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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
The relationship between Blood Bowl and charity work is a well-established one at this point in the game’s history. Many tournament organizers use NAF tournaments as a way to raise money for their favorite causes, whether in support of cancer research, animal care, or assistance for former service members. Podcasters have also run many successful …
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Dear members, Next week, Games Workshop are releasing the ninth Spike! Journal of the BB2016 edition. This issue (re)introduces and contains the rules for three mixed teams: Chaos Renegades, Underworld Denizens, and a new race, Old World Alliance. Speculation as to what these rosters will look like and what the NAF reaction to the new …
Dear Members, Since the World Cup in Lucca, the NAF has been running a program where coaches that have played the mandatory 23 team races plus Slann are eligible for a free, commemorative ’24’ patch. Those that have also played Daemons of Khorne and Bretonnians are eligible for extra patches to commemorate ‘doing the …
With another great event in the books, we now move on to a big one – The NAF Championship. After the successes of The Dungeonbowl Dust-Up and The Eucalyptus Bowl Brouhaha – I’m excited to announce that the third event is now ready to take your application! The pinnacle of NAF play, the Championship was …
After the success of the first NAF Live tournament – The Dungeonbowl Dust-Up – I’m excited to announce that the second event – The Eucalyptus Bowl Brouhaha – is ready to take your application! The gem in the crown of Australian Blood Bowl calendar, the Eucalyptus Bowl (Or simply Eucbowl), was due to be held …
Dear members, I’m happy to be able to present you with the results of the 2019 variants review and an updated variants page on theNAF.net! This spring, we set out to review our variant rulesets and determine what (if anything) we should add to the list of alternative versions of Blood Bowl we grant NAF sanctioning. …
It may be Sweltering Heat outside (if it is summer where you are, of course!), but the months of June and July in the world of NAF tournaments have been red hot in their own right. Before I get started with the news, if you read no more of this blog, make sure you read …
Dear members, You may notice that some new things are appearing on the NAF membership website. Firstly, there is now a coloured status bar at the top of the ELO rankings page. We’ve been doing some work to repair and improve our games database, and we’ve found that a daily, automated rankings recalculation is the …
January in NAF Tournaments Happy New Year and welcome to 2019! It’s going to be an absolute blockbuster of year for NAF tournaments, and January has started us off on the right foot. With ~190 coaches contesting REVA in Spain and the third largest tournament ever in the UK, the UKTC ’19 taking place in …
Dear members, The NAF Annual Review 2018 is now complete. I’d like to thank everyone who showed interest in the process or was involved. You will find all 2019 NAF tournament documentation on this revised Tournament Documents page, and tournaments will be expected to use these rules throughout 2019. If you have already had a …
October in NAF Tournaments As anyone who is still recovering from Eurobowl 2018 will tell you, October has been a special month. Much more on the third largest Blood Bowl tournament in NAF history shortly, but first, the monthly statistics and all of the other exciting NAF tournament news! October saw 52 tournaments played including …
Dear members, The time has come to begin the NAF Annual Review 2018! What is it? The Annual Review is the new method by which the NAF will set rules and guidelines for tournaments held over the next calendar year. It is our aim to reduce confusion, increase stability and make sure that our tournament …
April in NAF Tournaments Somehow, we’re already a third of the way through 2018. How did that happen?! There has been plenty of big Blood Bowl news in April, and lots of it matters if you play in NAF tournaments. Firstly, let’s talk Chaos and the upcoming GW releases. In case you’ve been living under …
March in NAF Tournaments March has been massive. Not only have we been playing Blood Bowl in 49 tournaments across 4 continents (including one Major), we’ve seen the soft-launch of a new ranking system, fought it out online in the Road to the NAF Championship and learned more about the 2019 NAF World Cup in …
February in NAF Tournaments Hello, and welcome to your February round-up of all things NAF tournament! We’ve had another super-full month with a total of 50 events taking place all over the world. We’ve been playing Blood Bowl in Greece, Chile and Malta, Sevens in the USA and Streetbowl in Uruguay. Alongside the real life action, …
Introduction Hello, and welcome to what I hope is going to be a monthly or so blog about all things NAF tournament. As newly installed NAF Tournament Director (TD), I should be talking about tournaments, well, SHOUTING about tournaments, and between this blog and another I’ll mention later, I hope to do just that. …