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While most of the rules can be found in the LR6 which I recommend you download (the rules are free) to keep a local copy, some rules are slightly adjusted for the PbP format. I will post a variety of rules (some straight from the rulebook and some with adjustments) and other reference material in this thread.

Download links for MapTool and TokenTool applications.

 

The following sequence is based on the official rules with potential modifications to allow the game to flow better in a PbP format.

Pre-Match Coach of team with higher total team worth (total team value + treasury) is designated as the Superior coach while the team with the lower value is designated as the Underdog. The Superior Coach rolls for the weather. The Superior Coach may transfer gold from their treasury to petty cash and use it to purchase inducements. Petty cash not used to purchase inducements is lost. The Underdog is granted the difference in total team worth as petty cash. They may then transfer transfer gold from their treasury to petty cash and purchase inducements using the petty cash. Petty cash not used to purchase inducements is lost. The Underdog rolls a D2 to determine which team kicks off, the Underdog kicks off on a roll of 1.

The Match The kicking team sets up their players in a legal formation on the Red side of the field. They must also roll to determine how many fans they have at the game (2D6+ Fan Factor)x1,000. The receiving team sets up their players in a legal formation on the Blue side of the field. They must also roll to determine how many fans they have at the game (2D6+ Fan Factor)x1,000. FAME values for both teams are now determined for the match. The kicking team places the ball in any square on the opponents side of the field (including the end zone). They must roll a D8 to determine the scatter direction and a D6 to determine how many squares the ball moves when it scatters, this determines where the ball will land. The kicking team then make a roll on the kickoff table. The kickoff event occurs. Once the kickoff event is complete the ball lands. If out of bounds or on the kicking team side of the pitch a touchback occurs and the ball is handed to a player of the receiving Coach's choice. If there is a standing receiving team player where the ball lands they automatically attempt to catch the ball. If the ball lands in a square with no standing team player or in the square of a standing receiving team player that fails the catch it bounces 1 square in a randomly determined direction. The receiving team takes a turn. Turns alternate until both Coaches have taken 8 turns or one team scores. If a team scores then both Coaches may re-set their teams and the scoring team kicks off as the start of the game. Once both Coaches have taken 8 turns the half ends. Play resumes as the beginning of the first half with the original kicking team now being the receiving team. Once both Coaches have taken 8 turns in the second half the game ends.

 

1	2	3	4	5	6
Attacker down	Both Down	Pushed	Pushed	Defender Stumbles	Defender Down

 

Agility Table

Agility	1	2	3	4	5	6
D6 Roll Required	6+	5+	4+	3+	2+	1+

Agility Check Modifiers

Dodge Roll	+1
Per opposing tackle zone on destination	-1
Pick up the ball	+1
Per opposing tackle zone on the player	-1
Quick Pass	+1
Short Pass	+0
Long Pass	-1
Long Bomb	-2
Per enemy tackle zone on the thrower	-1
Catching an accurate pass	+1
Catching a scattered pass, bouncing ball or throw in	+0
Per enemy tackle zone on the catcher	-1
Attempting an Interception	-2
Per enemy tackle zone on the player	-1

 

The following site has a tool on the right hand side for determining pass type and what locations a player must be in to attempt an interception. Do note that the coordinates are different for this tool compared to how our maps are set up in this game.

 

Injuries

2D6	Result
2-7	Stunned, Leave the player on the pitch, but turn them face-down. All face-down players are turned face up at the end of their team's next turn, even if a turnover takes place. Note that a player may not turn face up on the turn they are Stunned. Once face-up they may stand up on any subsequent turn using the normal rules.
8-9	KO'd , the player is removed from the game. At each kickoff before setting up any players the coach makes a roll D6 for each KO'd player. On a 1-3 the player remains KO'd and on a 4-6 the player is returned to the game and may be used as normal.
10-12	Casualty, The player is removed from the game and a suffers a randomly determined effect from the casualty table below.

Casualty Table: I adjusted the table to combine injuries with common effects into single categories and to make the roll a simple random number generation for simplified rolling in PbP games.

D51	Result	Effect
1-27	Minor Injury	No long term effect
28-35	Medium Injury	Miss next game
36-37	Niggling Injury	Miss next game, +1 to any subsequent injury roll against this player
38-39	Smashed Leg	Miss next game, -1 MA
40-41	Head Wound	Miss next game, -1 AV
42	Broken Neck	Miss next game, -1 AG
43	Smashed Collar Bone	Miss next game, -1 ST
44-51	Death	The player is dead

 

Kick off Table

2D6	Result
2	Get the Ref: Each team receives 1 additional Bribe to use during this game.
3	Trash talk between players and/or fans sets off a riot. If receiving team's turn marker is on turn 7 for the half then both teams move their turn markers back a turn. If the receiving team has not yet taken a turn this half then both teams move their turn marker forward a turn. Otherwise roll a D6, on a 1-3 turn markers move forward 1 turn and on a 4-6 turn markers move back 1 turn.
4	Perfect Defense. Defending coach may reset their players to a new valid defensive formation.
5	High Kick. The defending coach may move any one player not in an opposing player's tackle zone to the landing spot of the kickoff provided the space is not already occupied by a player.
6	Cheerleaders. Both Coaches roll 1D3 + FAME + # of cheerleaders. The coach with the higher result gets one extra re-roll for the half. Both coaches get an extra re-roll for the half if they had the same roll result.
7	Changing weather. Roll on the weather table. On a result of 'Nice Weather' the ball scatters one extra square in a random direction before landing.
8	Brilliant Coaching. As Cheerleaders but using # of assistant coaches instead of # of cheerleaders.
9	Quick Snap. The receiving team may move each player 1 square in any direction. This movement may ignore tackle zones and allows players to enter the oppositions time of the field.
10	Blitz. The kicking team receives a bonus turn where all players not in an opponent's tackle zone may act. The coach may use team re-rolls and the bonus turn ends immediately if any player suffers a Turnover.
11	Throw a Rock. Both Coaches roll a D6 + FAME. The coach with the higher result (both coaches if there is a tie) may randomly select an opposing player on the pitch. This player is hit by a rock thrown by a fan and suffers an injury roll. No armor roll is required.
12	Pitch Invasion. Both Coaches roll a D6+FAME for each opposing player on the pitch. A result of 6 or more results in the player being stunned (KO'd for players with the Ball and Chain skill). A natural 1 will always have no effect.

Weather Table

2D6	Weather	Effect
2	Sweltering Heat	Roll a D6 for each player on the pitch at the end of a drive. On a roll of 1 the player collapses and may not be set up for the next kick-off.
3	Very Sunny	Blinding sunshine causes a -1 modifier on all passing rolls.
4-10	Nice	No special effects
11	Pouring Rain	Pouring rain makes the ball slippery and difficult to hold causing a -1 modifier to all catch, intercept and pick-up rolls.
12	Blizzard	The ice on the pitch means that any player attempting a GoForIt will slip and be Knocked down on a roll of 1-2. The snow means that only quick or short passes can be attempted.

 

A Coach's turn ends once all players in the team have performed an action. Certain events called turnovers cause the turn to end immediately. A coach that suffers a turnover is not allowed to take any more actions that turn and any action being taken ends immediately even if it was only partially completed. The following events are turnovers.

1. A player on the moving team is Knocked Down (being injured by the crowd or being placed prone is not a turnover unless it is a player from the active team holding the ball).
2. A passed ball or handoff is not caught by any member of the moving team before the ball comes to rest.
3. A player from the moving team attempts to pick up the ball and fails.
4. A touchdown is scored
5. The time limit for the turn expires.
6. A pass attempt is fumbled even if a player from that team catches the fumbled ball.
7. A player with the ball is thrown or is attempted to be thrown using Throw Team-Mate and fails to land successfully.
8. A player is ejected by the referee for a foul

For players knocked down roll armor and injury rolls before ending the post and turning over control. If the ball is dropped roll then roll to see where it bounces too normally. Stunned players should be turned face up and then the opposing coach may start their turn.

 

Scatter Template:

1	2	3
4		5
6	7	8

Throw-in Template:

1-2	3-4	5-6
	ball
sideline

 

Decay (Extraordinary) Staying on the pitch is difficult when your rotting body is barely held together. When this player suffers a Casualty result on the Injury table, roll twice on the Casualty table (see page 25) and apply both results. The player will only ever miss one future match as a result of his injuries, even if he suffers two results with this effect. A successful Regeneration roll will heal both results.

Disturbing Presence (Mutation) This player's presence is very disturbing, whether it is caused by a massive cloud of flies, sprays of soporific musk, an aura of random chaos or intense cold, or a pheromone that causes fear and panic. Regardless of the nature of this mutation, any player must subtract 1 from the D6 when they pass, intercept or catch for each opposing player with Disturbing Presence that is within three squares of them, even if the Disturbing Presence player is Prone or Stunned.

Dodge (Agility) A player with the Dodge skill is adept at slipping away from opponents, and is allowed to re-roll the D6 if he fails to dodge out of any of an opposing player’s tackle zones. However, the player may only re-roll one failed Dodge roll per turn. In addition, the Dodge skill, if used, affects the results rolled on the Block dice, as explained in the Blocking rules in the Blood Bowl book.

Foul Appearance (Mutation) The player’s appearance is so horrible that any opposing player that wants to block the player (or use a special attack that takes the place of a block) must first roll a D6 and score 2 or more. If the opposing player rolls a 1 he is too revolted to make the block and it is wasted (though the opposing team does not suffer a turnover).

Horns (Mutation) A player with Horns may use them to butt an opponent. Horns adds 1 to the player’s Strength for any block(s) he makes during a Blitz Action.

Loner (Extraordinary) Loners, through inexperience, arrogance, animal ferocity or just plain stupidity, do not work well with the rest of the team. As a result, a Loner may use team re-rolls but has to roll a D6 first. On a roll of 4+, he may use the team re-roll as normal. On a roll of 1-3 the original result stands without being re-rolled but the team re-roll is lost (i.e. used).

Mighty Blow (Strength) Add 1 to any Armour or injury roll made by a player with this skill when an opponent is knocked down by this player during a block. This skill may not modify the injury roll if it was used to modify the armor roll.

Nurgle's Rot (Extraordinary) This player has a horrible infectious disease which spreads when he kills an opponent during a Block, Blitz or Foul Action. Instead of truly dying, the infected opponent becomes a new rookie Rotter. To do so, the opponent must have been removed from the roster during step 2.1 of the Post-game sequence, his Strength cannot exceed 4, and he cannot have the Decay, Regeneration or Stunty skills. The new Rotter can be added to the Nurgle team for free during step 5 of Updating Your Team Roster (see page 29) if the team has an open Roster slot. This new Rotter still counts at full value towards the total value of the Nurgle team.

Really Stupid (Extraordinary) This player is without doubt one of the dimmest creatures to ever take to a Blood Bowl pitch (which considering the IQ of most other players, is really saying something!). Because of this you must roll a D6 immediately after declaring an Action for the player, but before taking the Action. If there are one or more players from the same team standing adjacent to the Really Stupid player’s square, and who aren’t Really Stupid, then add 2 to the D6 roll. On a result of 1-3 they stand around trying to remember what it is they’re meant to be doing. The player can’t do anything for the turn, and the player’s team loses the declared Action for that turn (for example if a Really Stupid player declares a Blitz Action and fails the Really Stupid roll, then the team cannot declare another Blitz Action that turn). The player loses his tackle zones and may not catch, intercept or pass the ball, assist another player on a block or foul, or voluntarily move until he manages to roll a successful result for a Really Stupid roll at the start of a future Action or the drive ends.

Regeneration (Extraordinary) If the player suffers a Casualty result on the Injury table, then roll a D6 for Regeneration after the roll on the Casualty table and after any Apothecary roll if allowed. On a result of 1-3, the player suffers the result of this injury. On a 4-6, the player will heal the injury after a short period of time to 're-organise' himself, and is placed in the Reserves box instead. Regeneration rolls may not be re-rolled. Note that opposing players still earn Star Player points as normal for inflicting a Casualty result on a player with this skill, even if the result doesn't affect the player in the normal way.

Stunty (Extraordinary) A player with the Stunty skill may ignore any enemy tackle zones on the square he is moving to when he makes a Dodge roll (i.e., they always end up with a +1 Dodge roll modifier), but must subtract 1 from the roll when they pass. In addition, this player treats a roll of 7 and 9 on the Injury table after any modifiers have been applied as a KO'd and Badly Hurt result respectively rather than the normal results. Stunties that are armed with a Secret Weapon are not allowed to ignore enemy tackle zones, but still suffer the other penalties.

 

These time limits are all open for debate/discussion. I want them short enough to ensure the game keeps moving but long enough to allow for different time zones, working hours, sleep, etc. All time limits are based on the time of the previous post to ensure differences in time zones don't matter. (ie 12 hours after the post is made gives the same amount of time regardless of what time zone the reader is in)

Extra categories may be added as necessary. All time limits start from when the post that triggers them is posted and the penalty applies if the poster of the time limit triggering post first after the time limit expires.

Triggering Situation	Time limit	Penalty for missing limit
Kick-off Event input	24 hours	event is skipped and/or worst possible outcome (for rolls) occurs
End of turn/turnover	48 hours	The Coach suffers a turnover if they do not start posting for their turn within the time limit.
Starting turn post	4 hours	Coach suffers a turnover unless the turn is completed or they reach a point requiring opponent input before time expires.
Required skill/block input (example: side step skill usage)	24 hours	Forfeit input, opponent may make choose
Continuing after opponent input interruption	24 hours	Coach suffers a turnover unless the turn is completed or they reach another point requiring opponent input before time expires.

Only DMs/GMs (ie myself at this point) may post in this thread.