September NAF Newsletter
The September issue of the NAF newsletter should have hit your inboxes this evening. Check it out!
Thrudball 2013 Review
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 …
Submitting a Story
You can submit a story for inclusion on this website by going to Members Area > Submit a Post. Fill in all the boxes and press Submit, then once an administrator clicks the magic button it will appear on this page. Tournament reports and previews, tactics articles, house rules all welcome!
Using Skill Rings
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 …
RIOTS Championship, UK
“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 …
Mike Kriger Memorial Cup
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 …
Non-NAF tournaments
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 – Tournament Preview
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 …
The Art of Losing by peo2223
There are a lot of articles out there which try and teach you the best ways of improving your game, team selection and tactical knowledge. These articles are on the whole very informative and helpful and have no doubt helped me to improve my games. However I find that while I am improving I am …
24 in 10!
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 …
Using your NAF Member’s login
Want to log in and check your rankings etc? Do so via the NAF Members Area on the far right of the menus above. Due to the elections (and general good security practice) you will need to login at each visit – apologies if this is inconvenient.
GBBL – The Geordie Blood Bowl League
Don Vito reports… Hello fellow Bloodbowlers, and welcome to this short piece on the Geordie Blood Bowl League, more popularly known as the GBBL. We are a group of gamers who have played together since 2007. Currently there are eight players in our league, and we have another half a dozen that play on a …
Cakebowl League in Wiltshire, UK
Hi there, My name’s Spiky and I’d like to share a few words about our Bloodbowl action in Swindon, UK. We’re lucky enough to have 2 established leagues in the town, which are attended by several regulars from the UK tournament circuit. I’ve been able to play in both leagues last season, so can share …
Get a NAF Sig on your favourite forum
There are now two ways of showing your NAF number on your signature – a picture, or a moving gif. NAF Member Kikurasis has put together a nice little app that generates a picture with your NAF number on it. You can use it in any signature that is based on BBcode. This is the …
Tilean Cup
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 …
NAF Media Officer
Mike Davies is sann0638. He lives in Swindon, in the UK, and has been playing Blood Bowl since 1990 (2nd edition). He plays in the Cakebowl tabletop league in and around Swindon, as well as on Fumbbl (though is marginally better than his CR suggests, as he has a masochistic penchant for stunty teams in …
Blood Bowl stadium by Lyricoz
Lyricoz has made a beautiful Blood Bowl stadium, with lots of amazing details. He has made a full blog about his work, which those lucky enough to speak French can access directly. You could also use the Google Translate version, but I’ve done an edited highlights package here for your delectation – enjoy! Lyricoz recently …
NAF Trophy Gallery
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 …
Running a NAF Tournament 2013
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 …
NATC Report
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 …