Blood Diamond Chalice 2026When: April 25th - April 26th 2026
Location: Red Claw Gaming 13552 Fort Rd NW, Edmonton, Alberta
(780) 757-7655
Fees: $40/$50 after April15th (NAF Membership required)
Player Cap: 40 Seats
General Questions: [email protected]
Tournament Registration:
E-transfer [email protected]
Register your lists on Tourplay
https://tourplay.net/en/blood-bowl/blood-diamond-chalice-2026
Tournament schedule: 2 day Swiss-style resurrection tournament. First games will be determined by random matchup. The remaining games will be determined based on tournament points. We will do our best to pair players off against members outside of their home club in the first round. The tournament will be 6 matches total - 3 on Day 1 and 3 on Day 2.
(Day 1)
9:00am: Registration begins
9:30am: First game
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Second Game
3:30pm: Third Game Day One Finishes 6:00 PM
(Day 2)
9:00am: Fourth Game
11:30am: Lunch
12:30pm: Fifth Game
3:00pm: Sixth Game
5:30pm Wrap Up/Awards Processed Tournament Finishes
What to bring:
- Painted team with suitable models
- Skill rings or another appropriate way to identify skills/positions.
- Dice
- block dice, D6s, d8, d12/16/20.
- 3 copies of your team roster including skill purchases and inducements.
Tournament Rules:
- NAF rules for Tournaments 2026 will be used plus any Spike! magazine Star players / teams added up to March 31st, 2026
- Teams will resurrect at the end of each games. No SPPs, injuries or any roster changes carry over between games.
- Illegal Procedure and the 4 minute time limit will not be enforced.
- Games will have a maximum length of 2.5 hours. Turn time limits (use your phone – we don’t have chess clocks) may be imposed if a game is at risk of going over the 2.5 hour time limit.
- Players must agree on cocked die rules, the use of dice cups and/or sharing dice at the start of the match.
- For the purpose of casualty tracking all casualties caused by active use of a player against another are counted. This means if a casualty result comes up from the use of a Block, Blitz, Stab, Projectile Vomit, Chain Saw, Foul, Crowd Push, Diving Tackle, or Bomb action it is tracked.
- If there are any disagreements or rules disputes, tournament directors will be standing by to assist.
- Teams with the ability to raise killed players will be allowed to do so.
Each coach must purchase 11 players before including a star or mega-star players.
Highlander rule is in effect for star players in individual matchups.
Teams will receive Skill Points and can assign Primary (1pt) and Secondary (2pts) skills. Stacking of two primaries is allowed depending on Tier, with a cost of +1 Skill Point (e.g., two primary skills on one player = 3 pts). You may not include a Secondary Skill in a stack. Only four (4) of a particular Elite Skill (i.e., Block, Dodge, Guard, Mighty Blow) may be added to a roster.
TO's Note: Slann and the new High Elf Rosters are being included in the tourney. The TO reserves the right to decide whether to include any further new rosters that may be released prior to the tourney, up to and including April 1, 2026. The TO will evaluate any such new teams for inclusion, and will similarly evaluate any newly released stars for inclusion in the megastar structure below. No teams or stars released on or after April 1, 2026 will be included in the tourney.
Tier 1 - 1,150,000 Roster Budget, 5 Skill Points, 0 Max Stacks: Amazon, Lizardmen, Old World Alliance, Vampire, Wood Elf
Tier 2 -1,160,000 Roster Budget, 6 Skill Points, 0 Max Stacks: Dark Elf, Necromantic, Norse, Nurgle, Orc, Shambling Undead\
Tier 3 - 1,170,000 Roster Budget, 7 Skill Points, 1 Max Stacks: Chaos Dwarf, High Elf, Imperial Nobility, Tomb Kings, Underworld Denizens
Tier 4 - 1,180,000 Roster Budget, 8 Skill Points, 1 Max Stacks: Elven Union, Dwarf, Human, Skaven, Slann
Tier 5 - 1,190,000 Roster Budget, 9 Skill Points, 2 Max Stacks: Black Orc, Brettonians, Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Khorne
Tier 6 - 1,200,000 Roster Budget, 10 Skill Points, 2 Max Stacks: Gnomes, Goblin, Halfling, Ogre, Snotling
Star Players
Star players may be purchased using a team's skill points. Mega-stars cost 4 pts extra. Duo stars will not have an additional tax for the second star beyond the original skill tax, though many are listed as Mega-stars. Each squad may take a particular star only once between the four squad members. If new star players are released prior to April 1, 2026, they may be designated as additional mega-stars in addition to the ones below. No Stars released after April 1, 2026 will be included in the tournament, and if any such stars are released close in time to that deadline, the TO will specifically announce in the rules whether such stars are in or out for clarity purposes.
Mega-stars: Bomber Dribblesnot, Cindy Piewhistle, Grak & Crumbleberry, Dribl & Drull, Estelle La Veneaux, Griff Oberwald, Hakflem Skuttlespike, H'thark the Unstoppable, Ivan Deathshroud, Jeremiah Kool, Jordell Freshbreeze, Morg 'n' Thorg, Skorg Snowpelt.
Star Players Under 100,000: 1 pt skill tax, 5 pt mega-star tax
100,000 - 195,000: 2 pt skill tax, 6 pt mega-star tax
200,000 - 295,000: 3 pt skill tax, 7 pt mega-star tax
300,000+ 4 pt skill tax, 8 pt mega-star tax
Inducements
Some inducements may be purchased as part of team construction. The list of permitted inducements is below, and unlike the original rules, none of the below allowed inducements will have a skill point tax:
Allowed Inducements: Weather Mage, Blitzer's Best Kegs, Bribes, Wandering Apothecary, Mortuary Assistant, Plague Doctor, Team Mascot, Halfling Master Chef, Biased Referee, Riotous Rookies.
Stalling: We will enforce the stalling rules on Page 80 of the BB2025 rulebook.
Tournament Scoring:
Win = 65 Tie = 25 Loss = 0
Touchdowns 3/each
Casualties 2/each
Stunty Cup:
- There must be a minimum of 3 Stunty teams registered by March 31st for there to be a Stunty Cup this year.
- Stunty teams will play for their own cup while still participating in the main tournament.
- Stunty teams include Tier 4 teams Gnomes and Snotlings
- Star players can be added to a Stunty team without disqualifying them from the Stunty Cup.
Glittering prizes:
Overall Best Team aka The Winner: Most tournament points.
Runner Up :Second best tourament points.
Best Offence: Most TDs scored overall
Most Casualties: Most Casualties causes overall
Best Defence: Least TD Scored against them
Stunty Cup - The Stunty team with the most tournament points
Turd Award / D.F.L.: The worst overall team in tournament points In the case of a tie: Head-to-Head record W-L-T Record TD difference CAS difference Fish Slapping Dance contest (We hope it doesn’t come to this)
Share the Wealth Rule - No coach can win multiple times. TO will determine who gets what award.
Event Venue
Red Claw Gaming Corp., 12820 64 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5A 0X7, Canada
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