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Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015 ONE PLACE OPEN

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:38 pm
by stanrichardson
Stan_Vito Entertainment Industries Proudly Present~

BLOCK AROUND THE CLOCK IV
11 games in 24 hours

Its back, yes we are going to run Block Around The Clock again….

YES that’s another 11 games over 24 hours at TV110.

Venue - The Black Bull, Mulgrave Terrace, Gateshead NE8 1PQ

All games will be NAF ranked.


Entry and Entry Fee

Tickets will be £25 this will include an evening meal and breakfast.


Entry for BATC closes 24th April, so buy your tickets before this date.

How to Pay

Payments can be sent to stanlowfell@live.co.uk via paypal. Please designate the payment as "personal" and a "gift".

A list will be posted on TFF of all coaches that have paid as payment is received.

Entry fee will include an evening meal and snacks, but depending on the numbers we may be able to offer more.


How To Get There

The venue is served with good transport links to the bus stations, and rail station.

Central Station is one metro stop away, and the venue is 400m from Gateshead Metro station.
There is limited parking around the venue, also free parking may be available at The Sage Gateshead which is a 5 minute walk away.

Things To Bring With You

Your painted team.
Your Blood Bowl board
Dice.
Templates.


Block Around The Clock Rules

Block Around The Clock will be using the CRP / LRB 6.0 rules. The 3 new teams (Slann, Underworld and Chaos Pact) will be allowed.

The Illegal Procedure will not be enforced.

In order to play all 11 games in 24 hours we will be playing 2 hour games. Games will be called if they run over the 2 hours. Regular time updates will be given and I ask that you try to play your game in your 2 hours.

We will be using the standard "Resurrection" rules: teams remain identical from game to game, with casualties, winnings, fan factor rolls etc. not carrying forward.

Undead or Nurgle teams may not keep 'raised' players from game to game.

Team Selection

Coaches may spend up to 1,100,000 gc on their teams.

Coaches may not include Star Players.

An exception to this rule is Halfling, Goblin, Ogre and Underworld teams, who may hire up to two Star Players.

Goblins may take up to 2 bribes and Halfling may purchase a chef.

No other Inducements are allowed.

If a coach spends less than the 1.1m he will not be entitled to Inducements on a game by game basis.


Skills

Each team is allowed ONE Double skill and 5 Single Skills.
You may only give two 2 copies of any skill this way.
Skills may not be stacked

Games and Scoring

All games for Block Around The Clock will be pre-drawn.

The Fixture list will be drawn on the morning of the event.

You must play your games in the order set out in draw.

Points are scored as follows:

2 points for a win.
1 points for a draw.
0 points for a loss.

Tiebreaker for the winner of the tournament is total of opps.points, TD difference plus CAS difference, TDs scored, CAS inflicted, opponent score and alphabetical order of name.

An inflicted CAS is one caused by blocking, crowd pushes, fouls, secret weapons, stabs.


Schedule

Saturday
10.00-10.30 – Registration
10.30-11.00 - DRAW
11.00-13.15 - Game 1
13.15-15.30 - Game 2
15.30-17.45 - Game 3

...and so on.

If you finish your game early feel free to play ahead with agreement of their opponent. Everyone was superb last year in playing in a respectful and timely manner and we had no issues with time management at all, which is a credit to the 22 players last year. We expect no problems whatsoever this year again.

Prizes

Again we hope to provide prizes and trophies but it all depends on numbers.

I would like to continue the branded poker chip give away, that was well received last year. Last year it was turn and reroll markers. This year will be something different,
To fund this we need your support by paying early, they need to be ordered by mid Feb so the sooner people pay the more chance we have of doing this give away.

Hope to see you there!

Stan

Paid
Winkle_Picka
Ruthy
JTY
Pippy
Don Vito
Sizzler
Alex
Firebreather
Jordall
Lars
MattRobson
Turdintheass

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:48 pm
by Don__Vito
Love an all nighter at Stans! (Oo-er!?!)

In!

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:13 pm
by Pipey
Paid!

When this one's over I'll have suffered 120 hours of BATC down the years...

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:45 pm
by JT-Y
Think we'll be up for this again !)

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 5:54 pm
by Leipziger
Definitely interested. Just need to check availability.

For anyone who hasn't been to a BATC, it is highly recommended as an experience :D

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:58 pm
by Sizzler
Hooray! :)

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:03 am
by Vanguard
Oooh, tempted this year.

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:52 pm
by PeterD
Hey Blood Bowlers!
The BATC date is the first weekend of my 3 weeks holidays (ending with the NAF Championship in Nottingham).
So it`s possible to take the ferry from IJmuiden to Newcastle at friday the 1st may.
DFDS Seaways says the ship is in Newcastle at 9.00 saturday morning...are they normaly in time and how long do I need with a
car to the Black Bull in Gateshead?
1000 greetings peterd , germany

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:00 pm
by stanrichardson
Hi Peter

Would be great if you can make it.

The ferries are normally on time, the ferry port to gateshead is about 30/45 minutes drive.

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:25 pm
by JT-Y
Anyone feeling tempted, do it. It's exquisite torture and great fun.

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:11 pm
by Ruthy
Oh yeah and payment sent for myself and JT-Y xxx

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:34 pm
by stanrichardson
That's fine paid, thanks guys and girls

7 needed to hit minimum running numbers.

Keep them coming

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:45 am
by Don__Vito
Paid!

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:22 am
by jordellfreshbreeze
Count me in for this payment will be sent soon.

Re: Block Around The Clock V 2nd/3rd May 2015

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:35 am
by Pipey
Nuts! You won't regret it :)