| Tournament Name | Bucks Open February 2024 |
| Organizer NAF name | Nonumber (8923) |
| Organizer | |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-02-24 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-02-24 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Swiss |
| Scoring | 2-1-0 |
| Cost | £12.50 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | contact@tabletoprepublic.com |
| Webpage | Tabletop Republic |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | Stewbacca (24161) | Lizardmen | Runner up | | Nonumber (8923) | Chaos Dwarf | Most Touchdowns | | eldritchfox (17319) | Skaven | Most Casualties | | toby_b (31516) | Dwarf | Stunty Cup | | mccnaol (30119) | Halfling | Best Painted | | toby_b (31516) | Dwarf | Other Awards |
| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | Tabletop Republic |
| | 37 High Street |
| City | High Wycombe |
| State | Buckinghamshire |
| Zip | HP11 2AG |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
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RULES PACK:
Venue
Bucks Open Blood Bowl Tournaments are held at Tabletop Republic, 37 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG.
Price
Entry to the Bucks Open one dayers is only available to NAF Members. You MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at a Bucks Open tournament. For more information on the NAF including how to join, head to www.thenaf.net.
Individual tickets will be available for purchase for each Bucks Open one dayer in the coming months. For now, a special early bird season-ticket rate is available to book a place at every Bucks Open one dayer in the 2024 calendar. These season tickets are limited to our capacity of 36 for Blood Bowl, so it is not impossible that they will sell out.
This season ticket saves you a whopping 40% on paying for each tournament separately! Importantly, please note, these season tickets are NON REFUNDABLE after midnight on 31/12/23.
Tickets will usually cost £12.50 each. The special season ticket offer is £75 for entry to all 10 Bucks Open one dayers in 2024.
Link to purchase yours:
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/product-page/season-ticket-bucks-open-blood-bowl-one-dayers-2024
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEASON TICKET
- This rulepack is subject to change. There is no obligation on the Tournament Organiser to retain this rulepack for the entire calendar year. There may be changes in the instance that Games Workshop releases a new edition of Blood Bowl, or makes significant changes via FAQ that require rules change, for example.This is a tried and tested set of rules now so we do not forsee any reason to change it but please be aware of this before purchasing your season ticket.
- The dates of the September and October Bucks Open one dayers are strictly provisional while we await date confirmation for Eurobowl 2024. Upon the instance that Eurobowl 2024 is scheduled on a conflicting date, we will move the affected Bucks Open tournament to another weekend.
Event Dates:
Bucks Open 2024 February – 24/02
Bucks Open 2024 March – 10/03
Bucks Open 2024 April – 20/04
Bucks Open 2024 May – 25/05
Bucks Open 2024 July – 20/07
Bucks Open 2024 August – 17/08
Bucks Open 2024 September – 21/09
Bucks Open 2024 October – 19/10
Bucks Open 2024 November – 02/11
Bucks Open 2024 December 07/12
Access & Parking
The venue is step-free ground floor with disabled access toilet facilities. There is however no parking at the venue, being a high street premises.
Food
To keep the cost of entry down, food is not included in the ticket price. Food is available to purchase at the venue and many other nearby businesses.
Rules
The Bucks Open tournament series will be using the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition (or Blood Bowl 2020 as it is commonly known) rules, along with the “Teams of Legend” PDF and the designers' Errata which can be found over on the official Blood Bowl website, as well as the inclusion of the Slann team, which may be found under the NAF's “Rules For Tournaments 2021” document. "Daemons of Khorne" will no longer be a permitted roster due to being superseded by the official GW Khorne team. Any Games Workshop published team / rules updates which occur 7 days or more prior to the tournament start date will be implemented, unless stated through updates provided by Tabletop Republic. Any queries about tournament rules can be sent to contact@tabletoprepublic.com
Team Building
Coaches are given a starting gold pieces allowance of 1,150,000 for the purposes of selecting players, re rolls, sideline staff and purchasing any inducements permitted. This is completely separate from the inclusion of additional skills, which will be covered under the "Skills Package" section.
Inducements
The only inducements permitted are Apothecaries, Bloodweiser Kegs, Halfling Master Chefs, and Bribes, which are paid for out of the 1,150,000 gold pieces referenced above prior to the tournament. No inducements are able to be purchased at the table, so spend that gold!
Star Players
Star Players are permitted in the following two categories:
STUNTY TEAMS (Goblins, Ogres, Snotlings and Halflings):
May take a maximum of one star player from all GW published star players from Blood Bowl Second Season Edition onward, after a regular 11 players have been rostered, except Estelle La Veneaux who is prohibited for all teams.
ALL OTHER TEAMS (aka. non-stunty teams):
May take a maximum of one star player from all GW published star players from Blood Bowl Second Season Edition onwards, after a regular 11 players have been rostered, except the following players which are prohibited for non-stunty teams:
Morg N' Thorg
Deeproot Strongbranch
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griff Oberwald
Estelle La Veneaux
Mercenaries are not permitted. Any star players that come as a pair but count as one selection, such as the Swift Twins, are permitted.
"Bombardier Tax"
Any non-stunty team which opts to induce a star player with the "Bombardier" trait shall receive 3 less Primary skills from either of the skill packs described below.
Skills Package
Once you have fully purchased your team as described above, you may distribute additional skills amongst your players. A coach may select ONE of the following two skill packages:
8 Primary Skills OR
5 Primary Skills and 2 Secondary Skills
No player may receive more than 2 additional skills from the above package.
A coach that wishes to take the latter skill package listed above may simply substitute one of the Secondary skills with a another Primary skill should they wish, but they will gain no further skills as a result (i.e. they will still have seven skills in total to allocate). Statistic increases are not an option.
Painting Requirements
All teams must be painted with at least 3 colours and be comprised of appropriate fantasy miniatures which reflect the positionals they are intended to represent.
Prayers To Nuffle
Any reference to rolling on the “Prayers to Nuffle” Table must utilise the Exhibition variant of the table found on page 103 of the Blood Bowl rulebook.
What You Need To Bring
All coaches must bring with them:
- One painted team
- One Blood Bowl pitch and dugouts
- Dice and Templates
- One printed roster
Roster Check
There is no requirement to submit a roster before the start of the event. Coaches will be asked to check their round 1 opponent's roster prior to kick off.
Scoring
The primary scoring system is 2 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw, 0 Points for a loss. Tie breaking will take into account strength of schedule, followed by net touchdowns, followed by net casualties.
Prizes
There will be prizes/trophies awarded for the following:
Tournament Winners
Runners Up
Most Touchdowns (Individual Award)
Most Casualties* (Individual Award)
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins) (Individual Award)
Best Painted Award** (Individual Award)
Disaster Averted! Award (A new award for the team that finished 2nd bottom - a twist on the "Wooden Spoon" idea!)
*Any injury that goes into your opponent's injury box (even if it's just passing through) counts towards the Most Casualties award. (And also for the tie breaker.) this includes opponent's failed dodges, fouls and crowd surfs etc. ANY injury counts for your CAS.
**Display bases do not increase your chances of winning best painted, only the figures themselves will be judged.
Schedule
9:00 – Registration
9:30 – Game 1 Start
11:45 – Lunch
12:15 – Game 2 Start
14:30 – Break
14:45 – Game 3 Start
17:00 – Break
17:15 - Game 4 Start
19:30 - Awards and Close |
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