Spike! Magazine Blood Bowl Championship 2025 Rules
Tournament Name: Spike! Magazine 2025
Organizer: Steve Lemky
Start Date 2025-09-13
End Date 2025-09-14
Type:OPEN
Style:Resurrection Swiss
Cost: $80 CAD before Aug 1st, $95 there after
NAF Fee Included: no
NAF Member Discount: no
Email: stevelemky@hotmail.com
Webpage: www.spiketournament.com (social) Facebook - Spike Magazine event page
Tournament's statistics are kept on Tour Play. To aid in accuracy in record keeping please enter game events into Tour play as they happen in your game. Record keeping is the responsibility of each individual coach, we will do our utmost to help correct any errors or omissions but if you forget something (Casualties, Completions or Fouls) it may not be able to be recovered.
Glittering prizes :
01. Champion
02. Runner Up
03. 3rd place
04. End Zone Hog (most TD)
05. The Wall (best Defence)
06. Mushy Middle (exactly middle)
07. Master Craftsmen (best painting)
08. Spike! Top Model (best individual model)
09. The Hogan (most Cas for)
10. Glass Joe ( most Cas against)
11. Goblin Tribal Leeg (Top Stunty Team)
12. Scene Setter (Best Diorama)
Many more Awards and spot prizes!
Blood Bowl Treasure Hunt!
Raffles Galore!
Tournament Location:
Address: Sheraton Vancouver Guilford Hotel
15269 104th ave
City: Surrey
Province: BC
Zip: V3R 1N5
Region: Canada
Information:
Spike! Magazine Championship 2025
Surrey, BC Canada
September 13th-14th 2025
Thunderbowl presents: The Spike! Magazine 2025 Blood Bowl Championship
Join us for the Spike! Magazine Blood Bowl Championship Canada's NAF Major Blood Bowl event.
Spike! is a proud C.U.L.T. tournament series major event!
Cost: $80 pre-registration before August 1st, $95 thereafter.
A NAF membership is mandatory for this event. If you do not have one the tournament organizer's assistant NAF representative can get you a membership in person at the event. The membership fee is $5 and you will be given your choice of membership reward. Please remember to update your Tour Play account with your new NAF number once you have received it to aid in record keeping.
We will also be awarding door prize draws. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase to enter into some sweet Blood Bowl and game related items.
Tickets available at the Spike! website : www.spiketournament.com
Rosters must be created on Tour Play by September 10th 2024
Tournament Organizer: Steve Lemky
stevelemky@hotmail.com
Updates: Check out the event page on Facebook.
Tournament schedule:
The tournament will be a two day, 6 game, Swiss style tournament. First round will be paired by random match-ups. The remaining rounds will be determined based on tournament points.
Throughout the event we will do our best to pair players off against members that are outside of their home club using Tour Play's match making.
September 13th – Day 1 will have 3 matches
8:30 AM: Non NAF Coaches Preregistration
9 AM: Registration begins
9:25 AM: Group photo
9:30 AM: First game
12:00 PM : Lunch
1:00 PM : Second Game
3:30 - 4:00PM: Painting Competition
4:00 PM: Third Game
6:30 PM – Day One Ends
September 14th- Day 2 will have 3 matches
9:00 AM : Fourth Game
11:30 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM: Fifth Game
3:00 PM Final Game
5:30 – Conclusion of Matches
5:30 – 6:00 - TO calculations/ Raffle draws
6:00 – 6:30 - Awards and Conclusion
6:30 – Tournament Finished
What to bring:
- Painted team with suitable models.
- Skill rings or another appropriate way to identify skills/positions
- Block dice
- D6s, d8, d16
-An internet capable device with WIFI capability that has a chess timer app installed.
Tournament Rules:
- Standard NAF Rules 2020 – including Slann are available to play.
Rules Not Allowed
NO WIZARDS
No referees
No Special Play Cards
No Special Weather tables
No Special Balls
No Bribes*
No Biased Referees
*Bribes may be purchased by Goblin and Snotling Teams only.
Stars from all published BB2020 Rules Supplements and the NAF 2024 Document will be included in play. Any new supplements that are published before May 1, 2025 will be available, all rule clarifications and FAQ’s will be integrated into the event.
- Teams will resurrect at the end of each game. No SPPs, injuries or any roster changes carry over between games.
- The 4 minute time limit will be enforced. There will be chess clocks on each table where we are able. You will have one 4 minute "time out" per half. When 4 minutes have elapsed, finish the current player's action and end your turn or call your once per half 4 minute timeout. No coach is exempt from using a timer for their turns and their use is mandatory.
- Games will have a maximum length of 2 hours 30 minutes. In the unlikely event that a game exceeds 2.5 hrs time is called the dice are down and the match is over, no exceptions. There will be no OT.
- Players must agree on cocked die rules and the use of dice cups / towers at the start of the match.
- If there are any disagreements or rules disputes, tournament directors will be standing by to assist.
Team building:
- All NAF sanctioned teams are eligible.
- Teams get 1.20 million gold to construct their roster.
- Star players can be purchased as part of a roster but after 11 roster players prior to purchase.
-Rosters are built and submitted on Tour Play.
Highlander Rule:
In the case that opposing teams hire the same star, both teams will NOT be allowed to use the star player.
Inducements:
Only these inducements are allowed.
-Team Mascot, Master of Ballistics, Waaagh Drummer!, Bottles of Heavy Brew, Riotous Rookies, Dwarven Runesmith, Bloodwiser Keg, Extra Team Training, Halfling Master Chief, Temp Agency Cheerleaders, Kari Cold Steel, Papa Skullbones, Galandril Silverwater, Grot Shockwhisker, Mungo Spinecracker, Fink Da Fixer, Josef Bugman and Part Time Assistant Coach, are available at standard cost.
- Chefs can only be purchased by Halfling Thimble Cup Teams, only Halflings get a discounted Chef.
-Giant Mercenaries are allowed and have an added cost of 3 spp.
-Masters of Undeath rule is allowed for the match. Rosters will reset at the end of the match.
- No other inducements may be purchased (including , cards, extra apothecaries, mercenaries, etc).
-Goblin and Snotling bribes are 50K.
Skills:
Teams receive one of the following skill packages following the Tier System below:
Tier System:
Tier 1- Skaven *
Tier 2 – Amazon, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Elf Union, Norse, Orc, Shambling Undead, Wood Elf, Underworld Denizens, Vampire,
Tier 3 – High Elf, Human, Lizardmen, Tomb Kings, Necromantic Horrors, Slann
Tier 4 – Black Orcs, Old World Alliance, Khorne, Imperial Nobility, Chaos Renegade, Chaos Dwarf
Tier 5 - Chaos Chosen, Nurgle's Rotters
Tier 6 - Goblin, Snotling**
Tier 7 - Halfling, Ogre, Gnome
*Skaven are in their own tier to allow their typical stars a different SPP cost, everything else is the same as Tier 2.
** Goblin and Snotlings are in their own tier to allow the purchase of bribes, everything else is the same as tier 7.
No STAT increases will be allowed.
No Random skills will be allowed.
No Stacking
Regular Skill: 1 SPP
Secondary Access: 2 SPP
Star Player Access: Differing costs of SPP/Star and team access(Stars that are made up of duo’s for this purpose only count as 1 star). The SPP cost and access of each star will be in Tour Play:
Tier 1 – 6 SPP
Tier 2 – 6 SPP
Tier 3 – 7 SPP
Tier 4 – 8 SPP
Tier 5 - 10 SPP
Tier 6 - 12 SPP
Tier 7 - 12 SPP
- Stars cannot be given skills
- Each skill may be taken a maximum of 3 times
Tournament Scoring:
Win = 3
Loss = 0
Tie = 1
Scoring Bonus: There are no bonus points for this event
Casualty Award – All Casualties count if they are a result of a block or blitz action that would normally produce SPP's.
Tie Breakers:
Head to Head (If Applicable), should it be more than a 2 way tie move to the next tie breaker
Opponents win Percentage
Net TD
Net Casualties
Goblin Tribal Leeg (Stunty cup):
- Stunty teams will play for their own cup while still participating in the main tournament.
- Stunty teams include Halflings,Gnomes, Snottlings, Goblins and Ogres.
- Star players can be added to a stunty team without disqualifying them from the Stunty competition.
-Top American (other regional awards will be added depending on how many coaches attend from individual regions)
- "Share the wealth" is in effect. Coaches may only win 1 trophy or award.
Swag and prizes:
- Every dollar collected will be given back to the players in the form of swag or prizes.
- Spike! D6 dice!
-Spike! 2025 fan pack!
-lots more swag!