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THE NAF Championship 2022 Welcome to the NAF Championship 2022! We are If you have paid, but can no longer attend please delighted to be returning to the East Midlands email thenafchampionship@gmail.com ASAP. Conference Centre for the eighth year and extremely Refunds will only be considered if we are contacted excited to be hosting the (twice delayed) 10th NAF before March 31st 2022. Championship – Blood Bowl has come a long way in the last decade, but we’re very proud to still be here, Lunch on both Saturday and Sunday is included hosting the biggest annual single-player Blood Bowl in your ticket price and provided by the venue. tournament in the UK. Read on for all the details about There is no evening meal included. this year’s event, and we hope to see you in Nottingham Every entrant to the tournament will receive a for our international celebration of Blood Bowl! special 10th anniversary NAF Championship gift The tournament will happen on the 30th April and specially created by Charlie Victor Products.. 1st May 2022 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Accommodation is not included in your ticket price, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ. You can find however, we have negotiated a reduced room cost at detailed directions on how to find the venue on the the 4-star Orchard Hotel, adjacent to the Conference East Midlands Conference Centre Information website. Centre, if booked before March 2022. Discounts are available for single, double and twin rooms. Call the Orchard Hotel direct, (+44) 0115 876 0900, ask to book a room and state it is for “NAF Gaming” or reference K e y IN FO R M AT IO N 19516044. You will need to pay for the room at the time of booking. If you have any special requirements, such as access or dietary needs, please let us know when you book Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served your ticket. basis. Tickets are on sale now. They can be purchased by PayPal only and are priced at £60.00 each. If you Boards and dugouts will be provided for use pay before 14th January 2022 then the ticket will only throughout the tournament. You need to bring your cost £55.00. painted team, dice and templates. To reserve your ticket please send your PayPal payment There is no restriction on what miniatures you use in to thenafchampionship@gmail.com (please mark as your team as long as they are miniatures (not proxies) ‘Sending to a friend or to family’) or visit PayPal.me/ and are painted, clearly identifiable, and appropriate nafc2020 (please do not tick the ‘Paying for goods or a for people of all ages. service?’ box). Each entrant must provide his or her full name and current email address. NAF members must Be aware that if you bring an unpainted team you also provide their NAF name and NAF number. will not be eligible to win any prizes! If you are not a NAF member free membership is If you are unsure about what constitutes a painted included in your ticket cost. Those who need to renew team then get in touch, but as a general rule it is membership still need to pay £5, please add this to expected that your team will have at least three your ticket payment or pay on the day of the event. colours applied, and will be based with flock or a similar material. Once we have received your payment (and NAF details), the tournament organisers will add you to the list of signed up players - this list is hosted on the Talk Fantasy Football Forum. 1 even entail you missing Round 1 of the tournament. S c h e d u le Please note that this year pre registration of your team choice and roster is required. This is to speed up the process on the Saturday morning. See The Rules The tournament will consist of six Blood Bowl section for more info. matches. After Round 5 the two highest ranked coaches will compete in the NAF Championship Final. There are 2 hours and 15 minutes allocated to each round. We ask that you play within this time, otherwise The Round 1 matches will be randomly drawn. In the tournament referees may need to stop games subsequent rounds, players will be ranked by points prematurely. This is particularly important on Sunday total and paired off e.g. 1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th, etc. Where when we need to finish the event on time to allow players are tied on points they will be drawn against people to travel home as planned. We ask that all a random opponent who (where possible) has the players be prepared to use timed turns as required. same number of points. You will not be drawn Please consider downloading a chess clock application against an opponent you have played in a previous to your mobile phone or tablet, and listen carefully round - the only exception to this rule is for the NAF to the organisers who will give regular round time Championship Final. updates. Please note that individuals with access issues will If a game is running behind chess clocks are likely to have a designated set of tables to allow for maximum be implemented by referees. If a round has one hour comfort. If your opponent is on one of these tables remaining and the match has not yet entered 2nd half, we will let you know ASAP after the round is drawn. players will be asked to use the “death clock” system After round 6 final standings will be separated by for their remaining time, with each player allocated the following tiebreakers: 30 minutes. Each player should start and stop their own 30-minute countdown during their turns only. 1. Opponent Score - the sum of all opponent’s This will also include any other parts when they are tournament points, also known as strength acting in a drive such as setting up for a kick-off. If of schedule. either players’ time runs out they will only be allowed 2. Net Touchdowns + Net Casualties to do three actions: 3. Net Touchdowns 1. Move their turn counter 4. Net Casualties 2. Turn over stunned players 5. Touchdowns Scored 3. Stand up prone players. 6. Casualties Inflicted A referee will be on hand to support you with this 7. Random as required. The same calculation will be used to determine the The vast majority of matches will not have to play NAF Championship Finalists should the leading players under the above conditions, however, please be be tied on points after round 5. prepared to do so. Registration ends at 09:45 on Saturday morning, please If the NAF Championship Final ends in a tie, then try to arrive well before that time to avoid large queues overtime will be played to decide a winner. This and delaying the start time. If you arrive after 09:45 might entail a slight delay in the schedule. you will likely delay the event for all players and may PROGRAMME Day 1 - Saturday 31st Day 2 - Sunday 1st 08:30 – 09:45 Registration 09:30 – 11:45 Round 4 10:00 – 12:15 Round 1 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 15:00 Round 5 12:15 – 13:15 Lunch 15:15 – 17:30 Round 6 13:15 – 15:30 Round 2 approx. 17:45 Awards Ceremony 16:00 – 18:15 Round 3 approx. 18:00 Close 2 • If when playing a game it is discovered that one team Th e r u le s has too many players on the pitch and the kick off procedure has taken place, please resolve as follows: The NAF Championship will abide by the latest - Immediately pause the game. guidelines for all NAF tournaments. Last published in - The Coach who has too many players must November 2020 these rules are updated annually so randomly select one of their players to be you will be notificated of any changes in plenty of time. removed to the reserves box. Allocate numbers The event will also follow Games Workshop’s to each player, then roll a D16 and remove that Designer’s Commentary May 2021 and Teams of player. Repeat this process until the correct Legend documents. Any publications released by number of players remain. Games Workshop before January 31st, 2022 (such as - If the player was holding the ball immediately a new Spike! Magazine) are also eligible for use. Bounce the ball. Specific NAF Championship rules for roster building - If it was the turn of the coach who had too many and points scoring are as follows: players on the pitch and the player removed was the ball carrier, this causes a turnover. • Rosters are purchased with a treasury 1,150,000 gold crowns. All inducements listed in the Blood Bowl 2020 rulebook are permitted except Tournament points Mercenaries, Special Play Cards, and Team After each round tournament points will be awarded Wizards. As per the 2020 rules in tournament as follows: games you do not receive the 1 free Dedicated Fans. Note that during the pre-match sequence no extra • Win: 2 points gold crowns are awarded for teams with a lower • Draw: 1 point team value. • Loss: 0 points • Inclusion of Star Players is limited to teams When your game is complete you need to fill out considered stunty teams. Therefore only a results slip. Please include your touchdowns and Goblin, Halfling, Ogre and Snotling teams may take casualties and double-check the data, both coaches 0-1 Star Players, and only after rostering 11 regular are responsible for the results slip. players. Eligible Star Players are those in Blood Bowl: Second Season - The Official Rules and released Only record casualties that would give Star Player in Spike! issue 11 onwards. If you are unsure if a Star Points, i.e. those casualties cause by fouls, crowd Player is eligible please don’t hesitate to ask. pushes, failed dodges, bombs, stabs, chainsaws etc. do not count. • In addition to the starting skills on your roster all teams will have additional skills that they can add to their roster. Note that there is no tiering at this year’s NAF Championship. Each coach can choose 6 primary skills and 1 secondary skill to add to P a in ti n g C o m p e ti ti o n their roster. These skills are all allocated at the start of the tournament so they remain relevant for all 6 matches. The secondary skill can be swapped to a primary skill if you wish. Skills are allocated This year the “Best Painted Team” event returns as “new skill” rolls specified as either “primary” or once again. “secondary” as per the Improvement Rolls table. The competition will be judged by a small group of There is no restriction to skill duplication i.e. you skilled people selected by the tournament organiser. may give several different players the same skill if During lunch on Saturday we will ask anyone who you wish. You may only select one additional skill wants to be considered to leave their team out for per player. Statistic improvements and random display. The judges will then consider these teams skills cannot be selected. during this lunch period and an announcement about • Pre registration is required at this years NAFC to the winner will be made during the awards ceremony speed up the registration process. Please finalise on Sunday. your rosters and submit them by email to thenafchampionship@gmail.com by April 16th The judges will be looking primarily to reward high- 2022. This does not need to be a full team roster, quality painting. Conversion work, presentation, and but please be sure to include: your NAF name and other “wow” factors will be strongly considered too, number, all calculations for team cost, team race, but consider this to be a painting competition first and the additional skills selected. All coaches must and foremost. still bring a copy of their team roster with them to You must be attending the event to be considered for the event, to be shared with your opponent during best painted and teams (not coaches) that have won round 1 and made available to the event organisers the award in the past will not be reconsidered. or any other opponent upon request 3 Th e W in n e r s Trophies and prizes will also be awarded to the lucky The NAFC Prize Team: winners of the following categories. Remember, if your team is not painted then you cannot win any prizes: Traditionally the prize team (beautifully sculpted and painted by Spubbbba) has always been awarded to • The NAF Championship Winner the winner of the NAF Championship. However this The winning finalist. year the prize team will be raffled to a random winner. By entering the tournament you are also buying • The NAF Championship Runner-up your ticket to this raffle, the winner of which will be The losing finalist. announced during the prize giving. • The NAF Championship League Title The highest placed coach who did not make the final. And finally... • Best Painted Team If you have any question about the tournament See page 3 for details. please email us at: thenafchampionship@gmail.com • Most Touchdowns We welcome all players of all levels of experience. Must win at least one game to be eligible. In particular, we are keen to encourage new players, don’t be afraid to email us if there is something you • Most Casualties are unsure about. Must win at least one game to be eligible, note that only casualties that accrue SPPs count. Please be aware that there will be children present at the event. Please act considerately. • Stunty Cup The highest placed Goblin, Halfling, Ogre or We look forward to seeing you in May! Snotling coach. • Emerging Star Award The highest placed coach aged under 18. Please let us know on registration if you are eligible for this award. This version of the NAF Championship rule pack was developed by Danny ‘leap’ Richardson, some assets developed by montanhas18, raveen, and Templar. Blood Bowl and all associated trademarks are the property of Games Workshop. 4