Waikikamukau
On certain mornings, as the first rays of light radiate from the dawning sun, a long white cloud can be glimpsed in the distance over the rippled blue waters off the coast of the Southern Wastes. Tormented by the stifling heat and relentless dry winds turning their skin to leather, the Blood Bowl tragics are contemplating an off-season going to seed and withering like weeds under a good dose of 'Roundup".

Then one day in late December, a voice is heard drifting over the waves.
"Cricky dick! Bro, stop stuffing ya face with greasies and come here. Can't be sure based on the togs, but there is some pakeha cuz over other side."
"Sheez Bro, you ain't wrong."
"Now that Chrissy is done, you think that they might be wanting a tiki tour over here and play some Bloodbowl?"

The sun-addled brains absorbed the word 'Bloodbowl,' triggering an involuntary response. Before you could say, "couldn't see the road to the dunny if it had red flags on it," all the blokes and mates got a into g, grabbed their gummies went sailing off to Aotearoa to find Waikikamukau and play Bloodbowl in cooler climes.

"Sweet as. Hey bro, rattle your dags and make sure the chilly bin is chocka with L&P, get your nana to jack up some savs and pavs, and don't forget the chocolate fish from the dairy. This going be a piss up large, so better make sure that zambuck is around in case some dag carks it"

The Waikikamukau Bloodbowl Festival.

Rules.

Open to all SWL teams, new and old, not currently playing in SWL proper. No TV limit and no age limit, so whether you are an LRB4 legendary team or a CRP rookie, you are welcome.

Format. Swiss chess scheduled rounds with seeding based on TV with overtime to avoid draws. Basically, the meaner and nastier you are, the more likely you will play together for the first couple of rounds.

The festival will use all the optional rules for Claw, Piling On, Right Stuff, Sneaky Git, and Stand Firm. So any dirty fouling 'flings and more than welcome to come and put the boot in.

The festival management has done a great deal with the local wizarding guild and got them to sponsor each game with some special items. This is pot luck, but every team will receive 100 gold to spend with the guild on CARDS before each match.

Prizes are to be determined, but as with all festivals, everyone is a winner.

Sign up here, post here and lets have a great off season blast before SWL starts afresh in 2017

The Waikikamukau Festival kicks off on Boxing Day!! 26th of December, the day after Christmas ;-)

THE THUNDERDOME
- AN SWL MAJOR


"Listen on! Listen on! This is the truth of it. Fighting leads to killing, and killing gets to warring, and that was damn near the death of us all. Look at us now, busted up and everyone talking about the Great War! But we've learned! By the dust of them all, we've learned. Now, when men get to fighting, it happens on the pitch, and it finishes on the pitch! Two teams enter; one team leaves."



WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THUNDERDOME!

⏳ Post your team below by August 11th @ 7pm (Sydney time) to apply

Another year has passed, and it is back!

After two hard years on the Thunder Road, Fringetown has this year decided to open the gates to any team that dares enter!.

REIGNING CHAMPS: FREEZY TREES (ramchop)





TOURNAMENT BRIEF

1. • A Fumbbl tourney for the Australasian time zones with weekly rounds
   • Open for any [L]eague team of the default ruleset, new or old (not open to active SWL teams, unless leaving SWL proper)
   • Max roster size: 14 players
   • Three rounds Swiss with overtime; then top half (rounded up to 2, 4, 8, etc.) plays TV-seeded King of the Hill. The winner plays the reigning Thunderdome Champions. The bottom team in the Swiss stage will have to face The Wheel (read on, read on)
   • No extensions
   • Banned Sneaky Gits goes to KO box
   • All teams receive 300k extra inducement money allowance for each game, to be spent like this:
   50k to be spent on 1 Dirty Trick
   100k to be spent on bribe(s)
   150k that must be spent on a player(s) with the Secret Weapon Skill (including Mercs with SW like Loonies and Deathrollers)
   • You must spend as much of the 150k in this way as possible, and you can also add other (regular) inducement cash to hire, for instance, a Mercenary Deathroller. Any spare money after your maxed out secret weapon purchases may be spent as normal
   • Note: Elves not having access to Secret Weapons, must instead spend this 150k on a combination of Cards/Apothecary/Babes/Bribes
   • Take care getting the inducement buying phase right!
   • If mistakes are made during the inducement phase, you can have the game restarted by Fumbbl staff (i.e., ramchop ;-))

DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!!

... unless you want to know all about the prizes, the fluff, the secret weapons, and the rostered star players.




STAGES
The tournament has three stages.

1. Thunderdome Swiss
   Thunderdome Knockouts
   The Thunderdome Final
   

WHAT IS THUNDERDOME?
A tournament in Fringetown (aka godforsaken place) named after the local Blood Bowl stadium. A slightly oval-shaped astrogravel pitch, with a massive overbuilt steel dome that spectators climb onto.

Fringetown (aka filthy pit of swine) has rigged the Thunderdome with all kinds of traps and weapons. They have also rigged the draw -- making sure the biggest teams face off towards the end of the knockouts.

Note: The Champions don't compete in the tourney and are automatically qualified for the Thunderdome Final. If the Champions are unavailable, the last game of the Thunderdome Knockouts doubles as the Thunderdome Final. The reigning champion may enter a new team in the tournament. However, this means forfeiting their chance to defend the title.

***Did you know...
When the Thunderdome hosted the final of the Big Guy Cup between two local ogre teams, the Big'un Bogans and the Bogan Bigwunz, the game had to be suspended at halftime as the entire Thunderdome collapsed under the weight of several hundred cheering ogre fans climbing back on after their half time snacks. They played the second half a whole year later. Then as a Goblin 7s game.





THE FINAL
"Two teams with a gutful of fear!
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,
dying time's here!!

This is the fight for the Grand Prize. The reigning champions compete to keep their prize for another year, while the challengers will be trying to take it off of them.

The loser must get ready to Face the Wheel!





GRAND PRIZE

1. • Avoid Wheel
   • 100,000 gold coins
   • Gain the service of Master Blaster* as long as the team remains Champions
   • A permanent Secret Weapon of choice on a player of choice** (and no SW skill***)

* They come as a pair, and you must take both. Should one of them leave (retired), the other will follow
** You cannot pick Master Blaster
*** The Southern Wastes respect the Thunderdome champions, and referees won't ban this Secret Weapon player





SECRET WEAPON PRIZE
WEAPON SLOTS SKILLS
Ball & Chain* 1+ ST7, Ball & Chain, No Hands
Blunderbuss 4 HMP, Pass, Strong Arm, Sure Hands
Bombardier** 2 Bombardier, Accurate
Chainsaw 1 Chainsaw
Hidden Blade 1 Stab
Pogo Stick 3 Leap, Very Long Legs, Sprint
Stilts 2 Leap, Very Long Legs

*B&C gives ST 7 and caps player to MA 4 (can be increased later). The number of skill slots varies on starting strength.
**Caps player to AG 3. You cannot give it to a player with Pass access.




ROSTERED STAR PLAYERS PRIZE
"The little one is called Master. He's the brains. He runs Underworld.
The other one is Blaster. He's the muscle.
Together they can be very powerful."

Master

Halfling Chieftain
MA5 ST1 AG3 AV7
Dodge, Leader, Right Stuff, Side Step, Stunty
TV 50,000

Blaster

Human Blocker
MA4 ST4 AG2 AV9
Bone-head*, Block, Disturbing Presence, Fan Favourite, Guard, Thick Skull, Throw Team-Mate
TV 180,000
* represents Blaster's only weakness.




THE WHEEL
"Bust a Deal and face the Wheel.

Justice is just a roll of the dice. A flick of a coin. A turn - of the Wheel."

Fringetown will punish the losing finalist AND the bottom team of the Swiss stage with one of the following (roll a d10):

1. 1) Death - team loses two random players
   2) Hard Labour - 2 random players gets -AV and Thick Skull*
   3) Amputation - 2 random players get No Hands
   4) Underworld - 2 random players get Bone-head + Disturbing Presence**
   5) Forfeit Goods - remove treasury from team
   6) Gulag - team exiled from Fringetown (can never re-enter this tourney)
   7) Spin Again - re-roll the result
   8] Imprisonment - all players get MNG
   9) Acquittal - all players go free
   10) The Fringe chooses - limited time forum poll for the appropriate punishment

* permanently weakened physique but mentally strong after hard labor
** reeking and traumatized after repeated pig torture