DogBowl
Hello fellow Blood Bowlers! Welcome to DogBowl a 4 game, one-day Blood Bowl Tournament,
payment to be made in PayPal friends and family message to ask for it
Tournament Format:
This tournament adheres to the following:
● BB2020 rules, resurrection style. This means all injuries are healed between rounds. The same roster is used in each round. The tournament will follow the NAF Rules for Tournaments document.
● Randomly drawn first round; Swiss format afterwards
● Any new team, Spike or Errata released before 1st May 2025 will be valid. Exceptions will be explicitly stated.
● All BB2020 teams and Teams of Legend will be eligible. This includes Slann.
● Players killed and raised during a match (such as via the Masters of Undeath rule or Plague-Ridden skill) are lost at the end of the match. Star Players can be killed and raised like any other player.
Schedule:
09:00 Venue Opens/Registration
09:30 – 11:40 Game 1
11:55 – 14:05 Game 2
14:05 – 15:05 Lunch
15:05 – 17:15 Game 3
17:30 – 19:40 Game 4
20:00 Prizes!
Scoring:
30 points for a win
10 points for a draw
0 points for a loss
1 Point per TD (max 3 per match)
1 Point per CAS (max 3 per match)
1 Point perfect Defence (No TDs conceded)
Tie breaker, in order: Touchdown + Casualty Difference, Touchdown Difference, Casualty Difference, Most Touchdowns, Most Casualties, Strength of Schedule, Best of 5 Dice Off.
Roster Creation:
1,150,000 GP to buy players, rerolls, side-line staff and inducements. Each team is in a Tier, as follows
Tier 1: Amazon, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Undead, Skaven, Wood Elf
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Dwarf, Elven Union, Human, Necromantic, High Elf, Slaan, Underworld, Vampires
Tier 3: Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Tomb Kings
Tier 4: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotlings, Gnomes
Each team will have Skill Points (SP) to spend on Skills and Star Players based on their Tier, no player may have more than 1 additional skill. Coaches may spend 2 SP for Secondary Skills. All teams can induce a Star Player but they will cost an additional 2 SP from your allowance. Tier 1 and 2 Teams cannot induce Mega-Stars*, Tier 3 and 4 Teams can induce up to 1 Mega-Star but they will cost 4 SP from your allocation. Star Players that come as a pair (i.e. Dribl and Drul, etc) will cost 4 SP from your allocation:
Tier 1: 6 SP
Tier 2: 7 SP
Tier 3: 8 SP
Tier4: 10 SP
*Mega-Stars are those listed in the Games Workshop Organised Play Book. The Mega-Stars are as follows: Bomber Dribblesnot, Kreek Rustgouger, Hakflem Skuttlespike, Griff Oberwald, Deeproot Strongbranch and Morg N Thorg and Cindy Piewhistle.
● Stat upgrades are not allowed
● You must Roster 11 players before inducing any Star Players
Inducements:
Only the following inducements are permitted:
Official Rules: Biased Referee*, Bloodweiser Kegs, Bribes, Halfling Master Chef, Mortuary Assistant, Plague Doctor, Riotous Rookies, Star Players, Wandering Apothecaries, Weather Mage, Josef Bugman.
* The Biased Referee must be the one stated on Page 95 of The Official Rules book. No fancy Death Zone refs!
Tourplay:
We will be using Tourplay for the purposes of roster creation and thus tournament software. This will require the use of a Smart Device with internet access to record your games.
Please follow this link to create and submit your roster, your chosen race and roster will be hidden from other players until the Tournament starts Awards:
Major:
1st place
Runner Up
Most Casualties*
Most Touchdowns
Minor:
Stunty Cup**
Best Painted
Wooden Spoon
Tiebreakers for Most Casualties and Most Touchdowns are, in order: Net Casualties/Net Touchdowns, Best of 5 Dice Off.
* Any casualty counts towards Most Casualties, even if the player leaves the Dead & Injured box at any time for any reason e.g., regen or apothecary. So, get fouling, crowd pushing and chainsawing!
** The following teams are eligible for the stunty cup: Goblins, Gnomes, Halflings, Ogres and Snotlings.
Coaches cannot win more than one Major Award. Coaches can win more than one Minor Award.
Further Notices:
Please bring:
A painted team (minimum 3 colours)
Board(s) and dugouts
Dice, tokens, and templates
A smart device with Internet connection
Any questions/enquiries about the tournament rules or venue, fire away.
https://discord.gg/HEKQnpRZKD discord link