North America - OwlCon Cup - Houston Texas - 2/16/13 Temujin71 - Dec 17, 2012 - 12:41 PM Post subject: OwlCon Cup - Houston Texas - 2/16/13
We will be hosting a 3round resurrection style swiss pairings BloodBowl Tournament on February 16, 2013 at OwlCon XXXII, a Gaming Convention on the Rice University Campus in Houston, Texas
There is no additional cost for the event if for OwlCon attendees
OwlCon weekend Pass is $25, and a one day pass is $18
Basic Rules:
TV110 + choose a skill package
Straight BBCR ruleset with all 24 NAF approved teams allowed
Complete Rules to follow in this post
Edit: here is the ruleset
The OwlCon Cup is a 3 round Swiss Resurrection Style Blood Bowl Tournament
Schedule
9:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM Round One
11:30 AM Lunch Break
12:30 PM Round Two
2:30 PM Break/Painting Competition
3:00 PM Round Three
5:00 PM Break
5:30 PM Awards
What you should bring to the tournament
Dice - GW or NAF Block Dice and D6s and d8
Your Team - with some way to differentiate players with additional skills
3 copies of your roster (one for the tournament organizer, one for your opponent and one for you)
If you want to bring your pitch then feel free to do so, however we will have enough pitches for all the tables.
Team Building Rules
You will have 1,100,000 gold pieces to build your team using the team lists in the Blood Bowl Competition Rules (BBCR), or the three additional teams approved by the NAF (Chaos Pact, Slann, and Underworld.) You may purchase players, rerolls, fan factor, coaches, and cheerleaders as normal. You are required to have at least 11 players on your team before purchasing inducements.
Wizards, Journeymen, Special Play cards, and Mercenaries are NOT ALLOWED, however you may purchase any other inducements as part of your team build, including:
The same Star Player may play for both teams at the same time. There is no “Highlander Ruleâ€.
Star Players follow the same rules that are in the CRP Rule Book. 0-2 Star Players may be purchased per team.
Additional Skills
You can choose one of the following skill packages to add to players on your team.
Package A: 6 normal skills
Package B: 4 normal skills and 1 doubles skill
Package C: 2 normal skills and 2 doubles skills
You may only assign one additional skill per player, and no skill may be taken more than twice. You may not assign a skill to a Star Player.
Resurrection
At the end of each round of the tournament all players are healed of any injuries and dead players come back to life.
NAF Tournament Info
This will be a NAF approved tournament. If you wish to receive limited edition colored Block Dice and have your tournament progress tracked, there will be someone.onsite accepting registration for the cost of $10/year. You can receive more information, or sign up at www.thenaf.net
Illegal Procedure
In the spirit of good sportsmanship, Illegal Procedure will not be called.
Time
Rounds will be two hours. You will receive ‘Time Remaining’ updates from the Tournament Organizer to help you stay on pace. Once the tournament official calls time, you will have a few minutes to finish the current turn.
Dice
You should share dice with your opponent. You and your opponent can decide the dice that will be used.
Scoring
After each round you will fill out your game sheet based on the game just completed.
A win is worth 55 points
A draw is worth 30 points
A loss is worth 10 points
Bonus Points
Kept it Close: If you lost by only 1 Touchdown, you earn +6 bonus points
Blowout: If you won by 2 or more touchdowns, you earn +6 bonus points
Gave As Good As You Got: If you caused as many casualties from blocking as your opponent, you earn +4 bonus points
Hurt 'Em Bad: If you caused more casualties from blocking than your opponent, you earn +8 bonus Points.
Overtime
Overtime will not be played in any round
Awards
We will have awards in the following categories (this may change based on the number of coaches)
OwlCon Cup Champion - the coach with the most tournament points at the end of 3 rounds
Runner-up - the coach with the second most tournament points at the end of 3 rounds
Most Offensive - the coach with the most Touchdowns that was not in the top two
Bloodthirster - the coach with the most casualties that was not in the top two
The Wooden Spoon - the coach with the least tournament points that competed in all three rounds.
Best Team - the coaches will vote for the best looking team taking into account painting, theme, and conversions
Order of Tie-Breakers
Tournament points
Head to Head record.
Strength of Schedule.
Touchdown Differential (Touchdowns For - Touchdowns Against)
Casualty Differential (Casualties For - Casualties Against)
If someone is still tied after that then the Tournament Organizer will use his best discretion to break the tie.
Painting
All teams are expected to meet the minimum painted guidelines. They must have 3 colors on them and have had some attempt at making them appear finished.
Sportsmanship
We are here for the fun of the game. Sportsmanship is not encouraged from the coaches, it is required!
Fouling 16 turns in a row and running up the score is not poor sportsmanship, but gloating and ridiculing your opponent while doing so is.
The Last Word
The tournament organizer will be the final arbitrator for any interpretation of the rules
please contact me if you have any questions
Brad
Edit: minor change to scoring and added "you need to bring sectionKilowoggy - Dec 17, 2012 - 02:54 PM Post subject: RE: OwlCon Cup - Houston Texas - 2/16/13
Very awesome!WIldManTX - Dec 29, 2012 - 04:35 PM Post subject: RE: OwlCon Cup - Houston Texas - 2/16/13
Very cool, I'll try to make it over to Houston for this one!mrrip - Jan 28, 2013 - 06:28 PM Post subject: RE: OwlCon Cup - Houston Texas - 2/16/13
Everything is set and ready to go. The SWHBBL looks forward to seeing you guys at the tourney!WIldManTX - Feb 11, 2013 - 10:02 AM Post subject:
The ABBL will represent! We should have 3-4 coaches coming to play from the ATX! Lets see if we can beat the SWHBBL in attendance!
Matt!WIldManTX - Feb 19, 2013 - 12:27 PM Post subject:
Great Tournament guys! I had a blast as well as take home the CowlCon Cup!