Prior to the first round, pair teams against one another randomly. Then, pair individual players within already paired teams using the team pairing system, as described in detail below.
Subsequent Rounds
After the first round, pair teams based on their ranking in the event.
Team Pairing System
Once the teams have been paired, they must decide who plays who from each team. The teams should be given fifteen minutes to do this before the start of the round. During this time, teams are allowed to review the other team's muster lists and must be told clearly which player is using which army list.
Work through the following steps to determine individual match-ups. Throughout these steps, both teams choose players in secret and put them forward, before revealing their choices simultaneously:
Step 1: Both teams choose one member to be their Vanguard player and put them forward, revealing their choices simultaneously.
For example, after looking over their opponents muster lists, team 1 (Rob, Jonathan, Connor and Dave) secretly chooses Rob to be their Vanguard player. Team 2 (Agata, Dan, Alastair and Ethan) chooses Ethan.
Step 2: Both teams then choose and put forward two of their members to be their Battleline players. With three members of each team chosen, the remaining players become their teams Rearguard players.
Both teams then secretly nominate their two Battleline players to put forward against the Vanguard players. Team 1 chooses Jonathan and Dave as their Battleline players. Team 2 chooses Dan and Alastair.
Step 3: Next, each team's Vanguard player chooses which of the opposing team's Battleline players they wish to face. This establishes the first two match-ups.
Team 1's Vanguard player, Rob, chooses which of the opposing team's Battleline players he wants to play. He chooses Alastair. Team's Vanguard player, Ethan, chooses to play Dave.
Step 4: Finally, each team's Rearguard player is matched-up against the opposing team's un-matched Battleline player.
Connor, team 1's Rearguard player, is then matched to play Dan, team 2's un-matched Battleline player. Finally, Agata is matched to play Jonathan.