1. Alpine Cup: Flames of War - Information and Rules

NRW-Winter is coming! Our first FOW Alpine Cup event just after ETC FOW.

1. 90 Points Late War
-No Berlin Lists permitted
-Max 2 Formations, no formations doubled
-Bragation lists just after internal review with the community (we dont want „auto-win-spam“ armies)
2. 2:45 hour rounds
3. Swiss Pairing - Standard BF victory point scoring
4. Initial maximum attendance: 32 (we ask you to sign up very soon please)
5. Entry fee: 50 Euro (goodies provided)
6. List submission: NLT 09 Oct ‘25
7. Register at T3 - Table Top Tournaments T³ - TableTop Tournaments – Germany ( https://www.tabletoptournaments.net/de/t3_tournament.php?tid=39013 )
8. Get your Ticket on our homepage: https://thealpinecup.com/nrw-winter-tow-fow
Optional 9: Get a hotel room in our partner hotel: ALPINE HOTEL SAUERLAND, online code for free Breakfast, Dinner AND ALL YOU CAN DRINK until 00:00 in the hotel: WARHAMMER
https://ibe2.smarthotel.nl/hotel/3fe075bf-f1a1-4c82-9d4c-d655f3a27655/rooms

RULES PACK

Tournament Format:
Flames of War Late War Tournament

Forces built to a maximum of 90 points.

The following restrictions apply:

o A formation can only be used once. This includes those who's name only changes by one word; eg. you cannot field a Sherman Company and a Vet Sherman Company. If in doubt please check with the TO.

o Your army can only include 10 units. This includes the HQ (s).

o Your army may not consist of more than 2 formations.

Players will play 5 rounds over 2 days, with a maximum of 2 hours and 45 minutes per round.

Scoring will use the standard Victory Points table.

Player Limit: 32

List Submission Deadline: 09 October 25 – Players who submit their list(s) late will have 3 points deducted from their final tournament score.

Email List to: admin@thealpinecup.com
Further details:

All lists must be produced on Forces of War and include the player’s name.

Players may use any LW book (excluding LW Leviathans and excluding Berlin books) published before Sep 25.

The event will use the most current version of the FOW rules as at Sep 25. This includes LFTF and Main Rulebook.

Tournament Schedule

Saturday 18 October 2025

08:15 –08:45 Check-in Briefing *Please aim to arrive by 8:30am.
08:45– 11:30 Round 1
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch (provided)
12:30 – 15:15 Round 2
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 18:30 Round 3

19:30-22:00 Evening dinner at Restaurant. Location ALPIN HOTEL SAUERLAND if you have a room there, otherwise drinking in our venue ????

Sunday 19 October 2025

09:00 – 11:45 Round 4.
11:45 – 13:00 Lunch – Painting competition judging, leave out your army and name!
13:00 – 15:45 Round 5
15:45 – 16:15 Table clear up and Awards.


Tournament Rules and Regulations

All armies must be fully painted (at least 3 colours) and in a colour style befitting WW2 (ie no Pink Panthers or Warhammer Ultramarine colour schemes). Any miniatures not fully painted will be removed from the table prior to starting the tournament. No proxy models are permitted, players should use the correctly sized vehicles as well as gun and infantry teams. Infantry teams representing different weapon configurations e.g. a Rifle/MG armed infantry platoon may
be used as MG armed infantry platoon as long as platoons are clearly
distinguishable. If in doubt, ask prior to the event.

All Platoons should be clearly distinguishable i.e. your opponent should be able to differentiate the teams of one platoon of the same teams from another.

The event will randomise match ups for round 1 with subsequent rounds
based on score. Players will not play the same player more than once.
We will use Extended Battle Plans and a single dice will be rolled by the TO for each round and this will be the score used for all games based on the player’s stance choice. Print-outs of the Missions will not be provided, please bring your physical copy.

Game Time: Players are responsible for monitoring the time and the Tournament Organisers (TO) will announce time intervals throughout the event. The game should be stopped if both players cannot reasonably be expected to finish a game turn and the results should be calculated as a mutual loss. The exception is that if another turn would automatically cause a formation break at the beginning of the player’s next turn, without any further moving, shooting, or assaulting required (both for attacker or defender), the win will be given to the opposing player.

Terrain: Players should discuss terrain before they start the game and should agree to definitions (e.g. low-rise vs hill). They should also mutually agree how to position models for ‘hull down’. For simplicity and speed, all tall terrain is to be considered ‘infinitely tall’ i.e. you may not sit in a bell tower and see over a smaller building.

Best Painted
Any players that wish their armies to be considered for the Best Painted award should place them on their current table during the lunch break on Sunday. Judging will consider the models in the Force and any Objective markers. No non-Force models should be left on the table.
Unit histories are not required.

The Best Painted award will be chosen by secret ballot voting of all players.

Tournament Awards
Victory points will be used to determine the final placings. In the event of a tie, players will be ranked based on the least number of units lost, then by the most number of opponent’s units destroyed.
The final tie break will be the final ranking of the person they faced
in round 1.

Awards that will be presented include:
• Overall Winner
• 2nd Place
• 3rd Place
• Best Painted, Most friendly