Backbreaker VI Tournament Pack
The Backbreaker Cup is the Dragon Bowl League’s (DBL) flagship NAF-approved tournament. Our 6th outing will be held this year at the Kingdom Wargames in Finsbury Park.
The store is around a 10 minute walk from Finsbury Park station which is on both the Piccadily and Victoria lines.
Format
4 games
Swiss-paired
Resurrection
Places are limited to the first 50 coaches who sign up
Awards
Winner
Best Stunty (Goblins, Gnomes, Halflings, Ogres, Snotlings)
Best Painted
Best Junior (under 18s assuming 4+ players)
Fan Fave (player vote)
Most CAS
Most TD
Fee
£20 (refundable until one week before the event which will also be the cut off for rosters)
Payments should be made to: dragonbowlleague@gmail.com (“friends and family” please). Places are confirmed on receipt of funds.
Please include in the payment notes your NAF name and number if you are registered and your email address so we can send you confirmations/any last minute changes in details and a link to Tourplay to submit your roster.
Teambuilding, tiering and Skills
Teams will receive skills for allocation based on the following tiers:
1150 - Tier 1 - 6 Primary skills - Amazons, Dark Elves, Lizardmen, Undead, Underworld
1170 - Tier 2 - 7 Primary skills - High Elves, Necromantic, Orcs, Wood Elves, Skaven, Humans, Dwarves, Chaos Dwarves, Norse, Vampires
1180 - Tier 3 - 7 Primary skills, 1 Secondary Skill (1 player may stack 2 primary skills) - Elven Union, Imperial Nobility, Tomb Kings, Khorne, Slann
1190 - Tier 4 - 8 Primary skills, 1 Secondary (1 player may stack 2 primary skills) - Snotling, Gnomes, Black Orcs, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Nurgle, Old World Alliance
1200 - Tier 5 - 8 Primary, 2 Secondary (1 player may stack 2 primary skills) - Halfling, Goblins, Ogres
Stars - cost 3 primary skills, mega stars banned. Stars may not be given additional skills.
Scoring
Three points for a win
One points for a draw
Zero points for a loss
In the event of a tie, the tiebreakers will be in the following order:
Strength of schedule
Total TD
TD difference
Total CAS
CAS difference
Timings
Registration: 9 am - 9:30
Game one: 9:30 to 11:45
Game two: 12:00 to 2:15
Lunch: 2:15 to 3:15
Game three: 3:15 to 5:30
Game four: 5:45 to 8
Awards, prize and after event celebrations: 8 till as late as you like
Other Info
Please bring pitches and dugouts, we will not be supplying these.
The venue is a new games store that doesn't yet have food or an alcohol licence. There are loads of food options nearby and the venue are happy for us to bring our own alcohol. We do expect you all to be sensible about this for the benefit of your opponents and our relationships with the venue.