THe Thunderbowl Doubles Tournament is back!
Get a friend, choose one to be SHAKE (more skills less TV) and the other to be BAKE (more TV less skills) and come ready for our inaugural tourny in the 2025 rules!
##RULES
We will use 2025 Rules as written with whatever FAQ and Errata has been published **up to the day before** tournament.
We normally like to offer a bit more cushion on core rules before events, but any clarifications and interpretations offered by GW before the event will be put into place ASAP.
### What does this mean for me?
Yes, RAW readings are in place for this tournament. This means AG1+ works on anything but a 1, rushes can happen at anytime in movement and animal savagery is quite bad! There are more but if it helps: all we have are technical understanding of 2025 in print. We do not have the ability to interpret rules in a manner that might be reasonably expected to match past editions.
#### Please ask questions!
If you have a rules interpretation that you think is novel or problematic, please contact the TO or post on the tourny channel ASAP so we can all consider it.
### Specific guidance
#### Stalling
Stalling is a board state, just like weather. This means it triggers a Crowd Takes Action roll independent of whether one coach or the other notices it. This introduces an unfortunate gotcha element in policing the state.
- We recommend a generous attitude towards informing your opponent about Stalling, akin to Diving Tackle.
- However, if you finish a ball carrier activation or end your turn without activating the ball carrier in a way that triggers Crowd TakesAction, you cannot reverse your decision.
- In other words, the onus is on the active player to notice a Stalling state and avoid triggering a roll.
### Timing
Game rounds are 140 minutes before a hard stop.
Standard Thunderbowl timing rules apply:
- 4 min turns
- 1 timeout per half of 4 minutes
- Chess clocks will be provided.
- If time runs out for the turn or the round, a currently active player may complete their activation
If coaches have not started the 2nd half with 60 min left on the round clock, the TO will put them on a mandatory **shared time bank** of 30 min each:
- This will now take precedence over the round clock.
- The time bank runs during your turn and during your kick-off setup.
- The bank may be paused to ask rules questions
- It is not paused for breaks.
- If you run out of banked time, you can only stand up your players and end your turn for the remainder of the game.
## Builds
Squads are two coaches. One must be Shake and the other is Bake. This affects their respective TV and SP options within their tier.
The sum of their team tiers must be 6 or more. For example, Dark Elf (tier 2) + Chaos Chosen (Tier 4).
## SP
- Primary skill = 2 SP
- Secondary skill = 4 SP
- Elite skill = +1 SP
- Stacked skill = +1 SP
## Tier 1:
Amazon, Necro, Orc, OWA, Undead, UW, Vamps
Shake: 1120 TV roster with 13 SP, cannot recruit a star player
Bake: 1150 TV roster with 10 SP
## Tier 2
Dark Elf, High Elves, Imp Nob, Lizards, Norse, Nurgle, Skaven, Woodie
Shake: 1120 TV roster with 15 SP
Bake: 1150 TV roster with 12 SP + 1 skill stack
## Tier 3
Black Orc , Bret, Chorf, Dwarf, Khorne, Tomb King,
Shake: 1120 TV roster with 18 SP + 1 stack
Bake: 1150 TV roster with 15 SP + 2 stack,
## Tier 4
Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, Human, Snots
Shake: 1130 TV roster with 21 SP + 2 stacks
Bake: 1160 TV roster with 18 SP + 3 stack
## Tier 5
Gnome, Gobbo, Halflings, Ogres
Shake: 1150 TV roster with 24 SP + 3 stack
Bake: 1180 TV roster with 21 SP + 4 stack
## Star Players
- You must have 11 rostererd players before hiring a star
- A mega or super star player takes up both your star player slots
- Highlander rule is in effect
- You **can** apo a star according to current RAW
### Mega Stars
8 Skill Points
Bomber Dribblesnot, Cindy Piewhistle, Dribl & Drull, **Grak and**
**Crumbleberry,** Griff Oberwald, Hakflem Skuttlespike, H’Thark the Unstoppable, Kreek
Rustgouger, **Jeremiah Kool, Jordell Freshbreeze, Roxanna Darknail**, Morg ‘n’ Thorg
### Super Stars
6 Skill Points
Count Luthor Von Drakenborg, Deeproot Strongbranch, **Gretchen Wachter “The Blood Bowl Widow”**, Ivan “The Animal” Deathshroud, Lord Borak the
Despoiler, Maple Highgrove, Skitter Stab-stab, Varag Ghoulchewer, **Zolcath the Zoat**
### Star Player
4 Skill Points
All Star Players not mentioned above
Every coach also receives a free and mandatory mercenary:
Reese Bobby
6,3,3+,8+
Loner 4+, Animosity (All), Drunkard, Pick-me-up, Put the boot in, Quick Foul
Human, Absentee Father
Special ability:
Time to be a ma-yun
Reese Bobby is an old school drug smuggler. Once per game his Pick Me Up ability may extend to prone teammates within 5 squares of him
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