MEGATRON MEGABOWL
The year 2023
Date:13/08/2023 – 13/08/2023
Location:Common Ground Games
40 Cowane Street
Stirling, FK8 1JR
(Phone: 01786 357414)
Welcome to the MEGABOWL Blood Bowl Tournament. This event forms part of the Blood Bowl Scottish Championship and It will also form part of the MEGATRON CUP WEEKEND but you can read more about that at the very end so don’t worry about it now. The most important thing to do now is read the full player pack and buy your ticket. If you don’t care about championships or cups then you should still buy a ticket as at its core we are celebrating the mighty game of BLOOD BOWL.
The total ticket cost per player is £17.50. Please send payment via paypal to antpurdie@yahoo.co.uk.
Format:
The event consists of 3 games of Blood Bowl, with a ticket cost of £TBA per player. This covers entry to Common Ground Games, participation in the event itself and lunch on the day. Attendees who are not already NAF registered, will have their joining fee covered as part of their entry fee.
Game length is set at 2.5 hours and time warnings will be given at each hour and with 15 minutes left of the round. Once time is called all gameplay of any type will stop and results will be recorded as they stand.
Event Schedule:
• Registration: 8:45 – 9:15 (Briefing 9:15-9:30)
• Game 1:9:30 – 12:00
• Lunch:12:00 – 12:45 (Teams on parade)
• Game 2: 12:45 – 15:15
• Break:15:15 – 15:30
• Game 3: 15:30 – 18:00
Awards and clean up will follow.
Team Creation:
Each team has a total of 1,150,000 gp to spend on roster creation and must hire a minimum of 11 players. Any unspent cash at roster creation will be lost and all teams will be considered having the same Current Team Value (CTV) for the purpose of inducements and prayers to Nuffle.
Cash given is also used to buy rerolls, assistant coaches, cheerleaders, apothecary and so on.
MegaBowl is a resurrection tournament, so no SPP are gained, and injuries, casualties or deaths do not carry on from one game to other.
Undead, Necromantic and Nurgle teams are allowed to apply the Masters of Undeath and Plague Ridden special rules. Players added to a team roster through a game as a result of those special rules are removed from the roster at the end of that game.
Teams will consist of a minimum of 11 players and a maximum of 16 players, including star players.
Star players can only be induced after 11 regular players have already been rostered.
Star players can’t be given extra skills from the team’s skill budget.
If both opposing teams are fielding the same star player in a game, both star players are allowed to play.
Tiers & Skill Sets:
Teams are separated in five different tiers and offered different skill sets to choose from.
Each team is permitted to stack 2 Primary Skills on a maximum of 1 player at the cost of both 1 Primary Skill and 1 Secondary Skill. If your team and skill set do not allow you to give Secondary Skills to your players, you’re not allowed to stack skills.
Tier One
Chaos Dwarves, Dark Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Lizardmen, Orcs, Undead, Wood Elves.
A. 6 Primary Skills
B. 4 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill
C. 3 Primary Skills + Access to 1 Starplayer
Tier Two
Amazon, Elven Union, High Elves, Necromantic Horror, Norse, Skaven, Slann, Underworld Denizens.
A. 7 Primary Skills
B. 5 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill
C. 4 Primary Skills + Access to 1 Starplayer
Tier Three
Black Orcs, Chaos Chosen, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Nurgle, Tomb Kings.
A. 7 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill
B. 5 Primary Skills + 2 Secondary Skills.
C. 5 Primary Skills + Access to 1 Starplayer
Tier Four
Chaos Renegades, Old World Alliance, Vampires.
A. 8 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill
B. 6 Primary Skills + 2 Secondary Skills
C. 6 Primary Skills + Access to 1 Starplayer
Tier Five
Halflings, Goblins, Ogres, Snotlings.
A. 8 Primary Skills + 2 Secondary Skills
B. 6 Primary Skills + 3 Secondary Skills
C. 6 Primary Skills + Access to 1 Starplayer
D. 4 Primary Skills + Access to 2 Starplayers
Allowed Inducements:
You can buy certain inducements with the cash you get to create your team. Some inducements are restricted to specific teams, as per Blood Bowl rulebook. No Death Zone inducements are allowed, except star players (more on that below):
0-1 Halfling Master Chef (300k, 100k for halfling teams)
0-6 Assistant coaches (10k)
0-12 Cheerleaders (10k)
0-2 Bloodweiser Kegs (50k)
0-3 Bribes 100k (Bribery & Corruption teams, 50k)
No bribes allowed if your team has one or more players with the “Sneaky Git” Skill.
0-2 Wandering Apothecaries (100k)
0-1 Morgue Assistant (100k)
0-1 Plague Doctor (100k)
0-1 Riotous Rookies (100k)
Nothing else is allowed, be it a Blood Bowl Rulebook or Death Zone inducement.
Star Players:
In case you’re considering adding a star player to your team, you will have to follow these rules:
• Star players can’t be given extra skills from the team’s skill set.
• New amazon star players published in Spike 15 are not allowed Amazon teams can use same star players they had before Spike 15 was published. Likewise, anything published after Spike 15 will not be permissible either.
Extra Charges for Specific Star Players
Certain starplayers are so famous, glamorous or infamous that their team mates pay all their attention to them, forgetting to properly train and improve their own skills. So, in case you want to hire one of them for your team, you will have to “pay” some of the skills you got on your skillset.
If you hire one of the following starplayers, you’ll have to reduce the mentioned skills from your skillset.
Star Player Skill Costs
Morg’N’Thorg - 3 Primary Skills
Griff Oberwald - 3 Primary Skills
Deeproot Strongbranch - 2 Primary Skills
Hakflem Skuttlespike - 2 Primary Skills
Kreek Rustgouger - 2 Primary Skills
Bomber Dribblesnot - 2 Primary Skills
Wilhem Chaney - 1 Primary
Examples:
• A Dwarf coach wants to hire Griff Oberwald. Being Tier 1, he chooses the C skill set and reduces 3 skills from it, getting 0 skills for his team (as well as paying Griff’s hiring fee too).
• A Goblin coach wants to hire Bomber Dribblesnot for his team. He chooses the C skill set and reduces 2 skill from it, getting 4 Primary Skills.
• A Halfling coach wants to hire Morg’N’Thorg and Griff Oberwald for his team. He chooses the D skill set, that allows him to have 2 star players on the team. But as that skill set only gives him 4 primary skills. The coach would have to pay 6 primary skills in order to hire Morg and Griff therefore, the coach is not allowed to hire both stars.
Scoring:
Win: 2 points
Draw: 1 point
Lose: 0 points
Concession: -10 points or 10 negative points (it will be considered as a 3-0 touchdowns and 3-0 casualties, both for the opposing team)
Tiebreakers
1. Opponent score
2. Net Tds
3. Net CAS (ALL casualties caused through a game count, e.g. failed dodges, secret weapons, crowd surfs etc.)
4. Random
Round Set Up:
The first-round pairings will be selected at random with the pairings in each subsequent round selected using a Swiss Draw System.
Roster:
Once you have got your roster please ensure it is sent to antpurdie@yahoo.co.uk on or before midnight July 28th 2023.
Prizes:
Prizes will be awarded for the following:
• Tournament Champion
• 2nd Place
• 3rd Place
• Wooden spoon
• Players’ Choice (Decided by the players. Winner must have painted the team they are using)
• Most TDs
• Most CAS
It is our hope that our sponsors will provide a variety of prizes and these will be given out to those players that finish well. So, you best finish well then yeah!?
Ticket Sales
Tickets are £TBA per player and this covers entry fee, 3 games and lunch on the day. A deposit system (£2.50) is also running from December 5th at 10am until a full ticket price is agreed with the venue. This cost will be offset against the full ticket price. Ticket purchase is made via PAYPAL friends and family to antpurdie@yahoo.co.uk. All players will receive an email confirming the purchase soon after and a running list of participants will appear in the event page.
The following information is worth noting though re cancellations etc.
Tickets can be transferred between players and monies exchanged between those parties.
Should a player cancel their ticket on or after Saturday 15th July 2023 then no refund will be given. If at any point the TO has to cancel a ticket or the event itself (due to on going Covid-19 activity) then part/full refunds will be provided. Some fees will have to be paid at various points on the run up to the event and these will be deducted from the pool of money that ticket sales creates hence the use of part/full refunds. Lets hope this is not an occurrence though.
THE MEGATRON CUP
The MEGABOWL Blood Bowl event comprises 50% of the competition known as the MEGATRON CUP that is being held over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of August 2023 at Common Ground Games, the other event is the Megatron 3000 Bolt Action event. Players can play in one or the other and just ignore this bit……………OR…………..if you feel up for the challenge you can take part in both and maybe just maybe get your hands on the MEGATRON CUP!
How does it work?
Only players that purchase and play in both events on both days can score what are known as Megatron Mega Points. These points are assigned at the end of each event and are based upon where you finish compared to our MEGATRONERS (that is to say other players that are taking part in both days). Eg if there are 12 MEGATRONERS then the player that finishes highest will get 12pts, then the next player gets 11pts and so on. In the event of a tie then each players W/D/L record will be taken into account. Whom ever has the most MEGAPOINTS at the end of both events will win the MEGATRON CUP.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.
Megabowl Participants (Blood Bowl tournament):
1. Al Unicomb (Spare man)
2. Ant Purdie
3. Neil Campbell
4. Marc McNaughton
5. Martin Moffat
6. Chris Rafferty
7. Daniel Lane
8. Phil Truscott
9. Daniel Haganday
10. Phil Mason
11. Peter Barrett
12. Callum Morrison
13. Scott Purvis
14. Hugh Yardley
15. Andrew McKay
16. Scott Gibb
17. Derek Gordon Batchelor#
18. Kris McMurdo
19. Kevin McMurdo
20. Douglas Aithie
21. Chris Buckle
22. Jamie Harrold
23. Liam Andrew
24. Phil Cairns
25. David Saw
26. Pierre Bqt
27. Keith Dineen
28. Scott Paton
29. Nick Deniss-Cooke
30. Lewis Mullan