5.12.20 The Seven Plays of Nufflemas 3 - NAF 7s, Rotherham

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Once a year, all races of the Old World celebrate the only thing they have in common: Nuffle. During this festive period, men, women, children, spawn and angry green fungi gather together in droves to honour their god the only way they know how - by playing Blood Bowl!
Of course, all the big teams show up to the gigantic stadiums for a Nufflemas friendly (or deeply unfriendly as they usually end up!) but, often overlooked, are the little teams. The unknown and untrained teams also take to the streets and small-scale pitches for a friendly (or deeply unfriendly) game of Sevens.
On this most sacred day, Nuffle has noticed the teams of Orcshire’s celebrations and has decided to shower them with gifts as a reward for their worship. The teams here today are blessed indeed, as you, dear coach, are about to find out...
Blood Bowl Sevens
Sevens follow the same basic rules for Blood Bowl; however, there are a few differences:
Teams may be selected from any of the 26 races allowed by the NAF.
Apothecaries, Wandering Apothecaries and Igor are allowed as normal.
Halflings may hire a Chef at 150,000 gold crowns.
Goblins make take Bribes at 100,000 gold crowns.
Star players are not allowed.
The ‘Leader’ skill is banned.
Cheerleaders and Assistant Coaches may be hired as normal but coaches may not buy Fan Factor (the teams here today just aren’t that well known… yet).

Seven players are set up per team, all in their third of the pitch. One player is allowed in each wide zone per team, while a minimum of three players on each team must set up on their Line of Scrimmage.
At kick off, 2D6 and a D8 are rolled to determine scatter and the lower result on one D6 is used. The kick only results in the touchback if the ball leaves the pitch or goes back over the kicking teams LOS.
BB Sevens matches are made up of two 6-turn halves, rather than the normal 8-turn halves used in the full game.
The first round will be drawn at random with subsequent rounds being seeded.
Tournament Schedule
Arrive - 9:30
Game 1 – 10:00 to 11:15
Game 2 – 11:15 to 12:30
Lunch - 12:30 to 1:15
Game 3 – 1:15 to 2:30
Game 4 – 2:30 to 3:45
Game 5 - 4:00 to 5:15
Game 6 - 5:15 to 6:30
Awards and tournament close – 6:30 to 6:45
Team Building
Teams are purchased using only 600,000 gold crowns and may not have more than 11 players on the roster.
A team will only field 7 players at a time. In addition, only 4 “specialist” players (meaning any player whose availability is less than 0-16*) can be taken.
(*0-12 in the case of Underworld)
Sevens are not very well trained or reliable. Team rerolls cost double their listed cost. For example, a human team reroll would cost 100,000 gold crowns.

Tier 1 - This group has no starting skills:
Undead, Amazons, Wood Elves, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Skaven, Norse, Orcs, Necromantic
Tier 2 - This group can take one starting normal skill:
Humans, Bretonnia, Khorne, Pro Elf, Dwarves, High Elves, Chaos Dwarfs
Tier 3: This group can take two starting normal skills or one double skill.
Chaos, Vampire, Nurgle, Khemri, Underworld, Slann, Chaos Pact, Lizardmen without Saurus
Tier 4: This group can take three starting normal skills or one normal skill and one double skill.
Ogre, Halfling, Goblin, Underworld without Skaven

Tournament special rules: The Gifts Of Nuffle
Nuffle is a fickle god, especially around the festive season of Nufflemas. He is pleased to see Sevens being played at this time of year and, as such, feels obliged to shower the participating teams with gifts!
At the beginning of each game, after rolling for kickoff and selecting your starting lineup (but before setting up), roll a D8 to determine which player will be given a Nufflemas present (allocate your players numbers 1 to 7 and on an 8 you get to pick!). This player will lose the skill once the game is complete. After all, these skills are for Nufflemas, not for life.
Once you have your lucky player selected, roll another D8 to reveal what his/her/its gift is. It is highly recommended that the coach sings along with the dice roll.
(If the player already has this skill, they may re-roll until they get one that they don’t. Nuffle would rather exchange the gift than redistribute it! Players may find that Nuffle wishes to bless them more than once throughout the celebrations. Such is the will of the god of football.)
On the (dice roll) day of Nufflemas, Nuffle gave to me:
7. Guard for helping others
6. Leap to jump in cages
5. Mighty Blow!
4. Side Step for fun
3. Frenzy fun
2. Quick and easy Dodge
1. A Block skill to batter enemies.
8. Nuffle has 7 gifts, so if a coach is really lucky, they get to choose a skill from options 1-7 for the lucky gift receiver!
Entry fee is £10 and includes an exclusive entry gift to be revealed nearer the time.

Entry fee is payable to lastbastionltd@gmail.com on PayPal (friends and family please).

Location
The Seven Plays of Nufflemas shall be observed at The Last Bastion in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Parking is available but please contact Last Bastion closer to the time to confirm this.

Victory Points
Winning a game 50 points Tournament points
Drawing a game 25 points
Losing a game 0 points
1 point (to a max +3) for Casualties per game
1 point (to a max +3) for Touchdowns per game
The winner will be the person with the most wins - please remind me of this on the day! Ties are broken by the total Tournament points accrued and then strength of opponent.
Prizes
Winner
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties
Best Stunty
Best Painted Team**
**This must be painted by the participant him/herself, be fully painted and based and must be the team you are actually using in the tournament.
We hope to see you there!

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And did I mention this event is sponsored by Greebo Games?!