NAF Committee Meeting of 29 November, 2020 Attending: President Nate, TD Phil, Treasurer Paul, LD Ant, VP James, MD Massimo Apologies: none BB2020 Response seems to have gone over well. Limited, mostly understandable complaints. It’s difficult to please everyone and we remain convinced we have represented the interest of the majority of current membership. …
Dear members, From 1st January 2021, we will be updating our tournament rules and infrastructure to reflect the new edition (BB2020) recently released by Games Workshop. Please find the headline changes below and the finer detail in the attached document, which will serve as the NAF Rules for Tournaments 2021. We’re sure that this post will …
A slightly belated welcome, one and all, to October / the start of November in NAF tournaments! At some point this month, the new edition of our beloved game will arrive. We don’t know exactly when yet, only that it’s coming! I am fielding a large number of request regarding the NAF position on this, …
Introduction GW will be bringing out a boxed set in 2020, along with several brand new teams and updated rules, which means it is a perfect time to look at the painting section of the hobby. There are already numerous resources devoted to the best techniques employed for painting models, these will apply just as …
Hello, and welcome to my September round-up of all things NAF tournament! This month seems to have given us a brief period of respite, what with no new GW news to chew on, and I think that has allowed us to gather our collective breath and look at other things, before BB2020 arrives to dominate …
Dear members, Today, we have two pieces of NAF tournament news for you. The first is some initial information regarding the timeline of 2023 NAF World Cup host selection, and the second the announcement of an exciting new class of NAF tournament – ‘Nationals’. World Cup 2023 – Bidding timeline When we selected Dornbirn as …
Thoughts from a new player, by Stewart Price (strontium_cat). It was 1994, in a small village 20 miles from Edinburgh that it happened for the first time. I was 13, with a home-done undercut that somehow contrived to meet at the front of my head and an Adidas sunhat. Ace of Base dominated the charts, …
Hello all, and welcome to a nice quick blog with no news or significant events to talk about. Or not! Since I last wrote in this space, news of the Blood Bowl 2020 edition has of course landed. The internet has melted into the usual rainbow of news, reviews, panic, excitement, pleasure, pain and everything …
Dear members, As many of you will know, Games Workshop are releasing their latest BB2016 Spike! Journal this weekend; (re)introducing the Snotling race to Blood Bowl. As Spike! Journals have been released throughout BB2016, the NAF have encouraged Tournament Organisers (TOs) to include new material at their discretion until it is formally reviewed as part …
We’re back! And this time, it’s double the trouble. On August 22 & 23, NAF Live returns for one last time in this run; and we’re bringing you not one, but two tournaments so we end with a bang. Find out all about the UK Games Expo and Vodka Bowl on the European and / …
Dear members, As I’m sure you are aware, over the last 24 hours, a number of leaked images showing what appears to be a new edition of Blood Bowl have been posted across the BB internet. With this in mind, we have decided to pause our Annual Review process. The intent of the Annual Review …
Welcome along to the first TD blog I’ve written since March. I hesitate to say that tournaments are ‘back’, but submissions to the database are beginning to increase to a reasonable level, images of tournaments being played outdoors in masks are springing up on the Blood Bowl internet, and there are some signs of ‘life …
Dear members, The time has come to begin the NAF Annual Review 2020! What is it? The Annual Review is the method by which the NAF sets rules and guidelines for tournaments held over the next calendar year. It is our aim via this process to reduce confusion, increase stability and make sure that our …
It’s a busy old time for those of us that enjoy NAF tournaments online. The Amorical Cup is 48 hours from kickoff and our first BB2 tournament has recently been announced, but there is more! Next weekend (July 25/26), NAF Live is back on FUMBBL! This time, you will be able to join us in …
Dear members, We are delighted to announce the first NAF tournament on the Blood Bowl II platform: The Welsh Blood Bowl Championship. The format of the tournament will be six, weekly rounds of Swiss Blood Bowl, beginning on August 12th. All games played between members will contribute to their ‘Online’ variant rankings in the NAF …
Dear members, As per our previous announcement regarding the ninth Spike! Journal, the new race Old World Alliance (OWA) has been added to the NAF database. So that you can more easily upload games involving this team (should you choose to include it), the version of Score! that we host on this website has been …
With the NAF live tournaments going over to a monthly schedule, we’re now ready to present the next NAF Online Weekly tournament. Are you ready for some old school American showdown? This Team tournament replaces the Amorical Cup 2020 which had to be postponed due to the Corona virus unfortunately. It also comes with a …
Dear members, Next week, Games Workshop are releasing the ninth Spike! Journal of the BB2016 edition. This issue (re)introduces and contains the rules for three mixed teams: Chaos Renegades, Underworld Denizens, and a new race, Old World Alliance. Speculation as to what these rosters will look like and what the NAF reaction to the new …
Hi all, We’re back, and this time we’re visiting America for our NAF Live ruleset! Over the weekend of 27 / 28 June, we will be running the 3 Die Brawl in two timezones over on FUMBBL. Please visit this link for more details, but I’ll leave you with Stingray’s fluff below. He is your …
Dear members, As the Covid-19 situation continues to develop, we are increasingly being asked questions about the resumption of NAF sanctioned, tabletop tournaments. This article covers the most frequently asked of those questions, but if you feel something important has not been covered, please post in the comments section below and we will add your …