Blood Bowl Tournament

Blood Bowl is a miniatures board game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American football. The game was first released in 1986 and has been re-released in new editions since. Blood Bowl is set in an alternate version of the Warhammer Fantasy setting, populated by traditional fantasy elements such as human warriors, goblins, dwarves, elves, orcs, and trolls, as well as elements unique to the setting such as the rat-like Skaven.

How to Register

Register for the Y-Con 2026 Blood Bowl tournament through Start.GG. Registration closes on May 15. Y-Con 2026 Weekend Pass or day passes also required to enter. Purchase prior to registration on our Tickets page.

Events

Register for Blood Bowl

Event & Tournament Summary

This is the first of what we are hoping will become an annual event hosted by the Y-Con Gaming & Comics Convention as part of our yearly event taking place at the Yarmouth Mariner’s Centre. This year’s event will be a fixed three round swiss event using the Blood Bowl 2025 Ruleset. If you have any questions about the events or the rules contained in this package, please contact the Tournament.

Organizer:
Jeff Raine - Y-Con Video Games and Tournament Coordinator - jeff@yarmouthcon.com

Tournament Schedule - Saturday May 16

• 10:00 - 10:15am - Event Check-In
• 10:20am - 12:50pm - Round 1
• 12:50pm - 1:35pm - Lunch
• 1:40pm - 4:10pm - Round 2
• 4:15pm - 6:45pm - Round 3
• 6:50pm - Closing & Presentation of Awards

Tournament Rules & Regulations

What will you need to participate?

• The models for your chosen faction
  • Non-Games Workshop models are allowed, as long as they clearly represent the team’s race and the positional roles are easily distinguished from one another. If you are unsure about your models, please send an e-mail to the Tournament Organizer in advance of the event with pictures of the models in order for them to rule on the eligibility of the models.
• The stats for your specific Team
• 4 copies of your team roster, 1 for your own reference and one to provide to each opponent.
• Blood Bowl Dice
  • Participants are encouraged to use official Games Workshop or NAF dice.
  • Dice must be shared if requested by one of the coaches participating in a match.
  • There will be a limited number of spare dice sets available to be borrowed from the tournament organizer should the need arise
• Optional - Additional pitches and dugouts.
• Optional - NAF Membership Number

Tournament Details

If there are any discrepancies, or items not covered below, the 2026 NAF Regulations for Tournaments, shall be the guiding document for tournament regulations.

• Tournament Fee
  • All participants will require either a Saturday day pass or a weekend pass to Y-Con to enter the tournament. Please visit our tickets page for more information on convention tickets.
    • A portion of the ticket cost is accounted for as part of the prizing pool for thetournament.
  • A $5 Event Specific fee is charged during event registration.
• Registration
  • Event registration is now live via the convention’s start.gg page. If you have any questions on registration please email jeff@yarmouthcon.com
  • Currently the intended cap for the event is 24 players, this may be increased if there is a large enough response to the pre-registration.
  • A representative from NAF is planning to be on site for players to be able to register for an optional NAF membership for the discounted in-person rate of $5, payable in cash. This is half off the online registration rate of $10.
• Ruleset
  • The tournament will be played using the Blood Bowl 2025(Season Three) rulebook, and the NAF Recommendations and Clarifications for BB2025 document.
  • The stalling rules from the BB2025 rulebook on page 80 are in effect.
  • The use of the Slann roster is allowed in this tournament, as shown in the 2026 NAF Regulations for Tournaments.
  • The High Elves Roster from Spike Magazine #21 will be in effect.
• Team Building
  • The event will use the Euro Bowl 2026 Team Building rule set for team composition with the following alterations:
    • This is an individual event, not a squad event.
    • Given that this is a living rule set, the rule set for this event will lock to the most current version of the rule set as of May 1st, 2026 in order to allow players enough time to ensure they are prepared for the event
    • High Elf teams are to use the roster provided in Spike Magazine Issue 21.
  • The https://bbtc.pl/ team builder has a drop down option for the Euro Bowl 2026 rule set, to help with team building.
• Event Structure
  • The tournament will consist of three rounds of swiss pairings
    • First round challenges can be submitted to the tournament organizer in advance, as long as both participants agree and will be handled as per section 5.3.3 of the 2026 NAF Regulations for Tournaments.
  • Rounds will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long.
  • Players whose games have not reached the second half by the time there is 1 hour remaining may be put on a chess clock with 30 minutes allocated per player.
• Scoring
  • Points will be awarded as follows:
    • Win - 2
    • Draw - 1
    • Loss - 0
  • The following tie breakers shall be used in the following order:
    • Opponent Points - Total points of all opponents faced during the tournament with the highest total breaking the tie.
    • Touchdown Differential
    • Casualty Differential(Counting only those that would earn SPPs)
    • Most Touchdowns
    • Most Casualties(Counting only those that would earn SPPs)
    • Coinflip
• Prizes and awards
  • Tournament Champion
  • 1st and 2nd Runners up
  • Most Touchdowns
  • Most Casualties