The new PE Teacher Grigwall Filthpuncher, a grizzled old Orc, thinks these namby-pamby Goblin kids need toughening up. He's invited Blood Bowl teams from all over the land to participate in a lucrative tournament on the condition that each team takes a student into their match-day squad.
The student player will be a Goblin 'Ooligan with all the usual stats. All coaches will receive a free painted miniature (as usual) to represent their Goblin student.
What to Expect
- A welcoming and competitive 3-game NAF-approved Blood Bowl tournament in a Goblin comprehensive school.
Fully painted 'Ooligan player for each team.
- Themed spot prizes!
- Full table service provided by the fab Bargammons staff... who will probably cosplay in school uniforms.
- Generous swag bags for all attendees and awards for the top teams.
- Part of the South West Tournament Series.
Location: Bargammons Tavern Board Game Cafe, Kings Head House, 35 Market Place, Chippenham. SN15 3HT.
The Tavern has a fully licensed bar, and the entire premises will be available to tournament attendees only. Mel and the team will provide a full at-table drinks service throughout the day.
Size: 40 players
Pricing (tickets and lunch options)
£20 for NAF members. If you're not a NAF member, please sign up with the NAF first.
£6.50- £7.40 supplement if you wish to pre-order a burger from Boston Burger (an excellent local Burger restaurant). The 3 options available for pre-order are listed below, and their full menu can be viewed here- https://www.bostonburger.co.uk
- The Boston Classic (£6.50) – 6oz Beef, Cheddar, Salad, Mayo, Brioche Bun.
- The SFC (£7.40) – Breaded Southern Fried Chicken Breast, Cheddar, Hash Brown, Garlic Mayo, Salad, Brioche Bun.
- The Big V (Veggie or Vegan) (£6.80) – Pea and Mint Falafel Burger, Vegan Cheese, Vegan Slaw, Salad, Vegan Mayo, Vegan Brioche Bun – Can be made Veggie with Cheddar and Mayo.
We will accept ticket refunds up to 6th September.
To pick up your ticket, head over to https://forgebreakers.uk/
Special event rule ('Goblin Student')
As per Mr. Filthpuncher's instructions, the Goblin students will take the field on opposing sides. Each coach will receive a Goblin 'Ooligan for free in addition to their rostered team. Coaches cannot add skills to their students! They've had no time to train with the team
Each coach will be given a free, fully painted miniature to represent the Goglin students.
Tiers, skills and Inducements
Tier 1 (7 primary skills):
Dark Elves, Skaven, Dwarfs, Shambling Undead, Wood Elves, Amazons, Underworld Denizens.
Tier 2 (7 primary skills, 1 secondary):
Orcs, Humans, High Elves, Norse, Pro Elves, Lizardmen, Vampires, Necromantic Horrors, Tomb Kings.
Tier 3 (8 primary skills, 1 secondary):
Chaos Chosen, Imperial Nobility, Black Orcs, Slann, Khorne, Chaos Dwarves.
Tier 4 (8 primary skills, 2 secondary):
Old World Alliance, Chaos Renegades, Snotlings, Nurgle.
Tier 5 (9 primary skills, 2 secondary):
Goblins, Halflings, Ogres, Gnomes.
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- Star players on Tier 4 and 5 only at a cost of 1 primary and 1 secondary skill. Only 1 star player per team.
- Skills (both primary and secondary) may be repeated.
- Skills (both primary and secondary combined) may be stacked twice. This limit applies both across individual players (i.e. a player may only have 2 additional skills) and a full team roster (i.e. only 2 players on the roster can have more than 1 skill assigned).
- Goblin Students will be in addition to each coach's 16-player roster limit and no skills can be added to the Goblin Students.
- All inducements are available except mercenaries (merc giants are allowed).
Rosters submissions
Rosters must be finalised on TourPlay by 18th September.
https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/forg ... -bash-2025
Tourplay will only be used for roster verification. Match scores will be submitted to the TOs manually on the day.
Swag and prizes
Trophies
Trophies will be awarded to:
- 1st place, best stunty & wooden spoon trophies.
- Best painted team award.
Attendees to our previous tournament will appreciate how we work hard to offer great swag to everyone who attends. For Back to School Bash we're still finalising our swag. Further details will be shared once confirmed.
T-Shirts
Bargammons offer an 'on the day' custom, event-specific T-shirt printing offer... in other words, Mellie and the lovely Bargammons folk will print you an event-specific T-shirt with your NAF details on it! Order will be placed upon arrival and T-shirts printed during the day! Costs for this will be confirmed closer to the time.
Spot prizes
The final list of spot prizes is TBC, but we'll adopt the same approach as our previous tournaments and offer either a boozy short or some form of savory snack.
Schedule
3 games. 2hrs 15 minutes per game
09.30 – 10.00: Doors open, registration and swag bag distribution
10.00 – 12.15: Game 1
12.15 – 13.00: Lunch & judging Best Painted
13.00 – 15.15: Game 2
15.15 – 15.45: Break
15.45 – 18.00: Game 3
18.00 – 18.30: Prizes
18.30: Pub
Ruleset
BB2020 per the official rule book. Any supplementary rules published by Games Workshop, such as Spike Journals and Almanacs, in addition to rules accompanying any product release, such as the packets inside Star Player packaging.
The Teams of Legend document, released and hosted by Games Workshop.
The Errata and Designer’s Commentary (known as FAQ) published by Games Workshop.
We’ll use the ‘Exhibition Play’ rules (p101-103) for resurrection events, including the exhibition version of the Prayers to Nuffle table.
Slann teams are allowed and will use the NAF roster.
The above sources, published up to the date of the tournament are valid.
Scoring and tiebreakers
Games will be scored as follows:
- 30pts - win.
- 10pts - draw.
- 0pts - loss
- 1 pt per casualty or touchdown up to a maximum of 4 for each.
Total score.
- Opposition Score (Strength of Schedule).
- Touchdown difference.
- CAS difference.
- Touchdowns for.
- CAS for.
- Rock, paper, scissors.
Painting and models
All models should be painted 3 colours minimum and be fully based. In terms of models, anything goes as long as it’s clear which models relate to different players on a roster. If in doubt, submit a query to admin@forgebreakers.uk
Attendance list
Mr_T_
Banjo
Col
HexBaron
Marlow_p
Lovett
KingBarrington
Nithilus
Crispers
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