| Tournament Name | Cots for Tots Cup 2 |
| Organizer NAF name | ginjasy (20057) |
| Organizer | ginjasy |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-07-22 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-07-22 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Resurection - Swiss |
| Scoring | 2/1/0 |
| Cost | £12 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | ginjasy@gmail.com |
| Webpage | 24hr Board Game Marathon |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | sann0638 (8866) | Black Orc | Runner up | | mintybiscuit (32348) | Snotling | Most Touchdowns | | dementor (21143) | Halfling | Most Casualties | | BlackDuke (34585) | Ogre | Stunty Cup | Best Painted | Other Awards |
| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | The Shrubbery Hotel |
| | Station Road |
| City | Ilminster |
| State | Somerset |
| Zip | TA19 9AR |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
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Cots for Tots Cup 2 – 22nd July 2023
Hello fellow Blood Bowlers! The 24-Hour Board Game Marathon on Saturday 22nd July 2023 has invited us back to host the Cots for Tots Cup 2, a 3 game one-day Blood Bowl tournament. This year run by myself and my friends from Yeovil’s Atomic Comics Blood Bowl League!
What is the 24-Hour Board Game Marathon?
The 24-Hour Board Game Marathon is an annual 24-hour board gaming extravaganza held to raise money for Cots for Tots, a Bristol based charity that helps very sick and premature babies. Loads of different board games, role playing games and tournaments happen throughout the event. So far, founder Dan Apsey and his lovely crew have raised over £17,000 for Cots for Tots in four marathons and I've love for us to help boost that even higher by playing the game we love/hate!
Tickets:
Entry is the price of a ticket for the marathon, which will allow you entry into the venue and this tournament. You need to purchase either a 12 hour or 24-hour ticket, which are £12 and £24 respectively. I am hoping a NAF rep attends so we can sort out those who do not have NAF membership (only £5 extra) on the day.
Please buy tickets via this link: https://www.the24hourboardgamemarathon.co.uk/event-details/the-24-hour-board-game-marathon-2023
Venue:
The Shrubbery Hotel, Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9AR
Food and drinks are available to purchase in the venue. The venue has a bar and loads of space for games in the evening/night should anyone wish to stay on after the event. The marathon lasts until 9am on Sunday 23rd July, so come for the Blood Bowl and stay for the everything-that-isn't-Blood-Bowl!
Tournament Format:
This tournament adheres to the following:
● BB2020 rules, resurrection style. This means all injuries are healed between rounds. The same roster is used in each round. The tournament will follow the NAF Rules for Tournaments document.
● Randomly drawn first round; Swiss format afterwards
● Any new team, Spike or Errata released before July 1st 2023 will be valid. Exceptions will be explicitly stated.
● All BB2020 teams and Teams of Legend will be eligible. This includes Slann. Bretonnians are not eligible.
● Players killed and raised during a match (such as via the Masters of Undeath rule or Plague-Ridden skill) are lost at the end of the match. Star Players can be killed and raised like any other player.
Schedule:
09:00 Venue Opens/Registration
09:55 Announcements
10:00 – 12:15 Game 1
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:15 Game 2
15:30 – 17:45 Game 3
18:00 Awards
Scoring:
2 points for a win
1 point for a draw
0 points for a loss
-5 for a concede.
Any coach who concedes is also disqualified from winning any awards
Tie breaker, in order: Touchdown + Casualty Difference, Touchdown Difference, Casualty Difference, Most Touchdowns, Most Casualties, Best of 5 Dice Off.
Roster Creation:
1,150,000 GP to buy players, rerolls, side-line staff and inducements. Each team is in a Tier, taken from the latest GW Errata Tier List except Orcs who have been adjusted to be in Tier 1 and Vampires adjusted to bo in Tier 3:
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld, Wood Elf
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Tomb Kings
Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling, Vampire
Each team will have Skill Points to spend on Skills and Star Players based on their Tier to – see Page 72 of The Official Rules book. They are as follows:
Tier 1: 5☆ SP - Primary Skills only for 1☆ SP each. May take 1 Star Player for their cost in Gold plus 2☆ SP (Except Mega-Stars*).
Tier 2: 6☆ SP – Primary Skills for 1☆ SP each. Can take 1 Secondary Skill for 2☆ SP. May take 1 Star Player for their cost in Gold plus 2☆ SP (Except Mega-Stars*).
Tier 3: 8☆ SP – Primary Skills for 1☆ SP each. Can take up to 2 Secondary Skills for 2☆ SP each. May take up to 2 Star Players for their cost in Gold plus 2☆ SP (Except Mega-Stars*).
*Mega-Stars are those listed in the Games Workshop Organised Play Book and cost 4☆ SP each, and only 1 Mega-Star can be taken on your Roster. Mega-Stars are banned for Tier 1 and 2 Teams. The Mega-Stars are as follows: Bomber Dribblesnot, Kreek Rustgouger, Hakflem Skuttlespike, Griff Oberwald, Deeproot Strongbranch and Morg N Thorg. Additionally, I have added Cindy Piewhistle to the list of Mega-Stars for this event.
● Stat upgrades are not allowed.
● Exactly one player on the team can be given more than one skill, up to a maximum of six given skills – players can only reach Legend!
● A given skill can only be chosen twice in the team – no guard or block spam!
● Star players cannot be given skills.
Inducements:
Only the following inducements are permitted:
Official Rules: Biased Referee*, Bloodweiser Kegs, Bribes, Halfling Master Chef, Mortuary Assistant, Plague Doctor, Riotous Rookies, Star Player**, Wandering Apothecaries, Weather Mage, Josef Bugman.
* The Biased Referee must be the one stated on Page 95 of The Official Rules book. No fancy Death Zone refs!
** Tier 1 and 2 Teams may take a maximum of one Star Player; Tier 3 Teams may take 2 (Except Mega-Stars). Teams must buy 11 rostered players before taking a Star Player.
Tourplay:
We will be using Tourplay for the purposes of roster creation and thus tournament software. This will require the use of a Smart Device with internet access (the venue has free WiFi) to record your games.
Please follow this link to create and submit your roster, your chosen race and roster will be hidden from other players until the Tournament starts: https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/cots-for-tots-cup-2
Awards:
Major:
1st place
Runner Up
Most Casualties*
Most Touchdowns
Minor:
Stunty Cup**
Best Painted
Wooden Spoon
Tiebreakers for Most Casualties and Most Touchdowns are, in order: Net Casualties/Net Touchdowns, Best of 5 Dice Off.
* Any casualty counts towards Most Casualties, even if the player leaves the Dead & Injured box at any time for any reason e.g., regen or apothecary. So, get fouling, crowd pushing and chainsawing!
** The following teams are eligible for the stunty cup: Goblins, Halflings, Ogres and Snotlings.
Coaches cannot win more than one Major Award. Coaches can win more than one Minor Award.
Charity Reroll:
Travis (Duffins) did this last year so why not make it a tradition. Although he did shamelessly borrow this great from another tournament - shout out to LeslieHero23's NOW That's What I Call Blodging 2019.
For a minimum donation of £1, in each round coaches may purchase a Charity Reroll that allows you to reroll a Team Reroll* once during the round it is purchased in. If you do not use it during a round, it is lost (it does not roll over into a subsequent round). All proceeds go to the Cots for Tots fund.
* Team Rerolls for the purpose of the Charity Reroll are any rerolls purchased during team creation, gained via the Master Chef or through a kick off result. This does not apply to skill rolls or leader rerolls. Charity Rerolls used to reroll Team Rerolls used on 'Loners' must still pass a Loner check to be used.
Further Notices:
Please bring:
A painted team (minimum 3 colours)
Board(s) and dugouts
Dice, tokens, and templates
A Wi-Fi enabled Smart Device
Any questions/enquiries about the tournament rules or venue, fire away. Please contact the 24-Hour Board Game Marathon organisers (namely Dan Aspey) directly for queries on food dietary requirements.
Because this is linked with an established event and I am not taking the payments for tickets, it is tough to exactly gauge how many are coming. We have a provisional 30 spaces, but we can up it if we get enough interest. I will do my best with a signup list in talkfantasyfootball.org and will sort out registration on the morning.
The 24 Board Game Marathon has a Facebook group page if you want to follow any news from there: https://www.facebook.com/The24hourboardgamemarathon
Contact me (Simon Richardson) on 07872 563443, via Facebook, Twitter (@Ginjasy) or the TalkFantasyFootball forums. |
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