Jingle Bell Bowl

MO's Jingle Bell Bowl

Mulligan's Open presents, returning for its second iteration in 2024 our baby brother tournament MO's Jingle Bell Bowl! This will bring all the fun of Mulligan's Open with a slight festive twist! so if you love blood bowl and Christmas... then this is the tournament for you! The only blood bowl tournament where you can get mauled by both Santa Claws and Rude-Dolph!

We aim to offer a fun, inclusive and competitive experience to all our participants every year.

Tournament Details

Date: Saturday 30th November 2024

Time: 10.00 to 19.00

Location: West Calder Bowling Club, Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AH

Ruleset: Blood Bowl 2020

TO: Chris Rafferty (ChrisRaff88)

Price: £15

Lunch: Hot pies

Participation Gift: 2D6

Tournament Rules

At its core the tournament rules will follow current NAF guidelines for all NAF tournaments. Any changes made to these guidelines between now and one month prior to the date of the tournament will be incorporated into the tournament rules and notifications will be added to the MO's Jingle Bell Bowl Facebook Event page and website . Any changes made after one month before the tournament date will not be in effect within this tournament.

The tournament is a resurrection style tournament. This means that all rosters will be reset after each round. Your players will not gain any SPP throughout the matches, no casualties will continue into the next match and you will earn no additional income after matches.

Roster Creation

All tiers will be given a gold value of 1,150,000 gold crowns with which to create an initial roster. Star players are permitted and you may include these within your roster, however you must first have a roster of 11 standard players (non stars).

You may also spend a portion of your roster gold on inducements. More information on which inducements are permitted can be found in the inducement section.

No gold crowns are awarded to either team during the pre-match sequence. No leftover gold crowns may be spent on Inducements during the pre-match sequence. No gold crowns left over from the roster allowance can be used for skills.

Inducements

Permitted inducements are as follows:
● 0 - 2 Bloodweiser Kegs
● 0 - 3 Bribes
● 0 - 2 Wandering Apothecaries
● 0 - 1 Mortuary Assistant
● 0 - 1 Plague Doctor
● 0 - 1 Riotous Rookies
● 0 - 1 Biased Referee
● 0 - 1 Halfling Master Chef

Star Players

What star players are permitted? Good question! All star players that are included within the NAF guidelines and all current Spike Journals will be permitted within the tournament.

If two coaches are drawn against each other with the same Star on their rosters, both players are permitted to use them.

There is a maximum of one Star Player that may be rostered per team in tiers 4 to 6.

You must also have 11 rostered players first, before adding a star player to your roster.

Some star players that are eligible for selection are referred to as mega stars. Only tier 6 may take a Megastar. These mega stars are outlined below.

Race Tiers

This tournament is a tiered tournament. This places all of the races into tiers based on how competitive they are. The top tiers will gain less additional bonuses with the bottom tiers gaining more. This helps to try and level the playing field, allowing all races to be competitive within the tournament.

Each team has been assigned a tier as shown below

Tier 1

Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Lizardman, Shambling Undead, Underworld Denizens.

Tier 2

Amazon, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Wood Elf, Vampires

Tier 3

Elven Union, Human, High Elf, Khemri Tomb Kings, Khorne, Necromantic Horror.

Tier 4

Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Imperial Nobility, Slann.

Tier 5

Black Orc, Gnomes, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Snotling.

Tier 6

Halfling, Goblin, Ogre.

Aside from the starting base skills you will receive for each player on your roster, you will gain additional skill points to spend on player advances/skills and star players. The number and type (primary/secondary) of additional skills available to you is determined by the tier that your team is within. These skills must be chosen prior to the tournament and recorded within your roster. The additional skills must remain the same for every match within the tournament and cannot be altered at any time. In addition they cannot be altered after the roster submission date.

The following restrictions apply to your additional skills selection:

No player may be given more than one skill
No statistic increases may be taken
Star players on your roster may not be given an additional skill
No random skills

Special Star Players

The Jingle Bell Ball is a tournament like no other. As such there are 2 additional festive star players that can be purchased for your team. Santa Clawz and Rude-Dolph count as a star player for purposes of roster building and can be purchased as set out in the star player section. Like a star player they cost 3 skill points to purchase and only one can be purchased (if taking Santa Clawz or Rude-Dolph you cannot purchase another star). See their full rules below:

Santa Clawz

The first of two festive star players eligible for purchase in the Jingle Bell Bowl is Santa Clawz. His star player card can be found below:

Rude-Dolph

The second of two festive star players eligible for purchase in the Jingle Bell Bowl is Rude-Dolph. His star player card can be found to the right:

Santa Clawz FAQ

Q: Can Santa Clawz use his "Santa's Sack" special rule when holding the ball.

A: Technically yes he can, however it is not advisable. When using the "Santa's Sack" special rule, Santa Clawz turns into a fanatic for the turn. In doing so he loses all of his starting skills with these being replaced by the skills a Fanatic would have, Ball & Chain, Secret Weapon and No Hands. Therefore if Santa Clawz was carrying the ball, at the point "Santa's Sack" was used he would immediately drop the ball which would result in a turnover.

Full Rules Pack

Find the full rules pack for MO's Jingle Bell Bowl below.

Rules Pack

Sign up to the Jingle Bell Bowl

You can confirm your place by paying the ticket price (£15 for NAF members/£20 for non-NAF members) to mulligansopen@outlook.com via PayPal. Please pay for the ticket via friends and family.

Please include your NAF name, number and any dietary requirements in the payment information via Paypal.

We are now sold out! Thanks to everyone who has signed up. For those who missed out let me know if you would like to go on the reserve list.

Unfortunately due to the financial planning of running the event no refunds will be offered in the 3 months running up to the event (31st August). However you are welcome to pass on/sell your ticket if you are unabe to join us.

Sign Up List

0. ChrisRaff88/DionysisA18 (spare men)
1. Fullfatbeard
2. MarkyMarc
3. Purdindas
4. DoogleW
5. L0rdgibby
6. Gizmo3k
7. StripeyDave (v)
8. AMSFELD
9. Gerdleah
10. CursedofNuffle
11. SpaceGandalf
12. Stoddieboy
13. ThomasStevens
14. TheBunneh
15. Bolter
16. Fleetmacwood
17. HuntlyLoon
18. CaptainRedbeard
19. Actually_zod
20. fromherashes
21. Batch001
22. I_done_goofd
23. Badgie
24. Willpower
25. Mournival
26. Braggy
27. Phil78
28. DrDapertutto
29. Stretchit
30. JackH
31. Rosstopher (v)
32. Thundrick
33. Freefenrir
34. DaveGoodey
35. LordGarlack
36. LukeHayward
37. HotDiceHarrison
38. TheRealZerpo
39. Faeriequeenofalbion (v)
40. HobbitGoblin
41. FraserPlumb
42. Frank_Furter

43. Nitramuss

44. Shriyke

(L) Lactose Intolerant
(P) Pescatarian
(V) Vegetarian
(Vg) Vegan

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the event, please feel free to reach out at our email shown to the right.

mulligansopen@outlook.com