Double Standards 2023 Doubles Tournament - Jan 28th / 29th 2023 High Wycombe, Bucks

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Venue

Tabletop Republic
37 High Street
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2AG

Cost

REFUND POLICY – Please read before
booking your ticket:
We cannot process refunds for any ticket cancellations that occur within 2 WEEKS prior to the event start date. Please ensure you are able to attend and are committed to the date before booking your ticket, it helps us run a smoother tournament and means we are not losing out having to refund late drop outs.


Tickets for NAF members are £45 for a team of two players. Tickets are available at the link below:

https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament

Please note, you MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at this event, there is NO provision to sign up on the day.

Parking
Please note there is no parking at the venue (we are inside a shopping centre with access also on the high street).
The following car parks service High Wycombe:

Easton Street car park
Queen Victoria Rd, High Wycombe
HP11 1NP

Dovecot Car Park
High Wycombe
HP13 5FX

Eden car park
Lily's Walk, High Wycombe
HP11 2BY

Accommodation
The following hotels are in close proximity to the venue:

Premier Inn High Wycombe Central hotel
Arch Way, High Wycombe HP13 5HL

Travelodge High Wycombe
Octagon Parade, Abbey Way, High Wycombe HP11 2DQ

Food:
To keep the cost of entry down, lunch is not included in the ticket price.

RULES

The Double Standards 2023 tournament will be using the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition (or Blood Bowl 2020 as it is commonly known) rules, along with the “Teams of Legend” PDF and the designers' Errata which can be found over on the official Blood Bowl website, as well as the inclusion of the Slann team, which may be found under the NAF's “Rules For Tournaments 2021” document. "Daemons of Khorne" will no longer be a permitted roster due to being superseded by the official GW Khorne team.

Team Building:
Coaches are given a starting gold pieces allowance of 1,150,000 for the purposes of selecting players, re rolls, sideline staff and purchasing any inducements permitted. This is completely separate from the inclusion of additional skills, which will be covered below.

In any doubles pairing, the two coaches may not select the same team/race.

Inducements:

Star Players are permitted in the following two categories:

STUNTY TEAMS (Goblins, Ogres, Snotlings and Halflings):
May take a maximum of one star player from all GW published star players from Blood Bowl Second Season Edition onward, after a regular 11 players have been rostered.

ALL OTHER TEAMS:
May take a maximum of one star player from all GW published star players from Blood Bowl Second Season Edition onwards, after a regular 11 players have been rostered, except the following players which are prohibited for non-stunty teams:

Morg N' Thorg
Deeproot Strongbranch
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griff Oberwald

Mercenaries are not permitted.

The only inducements permitted are Bloodweiser Kegs, Halfling Master Chefs, and Bribes, which are paid for out of the 1,150,000 gold pieces referenced above prior to the tournament. No inducements are able to be purchased at the table, so spend that gold!

Additional Skills:
Once you have fully purchased your team as described above, you may distribute additional skills amongst your players. A coach may select ONE of the following two skill packages:
8 Primary Skills OR
5 Primary Skills and 2 Secondary Skills

A maximum of two skills may be stacked onto the same player (including both Secondary skills if you wish). Aside from this, there are no other limitations such as limits on duplicate skills etc. *FAQ* Yes this means more than one player may have two skills, just no more than two skills per player. A coach that wishes to take the latter skill package listed above may substitute one of the Secondary skills with a Primary skill should they wish, but they will gain no further skills as a result (i.e. they will still have seven skills total to allocate). Statistic increases are not an option, otherwise... they'd be listed above...

All teams must be painted with at least 3 colours and be comprised of appropriate fantasy miniatures which reflect the positionals they are intended to represent.

The Prayers to Nuffle Table:

Any reference to rolling on the “Prayers to Nuffle” Table must utilise the Exhibition variant of the table found on page 103 of the Blood Bowl rulebook.

What You Need
A painted team (minimum 3 colours)
Board and dugout
Dice
Templates
ONE printed roster

Scoring

2 Points for a win
1 Point for a draw
0 Points for a loss

Tie breaking system will take into account net touchdowns followed by net casualties.

Doubles Format -

Doubles Blood Bowl is simply played by two players on the same "team" playing two other players on an opposing "team" in two individual and separate games of Blood Bowl. (You are not sat side by side conferring over the same game of Blood Bowl!)
The cumulative score a team picks up each round will determine the place in the table. I.e, with the scoring format being 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, if one player on the team wins and their partner draws, they gain 3 points as a team.

Round Pairings -

First round will be randomly drawn as per normal swiss style rules, with the pairings between teams also randomly drawn.

Thereafter, teams will be matched by score, and the pairings within both teams also matched by score, so the highest scoring player on one pair will play the highest scoring player on the opposing pair, and so on.

Prizes
There will be prizes/trophies awarded for the following:
Tournament Winners
Runners Up
Most Touchdowns (Individual Coach)
Most Casualties* (Individual Coach)
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins, Individual Coach)
Best Painted Award** (Individual Coach)

*Any injury that goes into your opponents injury box (even if it's just passing through) counts towards the Most Casualties award. (And also for the tie breaker.)
FAQ - Yes that includes if your opponent fails a dodge or rush and kills themselves. ANY injury counts for your CAS.

**Display bases do not increase your chances of winning best painted, only the figures themselves will be judged

NAF SHIELD - Important to know, a NAF tournament winners' shield will be awarded to the highest placed individual coach, even if they are not part of the tournament winning pair.

Schedule

Saturday
10:00 – Registration
10:30 – Game 1 Start
12:45 – Lunch
13:15 – Game 2 Start
15:30 – Break
15:45 – Game 3 Start
18:00 – End of Play
Sunday
10:00 – Game 4 Start
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Game 5 Start
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Game 6 Start
17:30 – End of Play
17:45 – Awards and Close

CAPACITY 36 (18 Teams)
Teams Attending:

1.) nonumber and Hawca.the.Boneless
2.) kendrallsharne and alexkay
3.) Team Redshirts 1
4.) Team Redshirts 2
5.) MonkeyRage and Legion_UK
6.) Frodo and Bjoyjoy
7.) 13silver and Manuelesantoro
8.) Greenskinphil and Goblinscorcher
9.) Skab and Thatotherasianguy
10.) Torquemada and TheShepherd
11.) Hekdar and Captainconway
12.) Tadhgy and Gooseknight
13.) Dodge22 and DevilsSGT
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TIME IS NEARLY UP FOR THE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!!

Remember if you want to buy a ticket for just £30 for you and your partner, you need to get it booked before the end of this month (i.e. this week!)

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TIME IS NEARLY UP FOR THE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!!

Remember if you want to buy a ticket for just £30 for you and your partner, you need to get it booked before the end of this month (i.e. this week!)

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The early bird discount has been extended to the end of October, but won't be extended any further than that! A few teams have already jumped on it quick so why not join them and get yourself a discounted ticket while you can!

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Attendance list updated! Up to 10 teams

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Attendance list updated - this one has been selling really well and now we only have 5 spaces left (as in 5 pairs) so get yours booked!

[Dodge22]

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Hi my partner is DevilsSGT 33992

[Dodge22]

My original partner has had to drop out so will now be partnered by TalonBay 6858

[GreenskinPhil]

Think me & my brother (goblinscorcher) are on the list twice Tom? (unless someone else is planning on besmirching the greenskin name or improving my record that its!)
Cheers

[howlinggriffon]

Doppleganger Standards

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Think me & my brother (goblinscorcher) are on the list twice Tom? (unless someone else is planning on besmirching the greenskin name or improving my record that its!)
Cheers

Thanks mate! I looked up and down the list before putting you guys on again and simply couldn't see you!

UPDATE

There's still tickets left - buy them!

[Wotfudboy]

A match report blog of the tournament with photos! ; https://wotfudboy.blogspot.com/2023/01/ ... ament.html

Enjoy! Well done to the winners.

Let me know if I got anything wrong or any comments!

[lunchmoney]

Who won?

[Wotfudboy]

The Doubles winners were TheShepherd and torquemada.

TalonBay was the highest placed coach.