COSH BOWL VII - The Hammer Awakens - Colchester - 25.11.23

[scs.sam]

Good Afternoon,

Myself and Merman are finally releasing the rules for the sixth outing of C.O.S.H Bowl - still in the popular one day format.
Again we will be using Tourplay to run the tournament. If you are unfamiliar you will need to create a free account and then you will be able to create your team which will be invisible to your opponents until I reveal them on the day, you can enter your results with your opponent as you play.

This is the link to get started : https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/cosh-bowl-vii

If you have any difficulties drop me a message and I'll guide you through the process - if you shun technology or have a tech failure on the day don't worry I can manually enter your results for you.

We have capacity for up to 40 participants.

The date is 25/11/2023 - 4 games:

4TK gaming, 20 Davey Close, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2XL.

Ticket price is £15 - We will cover the cost of any new naf memberships.

Free Parking, reductions on blood bowl and other gaming merchandise, Tesco supermarket a five minute walk or hot & cold food & Drinks are available on site.

The rules:

4 Games - Registration Starting at 08:45 and completion by 20:00.

We will be playing with the GW Second Season rules released in 2020, The GW teams of Legend supplement, The most up to date FAQ, Designer’s commentary and Errata (all available from the Blood Bowl website).

We will be allowing the Slann team with the rules provided by the naf, Team rosters allowed are the most recent releases from GW.

The Cutoff date for GW updates will be 21.11.23 - to allow coaches to familiarise themselves with any new rules/teams.

This is a resurrection tournament. No players gain SPP and no injuries including death are permanent. Team Value is 1,150,000GP for all players and inducements.

There is no skill stacking and only four of each skill are allowed on a team. The skills packages are tiered by race:

Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elf.

Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Slann, Tomb Kings, Vampire.

Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling.

Tier 1 : You may take either 5 Primary & 1 Secondary or 6 Primary
Tier 2 : You may take either 6 Primary & 1 Secondary or 7 Primary
Tier 3 : You may take either 6 Primary & 2 Secondary or 8 Primary

There are no Star players allowed.

Teams start with 0 dedicated fans.

We will be using the exhibition Prayers to Nuffle table.

You may ONLY take the following inducements listed on page 89 of the rulebook:

0-1 Weather Mage
0-2 Bloodweiser kegs (with Bloodweiser babes included)
0-3 Bribes
0-1 Apothecary
0-1 Mortuary Assistant
0-1 Plague Doctor
0-1 Riotous Rookies
0-1 Halfling Master Chef

Any inducements you take will be fixed and remain the same for all of your matches.

Scoring is 30/15/0 W/D/L with 1 Bonus point per TD/CAS up to a maximum of 3 in each category.

All Casualties you cause count - so Crowd Surfs and Fouls do count but failed dodges do not.

Tiebreakers in order will be: Strength of Schedule, combined Net TD's + Net Cas, Cartman's version of Roshambo.

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There will be prizes for the following:

Winner (1st)
Top Loser (2nd)
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties
Stunty Cup (Even if uncontested)
Rustmonster Award - for exceptional sportsmanship in the game (commemorative award)
Woodenspoon (Last place)

Any questions drop me a PM.

Payment can be sent via Paypal to coshbowl@hotmail.com please remember to send it as friends and family and make sure to include your naf name and number (if you have one).

SCHEDULE:

08:45 – 09:15 Arrival & Registration
09:45 – 12:00 Game 1
12:00 – 12:30 Refreshment Break / Buffer for late start
12:30 – 14:45 Game 2
14:55 – 17:10 Game 3
17:15 – 19:30 Game 4
19:45 – 20:00 Awards Presentation

Games are set at 2 hours 15 minutes each which is about four minutes per turn - if you find yourself playing slower than this please request a clock so you can finish on time.

Attending (Bold if paid):

0. scs.sam - (You'll get us both or intermittently depending on final numbers on the day)
0. mymrydon - (You'll get us both or intermittently depending on final numbers on the day)
1. dankin
2. Nick White
3. pinballgeorge
4. tweetyrawdon
5. jimmy_jazz
6. mr_frodo
7. wotfudboy (allegedly from Luton)
8. digimatt
9. legion_uk
10. jericojackson
11. Joe Gorham
12. Paul Spurgeon
13. nippylongskar
14. besters
15. purplegoo
16. vulturesquadron
17. tank15
18. chucklehead
19. touchdown

[Wotfudboy]

Count me in. Off to find my paypal account.

[stewbacca]

Will try to make it but mainly came here to point out the VII is 7 in Roman Numerals...

[chaoshugs]

No apo allowed?

[TweetyRawdon]

Myself and JimmyJazz are up for this

[scs.sam]

No apo allowed?

An Apothecary s allowed I have updated the post. If you want to be that guy ...

[scs.sam]

Myself and JimmyJazz are up for this

As always mi casa su casa - be great to see you guys

[TweetyRawdon]

Myself and JimmyJazz are up for this

As always mi casa su casa - be great to see you guys

Thanks

[TweetyRawdon]

Myself and JimmyJazz are up for this

As always mi casa su casa - be great to see you guys

Thanks. It will be epic

[Wilf]

Going to see if I can get along to this one - will confirm next couple of days and buy a ticket if I can!

[Purplegoo]

I'm trying to juggle to attend this. What's the limit, Sam? How fast do I need to juggle?

And go on, Wil! Great to have you back playing.

[besters]

Also hoping to make this. Have to get through the next week before confirming though.

[Purplegoo]

Also, I followed the link in Wil's signature in excitement and it led me to sadness.

#bringbackSTABB

[howlinggriffon]

Similarly...
#bringbackSTABB and #bringbackCAMDUB

[Purplegoo]

We are discussing a new venue. We are just yet to check it out!

(Sorry Sam - /derail)