After the colleges of magic were paid to keep their hands out of the Blood Bowl league, they have been given several tournaments and promotional spots in which they may still exert some of their control on the games. The Wizard’s Arcana Tournament is one of these small ways in which this power is exercised. As wizards find new less violent ways to settle their disputes, they still have a great love for the game. The wizards place bets on the teams that are entered into the tournament, the wizard holding the winning ticket getting whatever the wizards were betting on. No blood is spilled this way, as the colleges have a lack of new recruits to draw upon, and the disputes are still settled with all the blood and carnage on the field.

Needing something to draw attention to their tournament, they sent out journeymen in all directions, looking for a special object. There, in the back of Merlin’s House of Magic, just such an item was found! The winning team is given 60,000 gp and the losing team 30,000 gp in addition to the normal match winnings. The winning team is also given a choice, between the Amulet of Methusa, and 2 healing scrolls that can be held onto until needed and are used at the time of the injury as per the Magic Item card. The Amulet of Methusa was created by a once powerful apothecary in hopes his legend would live on through the ages of blood bowl. Once per game this amulet can be used to re-roll an Apothecary or Necromancer Adept’s failed healing attempt. (would not allow a second re-roll of a failed regeneration roll) This re-roll is not a team re-roll, nor does it have to be on your team turn. Sadly Methusa was interrupted before fully completing the item. On a roll of 1 on this attempt, the amulet explodes, killing the apothecary (this can not be re-rolled, but the apothecary could be healed same as any other player). The losing team gets the item not selected.