Sevens tournaments

[howlinggriffon]

I'm looking at doing a Sevens tournament next year and I'm looking at the logistics of it. I've noticed that a lot of the existing Sevens tournaments are of five games. Would it be better to try and make mine a six game format?

Only reason I'm considering it is because of the whole "counts towards the 24" - as two Sevens games count as a single Blood Bowl match towards completing the 24. With six games, someone can play a race and have them done and dusted as far as the 24/26 is concerned.

[Jip]

The 7s tournaments Wobert runs at Incom Gaming in Cheltenham start at 6:30pm and we're usually finished by 11pm.

That fits three games in (though can be a little tight for time with newer players, or slower coaches), so you should be fine to get six in, if you're running a one-day event.

Guess it depends how tight you make the schedule. The Incom events can feel a bit rushed, but that's necessary to get all the games done and dusted in time. If you have a whole day, I don't think six would be a massive ask.

Why not make it seven and let them change team for the last game to get a jump start on the next race they've got to tick off?

[Darkson]

Albion 7s is 5 games and about 6 hrs (1hr games and time for admin, though this one was a little longer due to more new [to BB] players), so if you wanted to start earlier then 6 games should be easy enough. Having a strict time limit would help, but does fly in the face of the 'fun' game bit.
I guess it depends on the hours of the venue and how far you're hoping your players will come from.

That said, I like Albion 7s 12:30 start, as it means I can get a couple of hours sleep after work before starting.

[lunchmoney]

More tourneys should do 12 o'clock starts

[howlinggriffon]

It was that Albion Coast tournament I attended that made me realise how much fun Sevens is. I'd be happy to do five games - it's certainly enough BB for one day. I just wasn't sure if people were fussed about being able to tick off a team for the 24/26.

That's why I came to that Sevens tourament - I'd only got two games under my belt with Chaos Pact and wanted to make up the numbers. Now it looks like I'm the top rated Chaos Pact Sevens player