Underworld Cup '25 "The Critics Clash!"

Underworld Cup "The Critics Clash!" October 25th/26th 2025 30780 N. Greenbriar rd, Franklin, MI 48025 5 game, 2 day tournament This event will be resurrection style FYI: UWC holds the distinction of being the oldest NAF-approved tournament in North America! Cost is 100 dollars payable by: PayPal to solomonknicely@gmail.com Zelle to solomonknicely@gmail.com Venmo to @solomonknicely 8480 Please include your real name, NAF number and NAF name with payment. Rosters that are submitted by midnight on Oct 11th will receive a free Cheerleader on their roster. Registration will include UWC dice/Statler or Waldorf mini and TBA items Breakfast/lunch/Dinner on Saturday, Breakfast/lunch on Sunday, beverages/beer all weekend and a place to stay if you want to crash at Solomon's or Ryan's house(just bring blankets/pillow/blowup bed/towel) Schedule: Saturday 9:00 - 9:30 Registration 9:30 - 10:00 Draft 10:00 - 12:15 Game 1 12:15 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 15:15 Game 2 15:30 - 17:45 Game 3 18:00 - till whenever with Eating/Drinking/Gaming Sunday 09:00 - 11:15 Game 4 11:15 - 12:15 Lunch 12:15 - 14:30 Game 5 15:00 - 15:30 Awards First round will be random - after first round it will be Swiss pairings. Things to bring: Copy of bloodbowl 2020 rulebook, NAF Rules updates, 2020 deathzone and any applicable spike updates by that time, 2 copies of team roster for each round(10 total), Dice(decide before game to use for the entire game for both coaches) Please decide how to deal with “cocked” dice before each game. Individual Points Win -- 7 pts Tie -- 3 pts Loss -- 0 pts No overtimes will be played Placing is decided by total points Casualty Rules All casualties caused by blocks/crowd/fouling will count. Failed dodge/gfi/landing do not count. Other Stuff: Apo will work normally as per the standard ruleset including that it cannot be used on stars. Infamous coaches are allowed. Team Construction Rules: There is no star tax, but the following stars are banned for this tournament: Morg’N’Thorg Griff Oberwald Deeproot Strongbranch Hakflem Shuttlespike Kreek Rustgouger Bomber Dribblsnot Wilhelm Cheney Cindy Piewhistle Ivan"The Animal" Deathshroud Skitter Stab Stab Lord Borak Dribl/Drul Skitter stab stab Tier I Shambling Undead, Orc, Lizardmen, Dwarf, Dark Elf, Vampires, Amazons Tier I Team Builds 1.13 mil team build (players, rerolls, fan factor, all inducements are allowed except special play cards) After team is made: Before round 1: Add 60k to the team Before round 2: Add 60k Before round 3: Add 60k Before round 4: Add 60k Before round 5: Add 60k This money can be anything that could normally be bought(players/rerolls/inducements/coaches/ff/cheerleaders/apo/infamous coaching staff/wizards) and upgrades may be purchased for players as well. No player may receive more than one upgrade per round(you could have 5 on one player by round 5, but not on round 1). Money may be "banked" from round to round. No player may receive more than two of the same stat upgrade. Rerolls bought after initial team build do not cost double. Each coach will add the assigned value to their roster for each round prior to round one. Please note on your roster the round skills are added. Primary skill 20k Secondary skill 40k +1 AV 10k +1 MA 20k +1 PA 20k +1 AG 40k +1 ST 80k Tier II: Necromantic, Wood Elves, Skaven, Imperial Nobility, Underworld Denizens, Elven Union, Humans, Tomb Kings, Norse Team Builds 1.16 mil team (players, rerolls, fanfactor, all inducements allowed except special play cards) After team is made: Before round 1: Add 80k to the team Before round 2: Add 60k Before round 3: Add 60k Before round 4: Add 60k Before round 5: Add 60k Tier III: Chaos Chosen, High Elves, Slann, Chaos Renegades, Khorne, Black Orcs, OWA, Nurgle, Chaos Dwarves Team Builds 1.19 mil team build (players, rerolls, fanfactor, all inducements allowed except special play cards) After team is made: Before round 1: Add 100k to the team Before round 2: Add 60k Before round 3: Add 60k Before round 4: Add 60k Before round 5: Add 60k Tier IV: Gnomes, Ogres, goblins, halflings, Lizardmen minus Saurus, and Snotlings Team Builds 1.24 mil team build (players, rerolls, fanfactor, all inducements allowed except special play cards) After team is made: Before round 1: Add 120k to the team Before round 2: Add 60k Before round 3: Add 60k Before round 4: Add 60k Before round 5: Add 60k Use any roster from this page that you would like: https://www.thenaf.net/resources/roster-creation/ Please print two copies of your roster for each round one through 5. That is a total of 10 rosters printed and brought with you! One for each round will be given to the tournament organizer and you will keep one. The tournament organizer will hand back your roster copy for your opponent to use as reference. Note: You may bank the money from one round to the next. So, you could save all your money from the 2nd round(60K) and use the 60k from round 3 to buy a 120k star that will remain on the roster for the rest of the tourney. You will just be handicapped on the second round and there will be no inducements added if there is a Team Rating differential due to banking money. You may not bank any money from the original 1.13/1.16/1.19/1.24 mil roster construction or use any of the original money on skills/attributes. The original 1.13/1.16/1.19/1.24 may be used for any inducements including stars(excluding banned stars). Your team must have 11 players and the initial 11 may be stars. Team Rerolls do not cost double if bought after round one. Bloodbowl 2020, Deathzone 2020 and all current spike magazine rules are in effect. New Stars are in effect(no 2016 stars). Any/all of the initial 60/80/100/120k for skills/attributes may be used on Initial team construction but team construction money cannot be spent on skills/attributes. The initial 60/80/100/120k for skills/attributes may be banked and carried forward. Illegal Procedure In the spirit of good fun, NO illegal procedures will be called. Tie Breakers (if needed) Ties broken in the following order, 1) strength of schedule, 2) Head to Head record, 3) Net TDs plus Net CAS, 4) Total TDs plus Total CAS, Awards Awards to be given out: 1st / 2nd / 3rd place Most Cas Most TDs Best Defense Wooden Spoon A special champion edition Underworld Cup board will be given to the winner. There will be goblets for all other prizes. All players will receive above stated goodies. The Underworld Cup will feature a sub-competition which will be a "Coach Draft". Special Draft event this year with commentary supplied by Jeff Galenbeck in a Statler/Waldorf style. Team Captains for "The Critic Clash" will be: Sean Cowley(houseblackfyre) and Mike Coon(frozenflame) Mike will head "Team Statler". The team specific item will be a Statler Mini that counts as a team mascot for rule purposes. Sean will head "Team Waldorf". The team specific item will be a Waldorf Mini that counts as a team mascot for rule purposes. Teams will be selected via "School Yard Draft" at the beginning of the tournament. Team scoring will have no effect on individual scores. Points for team competition: Win=7 Tie=3 Loss=0 Additional Tourney Info: Post questions here in this thread. Rules will be updated as needed. You may also PM flyingdingle on the NAF forums but preferably email solomonknicely@gmail.com and mckennon@Mac.com Please email Ryan and myself your roster ahead of time. If your roster is received prior to October 11th, you will receive a free cheerleader on your roster. Use any roster from this page that you would like: https://www.thenaf.net/resources/roster-creation/ Max attendance will be limited to the first 50 players this year. Note that the price has increased to allow for a couple portable toilets so we don't kill my septic again. Also, please do a "spartan" shower if staying. Rinse/Lather/Rinse. If you note errors on this ruleset or something that I have left out, please let me know and I will adjust. Q/A:(this will be updated as time goes on) Can the old 150k wizard be used? No, only the new wizards(there are several). Are the new Merc rules allowed? No If my opponent and I have the same star player, do they both play? No, neither will play for that game. Do you need 11 players before hiring a star? No, but you total roster must be at least 11 players. What stars are allowed? See banned list above. reference star players allowed on this list: https://www.dadidimerda.it/ What inducements are allowed? Available inducement list....it's big. https://www.dadidimerda.it/inducements.php The only exceptions are: Cards will not be allowed. No Mercs allowed with the exception of the Giant. Side bet is abit useless Cost is 100 dollars payable by: PayPal to solomonknicely@gmail.com Zelle to solomonknicely@gmail.com Venmo to @solomonknicely 8480 Please include your real name, NAF number and NAF name with payment.