The Double Standards 2025 tournament will be held at Tabletop Republic, 37 High Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2AG. On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th January 2025.
Price
Tickets are £60 for a team of two coaches.
Tickets are only available to NAF Members. You MUST be a member of the NAF in order to play at the Double Standards tournament. For more information on the NAF including how to join, head to www.thenaf.net.
Please also be aware of our refund policy - we cannot process refunds for any event cancellations that occur within 30 days of the event date.
Access & Parking
The venue is step-free ground floor with disabled access toilet facilities. There is however no parking at the venue, being a high street premises.
Food
To keep the cost of entry down, food is not included in the ticket price. Food is available to purchase at the venue and many other nearby businesses.
Rules
The Double Standards 2024 tournament will be using the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition (or Blood Bowl 2020 as it is commonly known) rules, along with the “Teams of Legend” PDF and the designers' Errata which can be found over on the official Blood Bowl website, as well as the inclusion of the Slann team, which may be found under the NAF's “Rules For Tournaments 2021” document. "Daemons of Khorne" will no longer be a permitted roster due to being superseded by the official GW Khorne team. Any Games Workshop published team / rules updates which occur 7 days or more prior to the tournament start date will be implemented, unless stated through updates provided by Tabletop Republic. Any queries about tournament rules can be sent to contact@tabletoprepublic.com
Doubles Format
Doubles Blood Bowl is simply played by two players on the same "team" playing two other players on an opposing "team" in two individual and separate games of Blood Bowl. (You are not sat side by side conferring over the same game of Blood Bowl!)
The cumulative score a team picks up each round will determine the place in the table. I.e, with the scoring format being 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, if one player on the team wins and their partner draws, they gain 3 points as a team.
The two coaches must select different teams (e.g. they cannot both play Shambling Undead).
Team Building
The team building tier breakdown for the Double Standards tournament are as follows (subject to change):
Tier 1
May not induce star players. 1,150,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills.
Dwarf, Undead
Tier 2
May not induce star players. 1,150,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.
Amazons, Chaos Dwarf, Chaos Renegade, Dark Elf, Human, Norse, Old World Alliance, Orc, Skaven, Tomb Kings, Underworld
Tier 3
May not induce star players. 1,200,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.
Lizardmen, Necromantic, Wood Elf
Tier 4
Star Players permitted (see ban list), 1,200,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.
Black Orc, Chaos Chosen, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, High Elf, Ogres, Snotling, Vampires
Tier 5
Star Players permitted (see ban list), 1,250,000 gp base allowance. 8 primary skills -OR- 5 primary and 2 secondary skills.
Khorne, Elven Union, Imperial Nobility, Nurgle, Slann
Inducements
The only inducements permitted are Apothecaries, Bloodweiser Kegs, Halfling Master Chefs, and Bribes, which are paid for out of the gold pieces referenced above prior to the tournament. No inducements are able to be purchased at the table, so spend that gold!
Star Player Ban List
The following star players are prohibited:
Cindy Piewhistle
Bomber Dribblesnot
Skitter Stab-Stab
Estelle La Veneaux
Hakflem Skuttlespike
Griif Oberwald
Dribl & Drull
Deeproot Strongbranch
Morg N' Thorg
Skills Packages
Once you have fully purchased your team as described above, you may distribute additional skills amongst your players as per the tiers above these skills are not “paid for” using your gold pieces allowance and are instead simply added to your roster.
No player may receive more than 2 additional skills.
A coach that selects a tier package where secondary skills are available may substitute one of the secondary skills for a primary skill if they wish (i.e. take 6 primary 1 secondary instead of 5 primary 2 secondary).
Painting Requirements
All teams must be painted with at least 3 colours and be comprised of appropriate fantasy miniatures which reflect the positionals they are intended to represent.
Prayers To Nuffle
Any reference to rolling on the “Prayers to Nuffle” Table must utilise the Exhibition variant of the table found on page 103 of the Blood Bowl rulebook.
What You Need To Bring
All coaches must bring with them:
- One painted team
- One Blood Bowl pitch and dugouts
- Dice and Templates
Rosters in Tourplay
There is no requirement to bring a printed roster although players are welcome to for quick reference. All rosters will now be submitted in advance on Tourplay at the link provided. Please ensure you have submitted your roster on Tourplay as soon as possible. IMPORTANT - each player MUST have their own profile in Tourplay (it is not possible for one player to submit several rosters into Tourplay under their own profile on behalf of other players). Each player MUST have their NAF details (name and number) entered into their Tourplay profile.
Scoring
The primary scoring system is 2 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw, 0 Points for a loss. Tie breaking will take into account strength of schedule, followed by net touchdowns, followed by net casualties.
Prizes
There will be prizes/trophies awarded for the following:
Tournament Winner
Runner Up
Most Touchdowns
Most Casualties*
Stunty Cup (Best placed Ogres, Snotlings Halflings or Goblins)
Best Painted Award**
Disaster Averted! Award (2nd bottom - a twist on the "Wooden Spoon" idea!)
*Any injury that goes into your opponent's injury box (even if it's just passing through) counts towards the Most Casualties award. (And also for the tie breaker.) this includes opponent's failed dodges, fouls and crowd surfs etc. ANY injury counts for your CAS.
**Display bases do not increase your chances of winning best painted, only the figures themselves will be judged.
Schedule
Saturday
10:00 – Registration
10:30 – Game 1 Start
12:45 – Lunch
13:15 – Game 2 Start
15:30 – Break
15:45 – Game 3 Start
18:00 – End of Play
Sunday
10:00 – Game 4 Start
12:15 – Lunch
12:45 – Game 5 Start
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Game 6 Start
17:30 – End of Play
17:45 – Awards and Close