Date of event: Saturday 12th July 2025
Location: Dukes Gaming, 135 Osborne Road, Pontypool, NP4 6LT
Cost: £20 for NAF members / Non NAF members need to sign up to the NAF (www.thenaf.net.) before attending.
Register team here: https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/dukes-summer-bowl-25
Tickets: https://dukes-gaming.com/products/12th-july-blood-bowl-summer-bowl?_pos=1&_sid=b7bf32d35&_ss=r
The tournament will be a resurrection style, meaning all injuries and player deaths etc will reset after each round.
When booking your ticket use the “Book your time” button to launch a calendar, scroll to 12th July, select that date and then “Add to cart”.
Player Cap: 22 players
Food: Food is not included in the ticket price, however hot food and snacks are available to purchase at the venue. Duke’s Gaming is located in Pontypool Town centre and there are a number of places for food. Please note, no food or drink is allowed to be brought into the venue.
Ruleset
Team building
Coaches are given 1,200,000 for the purposes of selecting players, re rolls, sideline staff and purchasing any inducements permitted. This is completely separate from the inclusion of additional skills, which will be covered under the “Skills Package” section.
Star Players
Mega stars are banned:
- Bomber Dribblesnot
- Cindy Piewhistle
- Deeproot Strongbranch
- Griff Oberwald
- Hackflem Skuttlespike
- Kreek Rustgougher
- Morg ‘n’ Thorg
Star players can be selected once 11 players have been rostered on the team at the cost of 12 SPP per player. Star players that come as a pair cost 24 SSP.
Inducements
All inducements from the 2020 rulebook and Deathzone with the exception of Mercs and Special Play Cards
Skills package
We will use GW tiering
- Tier 1 – 42 SPP
- Tier 2 – 48 SPP
- Tier 3 – 54 SPP
No player can have more than two skills.
No random skills.
No stat increases.
Compulsory items to bring
- Painted team (minimum three colours)
- Board
- Rules for what you’re using
- Roster (printed or virtual)
- Dice
Prizes
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes
- Best painted
- Wooden spoon
Schedule
- 9.00 – Registration & Event opening
- 09:30-11:30 – Game 1
- 11:45-13:45 – Game 2
- 13:45-14:15 – Lunch
- 14:15-16:15 – Game 3
- 16:30-18:30 – Game 4
- 18:30-19:00 – Awards ceremony
List lock
Lists will be locked three days before the event (12th July) to check for any mistakes and let people make relevant changes.
Scoring
Scoring is 3-1-0 with tie breakers as SoS followed by net TD+cas