Battle Hardened: Florence

There's nothing quite like a fine wine... or a Battle Hardened!

We're coming to the City of Lilies from September 16th to 17th, so round up your squad and work together to claim a Gold Foil, PTI, and share of $3000 USD!

Jump straight into action with the Team Blitz Battle Hardened on Saturday, rounding off the day with a Super Armory, then take on friends and foes alike in Sunday's Classic Constructed PTI event.

Hosted by AZ Card & Games, join the Flesh and Blood renaissance!

Quick Details

Date: September 16th-17th, 2023
Venue: Auditorium of the New Civic Center of Scandicci, Piazzale della Resistenza, 2/C, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italy
Registration: https://www.battlehardened.it/
Hosted by: AZ Card & Games

The path to the biggest stage in Flesh and Blood TCG Organized Play begins with a Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI), and one of the best places to secure these prized assets is Battle Hardened.

Teams will have the opportunity to battle it out for their share of 3,000 USD in cash prizes, exclusive Battle Hardened series playmats to the Top 4, Gold Foils to the Champions, and coveted Professional Tournament Invites (PTIs) to the top finishing team.

PTIs can be used to enter any Professional level tournament (including Pro Tours and the World Championship) and do not expire, whereas invitations from the in-store ProQuest series are only valid for their associated Pro Tour event.

Event Details

Date: September 16th, 2023
Format: Team Blitz
Entry Fee: 120€ (per team)
Eligibility: Open-entry (no invitation required)
Rules Enforcement Level (REL): Competitive
Venue: Auditorium of the New Civic Center of Scandicci, Piazzale della Resistenza, 2/C, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italy
Registration: https://www.battlehardened.it/
Player Cap: 128 teams (384 players)
Time:

• 09:00 AM – Doors open
• 10:00 AM – Player meeting
• 10:15 AM – Round 1 begins

Team events do not award ELO or XP.

Decklists are required and will be collected before Round 1 begins.

This event is open-entry (anyone is welcome to play!).

Swiss Rounds

• Swiss rounds are best-of-one.
• Swiss rounds are 30 + 5 minutes in duration (30 + 5 means there are 5 minutes allocated for the start of game procedure. Players must have presented their deck and revealed their equipment and weapons within this 5 minute window. If both players complete the start of game procedure in less than 5 minutes, they may begin playing their match immediately).
• The number of rounds of Swiss is determined by the number of teams at the beginning of round 1.

Top 4

Top 4 playoff matches will have no time limit (Players are still expected to play at a normal pace and complete playoff matches in a reasonable amount of time).

In the Top 4, the team that finished higher in the Standings during the Swiss rounds chooses either to play first or second

Prizes

In addition to the prizes outlined above, extra prizes will be awarded based on final attendance. Additional prizes are to be considered in addition to Standard prizes provided by LSS, and are awarded and administered by AZ Card & Games.

The weekend continues with a Super Armory event. Normally, an Armory Kit is provided to stores to support a full month of in-store events, but at a Super Armory, the full contents of a kit are used for one single event, meaning that multiple players get prizes, instead of just the winner! The prizes for this event include Cold Foil Promos and official Flesh and Blood playmats.

Event Details

Date: September 16th, 2023
Format: Blitz
Entry Fee: 15€
Eligibility: Open-entry (no invitation required)
Rules Enforcement Level (REL): Casual
Venue: Auditorium of the New Civic Center of Scandicci, Piazzale della Resistenza, 2/C, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italy
Registration: https://www.battlehardened.it/
Player Cap: 400
Time: ~ 5:00 PM (at the conclusion of Battle Hardened swiss rounds)

Prizes

Additional Prizes Based on Attendance

Date: September 17th, 2023
Format: Classic Constructed
Entry Fee: 25€
Eligibility: Open-entry (no invitation required)
Rules Enforcement Level (REL): Competitive
Venue: Auditorium of the New Civic Center of Scandicci, Piazzale della Resistenza, 2/C, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italy
Registration: https://www.battlehardened.it/
Player Cap: 400
Time:

• 09:00 AM – Doors open
• 10:00 AM – Player meeting
• 10:15 AM – Round 1 begins

Structure: Swiss rounds based on attendance, cut to Top 8 players

Prizes

Legend Story Studios has supplied the Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI) as well as the Random Drop Gold Cold Foil Prize card for the winner of this event. All other prizes list below are awarded and administered by AZ Card & Games.