Blood Bowl House Rules

VETERANS

One SPR (not SPP) costs 30K and is limited to normal skills (not doubles) and secret weapon skill. Slow learners need 50K for that one skill (big guys and vampires). Rating of veteran is the normal rating for such a player - money used is not counted. -Kalle

STAR PLAYERS

In addition, star players are now allowed to gain new SPRs. In starplayer statistics sheet, there is listed total number of SPRs star player already has, and star player automatically has that many SPPs, and start to earn more from that number -Kalle

Each teams is now limited to ONE star player! If he is killed, bad luck. If any teams already has more than one bough star player, it may not buy new ones, but this rule has no other effect. Deathrollers and Fungus are not counted. -Kalle

I'VE GOT MY EYE ON YOU

The first time a coach commits a foul, he must hand the "I've Got My Eye On You" counter to the opposing coach, who should place it on their re-roll track. As long as the opposing coach has the counter, any of your players that will be sent off if they make a foul and they don't roll a double on the dice, instead of only if they do roll a double!

The opposing coach is allowed to keep hold of the counter until his own team commits a foul, at which point he must hand it over to his opponent, who can then place it on his re-roll track. In addition the counter must be returned to the side of the board (i.e. so that neither coach has it) when a half ends or an illegal procedure call is made against the coach with the counter. In the case of the Illegal Procedure call the counter is lost in addition to any other effect the call has.

HOBGOBLINS

"Hobgoblins Blood Bowl players are noted for their stupidity, although it has to be said that this isn't a trait of the Hobgoblin race as a whole. (In fact most other races in the Warhammer consider Hobgoblins to be sneaky gits who will stab you in the back as soon as look at you, and will only fight if the odds are heavily stacked in their favour. This is actually rather an accurate character assessment, and as a result only the _really_ stupid ones get conned into playing Blood Bowl!) To reflect this the coach of a team that includes any Hobgoblins most roll a D6 for each Hobgoblin player at the start of the match. On a roll of 2-6 the player can be used normally, but on a roll of 1 the player has either arrived late because he's forgotten about the match, or is having trouble tying up his boot-laces, or is doing something equally stupid, with the result that he may not be used during the first drive of the match."

If the hobgoblin player is pro, he may try to use pro-skill to reroll this result, and if succesful, he can take part in the match, but cannot move in the first turn when he chuckles in the place 'ooo I wus clever...' (Note that this is excpetion to rule that pro skill can only be used during your own team turn) -Kalle

THROWING TEAM-MATES

WEREWOLF

They have some natural needs, and if there is a treeman on the playing field, rolling a die: on 1, your werewolf drops the ball and runs to the treeman (making the usual dodges). You can pick the route as long as you end up near the treeman or as close to it as you can get. If the ball was dropped or if your wolf falls, a turnover takes place.
If you are beside a treeman when rolling 1, you do not move (but you do drop the ball) and you lose you tackle zone until the next turn.

If your wolf causes an injury (badly hurt or worse) to a member of an undead team, he grabs some of the remains and runs off for the rest of the half to bury the bone. The poor undead cannot regenerate this wound.-Kalle

SECRET WEAPONS

Weapon          Cost    Races
Chainsaw        20,000  Dwarf,Chaos Dwarf,Chaos,Human,Undead,Goblin
Blunderbuss     10,000  Dwarf, Chaos Dwarf
Poisoned dagger -       Dark Elf, Skaven
Bombs           20,000  Goblin, Dwarf
Pogo Stick      -       Goblin

• Goblins: Can have any number of secret weapons instead of one, and may take a secret weapon with star player roll of 7 in addition to doubles (they are so desperate!).
• Dwarfs: Can have any number of secret weapons, but are limited to one chainsaw.
• Other teams cannot have more than one secret weapon!
• Only Linemen (or equivalent) position may be given a secret weapon. Big Guys cannot have a secret weapons.
• If the team has multiple secret weapons of the same type, a separate roll is made for banning for each of them.

INJURIES

BAD HABITS RANDOM EVENT

FAN FACTOR

Little Changes and Clarifications

• When determining winnings for a match, the winner adds +2 instead of +1. In a case of draw, both players add +1.
• Draw games are allowed in all games except for Play-Offs. In tournament, both players gain 10 points for a draw.
• During kick-off, the ball is positioned to target square before roll on kick-off table.
• Unless kick-off roll is 2 (riot) or 12 (pitch invasion), the ball is kicked to that square, otherwise players set their players again after riot or pitch invasion is over and new roll on kick-off table is made. The players may recover during this time.
• During push-back, if a player is pushed into square already occupied by other player, owner of that player is free to choose where he is moved (within those normal 3 squares unless player got skill side step)
• Team rating is counted without SPPs. Instead, add +1.5 to player's rating for each SPR he has acquired, rounding the team rating total down.
• Value of each player is dropped by one (1) for each permanent injury he has suffered. Similary, rating is raised by one if he has acquired a magic helmet. Example: An Orc lineman has niggling injury. Its value is 4.
• Play quarter-finals in play-offs if there is more than eight teams participating.-Jervis
• Regeneration works only on a roll of 4+ in league play -Jervis
• Action is choosen only when it is conducted, like blitz when the actual block is made. This is REVERSAL to official rules clarifications from Jervis.
• Only player-inflicted casualties are calculated for final results. This includes all casualties worth of SPP, and excludes pitch invasion, failed dodge, random cards etc. All other should be still noted on match record.
• Wild Animal frenzy is not counted as blitz unless blitz is required to do it.
• Vampire lord is assumed to have 3 SPRs at the start. When a new vampire replaces the lord, it gains AV +1 in addition to removal of Off for a bite
• If kicking team has no players in field, the opponent automatically gains a touchback.
• Peaked random card is disabled - if you draw it, draw a replacement. Old peaked (non-bought-star) peaked players can again start to gain SPPs if 30,000Gc is paid. All SPPs 'gained' while peaked are lost.
• Each team is limited to one bought star player! This does not include Deathroller and Fungus
• Casualties inflicted to own players are not counted to any results.
• Handicap is counted without players missing the entire match. Those players cannot be target of any effect.