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 …
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 …
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 OWA and their work at Eucalyptus Bowl from Peter Arensen (NAF ID: tribalsinner) we went over to Finland to talk with Marc Andreu …
With the new edition finally getting some playtime we wanted to catch up with some of our recent tournament champions in 2021! In this upcoming mini series we ask them what we think are some of the all important questions with Blood Bowl in its current state! First, we caught with Peter Arensen (NAF ID: …
A group of Blood Bowl coaches gather in March of each year for one of the coolest and likely one of the coldest tournament environments ever played. You read that correctly, cold! The temperature this year was -10°C (14°F) during a heavy snow. The tournament we are talking about is called the True Open and …
Finland’s True Open is the “Coolest” Blood Bowl Event! Read More »
Dear members, From 1st January 2021, we will be updating our tournament rules and infrastructure to reflect the new edition (BB2020) recently released by Games Workshop. Please find the headline changes below and the finer detail in the attached document, which will serve as the NAF Rules for Tournaments 2021. We’re sure that this post will …
A slightly belated welcome, one and all, to October / the start of November in NAF tournaments! At some point this month, the new edition of our beloved game will arrive. We don’t know exactly when yet, only that it’s coming! I am fielding a large number of request regarding the NAF position on this, …
Hello, and welcome to my September round-up of all things NAF tournament! This month seems to have given us a brief period of respite, what with no new GW news to chew on, and I think that has allowed us to gather our collective breath and look at other things, before BB2020 arrives to dominate …
Dear members, Today, we have two pieces of NAF tournament news for you. The first is some initial information regarding the timeline of 2023 NAF World Cup host selection, and the second the announcement of an exciting new class of NAF tournament – ‘Nationals’. World Cup 2023 – Bidding timeline When we selected Dornbirn as …
Hello all, and welcome to a nice quick blog with no news or significant events to talk about. Or not! Since I last wrote in this space, news of the Blood Bowl 2020 edition has of course landed. The internet has melted into the usual rainbow of news, reviews, panic, excitement, pleasure, pain and everything …
Dear members, As many of you will know, Games Workshop are releasing their latest BB2016 Spike! Journal this weekend; (re)introducing the Snotling race to Blood Bowl. As Spike! Journals have been released throughout BB2016, the NAF have encouraged Tournament Organisers (TOs) to include new material at their discretion until it is formally reviewed as part …