WELCOME
Welcome to Solihell, a one-day Blood Bowl tournament held in Birmingham, UK. In the rules pack you will find everything you need to know about our tournament, from where it is to how it works. We look forward to hosting you and are excited to be holding the event at Battleground Gaming UK, a local and online retailer of quality tabletop games and hobby supplies all sold at discount prices. Below are all the rules for our tournament, or alternatively you can download a copy of the rulespack here:
DATE
April 18th 2020
LOCATION
Battleground Gaming UK
53 Yardley Road
Acocks green
Birmingham
B27 6LL
ITINERARY
10:00 – 10:30 Registration
10:30 – 12:30 Round 1
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Round 2
15:15 – 17:45 Round 3
18:00 – 18:15 Awards
TOURNAMENT RULES
Solihell uses the BB2016 rules along with those accepted in the most recent NAF tournament rules review. The “Illegal Procedure” rule will not be used in this tournament.
Turns will not be timed unless the Tournament Organiser requests that they be timed to stay on schedule or both coaches agree to timed turns at any point prior to or during the game.
Solihell is a resurrection tournament, meaning that rosters will be reset after each round and no gold is won or SPP’s awarded.
PAIRING AND SCORING
Opponents will be selected randomly for Round 1. Rounds 2 & 3 will be selected using the Swiss pairing system (most points vs. most point, lowest points vs. lowest points, etc.). Coaches are awarded points based on the following:
+25 points for each win
+10 points for each draw
0 points for each loss
+ 1 point per TD (Max. 3 points)
+ 1 point per CAS (Max. 3 points) (incl. Blocks and Fouls)
WHAT YOU NEED
Your pitch and dugouts
Your dice and templates
Your team
WHAT YOU GET
Three games of Blood Bowl
The chance to win one of 9 trophies
Spot prizes, loot and more…
ROSTER CREATION
Each coach has 1,100,000 gold pieces to buy players, coaching staff, team re-rolls and inducements for their team.
Coaches do not purchase skills using their available gold.
Skills are given, for free, to teams based on their tiers:
Tier 1:
5 Normal skills.
Amazons, Brettonians, Chaos Dwarves, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Lizardmen, Necromantic, Norse, Orcs, Skaven, Undead, Wood Elves
Tier 2:
5 Normal skills, 1 Double skill
Chaos, Chaos Pact, Elves, High Elves, Humans, Khemri, Khorne, Nurgle, Vampires, Slann, Underworld
Tier 3:
5 Normal skills, 2 Double skill.
Goblins, Halflings, Ogres
The following restrictions apply to skill allocation:
• No player may be given more than one skill.
• No more than 3 players can have the same skill.
• Stat increases cannot be taken.
• You must have at least 11 players on your roster. Star Players purchased during team creation do not count towards your minimum 11 players required for a team.
• Star players may not be given skills. Teams may be selected from any of the available 26 races approved by the NAF.
• Inducements may be purchased during team creation, including 0-2 Star Players, but this excludes Wizards, Special Play Cards, and Unlimited Mercenaries. Inducements bought in this way are considered a permanent part of the team and can be used each game. Opposing teams may have the same Star Player.
The following are eligible to win the Stunty Cup: Halflings, Ogres, Goblins.
SPECIAL TOURNAMENT RULES
Deep in the maleficent Chaos Wastes rests an unlikely Blood Bowl hotspot: Solihell. The nefarious city sits within a strong gale of magic winds that leave the earth scorched and barren. The powerful magics cause the inhabitants of Solihell to burst forth with a host of mutations and malformations. Skin is rent open for protruding spikes to jut out from beneath the flesh, horns twist out from beneath scalps and great, misshapen claws sit at the ends of arms in place of human hands. The locals aren’t the only ones affected, however. Stay too long and you too may come away from Solihell with much more than a little trinket from the gift shop…
At the beginning of the match, before any rolls are made, each coach nominates three players from their team and rolls a D3 to choose one at random. That player gains a mutation. Which mutation they gain is determined by rolling a D6 on the Devilish Mutations table below. Coaches must choose one of the two mutations available. The chosen player then has that mutation for the duration of the match.
D6 DEVILISH MUTATIONS
1 Horns or Foul Appearance
2 Spikes (Stab) or Prehensile Tail
3 Extra Arms or Tentacles
4 Claws or Big Hand
5 Disturbing Presence or Two Heads
6 Choose any mutation from the ten Mutation skills available in the table or gain Very Long Legs. The chosen player also gains the Loner skill.
The following rules apply to the mutations: The mutated player is returned to normal at the end of the match. A player cannot be given the same mutation twice if they already have that mutation (for example, a Beastman cannot be given Horns). Star Players cannot be put forward to gain a mutation.
AWARDS
The awards are going to be given out for the following:
• Solihell Champion (Highest Score)
• 2nd Place (Second Highest Score)
• 3rd Place (Third Highest Score)
• Best Offence (Most TD’s Scored)
• Best Defence (Fewest TD’s Conceded)
• Most Violent (Most Cas. Inflicted)
• Most Brutalised (Most Cas. Suffered)
• Stunty Cup (Highest Score with a Stunty Team)
• Wooden Spoon (Lowest Score)
TICKETS
Tickets cost £15/£20 for NAF/non-NAF members.
NAF membership is included in the ticket price.
Payment can be sent via PayPal to: brumbbtourney@gmail.com
Please send payments as Friends and Family.
Please include your full name, NAF name and NAF number in the note on the payment.
STORE INFORMATION
Battleground Gaming UK
53 Yardley Road
Acocks green
Birmingham
B27 6LL
Mon-Sunday: 11am-11pm
sales@battlegroundgaming.co.uk
https://battlegroundgaming.co.uk/
Attending (paid in bold):
- TheRake
skitters
Sparky
MightyRig
Goldengate
Trinqit
AndyDavo
el_duderino
cyclone
- Boldfox
Fatfingers
Raveen
TheVoiceofJericho
Andy T
