Welcome back to the March edition of the Tournament Director Blog, where we keep you updated about things that are going on behind the scenes, highlight interesting tournament-relevant content, give an outlook on upcoming events, and, most importantly, publish reports on a few recent tournaments. In this month’s edition, these are Spring Open in Prague, …
Good day Coaches! Many in our community have really been enjoying the Gridiron Gazettes authored by Wobert and while that still has another handful of issues to release we wanted to go ahead and start the next series authored by our very own knut_rockie! The NAF Fact Book contains a tremendous amount of information on …
And we are back! The year 2023 is not as fresh anymore, but there was one resolution that I had in case I was officially elected as Tournament Director: bringing back the monthly Tournament Director Blog that our beloved Purplegoo had been publishing during his reign. As back then, the idea of this blog is …
How many NAF tournaments were there last year? Which races were most successful? And how much did the number of active coaches bounce back post-covid? Find answers to all of these questions in sann0638’s new NAF Report 2022, available as a customizable tableau on this site, or directly as a convenient summary PDF. Coaches interested …
Exciting times for those in love with Blood Bowl fluff – Wobert has trawled the annals of Blood Bowl to put together the Gridiron Gazette!
Annually, the NAF release rules for tournaments that take place in the following calendar year. These rules are published after a review of official Blood Bowl 2020 (BB2020) releases by Games Workshop and consideration of any further elements we wish to include.The most current version for the year 2023 is now available as a webpage …
In the past, members were able to contact NAF staff through the messaging functions in our beloved NAF forum. But as the forum has reached the end of its life time, this messaging system has become very unreliable at best. We have recently updated the NAF staff site with the most current information and during …
The all important Tournament Director election has started to determine the Tournament Director (TD) for the next two years. As usual, we start with collecting nominations for the position. Head to the NAF forum and post your favourite candidate’s name. The NAF Tournament Director is one of the more time intensive positions and arguably one …
The NAF recently introduced Nationals – tournaments that aim to provide nations with a large community but no Major with a prestigious event. At the moment, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden fulfill the required criteria. These are the chosen Nationals for 2023: France – Bowl des Neiges Italy – Fulginium Bowl 15 Poland – …
At long last, the results of the annual review have arrived. The new documents are in process however once completed they will be available at: https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/ As expected the process was delayed a bit as we waited for the biannual FAQ from Games Workshop. As GW will continue to publish these clarifications in November, a …
Hello Coaches! The long awaited V NAF World Cup Ruleset is finally here at the link below! As a reminder the V NAF World Cup will take place in Alicante, Spain on September 7th to 10th, 2023! Ruleset NWC Alicante 2023 More information regarding the V NAF World Cup venue, lodging, etc can be found …
Members, Please find attached the accounts from last year. As always if you have any questions, Geggster is happy to answer them. James Russell-Wills NAF Vice President NAF Accounts 2021-1
With a week to go until the biggest individual Blood Bowl tournament in the world, we’re pleased to announce that there will be live streaming of a couple of the top tables in each round in this event. In conjunction with The Honest Wargamer and the TSportsNetwork, each round we will choose a tasty match-up …
Dear Members, We are pleased to announce that the winner of the World Cup V Bid Process is Alicante, Spain! The bids including the technical and financial data are publicly available at the following links: Alicante Bid Lyon Bid Thank you again to Lyon, France for submitting a bid! We hope to see Lyon submit …
At long last, the results of the annual review have arrived. The new documents are up at: https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/ The process was delayed a bit as we waited for the biannual FAQ from Games Workshop. As GW will continue to publish these clarifications in November, a December release for the NAF review is likely to become …
This is the grand finale in our mini series were we ask Tournament Champions what we think are some of the all important questions with Blood Bowl in the newest edition! After getting some insight into Blood Bowl in the UK from David Glenister (NAF ID: bsking) we went to the United States of America …
We continue our mini series were we ask Tournament Champions what we think are some of the all important questions with Blood Bowl in the newest edition! After getting some insight into Blood Bowl in Mexico from Charles Nedelec (NAF ID: CharlesNedelec) we went toward the United Kingdom to talk with David Glenister (NAF ID: …
Members, The Committee is pleased to release the World Cup V Bidding Document. https://www.thenaf.net/world-cup-v/ We are aware there are many bids that have been prepared and ready to submit now. Based on consultation and leaning heavily on the expertise of our Tournament Director andrea_parrella, as well as factoring in the unknowns of the global Covid-19 …
Based on the NAF data we have so far, here’s a quick piece of analysis of Tiering and Stars in BB2020. Tiering and Stars in BB2020
We continue our mini series were we ask Tournament Champions what we think are some of the all important questions with Blood Bowl in the newest edition! After getting some insight into Finnish Blood Bowl and the True Open 3 from Marc Andreu Simola (NAF ID: lotharhans) we went over to Mexico to talk with …