Some data about Warhammer 40K Tournaments held 2007 -2010
Year |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Number of Events |
65 |
58 |
71 |
95 |
Ave number players / event |
34 |
31 |
34 |
34 |
Total number of players |
1344 |
1047 |
1275 |
1533 |
Games Workshop stopped running tournaments at the end of 2007, and as a result the number of events and players dipped in 2008. Ignoring 2008, the average number of players at an event has remained around 34 players over the period in question.
Including information supplied by Geoff Tewierik, the average number of players at events has remained fairly constant over the life of the Rankings.
Year | # Players |
2004 average number of players per tournament | 34.2 |
2005 average number of players per tournament | 33.7 |
2006 average number of players per tournament | 34.9 |
2007 average number of players per tournament | 34.3 |
2008 average number of players per tournament | 30.9 |
2009 average number of players per tournament | 33.5 |
2010 average number of players per tournament | 33.9 |
2011 average number of players per tournament | 34.2 |
Note 2011 average is the average for Jul 2010 to Jun 2011 (being the point at which I stopped recording results)
Tournaments |
Year |
Location |
Region |
# Players |
Format |
Arcanacon XXVIII |
2010 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
200 |
1200 x 6 |
Arcanacon XXVII |
2009 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
153 |
1200 x 6 |
Arcanacon XXVI |
2008 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
133 |
1200 x 6 |
Arcanacon XXV |
2007 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
131 |
|
Melbourne in Flames |
2010 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
124 |
1500 x 6 |
Terracon XII |
2010 |
Naracoorte |
SA |
120 |
1500 x 5 |
Cancon |
2010 |
Canberra |
ACT |
117 |
1750 x 8 |
Terracon XI |
2009 |
Naracoorte |
SA |
98 |
1500 x 5 |
Cancon |
2009 |
Canberra |
ACT |
92 |
1750 x 8 |
Cancon |
2007 |
Canberra |
ACT |
88 |
|
Lords of Terra III |
2010 |
Sydney |
NSW |
87 |
1750 x 5 |
Melbourne in Flames |
2009 |
Melbourne |
Vic |
80 |
1500 x 6 |
Melbourne has had fewer tournaments each year than most other cities, but the tournaments tend to attract more players. Arcanacon is undoubtedly Australia's largest regular 40K event, and is held on the Australia Day long weekend each year. Arcanacon is normally a 40K only event.
Cancon is also held on the Australia Day long weekend each year, but covers many gaming systems including 40K, WFB, Flames of War and other systems. Cancon would undoubtedly be Australia's largest gaming event.
Army Size | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
2000 pts | 21% | 10% | 12% |
1750 pts | 31% | 47% | 47% |
1500 pts | 34% | 25% | 26% |
750 - 1250 | 14% | 18% | 15% |
Note that the points limits for tournaments was not recorded in the Rankings for 2007. The data shows that while 2000 pts tournaments were fairly popular in 2008, they were much less so in 2009 and 2010. These last two years show that the gaming community seems to have found the 1750 pts level to be their preferred format.
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