Da Big Freez! High Wycombe, December 7th & 8th 2024

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[REPLACES THE BUCKS OPEN ONE DAYER ON 7TH DECEMBER]

Join us on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December 2024 at Tabletop Republic High Wycombe for a festive 2-day Blood Bowl tournament!

Venue
Tabletop Republic High Wycombe
37-38 High Street
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2AG

PLEASE BE AWARE OF OUR REFUND POLICY -We cannot process refunds for any ticket cancellations that occur within 30 days prior to the event start date. Please ensure you are able to attend and are committed to the date before booking your ticket, it helps us run a smoother tournament and means we are not losing out having to refund late drop outs.

Additionally, please note, you MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at Da Big Freez!. There is NO provision to sign up on the day.
For further information on the NAF and how to join, head to https://www.thenaf.net/

Tickets:
Tickets are £30 and available from the following link:

https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament

Access & Parking

The venue is step-free ground floor with disabled access toilet facilities. There is however no parking at the venue, being a high street premises.

The following car parks nearby service High Wycombe:

Wycombe Swan Car Park
2494 A40, High Wycombe HP11 1BG

Easton Street car park
Queen Victoria Rd, High Wycombe HP11 1NP

Dovecot Car Park
High Wycombe HP13 5FX

Eden car park
Lily's Walk, High Wycombe HP11 2BY

Accommodation:
The following hotels are in close proximity to the venue:

Premier Inn High Wycombe Central hotel
Arch Way, High Wycombe HP13 5HL

Travelodge High Wycombe
Octagon Parade, Abbey Way, High Wycombe HP11 2DQ

Food

To keep the cost of entry down, food is not included in the ticket price. Food is available to purchase at many other nearby businesses.

Rules

Da Big Freez! will be using the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition (or Blood Bowl 2020 as it is commonly known) rules, along with the “Teams of Legend” PDF and the designers' Errata which can be found over on the official Blood Bowl website, as well as the inclusion of the Slann team, which may be found under the NAF's “Rules For Tournaments 2024” document. Any Games Workshop published team / rules updates which occur 7 days or more prior to the tournament start date will be implemented, unless stated through updates provided by Tabletop Republic. Any queries about tournament rules can be sent to contact@tabletoprepublic.com

NO WEATHER TABLE:

Due to it being Da Big Freez! an' all, we couldn't exactly play in swealtering heat could we!? (Global warming hasn't hit the Old World it seems). But at the same time playing in a Blizzard each game would get old REALLY fast for some teams. So for none other than thematic reasons, players will not roll on the weather table at this event. It is assumed each game is in perfect blood bowl weather.

Team Building

The team building tier breakdown for Da Big Freez! are as follows (subject to change):

Tier 1
May not induce star players. 1,150,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills.

Dwarf, Undead

Tier 2
May not induce star players. 1,150,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.

Amazons, Chaos Dwarf, Chaos Renegade, Dark Elf, Human, Norse, Old World Alliance, Orc, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Underworld

Tier 3
May not induce star players. 1,200,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.

Lizardmen, Necromantic, Wood Elf

Tier 4
Star Players permitted (see ban list), 1,200,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.

Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, High Elf, Ogres, Snotling, Vampires

Tier 5
Star Players permitted (see ban list), 1,250,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.

Khorne, Elven Union, Imperial Nobility, Nurgle, Slann

Inducements

The only inducements permitted are Apothecaries, Bloodweiser Kegs, Halfling Master Chefs, and Bribes, which are paid for out of the gold pieces referenced above prior to the tournament. No inducements are able to be purchased at the table, so spend that gold!

Star Player Ban List

The following star players are prohibited:

Cindy Piewhistle
Bomber Dribblesnot
Skitter Stab-Stab
Estelle La Veneaux
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griif Oberwald
Dribl & Drull
Deeproot Strongbranch
Morg N' Thorg


Skills Packages

Once you have fully purchased your team as described above, you may distribute additional skills amongst your players as per the tiers above these skills are not “paid for” using your gold pieces allowance and are instead simply added to your roster.

No player may receive more than 2 additional skills.

A coach that selects a tier package where secondary skills are available may substitute one of the secondary skills for a primary skill if they wish (i.e. take 6 primary 1 secondary instead of 5 primary 2 secondary).

Painting Requirements

All teams must be painted with at least 3 colours and be comprised of appropriate fantasy miniatures which reflect the positionals they are intended to represent.

Prayers To Nuffle

Any reference to rolling on the “Prayers to Nuffle” Table must utilise the Exhibition variant of the table found on page 103 of the Blood Bowl rulebook.

What You Need To Bring

All coaches must bring with them:
- One painted team
- One Blood Bowl pitch and dugouts
- Dice and Templates

Rosters in Tourplay

There is no requirement to bring a printed roster although players are welcome to for quick reference. All rosters will now be submitted in advance on Tourplay at the link provided. Please ensure you have submitted your roster on Tourplay as soon as possible. IMPORTANT - each player MUST have their own profile in Tourplay (it is not possible for one player to submit several rosters into Tourplay under their own profile on behalf of other players). Each player MUST have their NAF details (name and number) entered into their Tourplay profile.

Scoring

The primary scoring system is 2 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw, 0 Points for a loss. Tie breaking will take into account strength of schedule, followed by net touchdowns, followed by net casualties.

Prizes

There will be prizes/trophies awarded for the following:
Tournament Winner
Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties*
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins)
Best Painted Award**
Disaster Averted! Award (2nd bottom - a twist on the "Wooden Spoon" idea!)

*Any injury that goes into your opponent's injury box (even if it's just passing through) counts towards the Most Casualties award. (And also for the tie breaker.) this includes opponent's failed dodges, fouls and crowd surfs etc. ANY injury counts for your CAS.

**Display bases do not increase your chances of winning best painted, only the figures themselves will be judged.

Schedule

Saturday
10:00 – Registration
10:30 – Game 1 Start
12:45 – Lunch
13:15 – Game 2 Start
15:30 – Break
15:45 – Game 3 Start
18:00 – End of Play

Sunday
10:00 – Game 4 Start
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Game 5 Start
15:00 – End of Play
15:15 - Awards and Close

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As we reach the mid way point in the month, it's a good time for a quick reminder that there is an early bird offer for Da Big Freez. If you buy your ticket this month you will be entered into a draw on the Saturday to win your ticket entry back in store credit!

[Valen]

Me and the lads looking to finally get to one of your tornis buddy

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Just a nudge on this one to remind the High Wycombe one dayer for December this year turned into Da Big Freez! . We're anticipating a great turnout for this so please do book your spot now and come along and join us.

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Important rules update:

The tiering at Da Big Freez! has been changed to bring it into line with all TTR High Wycombe events.

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HOT DANG

It's DA BIG FREEZ!