Dear members,
Following the release of the Ogre Spike! Journal today, this post clarifies how we understand some of the material in this book should be used at NAF tournaments.
As ever, when new rules are released between NAF Annual Reviews, TOs are free to include any of the new material at their tournaments, so long as they advertise it widely ahead of time. This is especially true in the case of optional rules such as the ‘Slave Giant’ inducement, which should not be considered as included by default.
The ‘Disposable’ skill has caused some confusion. In essence, the skill means that coaches need to buy Gnoblars for their roster as usual, however the players have a value of zero when then calculating Ogre Team Value (not including additional skills). As such, at the majority of resurrection NAF tournaments, this skill will have no impact. Team Value is not used, and resurrection tournaments feature no inducement phase. Like Nurgle’s Rot, this skill is to be used in the progression format.
If members are disappointed by this interpretation, we remind them that there is nothing stopping TOs from giving Ogres some extra help within their tiering systems should they wish, so long as the boosts are in keeping with the NAF Tournament Approval document.
As with all new material, this will be reviewed as part of the Annual Review process, published 1 November.