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Headquarters: WWII - New Tournament Sign Up which include Leaderboard system

Headquarters: World War II · published 2 May 2025, 09:23 UTC

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A new Headquarters: World War II tournament is starting soon, using some of the campaign maps recently incorporated into Skirmish & Multiplayer.

We are excited to announce that a new Headquarters: World War II Leaderboard will begin with this tournament. The Leaderboard ranks tournament players in the game across upcoming tournaments. These use an ELO-rated system for placement. So if you want to be on the Leaderboard, sign up and play.

To celebrate the new Leaderboard, we are awarding prizes to the top 3 players in this tournament:

1st Place: $50 Slitherine discount coupon
2nd Place: $30 Slitherine discount coupon
3rd Place: $20 Slitherine discount coupon

These coupons can be used as discounts on both Slitherine and Matrix Games websites

The Tournament begins on 16th May, so please sign up before then.
Sign up here.

Tournament Details:
There are 4 rounds, with each round being 16 days.
Round 1 - Allied Invasion
Round 2 - Operation Aubery
Round 3 - The Falaise Pocket: The Trap
Round 4 - The Falaise Pocket: The Breakout

Victory conditions:
1) Time
Turn limit: 0/25
If none of the other win conditions is met by turn 25 - the player with the highest in-game Score wins
2) Control the flag
Victory points - 50 (80 on 4 players map with 2 closed slots - The Falaise Pocket: The Trap)
Reach the designated number of Victory points to win the game. Victory points are gained at the start of every turn based on the total number of flags under your control.
3) Conqueror
Capturing the enemy HQ (starting) flag results in immediate victory.
4) Wipe them out
Eliminating all enemy units results in immediate victory.

HQ skills available*:
Rally
Reinforcement
Air Recon
Artillery Bombardment

*In the new update HQ skills will be on cooldown at the start of a Skirmish or Multiplayer game.

The tournament will be using the next update (version 1.04.01) which will have a couple of required fixes, so an update will be required before you start any tournament games.

Good luck, and see you on the battlefield!

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