Rules

THis is the rules pack for the 2025 West Middenland Open. Rules for 2026 will be released after there is more data on the Blood Bowl 25 rules.

Team Building

Rosters are purchased with a treasury of 1,200,000 gold crowns to buy players, team rerolls, and staff such as apothecaries, cheerleaders and assistant coaches.

If you have an official Percy The Troll due to winning the wooden spoon, you may count it as 1 free Assistant coach.

All teams currently approved for tournaments will be allowed to play. This includes the teams in the Blood Bowl 2025 Rule book, Spike Magazines released after the BB25 rules and the NAF-approved Slann roster.

The only inducements allowed are:

• 0-1 Team Mascot

• 0-1 Weather Mage

• 0-2 Blitzer’s Best Kegs

• 0-3 Bribes (0-6 for teams with the Bribery and Corruption special rule)

• 0-1 Mortuary Assistant

• 0-1 Plague Doctor

• 0-1 Riotous Rookies

• 0-2 Wandering Apothecaries

• 0-1 Halfling Master Chef

• 0-1 Biased Referee

• 0-2 Star Players

Star players may only be added after 11 regular players have been purchased

All Star Players with Games Workshop published rules for Blood Bowl 2025 will be accepted except:

• Dribl and Drul

• Griff Oberwald

• H’Thark the Unstoppable

• Skrorg Snowpelt

Rosters must be submitted via email to PercyTheTroll@Gmail.Com. For every part day the roster is late past midnight on Friday 30th October, 1 skill will be randomly deleted from your team.

Tier 1 teams are:

• Amazon

• Dark Elf

• Old World Alliance

• Orc

• Nurgle

• Underworld Denizens

• Wood Elf

Tier 2 teams are:

• Chaos Chosen

• Chaos Renegade

• High Elf

• Human

• Lizardmen

• Necromantic Horror

• Shambling Undead

• Slann

• Skaven

• Vampire

Tier 3 teams are:

• Black Orc

• Bretonnian

• Chaos Dwarf

• Dwarf

• Elf Union

• Gnome

• Imperial Nobility

• Khorne

• Norse

• Snotling

• Tomb Kings

Tier 4 teams are:

• Halfling

• Goblin

• Ogre

Skills

Skills can be allocated as follows

• Tier 1: 6 Primary Skills

• Tier 2 : 6 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill

• Tier 3: 8 Primary Skills + 1 Secondary Skill

• Tier 4: 7 Primary Skills + 2 Secondary Skills

Secondary skills may be substituted with a primary skill. Only 1 skill may be taken per player. Star Players cannot take extra skills. 

You Will Need

• A painted team (minimum 3 colours)

• Board and dugout

• Dice

• Templates

• At least ONE printed roster

Tournament Scoring

Each match in the tournament will be scored as follows:

• 15 points for a win

• 7 points for a draw

• 0 points for a loss

• 1 point per touchdown (up to a maximum of 3)

• 1 point per CAS† caused (up to a maximum of 3)

• 1 point for a clean sheet

† Any and every action that causes a casualty counts – including fouls, surfs and bombs as well as good old-fashioned hitting people hard.

Awards

The following prizes will be awarded:

• First Place

• Second Place

• Third Place

• Most Brutal 

• Best Defence

• Best Offense

• Stunty cup 

• Best Painted 

It is only possible to win one prize per team (except Best Painted). If the overall winner also scores most touch- downs, the latter will cascade down to the next best.

Match Rules

If the Cheering Fans result is rolled on the Kick Off Table the winning coach must roll on the Percy the Troll table (See Page 4) rather than gaining a free assist.

In the event of a tie, both coaches roll on the Percy the Troll table

Expected Behaviours

Timing

Rounds are 2 hours and 15 minutes. Whilst some leeway can be provided you risk missing lunch (Percy is after all, Always Hungry) and causing the whole tournament to run late. If the refs ask you to put your dice down and report the match as it is, unfortunately that’s it.

Respect

Respect your opponents and the coaches around you. Blood Bowl is a stressful game and tempers can fray but it’s up to you to manage yourself.

Dice

Your opponent is fully entitled to ask to share your dice, and vice versa. If you’re not willing to share a set of dice, don’t use them.