| On April 26, 2014 the premier Blood Bowl tournament in Texas returned to Austin for its second year. For its second installment the number of coaches grew to 18, representing 5 states from as far away as Wisconsin! Throughout the day the coaches clashed for 4 games of Texas style Blood Bowl.The tournament included such custom Texas themed touches as a custom Texas weather, special rules for “R.O.T. themed” star players and its very own R.O.T.y Starhoof, a Pestigor based star player that comes with Block, Frenzy, Foul Appearance, Fan Favorite and of course Loner. The Tournament was also infected with the Texas R.O.T. which gave one player before each game Foul Appearance for the remainder of the tournament, depending on the result of the last match it was random or coaches choice. The full rules pack can be found here. | |
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Every coach was given a set of custom R.O.T. Cup Dice, and a set of R.O.T. Cup game markers (Turn, Score, 4x RR, and a Leader). There were also loads of prizes, awards and trophies. Most of the prizes were given away for accomplishing in game feats, such as the next Casualty, next Double Skull taken, Completed Pass for a TD, etc. All coaches were entered into a drawing for a full pro painted Siringit Team (courtesy of RedOrc (Nathan Kichline) and Impact Miniatures). |
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This year’s attendees included many of last year’s award winners including the 2013 Champion cyberedelf, Dean Piper. But after a Texas sized day of brutal fun, Rodney_Dangerfield AKA John Stevens’s Necromantic squad “Ork’n Dead” came out on top, also taking home the “Not from Around These Parts” Award for traveling the furthest, all the way from Wisconsin. |
So what was the custom Texas weather?
Special d8 weather table, it seems:
1 Frozen Texas Ground: +1 to ALL Armor Rolls. “Texas: the only place where you can get a sun tan and frostbite in the same day”.
2 Texas Mud: -1 to ALL Armor Rolls “Everything is bigger and better in Texas, even the mud”
3-6 Perfect Texas Day: Same as “Nice” “A perfect day in Texas for Blood Bowl”.
7 Refreshing Texas Breeze: All Passing Rolls are -1 and all KO Rolls are +1. “Nothing is better on a hot Texas day than a nice breeze”.
8 Rowdy Texas Crowd: Moving from any space adjacent to the crowd requires a Dodge roll, but the crowds do not exert a tackle zone for the space being Dodged into. “Don’t mess with Texas, especially our sports fans”.
The weather was brutal for the Wood Elf Players, as both Game 1 and Game 2 started with Frozen Ground. So they were getting armor broken on 7’s.