Bayou Battles will be a 4 th edition tournament! This will be the first two-day 4 th edition tournament in the US. Come be a part of history!

This event will be a 2250 point tournament. As such we will enlist a 2 battalion maximum as suggested by the rulebook. As Allies are not a part of the 4 th edition rules, no allies will be allowed.

Optional Sideboard Rules:  If you wish, you are allowed to bring two sideboards (A and B), to be combined with a Main Force with the following rules:

• Your sideboards CANNOT exceed 500 points, but can be as small as you wish
• Your Army will consist of a single Battalion as your Main Force, which can never be adjusted! Each sideboard must be its own stand-alone Battalion (2 core + commander minimum) and CANNOT exceed 500 points, but can be as small as you wish such that when added to your Main Force the total cannot exceed 2250 points.
• Allied units can only appear in one sideboard (though that sideboard may include units from your Main force army, too). The second sideboard MUST use units only from the army of your Main Force.
• A sideboard cannot include ANY upgrades/additions to any unit in the Main Force (artifacts, spells, upgrade to a larger size [e.g. troop to regiment], etc.)
• A unit can appear in both sideboard A and sideboard B but only if they are equipped differently, otherwise they would be in the Main Force.  Examples:
• A Varanagur Horse Raider troop armed with throwing axes in sideboard A, but swapped out for Bows in sideboard B
• A horde of Trolls with the Staying Stone in sideboard A, but equipped with the Scrying Gem in sideboard B
• An elf archmage with Heal in sideboard A, but mounted on a horse and armed with Bane Chant in sideboard B
• Sideboards are totally optional. You can bring just one 2100 point list if you like. Any allies brought in a single list are restricted to 500 points.
• If using sideboards, before the start of your game, you must  choose which sideboard you will use for that game prior to rolling for table sides and inform your opponent accordingly (trade lists).

Army Selection and List Deadlines

When you register, you must indicate the army you intend to play. This can be changed ONLY up until the 32nd player has paid. Once the tournament is full and paid, all armies are locked in place, and the date for the Live Draw will be on Friday, January 2nd at 8PM CST. Your army list (main army and 2 sideboards) will not be due until AFTER the random draw has taken place. Yes, you will know your first 3 opponents and the armies you will be playing against BEFORE army lists are due!

Army list deadline will be at 11:59pm on Friday, January 9th.

If you submit your list with Sideboards, be sure to submit each sideboard as it’s own separate, legal battalion. Thus, you will submit 3 lists: Main Force, Sideboard Battalion A, Sideboard Battalion B.”

 

World Cup Special Characters

The World Cup brings the best players in the game to a single event, and to celebrate this, every army at Bayou will have the ability to bring a special character based on players that will appear in the 2026 World Cup. You can model your Soccer Character on a 40mm base. And yes, there will be a prize for the best looking character! Keep an eye out for this year’s soccer characters, to be announced at a later date. The link below shows the soccer characters available last year.

 

2025 Bayou Soccer Special Characters