Pitch Invasion! 2023 Tournaments - High Wycombe, Bucks - NEXT UP - NEXT UP DECEMBER 9TH

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The Pitch Invasion! One-dayers offer a handy dose of NAF-registered Blood Bowl action on a regular basis in the well connected town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Here you can find ticket links to each event, attendance lists, and the rulespack for each event which is identical every time, so you can bring tried and tested lists and you know what you're getting. There are one or two changes from the 2022 Pitch Invasion! events, so take a look at the rules pack and if you have any queries feel free to ask.

In January we have our doubles tournament "Double Standards" and in June our annual two-dayer, the Red Trophy VI which you can find separate threads for here on TFF.


TICKET LINKS:

February 25th - GR4N0T4 WINS!!!

March 25th - TORQUEMADA WINS!!!

April 22nd - GR4N0T4 WINS!!!

May 20th - NONUMBER WINS!!!

July 15th - STRATFORD_ WINS!!!

August 19th - WAGZ WINS!!!

September 16th - GCOLEMAN76 WINS!!!

October 14th - NONUMBER WINS!!!

November 11th - ELDRITCHFOX WINS!!!

December 9th
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament



RULES PACK:
Venue

Pitch Invasion! Tournaments are held at Tabletop Republic, 37 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG.

Price

Tickets are £12.50 and are only available to NAF Members. You MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at a Pitch Invasion! tournament. For more information on the NAF including how to join, head to www.thenaf.net.

Please also be aware of our refund policy - we cannot process refunds for any event cancellations that occur within 30 days of the event date.

Tickets can be purchased at the individual links listed above.

Access & Parking

The venue is step-free ground floor with disabled access toilet facilities. There is however no parking at the venue, being a high street premises.

Food

To keep the cost of entry down, food is not included in the ticket price. Food is available to purchase at the venue and many other nearby businesses.

Rules

The Pitch Invasion! tournament series 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. Any Games Workshop published team / rules updates which occur 7 days or more prior to the tournament start date will be implemented, unless stated through updates provided by Tabletop Republic. Any queries about tournament rules can be sent to contact@tabletoprepublic.com

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 under the "Skills Package" section.

Inducements

The only inducements permitted are Apothecaries, 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!

Star Players

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, except Estelle La Veneaux who is prohibited for all teams.

ALL OTHER TEAMS (aka. non-stunty 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
Estelle La Veneaux

Mercenaries are not permitted. Any star players that come as a pair but count as one selection, such as the Swift Twins, are permitted.

"Bombardier Tax"

Any non-stunty team which opts to induce a star player with the "Bombardier" trait shall receive 3 less Primary skills from either of the skill packs described below.

Skills Package

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

No player may receive more than 2 additional skills from the above package.

A coach that wishes to take the latter skill package listed above may simply substitute one of the Secondary skills with a another Primary skill should they wish, but they will gain no further skills as a result (i.e. they will still have seven skills in total to allocate). Statistic increases are not an option.

Painting Requirements

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.

Prayers To Nuffle

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 To Bring

All coaches must bring with them:
- One painted team
- One Blood Bowl pitch and dugouts
- Dice and Templates
- One printed roster

Roster Check

There is no requirement to submit a roster before the start of the event. Coaches will be asked to check their round 1 opponent's roster prior to kick off.

Scoring

The primary scoring system is 2 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw, 0 Points for a loss. Tie breaking will take into account strength of schedule, followed by net touchdowns, followed by net casualties.

Prizes

There will be prizes/trophies awarded for the following:
Tournament Winners
Runners Up
Most Touchdowns (Individual Award)
Most Casualties* (Individual Award)
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins) (Individual Award)
Best Painted Award** (Individual Award)
Disaster Averted! Award (A new award for the team that finished 2nd bottom - a twist on the "Wooden Spoon" idea!)

*Any injury that goes into your opponent's injury box (even if it's just passing through) counts towards the Most Casualties award. (And also for the tie breaker.) this includes opponent's failed dodges, fouls and crowd surfs etc. ANY injury counts for your CAS.

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

Schedule

9:00 – Registration
9:30 – Game 1 Start
11:45 – Lunch
12:15 – Game 2 Start
14:30 – Break
14:45 – Game 3 Start
17:00 – Break
17:15 - Game 4 Start
19:30 - Awards and Close

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ATTENDANCE LISTS:

[gr4n0t4]

Please, remember changing my December ticket for February

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Please, remember changing my December ticket for February

Yes that's all in hand mate.

[genghis_kong]

Just wanted to double-check the date of the july tournament: on the TFF Tourney calendar they've listed it July 22nd, you've got it July 15th here.

Presume this thread takes precendence?

Cheers
GK

[lunchmoney]

The calendar is done by me, I make occasional typos. Fixed it

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One single ticket left for February! Grab it!

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February is now sold out! So look ahead and get your tickets booked for March onward!

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Congrats to Gr4n0t4 for winning the February 1-dayer!

We're now onto March 25th next and for this and the rest of the year there capacity is not limited at 18 as February was, so get those tickets booked!

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Sorry for the upload delay but February has now been uploaded to the NAF!

Plenty of space still available for March so get your place booked!

[CptOats]

Just to confirm I'll be there tomorrow (moved ticket from Feb)

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Congratulations to Torquemada for a maiden NAF shield win in March!! Onto April we go... attendance list will be updated with current ticket holders shortly.

[torquemada]

Congratulations to Tourquemada for a maiden NAF shield win in March!! Onto April we go... attendance list will be updated with current ticket holders shortly.

Whoo! Thanks! But it's Torquemada, no "u"

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Congratulations to Tourquemada for a maiden NAF shield win in March!! Onto April we go... attendance list will be updated with current ticket holders shortly.

Whoo! Thanks! But it's Torquemada, no "u"

I knew that oops sorry

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Still plenty of spaces here for the April event, so come on down and join in!