Glasbowl 2026
Glasbowl is back for 2026! We will be returning to the QMU for another day of dice, drink and disasters. With a full days blood bowl and a heap of prizes on offer who could resist signing up for Glasgows wildest blood bowl event?!
When/Where
- Date: 25th July 2026
- Venue: QMU Glasgow, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QN
- Cost: £17.50 (+£5 for new NAF registration)
- Payment: Via PayPal to GlasbowlBB@Gmail.com. Please include your NAF name in the payment notes; if a new NAF member mention this and include your real name.
- Lunch: This payment includes a pizza lunch. Please let the organiser know in your payment note of any dietary requirements - all can be catered for. There are also countless restaurants and takeaways nearby if you feel extra peckish.
Schedule
- 9:30 AM - Registration
- 10:00 - Game 1
- 12:15 - Lunch + Painting competition
- 13:00 - Game 2
- 15:30 - Game 3
- 18:00 - Awards
Games will last 2 hours 15 minutes. If you think you will struggle to play within this time please use a chess clock app on your phone or similar.
What to Bring
- A copy of roster
- Models for any player on your roster
- 3 block dice, 2D6, 1d8 and 1D16
- Pitch if possible (preference on smaller pitches and BB2020 dugouts)
Rules
Roster Creation
- Each team has a sum of GP based on their tier (see below) to spend on roster creation and must hire a minimum of 11 players.
- Any GP unspent at roster creation is lost and all teams are considered to have the same Current Team Value (CTV) for the purpose of inducements.
- This is a resurrection tournament: no SPP is gained, and injuries or deaths do not carry on from one game to the next.
- Players added to a team roster mid-game as a result of the Masters of Undeath or Plague Ridden special rule are removed from the roster at the end of the game and do not carry on to the next.
Tiers
- Tier 1: Amazons, Old World Alliance, Orcs, Wood Elves - 1130k & 6 primary skills
- Tier 2: Norse, Shambling Undead, Skaven, Underworld Denizens, Lizardmen - 1140k & 7 primary skills
- Tier 3: Dark Elves, Dwarves, High Elves, Humans, Necromantic Horror, Vampires - 1150k & 7 primary skills + 1 secondary skill
- Tier 4: Bretonnians, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Dwarf, Chaos Renegades, Elven Union, Imperial Nobility, Khorne, Nurgle, Slann, Tomb Kings - 1160k & 7 primary skills + 2 secondary skills
- Tier 5: Black Orcs, Goblins, Snotlings - 1180k & 7 primary skills + 3 secondary skills
- Tier 6: Gnomes, Halflings, Ogres - 1200k & 7 primary skills + 4 secondary skills
Support Staff & Facilities
- 0-8 Re-Rolls, at cost depending on race.
- 0-6 Assistant coaches for 10k.
- 0-12 Cheerleaders for 10k.
- 0-1 Apothecary, depending on race.
- 0-6 Dedicated fans for 10k. Be aware that every team begins with 0 in Dedicated fans.
The Weegie
Each coach should pick three players from their roster that are not star players and have not been given any additional skills, and number them 1-3. Then roll a D3 and the result of that roll is the chosen player. That lucky model will become the weegie for your team. This homegrown hero is excited to take his first outing onto a Glasgow field.
- Game 1: Give this player the "Stab" skill - he's showing the visiting players how it's done in the backstreet bowls of Glasgow.
- Game 2: Give this player the "Taunt" skill - the famous "glesga patter" has riled his opponents right up.
- Game 3: Give this player "Unchanneled Fury" - one too many Bloodfasts have gone to his head by this stage and he can barely be controlled.
Note: Each skill added stacks, so by round 3 he will have Stab, Taunt AND Unchanneled Fury.
Inducements
Permitted inducements are:
- Team Mascot 0-1
- Blitzers's Best Kegs 0-2
- Bribes 0-3 (Reduced from the Rulebook)
- Wandering Apothecaries 0-2
- Mortuary Assistant 0-1
- Plague Doctor 0-1
- Riotous Rookies 0-1
- Biased Referee: Dodgy League Rep 0-1
- Halfling Master Chef 0-1
- Weather Mage 0-1
- Bretonnian Pastry 0-1
Wizards, Mages, Mercenaries, & Prayers to Nuffle are not allowed. All other inducements are not permitted.
Skill Stacking
Coaches can stack skills on a number of players dependent on their team tier. Stacking does not cost any extra skills but is limited to primary skills only.
- 1 Skill Stack for Tier 1-2
- 2 Skill Stacks for Tier 3-4
- 3 Skill Stacks for Tier 5-6
All skills must be chosen and cannot be random. A secondary skill can be replaced with a primary skill as many times as the coach wishes. For example a Tier 5 team could take 9 primary skills and 1 secondary skill and this would be fine. There is no limit or extra cost on elite skills.
Star Players
- 11 players must be rostered before stars are added.
- One (1) Star Player can be rostered for Tier 3-4 teams; up to two (2) Star Players can be rostered for Tier 5-6 teams.
- Star Players in couples count as two Star Players for the roster.
- Every Star Player acquired costs additional Skill Points as follows:
- Star player cost 000-099k: lose 1 skill point
- Star player cost 100-199k: lose 2 skill points
- Star player cost 200-299k: lose 3 skill points
- Star player cost 300k-399k: lose 4 skill points
Note: A skill point just means either a primary or secondary skill; however foregoing a secondary skill will still only count as using one point towards the star player.
Banned Star Players
Bomber Dribblesnot, Cindy Piewhislte, Count Luthor Von Drakenburg, Dribl & Drull, Estelle La Veneaux, Grak & Crumbleberry, Griff Oberwald, Hakflem Skuttlespike, H'Thark the Unstoppable, Ivan the Animal Deathshroud, Jordell Freshbreeze, Kreek Rustgouger, Maple Highgrove, Morg N Thorg, Roxanna Darknail, Skitter Stab Stab, Swift Twins, Varag Ghoulchewer, Wilhelm Chaney
If both coaches roster the same star player they can still play for both teams.
Extras
- BB2025 rules will be used with the following exceptions/additions
- Skills package based on team tier (see above)
- All teams allowed including the NAF Slann roster
- NAF rules clarifications are in use at the moment; if any official FAQs are released before the event those rules will be used.
- High elves will be using the new GW rules; any further teams released before July will be used at the event but the teams tier may be moved.
Painting
Painted teams are mandatory, meaning 3 colours and based. If you cannot paint a team on time please email the organiser and see if we can help you with alternative arrangements, but the organiser cannot guarantee this.
Awards
- 1st/2nd/3rd Place overall
- Best Painted
- Best Stunty
- Most CAS
- Most Touchdowns
- Most CAS caused by stabs
- Wooden Spoon (Last place)