POW Town 2015 - June 13-14 2015 Calgary Alberta Canada

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POW TOWN 2015
June 13th and 14th, 2015
Location: Sentry Box, Calgary AB
1835-10th ave SW Calgary Alberta, Canada
Cost: $40 pre-registration, $45 at the door

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1411748555796939/



Tournament Organizer: lair.ashmead@gmail.com


Tournament schedule:

The tournament will be a two day, 6 game swiss style tournament. First games will be determined by random matchup. The remaining games will be determined based on tournament points.
For the first round only, we will do our best to pair players off against members that are outside of their home club.

June 13th
9:30AM: Registration begins
10AM: First game
12:30PM: Lunch
1:30PM: Second Game
4PM: Third Game

June 14th
10AM: First game
12:30PM: Lunch
1:30PM: Second Game
4PM: Third Game

What to bring:
- Painted team with suitable models.
- Skill rings or another appropriate way to identify skills/positions
- Block dice
- D6s, d8, d12/16/20
- 3 copies of your team roster including skill purchases and inducements

Tournament Rules:
- Standard CRP rules apply with some exceptions noted below.
- Teams will resurrect at the end of each games. No SPPs, injuries or any roster changes carry over between games
- Illegal Procedure and the 4 minute time limit will not be enforced.
- Games will have a maximum length of 2.5 hours. Turn time limits or chess clocks may be imposed if a game is at risk of going over the 2.5 hour time limit.
- Players must agree on cocked die rules, the use of dice cups and/or sharing dice at the start of the match.
- If there are any disagreements or rules disputes, tournament directors will be standing by to assist.
- Teams with the ability to raise killed players will not be allowed to.


Team building:
- 24 NAF sanctioned teams are eligible.
- Teams get 1.1 million gold to construct their roster.
- Star players can be purchased as part of a roster, but only after 11 roster players have been purchased. In the case that opposing teams hire the same star, both teams will be allowed to use the player.
- Teams must play with a minimum of 11 players.
- Teams can purchase Rerolls, apothecaries (if allowed), coaches, cheerleaders or fan factor.
- teams may also include bribes as part of the roster as per the standard inducement cost.
- Chefs can only be purchased by halfling teams.
- No other inducements may be purchased (including wizards, cards, extra apothecaries, mercenaries, etc).
- Teams can select one of the following skill packages:

Tier System (This is the tier system used by the NAF world cup)

Tier 1 – Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarves, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Undead, Wood Elf

Tier 2 – Chaos, Chaos Pact, Pro Elf, High Elf, Human, Khemri, Necromantic, Nurgle, Slann

Tier 3 – Halfling, Goblin, Ogre, Underworld, Vampire

Tier 1 – 6 regular skills
Tier 2 – 6 Regular Skills + 1 Double
Tier 3 – 6 regular + 2 Double


- Stars cannot be given skills
- One extra skill maximum per player
- Each skill can be given to a maximum of two players per team

Tournament Scoring:

Win = 30
Loss = 0
Tie = 10

Scoring Bonuses
Each TD scored: 3
Each Cas inflicted via block: 2


Stunty cup:
- Stunty teams will play for their own cup while still participating in the main tournament.
- Stunty teams include Halflings, Goblins and Ogres, as well as Lizardman teams that are made up of All Skinks (or Skinks plus a Kroxigor), and Underworld teams without Skaven players.
- Star players can be added to a stunty team without disqualifying them from the Stunty Cup.

Glittering prizes:
- Pow Town Cup - The team with the most tournament points. In the case of a tie, tie breakers are as follows:
- Win/tie/loss record
- Head-to-Head record if applicable
- TD difference
- CAS difference
- Runner up - the team with the 2nd most tournament points
- Stunty Cup - The stunty team with the most tournament points
- Best Painted Team
- Wooden spoon - The worst overall team
- Most Touchdowns
- Most casualties


Swag and prizes:
- Every dollar collected will be given back to the players in the form of swag or prizes.
- PowTown dice are back!

[innerdemon]

We are less than a month from an amazing weekend of Blood Bowl awesome!

Things are shaping up nicely. Dice arrived last week. Custom pitches are being printed. Trophies ordered today. The custom human team is just being finished by the artist.

If you are planning on attending, we are accepting preregistration. This helps us plan out the swag and prizes. It is a big help.
We have lots of space at the Sentry Box, so no worries on room. We are expecting a large contingent of coaches from across western Canada. Looks like 24-30 players.


POW Town is a NAF approved tournament. ( you are not required to be an NAF member to participate.) What is the NAF ? (www.thenaf.net) I will have membership rewards available from now until the tournament. Annual membership in the NAF is $10 with a nice reward given for members. I currently have 133 sets of member rewards. I have 6 different colors of block dice. Each reward is one set of dice.

Grey/black
Neon green/black
Red/silver
Dark green/red
Yellow/black
Light blue/black
Fame sheild and white NAF logged d6's.
Black/gold 2d6, d8,616

Should you wish to pre-register or sign up for NAF please email money transfer funds to

lair.ashmead@gmail.com

Tournament: $40
NAF membership: $10

Should you wish to Sign a NAF membership, I will need the following.

1. Is this a new membership or a renewal?
2. Name:
3. Email address:
4. NAF name:
5. NAF name 2: ( in case the first one is taken)

Any membership rewards will be waiting for the you at the tournament.

If you have any questions, please look for us on Facebook: BloodBowl League of Calgary. Under events you will find POW Town.

Or email me here.


Hope to see some of you on game day!

Regards,


Lair Ashmead
Pow Town 201 Organizer
Lair.ashmead@gmail.com

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Due to limited space at the venue, we will have to cap this event at 28 coaches.

Should you wish to pre-register and ensure you get a spot,

lair.ashmead@gmail.com


See you in a week!

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We have 23 confirmed coaches. A record for this tournament. Still 5 spots available.