Build & Format
Team Build: 1,000,000 gp
Format: Swiss pairing with Resurrection
Games: 3
Eligible teams: All teams listed in the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition Rulebook, Spike! Publications and the Teams of Legend PDF published by Games Workshop. Slann can also be used (Slann roster: https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/rules-for-naf-tournaments-2023/).
Any new teams released by Games Workshop before the day of the event will be eligible for the event. Also, any changes to existing teams before the event will be the eligible roster.
Before the event
We will be using Tourplay for this event. Please register and create your team via the link below including your NAF coach details by Wednesday 29th January 2025.
What you need on the day
- A mobile phone or tablet/ laptop capable of running Tourplay. Troll Trader will have guest Wifi available.
- Miniatures representing your team
- Blood Bowl block dice + 2D6 + 1D8 + 1D16
- Counters/tokens to indicate rerolls/turn/score
- Pitches and Scatter, Throw-in and Passing Templates will be provided on the Day
Schedule
1000 Registration
1030 Game 1
1245 Lunch
1330 Round 2
1545 Break
1600 Round 3
1815 End of Round 3 - Dice down!
1830 Awards
1900 Event Ends
Ruleset
The event will use the rules from the Blood Bowl Second Season Rulebook (BB2020) 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 1,000,000 gold pieces to hire a team of Blood Bowl superstars. Teams are to be built following the team building rules detailed in the BB2020 rulebook (Pg 101).
Any unspent gold will be lost.
Free Beer!
Every team has a free Bloodweiser Keg for the tournament.
Inducements
The following inducements can be included in the team build for this event.
0-1 Halfling Master Chef 300k (100k for Halfling teams)
0-3 Bribes 100k (50k for teams with the Bribery and Corruption keyword)
0-1 Bloodweiser Keg 50k
0-6 Assistant Coaches 10k
0-12 Cheerleaders 10k
0-1 Apothecary 50k (can only be taken by teams who are normally permitted to do so)
0-5 Dedicated Fans 10k (All teams start with zero Dedicated Fans)
0-1 Riotous Rookies 100k (Available to Ogre and Snotling teams only)
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: 6 Skill Points - (Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elves)
Tier 2: 7 Skill Points - (Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Nurgle, Old World Alliance, Slann, Tomb Kings, Vampire)
Tier 3: 8 Skill Points - (Gnomes, Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling)
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 twice across the team.
Star Player Cost
Star Player: 3 Skill Points
Mega-star: 4 Skill Points
Mega-star List
Bomber Dribblesnot
Cindy Piewhistle
Deeproot Strongbranch
Griff Oberwald
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger
Morg ‘n’ Thorg
Any unused Skill Points are lost.
Additional Tournament Rules
The Prayers to Nuffle table for Exhibition Play will be used for this event (Rulebook Pg 103).
Miniatures and Painting your team
All miniatures are to be recognisable and distinguishable as the positions on the team. All skills are to be clearly marked. Painted miniatures are not required but it is strongly encouraged.
For a team to be eligible for the Best Painted Award, they must have been painted by the coach at the event, and to have been used on the day. The award will be assessed by an independent judge appointed by the tournament organiser. The award will be made based on the overall presentation of the team including the bases and any presentation boards.
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.
1. Have one of your players sent off for Fouling - Your player must still be sent off after any Bribes or Argue the Call rolls.
2. 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.
3. Rush successfully three times in one turn
4. 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.
5. 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
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
Stunty Cup - The coach with the most tournament points using a Tier 3 team
Best Painted Team - The team 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
Note: Only 1 prize will be awarded per coach.