This page includes all of the information you should need to build your team for Thrudball 2026. Please do be sure to read the rules thoroughly, and if you have any questions about if something is legal then do get in touch.
Note: The tournament will follow the NAF Regulations for Tournaments. Any changes and updates to rules (for example new FAQ) released prior to 31st May will be implemented for the tournament.
We are in the process of building a new roster submission tool. Please stay tuned for further developments!
You have different options available to them when it comes to building your team for the tournament depending on which race you choose to bring.
Firstly, the available races have been assigned to tiers, as per the table below. Coaches should select a race and note to which tier it belongs.
Teams can hire players, team goods, inducements, and star players up to the limits of the available TV shown below.
Teams may then purchase additional Skills or Stat improvements, up to the value of the Spending Cash shown below - this value can only be used on Skills or Stat Improvements
You can use your Spending Cash to improve your players by buying them skills and/or, if permitted by your tier, stat increases.
The table above will tell you whether your chosen race is permitted to give players secondary skills, stack skills, and/or improve a stat. The table to the right will tell you how much spending cash each choice will cost. Note: for this tournament, there is no additional cost for taking an 'elite' skill,
If a team is permitted to 'stack' skills, this means that they may give a player or players two skills, and if permitted by tier, one stat improvement. If two skills are added, at least one of these skills must be a primary skill.
No player may be given more than two additional skills as improvements.
Players with stacked skills may also be given a stat improvement - this means that in this case an individual player may have up to three improvements. However, in this case, both of the additional skills which they have been given must be primary skills.
Giving a stat improvement to a player with one additional skill counts as stacking.
Example One - building a Tier 3 team
Jen wishes to bring Dwarves, who are a Tier 3 team. Jen is therefore able to spend 1150TV on building her team: buying players, rerolls and, because she is worried that her dwarves may get hurt, an apothecary. Jen then has 150k spending cash available to spend on skills. Two of these skills can be stacked on one player, and up to one secondary skill can be selected. She cannot select a stat increase. Because Jen pines for the 2020 glory days, she selects five instances of Tackle on her Dwarf Linemen, and stacks Block (a primary skill) and Dodge (a secondary skill) on a Dwarf Runner.
Example Two - building a Tier 6 team
Bob wishes to bring Ogres, who are a Tier 6 team. Bob then has 1180TV to spend on players and rerolls, deciding to also hire Star Player Maude Rosbif. He also purchases a Blitzer's Best Keg to help with keeping them on the pitch.
With 240k spending cash available and no limit to secondary skills, Bob decides to put Brawler (a primary skill) and stack Guard (a secondary skill) on all 6 of his Ogre players.
The following inducements are available for coaches to roster on their teams. Coaches may hire the following inducements (if the Blood Bowl rulebook says that it is available to their race) at the costs shown in the 2025 rulebook:
Blitzer's Best Kegs 0-2
Bribes 0-3 (0-6 for teams with Bribery and Corruption special rule)
Wandering Apothecaries 0-2
Mortuary Assistant 0-1
Plague Doctor 0-1
Riotous Rookies 0-1
Biased Ref 0-1
Halfling Master Chef 0-1
Team Mascot 0-1
Weather Mage 0-1
Josef Bugman 0-1
The details of star players and the teams for which each star player will consent to play can be found in the page linked below.
No other stars, including stars found in any official rules, are permitted.
There is no team progression at Thrudball: this is a resurrection tournament. This means that you build a roster, and through a savvy use of To-Me Ku-Pa’s Spell of Weasley Cunning, any player who has the bad judgement to die or suffer a serious injury during the match will be whisked away for full healing/reanimation, ready to play in the next match with all skills and fundamentals intact.
This also means that any players gained during a match by teams with the 'masters of undeath' special rule or the 'plague ridden' skill are not added to the team roster for following games.