Schedule
Saturday
9:45 Registration
10:00 Welcome and practical information
10:15 Game 1
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Game 2
16:15 Hot cup of coffee
16:30 Game 3
19:30 For those who would like to lament their dice of the day; dinner/drinks
Sunday
8:30 Venue open
9:00 Game 4
11:15 Lunch
11:45 Game 5
14:00 Deep breath and coffee
14:10 Game 6
16:25 Game 6 finish
16:30 Award ceremony and final hugs
Rosters are purchased with a treasury 1,150,000 gold crowns. Unspent gold crowns are lost and during the pre-match sequence no extra gold crowns are awarded for teams with a lower team value. However, teams can roster a selection of inducements as follows.
The following inducements are allowed for teams in all tiers:
Bloodweiser Kegs: 0-2
Mortuary Assistant: 0-1
Part-time Assistant Coach: 0-3
Plague Doctor: 0-1
Temp Agency Cheerleader: 0-4
Wandering Apothecary: 0-1
The following inducements are only allowed for Tier 3 teams:
Bribes: 0-3
Halfling Master Chef: 0-1
Riotous Rookies: 0-1
Biased Referee: 0-1
In addition to the starting skills on your roster all teams will have additional skills that they can add to their roster. Access to skills are split into 2 options and tiered as follows:
Tier 1 Option A: 6 Primary skills
Tier 1 Option B: 3 Primary Skills & 1 Star Player
Tier 2 Option A: 6 Primary skills, 1 Secondary skill
Tier 2 Option B: 3 Primary Skills, 1 Secondary skill & 1 Star Player
Tier 3 Option A: 6 Primary skills, 2 Secondary skills & 0-1 Star Players
Tier 3 Option B: 3 Primary Skills, 1 Secondary Skill and 2 Star Players
These additional skills are all allocated at the start of the tournament so they remain relevant for all 6 matches. The secondary skill(s) can be swapped to a primary skill if you wish. Skills are allocated as “new skill” rolls specified as either “primary” or “secondary” as per the Improvement Rolls table.
You may only select one additional skill per player. There is no restriction to skill duplication i.e. you may give several different players the same skill if you wish. Statistic improvements and random skills cannot be selected.
Tiers
Blood Bowl team races are split into the following 3 tiers:
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Lizardman, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elf, Vampire
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, High Elf, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Old World Alliance, Slann, Tomb Kings
Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Nurgle, Ogre, Snotling, Gnome
Star players
All rosters will have access to a reduced selection of star players at this years PRO. If you wish to bring a star player on your rosters select the appropriate option from the skill options listed above. Remember, you will reduce the number of additional skills that are available to you by selecting a star player.
When rostering a Star player the following rules must be followed:
You must first roster 11 regular players before adding a star player to your team.
0-1 star player can be rostered on teams listed in tier 1 or tier 2
0-2 star players can be rostered on teams listed in tier 3
Star players that are selected as a pair (such as the Swift Twins) count as 2 Star players for the purposes of availability.
If 2 coaches are drawn against each other with the same Star player on their roster, both players are permitted to use them.
Star players cannot be allocated additional skills
The following star players are NOT PERMITTED for selection by any team in this year’s PRO:
Bomber Dribblesnot
Cindy Piewhistle
Deeproot Strongbranch
Dribl and Drull
Estelle La Veneaux
Griff Oberwald
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Ivan ‘the Animal’ Deathshroud
Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger
Morg ’n’ Thorg
Skitter Stab Stab
Varag Ghoulchewer
Any star player released by Games Workshop after January 1st 2024
Pouring Rain Special Rule
As Bergen is one of the rainiest places in Europe this is reflected in the weather. Rolls on the weather table are only nice (3-10) or Pouring Rain (2-3 and 11-12).
How to sign up
Price is NOK 350,- both for members and non-members of The NAF (membership is included in the price for new NAF-members).
Pay by Paypal to bothun@gmail.com or Vipps to 928 41 278 (Craig Bøthun)
Mark the payment Pouring Rain Open, your name, e-mail and (if possible) your NAF nick and number.
Choose “send a gift” or similar option to avoid fees.
We will use Tourplay for roster submissions and reporting of results. Link to the tournament in Tourplay will be available in good time before the event.
We can’t wait to see you all again!