North America - Coupe des 4 Nations/4 Nations Cup IX Sept. 23-24 !!!!!! SBG - Jun 26, 2023 - 11:48 AM Post subject: Coupe des 4 Nations/4 Nations Cup IX Sept. 23-24 !!!!!!***PLEASE LOOK AT THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE TEAM CREATION PROCESS EDITED ON AUG. 14****
Because not everybody goes to the World Cup… we’re having a tourney!!!
It's the 9th edition of the Four Nations Cup! To be held at Pub Randolph, 408 Rue Notre-Dame, Repentigny, QC J6A 2T1, on September 23 and 24.
Here are the rules for this NAF-sanctioned tourney:
- Five games of Blood Bowl, using BB2020 rules (including the latest NAF May rules review), Swiss style, over two days (3 on Saturday; 2 on Sunday) and fun to remember for the rest of your life!
- Painted teams strongly encouraged (though no points for painting them... but who wants to play grey elves anyway?)
35$ NAF members / 30$ early registration
Food and beverage on site. **NO OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE** This is a pub venue.
TEAM CREATION:
- 1,100,000 Starting TV, minimum of 11 players; Star players & Apo allowed (Star Players not allowed in first 11 players);
- No inducements;
- Then, you get to choose skills according to tiers:
* Tier A - 6 skills (no secondaries) Chaos Dwarves, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Lizardmen, Orcs, Undead, Wood Elves;
* Tier B - 6 skills (up to one secondary) Amazons, Elf Union, High Elves, Necromantic Horrors, Norse, Skaven, Slann, Underworld;
* Tier C - 8 skills (up to two secondaries) Black Orcs, Chaos, Chaos Pact, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Tomb Kings, Vampires
* Tier D - 8 skills (up to four secondaries) Goblins, Halflings, Ogres, Snotlings
- No ability (MA, ST, AG, PA, AV) upgrades allowed at team creation;
- ***** IMPORTANT: No more than 2 extra skills per player at team creation, no more than 3 extra skills on any player during tourney;
- ***** IMPORTANT 2: No more than two instances of the same added skill on your whole roster (if you got two extra Mighty Blows, you can never get a 3rd one);
- ***** IMPORTANT 3: Some star players incur skill penalties. Here’s the list:
Morg’N’Throg & Griff Oberwald: 3 primary skills;
Cindy Piewhistle, Deeproot Strongbranch, Hakflem Skuttlespike, Kreek Rustgouger & Bomber Dribblesnot: 2 primary skills;
Wilhelm Chaney: 1 primary skill.
**** IMPORTANT 4: It is strongly recommended to use a digital roster sheet that allows the quick calculation of starting TV. Two of those (but not the only ones) can be found here (https://bit.ly/3yDC4Kf) and here (https://bit.ly/3NGFz7b).
In any case, we ask that you come in with a created roster, not to write one before tourney starts (Thanks Manu!).
- This a resurrection tourney;
- Positively no overtime;
FOUR NATIONS CUP SPECIAL RULES:
- Popol le Bleu, estranged wizard of the Four Nations League, is mad and wants to disrupt the league's tourney, so he'll be available to each team for a single use throughout the tourney (meaning: everybody gets one use of a Hireling Sports-Wizard, as on p.94 of the BB2020 Official Rules Book;
- After each game, coaches can select a player on his team and assign him a primary skill. Coaches can also elect to defer this selection until later:
- If they defer to after the second game, they can select a secondary skill;
- If they defer to after the third game, they can now ROLL for a stat increase.
- Coaches could also pick a primary after game 1, defer after game 2 and select a secondary after game 3 or roll a stat after game 4.
SCHEDULE:
Check-in at 8 on Saturday
3 Games starting at 9;
Sunday: 2 games, starting at 10:30.
AWARDS:
- 1ST , 2ND , 3RD
- Stunty Cup if 3+ stunty teams!
- Most TDs
- Best Defense
- Most CAS
- Best painted team
- Best sportsmanship
- Best Female Coach!
EXTRA RULES
- VIGOROUSLY APPLIED TIME LIMIT of 2h15 PER GAME!!
4 minutes turns = 2h08 per game, 2h15 should be enough.
- Swiss style pairing throughout the weekend
- Game play points: Win 3, Tie 1, Loss 0
- Tie breaker:
Head to Head record;
Strength of schedule;
TD differential;
CAS differential;
Most TD;
Most CAS.
How much will it cost?
It will cost you 35 $ for the tourney, but...
EARLY ENTRY RAFFLE!!!!!
If you register and pay by September 16, 11:59 PM, you'll pay only 30$ and get a chance to win a spanking new team, to be determined later;
If you submit your team using ANY electronic team tracker by Sept. 22, 11:59 pm, you get a second ticket for the raffle AND can win a second prize to be determined later (most probably team dice).
PayPal account or email transfer at freddaigle75@gmail.com.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING:
- Your painted team;
- Pitch, dice, pencil, clean clothes!
- Glue and paints to repair some nicks and chips;
- BE THERE AT 9 AM SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Pub Randolph serves food and their kitchen will be open both days. I'm also told they sell something called beer. I might try that...
We'll accept late entrants, but if you know for sure you're coming, register beforehand please: it helps with the prizes!
For questions or registration: freddaigle75@gmail.com.
Registered:
X- Isabelle Cousineau - ODD WOMAN OUT
1- Chris Després (Buffalo_Chris) - Paid -
2- Fred Daigle (SBG) - Paid - Roster in
3- Jean-Christophe Laroche (durgil) - Paid - Roster in
4- Martyn McGowan (Meerkul_Moggins) - Paid - Roster in
5- Mathieu Labrecque (Hathi91 - Martyn's Tourney Winner) - Paid - Roster in
6- P-A Lajoie (Cheapsanta - Ian's Tourney Winner) - Paid - Roster in
7- Dany Dean (ddboy) - Paid - Roster in
8- Colin Keillar (Runki_Khrum) - Paid - Roster in
9- Jad Sebti (guitamasta) - Paid - Roster in
10- Manuel Leclerc (Manz62) - Paid - Roster in
11- Guillaume Labelle (jeandupays)- Paid - Roster in
12- Jonathan Dagenais (dage)
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30-SBG - Jun 27, 2023 - 03:24 PM Post subject: RE: Coupe des 4 Nations/4 Nations Cup IX Sept. 23-24 !!!!!!
Not that we doubted it, but now NAF-Approved!SBG - Aug 07, 2023 - 08:26 PM Post subject: RE: Coupe des 4 Nations/4 Nations Cup IX Sept. 23-24 !!!!!!
And then we were 12!SBG - Aug 07, 2023 - 08:31 PM Post subject:
Blitz token confirmed!
One of the goodies for C4N IX!
SBG - Aug 14, 2023 - 10:19 AM Post subject:
IMPORTANT MODIFICATIONS TO TIERS AND STAR PLAYERS PENALTIES!!!!!
To be more in tune with the rest of the tourney scene, please note some changes applied to the team creation process:
TEAM CREATION:
- 1,100,000 Starting TV, minimum of 11 players; Star players & Apo allowed (Star Players not allowed in first 11 players);
- No inducements;
- Then, you get to choose skills according to tiers:
* Tier A - 6 skills (no secondaries) Chaos Dwarves, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Lizardmen, Orcs, Undead, Wood Elves;
* Tier B - 6 skills (up to one secondary) Amazons, Elf Union, High Elves, Necromantic Horrors, Norse, Skaven, Slann, Underworld;
* Tier C - 8 skills (up to two secondaries) Black Orcs, Chaos, Chaos Pact, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Tomb Kings, Vampires
* Tier D - 8 skills (up to four secondaries) Goblins, Halflings, Ogres, Snotlings
- No ability (MA, ST, AG, PA, AV) upgrades allowed at team creation;
- ***** IMPORTANT: No more than 2 extra skills per player at team creation, no more than 3 extra skills on any player during tourney;
- ***** IMPORTANT 2: No more than two instances of the same added skill on your whole roster (if you got two extra Mighty Blows, you can never get a 3rd one);
- ***** IMPORTANT 3: Some star players incur skill penalties. Here’s the list:
Morg’N’Throg & Griff Oberwald: 3 primary skills;
Cindy Piewhistle, Deeproot Strongbranch, Hakflem Skuttlespike, Kreek Rustgouger & Bomber Dribblesnot: 2 primary skills;
Wilhelm Chaney: 1 primary skill.SBG - Sep 08, 2023 - 10:47 AM Post subject:
One week to go to benefit from the $5 rebate!!!
Une semaine à faire pour profiter du rabais de 5 $ !!!SBG - Sep 11, 2023 - 06:40 PM Post subject:
Only a few days left to get your $5 rebate!
Derniers jours afin de profiter de votre 5$ de rabais.
Deadline: Friday11:59 pm!SBG - Sep 12, 2023 - 06:43 AM Post subject:
Rosters are coming in!
We might have a stunty cup!SBG - Sep 22, 2023 - 05:55 AM Post subject:
Last day to submit your roster for the draw!
Dernière journée pour soumettre vos formations et participer au tirage!SBG - Sep 25, 2023 - 12:18 PM Post subject:
Great tourney again this year!
I have some gitches uploading the XML file on the website, but it's being sorted out. In the meantime, here are the results:
Most TD: SBG - Skaven (10)
Most Cas: Jeandupays & durgil - CD & Norse (17)
Best Comeback: Cheapsanta - his CD rose 4 ranks on the Sunday
Best Painted: durgil's Norse
Manuel-Leclerc Sportsmanship Award: ddboy was deemed the most pleasant coach to play with. It might have somehting to do with...
Woodenspoon: ddboy - his OWA got 4 draws and a loss.
