COBBBL Bloodbath – Bath – 10 September 2022 – NAF-sanctioned - prize support - *Ronaldbeanio wins*

[genghis_kong]

COBBBL BLOODBATH 2022

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BATH BLOOD BOWL LEAGUE’S INAUGURAL BLOODBATH
A ONE-DAY, 3-GAME BLOOD BOWL TOURNAMENT IN THE GLORIOUS, GORIEST CITY OF BATH

UPDATE 3: We are now fully subscribed! any further sign-ups will be put on the back-up list in case of drop-outs

UPDATE 2: now officially NAF-sanctioned

UPDATE. Very pleased to announce a sponsorship deal with SJE miniatures who will be providing some awesome freebies and prizes, as well as loads of high quality 3D printed teams available to buy on the day.

FORMAT
The tournament consists of 3 games of Blood Bowl using the BB2020 / Second Season ruleset, taking place over the course of a single day.

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 even of any rules disagreements, TO’s decision is final.

NAF accreditation pending, but being sought.


TEAM CREATION
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include all official GW teams published up to the date of tournament, including Teams of Legend that have not been superseded by subsequent releases, as well as the Slann team from the NAF.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 team rosters for Norse and Khorne will be used, thus the Daemons of Khorne and old Norse rosters will not be eligible. At time of writing, the ‘classic’ Amazon team detailed in the Teams of Legend PDF is still current, but should the new Amazon roster be released prior to the tournament date this will supersede the old Amazon roster.

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).

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 the mercenary giant from Death Zone.

Star Players. Teams in Tiers 3, 4 and 5 (see below) may take Star Players as follows. Tier 3 and 4 teams may spend up to 200k gp on Star Players; Tier 5 teams may spend up to 400k gp on Stars. However, any teams which take star players will be treated as Tier 1 for the purposes of their skills pack. Coaches must roster 11 players before taking any stars, and the cost of the star players must be paid from the 1.15m starting gold.

Skills. After building a team, coaches may allocate additional skills to the players on their team, according to their tier as outlined below. No more than 2 instances of any skill may be given as additional skills (e.g. you may take 2x Guard, 2x Block, but not 3x Guard). A single player per team may be given 2 Primary skills – after this, no stacking of skills is permitted. Skills should be marked on the models using bands, rings, or similar.

NB. If your skills pack allows secondary skills, a primary can always be taken in place of a secondary.

Tiers. The tournament uses a 5-tier system based on each team's NAF tournament performance 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 5 Primary
Lizardmen, Amazons, Shambling Undead, High Elves,Dark Elves, Chaos Dwarfs

Tier 2 6 Primary
Wood Elves, Elven Union, Skaven, Necromantic, Norse, Dwarfs, Tomb Kings, Slann, Orcs

Tier 3* 6 Primary, 1 Secondary
Humans, Chaos Renegades, Khorne, Underworld Denizens

Tier 4* 7 Primary, 1 Secondary
Black Orcs, OWA, Chaos Chosen, Nurgle, Imperial Nobility, Vampires

Tier 5* 8 Primary, 2 Secondary
Halflings, Snotlings, Goblins, Ogres

* any team taking a Star Player receives the Tier 1 skills pack, regardless of the team’s tiering.

Please submit your roster via email to h.feldwick@gmail.com by 3rd September for us to check it over.


SCORING AND AWARDS
Tournament points will be allocated as follows:
Win: 30 points
Draw: 10 points
Loss: 0 points

+1 bonus point per CAS (max 3 per game; surfs, fouls etc. DO count, but sendings-off and self-inflicted CAS do not)
+1 bonus point per touchdown (max 3 per game)
+1 bonus point for a clean sheet (0 TDs scored against)
-10 points for a concession

Tiebreakers will be:
Strength of schedule
CAS difference
TD difference
Total CAS
Total TD
Pistols at dawn

Awards:
Tournament Winner
Runner Up
Best Stunty
Bloody Maniac (most CAS)
Bloody Show-off (most TDs)
Bloody Mess (most CAS suffered)


TIMINGS
Saturday 10th September, 2022

9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-12.15 Game 1
12.15-13.00 Lunch
13.00-15.15 Game
215.15-15.45 Break
15.45-18.00 Game 3
18.00-18.30 Prizes
18.30~ Pub, curry, etc.

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.


FOOD AND DRINK
The venue has a full licensed bar.

A ‘Premium’ sandwich lunch (sandwiches, wraps, crisps, fruit, cakey things) will be provided by the venue for an additional £6.50 per head. For anyone preferring to self-cater there is a Co-Op next door and pubs/takeaways nearby but please note that outside food cannot be eaten on-site.

We’ll be heading to the pub after, and some of us are planning to go for a curry later on as well. All-comers welcome to either or both events!


CONTACT AND SIGN-UPS
Tickets: £15 (plus optional £6.50 for lunch). To sign up, visit: https://forms.gle/iVq6yiCQSK8a51EC7

All queries & Paypal payments to Hereward (genghiskong) at h.feldwick@gmail.com

Venue: Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA

[genghis_kong]

NB. Riotous Rookies are allowed!

[lunchmoney]

I like that Star Player rule

[genghis_kong]

Coaches signed up so far:

0. genghiskong
1. RowanTheQuiz
2. Ruglud
3. elplanet4
4. Robbothegobbo
5. Lord_Chelmsford
6. Jamie S
7. angryhobbit
8. Vindaloo
9. 8ulldog
10. Ronaldbeanio
11. Auntiemoon
12. Thomas C
13. ceetee
14. Daniel B
15. Itchen
16. jacksorjacksor
17. Scott G
18. ElDiablo
19. Doddsy
20. Rob S
21. Nightwing
22. bufo_bufo
23. Rubick
24. Macporridge
25. Cornish
26. jimmy_dreambeard
27. Richard LK
28. Pathfinder
29. Bonehsaker
30. CheekyJimmy
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Extra places
31. MisterA
32. Loki
33.
34.
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Back-ups
A. Milo H
B.
C.

Limited to 30 for now, but more spaces may be made available if demand exceeds supply!

UPDATE: extra spaces added, but we really are limited to 34!

[Angry Hobbit]

Count me interested - probably go for the Premium sandwich lunch as well depending on menu.

[genghis_kong]

Check out our lead sponsor, SJE Miniatures https://m.facebook.com/100065082457213/

Providing prizes and freebies as well as loads of teams available to purchase.

[Vindaloo]

Paid. See you in September. Cheers.

[Auntie_Moon]

All paid up. I live in central Bath, if anyone needs a couch to sleep on they're welcome to use mine.

[Angry Hobbit]

Payment sent.

[ceetee]

Yep, definitely in for this. Will PayPal asap

[genghis_kong]

RULES CLARIFICATION.

Yes, Primary skills may be taken in place of Secondaries.

[Itchen Masack]

Money sent. Haven't been to Bath for a long long time. Looking forward to it

[nightwing]

Interested

[genghis_kong]

Very pleased to announce we're now officially NAF-sanctioned.

Still about 10 places available so tell a friend.

Looking forward to seeing y'all in September!

[cornish]

Signed up!