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DRAFT ORDER

1. Rhaphen Pillagers - Burk - A1 Dodge
2. Teclis'ulor Cancer - Weav - A2 Dodge 
3. Keepers of the Garden - sbr - G2 Block 
4. Nagash Numbskulls - savion47 - A4 Dodge
5. Red Port Snakers - Maxwell Christian
6. Death Bed Friendlies - Amado
7. The Brothers Stout - scotthartman
8. Blood River Reavers - kb10r 
9. Hope Springs Heckions - jollyork
10. Silverspire Musket Balls - ninefinger
11. Forever 7's Krooked Kuntz - Rogre

A1 and A2 taken, will @sbr take A4 and derail @savion47's plans?? 🙂

Just now, savion47 said:

I thought Burk already took Block. I will happily take Block in he doesn't. Much rather have that.

His first post was a joke, made before the draft order was posted. And it shows how easy it is to cause confusion without the Official Selection Process Format. 🙂

1 minute ago, Amado said:

Oh, so why is there a Value Increase listing for Unavailable skill, with Mutations given as a specific example?

For future Special Events. 

@Weav @Amado @savion47 @Burk @scotthartman @sbr @ninefinger @kb10r @Maxwell Christian @ROGRE

The draft order has been posted. Coach Burk is up first! 

REMEMBER: if your post does not comply with the SKILL DRAFT PROCESS, your selection will be voided and at the conclusion of the draft you will receive a random skill selection assigned to a random player on your roster. 

30 minutes ago, ninefinger said:

Okay, but what’s the narrative reason that there are these mutations floating around in the Borderlands?   

See Step 2 of the selection process. The skill assignment must be legal, so a coach can give it to a player with Primary or Secondary access to Mutations. We have a Chaos Chosen and Skaven team in the league. 

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DRAFT DAY! 
Any team with a complete and legal roster entered into the Sevens League Team Roster file by June 15 11:59 PM PST will be entered into the Pre-Season Skills Draft (see LEAGUE NIGHT BONUS SKILLS DRAFT in the league rules). Since no team will have any League Points, the draft order will be random. Any team without a legal roster will not be eligible to draft a skill. Each coach may select one skill from the draft pool and assign it to any player on their team roster. 

@Weav @Amado @savion47 @Burk @scotthartman @sbr @ninefinger @kb10r @Maxwell Christian @ROGRE

SKILLS DRAFT PROCESS

1. Review the list of Skills available in the Draft Pool 
2. When it is your turn in the order, post to this thread with your selection and player assignment
   1. NOTE: the assignment must be legal (ie, the player must have either Primary or Secondary access to the skill) 
3. Your post MUST include:
   1. ID (listed to the left of the skill in the pool)
   2. Skill
   3. Assigned Player (roster number and name) 
   4. Value Increase
   5. Example: A3, Jump Up, #7 Gladys McFanny, +20K 
4. You may post your selection out of order, but your choice may be voided by a coach earlier in the draft order
   1. Your post may include an alternate selection (for example, if you're going to be unavailable all day) 
5. The draft closes at 11:59 PM PT the same day the pool is posted 
6. Any coach who did not make a selection during the draft time will have a skill randomly selected and randomly assigned to player on their team roster
7. YOU are responsible for updating your team roster correctly, including the new Player Value and Team Value 

QUICK REFERENCE - VALUE INCREASES 
All Drafted skills are considered to be Chosen skills for Value Increases. The total Value Increase is based on the normal access for the player selected. 

Chosen Primary skill: +20,000 gp
Chosen Secondary skill: +40,000 gp
Chosen Unavailable* skill: +40,000 gp

*Unavailable skill is one the player would not normally be able to get; for example, a Mutation or Trait. 

DRAFT POOL
In case you're wondering, these are generated randomly using a Google Sheet RANDBETWEEN() function . 

DRAFT ORDER

1. Rhaphen Pillagers - Burk
2. Teclis'ulor Cancer - Weav
3. Keepers of the Garden - sbr
4. Nagash Numbskulls - savion47
5. Red Port Snakers - Maxwell Christian
6. Death Bed Friendlies - Amado
7. The Brothers Stout - scotthartman
8. Blood River Reavers - kb10r 
9. Hope Springs Heckions - jollyork
10. Silverspire Musket Balls - ninefinger
11. Forever 7's Krooked Kuntz - Rogre

W00t! All rosters have been completed and validated! Nice work, coaches. We're already off to a great start (nevermind this is Blood Bowl and soon we'll all be whining about dice rolls and dead players). I am excited for the opening kickoff next week at Game Night. 

Here is our upcoming schedule of events: 

-Tuesday, June 15: With all the rosters done, I will post the pool of skills for the first Draft today, along with the complete process for drafting. 
-Wednesday, June 16: The draft thread will open and include the draft order (random for this first pre-season draft). Coaches will post their skill selection and player assignment in the thread. 
-Thursday, June 17: I will post the Results Form instructions. This is a Google Form that must be used to submit match results for each game you play. I will share it via the same email you sent me for the Roster Sheet. 
-Tuesday, June 22: Opening Night at the Ordo Clubhouse! 

Just now, sbr said:

Is the skill draft an in person or online event?

Online. The draft pool will be posted each Wednesday along with the draft order (random for this first draft). 

League status update: 1 day to go to get your rosters in for the first League Draft! We've seen great participation so far, with just a couple of coaches waiting until the final moments to get those rosters finalized. Other than them, we just need a team name from Burk for his Norse raiders, who are likely feeling the heat so far south of their frozen homeland. 

Looks like Amado and I will be feeding this league of bruisers with CAS points. 🙂

22 hours ago, ninefinger said:

As a tangent, has anybody talked about being able to use the cursed city map components for DungeonBowl?  Seems like they could work pretty well, and theres even a deck of cards for random generation needs.

With the way GW has expanded and exploded all of their games in so many directions, including revisiting every piece of nostalgia from the beginnings of the company, I am inclined to believe the original Dungeonbowl will make a comeback, and not just the last version of "it's BB played in an underground stadium." 🙄

Great question, and I will add this to the League Rules.

All Drafted skills are considered to be Chosen skills for Value Increases. The total Value Increase is based on the normal access for the player selected. 

Chosen Primary skill: +20,000
Chosen Secondary skill: +40,000
Chosen Unavailable* skill: +40,000

*Unavailable skill is one the player would not normally be able to get; for example, a Mutation or Trait. 

@Weav @Amado @savion47 @Burk @scotthartman @sbr @ninefinger @kb10r @Maxwell Christian @ROGRE

The season kickoff is quickly approaching! All of you have been sent a Share link to the Rosters doc (if you have not received it, be sure to PM me with your email address). To make sure we're all set for the season opener on June 22, and to work out any kinks with the rosters and the Draft Rules, we're having out first league Special Event: Draft Day! 

DRAFT DAY! 
Any team with a complete and legal roster entered into the Sevens League Team Roster file by June 15 11:59 PM PST will be entered into the Pre-Season Skills Draft (see LEAGUE NIGHT BONUS SKILLS DRAFT in the league rules). Since no team will have any League Points, the draft order will be random. Any team without a legal roster will not be eligible to draft a skill. Each coach may select one skill from the draft pool and assign it to any player on their team roster. 

@Weav @Amado @savion47 @Burk @scotthartman @sbr @ninefinger @kb10r @Maxwell Christian

I have created a simple Google doc for entering your team rosters and managing them during the season. Given the simplified team progression rules of Sevens, I stripped out all the fancy stuff that a lot of BBS2 rosters have built in to make is quick and easy for us to update. 

Please PM me the email address you would like a Share link sent to. It is a Google Sheet, so you will need to be able to use Google docs with that address. 

This sounds like a lot of Mathammer for Blood Bowl, not to mention Sevens. In game 1, when you lose both your best players to failed Rush rolls... you will remember what game you're playing. 

Here's a fun Human roster: 

Ogre (140) 
3 Halflings (90) 
3 Linemen (150) 
1 Re-roll (100) 
5 Dedicated fans (100) 
Total: 600

Feeling cute, might pick some pus boils with this: 

1 Rotspawn (140)
2 Bloaters (230) 
4 Rotters (140) 
4 Dedicated Fans (80) 
Total: 590 

Slow, smelly, and sloppy! 

@Weav @Amado @savion47 @Burk @scotthartman @sbr @ninefinger @kb10r

Here are the 7s roster rules (DZ p91). Let's have some fun and get some rosters posted for critique and trash talk! 
(I'll put these in the header post as well for reference) 

BLOOD BOWL SEVENS ROSTER RULES 

• TEAM DRAFT BUDGET: 600,000 gp
• NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 7 minimum, 11 maximum
• JOURNEYMEN: (allowed during season play), replace Loner (4+) with Loner (5+) 
• PLAYER POSITIONS
  • LINEMEN (0-12 or 0-16 position): unlimited
  • OTHER POSITIONS AND BIG GUYS: maximum 4 (restricted by normal team roster limits) 
• PURCHASING TEAM RE-ROLLS 
  • 0-6 re-rolls can be purchased during Team Draft  
  • Cost is double normal cost (and adds double value to Team Value) 
  • Additional re-rolls can NOT be purchased during season 
• HIRING SIDELINE STAFF 
  • 0-3 ASSISTANT COACHES: 20,000 gp each 
  • 0-6 CHEERLEADERS: 20,000 gp each 
  • 0-1 APOTHECARY: 80,000 gp 
  • All can be purchased during season
• DEDICATED FANS 
  • All teams start with 1 (and will never fall below 1) 
  • 0-5 additional: 20,000 gp each (only available when team is drafted) 
  • If you have not yet played BB2020, know that Dedicated Fans = income and are very important! 

21 hours ago, kb10r said:

I thought about running Ogres for fun, but the loss of "Riotous Rookies" in 7's made Snotling spam hard to do.

That does seem like an ironic change for 7s. 

We're up to 9 teams! Come join the party, you other BB-ers. 7s is a great way to learn the game and/or improve your skills without the crutch of Rerolls. 🙂

On 5/28/2021 at 2:22 AM, Raindog said:

Okay Nerf Herders and Doom Callers, I received the first half of my order from Scott today. I am super happy with the result and want more. I fronted the cost for a few STL files ($3 is stupidly cheap) and will do it again. Please use Scott for your 3D printing needs. 

 

Pics or it didn't happen 

On 5/30/2021 at 3:55 PM, scottshoemaker said:

I’d play but I need a way to keep track of player skills on the pitch

I know a guy... 

7 minutes ago, Amado said:

the Death Bed Friendlies - Snotlings

 

These enthusiastic Daemons of Nurgle are just happy to be here - literally, given that most leagues maintain discriminatory rules requiring players to have "actual, objective, and verifiable physical existence on the material plane." Thanks to the looser bookkeeping in the Border Princes, this mob of Nurglings is finally leaving the Realm of Chaos for a chance to play games, make friends, and most importantly, have fun! They're chaperoned by (Lesser) Great Unclean Ones, who unfortunately have little interest in Blood Bowl, and are liable to be distracted by the entertaining antics of their adorable cousins.

I cannot wait to see this team! 

Official rules and signups for the league are up in this post. Join in the fun and mayhem!