Gert Bowl 10: Bristol - 4/5 July 2020 - Cancelled

[Loki]

**CANCELLED**

Bristol's premier two day Blood Bowl event is back for its 10th outing

This will run on 4th & 5th July 2020 at Bristol Independent Gaming

This will be part of the 2020 South-West Tournament Championship

If you are a new Blood Bowl player and want to get involved in the tournament scene everyone is welcome and we will try to accommodate any experience level at the tournament. If you want to ask me any questions but don't want them to be visible here just send me a PM.

Location
Bristol Independent Gaming (BIG)
16 Clothier Road
Brislington
Bristol
BS4 5PS

This is in the south of Bristol with good bus links to the centre.

Lunch
Food will not be included in the price but there is food available in the surrounding area and the venue has a range of snacks and refreshments available.

Registration
Please register your interest here

The cost will be £25 for NAF members and £30 for non-NAF entrants (includes NAF membership and free gift) Tickets to be purchased at PayPal to David.J.Muirhead@gmail.com If you are 100% sure you are coming and for some reason can't pay by Paypal let me know.

Limit of 32 places available

NAF Approved
Generally a NAF representative is there on the day to sign-up non-members.

Timetable
Day 1:
09:30 – 09:45: Registration
10:00 – 12:15: Game 1
12:15 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 15:45: Game 2
16:00 – 18:15: Game 3

Day 2:
09:30 – 09:45: Registration
10:00 – 12:15: Game 4
12:15 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 15:45: Game 5
16.00 – 18:15: Game 6
18:30: Awards & Close

Prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
Most Casualties
Most Touchdowns
Stunty Cup
Wooden Spoon

Playing Format
This year we will be matching the polish Eurobowl rules (but still an individuals tournament rather than teams)...

Team creation:
- 1100k gold to be used for standard team building and inducements
- A minimum of 11 players and a maximum of 16 are to be rostered. Star players can only be bought once 11 players are bought and a star player cannot take the roster to 17 players.
- 0-8 Re-Rolls
- Assistant coaches
- Cheerleaders
- 0-1 Apothecary or Igor, depending on race
- 0-9 Fan Factor
- Inducements. The cost will be as following and will count for all 6 games:
- 0-2 Bloodweiser Kegs for each 50 k
- 0-3 Bribes for 100k each, for Goblins 50k each
- 0-1 Master chef for 300k, for Halflings 100k
- 0-1 NAF-approved star players for their regular cost

Additional cash:
The additional cash as listed below cannot be combined with the initial team creation budget. This additional cash can be spend on additional skills, players, star players, inducements, assistant coaches, cheerleaders or fan factor.

The cost of the additional skills are:
- 20k for normal skills
- 30k for double skills
- maximum one player in each team can stack an additional skill, the second skill costs 30k. Both skills have to be normal skills
- maximum one player in each team from tier 1-3 can have one double skill
- maximum two players in each team from tier 4-6 can have one double skill
- star players may not receive additional skills
- the Skill "Piling On" will be used according to Death Zone 1, i.e. Team Re-Roll is required.
- Initial budget and additional cash are discrete. First You need to spend initial budget and then get additional cash. But as mentioned above additional cash can still be used to buy Fan Factor for example.
- At the end in the roster there can be 0-1 NAF-approved star players (stars that can be taken only as a pair (for example The Swift Twins) count as a 1 NAF-approved star player)

Tiers:
Tier 1 - 100k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Amazons, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Lizardmen, Norse, Wood Elves, Undead
Tier 2 - 120k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Chaos Dwarves, Orcs, Skaven, Necromantc
Tier 3 - 140k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Bretonnians, Humans, Chaos
Tier 4 - 170k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Chaos Renegades, Elf Union, High Elves, Khemri, Nurgle, Slann
Tier 5 - 200k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Daemons of Khorne, Underworld Denizens, Vampires
Tier 6 - 230k for skills/players/star players/inducements
Goblins, Halfings, Ogres

Scoring
The scoring system will be as follows:
• Win 2 points
• Draw 1 points
• Loss 0 points

Tie breakers after final results will be resolved by strength of schedule. For the Casualties for the Most Cas Award - only those Casualties which count for SPP's will be counted.


AOB
Oi, who are you?!!
If you are drawn against a team where both rosters contain the same star player both teams may use the same star, one is obviously an imposter and will be found out on the field of glory.

Rosters
Rosters should be submitted to the organiser at least a week prior to the tournament.

No Illegal Procedure
This is a fun and hopefully relaxed event, please kindly remind your opponent to move their turn counter.

Any questions just ask.

Cheers,
Dave

With due regard to the worlds resources and a sensible sustainability agenda I have deliberately not asked for paper copies to be brought for this event. Personally I would probably always turn up with a paper copy but that is personal and I also think its inappropriate for the tournament to mandate paper being needed

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There does still need to be a level of accountability for rosters so if you do not intend on bringing a paper copy of your roster can you please e-mail/PM me an e-copy here or to DavidJMuirhead@gmail.com by Saturday 27th June.

I won't be printing the e-copies so please do have something to let your opponent see your full roster before a game.

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[lunchmoney]

With due regard to the worlds resources and a sensible sustainability agenda I have deliberately not asked for paper copies to be brought for this event. Personally I would probably always turn up with a paper copy but that is personal and I also think its inappropriate for the tournament to mandate paper being needed

BUT

There does still need to be a level of accountability for rosters so if you do not intend on bringing a paper copy of your roster can you please e-mail/PM me an e-copy here or to DavidJMuirhead@gmail.com by Saturday 27th June.

I won't be printing the e-copies so please do have something to let your opponent see your full roster before a game.

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[Angry Hobbit]

Interested.

[nightwing]

Interested!

[20phoenix]

Interested!

[MSJavaid]

Definitely interested in this one.

[Pathfinder]

Interested

[nobby]

interested

[Loki]

Update to OP: For the moment, in combination with discussions with venue... the limit for Gert is going to be 32

[Angry Hobbit]

Paid.

[Loki]

Obviously given the ongoing situation I have no idea what the official advice will be at the start of July but it is right on the cusp of 12-14 week 'critical' period which is being discussed as a likely timeframe for significant impact, under current assumptions.

My current response is to review the guidance and outlook on the 1st of May with a view to 're-opening' ticket sales then (or possibly delaying until a 2nd review on 1st June) with a view to keeping the possibility of Gert this year going ahead.

If anyone (Wayne/Chris ) who has paid want their money back in the meantime just let me know and I'll refund through PayPal.

Hope you are all well, stay safe & healthy in mind and body

D

[Loki]

I'm sure it will come as a shock to very few but given the current situation and outlook at the moment, I am going to formally cancel Gert Bowl.

Things are, I think, starting to look up and in a spirit of 'never say die' IF there is some fundamental shift in risk perception around Covid-19 transmission I will try and run something at short notice on the Gert weekend but I would say that is pretty unlikely.

I have refunded any ticket purchases, any problems let me know.

See you all when social distancing allows. Stay safe all.

D