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Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - NEXT UP 20th July
Our monthly one dayers down in High Wycombe have continued to be great fun and draw a regular crowd. In 2024 we will rebrand them as the "Bucks Open" monthly one dayers.
RULES PACK:
Venue
Bucks Open Blood Bowl Tournaments are held at Tabletop Republic, 37 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG.
Price
May - £12.50
Each Event Thereafter - £15
Entry to the Bucks Open one dayers is only available to NAF Members. You MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at a Bucks Open tournament. For more information on the NAF including how to join, head to www.thenaf.net.
Event Dates and Ticket Links:
Bucks Open 2024 February – 24/02
Stewbacca Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 March – 09/03
Wulfyn Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 April – 20/04
AndyDavo Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 May – 25/05
TylerSwaft Wins!
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NEXT UP!
Bucks Open 2024 July – 20/07
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
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Bucks Open 2024 August – 17/08
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 September – 21/09
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 October – 19/10
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 November – 02/11
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 December 07/12
BUCKS OPEN ONE DAYER DECEMBER SUPERSEDED BY DA BIG FREEZ! 2-DAYER:
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
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 Bucks Open 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 "Daemons of Khorne" will no longer be a permitted roster due to being superseded by the official GW Khorne team.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:
For the purposes of Star Players, there are two "tiers". Tier 1 may not roster a star player. Tier 2 may roster one star player after a regular 11 have been rostered.
The following Star Players however are banned for Tier 2 teams:
Cindy Piewhistle
Bomber Dribblesnot
Skitter Stab-Stab
Estelle La Veneaux
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griif Oberwald
Deeproot Strongbranch
Morg N' Thorg
Tier 1 (may not roster a Star Player):
Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Vampire, Wood Elf
Tier 2 (may roster a Star Player not on the ban list):
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Ogre, Old World Alliance, Slann, Snotling, Tomb Kings
The only other 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!
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
Rosters in Tourplay
There is no requirement to bring a printed roster although players are welcome to for quick reference. All rosters will now be submitted in advance on Tourplay at the link provided. Please ensure you have submitted your roster on Tourplay as soon as possible.
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 Winner
Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties*
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins)
Best Painted Award**
Disaster Averted! Award (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
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 – Break
18:15 - Game 4 Start
20:30 - Awards and Close
RULES PACK:
Venue
Bucks Open Blood Bowl Tournaments are held at Tabletop Republic, 37 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG.
Price
May - £12.50
Each Event Thereafter - £15
Entry to the Bucks Open one dayers is only available to NAF Members. You MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at a Bucks Open tournament. For more information on the NAF including how to join, head to www.thenaf.net.
Event Dates and Ticket Links:
Bucks Open 2024 February – 24/02
Stewbacca Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 March – 09/03
Wulfyn Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 April – 20/04
AndyDavo Wins!
Bucks Open 2024 May – 25/05
TylerSwaft Wins!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NEXT UP!
Bucks Open 2024 July – 20/07
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Bucks Open 2024 August – 17/08
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 September – 21/09
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 October – 19/10
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 November – 02/11
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
Bucks Open 2024 December 07/12
BUCKS OPEN ONE DAYER DECEMBER SUPERSEDED BY DA BIG FREEZ! 2-DAYER:
https://www.tabletoprepublic.com/produc ... tournament
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 Bucks Open 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:
For the purposes of Star Players, there are two "tiers". Tier 1 may not roster a star player. Tier 2 may roster one star player after a regular 11 have been rostered.
The following Star Players however are banned for Tier 2 teams:
Cindy Piewhistle
Bomber Dribblesnot
Skitter Stab-Stab
Estelle La Veneaux
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griif Oberwald
Deeproot Strongbranch
Morg N' Thorg
Tier 1 (may not roster a Star Player):
Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Vampire, Wood Elf
Tier 2 (may roster a Star Player not on the ban list):
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Ogre, Old World Alliance, Slann, Snotling, Tomb Kings
The only other 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!
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
Rosters in Tourplay
There is no requirement to bring a printed roster although players are welcome to for quick reference. All rosters will now be submitted in advance on Tourplay at the link provided. Please ensure you have submitted your roster on Tourplay as soon as possible.
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 Winner
Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties*
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins)
Best Painted Award**
Disaster Averted! Award (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
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 – Break
18:15 - Game 4 Start
20:30 - Awards and Close
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - SEASON TICKET EARLY BIRD
They are all Saturdays apart from March's on a Sunday; is that intended?
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Bribe level: good coffee.
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - SEASON TICKET EARLY BIRD
No my colleague pointed that out to me as well, I'll be changing thatlunchmoney wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:40 pm They are all Saturdays apart from March's on a Sunday; is that intended?
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - SEASON TICKET EARLY BIRD
Just to follow up and confirm, March has been changed to the 9th, which is the Saturday in line with all the others being Saturdays and this has been submitted to the NAF.
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Re: EARLY BIRD ENDING SOON - Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - SEASON TICKET EARLY BIRD
***UPDATE*** The Early Bird season ticket will come off sale at midnight this Sunday 3rd December.
So, if you're interested now is the time.
So, if you're interested now is the time.
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
Hello - can you assign 2 skills to the same player? Thanks!
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
This has been the case in the tourneys that I've seen on Tourplay.
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
I'm the NAF rep for the South East and I'll be at the Feb event with a supply of gifts if anyone is wanting to either sign up or renew their membership for £5.
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Re: Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
You can indeed! You can stack up to two skills of any combo, and on as many players as you like (so if you take the 8 primaries you could end up with 4 stacks of 2 if you like.)
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Re: Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
After this weekend's thrilling record attendance event in store we turn our attention to our next Blood Bowl tournament - the first of our monthly one dayers! Rebranded this year to "The Bucks Open", the rule set will be familiar to all of our regular attendees from the Pitch Invasion events of 2023.
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Re: RULES CHANGE Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
TOURPLAY LINK FOR FEBRUARY IS NOW LIVE
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TEAM ON THERE ASAP
https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/buck ... ruary-2024
IMPORTANT UPDATE
RULES CHANGE
A maxiumum of ONE star player may only be taken by the following teams:
Halfling
Snotling
Goblin
Ogre
Nurgle
Star players that come as pairs count as one star player for this purpose.
The following star players are prohibited:
Griff Oberwald
Morg N Thorg
Deeproot Strongbranch
Skitter Stab Stab
Hakflem Skuttlespike
STAR PLAYERS ARE NOW BANNED FOR ALL OTHER TEAMS.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TEAM ON THERE ASAP
https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/buck ... ruary-2024
IMPORTANT UPDATE
RULES CHANGE
A maxiumum of ONE star player may only be taken by the following teams:
Halfling
Snotling
Goblin
Ogre
Nurgle
Star players that come as pairs count as one star player for this purpose.
The following star players are prohibited:
Griff Oberwald
Morg N Thorg
Deeproot Strongbranch
Skitter Stab Stab
Hakflem Skuttlespike
STAR PLAYERS ARE NOW BANNED FOR ALL OTHER TEAMS.
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Re: 2 PLACES LEFT FOR THIS WEEKEND Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - FIRST UP FEB 24TH
A couple of places remain for this weekend, come and join the action!
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Re: Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - NEXT UP MARCH 9TH
Congratulations to Stewbacca for a maiden tournament victory at February's Bucks Open!!
Roll onto March! Come on down and let's get that tournament action back on the table.
Roll onto March! Come on down and let's get that tournament action back on the table.
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Re: Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - NEXT UP MARCH 9TH
There's still a few spaces left for this weekend if anyone is on the look out for a quick dose of BB action!!
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Re: Monthly Bucks Open One Dayers 2024 - High Wycombe - NEXT UP MARCH 9TH
Who won?
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TOs! You do not need multiple copies of rosters. It's a waste of paper.
Bribe level: good coffee.
#FlingNation find me on page 95