| Tournament Name | Cake or Death |
| Organizer NAF name | ginjasy (20057) |
| Organizer | Simon Richardson |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-04-14 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-04-14 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Resurection - Swiss |
| Scoring | 30/10/0 |
| Cost | £10 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | Ginjasy@gmail.com |
| Webpage | https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/cake-or-death |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | DeeTee (13741) | Human | Runner up | | redshirt15 (31989) | Human | Most Touchdowns | | Tomfoolery (32496) | Wood Elf | Most Casualties | | strykarr (37766) | Chaos Dwarf | Stunty Cup | | duffins (24329) | Goblin | Best Painted | | BlackDuke (34585) | Vampire | Other Awards | | dandamcman (36991) | Norse | Wooden Spoon |
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| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | Atomic Comics and Games |
| | Vicarage Walk |
| City | Yeovil |
| State | Somerset |
| Zip | BA20 1LH |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
Ruleset Document |
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| Atomic Comics Cake or Death.pdf |
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Cake or Death April 14th 2024
Hello fellow Blood Bowlers! Welcome to Cake or Death, a 3 game one-day Blood Bowl tournament, hosted at Atomic Comics and Games in Yeovil.
Lunch will not be supplied but my lovely wife who runs Chelle’s Bakes (Instagram chelles_bakes) will be providing everyone with some delicious cakes, brownies and cookies.
Tickets:
Tickets cost £10, payable to myself through PayPal (Ginjasy@gmail.com). This will be a NAF registered Tournament.
Initially we will be limiting this event to 20 players.
Venue:
Atomic Comics and Games
Vicarage Walk
Town Centre
Yeovil
BA20 1LH
Snacks and drinks are available to purchase in the venue.
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 April 1st 2024 will be valid. Exceptions will be explicitly stated.
● All BB2020 teams and Teams of Legend will be eligible. This includes Slann.
● 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:
30 points for a win
10 point for a draw
0 points for a loss
1 Point per TD (max 5 per match)
1 Point per CAS (max 5 per match)
1 Point perfect Defence (No TDs conceded)
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.
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld, Wood Elf
Tier 2: Black Orc, Orcs, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Tomb Kings, Vampires, Slaan
Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling
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: 5x Primary Skills.
Tier 2: 4x Primary Skills and 2x Secondary Skills. May take 1 Star Player after rostering 11 players. Cannot take Mega-Stars.
Tier 3: 5x Primary Skills and 2x Secondary Skills. May take up to 2 Star Players after rostering 11 players. May take 1 Mega-Star.
*Mega-Stars are those listed in the Games Workshop Organised Play Book and only 1 Mega-Star can be taken on your Roster. Mega-Stars are banned for Tier 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!
● You may take Primary Skills instead of Secondary Skills.
● 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 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 Wi-Fi) 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.
TOURPLAY LINK
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.
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.
Contact me (Simon Richardson) on 07872 563443, via Facebook, Twitter (@Ginjasy) or the TalkFantasyFootball forums. |
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