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
Sann0638 – 6 weeks in
It’s been about a month since the last blog, so let’s have a look at what has happened since then. First up, we have appointed a new Vice-President and Membership Director. The MD post has changed hands a couple of times in the last 6 months, as Valdric stepped down in Autumn after many years …
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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NAFscore Specification
Specification for NAF tournament scoring Software (NAFscore) The NAF are commissioning some new software to facilitate a Tournament Organiser (TO) being able to run a tournament, showing live results, and uploading results to the NAF database. This document details the specification for that tournament software. NAFscore is meant to be an upgrade to Score, the …
New Webmaster – Elyoukey
Congratulations and thanks to Lucas “Elyoukey” Lebielle for taking up the Webmaster post. Elyoukey has been a stalwart of the European BB scene for many years, representing France and travelling all over Europe to play the beautiful game. He’s also an IT professional, which is a bonus!
NAF Committee Minutes Feb 16
2100 CET on Skype Present: Mike Davies (President), Torsten Blaetter (VP), Manuel Garcia Martinez (MD), Steve Arthurs (LD), Nate Beem (TD), Paul Gegg (Treasurer) 1. Introduction of new staff Since the last meeting, TB and MGM have been appointed to their roles, and were welcomed by the rest of the committee. 2. New website, including …
Boudica Bowl
Tournament Name: Boudica Bowl IV Tournament Start Date: 02/06/2016 Winner: Besters Winner Race: Elf Runner-up: Purplegoo Runner-up Race: Undead Wooden Spoon: GrumpyGremlin Wooden Spoon Race: Necromantic Undead Tournament Report: A great Boudica Bowl for 18 coaches. Won by Besters with 6-0-0 result for the 3rd tournament running. Purplegoo finished 2nd with Undead and VultureSquadron was …
Treasurer Election
TREASURER ELECTION 2016 We are rapidly approaching the day when a new Treasurer will be elected. In the NAF committee meeting we have agreed on the following time line 21 Feb – nominations start 28 Feb – nominations end and Q&A start 06 Mar – voting start 13 Mar – election ends and the new Treasurer is …
White Star 2016
Tournament Name: White Star Cup 2016 Tournament Start Date: 01/23/2016 Winner: Wulfgar Winner Race: Norse Runner-up: tojurub Runner-up Race: Undead Wooden Spoon: Benni Wooden Spoon Race: Amazon Tournament Report: The White Star Cup 2016 was held in late January. 24 Coaches attended and played for the 14th star. Once again, the tourney was a weekend …
Use of the NAF Logo
We’ve had a number of requests lately as regards the NAF logo being used on promotional products and have been asked to clarify our position. As with all club organisation branding, the NAF logo is an important commodity to us as it allows for the easy differentiation between what is and is not endorsed by us …
Revabowl Report
by Beppe Hello, my dear Blood Bowl players: I’d like to introduce you to the first article of the “Beppe Blood Bowl Tour”. In this 2016 I’ll play some tournaments across Italy and Europe and I’ve decided to share with you my experiences. January is usually a cold winter month, even in sunny Italy, so …
Brussels Bowl 3
Tournament Name: Brussels Bowl #3 Tournament Start Date: 10/24/2015 Winner: Babass Winner Race: Elves Runner-up: LuintoST Runner-up Race: Necromantic Wooden Spoon: Souldja Wooden Spoon Race: Orc Tournament Report: Winner: Babass (Pro Elves) Runner-up: LuintoST (Necro) Best painter: Dok (Human, RN studio) Best stunties: Kwek (Halflings) Best rookie : Zorgon (Norse) Best TD : El_hombre (Dark …
Sample Rules of BB tournaments
With 50 tournaments under my belt, ranging from 16 beefy Blood Bowlers crammed into my house, to being Head Ref at the 912-player World Cup III, I am going to have a go at summarising the different approaches to team and skill building at different tournaments, for those interested and those new to the scene. …
New SW England Co-ordinator
Very happy to announce that Al “Lunchmoney” W will be the new Regional Co-ordinator for SW England. Al has co-ordinated the SW Tournament Series and run the very successful Exiles tournaments for a number of years, as well as refereeing at large events and being a regular on the Tournament circuit. Get in touch with …
spubbbba’s Modelling Tips – Converting
Considering it is such a niche hobby Bloodbowl is surprisingly well served with independent model manufacturers. This page gives links to a number of sites with a great selection of Fantasy Football miniatures available. However if you can’t find exactly the right models, have a special theme in mind, want a team that stands out from …
BB at WW again!
Blood Bowl returns to Warhammer World at the end of May with a GW-organised event in advance of the impending new release of a boxed set. There has been some interest in the ruleset being advertised as modified LRB5, but we understand that is likely CRP will be used, having spoken with Andy Hoare, the new …
Nuffle’s Fault
Lovely name for a small but perfectly formed tournament! Tournament Name: Nuffle’s Fault Tournament Start Date: 12/12/2015 Winner: Eric Bishop 20987 Winner Race: Wood Elves Runner-up: Eric Kuniholm 18492 Runner-up Race: Ogres Wooden Spoon: David Anastasi 21921 Wooden Spoon Race: Chaos Dwarves Tournament Report: Nuffle’s Fault 2015-12-12 Participants: Eric Kuniholm 18492 Ogres Eric Bishop 20987 …
New NAF Committee Members
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 …
NAFC Organiser Change
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 …
New NAF staff
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 …