Madtown Throwdown Q2 2025 - June 21 - Wisconsin, USA

What is the Madtown Throwdown Q2 - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER - event?

Madtown Throwdown Q2 is a Warhammer Underworlds event hosted by the What The Hex?! Podcast. This event is also an opportunity to win your Golden Ticket to the World Championship of Warhammer held in Atlanta, GA this November.

Date: June 21st, 2025
Location: Noble Knight Games (Fitchburg, WI)

Format: Nemesis
Rounds: Four rounds (potential final fifth round). Two hours each. Best of three games.

Recommended Experience: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced
Note: New players are always welcome, but you should also be aware that this is a constructed format and may be a little more challenging and fast paced.

Come throw down!

Registration

Registering in advance is a huge help to us for planning. To register, follow these two steps:

Email whatthehexcast@gmail.com with your name.
Send $20 via PayPal to “mortalrealms@gmail.com” or pay on the day of the event.

You will receive a confirmation email from a member of The Mortal Realms crew. Please note we manually check these so there will be a delay between submission and confirmation.

SCHEDULE

See the scheduling graphic below.

Prize Support

Tournament Champion will receive a Golden Ticket - which serves as an invite to the World Championship of Warhammer 2025 held in Atlanta, GA later this year.

Alongside tournament champion, we’ll also have prizes for -

Best Painted
Best Sportsmanship
Best in Grand Alliance
and maybe a little something just for showing up…

Best in Grand Alliance
Our signature prize support category. The players that place the highest among those that brought a warband from the same Grand Alliance will be awarded Best in Grand Alliance for Chaos, Death, Destruction, and Order respectively - and will receive a corresponding set of custom activation tokens.

The Tokens
Designed and created by father and son duo. Made from black acrylic and hand painted.

Best Painted
Prize TBD - but a prize will be awarded.

Best Sportmanship
Prize TBD - but a prize will be awarded.

What is Nemesis?

Nemesis an organized play format for Warhammer Underworlds. In Nemesis, players arrive with a deck they’ve constructed from two Rivals decks (64 cards). This is a lightweight exercise done before arriving and sitting down to a game, but creates ample room for expression and intrigue!

How do I build a legal Nemesis deck?
Check out the Official Nemsis Format Rules for additional criteria.

Organized Play Formats
Rivals | No deckbuilding. Grab a Rivals deck & warband. Shuffle & play!
Nemesis | Deckbuilding from two Rivals decks.

Event Rulings

The following will be in effect for the event with a cutoff date enforced for new releases:

The latest Official Rules Update | Last updated Winter 2024-25
The latest Official Nemesis Format Rules | Last updated Winter 2024-25

New Release Cutoff Date
Any new releases or updates to the documents outlined above after June 6th, 2025 will not be used. This is done to avoid drastic changes in expectations for players. Judges may still consider newly released content in making their rulings for continuity and maintaining the spirit of the game.

Pairings & Tiebreakers
Your opponent for your first game will be randomly determined. Subsequent rounds will be paired by Win Record, Game Losses, Glory Point Differential, Strength of Schedule, and then Random. The player at the end of three rounds with the highest win record will be our Tournament Champion. In the case of ties, the following tiebreakers will be used in order to determine final event placements: Win Record, Game Losses, Glory Point Differential, Strength of Schedule, and then Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Glory Differential will be capped! More details to come on that will be added to this page.

Additional Event Rulings
Updated: February 8th, 2024 | These rulings have been made in advance by an event judge.*