Tickets to be released February 2026.
Build & Format
Team Build: 1,100,000 gp
Format: Swiss pairing with Resurrection
Games: 3
Eligible teams: All teams listed in the Blood Bowl Third Season Edition Rulebook, and the Teams of Legend PDF published by Games Workshop.
Any new teams released by Games Workshop before the 15th June 2026 will be eligible for the event.
Schedule
1000 Registration
1015 Game 1
1245 Lunch
1315 Round 2
1545 Break
1600 Round 3
1830 End of Round 3 - Dice down!
1845 Awards
1900 Event Ends
Ruleset
The event will use the rules from the Blood Bowl Third Season Rulebook (BB2025) published by Games Workshop. Including all errata and FAQ documents released by Games Workshop up to the day of the event.
Rules Questions
Any rules queries that come up during the event that cannot be resolved between the two coaches may request a ruling from the tournament organiser.
Building your Team
Coaches have 1,100,000 gold pieces to hire a team of Blood Bowl superstars.
Any unspent gold will be lost.
Free Troll - Putting the Troll back into Troll Bowl!
Every team may add an Untrained Troll for free. Note that 11 rostered players (excluding Star Players) must be taken before the free Troll can be added to the roster.
Untrained Troll
4 5 5+ 5+ 10+
SKILLS & TRAITS
Always Hungry, Mighty Blow, Projectile Vomit, Really Stupid, Regeneration, Throw Teammate, Loner (4+)
The Free Troll cannot be given any additional skills.
Inducements
The following inducements can be taken for this event.
0-3 Bribes 100k (0-6 50k for teams with the Bribery and Corruption keyword)
0-1 Blitzer’s Best Keg 50k
0-6 Assistant Coaches 10k
0-6 Cheerleaders 10k
0-1 Apothecary 50k (can only be taken by teams who are normally permitted to do so)
0-3 Dedicated Fans 5k (All teams start with zero Dedicated Fans)
0-1 Halfling Master Chef 300k (100k for Halfling teams)
0-1 Riotous Rookies 150k (Teams with the Low Cost Lineman rule)
0-1 Team Mascot 25k
0-2 Star Players Can only be taken after 11 rostered players have been hired for your team
Additional Skills
Teams have a number of Skill Points to spend on additional Skills, Star Players and Mega-stars. The number of Skill Points available are based on the Tier of the team listed below.
Tier 1: 4 Skill Points - (Amazon, Dark Elf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Old World Alliance, Shambling Undead, Wood Elves)
Tier 2: 5 Skill Points - (Bretonnian, Chaos Dwarf, Dwarf, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Orc, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Underworld Denizens, Vampire)
Tier 3: 6 Skill Points - (Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Khorne, Snotling)
Tier 4: 7 Skill Points - (Gnomes, Goblin, Halfling, Ogre)
Skills Cost
Chosen Primary Skill: 1 Skill Point
Chosen Secondary Skill: 2 Skill Points
A player can only be given one additional skill. No characteristic increases can be taken.
The same additional Skill can only be taken a maximum of four times across the team.
Star Player Cost
Star Player: 3 Skill Points
Mega-star: 4 Skill Points
Mega-star List
Griff Oberwald
Hakflem Skuttlespike
H’Thark the Unstoppable
Ivan Deathshroud
Morg ‘n’ Thorg
Any unused Skill Points are lost.
Really Stupid Plays
Before each game, each coach must select one of 5 ‘Really Stupid’ Plays which they need to achieve to gain one additional tournament point. Each Really Stupid play can only be selected once during the event and must be selected and declared to your opponent before the start of the game.
Have one of your players sent off for Fouling - Your player must still be sent off after any Bribes or Argue the Call rolls.
Complete an Accurate Pass in your opponents half of the field - Both the passer and the receiver must be in your opponents half at the time of the completion. This does not include Throw team-mate.
Successfully pass the Really Stupid test with the free Troll without a teammate next to them
Successfully Jump a prone player during the game - Once the player successfully makes the landing, the objective is scored. Even if they fail another roll during the same activation.
Use a Team Re-roll in Turn 8 or Turn 16 - If you are lucky enough to not fail any rolls during the turn you always have the option to re-roll a success.
Tournament Scoring
30 Points for a Win
10 Points for a Draw
0 Points for a Loss
1 Point for each Successful Really Stupid Play
Tiebreakers
In the event of a tie on tournament points, the following tiebreakers will be used to determine the final standings for the event.
TD Difference
Casualties Difference
Most TD’s
Most Casualties
Roll off
Prizes
Champion - The coach with the most tournament points
Runner-up - The coach with the second most tournament points
Stunty Cup - The coach with the most tournament points using either Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Ogre or Snotling teams.
Most TD’s - The coach with the most touchdowns
Most Casualties (All casualties by any means suffered by your opponent counts) - The coach with the most casualties
Best Painted Troll - The miniature must be used during the event and must have been painted by the coach of the team.
OTT Award - Team with the most One Turn Touchdowns
Wooden Spoon - The coach with the least tournament points