Special Rules

Raiding Party Once per drive, whenever Ivar begins his activation, he may choose one Open player on his team within five squares. The chosen player may immediately move one square, ignoring Tackle Zones, though they must end this move Marking an opposition player. When this got announced there was immediately a lot of comments about … Read more

Ram Once per game, when an opposition player is Knocked Down as the result of a Block action performed by Rumbelow, you may apply an additional +1 modifier to either the Armour or Injury roll. This modifier may be applied after the roll has been made. On the surface this is similar to Crushing Blow … Read more

Reliable If Deeproot fumbles a Throw Team-mate action, the player that was to be thrown will bounce as normal but will automatically land safely. Depending on the team that you are using when you hire Deeproot this ability might not actually be that useful at all. Unless you have a player on the team who … Read more

Savage Mauling Once per game, when Wilhelm makes an Injury roll against an opposing player, he may choose to re-roll the result. This reminds me of Blood Bowl back in the 90s where you could use team rerolls on armour and injuries. Removing opposing players from the pitch is always going to make life easier … Read more

Shot to Nothing Once per game, when Gloriel performs a Pass action, she may gain the Hail Mary Pass skill. You must declare this special rules is being used when Gloriel is activated. This strikes me as being one of the weakest special rules for any of the Star Players. I generally don’t recommend taking … Read more

Slayer Once per game, when an opposition player with a Strength characteristic of 5 or more is Knocked Down as the result of a Block action performed by Grim, you may apply an additional +1 modifier to either the Armour or Injury roll. This modifier may be applied after the roll has been made. This … Read more

Sneakiest of the Lot If your team includes the Black Gobbo, you may commit two Foul actions per team turn, provided one of your Foul actions is committed by the Black Gobbo himself. If your game plan involves trying to foul the other team off the pitch then this could come in useful, especially if … Read more