Rules Pack
Rosters are purchased with a treasury 1,150,000 gold crowns. Unspent gold crowns are lost and during the pre-match sequence no extra gold crowns are awarded for teams with a lower team value. However, teams can roster a selection of inducements as follows.
The following inducements are allowed for teams in all tiers:
Bloodweiser Kegs: 0-2
Mortuary Assistant: 0-1
Part-time Assistant Coach: 0-3
Plague Doctor: 0-1
Temp Agency Cheerleader: 0-4
Wandering Apothecary: 0-1
The following inducements are only allowed for Tier 3 teams:
Biased Referee: 0-1
Bribes: 0-3
Halfling Master Chef: 0-1
Riotous Rookies: 0-1
In addition to the starting skills on your roster all teams will have additional skills that they can add to their roster. Access to skills are split into 2 options and tiered as follows:
Tier 1 Option A: 6 Primary skills
Tier 1 Option B: 3 Primary Skills & 1 Star Player
Tier 2 Option A: 6 Primary skills, 1 Secondary skill
Tier 2 Option B: 3 Primary Skills, 1 Secondary skill & 1 Star Player
Tier 3 Option A: 6 Primary skills, 2 Secondary skills & 0-1 Star Players
Tier 3 Option B: 3 Primary Skills, 1 Secondary Skill and 2 Star Players
These additional skills are all allocated at the start of the tournament so they remain relevant for all 6 matches. The secondary skill(s) can be swapped to a primary skill if you wish. Skills are allocated as “new skill” rolls specified as either “primary” or “secondary” as per the Improvement Rolls table. You may only select one additional skill per player. There is no restriction to skill duplication i.e. you may give several different players the same skill if you wish. Statistic improvements and random skills cannot be selected.
Blood Bowl team races are split into the following 3 tiers:
Tier 1: Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Lizardman, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Wood Elf, Vampire
Tier 2: Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegade, Elven Union, High Elf, Human, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Necromantic Horror, Old World Alliance, Slann, Tomb Kings
Tier 3: Gnomes, Goblin, Halfling, Nurgle, Ogre, Snotling
Star Players
All rosters will have access to a reduced selection of star players. If you wish to bring a star player on your rosters select the appropriate option from the skill options listed above. Remember, you will reduce the number of additional skills that are available to you by selecting a star player.
When rostering a Star player the following rules must be followed:
You must first roster 11 regular players before adding a star player to your team.
0-1 star player can be rostered on teams listed in tier 1 or tier 2
0-2 star players can be rostered on teams listed in tier 3
Star players that are selected as a pair (such as the Swift Twins) count as 2 Star players for the purposes of availability.
If 2 coaches are drawn against each other with the same Star player on their roster, both players are permitted to use them.
Star players cannot be allocated additional skills
The following list of star players are NOT PERMITTED for selection by any team:
Bomber Dribblesnot
Cindy Piewhistle
Deeproot Strongbranch
Dribl and Drull
Estelle La Veneaux
Griff Oberwald
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Ivan ‘the Animal’ Deathshroud
Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger
Morg ’n’ Thorg
Skitter Stab Stab
Varag Ghoulchewer
Any star player released by Games Workshop after March 31st 2025
Tournament Scoring
After each round tournament points will be awarded as follows: Win: 2 points / Draw: 1 point / Loss: 0 points
When your game is complete you need to submit your results on this site. Please include your touchdowns and casualties and double-check the data, both coaches are responsible for the results slip. We will also have paper results slips as a backup should there be any technical difficulties. Only record casualties that would give Star Player Points, casualties causes by fouls, crowd pushes, failed dodges, bombs, stabs, chainsaws etc. do not count.
We will be using Tourplay to run the event (link coming soon)
What the coaches will need to bring:
Team painted to a tabletop standard (3 colours and a wash)
Any brand of team are okay to use as long as the team/players are nice and clear to your opponent.
Dice - Block, 2 D6 and a D8.
Pitch.
Device to run Tourplay on for the event.
Registration 09:30
Game 1 - 09:45 - 12:15
Lunch 30mins (included in the ticket price)
Game 2 - 12:45 - 14:15
Break 15mins
Game 3 - 14:30 - 17:00
Awards - 17:15 - 17:30