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EXCITING CATERING UPDATE: WE WILL NOW BE SERVING PIES FROM PIE MINISTER! DETAILS BELOW
LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND ALL OTHERS – WELCOME BACK TO THE THIRD ANNUAL BLOODBATH!
PROBABLY THE BEST BLOOD BOWL TOURNAMENT IN THE CITY OF BATH!
This is a one-day, 3-game, NAF-accredited Blood Bowl 11s tournament.
It takes place on Saturday 7th September 2024, in the centre of the historic city of Bath.
FORMAT
The tournament consists of 3 games of Blood Bowl using the BB2020 / Second Season ruleset.
Coaches will play 3 games against 3 different opponents. The first round will be paired randomly, and Swiss pairings will be used for rounds 2 and 3. This will be a resurrection format: your roster resets after each match (no SPP, injuries, raised dead etc.).
The official Blood Bowl rules, and all current FAQs and errata published up to the date of the tournament will be in effect.
In the event of any rules disagreements, TO’s decision is final.
Part of the South West Tournament Series 2024:
https://swts.nazgob.co.uk/
viewtopic.php?t=47062
TEAM CREATION
All coaches will have 1.15 million gold pieces to spend on team creation, following the team creation rules for exhibition play detailed in the rulebook. From this they must purchase all their players (at least 11), re-rolls and any sideline staff such as cheerleaders, assistant coaches, or apothecaries (and their ilk).
Eligible teams include all official GW teams published up to the date of tournament, including Teams of Legend that have not been superseded by subsequent releases, as well as the Slann team from the NAF. The new rosters for Amazon, Norse, Vampires and Khorne will be used, thus Daemons of Khorne and Teams of Legend Norse, Vampire & Amazon rosters will not be eligible. Any new teams released by GW before the end of August will also be eligible
Inducements. Coaches can also spend from their treasury to permanently add inducements to their roster. Eligible inducements are: bribes, biased referees, Halfling master chef, riotous rookies, star players*, and mercenary giants.
TEAM TIERS
The tournament uses a 5-tier system based on each team's NAF tournament performance, performance in previous Bloodbaths under similar rulesets, and a bit of What I Reckon. This is an art, not a science, so feel free to complain about - or exploit - any wonky tiering.
- TIER 1 - Amazons, Dark Elves, Shambling Undead, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elves
- TIER 2 – Dwarfs, Lizardmen, Orcs, Slann, Tomb Kings, Vampires, Norse, Skaven, Chaos Dwarfs, High Elves
- TIER 3 – Elven Union, Humans, Imperial Nobility, Necromantic, Old World Alliance, Khorne
- TIER 4 – Black Orcs, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Nurgle, Snotlings, Gnomes
- TIER 5 – Halflings, Goblins, Ogres
SKILLS AND STARS
SKILL AND STAR ALLOWANCES
- Tier 1 – 5 Primary Skills - 0-1 Stars (C & D list available)
- Tier 2 - 6 Primary Skills - 0-1 Stars (C & D list available)
- Tier 3 - 6 Primary +1 Secondary Skill - 0-1 Stars (B, C & D list available)
- Tier 4 - 7 Primary +1 Secondary Skill - 0-2 Stars (B, C & D list available)
- Tier 5 - 8 Primary +2 Secondary Skill - 0-2 Stars (A, B, C & D list available)
After building a team, coaches may add additional skills to the players on their team (Star Players may nit receive additional skills), according to their tier, as outlined below.
A skill may be added only if the roster does not already contain 4 instances of that skill including both added skills and starting skills.
- E.g. A Lizardman team may add up to 4 Block. A Skaven team with 2 Blitzers may add up to 2 Block, but no more. A Dwarf team with 5 Lineman may not add any Block, as the team already has 4+.
If your skills pack allows secondary skills, a primary can always be taken in place of a secondary.
Skills should be clearly marked on the models using bands, rings, or similar. If using Loom Bands, please try to conform (loosely) to these colour-code conventions: Blue = Block, Green = Guard, Yellow = Dodge (or other mobility skill), White = Wrestle, Orange = Tackle, Red = DANGER (MB, Frenzy, or similar), Grey/Purple/Pink/Stripey/Black/etc = other
Stars.
Depending on your team tier, you will have access to different Stars Players Lists (see below). In addition to the usual cost in gold pieces from your Treasury, each Star Player List has an additional cost (or bonus!) associated with it.
NB. YOU MUST STILL HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL RULE (E.G. SYLVANIAN SPOTLIGHT ETC) TO HIRE A STAR!
A-List – these are the big names, the Mega Stars. Only available to teams that really need them.
Cost: 4 Primary skills OR 1 Secondary & 2 Primary
All Mega Stars as per the May 2024 FAQ
B-List - solid, respectable Star Players with good track records.
Cost: 2 Primary OR 1 Secondary
Black Gobbo, Fungus, Nobbla, Ripper, Glart, Skitter, Eldril, Gloriel, Helmut, Ivar, Rumbelow, Karla, Zug, Grombrindal, Puggy, Rowana, Rodney, Boa, Estelle, Dribl & Drull, Wilhelm, Luthor, Karina, Ivan
C-List - just about getting by; they're just pleased to get the work and are less fussy about where they play.
No skill cost
Varag, Scrappa, Akhorne, Borak, Grashnak, Roxana, Willow, Kiroth, Zolcath, Grak & Crum, Skrorg, Thorsson, Grim, Max, Bryce, Scyla, Glotl, Frank, Bilerot
D-List - desperate, neglected, overlooked, abandoned. These stars would do anything just to touch the hallowed turf one more time...
Gain +1 Primary AND + 20k gp to spend on Team Selection
Withergrasp, Swift Twins, Barik, Skrull, Gretchen
SCORING
Tournament points will be allocated as follows:
Win: 3 points
Draw: 1 points
Loss: 0 points
-1 points for a concession
Tiebreakers will be:
- 1. Head-to-head record
- 2. Strength of schedule
- 3. CAS difference
- 5. TD difference
- 7. Pistols at dawn
Glittering Prizes
Trophies to be awarded on the day will be:
- Tournament Winner
- Runner Up
- Stunty Cup (Best placed team with no ST3 or ST4, exc. Stars)
- Bloody Maniac (most CAS)
- Bloody Show-off (most TDs)
- Bloody Mess (most CAS suffered)
- Bloody Gorgeous (best painted)
LOCATION
Widcombe Social Club, Bath BA2 6AA
5 minutes walk from BAath Spa train station
8 minutes walk from Bath Bus Station
15 minutes from Odd Down Park and Ride
FOOD AND DRINK
The venue has a full licensed bar.
We're delighted to announce a major catering upgrade over previous Bloodbaths...
We're cooking up pies! A selection of hot Pie Minister pies to choose from, served with jacket potato, cheese and beans, and a side salad. £10 each.
- Free Ranger - A free range British chicken & ham pie with leek & thyme
- Moo Pie - British beef steak & craft ale
- Heidi - A goats’ cheese, sweet potato & spinach pie (Vegetarian)
- Kevin - A chestnut mushroom, tomato & quinoa pie with baby onions & thyme (Vegan)
TIMINGS
Saturday 7th September, 2024
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-11.45 Game 1
11.45-12.00 Break
12.00-14.15 Game 2
14.15-15.00 Lunch
14.30 Judging for Best Painted
15.00-17.15 Game 3
17.15-17.45 Prizes, celebrations, thanks
17.45-18.00 Clear out! (out by 6pm)
18.00~ Pub!
Games are scheduled to finish within 2 hours 15 minutes.
Games which run over this limit may be called by the TO if they are in danger of impacting the overall timings of the day, so please ensure to play to time and if you have not yet started the second half with 1 hour to go: HURRY UP.
CONTACT
To sign-up, visit: https://forms.gle/t5APay1vWvJCahh59
Tickets: £15
All queries & Paypal payments to Hereward Feldwick (genghiskong) at h.feldwick@gmail.com
Venue: Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA
News & updates: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=46939
Please submit your roster to h.feldwick@gmail.com no less than 1 week before the tournament, so our team of rules-hobgoblins can check it over before the event.
House Rule
This tournament will not use the Too Many Players rule as written in the rulebook (p. 40) but uses a modified version instead:
If too many players are ever in play during a drive:
1. If there are players on the offending team which have not yet activated at all this drive, the offending coach must return unactivated players to the Reserves box until the right number of players are on the field, or until there are no unactivated players left (at which point - see below)
2. If every player on the offending team has activated at least once this drive, the ref will randomly clobber players until the right number are on the field! Randomly select players from the offending team and treat them as pushed into the crowd until the right number of players remain in play.
