2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – RULEBOOK

The 2024 World Championship of Blood Bowl 3 will be starting the 27th of October. You can find below all the main rules of the tournament.

General Rules

The Confrontations must be played exclusively on Blood Bowl 3, on the current patch at the moment of the match.

In any case of rule difference between Blood Bowl 3 and Blood Bowl board game, the rule administered by the game system at the moment of the match prevails.

Any minor bug or issue happening during the match, that does not prevent the match from continuing must be accepted by the players and the match will continue.

Participants are responsible for the setup of their own game parameters, including video, audio, or which skills are set on manual or automatic for example.

In case of a crash affecting both players at the same time, which is not deliberately triggered by one player, the match will be replayed, regardless of the turn or the score at the moment of the crash.

In case of a crash on a single player’s side, the player will have to reconnect to the match, according to the time given by the in-game reconnection feature. If he does not reconnect in time, the player still connected in the match wins the match.

Tournament Administrators will always be as understanding as possible but have the power to disqualify a Participant if his behavior or actions are inappropriate, go against the good progress of the Tournament or are disrespectful against other individuals.

Any disrespect of the rules stated in this document would trigger at least a warning from the Administrators, and could lead to the disqualification of the Tournament, and up to the ban of Blood Bowl 3 and any future official Tournaments for major violation.

Administrators have the power to add any rule in addition to this document if they judge it important for the smooth running of the competition.

Qualification to the Tournament

The rank 1 of the Official Ladder of Blood Bowl 3 in Seasons 3, 4 and 5 receive a ticket. If he already owned a ticket, then the next Coach who does not already owned a ticket is qualified.

The 4 semi-finalists of the Official Ladder Playoff, also known as the Champions Cup, of Seasons 3, 4 and 5 receive a ticket. If a semi-finalist already own a ticket, the Coach he eliminated in quarter final receive the ticket. If this Coach already have a ticket also, then the best ranked Coach from the general ranking of the ladder who does not already own a ticket receives it.

The 38 private leagues that receive the status of Supported Competition for the 2024 period submit to the Organizer their tickets winners for the 2024 World Championship. Nacon has the final approval of the list of Coaches provided, verifying the eligibility of the Coaches.

Official Ladder, Official Ladder Playoff and Supported Competition applies the established rules to select a new ticket winner in case of a ineligibility or forfeit of a player before the 21^st of October 2024.

After this date, and before the end of the check-in phase, in case or forfeit or ineligibility of a Participant, a replacement Participant will be selected according to the general ranking of the Official Ladder of the last qualificative season (Season 5 here).

If the forfeit or ineligibility comes after the check-in phase, then the opponents of the missing Coach in the group phase will get an automatic wins of their match against him.

Check-in Period

Participants need to check-in, by joining the official Discord of the competition and following the check-in rules established there between the 21^st of October and the 24^th of October at 11:59pm UTC.

Failure to check-in in time, including roster validation, will lead to disqualification.

General Rules of the World Championship

Only the Participants that checked-in are allowed to play, with the account they checked-in. It is forbidden to have someone else playing your match at your place or to play it collectively.

The matches are played with:

• Resurrection mode is setup. There are no consequences for players after a match (ex: a dead player will come back available for the next match). Teams cannot be edited between matches.
• The “competitive” turn timer is set.
• Prayers to Nuffle for underdog are deactivated. Prayers to Nuffle remains possible with the “Cheering Fans” kick-off event.
• The “exhibition table” of the Prayers to Nuffle is activated
• No inducements allowed. The potential cash generated by the TV difference is a consequence of faction tiers and cannot be spent on anything by the Participants.
• No Star players or mercenaries are allowed.

Matches must be played in the right in-game competition, according to the information given by the Tournament Administrators.

Participants will organize their match by communicating with their opponent on the official Discord of the competition and will notify Tournament Administrators as soon at it is scheduled in the dedicated channel.

In case of difficulty to schedule a match, Participants need to contact Tournament Administrators, who will decide how to proceed.

Team Creation

Participants must create 1 new team each for the World Championship. They are the teams they will exclusively use during the entire Tournament.

Participants cannot use their teams in any other solo or multiplayer competitions in Blood Bowl 3 before final win or final elimination.

Players can create their team with any faction currently in Blood Bowl 3, including the 12 base factions and the factions added in Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Participants must create a team with the CUSTOM TEAM CREATION tool. They will spend the cash allowed according to the tier of their faction maximum, spending the money only on team players, re-rolls, apothecary, cheerleaders and Coach assistants. Any unused cash will be lost. It cannot be used for any inducement, star player or mercenary.

Participants can then add skills on their players according to the specific rules of their faction tier, specified below:

• Tier 1: Dwarf, Dark Elf, Lizardmen, Orc, Shambling Undead

Cash allowed: 1,150k

Skillset A: 6 primary skills

Skillset B: 4 primary skills + 1 secondary skill

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• Tier 2: Elven Union, Human, Underworld Denizens, Skaven, Necromantic Horror, Wood Elf

Cash allowed: 1,160k

Skillset A: 7 primary skills

Skillset B: 5 primary skills + 1 secondary skill

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• Tier 3: Nurgle, Black Orc, Chaos Chosen

Cash allowed: 1,170k

Skillset A: 7 primary skills + 1 secondary skill

Skillset B: 5 primary skills + 2 secondary skill

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• Tier 4: Old World Alliance, Imperial Nobility, Chaos Renegade, Halfling, Goblin

Cash allowed: 1,180k

Skillset A: 8 primary skills + 1 secondary skill

Skillset B: 6 primary skills + 2 secondary skill

Stacking 2 primary skills is possible on 1 player maximum, at the cost of 1 secondary skill (in addition to the 2 primary skills used on the player), only if our team is Tier 2, 3 or 4. Tier 1 teams are not allowed to stack skills. The secondary skill used to pay the stacking cost is lost.

Stacking the skill Dirty Player with the skill Sneaky Git is not allowed, even for players that already start with one or the other.

Any team not compliant with those rules and tiers skill set will lead its owner to be disqualified from the competition.

Before submitting their teams for final validation, Participants will choose all their players names and team customizations, as well as a team name.

Names of the team players and name of the team must be compliant with Blood Bowl 3 rules and should not be offensive or abusive.

Once their team is validated by the Tournament Administrators, players cannot add any additional skill on his team players or make any modification. He also cannot change players’ names or the name of the team anymore.

Please note again that inducements are NOT allowed in this competition. No money is allowed to be spent during the inducement phase. Any money not spent at the moment of the creation of the team will be considered lost.

Conceding is not allowed in the Tournament. Matches must be played from the first to the last turn of each Participants.

Steps to follow to get your team validated and to join the in-game competition will be specified by Tournament Administrators on the official Discord of the competition.

Group Stage

The 64 Participants will be divided in 16 groups, by a random draw that will takes place on Friday 25^th of October.

Each Participant will play 3 matches in their group. 1 against each other members of the group.

Matches will be played without overtime, meaning there can be draws.

Rank #1 and rank #2 of the group after the 3 matches move to the next stage. Rank #3 and rank #4 are eliminated from the Tournament.

The following factors will determine the rank in the group:

1. Score (3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss)
2. Higher number of wins
3. Higher number of touchdowns scored
4. Lower number of touchdowns conceded
5. In case of equality, after the 4 first factors, the ranking between Participants displayed in-game will not matter. Tiebreaker will be as follow:

In case of a tie between 2 Participants only:

1. Head to head – If the tie is between Participant A and Participant B, and Participant A won his group match against Participant B, then Participant A is ranked better.
2. If the head to head ended up as a draw during the group match, a decisive tiebreaker match with overtime activated is organized the next day.

In case of a tie between 3 Participants only:

1. A new ranking is established, counting only the matches between those 3 players, using the same factors than previously stated for the full group.
2. If 2 Participants remain tied, refer to the rules to untie 2 players. If the 3 Participants are still tied, tiebreakers matches will be organized as follows:
   1. If the tied Participants are fighting for rank #1 and for rank #2 of the group, 2 Participants will be randomly chosen. They will face each other in a match with overtime. The loser of the match faces the 3^rd Participant, who did not play in the previous match. The winners of the 2 matches are randomly declared rank #1 or rank #2 if they did not face each other in the tiebreaker match, or the winner of their tiebreaker match is declared rank #1 and the loser rank #2 is they did face each other, and they both advance to the next phase.
   1. If the tied Participants are fighting over the rank #2 of the group, 1 Participant will be randomly chosen. He will wait for a match with overtime between the 2 other Participants and will face the winner. The winner of this second match is declared rank #2 of the group and advances to the next phase.

In case of a tie between 4 Participants:

• Participants are randomly paired for a tiebreaker match. The 2 winners advance to the next phase. If the group match between the 2 winners was a draw, rank #1 and rank #2 are defined randomly, but if one the 2 did win the match, the winner is rank #1 and the other is rank #2.

Note that tiebreaker matches will not be made if it concerns only 2 Participants that are ranked #3 and #4 of the group as it will have no effect on the knock­out stage.

Each Confrontation must be played as a best of 1 match.

The group stage matches will be played at those dates:

Match 1 – From October 27^th to November 3^rd

Match 2 – From November 3^rd to November 9^th

Match 3 – From November 9^th to November 15^th

Tiebreaker matches – Between November 15^th and November 18^th

In case of Participants not able to play their match in time due to the unavailability of one of the Coaches, Tournament Administrators will define the winner of the match according to their understanding and judgement of the situation.

5.7. Final Phase (Knock-out)

32 Participants are still in the competition at this stage. They will be randomly seeded in a Tournament tree, with a round 1 following the rule that Participants who finished rank #1 of their group will face Participants who finished rank #2 of their group.

From this stage, Confrontations will be played in 2 matches + tiebreaker if necessary, as it follows:

• Match 1 is played without overtime.
• Match 2 is then played without overtime.

If one Participant won both matches or won one match and secured a draw for the other match, he is the winner of the Confrontation and moves to the next round. The loser is eliminated from the Tournament.

If both matches ended up in a draw, or if each player won one of the matches, then a 3^rd decisive tiebreaker match will take place, with overtime activated, and kicks as implemented in Blood Bowl 3 if players are still tied after the 24 turns. The winner of this match moves to the next round. The loser is eliminated from the Tournament.

The final phase (knock-out) matches will be played at those dates:

Round 1 – From November 18th to November 24th

Round 2 – From November 24th to December 1st

Quarterfinals – December 6^th, at the time defined by the organizer of the Tournament.

Semifinals – December 7^th, at the time defined by the organizer of the Tournament

Final and 3^rd place match – December 8^th, at the time defined by the organizer of the Tournament

The winner of the Final is declared World Champion and finished at the 1^st place of the Tournament.

The finalist of the Final finished at the 2^nd place of the Tournament.

The winner of the 3^rd place match finishes at the 3^rd place of the Tournament.

The loser of the 3^rd place match finishes at the 4^th place of the Tournament.

The 4 Participants who lost in the quarter finals finished 5^th to 8^th of the Tournament.