Welsh Open 2019 - 2nd & 3rd Feb 2019 - Registration Closed

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Welsh Open 2019 - 2nd & 3rd Feb 2019 - Registration Closed

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The Welsh Open will return for its 10th showing.

2nd & 3rd Feb 2019

This is a big year for us, im planning Cake and Prizes.

This will also be part of the SWTC 2019

Late opening of the venue for board games, food and drinking. The will stay open as per pubs in town, will serve food as ordered and Drink.
We will have a team to give away to a lucky Raffle winner at the Welsh open.

DUE TO VENUE LETTING US DOWN WE WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VENUE

Fire Storm in Cardiff
15 Trade St, Cardiff CF10 5DT

Onsite Parking available



so what are you getting for your money?


• Free WiFi access

• Disabled access

• Refreshments and catering available

• Exclusive Car Parking for all Blood Bowl Coaches, safe away from the roads and public

• 6 Great games of Blood Bowl to kick Start your 2019 Blood Bowl calendars.


Dinner will be served as promised


At a Cost of £30/35 (depending on NAF registration) including food both days

Paypal nafwales@gmail.com with your Name, NAF Name and NAF Number

Introduction
Welcome to the Welsh Open! This is the player pack, which contains all the important information you require to compete at the Welsh Open. Important dates, tournament rules and other details can all be found in this document. I hope your entire experience with the Welsh Open is both enjoyable and successful. I look forward to the tournament immensely and hope we can all strive to make the Welsh Open a wonderful event.

History
Previous Winners
I. Hawca - Norse
II. Cracol - Wood Elf
III. DiamondJoeQuimbey - Undead
IV. Headstrong - Chaos Dwarf
V. AndyDavo - Dark Elf
VI. AndyDavo - Wood Elf
VII. Straume - Chaos Dwarf
VIII. Itchen - Norse
IX. Andy Davo - Dark Elf

Previous Stunty Cup Winners
I. Sfisher91 - Ogre
II. Sfisher91 - Ogre
III. Sfisher91 - Ogre
IV. Loki - Ogre
V. Itchen - Goblins
VI. Itchen - Goblins
VII. Hobnail - Goblins
VIII. Verbal_HM - Halflings
IX. Butch - Ogre




The Players
All the players that attend the Tournament are expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the tournament. That includes playing the game in the right spirit, making sure they have everything they need (dice, templates, clear team rosters and their team!) and in general contributing to a friendly environment where everyone can enjoy both their games and the time spent in between rounds with their peers. The tournament organizers will do their best to ensure that the tournament runs smoothly and everything is provided to enable the players to get as much enjoyment as possible from the event, and likewise the players should do their utmost to hold up their end of the bargain. Most important of all, enjoy yourself!

The Officials
The officials for the tournament are 100% committed to ensuring that your Welsh Open experience is the best it can possibly be. Our job is to make sure everything runs smoothly and that you can concentrate solely on your task at hand and that is to play the best you can for 2 days against likeminded people that share your love of the Bloodbowl hobby. We would like to state we are looking forward to the event as much as the players and pledge to do our best to run the event as smoothly and professionally as possible.

The Tournament
Tournament Officials: Hawca
Head Referee: Hawca
When: 2nd & 3rd Feb 2019
Where: Firestorm Games Cardiff


General Format
Team Size: 1.1 Million
Rounds: 6
The Welsh Open is being run using the latest Bloodbowl competition rules.
All teams may be used including Slann, Chaos Pact & Underworld.
The Welsh open will use the two new additional races Khorne and Bretonian's
Coaches have a maximum of 1,100,000 to build their team and teams must consist of a minimum of 11 players. Star Players and Mercs are allowed only after the minimum 11 players has been purchased.
Your team must be painted with a minimum of three colours and based. The all models must be numbered as per the roster.
All models must be WYSIWYG and proxies are not allowed.

Players have 48 star player points to distribute to your players after your team has been bought. Stunty teams will get 52 spp

A maximum of 16 spp per player. Doubles are allowed, but only on the second skill a player has. No additional spp will be earned.

A maximum of 4 duplicate skills are permitted, i.e.: 4 players with block, 4 with guard, not 5 with block.
There will be a stunty cup for Ogres, Goblins, Halflings and Underworld with no Skaven.

Illegal procedures will not be called throughout the tournament.
The 4 minute turn limit will not be specifically enforced throughout the tournament. There is however a strict 2 hour time limit for each game. If an official believes that a game will not be completed within the allotted time they may enforce the 4 minute rule.
All inducements except for wizards and random cards as special coaches can be used.
All players will be healed back to full starting strength before each match

Tournament Scoring
Points for the games will be awarded accordingly:
3 points for a win
1 points for a draw
0 point for a loss
-15 points for conceding

Head to Head result will be used in the event of a tiebreaker situation followed by the toughness of schedule and Touchdowns.

Prizes
Trophies/prizes will be awarded for the following:
Welsh Open Winner
Wesh Open Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties
Stunty Cup Winner

Ticket Prices
Ticket Price is £30 for NAF members and £35 for non-members for the weekend, this cost includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

Final Word
As we mentioned at the start we hope everybody has fun during our
tournament. If you have any further questions or queries, please don’t hesitate
to contact us

Saturday
9-30 Breakfast & Registration
10-00 Game 1
12.00 to 13-00 Lunch
13-00 Game 2
15-15 Game 3
17-30 Day 1 close
18-00 Social at the venue

Sunday
9-30 Breakfast & Registration
10-00 Game 1
12.00 to 13-00 Lunch
13-00 Game 2
15-15 Game 3
17-30 Day 2 close

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Re: Welsh Open 2019 - 10 Year Aniversary

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1. Dapiranha
2. Hawca
3. Vulture Squaron
4. AllyRdy
5. Flyman
6. Fisher
7. angry hobbit
8. 20phoenix
9. Dionysian
10. thatasianguy
11. Nightwing
12. Itchen
13. Bushain
14. Skab
15. Glowworm
16. Gymir
17. (Mysterioushandle) new
18. (brutal_deluxe) new
19. Verbal_hm
20. 7able
21. Demenzia
22. Nonumber
23. Besters
24. Hellboy_
25. Hobnail
26. Sann0638
27. Dementor
28. Legolas
29. raging82
30. fallingdownjoe
31. Orcster
32. El_Duderino73
33. AndyDavo
34. Lycos
35. Canteloup
36. fluffythealien
37. Mmcnaughton4
38. Jip
39. Cornish
40. Hawk
41. Robyn
42. Domfluff
43. Thor
44. Fatboyslimming
45. Twelfman
46. SCS_Sam
47. Rubick
48. Linus

Full

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Excellent. Stick me, Enderman, Dementor and Legolas down. Plus anyone else who wants a ride in the Vengabus!

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Was going to add to the calendar, but I cant see a date....

edit: found it buried in the middle of the OP.

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Plus can you add this will be part of the SWTC 2019 :)

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done

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Interested of course

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sann0638 wrote:Excellent. Stick me, Enderman, Dementor and Legolas down. Plus anyone else who wants a ride in the Vengabus!
Bloody love that bus!

Interested.

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sann0638 wrote: Plus anyone else who wants a ride in the Vengabus!
How many can you get in the vengabus?
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I'll be there

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7 small ones!

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Interested

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Will be there as always. :D

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