Amazing to think this is now the third annual Prostate Cancer UK Blood Bowl Tournament, thank you to all of you past and present attendees for helping make this event! Enjoy a nice day of Blood Bowl at the Lancaster House Hotel (address below). The tournament is part of our Prostate Cancer UK Board Game Day, which aims to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. As such, it's completely free to enter â if you'd like to donate you're absolutely encouraged to join in the charity raffle where you can win board games
Lunch isn't included, but there's a lovely bar in the hotel that does a variety of food or there's a selection of Co-Op/Greggs style stores in the University just across the road.Address:
Lancaster House Hotel
Green Lane, Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4GJ
England
Rules
We will be using current (Second Season) rules and NAF approved additions as follows.
⢠Blood Bowl Second Season Rulebook
⢠Star players and teams from Spike! Almanac 2021 and Spike! Almanac 2022, plus Spike! Magazines up to the day (at time of posting, this includes Gnomes)
⢠Current designers commentary/FAQ from GW
IMPORTANT NOTE: This contains not just rule clarifications and rulings but an amended tier lists and new (increased) costs for Hakflem and Morg'n'Thorg. Please speak to the ref team if you have any queries
⢠Current Teams of Legend from Warhammer Community Page
⢠Current NAF Rules for Tournaments (including Slann teams)
Note: Akhorne the squirrel appears in Spike! 13 and is therefore permitted in this tournament. A link to his character card/profile appears at the end of this post
⢠Note that the rules for Exhibition Play are being used (Second Season Rulebook pages 101-103). That includes the Exhibition specific version of the Prayers to Nuffle table found in that section.
⢠âLow cost linemenâ has no effect. All your rostered Snotlings/gnobblars are purchased normally!
⢠As we will be using âResurrectionâ rules; coaches will play each match with the same starting roster and do not need to record SPPs or any ongoing injuries.
⢠Undead, Necromantic and Nurgle teams may gain an additional player as per the relevant âMasters of Undeathâ or âPlague Riddenâ rules but any players gained this way do not carry over to subsequent matches
⢠In the event of a discrepancy or unclear range band for a pass or TTM action, the chart on page 48 should be used.
⢠The ref team will be on hand to ensure rounds run to time and will advise of time remaining periodically throughout each round.
⢠Each player on your roster must be represented by an appropriate painted miniature. You do not need to have miniatures for coaching staff but of course may do so if you wish
Etiquette
⢠Blood bowl is a battle of skill and luck between you and your opponent. Quick reference guides are useful and encouraged. Play books that tell you how to set up, attempt a one turner etc. are not!
⢠We may not be able to include anyone that arrives after the registration period has closed in the initial round one draw. Previously the head ref has provided emergency spare man cover but we feel we need at least one dedicated ref so we wonât do this here.
⢠Please donât distract the table(s) whilst they are playing the game, especially if you have a vested interest in a particular outcome!
Rules
We'll be using the Blood Bowl Matched Play Guide rules published by Games Workshop, which for those of you who don't have the book are:
You have 1,150,000 gold pieces to spend on your team, and any spare gold leftover after creating your roster is lost. All inducements except Death Zone Mercenaries, Giants and Special Play Cards are available. You are allowed to take Star Players (after the usual 11+ rostered players), though at the cost of a Skill Point tariff - two skill points per Star Player, and four skill points per Megastar. If two coaches are drawn against each other in the tournament with the same Star Player(s) on their roster, then both coaches are permitted to use the Star (contrary to the normal rule). Think of it as wizard shennanigans, dopplegangers, or skilled imposters (I hear Domber Bribblesnot is a solid up-and-coming player!). And finally, note that Megastars are limited to one per roster (their egos are too big to allow anyone else to share the limelight!).
We will used the standard Blood Bowl Tiers as published on Page 12 of the recent Designers Commentary:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp- ... 04HGev.pdf
Tier 1 teams: 6 Skills Points, 1 secondary skill allowed, 1 Star available
Tier 2 teams: 8 Skills Points, 2 secondary skills allowed, 2 Stars available
Tier 3 teams: 10 Skills Points, 3 secondary skills allowed, 2 Stars available
A Primary Skill costs one Skill Point and a Secondary Skill costs 2 Skill Points. No player may stack skills.
Megastars are:
⢠Bomber Dribblesnot
⢠Cindy Piewhistle
⢠Deeproot Strongbranch
⢠Griff Oberwald
⢠Hakflem Skuttlespike
⢠Kreek âthe Verminatorâ Rustgouger
⢠Morg ânâ Thorg
We'll be using TourPlay - get brewing your rosters (and flooding my inbox when TourPlay notifies me) here! https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/pros ... -2024/news
Games and Scoring
The first round will be drawn randomly, with all further rounds using the Swiss system. The overall winner will be the coach with the most points at the end of the day â there will be no final.
Points are scored as follows:
50 points for a win.
20 points for a draw.
0 points for a loss.
+1 Bonus point per touchdown (max 3 bonus points in each round)
+1 Bonus point per casualty (max 3 bonus points in each round)
Ties to be determined on the following (in order) Head to Head, Strength of Schedule, Combined TD and Casualty difference
Casualty score in this case is casualties from blocking only, not from other ways (e.g. being pushed into the crowd or fouling). Note that if a blocking player rolls an attacker down (skull) or both down result and is injured it counts as a casualty for the player they were trying to block.
Scheduling
10:00 to 10:30 Registration
10:30 to 12:45 Game One
12:45 to 13:15 Lunch
13:15 to 15:30 Game Two
15:30 to 15:45 Break
15:45 to 18:00 Game Three
18:00 to 18:30 Awards and close
Awards
Subject to sufficient sign ups we aim to give awards in the following categories.
⢠Overall Winner
⢠Most CAS
⢠Most TDs
⢠Stunty Cup (highest placing stunty team)
⢠Best painted
⢠Wooden Spoon (last place)
Things To Bring With You
⢠A painted team
⢠Your Blood Bowl pitch.
⢠Dice.
⢠Templates.
Covid-19 Safety measures
Hopefully we will be able to run this event with no notable restrictions but please be understanding if we need to apply any appropriate measures. Please do not attend if you or a member of your household has recently tested positive. Please respect your opponent's wishes and requests if they have any, such as not handling their models, not shaking hands etc.
Useful links:
Teams of Legend
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp- ... PR0yMl.pdf
Blood bowl âdesignersâ commentaryâ and errata
https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp- ... 04HGev.pdf
NAF rules for Tournaments 2024
https://www.thenaf.net/wp-content/uploa ... s-2024.pdf
Any questions at all please reach out to myself (Ben Brissenden, NAF name Forgotmytea) and I'll be happy to help
Coaches:
0. Myself as a spare player in case of odd numbers
1. showmemagik
2. Ringbeard
3. Slimjono
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5. Widram
6. Waldorf28
7. firebreather
8. Tax-e-Cab
9. spleggy
10. Dafo
11. Camelchops
12. Fireolli
13. Dusher1
14. AngryGerbil
15. stuntedbrain
16.seduceroftrolls
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but if you do want to pay a donation to Prostate Cancer would be amazing!