| Tournament Name | Alpha Games - Spring Bowl 2024 |
| Organizer NAF name | fiskey7 (27212) |
| Organizer | Ben Fiske |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-03-02 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2024-03-02 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Resurrection / Swiss |
| Scoring | |
| Cost | £12 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | bjfiske7@googlemail.com |
| Webpage | TFF |
| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | fiskey7 (27212) | Imperial Nobility | Runner up | | Gethyn (20843) | Human | Most Touchdowns | | fiskey7 (27212) | Imperial Nobility | Three coaches with 5 TD's (Gethyn & g_clark the others) but with a TD difference of +5, Fiskey7 wins |
| Most Casualties | | Bashman (28075) | Lizardmen | Three coaches with 8 Cas (Elysian83 &drthod the others) but with a CAS difference of +5, Bashman wins. |
| Stunty Cup | | drthod (37792) | Halfling | Uncontested |
| Best Painted | | Gethyn (20843) | Human | Other Awards |
| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | Unit 7 Shepherds Grove (West) |
| | Stanton |
| City | Bury St Edmunds |
| State | Suffolk |
| Zip | IP31 2AR |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
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This event will be held on Saturday 2 March 2024, from 10.00 to 19.00.
Location
Alpha Games, Unit 7 Shepherds Grove (West), Stanton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AR
Tickets are £12. The can be purchased via Paypal using the address chris@alphagames.co.uk (please include the event name and date in the info box and use family & friends). Please note I am not Chris from Alpha Games, he owns the store and deals with all the money - I just make the rules pack and TO on the day. Any queries about tickets or refunds need to go through Chris at Alpha Games.
There is a limit of 32 coaches for this event - this is the maximum number the shop can hold.
Format
The tournament will be a three game tournament using Blood Bowl Season Two (BB 2020) Official Rules (as clarified by the most recent official FAQ). The first game will be randomly drawn between coaches with subsequent matchups following a Swiss - Resurrection style system.
Team Building
Starting team value will be 1.15 million gold pieces (Team Value 1150) and coaches may choose a legal roster up to this value. Rosters may be chosen from any of the teams in the Blood Bowl Rule Book, the official “Teams of Legend” pdf, the new Khorne roster from Spike Magazine 13, the new Norse roster from Spike Magazine 14, the new Amazon roster from Spike Magazine 15 and the new Vampire roster from Spike Magazine 16, and the additional NAF Roster for Slann. Any additional official teams and rosters from Spike magazines released before the event will also be allowed.
SPP Budgets
This will be a resurrection format tournament (no long term injuries) and with no progression (no star player points earned). When building their roster, coaches may purchase skills for their team according to the SPP Budget allocation below for each tier (tiers are as per the 2020 rulebook adjusted by the latest official FAQ).
● Tier 1 Teams – 36 Star Player Points
Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elf
● Tier 2 Teams - 48 Star Player Points
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc, Slann, Tomb Kings, Vampires
● Tier 3 Teams - 54 Star Player Points
Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling
Only chosen primary skills (6 Star Player Points) or chosen secondary skills (12 Star Player Points) may be selected, randomly chosen skills are not allowed. Characteristic increases are not allowed.
Skill stacking:
- One player on Tier 1 teams can have two additional skills, with all other players restricted to one additional skill.
- Two players on Tier 2 teams can have two additional skills, with all other players restricted to one additional skill.
- Three players on Tier 3 teams can have up to two additional skills each, with all other players restricted to one additional skill.
Inducements
Any inducements from the list of “common inducements” on page 89 of the Blood Bowl rulebook can be taken, with the following changes:
● 0-2 Star Players may be hired as listed in the 2020 Rulebook, Death Zone and from Spike Magazines from issue 11 onwards released before the event, the 2021 Almanac, and any official GW star players released before the event whose rules are published with the relevant model, but in all cases only after a roster of at least 11 ordinary players has been hired, and subject to the SPP tax explained below.
● Legacy Star Players are not allowed.
● Wizards, Biased Referees, Mercenaries and Special Play card inducements are not allowed.
● The following additional inducement rules from the “Death Zone” supplement are allowed:
● (In)Famous Coaching Staff
● Other Inducements from p36-39, excluding Medicinal Unguent and Side Bet.
● Any additional inducements published in any official Spike magazine prior to the date of the event (excluding any from the excluded categories listed above e.g. Wizards).
● A special inducement “Little Brown Envelope” is available to all coaches for the price of 5,000 gold pieces. This enables the coach to re-roll an “argue the call” roll once per game. Coaches are only allowed to purchase this inducement once.
Star Players and SPP Tax
If a team hires any Star Players then as well as paying the GP cost it must also deduct the relevant “SPP Tax” from its SPP Budget available to purchase skills for the team’s other players. If a team hires 2 Star Players then it must pay the SPP tax for each player. For example, a Tier 3 Team starts with an SPP budget of 54 Star Player Points. If it decides to hire Griff Oberwald, this will cost 36 SPP from their initial 54 SPP allocation, leaving 24 SPP for them to use on additional skills for their normal players.
[attachment=0]Star Player table - Summer 23.PNG[/attachment]
Weather / Kick-off
Although Spring may be just beginning (at least according to those sorcerers who try and predict the weather), it is still bitterly cold across many parts of the Old World. As such, most Blood Bowl pitches are still frozen solid from the harsh wintery months, and snow, sleet and fog not uncommon weather conditions during early Spring matches. Therefore during this tournament, the usual weather table will be replaced by the “Harsh Tundra” Weather Table detailed on page 18 of Spike Magazine 14 - Norse edition (copies of this weather table will be provided at the event).
The usual kick-off table will also be replaced by the Norsca kick-off table detailed on page 19 of Spike Magazine 14 (again copies will be provided).
Scoring and Prize
The scoring system will be 30 points for a win, 15 points for a draw and zero points for a loss. Bonus points will be awarded for each casualty caused (including casualties caused via foul or crowd surf) and touchdowns scored, to a maximum of 3 points for each. Tiebreakers will be Strength of Schedule followed by Touchdown difference and then Casualties difference.
Prizes for the day will include:
- Winner
- Runner Up
- Most Touchdowns
- Most Casualties
- Stunty Cup (highest placed Tier 3 team that doesn’t include a Bugman’s Best Star Player)
- Best Painted
- Wooden Spoon
There will be spot prizes available on the day for the winner of particular challenges each round!
Schedule for the day
Each round should be played within a time limit of 2hrs 15 minutes. Timing reminders will be shouted out to help coaches stay within the time window for each round, but it is recommended that coaches set their own timers and assume approximately 30 minutes per coach per half.
Registration and Round 1 draw 10.00 - 10.30
Round 1 10.30 - 12.45
Lunch 12.45 - 13.30
Round 2 13.30 - 15.45
Round 3 16.00 - 18.15
Results & prizes 18.15 - 18.30
Alpha Games is a FLGS which stocks a wide range of gaming merchandise at generally reduced prices. It does sell a limited selection of hot and cold food and drink. It is situated in a rural industrial estate, so surrounding amenities are limited but the local village centre is a 2 minute drive, and this has a Co-Op store, a village shop, fish & chip shop and bakery which will all be open on the day of the event (bakery maybe only until lunchtime). |
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