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Each coach will have a budget of 1,300,000 Gold to draft a team of players and purchase sideline staff/Inducements.
Coaches will draft 12 players each, with 1 minute per draft pick allocated for coaches to make selections.
Draft will be done as a snake draft. A random order will be set and then each coach will take turns to draft. Once the last coach has picked, they will then receive the next draft and the drafting will continue in reverse order and so on until all picks are complete. For example, in a draft of 4 coaches, the order of drafting would be 1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1-1-2-3-4-4-3, etc.
Depending on the number of sign-ups, there will be either 1 or 2 of each player available to draft:
If the tournament is not at capacity before Draft Night, then teams will be drafted to make a full 12 or 24 teams depending on sign-ups at the time. If a coach wishes to sign up post-Draft Night, they may do so and will be randomly assigned one of the pre-drafted teams.
If there are multiple of each player, coaches may only draft 1 of that specific player type from a Race. For example: you can't draft 2 Wardancers, however you could draft 2 Human Blitzers (1 from the Human race and 1 from Old World Alliance) but could not hire 2 OWA Human Blitzers.
Coaches will be sent a link to the bespoke draft website with a unique login. They will be able to prepare a queue of players in preparation, and if they are unable to attend or run out of time, the queue will be utilised as their next pick.
If a coach misses their pick and doesn't have a queue or can't afford any players on their queue, then the lowest valued player will be automatically drafted.
The coach is responsible for managing their budget. If they don't have the cash to fill the required twelve picks at the end of the draft, administrators will sell players and recruit from the remaining players to ensure a roster of 12. Players sold to facilitate this will be of the lowest value that can then facilitate a full roster being purchased. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!!!
Once drafting is complete, coaches may purchase re-rolls, apothecaries, assistant coaches, cheerleaders, dedicated fans and bribes.
Miniatures: Miniatures will be supplied for the tournament and can either be collected from Clubhouse. If this is not possible, please contact the TO who will organise an alternative.
It is still allowed for players to use their own miniatures, but it must be clear what all the positionals are due to complex rosters.
Full team paint jobs are encouraged, but at a minimum please spray or wash the models in a distinct colour (i.e. not all black or white) to ensure teams are easily identified.
Draft Night: Saturday 07 November 2026, 7pm (after Block on the Tyne)
We'll gather (both in person at Clubhouse and via dial-in option) to draft players at 7pm. After a quick review of how things work, we will get going.
Draft order will be determined randomly on the evening of the draft.
The draft should conclude by 10pm though it will likely end earlier.
Tournament: Saturday 13 March 2027
Tiebreakers (in order):
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