Monkeybowl - Hartlepool, England March 25-26th 2006

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:55 pm

Prepare yourselves for the beginning of an era.
Oh my god, it's...

MONKEYBOWL

Bloodbowl up north - with monkeys!

Find the Monkeybowl rules pack here:
http://www.enos.ltd.uk/Downloads/Monkeybowl.doc

Date: 25-26th March 2006

Venue: Masonic Hall, Avenue Road, Hartlepool - includes bar on site (with plenty of cheap northern beer)

Cost: Â£10 NAF, Â£15 non-NAF

Format: Swiss, 6 games inc final, TR110 i.e. 1.1 million gold crowns to spend on your team, no stars, official teams only, LRB 4.0 rules will be used

Team Development: 1 chosen skill on a chosen player before each game - including game 1. Only skills allowed on a normal skill roll are permitted (i.e. no traits or 'doubles'). No player may take more than one skill.

Scoring: win = 10, draw = 5, loss = 0, + up to 3 points each for TD/CAS (pretty much as Spiky 05)

Trophies for: winner, runner up, best of the rest (not in final), best painted, last place booby prize

Easy access up the A1 for our friends in the south. FAO any foreign attendees - Newcastle and Teesside airports are very close.

Plenty of cheap accommodation too e.g. http://www.premiertravelinn.com/pti/hot ... elId=23968

To register, email your details (name, team, NAF ID etc.) to: brendanspencelayh@yahoo.co.uk
Please send payment to: 40 Claremont Drive, Hartlepool TS26 9PD

Current player list:

1. Spencer_the_rover
2. Lucifer
3. Max_Horseman
4. Pippy
5. Glum_Ellis
6. Andy Przybyla
7. ProfessorK
8. Hangus
9. dwarfcoach
10. Lowsman PAID
11. ambush3
12. Wightlord
13. Boney
14. Shabba
15. Greg PAID
16. Marley PAID
17. Stick_with_poo_on_the_end
18. bunnygirl
19. Eddy PAID
20. Stu
21. Ste Porritt
22. Geggster
23. Matt Robson
24. Tomba

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:01 pm

Rawne11,

Pretty much all you need as far as rules are concerned is in the above post.

I will put together a proper rules pack in the not too distant future and get it sent out to everyone.

The Monkeybowl system will in actual fact be very similar to the Spiky 2005 rules (big tournie in Reading - www.spikyclub.org go to events > Spiky club open, I think). It might be worth a look in the meantime.

More than happy to try and answer any questions you might have about your team selection / development...

Hangus · Post by **Hangus** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:10 pm

Put me down as a definate.

How far from Victoria Park is the venue (i know how to get to that hallowed place

)? Postcode?

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:16 pm

Great stuff - venue is in the centre of town probably a TS26 postcode, will get proper directions for everyone ASAP.

It's right next door to the police station, a stones throw from the town hall and within staggering distance of a range of popular watering holes (inc Bar Paris, King Johns Tavern)

PS: Rawne11- yes big guys are allowed, so are apothecaries

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:53 pm

Loony Toadquack wrote:It's right next door to the police station

This makes me feel a little safer with all these Northern monkeys around

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:01 pm

Said the pict who crossed Hadrians Wall in disguise!

I hope to visit this tournament in 2007 depending on finances and transport (boat) possibilties.

DFDS seaways brings you to Newcastle and I understand Hartlepool is not that far away. I'll keep this one in mind!

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:36 am

Great to hear so many people are interested, especially those coming from a bit of a distance i.e. the cockney posse (lowsman, DC, Hangus) and Valen (travelling from Cornwall!?)

Draco, you and any Dutch chums you'd like to bring with you will be more than welcome if Monkeybowl II is a 2007 fixture. What do I mean "if"? Of course it will be!

Monkeybowl rules pack be available very soon...

Evil Git · Post by **Evil Git** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:44 am

draco

you can also get ferries to hull which isn't a million miles away. plus they seem to be quite regular as well.

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:13 am

True, but I like to go to Newcastle because I lived there (closeby) for 3 years!

Evil Git · Post by **Evil Git** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:20 pm

fair enough, no one wants to go to hull after all

Podfrey · Post by **Podfrey** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:55 pm

Draco wrote:DFDS seaways brings you to Newcastle and I understand Hartlepool is not that far away. I'll keep this one in mind!

Yup, used them several times (taking the motorbike round Europe). I can do the centre of Hartlepool to the port in less than 30 mins. LOOK, I WAS LATE OK!!

Ferry leaves 'dam about tea time and docks about 8:30am. Should be able to blag someone into picking you up. Might have to be a Monday evening return though as it leaves port about 4pm.

Hangus · Post by **Hangus** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:55 pm

Loony Toadquack wrote:Great to hear so many people are interested, especially those coming from a bit of a distance i.e. the cockney posse (lowsman, DC, Hangus)...

COCKNEY...... the damn tourny is named after me

Pipey · Post by **Pipey** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:35 am

Sincerest apologies for making that shocking generalisation

Tend to use the word in the loosest possible way i.e. anyone south of Stockton-on-Tees

Guess you must be a kind of adopted cockney with monkeyhanging lineage. I lived in Cambridge for a year and considered myself a cockney for the duration

Schmee · Post by **Schmee** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:42 am

Draco wrote:True, but I like to go to Newcastle because I lived there (closeby) for 3 years!

Come on, you've got to come! You'll be able to say to your Dutch pals: "I was at the very first Monkeybowl". Imagine the kudos

Podfrey · Post by **Podfrey** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:13 am

Loony Toadquack wrote:I lived in Cambridge for a year and considered myself a cockney for the duration

Nooooo. You went to Cambridge for a year and now consider yourself far superior to the rest of us, I quote, "ill bred peons".