	13
Fritz	Cypher
M8 Blitz Auto Tank	Minion	9
Diamond Corps (5)	Minion	9
Black Dragons (1)	Minion	6
Diamondback	Minion	10
Esper Condenser	Boost	2
Dampening Field	Boost	1