Miniature Mad Men presents... Blood Bowl: Fields of Malines
On Sunday August 31st M³ organises their anual Blood Bowl Event, in association with De Spelfanaat.
Welcome to Fields Of Malines IV *Group Project Edition* - A ‘Back To School’ Blood Bowl Team Tournament! Teams of three will battle it out—because nothing says chaos like shared responsibility. Each coach's performance adds to the final grade, so no slacking off! Succeed together, fail together… just like real school group work. Let’s see who graduates with honours—and who ends up in detention!
Registration
Entrance fee is 20€ pp.
When transferring the money, please add a notice with “FOM” + your full name
The account is: Tommy Van der Kuylen BE26 0689 0603 8429
Your registration includes 3 games of Blood Bowl, a croque lunch and encouragements and/or reprimands as necessary by the tournament organizer.
Registration limit is 14 teams of 3 coaches.
If you want to join but do not have a team, contact the TO so we can try to find you 2 other LFG coaches.
If you have gathered your fellow coaches, fill in this google forms so we can process your registration:
https://forms.gle/J29HJpjc49foYr7w8
Location
The location is the playhall behind De Spelfanaat in Mechelen (entrance through the shop), where consumptions will be available at affordable pricing! Bringing your own beverages is therefore not allowed.
At lunchtime we will provide croques, included in the entrance fee. Any dietary requirements can be mentioned in the remarks part of the registration form.
Schedule
Game 1: 9.30-12.00h
Lunch: 12.00-12.30h
Game 2: 12.30-15.00h
Game 3: 15.15-17.45h
Price ceremony: 17.45-18.00h
Rules
This is a 3-game event between squads of 3. For the first round opponents will be drawn at random and subsequent rounds will be Swiss-paired.
Squads are made up of 3 coaches - Each Squad brings 3 Blood Bowl teams, consisting of 1 team from tier 1; 1 team from tier 2; and 1 team from tier 3.
After each round races are switched between squad-mates. Each Coach will play each team they bring once over the three games of the event. Order of play amongst the squad is decided before the event.
Round One
Player A coaches Tier 1 race
Player B coaches Tier 2 race
Player C coaches Tier 3 race
Round Two
Player A coaches Tier 2 race
Player B coaches Tier 3 race
Player C coaches Tier 1 race
Round Three
Player A coaches Tier 3 race
Player B coaches Tier 1 race
Player C coaches Tier 2 race
In round one pairings of opposing teams will be random. In rounds two and three we will use a Swiss system to determine pairings. Board order will be decided by the results of previous rounds. The highest placed coach within the squad will sit at board one and the lowest at board three.
Tiers
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizen, Wood Elf, Orc
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Slann, Tomb King, Vampire
Tier 3: Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling, Gnome
This rulespack will be updated if Games Workshop release or change team rules before 1st August 2025.
Team Building
You have a budget of 1,150k gp to purchase your team, rerolls, coaching staff and and allowed inducements. This is a Swiss style resurrection tournament. Any players gained during a match do not carry over to the next (eg Raise the dead or Nurgle’s Rot)
Tier 1 Teams - 6 skill points, no secondaries
Tier 2 Teams - 8 skill points, max 1 secondary
Tier 3 Teams - 10 skill points, max 2 secondaries
Primary skills cost one skill point. Secondaries cost two. No skill stacking.
Teams may add star players to their team after 11 regular players are rostered.
Non-mega Stars have a tax of 3 Skill Points in addition to their hiring fee.
Mega Stars are banned at this event.
List of (forbidden) Mega Stars
Bomber Dribblesnot
Cindy Piewhistle
Deeproot Strongbranch
Dribl and Drull
Griff Oberwald
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger
Skitter Stab-Stab
Ivan ‘The Animal’ Deathshroud
Morg ‘n’ Thorg
H'thark the Unstoppable
Varag ghoulchewer
Allowed Inducements
0-1 Weather Mage for 30k, available to all teams.
0-2 Bloodweiser Kegs for 50k each, available to all teams.
0-3 Bribes for 100k each, or 50k each for "Bribery and Corruption" teams.
0-1 Josef Bugman for 100k, available to all teams.
0-1 Mortuary Assistant for 100k, available to teams with the "Sylvanian Spotlight" special rule.
0-1 Plague Doctor for 100k, available to teams with the "Favoured of Nurgle" special rule.
0-2 Wandering Apothecaries for 100k each, available to teams that can include an apothecary.
0-1 Master Chef for 300k, or 100k for Halfling teams
0-1 Riotous Rookies for teams with Low Cost Linemen
0-2 Star Players
Highlander Rule - If both teams have hired the same star players then neither may use them for that match.
Scoring
Major Win (2+TD) - 51 points
Minor Win (1TD) - 50 points
Draw - 20 points
Minor Loss (1TD) - 1 point
Major Loss (2+TD) - 0 points
Squad scores will be the sum of individual points scored in the round.
Tiebreakers
Combined TD and CAS
Head to Head Record
This is a NAF-approved event.
Also check out other Sports events in Mechelen, Workshops in Mechelen.
