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North America - ArisiaBowl II, Sunday January 14 2007
BB_Babe - Nov 26, 2006 - 06:14 PM
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The ArisiaBowl schedule and rules for this year are updated at the tourney website. Please sign up for the tourney here:
http://www.geocities.com/arisiabowl/
Registration for Arisia is required and separate from signing up for the tourney. $35 discount weekend memberships available til Dec. 31, $50 after that. Under 25 student discount available with valid college ID. $25 day membership available at the door:
http://2007.arisia.org/
New format this year -- The Grand Minors Tournament. 4 rounds of play. each team chooses their own type of pitch for their home field: Oz 7s (regular pitch), BB7s, Beach Bowl, or Street Bowl. Dice off for which of the two ptiches to use at the start of each match; +1 cumulative die roll modifier if your previous match wasn't played on your type of home field. TR65, 10 players maximum on the team, 7 players maximum on the pitch. 6 turns per half. See the Tournament Rules download at the website for full details.
A limited supply of pitches available if you don't have your own, first come, first serve. Including a Street Brawl board from Impact! courtesy of Galak.
Lots of prizes! The winner of course gets their name inscribed on the amazing ArisiaBowl legacy trophy http://www.scottlefton.com/arisiabowl-trophy-fs.htm . 4 boxed team sets confirmed by our sponsors so far, plus a Beer Barrel Beauty figure from Impact!. More prizes in the works.
Cheers,
Maureen
[sticky this please]
GalakStarscraper - Nov 26, 2006 - 07:17 PM
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Okay I have to admit ... I wish this tournament was closer. Maureen has hit upon a tournament concept that I just think is too cool to miss. I don't say this about many events, but I wish the ArisiaBowl was closer OR that I had the cash lying around I had when I was a bachelor so I could just go.
Galak
BB_Babe - Nov 27, 2006 - 04:14 PM
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Just confirmed two more prize sponsors! Danger Planet is providing 2 more boxed team sets (total of 6 
), and Pandemonium Books is providing a set of Blood Bowl novels and a store gift certificate.
Although I could only reserve a big block of time on Sunday for the tournament, it will be quite easy to fit in pick-up games in the game room on Friday and Saturday.
Cheers,
Maureen
BB_Babe - Nov 28, 2006 - 11:57 AM
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And the prize support keeps rolling in! Your Move Games in Somerville is providing an assortment of command packs suitable to convert to coaching staff. My goal is to have enough prizes for everyone who plays. The entry fee for the convention includes lots of snacks and drinks in the Con Suite, and everyone should get to take home some figures
Melifaxis - Dec 04, 2006 - 09:11 AM
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Ok, I registered for the tourney but will hold off on registering with Arisia until I'm sure I can make it. Just landed on a tough weekend for me this year, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to swing it. Team is TBD, but I popped Voodoo in as the name.
BB_Babe - Dec 31, 2006 - 12:03 PM
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Other open Blood Bowl times in the Gaming Room at the con have been confirmed: Friday 5-9pm and Saturday 10am-2pm. Then the tourney all day Sunday.
Cheers,
Mo
Melifaxis - Jan 12, 2007 - 10:36 AM
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There must be a rule.
He or she who speaks the score of the Pats game shall be destroyed.
That is all.
KarlLagerbottom - Jan 12, 2007 - 01:21 PM
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Melifaxis wrote:
There must be a rule.
He or she who speaks the score of the Pats game shall be destroyed.
That is all.
14-10?
BB_Babe - Jan 12, 2007 - 01:42 PM
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Picked up the take-home trophies this morning. Packing up now to head in for the Friday night open gaming.
And finished varnishing up my new Impact Snow Troll yesterday. 2 Linewoman have switched over to Strikers (Ulf-thingies) on blue base rings. The Valholl Swanmaidens are ready to hit the beach on their first Norse outing
Melifaxis - Jan 14, 2007 - 06:38 PM
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KarlLagerbottom wrote:
14-10?
Nope 
BB_Babe - Jan 14, 2007 - 07:12 PM
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Well, the ArisiaBowl Grand Minors Tournament was quite fun. We will definitely be keeping this format for next year Arisia will be back at them same hotel on the MLK weekend, the tourney will be on the Sunday, there will be open BB games on Friday night and Saturday, mark your calendars!
Glenn Black was this year's champion, up from last year's spoon winner. He played Nurgle's Rotters on the Impact Street Bowl pitch and scored most TDs and most Casualties. He also took Best Painted team again.
Full results will be posted once Rob gets the 4 new NAF members entered. Fortunately, he still had some dice sets left from the Brouhaha so we could sign up folks on the spot and hand them dice.
We had 10 players, with 4 each of Street & Oz 7's pitches, and 1 each of Beach & 7's.
2 days of open gaming at the con helped out great. We had several players who brushed up on the rules at the Con and decided to borrow teams and pitches to join the tourney. I'll have to prepare some more pitches for next year. And I suspect some of the players will get their own too.
Cheers,
Maureen
Melifaxis - Jan 15, 2007 - 11:39 AM
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I entered three of them:
Critter (NAF ID: 9923) = Joe Hertz
Kyosokun (NAF ID: 9924) = Iziah Gile
Mpapajohn (NAF ID: 9925) = Matt Papajohn
The fourth appears to already be a member but was not aware of it when he signed up at the tournament:
Macross (NAF ID: 9842) = Douglas Akin
I will get Douglas' membership extended by one year through the Membership Director.
Above is all the info you need to enter the results though
Melifaxis - Jan 15, 2007 - 09:35 PM
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The tourney was a blast! I really enjoyed the format of the event and am already looking forward to next year.
Foul til it hurts!
BB_Babe - Jan 15, 2007 - 11:47 PM
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Tourney results are now up here at NAF and on the ArisiaBowl site. At the ArisiaBowl site, you can check the Tourney Results to see the assortment of team types and their pitches.
I finally did some googling to find out when the MLK weekend is next year -- ArisiaBowl III will be on Sunday, January 21, 2008.
Rob definitely was our foul king. And 3 teams tied for most casualties, each with 6 for and 1 against. It was a slugfest. We only had 2 dashy teams this time. The spoon-winning Skaven coach brushed up on the game Saturday afternoon and borrowed my Scorpions to join the tourney. And Blazepoet was once again fighting to avoid the spoon like he did last year in the final game.
Cheers,
Mo
GalakStarscraper - Jan 16, 2007 - 06:53 AM
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Mo .... I really hope we can help you with the other 2 styles of pitches for next year. I love the format of your event ... great idea. We are thinking about trying to do this over hear maybe for the Slaughter next year (2008) or another event in Indy at some point.
The question I'd like to ask Mo ... is if we could hook you up with enough game surfaces ... would you remove the OZ 7s choice from the list? Not asking you to remove it ... just wondering if you knew that you had enough boards for the 3 non-standards if you remove the full sized pitch option?
Galak
BB_Babe - Jan 16, 2007 - 09:46 AM
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GalakStarscraper wrote:
Mo .... I really hope we can help you with the other 2 styles of pitches for next year.
That would be wonderful and much appreciated. The Street Brawl pitch was certainly quite appreciated. Thanks!
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We are thinking about trying to do this over hear maybe for the Slaughter next year (2008) or another event in Indy at some point.
Yay! As well as having the variety of tactical situations, the shorter rounds are just great for tourney play. We started set up at 8am, followed by four rounds of play and a lunch break, and then a somewhat leisurely pack up was completed by 5pm.
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The question I'd like to ask Mo ... is if we could hook you up with enough game surfaces ... would you remove the OZ 7s choice from the list? Not asking you to remove it ... just wondering if you knew that you had enough boards for the 3 non-standards if you remove the full sized pitch option?
Galak
Hmm, I'm not sure. Aside from the availlability/supply issue, I think it's an intriguing tactical choice. It seems to work out as a good team-neutral pitch that doesn't inherently favour any certain team types. Although at least one of the Dwarf coaches was heard muttering that he should have taken a Street instead of the Oz 7s 
But I think all 4 boards gives a fun choice of pros and cons for team and pitch selection.
For myself, my first team consideration was Orcs on a Street. But looking at early team sign-ups, it looked like we'd have a number of Streets as home fields, so I decided to definitely take something else to make sure we had variety. I was strongly considering my Skaven Scorpions on either a regular 7s or an Oz 7s. The 7s lets the poor Linerats avoid the 1st turn pounding on defense, while Oz 7s gives the Runners a wide open field. But then I spotted the new frenzy mayhem capacity of the Norse and took the Beach so they'd have a narrow field, a first turn bash they could inflict on the line of scrimmage, and open sidelines to use all their Frenzy to send the other team crowd-surfing. With chain-frenzy attacks, no square on the Beach is safe from a crowd-surf 
Depending on the venue though, I would consider dropping the Oz 7s if space was tight. With just the smaller boards, you can comfortably fit 2 games on a 5' x 6' table, or a 2.5' x 8' table, or even a 2.5' x 6' if you try to keep a mazimum of 1 Street per table.
Incidentally, I've been using the short rosters and any of the 4 board types for teaching games at Arisia and at Pandemonium Books. And if I'm running more than 1 teaching game at a time, I make sure each one has a different board -- I had 3 going at once on Saturday at the convention. The quicker format is a nice compensation for the extra time it takes to explain the rules and answer questions. And as a bonus, the new players are introduced to all of the board types as valid options right away 
Cheers,
Mo
GalakStarscraper - Jan 16, 2007 - 12:48 PM
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My honest hope is that by August of this year that we'll have the high end Street Brawl boards and also have felt boards useable for the other two. But it was just a curiousity how you would do things. Your explaination helps a lot. If I get in samples of either of the other two ... I promise you'll be one of the folks that gets one of the samples to give us feedback on.
Galak
Melifaxis - Jan 17, 2007 - 11:06 AM
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I read this right after I order the regular one LOL
That's ok, I'll need multiples anyways. I liked having the Oz 7's as an option for the more agile teams.