So you’ve decided to run a NAF tournament. That’s great! But what rules should you use?
That is a question without a fixed answer. A large percentage of tournaments have some element of novelty about them, and listing every variation here from racial tiers to scoring systems to tiebreakers is impossible. So long as you meet the requirements of our Tournament Approval Document (see the Tournament Documents page for the most recent version), you’ll be able to run with whatever rules you like!
So, where to start? Good places to search for inspiration are:
⦁ The NAF tournament list, where you should find details about every upcoming tournament from around the world
⦁ Your local tabletop Blood Bowl forum, where you should be able to learn about regional favourites and conventions in your area and ask questions of experienced organisers
⦁ The NAF or TFF forums, where you should be able to locate and talk about most rulesets
⦁ Your local tournament staff, who will be delighted to help you along your way and make suggestions
The rest is up to you and your creativity. But to start you on your way, here are the rulesets from the most recent or upcoming 2018/19 versions of the yearly individual NAF major tournaments, as well as the major team events, the Eurobowl, the Ausbowl Team Championship the Amorical Cup and the World Cup. Each of these are slightly different, and they give a range of options to inspire a budding Tournament Organiser (TO):
⦁ The Austrailian National Tournament at CanCon
⦁ Dungeonbowl / the NAF Championship (used to be the same rules!)
⦁ The Spike! Magazine Trophy
⦁ The Ausbowl Team Championship
⦁ Eurobowl
⦁ The NAF World Cup
As you can tell from those links, even the major tournaments, while commonly more conservative than most for practical and inclusivity reasons, have a large variety of team tier systems, starting gold coins, tiebreakers and team building rules. When you begin to look into smaller tournaments that cater to a hardened core of NAF coaches, TOs spread their wings and try new and bold variations. Whether you stay vanilla or go big, so long as you stick to the sanctioning document, the rules of your tournament are up to you. Be creative and deliver your vision, but if you’re ever unsure, just ask us!