| Tournament Name | Suffolk Subterranean Showcase |
| Organizer NAF name | onyersix (28385) |
| Organizer | Justin Smith |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-10-28 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2023-10-28 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Swiss Resurrection |
| Scoring | 30/15/0 |
| Cost | £15.00 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | Justin Smith |
| Webpage | Talk Fantasy Football tournament page |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | PeteW (7769) | Snotling | Runner up | | dankin (31544) | Wood Elf | 2 Wins, 1 Draw. 8 TD made. 1 TD conceded. 10 Casualties inflicted. 7 Casualties suffered. |
| Most Touchdowns | | dankin (31544) | Wood Elf | 2 Wins, 1 Draw. 10 TD made. 4 TD conceded. 10 Casualties inflicted. 8 Casualties suffered. |
| Most Casualties | | howlinggriffon (3709) | Human | 12 Casualties inflicted. 5 Casualties suffered. |
| Stunty Cup | | Stewbacca (24161) | Halfling | 1 Win, 1 Draw, 1 Loss. 4 TD made. 5 TD conceded. 11 Casualties inflicted. 10 Casualties suffered. |
| Best Painted | Other Awards | | legion_uk (28083) | Dwarf | Suffolk Slayer award |
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| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | St Augustine’s Community Hub |
| | Bucklesham Road |
| City | Ipswich |
| State | Suffolk |
| Zip | IP3 8TH |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
Ruleset Document |
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The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder, and Blood Bowl is heading underground in the Suffolk Subterranean Showcase. This is the inaugural tournament, ahead of the South East Tournament series for 2024.
This event will be using the Subterranean weather table as seen on page 78 of the Death Zone book. Taking the game underground has some interesting possibilities, and we hope you will join us for this pre-Halloween weekend event.
The venue: St Augustine’s Community Hub, Bucklesham Road, Ipswich, IP3 8TH
Number of attendees: The tournament will be restricted to 24 players. Should an odd number of attendees sign up the organisers will enter a team to ensure everyone plays all rounds.
The ticket price is £15.00. As we will be paying for the hiring of the venue in advance, refunds can only be offered to cancellations made more than 2 weeks prior to the event. The ticket price will also include tea and coffee throughout the day.
Any new team, Spike or Errata released before 16th October 2023 will be valid. All BB2020 teams and Teams of Legend will be eligible.
This will be a resurrection tournament. Players will disregard any casualties suffered at the end of a match, and will start each round with their declared roster. Further to this, any players raised during a match (such as via the Masters of Undeath rule or Plague Ridden skill) are lost at the end of the match.
Schedule: Players will have 2 hours 15 minutes per game. Please try to be conscious of the time as you play, the organisers will give you time updates as we go through each round and may request you use a clock if you are falling behind.
Registration and first round draw: 10:15 - 10:45
Game 1: 10:45 - 13:00
Lunch 13:00 - 13:30 (There is a Subway, KFC and a newsagent across the road, and a Sainsbury’s supermarket 5 minutes away)
Game 2: 13:30 - 15:45
Game 3: 16:00 - 18:15
Results: 18:30 - 18:45
Players are required to bring a painted team with clearly identifiable positional pieces. With the increasing number of non-GW teams available, we are happy for you to bring your Cutiemals, Pi-Rats, or whatever team you have invested in, but your opponent must be able to tell your figures apart.
We will have a number of pitches available from our own supplies, but would encourage anyone who can bring a pitch to do so.
A copy of your roster should be brought to share with your opponent prior to each game. You may know all the 20+ teams available, but your opponent may not.
Dice : Due to the confusing variations of third-party dice available, we will be restricting block dice to GW official dice. If you do not possess a set of GW dice you may loan a set from the organisers for the event at no additional charge. Further to this, and images or writing on a D6 die must only be on the 6 side.
Rules : This will be a Swiss style resurrection tournament, following the latest NAF rules.
All NAF teams are allowed. Players will be given a treasury of 1,150,000 gold pieces to build their team, staff, and rerolls. All teams will start with 0 dedicated fans.
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens and Wood Elves
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc, Tomb Kings, Vampire
Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling
Each tier will have a budget with which to purchase skills.
Budget per tier is as follows:
Tier 1 may purchase 5 primary skills.
Tier 2 may purchase 6 primary skills, or 5 primary and 1 secondary skill.
Tier 3 may purchase 8 skills, or which up to 2 may be secondary skills
Skill stacking is allowed, however each skill is limited to 2 purchases per team. (E.g. Dwarf teams can purchase Block on 2 Runners, in addition to the Block skill already provided to their Linemen.)
Star players may be signed, however we will be using the Highlander rule. If you are matched with a team who has also signed the same Star player, they take the money from both teams and will not play for either. In addition, Star players may not be given any additional skills, and any team signing a Star Player will have their skill budget reduced by 2 primary skills, and any team signing a MegaStar will have their skill budget reduced by 4 primary skills.
You may take any inducements from page 89 of the rulebook with the following exceptions:
No special play cards
No Wizard / weather mages
No Mercenaries
No Star Players
Scoring will be 30 points for a win, 15 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, with 1 bonus point per casualty / touchdown to a maximum of 3 (of each). Any casualties caused by you (to your opponent’s team) will count. This includes fouls, crowd surfs and bombs, but does not include failed dodges or rushes.
There will be prizes for the following:
Overall winner
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties
Best placed Stunty (Stunty Cup)
Wooden Spoon
We would like to share prizes as widely as possible, so in the event that the most casualties, most touchdowns, and / or best placed Stunty are also the overall winner, these prizes will be awarded to the next highest place competitor. |
Tournament Report |
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For the inaugural Suffolk Subterranean Showcase 26 coaches travelled to Ipswich to take Blood Bowl underground. This unique weather table put a nice spin on things, with a 3-round resurrection tournament.
19 races were represented, including 6 Stunty teams for a hotly contested Stunty Cup. There was also a Suffolk Slayer award on offer for the player who caused the most casualties in a match where they were victorious against a player from the Ipswich Blood Bowl League (IBBL) or the Aardvarks & Dragons Blood Bowl League (A&DBBL).
With some very high scoring matches, including 7-2 win and a 4-4 draw, other matches we clear stalemates with 0-0 and 1-1 draws featuring heavily.
PeteW, who was a very late entrant to the event managed to take his Snotlings all the way to the top of the leaderboard with 2 wins and a draw, and claiming the title by 1 tournament point from early leader Dankin, who also took the award for most touchdowns. |
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