Rules

We use the LRB6 as intended by the NAF.
LRB6 as intended by the NAF BBRC, is composed by three documents, the Blood Bowl Competition Rules, the three new teams and LRB5 pages 5, 32 and 33.

Download the three documents and use them as reference when playing all official AnBBL Games.

Elite Season Rules:
The elite seasons does not use the optional rules from page 28-36 (32-62 on the page numbers) in the Blood Bowl Competition Rules, but you can do whatever you want in the Semi Pro season.

We used the LRB5 in our league, FF costs money and only the normal inducements. New teams MUST have at least 11 players in the roster for the first match.

We don't use the optional league rules from page 34-42 in the LRB, wich also means we do not use the Special play cards.

The first page in this document (the 2007 rules review) will apply.

Other than that, clarifications and house rules can be found by reading on.

The BBRC regularly announces changes to the official rules - there is an annual rules review. We will always implement those and accommodate our league to the current rules - not during a running season though, between seasons.
For instance, Ogres are no longer allowed on Dwarf teams, so we retired all Ogres on active Dwarf teams, refunding the original price.

The semi pro games(games between BRAVO group teams) normally use the same rules as given above. However, if both (or in case of a tournament - ALL) coaches agree, they may use the optional league rules as i.e. the special play cards. This may give you an inducement driven game though, and might ruin the enjoyment of pure Blood Bowl games.

This trophy goes to the winners of the AnBBL Champions' Final.

In addition to the normal post game MVP, an extra MVP is given to one random player (this time a player that is not dead!). This is due to the fame following the trophy.

The team holding the AnBBL Champions' Trophy can use the trophy as a free team re-roll (if the trophy is present by the field). The RR is not written on the team roster and does not affect team rating - it is represented by the trophy.
Note that the AnBBL Champions' Trophy may not bring the team RRs over the maximum allowed RRs.

Only the current champion (or the AnBBL commish) are allowed having possession of the AnBBL Champions' Trophy. The transaction from the current holders of the trophy to the new current champions, are done after the playoffs have ended. I.e. the team holding the trophy can use its benefits when battling for the 3.rd place, even though the final have already been played.



The AnBBL Champions' Trophy.

"Da Golden Keffo Orc" is awarded to the team that wins da Keffo Kup, our autumn Semi Pro's Tournament hosted by the North Conference.

As he has to emtpy the whole bowl of Keffo(approximately 100 kups of keffo) before passing on the trophy to his taemmates, a random player on the winning team permanently receives the "Keffo Frenzy" skill. (Reroll if the random player already has, or can't have the Frenzy skill. If no players on the team are eligible - the Keffo has no effect on the players as they probably already are some crazy maniacs). This skill does not count towards the player value.

Beeing the biggest Semi Pro's tournament in the AnBBL, "Da Golden Keffo Orc" counts as a 2+ FF modifier as long as it is present by the field. The +2 to FF is not written on the team roster and does not affect team rating or post game FanFactor rolls - it is represented by the trophy.

"Keffo Frenzy" is the same skill as "Frenzy", but only one of the two skills may be used during an action


da Golden Keffo Ork contains Keffo Koffe in several concealed chambers.

This trophy goes to the winners of the NC Final.

The team holding the NC Champions' Trophy add +2 to its fan factor (if the trophy is present by the field). The +2 to FF is not written on the team roster and does not affect team rating or post game FanFactor rolls - it is represented by the trophy.

Only the current NC champion (or the AnBBL commish) are allowed having possession of the NC Champions' Trophy. The transaction from the current holders of the trophy to the new current champions, are done after the playoffs have ended. I.e. the team holding the trophy can use its benefits when battling for the 3.rd place, even though the final have already been played.


The NC Champions Trophy is carried by two of Rik a Kadrin Kazads former personal Hammerers, now given the honorable task of protecting the trophy from lesser teams trying to steal it. Also their task is to make sure the trophy is handed over to the next team winning it.

This trophy goes to the winners of the SC Final.

The team holding the SC Champions' Trophy add +2 to its fan factor (if the trophy is present by the field). The +2 to FF is not written on the team roster and does not affect team rating or post game FanFactor rolls - it is represented by the trophy.

Only the current SC champion (or the AnBBL commish) are allowed having possession of the SC Champions' Trophy. The transaction from the current holders of the trophy to the new current champions, are done after the playoffs have ended. I.e. the team holding the trophy can use its benefits when battling for the 3.rd place, even though the final have already been played.


The SC Champions trophy is a stone cross supporting a kickers foot in solid gold, carried by four zombies raised by Capshaw to perform this partculary honorable task.

The cap gives it's holder a permanent +1 to the MA.

If the player holding the Speed Boost Cap gets killed, the cap is destroyed forever, as the rune only alows for one player to ever use it.

Baxter Mittens (Purple Bluebirds) kills Bargle (LotP) during a foul. As It's bearer takes his last breath, a bright light engulfs the Speed Boost Cap, erasing it for eternity

Both the MVP Defence and MVP Offence are rewarded at the award ceremony, after the AnBBL Champions' Final has been played, before the league is resett for a new season.

The season MVP Defence goes to the player(s) with the highest combined SPP's earned by Casualities and Interceptions. Kills will be used as tiebreakers.

Effect:
1. The MVP Defence brings in 50.000gp for the player(s) team treasury.
2. Earning the MVP also means the player(s) receives the skill "Fan Favourite".
3. Constant boosting of the honestly earned AnBBL MVP cause jealous people to bounty the player(s) in secrecy. A 100.000gp bounty is added to the player(s) when receiving this MVP.
4. As any other MVP this MVP is worth 5 SPPs (assigned as extra SPPs)

Both ALPHA and BRAVO players are eligble.

The season MVP Offence goes to the player(s) with the highest number of SPP's earned by TDs and Completions together.

Effect:
1. The MVP Offence brings in 50.000gp for the player(s) team treasury.
2. Earning the MVP also means the player(s) receives the skill "Fan Favourite".
3. Constant boosting of the honestly earned AnBBL MVP cause jealous people to bounty the player(s) in secrecy. A 100.000gp bounty is added to the player(s) when receiving this MVP.
4. As any other MVP this MVP is worth 5 SPPs (assigned as extra SPPs)

Both ALPHA and BRAVO players are eligble.

The winners of the AnBBL Champions' Final is promoted to Current Champions and receives the AnBBL Champions' Trophy.

Participants in the AnBBL Champions' Final is:
Champion of North Conference - home team in even seasons (season II, IV, VI etc)
vs Champion of South Conference - home team in odd seasons (season III, V, VII etc)

If for some reason it is impossible to arrange the AnBBL Champions' Final, the winner will be decided randomly by a lot

Both North Confernce and South Conference run their own separate playoffs to determine their top three teams. Depending on the number of participating teams in each conference, the best teams go through to either semi-finals, quarter- or 1/8-finals. There is no special prizes for the top three teams in each confernce, exept for double winnings and a trophy symbolizing their achievement.

The winner of the North Conference Final and the South Conference Final meet to battle for the AnBBL Champions' Trophy in the AnBBL Champions' Final.

Within each conference, the top ranking team of the Semi Pro's division may swap places with the elite division team of the same coach. This is done at the end of the season, before the NC and SC playoffs start. It is still the ranking of the elite division team that decides wether or not the Semi Pro's division team can attend the playoffs.

Hence the swapping comes to use when the Semi Pro's division team is better than the elite division team, or when the Semi Pro team is in need of the playoffs boosted winnings.

Group matches are not taken into overtime - only finals, semifinals and such.
Overtime is not played as "sudden death", but will go the total amounts of turns.
An overtime consists of 2x4 turns - ie. two small halves. Before first extra half, roll a dice to decide who kicks off (as at beginning of match). Of course, the other coach kicks off to the second extra half.
In an overtime half, you do not get back used re-rolls (not even leader re-rolls). Only unused re-rolls left over from normal play time will be usable. A Halfling Chef cannot steal/acquire re-rolls in an overtime half.
If the match still has tied TD score after extra time, the teams are too evenly matched - then roll dice to find the winner :-( . Each coach rolls a D6, the highest score wins - unused re-rolls adds +1 to the dice roll. Re-roll any ties, of course.
The team winning the shoot out will get an extra TD awarded (as if scored by a freebooter). This is mainly for calculation purposes for the website (you need more TDs than the opposition to be recognized as the winner).

The two teams participating in the final will automatically get +1 FF in the post match procedures. Do not roll for FF.

This goes for any Final in the AnBBL, i.e. NC Final, AnBBL Champions' Final, Keffo Kup Final etc.

The match(es) for third place counts as a semi-final for purposes as The Gate and Winnings.

i.e. keffo kup bronze final etc.

At beginning of season, no player can start with a "miss next match" from an injury received in a previous season. Erase all the "M"s on the team roster, just before first round.

AnBBL consist of two conferences, North Conference and South Conference.

North Conference:
Teams based around Setermoen and Tromsø in northern Norway play against teams from the same area.

South Conference:
Teams based around Hamar and Oslo in southern Norway play against teams from the same area.

Each conference contains two divisions. One Elite division (aka ALPHA) and one Semi Pro's division (aka BRAVO).

The Elite division:
A set schedule is followed when playing matches. If a coach failes to play all his games within a season, he receives a punishment (see League structure rule: "Elite division - The Punishment").

The elite teams battle to attend the playoffs and have a chance to win the AnBBL Champions' Trophy, becoming the AnBBL Current Champions!

The elite divisions may be divided into groups due to geographical distances. If so, they each get the same amount of team slots in the division playoffs.

Only one team per coach are allowed in the elite divisions.

The Semi Pro's division:
Games played the anarchy way, with no set schedule. Theese teams does not normally get to attend the playoffs. This is a playground used to test out and pump up next season elite teams, or to keep other teams fit by casual gaming.

There's no limit to the number of teams a coach can have in the Semi Pro's division.

When a season is running a team participating in that season may put some of its money on any player participating in the season as a bounty. After each played match a team can put up to 50k on bounties - no more.
If a player with a bounty on his head dies (and is not healed/regenerated), the opposing team gets the reward. If the player retires, the bounty money is lost forever in the stockpile of the greedy league commission, hehe.
To avoid loads of small insignificant bounties, the minimum bounty on a player is set at 20 kgp.

We do not like coaches dropping out during a running season - if you want to play in the league, you agree to play all your matches in that season.
In case of the sad incident that a team must drop out, we prefer that another person takes over coaching it. Otherwise the rule "Elite division: The Punishment" will apply.

For each game an elite team has failed to play at start of playoffs, as per the schedule, 20 000 gp from the teams treasury will be used to bounty a random player on the team roster.

If the team treasury is empty, the bounty will be sponsored by the AnBBL commision board.

When a team starts a match with less than 11 players on the roster (not counting journeymen), it will after the match receive more winnings to help rebuilding the team. The under manned coaches should add another +10k to the winnings for every missing player.

Clarification:
This does not mean you get 10K gp for every injured player, i.e. MISS NEXT players. It means you get +10K if you've only got 10 players on your roster, and 20K if you've got 9 players in your roster etc. The rule is here to help coaches get back to a decent number of players on their roster, wich is minimum 11 :) I.e. If you've got 7 healthy and 4 injured, you've still got 11 players in your roster.

A won match gives you 5 points, a tie 3 points, a lost match 1 point.
Groups are sorted by points. Then by TD score (first best net score then most scored TDs). Then by casualty score (first net score, then most inflicted).

You are allowed to restart your team from scratch during a running season. It actually means that all players and coaching staff retire, fan factor, re-rolls and money reset, and you start buying players and coaching staff as if starting a new team. So the team's name and the race stay unchanged, and its history continues. Points and scores already earned in the season are NOT reset. If the team is about to restart, it is not allowed to spend money on bounties just before that.

No stat characteristic can be decreased/increased more than two points from its starting value - not even by a skill. It may go two points up, then one down because of an injury, and then one up again (but cannot then go further up until it has dropped again).
No stat characteristic can go below a value of 1. Any effect that would take it below 1 is ignored (ie. the best decrease for a Treeman is -AG ;-)).

Trolls on a Goblin team have access to Block skill on a normal skill roll. It counts as a double roll for value purposes.
Being smaller in size and harder to keep track of, Goblin teams often manage to sneak an extra player from the reserves onto the field. Goblin teams are allowed to set up 12 players.

Treemen playing on a Halfling team have access to Block skill on normal skill roll. It counts as a double roll for value purposes.
Halflings are tender and loving persons. They take extra care of their Treemen and nurse their roots. As a consequence their Treemen are able to wrestle free their roots after a while, if they have taken root.
When a Treeman on a Halfling team has taken root, the roots will automatically loosen themselves after the team turn is over. When starting any action with a treeman, he first has to roll for take root (after declaring the action).
And just like Goblins, Halflings are allowed to set up 12 players.

Being smaller in size and harder to keep track of, Snotlings often manage to sneak an extra player from the reserves onto the field. Ogre teams are allowed to set up 12 players.

Before an announced block is carried out, execute Dump Off if the blocked player can and will (and perhaps also Pass Block as a response to the Dump off).
Then determine the number of block dice according to assists. Roll for block and execute the result of the block dice. Choose whether or not to follow up. Then roll for armour (and injury) if a player was knocked over. Then roll for scatter if the ball carrier was knocked down or Strip Ball takes effect.

A standing player, who has lost his tackle zone (due to Really Stupid, Bone Head or Hypnotic Gaze) may now NOT lend assist to a block or a foul. He may not catch or pass (which excludes the use of dump off).
See also Lost tackle zones and catching.

The only skill that must be used in a block is Frenzy (unless overruled by Multiple block) - any other skill is not mandatory. A player involved in a block can choose not to use eg. block, dodge or stand firm.

Only players occupy squares. A square with the ball is not occupied, and you can therefore freely push a player into that square - the ball will then scatter 1 square (choose whether to follow-up or not before rolling for scatter).

If a player being blocked is pushed into another player (standing or prone), subsequent pushing takes place. All subsequent pushing is controlled by the active coach, unless the player to be pushed has side step and is standing. Using Stand Firm prevents subsequent pushing - all pushing then stops.
Subsequent pushing uses the normal rules for pushing concerning direction and available free squares and such.
Remember: if the three available squares are occupied, you can choose one of the three squares. Do not calculate what is "the easiest way to push" counting subsequent pushes. Resolve one push at a time in a series of pushes.
Strip Ball has no effect in secondary pushing, but Stand Firm and Side Step are in effect. Grab and Fend skills have no effect in subsequent pushing.

Not only casualties from SPP-valid blocks count towards the total casualty scores of the match. We hence keep track of all casualties inflicted in a match for score and statistic purposes - eg. casualties inflicted by a wizard or from a failed dodge/GFI, form a foul or a secret weapon, or crowd inflicted casualties.

When a coach decides to concede while not behind in TD score, the opposing team will be awarded TDs until having more TDs than the conceding team. Such extra TDs will not give any SPP (they won't even be scored by any player).

If you have to roll a dice "before the match", these rolls are done after pre-match procedures.

When entering the square with the ball as part of voluntary moving, you must try to pick it up.
When the ball lands in or bounces into a square with a standing player (or it is handed to him), he must try to catch it - unless the player is not allowed to catch it, in which case it will scatter one square.

Illegal Procedure cannot be called before a dice has been rolled or a player moved at least one square (or a player's action ended in another way).
If you suffer an illegal procedure and whish to continue your turn, you must spend a re-roll even if you have already used a re-roll this turn. Only if you do not have any re-rolls left, the opponent gets a re-roll.

Mercenaries, Journeymen, Star Players and players who died in the match are eligible when rolling for MVP. Remember to write hired players down as players on the temporary roster on the match sheet - people tend to forget about them when rolling for MVP.
Players who never sat foot in the dugout or on the pitch are not eligible - ie. players who must miss the match due to injury.

When rolling the perfect defence result on the kick-off table, you reorganize the players on the field - it is not a completely new set-up where you can exchange the players on the field with players in the dug-out.
If you used the Kick skill in the scattering process on the kick off (remember that the kick-off effect takes place after the ball scatters, but before it lands), you must still place a player with Kick in a proper position on the field when rearranging your perfect defence.

You can only use team/leader re-rolls on a dice roll related to a player's performance in your turn. This excludes coaching staff rolls, random events, or rolls out of play - such as pre-match, before set-up or kick-off (such as KO-rolls).

When the spectators throw the ball back onto the pitch, place the throw-in template so its mark of the ball is over the square, the ball last was in/over before it went off field. That square is counted as number one, when counting the distance of the throw-in.

If the ball leaves the pitch diagonally from a corner square, decide randomly how to place the throw-in template - ie: along the end line or the side line.

A TD occurs when a model stands in the opposition's end zone holding the ball. When this happens the referee blows his whistle, and play stops immediately - even if the action in progress is not intended to end. This is a house rule.
All rolls concerning standing in the square have to be made. Eg, pushed into end zone by an opponent using strip ball, will not award a TD, if the ball was stripped from its holder (unless the ball bounces back to the pushed player, who catches it).
Regarding the use of Frenzy, it consist of two separate blocks, so if the model is standing in the end zone after all rolls for the first block has been made, the ref will stop the play awarding a TD.
If a player after using Diving Catch stands in the End Zone with ball, it is a TD.
If after a fumble or failed pick up a player stands in the end zone holding the ball, it is a TD (and not a turn-over).
If a player is standing in the end zone with the ball, after a Blitz on the kick off table has been executed and after the ball has come down, it is a TD! The receiving team does not get its turn, and the two teams set up again without moving the turn markers.

The 4 minute time limit for a coach to finish his turn is not mandatory in AnBBL. The coaches must agree before the game starts whether to use it or not.

The turn time limit is a great way to speed up games though.

When not using the time limit and a coach is taking unacceptably long time, it is OK to point it out and hurry on him/her.

Remember that the thrower will only earn a completion and 1 SPP if the throw was accurate, and the ball is in possession of the intended receiver as it comes to rest (even if caught after bouncing around first, i.e. if the intended target first dropped the ball, but then it bounced back from a prone player, he got a second chance and if he then caught it it would be a completion).

A fumble occurs on a pass roll of 1 before or after modifications. A fumble with the ball always results in a turnover. Fumbling when trying to throw a team-mate only result in a turnover, if the thrown player has the ball and fails his landing roll.

When having lost your tackle zone (because of hypnotic gaze or bone head/really stupid), you cannot use pass block, cannot try to intercept and cannot use skills which relates to your tackle zone (such as shadowing). If the ball (or a bomb) lands in your square, you may not try to catch it. The bomb will explode while the ball will bounce. See also Lost tackle zones and blocking.

Ranges can be measured freely during a pass action. Place the template's "ring" over the centre of the square with the thrower, and the center line of the template must cross the centre of the target square. If the target square is partly under more than one band, the higher distance is used. If the target square partially extends further than the longest band, the pass cannot be attempted.
See also pass ranges chart.

First announce target. The opposition may move Pass Block players. Then roll for interception. If interception unsuccessful, roll for pass, then catch/bounce and so on.

It is allowed to target an empty square on the field when passing. You cannot pass to an imaginary square outside the field. It is allowed to use Pass Block when the opponent passes the ball to an empty square.

An inaccurate pass scatters 3D8. The ball will not land and cannot be caught in between the D8 rolls.
If the ball at any time during rolling for scatter crosses the field's boundary, a throw-in takes place from the last square the ball was over in the scattering process.

Though rolling twice on the serious injury table, the player inflicting the casualty only get SPP for the worst of theese two injuries on the match report chart.

I.e: If a "Kill" and a "Badly Hurt" is the two results, the player causing the casualty should only be entered into the box "Killers", thus getting two SPP for a kill.

Note that it is allowed to pass to an empty square. An accurate pass landing in a square next to a diving catcher, is still an accurate pass and gives +1 to catch rolls.

Diving Tackle can be used whenever a player tries to dodge away from you. So it is allowed to use diving tackle, even if the -2 modifier does not make the dodge roll fail, or if the dodger fails his dodge roll without the -2 modifier - ie falling over freely in that manner.

This skill is triggered when an opponent is about to block you. The skill also works when you are about to be attacked with a special weapon like a chainsaw or dagger, but a wizard attack or an exploding bomb (or a thrown team-mate landing on top of you) will not let you use the skill.

Even if the victim is pushed back and knocked over, you have to follow up. You always follow up (unless the opponent is able to use the Fend skill)! Also if the victim gets pushed out of the pitch. Frenzy applies to both Block actions and Blitz actions - anytime you block another player.
Frenzy does not take effect when using Multiple Block or when attacking with a secret weapon. It only works on normal blocks.
If you have not used both GFI's and the victim is still standing, you must use your second GFI in order to throw the second block. The use of Sprint is optional.

Juggernaut only ignores StandFirm for the player being blitzed, not on players being secondary pushed.

This skill only works on Block actions - not Blitz actions. It cannot be used in combination with Frenzy (but may override the otherwise mandatory use of Frenzy).
Procedure: declare a multiple block and its first target and resolve block sequence. If still standing you have the option of a second block: declare second target and resolve the second block (must be another opponent than the first target).

You may use pass block in your own turn as a response to Dump Off.

This skill can only be used when the player performs the block himself, not if he is being blocked by another player.
Using Piling On ends the player's action if he is performing a Blitz (he cannot spend 3 movement points, but will stay prone until next turn).
You cannot use Piling On when knocked down yourself (as a consequence of a "both down" block result).

You do not have to roll for Bone Head/Really Stupid before intercepting or catching the ball or before executing Pass Block.
However, if the player failed his RS/BH roll last it was rolled for in the current drive, or if the player is currently hypnotic gazed, the player cannot use Pass Block nor try to intercept or catch or pass. See also lost tackle zones and blocking.

Regenerate is rolled for just after the sustained casualty. You have to choose whether or not to roll for apoth before regeneration - this is relevant for Trolls and Vampires.
Regeneration is rolled after the player is removed from the pitch, and the roll decides whether the player is placed in the dead&injured box or the reserves box. A Regeneration roll can only be re-rolled via an Igor.

Side Step also works on subsequent pushing. You have to be standing to use Side Step.

Effects from pushback results still applies against Stand Firm. So for instance Strip Ball and Frenzy can still be used as normal, though the Stand Firm model is not physically pushed.
Stand Firm also works on subsequent pushes when another player is pushed into the stand firm model.
In order to use Stand Firm, the player must be standing.

Throwing a team-mate requires that you are executing your pass action for the turn.
You cannot use Hail Mary Pass when throwing a team-mate. The Strong-arm and Pass skills, however, will work.
A fumble is not necessarily a turn-over.
A turn over will only occur, if the thrown player had the ball and failed his landing roll or scatters off field, or if the thrown player lands on top of a standing team-mate (who is then knocked over and thus causing the turn-over).

During a Quick Snap, the Fanatic can be moved one square just like any other player - ie. do not use the throw-in template. A Fanatic earns SPP, because he throws blocks.
If a Fanatic is placed prone in his own turn, he will still automatically get at least KO'ed, but it will not be a turn-over, since he is not knocked down.
A Fanatic must follow up, unless hindered (eg. by Fend or Stand Firm).
A Fanatic cannot use leap skill.

A fumbled pass attempt with a bomb IS actually a turn-over (if the passing player is on the moving team), because the player is knocked down by the bomb's explosion.
You can decline to catch a bomb landing in your square (as opposed to the ball), in which case it will explode in your square.
Prone and stunned players can also take damage from a bomb, but hurting them will not cause a turn-over.

A chainsaw player can only earn SPP from MVPs. He will not even earn a cas when a opponent "knocks himself down" in an attempt to block the chainsaw player.

Any injury (incl. death) inflicted on a star player is waived after the match. In other words: There will always be a Star Player with the same stats ready for the next match.
You cannot use apoth or igor on star players, and stars cannot be raised or affected by Nurgle's Rot.

Some secret weapons allow you to make a special attack instead of blocking (during a Block or a Blitz action): Dagger and Chainsaw (or stab skill).
Casualties inflicted when attacking with a secret weapon don't give SPP. SPP are only awarded for casualties made by a block.
But when attacking with a secret weapon it still counts as blocking in regards to skills triggered by a block (such as Foul Appearance or Dump Off). And when taking a blitz action, you still need to spend 1 MA in order to attack.