Liber Animus IV is scheduled for the 19th & 20th of May 2007. A new location has been booked, Burden Park Bowls Club (as used for the WHFB tourney ConVic).

This will be the final year I run Liber Animus, so I'm aiming to make it very special indeed. But first, time to make note of some changes. In previous years I've invited back all previous invitees, this will not be the case for Liber Animus IV. With 60 places at my disposal and a list far exceeding this I have had to make some tough calls, very tough calls actually. The list will not be truly finalised for some time to come whilst I lock in invitees.

The selection of the invitee list is a combination of selected previous tournament results over the past few years with a mix of 'gut feel' on my behalf. Players have been selected for strength across the 4 pillars on which Liber Animus is built = Battle, Sports, Selection & Painting. The majority of players have been selected this way, with a few 'wildcards' thrown in. It's not a perfect system but it is what I choose to use. In years to come this may change as the Leadership of Liber Animus changes.

40% - Gameplay - Max 120pts
The majority of missions will be decided by Objective based conditions, however, there may be a few VP missions. Bonus points will be available in all missions. (Max 20pts per game).

20% - Painting & Theme (Judges) - Max 60pts
A combination of Painting and Background/fluff/theme. We want people to bring along a painted army that has a background or theme with some effort put into it.

20 % - Army Selection/Composition (Players/Judges & Math based) - Max 60pts
A mixture of Peer/Judge and Math based composition scoring. Guidelines will be provided to assist player scoring. Basically, will your opponents enjoy competing against your army? The Peer based scoring will entail 6 opponents scoring your army along with 4 judges to arrive at an average Peer based score. The Math based component is yet to be finalised. Each component makes of 50% of this mark (30pts each)

20% - Sportsmanship - Max 60pts
The enjoyment factor of each game.