Swiss pairing (from round two, random round one) with resurrection.
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.
Don Gobleone has decreed that Racketbowl III is "all about the money". The team budget is determined by the team's tier (on the following page) which is used to hire players (including your mandatory wise guy), add skills and purchase inducements. Teams are to be built following the team building rules detailed in the BB2025 rulebook (p110). Any unspent gold will be lost.
Rosters need to be submitted and finalised on TourPlay by midnight on 8 November 2026.
All teams listed in the Blood Bowl Third Season Edition Rulebook, and Spike! publications are eligible.
The amount of Gold the team has to spend is based on the tier list below:
No stacking on Tiers 1-4. Tiers 5-6 two skills may be stacked on a single player.
Skill Repeat: Maximum of two (e.g. only two players may gain Block).
You MUST hire a Wiseguy as part of your build. Your 11th player may be a Wiseguy. Maximum two Wiseguys per team.
The following inducements can be included in the team build for this event:
Any player who brings a painted Don Gobleone, will gain a mascot inducement (see p. 144 of the rulebook) to be used in each game of the tournament.
The normal kick off table will be used, but if a number 12 is rolled the Gutterbowl variant is to be used:
"The Guards are Coming!"
The noise and antics of the game have attracted some unwanted attention, specifically from the city watch who have come out in force to arrest the most obvious troublemakers. Each coach randomly selects one of their players on the pitch. They then roll a D6 for the selected player. On a 3+ the player evades the city watch and remains on the pitch; however, on a 1-2, the player is identified as a rabble-rouser and promptly arrested. The player is removed from the pitch and misses the remainder of the game.
Blitzer's Best Kegs can be purchased as normal through TourPlay, but on the day of the event all branded products will be intercepted by mobsters and kegs of Moonshine will be sold to teams participating. These work in the same manner described in the 2025 rulebook with these additional rules:
In the event of a tie, the following tiebreakers will be used to determine the final standings for the event:
*Criminality = Fouls + Sent-offs + Casualties.
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