The Exiles Open 5 has been and gone. It was hard work this year and I was beginning to be put off the whole thing, but a great weekend I am doing it again next year. Check out the link for a few photos from the weekend, courtesy of Darkson as I didn’t take any …
After a six-year absence, mostly enforced by the tournament falling on my wedding anniversary, this year I made it back to Bognor Regis for the Blood Bowl extravaganza that is Thrudball. Organised by the irrepressible Frank Hill, Thrudball is an annual charity tournament held to raise funds for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer foundation, and …
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Skill rings are, as the name suggests, rings that go on players’ bases to show what skills they have. I first came across them in about 2008, when people were using beer bottle tops under the bases of those players with skills. Since then there have emerged a plethora of options for marking skills, with …
“Under blue skies they started to arrive, first in drips and drabs then a steady trickle. Locals of Woodford Green, Essex, UK stocked up on spray tan and locked their doors as they knew the RIOTS were about to kick off their second Blood Bowl Championship!” The good people at Team Romford have put together …
While most tournaments are played simply for a love of Blood Bowl, there are some that have more behind them. As with Alan Aid, the Mike Kriger Memorial Cup is raising money for a good cause, this time in memory of a friend of the organiser, with the proceeds going to charity. The tournament will …
In this post I’ll have a quick look at a few tournaments that are not NAF-ranked, and why this is. Probably the most common reason is that a tournament is a gathering of mates getting together for a day or a weekend, possibly planned at the last minute or not open to all. Some leagues …
Alan Aid – July 27th Moore, Oklahoma, USA The tornadoes that tore through Moore Oklahoma on May 20th this year were devastating to not only the hometown of your favorite podcasters(Steve and Scott from Both Down), but also destroyed the home of one of our local Blood Bowl players. If you’ve listened to Both Down …
Firebreather reflects on 24 races in 10 years… So its 2002 and my work office has just had this new fangled tech installed … the Internet! The Boss asks me to familiarise myself with how it works by spending some time doing searches, now from memory the web was a very different place back then …
Jamsus attended the Tilean Cup in Italy in May 2013 Once upon a time there was Blood Bowl. But what can i know about Blood Bowl, that I play it for less than a year? I dont know, but on Sunday, May 19, I travelled to the Tilean Team Cup to substitute for a sick …
If you win a NAF tournament with at least 12 coaches and at least 4 games, then in addition to any other trophies or certificates you also get a rather snazzy NAF trophy. Some coaches like to paint these, and occasionally people use them as reroll counters etc if you have lots, but this doesn’t …
There are a couple of other good tournament guides on here already, but hopefully in this one I have tapped into the tournament knowledge that is around in 2013! The points are in approximate chronological order. Decide if you want to run it solo or have help, if the latter see if anyone local to …
North America Team Championship 2013 – a report by Wedge22 of Thunderbowl The first day of the Tournament the sun came out with force, at least 35°C, luckily the Hotel was just over the road from HRH and was nicely air conditioned and we had a lot of space in the room, although not enough …
This tourney guide was written a fair while ago, but is a good read and still largely applicable, so enjoy! How to Run Your Own Tournament in 9 Easy StepsBy Dave “Indigo” Candlish Although I’ve commissioned a fair number of leagues in my time, I’ve always wanted to run a proper tournament. With the advent …
This text was taken from the old NAF site, but a lot of it is still applicable! So you’ve decided to take the plunge and organize a Blood Bowl Tournament? While this can seem daunting at first, the end result can be a great experience for both you and your players. More than many other …