| Tournament Name | Lunchmoney's Speedbowl 2023 |
| Organizer NAF name | lunchmoney (12145) |
| Organizer | lunchmoney |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-01-21 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-01-21 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Swiss |
| Scoring | 3/1/0 |
| Cost | £5 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | lunchmoneybb@gmail.com |
| Webpage | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uev3sjsi8qptf9/Speedbowl%202023.pdf?dl=0 |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | Ceetee (9370) | Wood Elf | Runner up | | lunchmoney (12145) | Shambling Undead | Most Touchdowns | | Ceetee (9370) | Wood Elf | Most Casualties | | lunchmoney (12145) | Shambling Undead | Stunty Cup | | duffins (24329) | Goblin | Best Painted | Other Awards | | lunchmoney (12145) | Shambling Undead | Fastest Coach |
| | Rainbow_Unicorn (33734) | Wood Elf | Strongest Coach |
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| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | Broadstone Scout Hall |
| | Dunyeats Road |
| City | Broadstone |
| State | Dorset |
| Zip | BH18 8AH |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
Ruleset Document |
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Information |
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uev3sjsi8qptf9/Speedbowl%202023.pdf?dl=0
Welcome to Lunchmoney’s Speedbowl 2023, the original fast paced NAF Blood Bowl Tournament.
This is a 6 game tournament played at double the normal pace.
Tickets are £5.
Payment can be made via PayPal to lunchmoneybb@gmail.com
Please mark the payment as a personal gift or PayPal swipe a percentage. If you don’t want to use this option please add enough to cover the PayPal fee.
Also note your name and NAF name and that the payment is for Speedbowl 2023.
Please note this tournament is for NAF members only, however I am a NAF rep so can sign up new members on the day. If you are not a member please add £5 to your ticket PayPal to cover NAF membership fee.
Location
Broadstone Scout Hall, Dunyeats Road, Broadstone, Poole, BH18 8AH. There is parking available at the venue.
Team Build
All NAF teams are eligible, including the Slann team.
If any new teams are added by GW before 1st January they will be allowed to play, as long as they have been added to the NAF database in time. Please do check with me if you have any questions.
You have 1.15M gold to buy your team, rerolls, side staff, inducements and Star Players (Tier 1 teams cannot take Star Players, Tier 2 teams can take 1 Star Player, and Tier 3 teams can take 2 Star Players). Spend it all as there is no comparing TV for inducements at the start of each match.
Full inducements from the core book only, at each team's respective costs.
Skills can then be added to your players, one per player. The number of skills available depends on the team’s tier as per the rulebook.
Tier 1 teams get to add 6 Primary skills.
Tier 2 teams get a choice of either 7 Primary skills or 6 Primary and a Secondary skills.
Tier 3 teams get a choice of either 8 Primary skills, or 7 Primary and a Secondary skill, or 6 primary and 2 Secondary skills.
For all teams any particular skill can only be chosen twice. For example 2 Block, 2 Guard and 2 Dodge is ok, but 3 Block and 3 Guard is not.
This is a resurrection tournament; your team will reset after match and you will play all matches using the same team.
The Draw
Round 1 will be drawn randomly with subsequent rounds following a Swiss draw.
3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
Strength of Schedule (also known as Opponent’s Score) will be used after round 6 to get the final standings. If a tiebreaker is still needed then it will TDs scored, CAS inflicted, fewest TDs conceded, fewest CAS conceded. For this purpose any CAS that would award SPPs is counted.
We will be using Tourplay for team registration and the draw.
https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/speedbowl-23
Please head over there and sign up. You can create your team whenever you like; the rosters will not be visible to anyone but myself until the first draw is done.
On the day Tourplay allows the coaches to record their own results. Please only record CASs that would score SPPs. Crowd surfs, fouls, failed dodges etc., whilst are good and fun, are not recorded in the match result.
2 minute turns.
Please bring a timer or download one to your phone.
I recommend this app, BB Coach Assistant, for Android users as it is very useful and happens to contain a chess clock style timer that can be set to 2 minute turns.
I’ve no idea if there is an iOS version of this app.
Strict 2 minute turns!
When you start your set up you start your clock. That’s right, you also only have 2 minutes to set up your offence or defence positions. If the clock hits zero and you haven’t got 11 players on the pitch it’s too late; the rest stay in the dugout. If you have an illegal set up when your clock hits zero your opponent moves one mini at a time until you have a legal set up – for example if you left 3 in the side zones your opponent moves one into the centre – there is no need to move any mini that is in a legal position.
When you start your turn you start your clock. If your clock hits zero your turn is over. Stop what you are doing. Do not move that one extra square to score the TD, you should have been quicker
At the end of your turn you can roll over any stunned players and finish any ball movements; for example if you have just rolled a Pass but have yet to see where it is going to land please do finish that. If, in that example, you happen to catch the ball in the EZ you have NOT scored a TD (as your timer ran out) and your player drops the ball. Of course you may have placed a second player next to your catcher and it is possible the ball will bounce to them and they catch it… But your timer ran out so they drop it too.
If your timer runs out you cannot score; your turn is over.
If you interrupt your opponent’s turn, for example to Dump Off the ball, they get to pause their timer. Be quick! You are now giving your opponent more time
In the unlikely event of a rules query that cannot be resolved immediately please do pause the timer and call over a referee to resolve the issue. Please do not interrupt a neighbouring match as they are also playing under the pressure of a clock.
Timetable
Arrive at 9 with dice rolling, hopefully, by 9:30
Given the nature of the Speed rule all matches will be over in about an hour and I will get subsequent draws up ASAP.
We will take a break after rounds 2 and 4.
I expect the last games to finish around 1730-1800.
Things to Bring.
Your team. Please bring a painted team as it is much more pleasing to play a painted team than a team of bare minis.
Your timer! You will only need one chess clock style timer per match but it’s a good idea for everyone to bring one.
A pitch, dice, templates, and any quick reference charts you feel you need. Remember this is all about Speed so you don’t really want to stop to look things up all the time!
There is no prize support at time of writing, but you are only paying a fiver
Once the hall hire fee is covered I will assess how much is left over and get some doughnuts or something
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me any way you want. My number is 07966333329 and my email is as above. I can be found on TFF, Discord and NAF site under the name Lunchmoney and on Twitter as @ExiledBloodBowl.
Local eateries
Broadstone centre is a few minutes’ walk away and there are a choices of places to get food. A few options include:
Tesco Express and M&S Foodhall next door to each other.
You know what you are getting here.
Daniels Fish and Chips
https://danielsfishandchips.co.uk/ can order online for delivery. I’ve had some ok chish and fips from here, but I find it a little pricey.
Healthy Habits Cafe
No website. It is takeaway or eat in. Quite tasty food, but again a little pricey.
Café Gardenia
I’ve never been there, I’ve no idea what it’s like
Rameos Piri Piri
It’s good!
Costa Coffee.
You know what this is.
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