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Cup of Serpent Venom

Blood Bowl League and Tournament for Club Snake Eyes, 2009

Rules - Scoreboard

Rules

Coaches can enter their teams any time before April 1.  Join by sending a mail to sdahl@get2net.dk.

Playoffs begin on February 1.

Teams start with a treasury of 1.000.000 gold pieces and may buy a team as described in the rulebook, p17.

In the course of the playoffs, each team may play each other league team twice - once as the Home team, and once as the Visitor team. The Home team has a +2 bonus to their Fan Factor for the game and becomes the receiving team and the Visitor team is automatically the kicking team.  When two teams meet the first time, roll dice to see who is Home team and who is Visitor team the first game.  For the second game, swap roles.

Teams score 10 points for a win, 3 point for a draw, and 1 point for each touchdown scored.

At the end of the season (August 31.) the 4 highest-scoring teams are matched for the Semi-finals: the team ranked first plays the team ranked fourth, and the teams ranked second and third plays each other.  The winner of each semi-final then play the Finals, and the winner of the Finals win the Tournament. In the semi-finals, games cannot end in a draw.  If the score is even at the end of the second half, the game goes into Sudden Death - continue playing until either player scores the tie-breaking touchdown.  If the game ends drawn without either player being able to score, roll a dice.

Tied ranking is resolved by comparing team ratings.

The League rules for Injuries, Star Player points, Pre-match and Post-match sequences as described in the rulebook (p38-) are used.

Teams must present the results, including team changes of any kind, after the match to the referee in writing or by email.  The referee will then update the Score board as soon as possible. The referee will use a Team Roster like this to keep track of each team; Coaches are strongly encouraged to keep track of their team statistics too.

Sporting players will not refuse a challenge to play; The Challenges rule from the rulebook, p47, is used to prevent this. Challenged coaches have one week in which to respond, and if accepting the challenge must play the challenger within 1 week of the acceptance.

We're using this version (4th Edition) of the Living Rulebook, in case of disputes.

Prizes

Apart from the Undying Glory of winning the very first Club Snake Eyes Blood Bowl Tournament, I'll also present a Games Workshop Cheerleader figure (unpainted) to the winning team :)