Cholet Bowl IX

Will be NAF, CDF Individual, CGO, and blessed by the TSC

1 - Rules

1.1 Basic rules: The tournament will be played in "Resurrection" mode (deaths, injuries, and other experience points gained during the previous match are not taken into account for the next match, and linemen gained during previous matches will be lost). All non-optional rules present in BB2025 will be used for this tournament, as well as the application of the latest FAQs.

1.2 Inducements: Only the inducements listed below are allowed:

• 0-5 Temp Agency Cheerleaders
• 0-5 Part-time Assistant Coaches
• 0-1 Weather Mage
• 0-2 Premium Blitz Kegs
• 0-8 Extra Training
• 0-3 Bribes (0-6 for Blackmail and Corruption teams)
• 0-2 Wandering Apothecary
• 0-1 Plague Doctor
• 0-1 Mortuary Assistant
• 0-1 Halfling Master Chef
• 0-1 Unruly Rookies
• 0-1 Biased Referee (the unnamed one from the rulebook)
• 0-1 Famous Staff (Josef Bugman)
• 0-1 Team Mascot
• 0-0 Star Player (no Star Players allowed), except Rumbelow Ronanskin is allowed for Halflings and Rodney Roachbait is allowed for Gnomes.

2 - Roster Building Rules

2.1 List of allowed rosters: Allowed rosters are those included in the BB2025 rulebook. In addition to these rosters, the "Teams of Legend" rosters are allowed, as well as the Slann roster according to the NAF document. Rosters published after November 1, 2026 will not be allowed (except for the Squigs).

2.2 Roster creation:

• You have 1,050,000 gold pieces to create your roster, comprising a minimum of 11 players (famous playing staff do not count among the 11 players; you must buy your 11 players before paying for their services).
• You have 30 SPP to distribute among your players.
• You receive as many "gold mogettes" as your category rank (e.g. category "1" rosters receive 1 "gold mogette", category "3" rosters receive 3 "gold mogettes", etc.)
• 1 "gold mogette" can be converted into 5 SPP or 25,000 gold pieces.
• A player cannot have more than 2 skills.
• Several players can have 2 skills maximum.
• Skill costs must respect those in the rulebook (e.g. the first primary skill costs 6 SPP and the second primary skill on the same player costs 8 additional SPP).
• Random skills are forbidden.

2.3 Determination of categories:

• 1: Dark Elves, Amazons, Khemri, Undead, Orcs, Underworld, High Elves
• 2: Old World Alliance, Bretonnians, Skaven, Lizardmen, Humans, Norse, Necromantic Horror, Dwarfs, Chaos Dwarfs, Vampires
• 3: Elven Union, Imperial Nobility, Wood Elves, Nurgle
• 4: Black Orcs, Chaos Chosen
• 5: Khorne, Snotlings, Slann, Chaos Renegades
• 6: Halflings, Goblins, Ogres, Gnomes

3 - Use of the Holy Clock

In order to put an end to drawn-out matches which:

• annoy the organizers as well as the players
• undermine fairness between all players in a tournament
• cause people to miss happy hour

This year matches will be played with a clock. It is up to each coach to bring a timer system (phone or stopwatch) to track the duration of their turns.

Games are played with 4 minutes per turn, with a joker (once per half) of 2 extra minutes. Players will also have a maximum of 4 minutes to set up on offense or defense. Once per half, a coach can get a bonus of 2 minutes of additional time to complete their turn. When the clock runs out, the active player can use their joker so that the passive player adds 2 minutes of additional time for them.

During a turn, the passive coach will manage the clock. For fair play reasons, it would be appreciated if the passive player warns their opponent when they have less than one minute left to play.

Skills of the passive coach's players will be used after the passive coach has paused the clock. Deviations will be carried out after the passive coach has paused the clock.

The clock is paused if needed to check a rule point or call a referee.

At the end of the 4 minutes, the current action ends. The active player makes the mandatory rolls* (see below for the list of mandatory rolls), "unstuns" and turns over their players. The Kick-Off timing roll is made if it should occur. (The end of the clock is not a turnover).

List of mandatory rolls:

• Armor
• Deviation
• Frenzy
• Timing (Kick-Off)

Bonus points will be awarded for matches finishing in under 2 hours. Match sheets will be collected by the referees at the end of 2h30 of play, whether the match is finished or not.

4 - Pairings

• The first round will be randomly paired.
• Organizers will do their best to ensure that two coaches from the same league do not meet in round 1 (please be sure to specify your club on the registration form).
• Challenges are allowed for the first round.
• Subsequent rounds will be managed using the Swiss round method.

5 - Rankings

Rankings will be determined using the following tiebreakers, in this order:

• Number of wins
• Number of draws
• Number of "Special Objectives" points
• Touchdowns scored + Casualties inflicted (only casualties that earn SPP are counted)

We will award:

• The podium
• The most objectives achieved
• The best "minus" team (Ogres, Snotlings, Gnomes, Goblins, Halflings, and Squigs (Yes, they're coming out in November))
• The BashLord
• The best passer
• The best fouler/aggressor
• The Mordikar Prize (which rewards a player who missed a prize by one point)
• The best painter
• The wooden spoon (if we don't forget it)
• And others according to the organizers' whims

6 - Objectives

Only 1 objective is validated per game turn. The objective is validated by the opponent in front of a referee after shouting "Objective". No retroactive validation (please wait and make sure you are seen by the referee(s)).

7 - Tournament Schedule

Saturday:

• 9:00 AM: Room opens, registration confirmation, free breakfast
• 10:00 AM: Start of round 1
• 12:30 PM: Start of lunch break
• 1:30 PM: Start of round 2
• 4:30 PM: Start of round 3
• Evening: Dinner and game/chat evening in the room (BB7 tournament / Gaslands intro + competitive Gaslands table / fun painting contest)
• Night: Possible overnight stay in an annex room in the venue (no shower, but a large restroom in the sleeping room)

Sunday:

• 9:00 AM: Room opens
• 9:30 AM: Start of round 4
• 12:00 PM: Start of lunch break
• 1:00 PM: Start of round 5
• 4:00 PM: Rankings announcement, prize giving

7.1 Blood Bowl Seven: Our partner Ludi'mauges will organize a Blood Bowl Seven tournament from 8:30 PM to 12:30 AM. More info at: FranceBB Seven link

7.2 Gaslands: We will also organize introductions and games of Gaslands, feel free to bring your equipment for beginners.

7.3 Fun painting contest: Graneim (1st painting prize at Lutèce 2026) will offer a speedpaint-type painting contest, bring some miniatures and your brushes if you want to participate. The contest is open to everyone (no minimum skill level required). A small handicap system will be used to handicap the better painters so that everyone has a chance. Wink

8 - Registration and Payment

This year, payment will be made via HelloAsso. HelloAsso link. The price is €50 for the Blood Bowl tournament, including breakfasts and meals on Saturday lunch and dinner and Sunday lunch. 2 different meal options: classic and vegetarian (please choose carefully, we will base meal preparation on HelloAsso selections). To make things easier for us, we will no longer run a tab at the bar but will set up a token currency. You can already order tokens via HelloAsso. There will be no refunds after October 31, 2026. Places limited to 50.

9 - Refreshments

We will offer free soft drinks throughout the weekend, and local and craft beers as well as non-alcoholic beers will be sold at the bar (located in the game room).

10 - Miscellaneous

The ruleset may change slightly with the arrival of Spike.

Approved 04.07.26 Magikmoon