Couples Cup Rules Sheet
Date: SATURDAY, August 2nd, 2025 AT 10 AM – 7 PM
Location: Comic Quest at 23811 Bridger Unit 111 Lake Forest, CA 92630
The Gimmick: On Thursday, July 24th, a Star Player “Draft” will be held. See: special rules below.
Team Draft Budget: 1,150,000 gold pieces+
Team Selection: All Blood Bowl 2020 rule books and supplements including Slann are usable excluding Death Zone and any forms of mercenaries
Tools of the Trade: Models, Roster, Dice, Rulebook, Pitch and Dugouts.
Registration: To register email bloodbowlcouplescup@gmail.com. Registration is $25. You are considered registered when you have paid, and not before. If you have not paid before July 24th, you will not be assigned a Star Player, and you will not get to take part in the tournament. Payment may be given to the tournament organizer (Bradley) anytime before July 4 in person, or by paypal at bloodbowlcouplescup@gmail.com $5 is a non-refundable deposit (meant to discourage people dropping after being assigned their Star Player). When you show up in person, on August 2nd, you will receive $5 cash. When you register, you may choose up to 2 Star Players to be your mulligan. We will be capping the tournament at 26.
NAF/WCGP: This tournament is NAF approved and is a stop on the West Coast Grand Prix..
Special Rules
Banned Star Players: Any star player that only comes as part of a set of two (Dribl/Drull, Grak/Crumbleberry, the Swift Twins, and any other others introduced).
Pool A Star Players, the Mega Stars: Bomber Dribblesnot, Griff Oberwald, Hakflem Skuttlespike, Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger, Morg ‘n’ Thorg, Cindy Piewhistle. This list may change prior to the draft.
Pool B Star Players: Akhorne the Squirrel, Helmut Wolf
Pool C Star Players: Every other Star Player officially introduced (stats and special ability being made public, no model needs to be released) before July 24, 2025.
The Draft
When: July 24, 2025. Online, and automatically done by the TO.
What: Every coach who has registered (including payment received) will be RANDOMLY assigned one Star Player from Pool C. This draft will be done in front of witnesses, recorded, and be available upon request, until the day of the tournament. If a Star Player is assigned to a coach who had named them as a mulligan, they will be assigned a new Star Player, and the previous Star Player will again be available to be drafted. If the 2nd Star Player assigned is also on a coach’s mulligan list, they will still be assigned that player. Once a Star is assigned to a coach, that player will no longer be available to be drafted, and will also be unavailable to be included in any other team’s roster. Once the draft has finished, results will be posted, and emailed to the coaches. All remaining, undrafted Pool C Star Players will be moved into Pool B.
TLDR: You get assigned a random Star. Build a team that uses THAT Star, plus a 2nd.
Creating a Team
How: Coaches will make a team that MUST include a minimum of 11 rostered non-star players, their assigned star player, and a 2nd star player from Star Player Pools A or B. Both Star Players must be able to legally play for the created team. Teams may not induce a 3rd Star Player. If both teams have induced the same star player, the player will play for BOTH teams, with one being a long-lost identical twin. Crazy how often that happens.
What?!?: Not everyone owns every team, nor every star player. Because of this, with help from local volunteers, borrowed teams and star players will be available. Some of these will be nicely painted GW teams, some will be proxies. Please be respectful of anything that does not belong to you. If you have any teams or Star Players that you would like to offer up on loan for the day, please contact the tournament organizer at Bloodbowlcouplescup@gmail.com . Every little bit helps, even if it’s just a singular Star Player or krox. If you need to borrow a team or Star Player, please let the tournament organizer know, so one may be provided for your use. In addition, whenever both of your Star Players are on the field, they will each receive a +1 to their Loner rolls. When any star player is in the KO box, they will have +1 to recover from being knocked out (they are here to play!).
How Much: Teams will be given a budget of 1,150,000 gold pieces + the cost of the drafted star player with the highest cost. I.e. if someone was assigned Roxanna Darknail, then ALL teams would be given an additional 270,000 gold to build their team.
Hiring Pool A Stars: If you would like to hire a Star from Pool A, it’s gonna cost ya! These stars will not only require their hiring fee, but also 3 of your allotted skills.
Inducements: All Inducements from allowed sources are allowed, except for special play cards. Inducements must be purchased from your Team Draft budget during team drafting and are permanently added to your Team Draft list for the event. Please note the following: If both coaches have Induced the same (In)Famous Coaching Staff, both coaches get to use that Inducement. Duplicates do not cancel each other out. Assume that the character appearing on the losing team was an imposter, or long-lost cousin! The exhibition PTN table will be used.
Skills: Reference the team tier list and get the amount of skills listed with the following restrictions:
• Tier 1 - 4 Primary Skills, Tier 2 - 6 Primary Skills, Tier 3 - 8 Primary Skills
• A player may not be given more than two additional Skills and only 3 of the same skill
may be assigned per team
• Can trade 2 Primary skills for 1 Secondary skill.
• These additional Skills are free and do not count towards your team budget.
• Star Players may not be given skills.
When: Final team rosters will be due Thursday, July 31, so that the needed teams and stars can show up. Some of them are real primadonnas!
Team Tiers
Teams are sorted into tier based on the current GW tiering. Any changes GW makes before July 24 will be treated as current. Any changes to tiers made by GW after July 24 will revert to the previous tiering. If a new team is introduced between the announcement of this tournament and July 24, or a new edition of a previous team is released by GW, then it will be at the discretion of the tournament organizer to allow the new team.
Tier 1 Teams: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf*, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elves.
Tier 2 Teams: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Orc, Tomb Kings*, Vampire, Slann**
Tier 3 Teams: Goblins, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling, Gnomes.
Tiering is subject to change before July 24.
SCORING
The Couples Cup uses a system of points to determine who will be the winner of the event. You earn points from your games in the following way:
• Win a game: 60 points
• Draw a game: 30 point
• Lose a game: 10 points
There are also bonus points available each game for the following:
• Score 3 or more touchdowns: 5 point
• Concede 0 touchdowns: 5 point
• Cause 3 or more Casualties: 5 point
A Casualty will be awarded only against opposing players and will include blocks, blitzes, fouls, casualties caused by crowd surfing, casualties caused by chainsaws/stab, casualties caused by throw/kick teammate, vomit, and any casualty caused by “Captain” Karina Von Riesz’ special ability. In case of a tie in the standings, the tiebreaker will be the number of fans who showed up to support your team (during the pre-game sequence).
SCHEDULE:
09:30 - 10:00 Registration and Setup
10:15 - 12:45 Round 1
12:45 - 03:15 Round 2
03:15 - 03:45 Lunch
03:45 - 06:15 Round 3
06:15 - 06:30 Score Tally and Award Ceremony
Rounds have been given a slightly extended time to allow for people possibly playing a team for the first time.
Sponsored by Charlie Victor, Top Rope Games, and Greebo Games