Dear members, The NAF Annual Review 2019 is now complete. I’d like to thank everyone who was involved or showed interest in the process this year. You will find all 2020 NAF tournament documentation on the revised Tournament Documents page, and tournaments will be expected to use these rules throughout 2020. If you have already had a …
As you might expect, this month my blog is all about NAF World Cup IV. However, first, let’s get the rest of the news out of the way! BB2016 has been making waves throughout October. Firstly, the Lizards finally arrived, and cold blooded BB enthusiasts now have Chameleon Skinks and some new star players to …
The one before the big one. Quite remarkably, I’m only two days away from sharing a space with over 1450 of you. The Dornbirn World Cup is finally here, and I know many of you have already crossed oceans and continents (and drained bank balances!) to descend upon Austria. More on the small matter of #NAFWC4 later …
Dear members, I’m happy to be able to present you with the results of the 2019 variants review and an updated variants page on theNAF.net! This spring, we set out to review our variant rulesets and determine what (if anything) we should add to the list of alternative versions of Blood Bowl we grant NAF sanctioning. …
Incredibly for me, this month my blog is both short and early. Don’t worry, I’m not ill, and I’m sure I won’t make a habit of it! The news remains dominated by the biggest of fish. We are 5 weeks away from the fourth NAF World Cup. You can now view and critique all 1440 …
It may be Sweltering Heat outside (if it is summer where you are, of course!), but the months of June and July in the world of NAF tournaments have been red hot in their own right. Before I get started with the news, if you read no more of this blog, make sure you read …
Dear members, The time has come to begin the NAF Annual Review 2019! 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 …
May in NAF Tournaments Goodness me, May was some month. The big news applicable to NAF tournaments came thick and fast throughout; hopefully I’ll not forget any of it in this summary! First and foremost, as this blog is published, the Halfling Spike! is released. Get your sticky, jam covered hands on all of the …
With World cup registration closed and Roster submission coming up in August, it’s time to board the hype train and start to get the team spirits up and running. With some luck and everyone eager to train for the world cup, we might create the biggest online tournament yet following the biggest live tournament we’ll …
NAFC 2019 RESULTS Winners! NAF Champion: Jawa (Lizards) Runner Up: Kfoged (Dark Elves) Most points not in the final: BadStorm (Wood Elf) Stunty Cup: Wilzif (Halflings) Young Blood: ThomasW (Lizards) Wooden Spoon: BollBott (Norse) Best Painted: DarkDan (Refs Team) Most Casualties: FatboySlimming (Necro, 27) Most Touchdowns: Everybodys_Dead_Dave (Pro Elf, 17) Best Duel: Battlepuppy (Deathroller) Round …
April in NAF Tournaments Here we are again! Somehow, a third of 2019 has already raced away and we’re steaming at full pace towards NAF major season (as nobody is yet calling it). May, June and July will host the NAF Championship, the Spike! Magazine and the Eucalyptus Bowl respectively, and finally the Chaos Cup …
March in NAF Tournaments Once again, we’re buzzing after a terrific month of tournament Blood Bowl. 63 more tournaments have had their results added to the NAF database (or if not, they will be imminently!), including four Sevens events. Great to see the continued success of variants; keep reading for more news in that area, …
February in NAF Tournaments February might be the shortest month, but that doesn’t mean the NAF tournament scene has not been buzzing with activity. In these 28 days, you have played in 48 tournaments (45 Blood Bowl, 2 Sevens and a Streetbowl) across the usual global spread; four continents got in on the month two …
January in NAF Tournaments Happy New Year and welcome to 2019! It’s going to be an absolute blockbuster of year for NAF tournaments, and January has started us off on the right foot. With ~190 coaches contesting REVA in Spain and the third largest tournament ever in the UK, the UKTC ’19 taking place in …
With January almost over, it’s time to pick up the speed in February with the: The NAF Speed Rush 2019 is a test for a new format more suited for online play rather than mirroring real life Table-top events. Main changes are KO instead of swiss and one-minute turns. The NAF Speed Rush 19 will …
November in NAF Tournaments With festive thoughts slowly creeping into our collective conscious, November was a super-busy month of Blood Bowl action as coaches everywhere tried to sneak just one more in before the end of the year. 73 (seventy-three!) tournaments took place, of which 9 were Sevens and one was Dungeonbowl. Colossal! All of …
Tournament Organisers often ask how to submit a tournament to the NAF for sanctioning. Also, some find the submission form confusing, and commonly fields aren’t entirely completed or aren’t completed correctly. With this in mind, tournament approver Oventa has produced this best practice guide. If you’ve ever wondered what the correct way to submit a …
Dear members, The NAF Annual Review 2018 is now complete. I’d like to thank everyone who showed interest in the process or was involved. You will find all 2019 NAF tournament documentation on this revised Tournament Documents page, and tournaments will be expected to use these rules throughout 2019. If you have already had a …
October in NAF Tournaments As anyone who is still recovering from Eurobowl 2018 will tell you, October has been a special month. Much more on the third largest Blood Bowl tournament in NAF history shortly, but first, the monthly statistics and all of the other exciting NAF tournament news! October saw 52 tournaments played including …
With the Eurobowl at our hands, it’s already time to look into the next adventure online: Sign up as Squad of 4 coaches for 6 weekly games running up to the UK Team Challenge 2019 in York and try out the World cup rules. Winning Team will get some prices from the UK Team Challenge …