As we’ve done in past years, we have updated the floor rules for the competitive season. There aren’t any changes to the rules for tournaments, in fact, all changes are confined to page 9…

Oh Athame, we hardly knew ye…

We aren’t sure how many of you will get that reference, but to explain further, if you check the updated list of banned D&D Miniatures in Standard tournaments, you will find three humanoid races represented; Human, Elf and Athame.

The DDM Guild is pleased to bring you the most recent update to the floor rules, which includes updates to the legal maps and figures, as well as a table of contents for quickly finding what you need if you are working from a print, rather than pdf, copy. We’ve also finally listed Windswept Precipice as legal for the small map formats (and you can still download it here), to confirm it is legal for sanctioned play.

If you play in a home environment, you don't need this document. But once you start playing in official DCI tournaments, you are expected to follow the rules that are set forth in the DDM Floor Rules.

For the lazy people we've made this executive summary of the Floor Rules:
Players are expected to behave in a respectful and sporting manner at all times. Players shall abide by all rulings, including penalty rulings of the judge of duty. Players are required to have DCI number.

This page contains rules and information for playing the revised (current) edition of D&D Miniatures, released in March 2008 and relaunched in March 2009. If you are looking for rules and information for playing the original edition, look here.

I hope you're all prepping your Championship warbands, getting ready to start playing with the Player's Handbook Heroes, Series 2 figures releasing today, and bracing yourself for the rapid Legendary Evils previews starting Thursday.