Welcome sports fans to the 3rd Sandgroper Cup.
This years event will be held on the 16th and 17th of May, at the Moon Tavern and Function Centre, Woodvale, Western Australia. This year will be even bigger and better than last year.
Basic Rules
> Rules and teams from the LRB5 including the 2008 update
> Resurrection style tournament
> 1.2 million rosters
> You can assign 4 normal skills, 1 each to 4 separate players
> Max 1 star player may be purchased
> 6 games over 2 days
> In the first round you may issue a grudge match challenge
> At the end of Day 1 there will be a 2 round draft of new skills/stats
> Cost $50
> For an extra $20 you can also order an exclusive Sandgroper Cup 3 T-Shirt when you buy your ticket.
Sandgroper Cup Goes Live
This year the Sandgroper Cup has it's own website at http://www.sandgropercup.com
In the lead up to the event you can purchase tickets online from there. During the event, people from all over the world will be able to keep up to date, with a live webcam, view the current standings of all the teams taking part and live score updates from every game at the tournament!
Open Night
After the draft has concluded there will be an open night. This is open to anyone, not just the players in the tournament. It is your chance to play some social games of Bloodbowl in a great environment. Also available will be a Deathbowl pitch, some Dungeonbowl tiles and BB7's pitches for alternate games. You are also able to use different teams to the ones you are using in the tournament.
Worlds End Radio
During the open night, and maybe at other random times throughout the weekend, the guys from Worlds End Radio will be doing some recordings for an episode of their show. You can check out some of their work at http://www.worldsendradio.com
Stunty Cup
The Stunty Cup is a competition that runs “inside” the Sandgroper Cup, and is awarded to the stunty team that places the highest at the end of play. It’s that simple—there are no extra rules or entry criteria, just a straight forward fight to see which coach can take their little-leaguers the furthest. So, all you coaches of stunty teams (that’s Halflings, Goblins and Ogres, which are, when all said and done, better described as Snotling teams anyway) have something new to aim for. While the prizes might be small, just like the players, you will always know you were #1 at something other than casualties. Your results will also be logged at http://www.stuntycup.co.uk
NAF Tournament
This tournament is a NAF event – which means that registered NAF coaches will receive international ranking points where games are played against other NAF members. While you do not have to be a NAF member to play in the event, if you are a NAF registered coach, please include your current NAF registration number with your entry. If you want to become a NAF member, or just want to know what a NAF is … for more information, please go to http://www.bloodbowl.net . You may also sign up to become a member and eceive the cool yellow block dice, at the event. Membership costs $15. Please email Drew or Dave if you want to sign up on the day.
FREE MINIATURE
Thanks to the support of Impact Miniatures, all players that Purchase a ticket before April 19th will receive a free Beer Garden Beauty at the event.
Tickets are on sale now from http://www.sandgropercup.com.
Strap on your spikey helmet and prepare for battle.
So who's coming and what team are you bringing?
Commissioner Drew