Mulligan's Open
Mulligan's Open is Scotland's largest blood bowl tournament. Mulligan's Open first opened its doors in March 2020 and welcomed 32 participants to the tournament. Fast forward to 2024 and we have just welcomed 85 participants to our first ever year as a NAF National event!
We are extremely happy to announce that Mulligan's Open will be Scotland's NAF National tournament in 2025. With this comes an ELO boost on all games at the tournament towards your NAF ranking! So if you haven't joined us before... now is a really good excuse to get in the action.
We aim to offer a fun, inclusive and competitive experience to all our participants every year.
Tournament Details
Date: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd March 2025
Time: 9.30 to 19.00 (Sat) and 9.30 to 18.00 (Sun)
Location: The Biscuit Factory, 4-6 Anderson Pl, Edinburgh EH6 5NP
Ruleset: Blood Bowl 2020
TO: Chris Rafferty (ChrisRaff88)
Price: £50
Lunch: TBD
Participation Gift: 2D6 + Custom Enamel Token
How to Sign Up to Mulligan's Open 2025
Mulligan's Open is now SOLD OUT!
To sign up to Mulligan's Open you must send your £50 ticket price to the Mulligan's Open PayPal account.
Payments should be made by PayPal via a friends and family (gift) payment please to the following address: mulligansopen@outlook.com
When sending the payment please provide the following details in the payment note:
- NAF name
- NAF number
- Contact email (to be used if any issues with rosters etc. emerge)
- Any dietary requirements you may have
Unfortunately refunds cannot be offered in the 4 months proceeding the tournament due to the financial planning involved in running a large event of this kind (1st November 2024).
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 two months prior to the date of the tournament will be incorporated into the tournament rules and notifications will be added to the Mulligan’s Open Facebook Event page and website . Any changes made after two months 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 equal to that shown within their tier level 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 with the exception of Mega 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 tier 4 through 6.
You must also have 11 rostered players first, before adding a star player to your roster.
Mega Star players are banned at Mulligan's Open 2025. These mega stars are outlined below.
Mega Stars
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Bomber Driblesnot
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Cindy Piewhistle
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Deeproot Strongbranch
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Dribl & Drull
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Estelle La Veneaux
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Griff Oberwald
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Hakflem Skuttlespike
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Ivan the Animal Deathshroud
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Kreek Rustgouger
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Morg ‘n’ Thorg
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Skitter Stab-Stab
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Varag Ghoulchewer
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Willhelm Chaney
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.
TV1150
Tier 2
Amazon, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Wood Elf, Vampires.
TV1160
Tier 3
High Elf, Human, Elven Union, Khemri Tomb Kings, Khorne, Necromantic Horror.
TV1170
Tier 4
Chaos Renegades, Imperial Nobility, Old World Alliance, Slann.
TV1180
Tier 5
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Gnomes, Nurgle. Snotling.
TV1190
Tier 6
Halfling, Goblin, Ogre.
TV1200
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:
● Tiers 3 to 6 may sacrifice 1 point to stack skills on players within their team. For example a Black Orc team would sacrifice one of their 10 points to stack two skills on two different players. This would cost a total of 5 points, one for the sacrifice to allow stacking then 2 points for each player with 2 skills. Likewise Goblins in tier 6 can sacrifice 1 point to stack two primary skills on three players This would total 7 points used from their 11.
● Tiers 4+5 may select one player to increase one statistic (points cost shown below). Tier 6 can increase one statistic on two players.
● Any stat increases taken must confirm with the maximum stat increase restrictions as displayed within the BB20 rulebook. Therefore MA10 Gutter Runners etc. will not be allowed.
● No player with a stat increase may take an additional skill
● Star players on your roster may not be given an additional skill or statistic increase
Sign Up List
Paid List:
1. Treborius
2. fiki
3. Gronov
4. Junior84
5. raiksnn
6. Dennisthemenace
7. Saebelsultan
8. HerrOster
9. Dakyrus
10. Yaghul
11. Kuei-Jin
12. Baki
13. Padster
14. MarkyMarc
15. Fullfatbeard
16. Sporran
17. Mournival
18. Keithabix
19. Stoddieboy
20. HighlandEnoch
21. Gerdleah
22. Bb_jock
23. LewishM
24. Xiao
25. I_done_goofd
26. Frank_Furter01
27. StripeyDave (V)
28. Amsfeld
29. Thundrick
30. Davidsaw
31. Greenbayhackers
32. Badgie
33. DaveGoodey
34. Shriyke
35. Bolter
36. Willpower
37. Fromherashes
38. Torquemada
39. Mefspores
40. Greenskinphil
41. Legion3780
42. Mortal_Wombat
43. Passable_painter
44. _the_ghost_
45. FairieQueenofAlbion (V)
46. Orcthadontist (V)
47. PBowman
48. MarzM (No mayo)
49. Philb3y
50. SpaceGandalf
51. L0rdgibby
52. Freefenrir
53. Gizmo3k
54. Hobbitgoblin
55. FraserP33
56. PeterStewart157
57. DoogleW
58. Codalunga (V)
59. CapnRedbeard
60. Actually_zod
61. Fleetmacwood
62. LordGarlack
63. Goldeneye
64. Grumpy Noodle
65. DionysisA18
66. Quick_Ben
67. JackH
68. Batusiagogo
69. Stuntedbrain
70. Nitramuss
71. Hipsterpotter
72. Spooner
73. Macster
74. Bucky1398
75. Dexterspaceport
76. Lpoolcookie
77. LukeHayward
78. Seduceroftrolls
79. BocanBanrigh
80. Darthmarty
81. CausticQ
82. Shipaz
83. Wynters_Dad (Vg)
84. Feasteater
85. Aldopagus
86. GingerTam
87. NeilGrubb
88. Purdindas
89. Breakmonker
90. Bashto
91. Haychdee
92, Punchymcragefists (Vg)
93. thulean
94. Scouseboy
95. Tommyboy80
96. Garrick
97. Batch001
98. Bazooka25
99. ThomasStevens
100. Candlejack
101. TheBunneh
102. jdempo
103. Conalmaker
104. McFaff
105. Edwith1D
106. Doogle666
107. StuntyJam
108. Camelchops
109. RangerOrric
110. Bembel
Reserve List:
1. Daemonfeuerkev
2. Station (Stephen)
3. Wootek
(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.