Slaughterday! & Darkness Fouls @NoVA Open Sept 2nd/3rd/16

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Slaughterday! & Darkness Fouls @NoVA Open Sept 2nd/3rd/16

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Tournament Location
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
(There is special Convention booking through novaopen.com)

Bringing you two full NAF Sanctioned Tournament events because one is never enough.

BaWSH Bowl III: Slaughterday! @ The NoVA Open
Saturday, September 3rd
Check-in : 8:30am
Game 1 : 9:00am – 11:15am
Game 2: 11:30pm – 1:45pm
Break : 2:00pm – 2:30pm
Game 3 : 2:30pm – 4:45pm
Game 4 : 5:00pm – 7:15pm

Back again and bigger than ever!
We've had two years with two different Champions. Do you have what it takes to claw to the top?
This is a Four game, Swiss pairing tournament using a special themed Kickoff Table(detailed in the 'primer' at novaopen.com)
Injuries and casualties do not carry over: Each game will begin with your roster in exactly the same state you created it.

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Darkness Fouls... @ The NoVA Open
Friday, September 2nd & Saturday, September 3rd
Check-in: 8:30pm(both nights)
Game 1(&3) : 8:45pm-11:00pm
Game 2(&4) : 11:15pm-1:30am

Something happens to coaches when the sun goes down. It's not pretty. It may not be legal.
This tournament begins at night for anyone whom just couldn't make it to the Day-Long Tournament. The games are also split between two nights so that each coach can claim some measure of beauty rest between bouts of dice rolling and convention frolicking.
If you spent the day fighting for(or against) The Emperor then we're here for you. The other four games not bring you your fill of crushing skulls and scoring Touchdowns? Step on up and see if you can dominate both Tournaments at the NoVA Open.


These events will be using the same rules and stipulations:
ALL 21 GW Teams plus the 3 Additional Teams are valid and welcome!(Slann, Chaos Pact, Underworld)

Teams can be built using up to 1,100,000gp.
Coaches may choose ONE of the bonus skill-packs to assign extra perks and skills to their team after the roster is created.

Event Price: $20
Keeping a great idea going from last year: NoVA Open Event pricing includes a -$3 discount to every one of your registered events beyond the first.
Sign up for both Tournaments(you know you want to...) and you'll save 15%!
NoVA Open Single Day pass: $20 / NoVA Open All Access pass: $40

Full Tournament Details(primer) and Registration now open! at http://www.novaopen.com
Please feel free to contact us with any questions!

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Good News BloodBowl Fanatics!
The -$3 mentioned initially for adding both events to your itinerary was actually a mix-up in the math.
It was supposed to be a -$5 per event after the first.

Sign up for both BloodBowl events and get -$10 to your total - a 25% discount!

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Blood Bowl fanatics! Our goal every year is to get better.
Better Organized; Tighter event rules; Easier check-in.
Nothing is off-limits if it has a chance to make things more fun.

One of the things we've adjusted this year is the Kickoff table.
Many of the tweaks and refinements have been teased from the feedback we got from our coaches.

Some of the old familiar items have been shifted to different locations.
Some have been modified and there's even an all new event in the mix all to either maximize fairness or amp up the crazy.

Event #11 : Mud-Slingers
- All models suffer a -1 to all movement for the duration of the drive.(Note: This -1 does not apply to prone players Standing up)

This event was originally intended to slow down the teams that zipped all over the field and make them feel the pain of teams less mobile.
Two years of tourny play have proven it was far more brutal than intended.
We've softened the blow just enough to bring it back to where it's supposed to be.


Event #12 : Misguided Patriot :
- The kicking team can take a free game turn but can only move D3 players.

The Blitz! event was initially removed from our KickOff table in favor of a little more creative nastiness but it's too good to keep down for long.
It's been re-introduced but muzzled to allow the kicking team to have a little fun before getting serious.


All New This Year:
Event #3 : Bugmans Best Chug-a-thon! :
A phalanx of cheerleaders appear out of nowhere pouring the swill down every available throat. All Players currently in the KO box are returned to Reserves and ready to play at the next drive.

Just when you think you've got your boot on the neck of your opponent They get a shot of liquid courage to keep them in the fight.

You never know what's going to happen on the pitch and this year's no exception.
Rolling a long string of sixes is always delightful but bland without a little wackiness sprinkled on top.
There's more to coming!

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One of the most important things to us is that everyone who wants to play can pull on their whistle and coach-hat.
Don't have a field? Use one of ours and hey; Here's a dugout and range finder too!
Did you forget your Block Dice? We have you covered. Have some D8's and 10's and 6's while we're at it.

Wait...You don't even have a TEAM?!
We're here for you. There are several house teams painted and begging for you to use them.
There's a "skill" teams, Bruiser teams and even a dancing little scoring team.
Don't have the time nor interest to write your own Roster?
Just want to get into the action? I've got a tourny-valid roster ready to go!
Get out there. The Kickoff Table is calling!

Let's meet the House Teams!
There may be more by the time the first coin gets tossed but so far we have:
Chaos
Dwarves
Norse
Skaven

all painted and ready to play!
http://imgur.com/a/9I74N

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Loving the house teams (concept and execution)!

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DaFoola wrote:Loving the house teams (concept and execution)!
Thank you!
Come on out and show us how to play one! :D

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The Squig-Balls are freshly packed and en-route. They are as fresh and frenzied as ever.
The fields are lined. The Referee's are bribed. There's not a cloud in the sky.
The House teams are eager and limber. The dice are hot and the rowdiness levels are climbing.

Last year we had more TIES than in the previous two combined. We also had an awesome and diverse number of coaches.
The Bombs were flying all over the place, a Skaven team disappeared completely and even a an infuriating dwarf-filled Mud-Bowl.
I can't wait to see what sort of craziness comes about this year.

Fill the bleachers, fire up the Cabalvision and prep the medics because it's BloodBowl time!

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It was another great time and somehow it just gets better and better.

It was a year full of firsts: We had a record 18 coaches in Darkness Fouls and 14 in Slaughterday of all skill levels.
There was a good mix of races: Amazon, Nurgling, goblins, halflings, three different kinds
of elves teams but the green tide came clawing onto the field with Six Orc teams cracking
heads and collecting teeth. The two-time Tourny Champion was toppled by one of them in a
powerful showing from a veteran coach.

The brave souls that filled the lists in Darkness Fouls all but one stuck to the tables
through SlaughterDay! No single race dominated the lists but one coach
stood above all with a perfect 4-0 record to take the title of Champ two years in a row.

I can't thank everyone enough for playing, laughing, crying and making the weekend a blast
worth repeating.

The Results!

- SlaughterDay! -
Champion(NAF name): Gaixo
Runner-up(NAF name): gken1
Call a Lawyer!(NAF name): theermine
Best Sportsman(NAF name): ozeeb

- Darkness Fouls -
Champion(NAF name): Zuk
Runner-up(NAF name): yotoden
Call a Lawyer!(NAF name): theermine
Best Sportsman(NAF name): supwill0048

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