| Tournament Name | The Cheese Plate |
| Organizer NAF name | mrcushtie (26269) |
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| Variant | Specialist |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-04-01 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-04-01 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Swiss |
| Scoring | 50 for win, 20 for draw, 10 for loss by 1 TD, 0 for loss, -20 for forfeit |
| Cost | 25 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | yes |
| Email | cushtie@outlook.com |
| Webpage | Cushtie.com |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | Dallbun (27205) | Skaven | A solid performance by some stinking rats with utterly terrifying Ball and Chains (Balls and Chain?), cunningly disguised as Tzeentchian demons... |
| Runner up | | burk (16657) | Skaven | Second place for burk, with as many wins and draws as Dallbun, but losing on TDs. |
| Most Touchdowns | Most Casualties | | giandroid (31061) | Skaven | The maximum casualties (13) was by Burk's Sniff Snuff, but he'd already got the Silver Cheese Plate for most TDs, so the Bloody Cheese Plate went to Giando's Ratbot Rumblers with 9 and a tasty +4 casualty differential. |
| Stunty Cup | Best Painted | Other Awards |
| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | Mindtaker Miniatures |
| | 106 SE Weir St Ste 3 |
| City | Carnas |
| State | WA |
| Zip | 98607 |
| Nation | United States |
Ruleset Document |
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Information |
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Every year, the Freedom Bowl is run in Washington in late spring to celebrate the many great humans in the area, competing in the greatest sport of all, Blood Bowl.
However, the many rodents in that area of Northwest Naggarond have grown envious of the glory, and have decided to run their own, Skaven-only tournament, in the depths of the winter. No man-things allowed, only true cheese-loving creatures need apply! 3 games of full-contact, lactose tolerant Blood Bowl near the Oregon/Washington border
Full Ruleset at https://www.cushtie.com/cushties-blood-bowl-tournaments/the-cheese-plate/
TEAM BUILD
Only Skaven, Rat-Ogred Underworld, and the Clan Secret League teams from fumbbl.com are available as roster choices. See team build page for details: https://www.cushtie.com/cushties-blood-bowl-tournaments/the-cheese-plate/team-build/
Teams are built to 1100 TV, with tiered SPP for skills:
Skaven, Underworld, Clan Eshin, Clan Mors 54 SPP
Clan Pestilens, Clan Skryre 60 SPP
Clan Moulder 66 SPP
No random skills or stat increases are allowed. No player may have more than 2 additional skills. Any unspent SPP are lost.
INDUCEMENTS
Any Star Players with the ‘Underworld Challenge’ keyword.
Warlock Engineer (150,000 gp) – note that the Warlock can only cast the Warp Lightning spell once per match – Thunderbolts are not available due to the weather conditions in the Northwest
Krot Shockwhisker (70,000 gp)
Mungo Spinecracker (80,000 gp)
The Trundlefoot Triplets (80,000 gp)
0-3 Bribes (100,000 gp or 50,000 gp for any team with the Bribery & Corruption keyword)
0-2 Bloodweiser Kegs (50,000 gp each)
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC RULES
Subterreanean Weather Table is in effect.
The Cheese Plate is conducted on the following surfaces: (a different surface in every round)
Sloping Pitch
Astrogranite
Solid Stone
Prior to each round, the surface for that round will be decided by a vote from the coaches. In the case of no majority outcome, the tournament organiser will have the casting vote.
Scoring & Prizes
50 points for a win / 30 points for a draw / 10 points for a loss by no more than 1 touchdown / 0 points for a loss by more than 1 touchdown.
The following glittering prizes will be awarded:
The Golden Cheese Plate – highest points
The Silver Cheese Plate – highest number of touchdowns scored, best TD diff wins in the event of a tie
The Bloody Cheese Plate – most casualties inflicted, best casualty diff wins in the event of a tie
The Glass Cannon Glass Cannon – for the team that suffered the most injuries while injuring more players than anyone else did
The Brand New Cheese Plate – best performance by a coach with no previous NAF record. In the absence of any rookie coaches, will be awarded for the best performance of a coach who has never previously coached Skaven in a NAF tournament.
The Messy Cheese Plate – awarded to the team with the highest total touchdowns and casualties (both for and against) |
Tournament Report |
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A rainy day and the start of Spring Break for some people meant that we had slightly fewer coaches than we'd hoped for, but this was a fromage-themed amuse bouche for everyone before the serious World Cup preparations begin.
There was a good mix of teams: both traditional Skaven and Pestilens, Moulder and Mors all made a showing. I'd have brought Eshin as a ringer team if we'd had another coach, but I'll save that horror show of knife-wielding ratmen for another day.
Things we'd do a bit different next time:
the sloping pitch was very, very slopey - whoever had the advantage during the first half was usually well placed over others. We might need to modify this next time so that it's determined *before* the teams agree on who's kicking and receiving. Or we might make the pitch slope the other way, just to mess with people and make it bad for everyone more equally..
Bomber is vicious, and as always, seems too dangerous for his 50k price tag. In future runnings, we may restrict to star players who *only* have the 'Underworld Challenge' keyword, although a couple of appearances by Varag didn't seem to be game-breaking.
Subterreanean Weather is both too hard to spell, and too complicated for anyone to handle, and it was Nice Weather every time anyway, so that will need some tweaks. I don't think GW really playtested Geysers, or thought about how many rolls would be required with Seismic Activity...
Finally, no Secret Weapon on Pestilens *and* allowing Foul Appearance on every single player might make for slightly too many dice rolls per game. Fatigued, I saw some coaches forget some of those skills towards the end of the day anyway...
But a good fun time was had by all. Some tweaks to balance things for year two, but nothing catastrophic, and every coach went home with some cheese... |
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