| Tournament Name | Empire Cup VI |
| Organizer NAF name | MightyZuk (20267) |
| Organizer | Marc Zukerman |
| Variant | Blood Bowl 2020 |
| Major/National | no |
| Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2022-04-02 |
| End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2022-04-02 |
| Type | OPEN |
| Style | Swiss / Resurrection |
| Scoring | |
| Cost | $15 |
| NAF Fee Included | no |
| NAF Member Discount | no |
| Email | empirecupbb@gmail.com |
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| Tournament Statistics | Winner | | tilikum (29794) | Dwarf | Runner up | | ClanCampbell (24888) | Chaos Dwarf | Most Touchdowns | | commisaro (28420) | Human | Most Casualties | | Wyld (27247) | Chaos Dwarf | Stunty Cup | | MightyZuk (20267) | Halfling | Best Painted | | cigossi (20331) | Tomb Kings | Other Awards | | gaddockteeg (22907) | Amazon | Third Place |
| | Oobaa47 (30833) | Human | Best Defense |
| | Serena (30831) | Goblin | Wooden Spoon |
| | minizuk (26466) | Orc | Best Sportsmanship |
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| | | Tournament Location |
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| Address | 729 Acorn Street |
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| City | Deer Park |
| State | NY |
| Zip | 11729 |
| Nation | United States |
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What do I need to bring?
• Your Painted Team
• A Blood Bowl Board (custom to standard specs or from the board game itself), dugouts, and templates.
• Three printed copies of your team roster, using the BB Roster, found at https://bbroster.com/.
• Good sportsmanship
What is the rule set for the tournament?
Empire Cup utilizes the BB2020 Rule Set released by Games Workshop. These rules are encompassed by the following documents:
• The rules in the Games Workshop box set (the Official Rules)
• Spike! Journals 11, 12, 13 and beyond, if released before April 1, 2022
• The following documents from www.bloodbowl.com
o Teams of Legend (ToL)
o Designer’s Commentary and FAQ
In addition, the following NAF-sponsored changes will be applied to the rule set:
• Slann rosters will be allowed as per the official 2022 NAF tournament rules
• Team creation will follow the Exhibition Play rules in the main Rule Book including:
o The entire team budget must be spent
o Dedicated fans start at 0 before purchasing
o No player advancement will occur in games
o The Exhibition Prayers to Nuffle table will be used (pg 103) (a copy of this will be distributed at the event)
How do I create a team?
You have 1,200,000 gold crowns to build a team consisting of a minimum of 11 players. You may purchase fan factor, rerolls, assistant coaches, cheerleaders and/or an apothecary (standard rules) per each team’s usual rules. The following inducements may also be purchased at their standard price as permanent part of the team:
• Bloodweiser Kegs
• Wandering Apothecary
• Bribe
• Halfling Master Chef
• Star Players*
• Coaching Staff and Wizards
*Star players may be purchased as a permanent part of the team, however you must already have 11 players on your roster before doing so. If two teams playing each other purchase the same star player, they will both be able to use the star player.
Once your team is created, you are given an additional skill package to spend on player skills. Primary skills are worth 6 points, Secondary skills are worth 12 points. No stat upgrades are allowed. You can only buy any one skill up to four (4) times and a single player can only be given one (1) skill.
Please make sure that you are checking the FAQ as some teams (such as Orcs and Underworld Denizens) have changed tiers.
Tier 1 18 Skill points
Tier 2: 24 Skill points
Tier 3: 30 Skill points
Finally, in the Empire Cup, there will be a Stunty Cup competition for players who are looking for more of a challenge. Eligible teams for the Stunty Cup are: Halflings, Goblins, Ogres and Snotlings.
Are there any painting or modeling requirements?
Any miniatures are allowed, however each of the models of a particular position must be easily identifiable as such (similar poses, features, etc.). Each of the skills must be presented clearly either by marking the bases or using skill/rubber bands. There will be a reward for the best painted team as voted by all participants.
What is the format for the tournament?
The first round is determined by random pairings. Subsequent rounds will be Swiss pairings meaning that the two teams that will be playing each other will be of similar rankings. In the case that a coach would be paired with a coach they had already played against, the pairing will be broken up to face either up or down one rank in order to ensure this doesn’t happen.
How do you determine the winner of the tournament?
Standings, and thus the winner of the tournament, will be determined by most points at the completion of the tournament. Ties will be broken by strength of schedule. In addition, the top stunty team in the standings will be the Stunty champion.
Scoring will go as follows:
Win: 10pts
Draw: 3pts
Loss: 0pts
Ties will be broken by strength of competition (measured by opponents’ total score). In case of a further tie, the tournament organizer will pick the winner randomly.
Note that we play Brooklyn Rules here – stabs, secret weapons and fouls can amass casualty points! So can the crowd!
What awards can I win in the tournament?
There will be a number of awards that will be given out at this year’s Empire Cup. Note that coaches may only win one of these awards with two exceptions noted below. The coach may choose which of the awards they are eligible to win to take.
The Montauk Lighthouse Award (1st place)
The Orient Point Award (2nd place)
The Beach Comber Award (3rd place)
The Long Island Lolita Award (least points in the tournament)
The Snob Costas Award (best stunty team)
The Suffolk Award (most touchdowns)
The Queens Award (best defense/least touchdowns)
The Brooklyn Award (most casualties)
The Nassau Award (sportsmanship – can be won by a winner of another award)
The Soho Award (best painted team - can be won by a winner of another award)
What is the schedule of play?
We’ll be opening the doors at 10am for registration. You need to be there as close as possible to that time so that we can start on time. The matches will be limited to 2 hours and 15 minutes in length, no timed turns. At the end of two hours, games will end and we’ll total up the scores, preparing for the next round.
Event Time
Registration 10:00 – 10:30
Round 1 10:30 – 12:45
Lunch Break 12:45 – 1:30
Round 2 1:30 – 3:45
Break 3:45 – 4:00
Round 3 4:00 – 6:15
Break 6:15 – 6:30
Awards 6:30 – 7:00
End 7:00
How much is this tournament going to cost?
Can you really put a price on fun? Yes, I supposed you can. The cost will be $25 whether you are a NAF member or not. If you are not a member and want to register for the NAF, it costs $5 at any NAF tournament. Note that you have to be a NAF member in order to have your results count towards the BATS.
Any other custom rules I should know about for this tournament?
No. Seeing as the ruleset is still relatively new and there are a number of coaches who have not played a NAF tournament under these new rules, we are keeping things as simple as possible this year.
BATS Points
• 10 to +1 points for top 10 placement, on a declining scale. In other words, a 1st-place finish would be worth 10 points, a 2nd-place finish would be worth 9 points, on down to a 10th- place finish being worth 1 point.
• Should there be fewer than 10 coaches (it happens!), the top coach's score would be equal to the total number of participants, the rest would decline as usual.
• +1 point per 10 places below them in the standings. (Examples: A coach finishing 1st in a 32-coach tournament would receive a bonus of +3 because there are 30+ coaches below them. A coach finishing 1st in an 11-coach tournament would receive a bonus of +1 because there are 10 coaches below them. A coach finishing first in a 10-coach tournament would receive no bonus because there are only 9 coaches below them.)
• +1 point per day of the tournament. Given to all participants.
• Organizer bonus: +1 point per 10 coaches in the tournament (only for organizers who do not play in their own event. Organizers also get the participating bonus above.) |
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