2016

Crumb 5 Report

Another great day at Crumb Bowl, the largest one-day tournament on the circuit, this year with 52 coaches!  Organised by Glowworm and held in Sutton Benger, in between Swindon and Bristol in South West England, this is the 5th year for this tournament, which sells out two months before the event, and is designed for …

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2015 Data

Last year there was a fair amount of analysis on the NAF game data up to 2014, so it seems like a good idea to release the 2015 data – I’ll pull together the best analysis and stick it in this post. Go! Excel with all information, including usernames with some funny characters that can make …

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Necronomican

Tournament Name: Necronomican Bowl Tournament Start Date: 03/05/2016 Number of Participants: 19 Winner: Kaju Winner Race: Underworld Runner-up: Red Runner-up Race: Chaos Wooden Spoon: Emilskaya Wooden Spoon Race: Underworld

Belgian Bowl 2016

by Babass Tournament Report: Winner: Bouzzy – Lizardmen – France Runner-up & Belgian Champion : Driesfiled – Norses – Belgium Stunty-Cup : Simon_ACP – Goblins – France Wooden Spoon : Estica – Wood-elves – Portugal Fouling Casualties : Manant – Khemri – France (15 fouling CAS) Most TD : Babass – High Elves – Belgium …

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Fulginium Bowl

By Beppe Hi guys, here we are at the second step of my 2016 Blood Bowl Tour. The dates are February 27th and 28th and the tournament is Fulginium Bowl, also known as “the food tournament”. It’s held in an agriturismo (a sort of farmhouse) in the hills next to Foligno, a town not so …

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ARBBL Results

Well done to all! 1st: Hawca 2nd: 20phoenix 3rd: Lycos Most TDs: Besters (12) MOst Cas: scs.sam (20) Pumpkinbowl Champion: DaPiranha Most TDs conceded: Skaffen (13) Most Cas taken: Eski (17)  

Bugman’s XXXXXX

As previously mentioned, Games Workshop are hosting a Blood Bowl tournament at Warhammer World for the first time in a while.  All the details are on this page: http://warhammerworld.games-workshop.com/the-bugmans-xxxxxx-league-cup/ The team lists are as in the CRP, as are the majority of the rules, though apothecary works on a 3+ when a casualty is suffered, …

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‘Low Tier Skills’, episode one: The Pass Is Always Greener

You’ve tried the ‘best’, now try the rest! We all know what the so-called optimal choices are for your players when they roll skills. It’s pretty much this: Block/Dodge > Guard/Side Step > Wrestle/Tackle/Mighty Blow > rest is irrelevant. +ST/+AG, +MV (NOT ON DOUBLES), never take +AV etcDelete as appropriate. What that means is you’ll …

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Paul Gegg Treasurer

During the nomination period, Paul Gegg aka Geggster was the sole candidate for the Treasurer position. In accordance with the NAF charter, I have the honour to announce that Paul is the old and new Treasurer for the NAF for another 2 years. Please join the NAF committee to congratulate Paul.    

Narrenball

Tournament Name: 4th Narrenball 2016 Tournament Start Date: 02/06/2016 Winner: RoterSternHochdahl Winner Race: Pro Elf Runner-up: Neuendorf Runner-up Race: Wood Elf Wooden Spoon: Mützchen Wooden Spoon Race: Orc

Septimo

Tournament Name: 8ª Septimo Bowl Tournament Start Date: 02/20/2016 Winner: Shirokov Winner Race: Ogres Runner-up: Kapi Runner-up Race: Chaos dwarf Wooden Spoon: Lord_buba Wooden Spoon Race: skaven Tournament Report: 52 Players

A thorough discussion of the various skills and their synergies

This post is intended to be a fairly comprehensive overview of the main skills in blood bowl, and the way they synergize. Many experienced bloodbowl coaches will already be familiar with most of these; the post is primarily intended as advice for newer coaches. I originally wrote it on reddit, but was honored to be asked …

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