The NAF is very happy to announce two new Committee Members, bringing NAF Committee up to full strength again. Vice-President: Torsten Blaetter (Tojurub) Torsten is based in Germany. He is currently on the Tournament Series advisory committee, and is RTC for Munich. He is a long-standing member of the NAF. Membership Director: Manuel Garcia Martinez …
The NAF Championship is, as both its current and former names suggest, the NAF’s flagship event; the UK’s big fixture around which a lot of each year’s tournaments are assembled. Since 2012, Joe Hainstock has served as the NAFC’s lead organizer with admirable drive and consistency, for which we are all immeasurably thankful. While Joe will be …
A few changes to NAF Staff: Joemanji is stepping down as National Tournament Co-ordinator (NTC) for England, and we are having a reshuffle in the UK to make Hawca NTOC for the UK – he will also continue as NTC for Wales. In France, Nathaniel is coming to the end of 7 years as Regional Tournament …
Hi all, thank you very much to everyone who voted in the Presidential Election – votes were 50% up on last time, and hopefully we can continue to build engagement over the coming year, starting with elections for Treasurer and Tournament Director coming up in the next few months. To avoid having lots of elections at …
Minutes of Committee Meeting – 9th January 2016 Present: Mike Davies (Pres), Steve Arthurs (LD), Nate Beem (TD), Paul Gegg (Treas) Apologies: Joe Byers (MD) New Committee MD has not appointed a VP yet – it has been 9 years since a new one was appointed, so there is lots to consider! 2016 Gift PG …
The NAF is very happy to announce that Jim Luft is going to be the new NAF Media Officer. Jim runs bloodbowlblog.com and is one of the Admins on the Blood Bowl Community Facebook group, and is incredibly enthusiastic about all things BB. He will be looking after the newsletter and the Facebook and Twitter …
With Sann’s Election as President and vmcat deciding to step down, the NAF is now looking for a new Media Officer and Webmaster. These are great opportunities to get involved with the NAF at a critical time for Blood Bowl. Read on, and get in touch by the closing date by email to officialnaf@gmail.com, with a …
After eight years of brilliant service VP Dave has asked not to be considered for re-appointment as NAF Vice-President. As well as having one of the most coveted NAF names, Dave has been a brilliant ambassador for the NAF, and will continue to be so in an advisory role. Dave was VP to Lycos and Beppe, …
The question that comes up when publicising the NAF is “why join”, and I’ve typed out an answer often enough that I might as well make it permanent. I joined the NAF quite a few years ago, and didn’t particularly think twice about it – something like “a BB organisation? I play BB, sign me …
by mzurkerman, first posted on TFF. — This is a role I think is very important to our hobby. I believe very strongly in it. Those of you who have met me at tournaments know that I will take any chance I get to grab a passerby and tell them what a wonderful game it …
The election for NAF President has started – it will all be held on the forum, as you have to be a member to log in and vote. The time-table will be as follows: 13 Dec – nominations start 20 Dec – nominations end and Q&A start 27 Dec – voting start 3 Jan – election …
Present Sann, Beppe, Shteve0, Gaixo, Valdric, Lycos, Geggster Apologies Dave World Cup Analysis Big thanks to Andrea for his organisation. He should be invited to be on the voting panel for the next World Cup. Everyone who went to it thought it was awesome. Presidential Election This takes place in about a month. We do …
If you’ve been hearing scurrying noises in the background when you’ve been visiting your league sites recently, chances are that it’s been the NAF’s OBBLM team* working all hours on the new beta version of the NAF’s own OBBLM fork (NAFLM for short). The first public release of that software is now ready for use and boy …
Adding to the brilliant list of BB charity tournaments, Legionbowl 2015 is donating profits to the Legions club, which is affiliated with Legacy, a foundation for war widows and children of lost veterans. Where: Newcastle Legions Club, Beaumont St, Newcastle, New South Wales. Cost: $20 per person What: Eucbowl rules resurrection tournament. 1250k starting teams …
Tournament Name: Winter Mayhem Tournament Start Date: 11/14/2015 Winner: Josh Gatner (Phrygerator) Winner Race: Norse Runner-up: Chris Cameron (Coolice) Runner-up Race: Lizardmen Wooden Spoon: Trysch (Trysch) Wooden Spoon Race: Norse
As shown in the screenshot from the GW App on the right, Games Workshop have confirmed that they are launching a Specialist Design Studio who may be looking at Blood Bowl. The NAF believes that, given the massive popularity that tabletop Blood Bowl still enjoys, as shown in the 900-person World Cup at the weekend, …
Representatives (not all captains – some not in place, some unable to attend) present from: England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Scotland, Sweden, Portugal, Wales, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Malta, Switzerland, Finand plus Beppe and Dave. There was a discussion about allowing Catalunia to take part in EB. This wasn’t something that many of the …
Before the tournament there was analysis on rankings, and Bask has done a quick spreadsheet comparing it to final position. It turns out there was a 70% correlation – so does that mean BB is 70% skill and 30% luck? Probably not. Highest outperformer: Polenta e Cannonau! Awards for being exactly predicted: Discepoli del Signore della …
w Coach Standings after Round 9 # Race Team Score Tiebreaker Touchdowns Casualties 1 Wood Elf Muadib (SPIKE! Crusaders,Germany) 25 16 20 – 7 16 – 13 2 High Elf Funny_Valentine (Les Experts Lutèce,France) 25 9 18 – 6 12 – 15 3 Necromantic Undead Frikipe (Jodidos Fumbleros,Spain) 23 29 18 – 3 20 – …
Team Results after Round 9 # Team Score Touchdowns Casualties 1 Masters of Tilea 37.0 76 – 48 102 – 76 2 Latino Lovers 35.0 …