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**Fenriswulf**

Yeah you're right about the scale difference. I should be good.

I'd expect the new edition of Blood Bowl to be $120AUD, just to gouge us here nice and proper.

**Chikout**

Fenriswulf wrote:
Yeah you're right about the scale difference. I should be good.

I'd expect the new edition of Blood Bowl to be $120AUD, just to gouge us here nice and proper.

That's optimistic. The gw exchange rate going by equivalent products is $75 US equals $125 Australian. (dreadhold skull keep is $75 US, £45, and $125 Australian)
Rant edit. Australian equivalent price is £72. Here in Japan it is £78! Currently the most expensive place in the world to be a Gw fan.

**SnotlingPimpWagon**

Every time there is a new release, there's an Australian dude to whine about the prices.
I live in Russia, but you don't see me whining in every thread!

How much does PP stuff cost in Australia? Corvus Beli? Just wondering..

If blood bowl is £45, I think it's an auto buy for me.. I've been keen on BB since 2011 or something, but never got around on it due to lack of interest in the area.. Since it was an OOP specialist game, chances of anyone picking it up were VERY slim, but now that we get a "regular" boxed game, it should be much more popular.

**Gaz Taylor**

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
If blood bowl is £45, I think it's an auto buy for me.. I've been keen on BB since 2011 or something, but never got around on it due to lack of interest in the area.. Since it was an OOP specialist game, chances of anyone picking it up were VERY slim, but now that we get a "regular" boxed game, it should be much more popular.

My assumption is that it's going to be around the £70 mark as that seems to be the going rate for boxed games. This is going to be an auto buy for me as I love the game and I'm hoping to pick up a copy on the weekend of the Bugmans Full Beard Tournament at Warhammer World

**Chikout**

It baffles me that people continue to think this box will be expensive. There have been plenty of interviews with the people making this and the mantra has been that they want to keep the price down. That is why there are only two teams in the box. If they get you into blood bowl, they can gouge you on resin star players later.

**Fullork12**

Are there any updates to what teams are coming besides Orcs and Humans?

**Mr_Rose**

Fullork12 wrote:
Are there any updates to what teams are coming besides Orcs and Humans?

You mean apart from the already-announced skaven+dwarves and elves+nurgle?

**Fullork12**

Yes, I've been seeing many rumors, but I wanted to know what's confirmed.

**Vankraken**

How troll would it be if GW/FW produced models for a Bretonnian Team?

**reds8n**

I wouldn't hold your breath with regards to that.

http://warhammerworld.games-workshop.com/the-bugmans-full-beard-cup/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=FullBeardCup

“Good afternoon, sports fans and welcome to one non-stop, action packed weekend of Blood Bowl action at the Full Beard Cup, sponsored by Bugman’s Bar! I’m certainly looking forward to this one, Bob!”

“That’s right, Jim- if last year’s Cup is anything to go by, the stretcher-goblins are in for one busy weekend!”

“You’re not wrong, Bob! But that’s what happens when the players are offered complimentary flagons of Bugman’s ale before the match! It certainly made for some interesting games!”

“Haha! I can hardly wait! Heeeere we go!”

We are pleased to announce the next great Blood Bowl event here at Warhammer World, the Full Beard Cup. Ahead of you lies a weekend of fantasy sports action, where you will pit your team against like minded Blood Bowl fans in an effort to be crowned the Bugman’s Champion and lift the Full Beard Trophy.

s usual with our events, there will be a number of prizes on offer for various aspects of the hobby, from painting individual models and whole teams, to specific in-game achievements (such as most Touchdowns,Most Interceptions, etc), sportsmanship, and of course, the Full Beard Cup itself.
This event is a traditional Blood Bowl Cup, where players will be matched up against other players who are on a similar score, so the higher up the tables you are, the better you are doing!

Whether you’re new to the game or you’re a veteran of a thousand matches, The Full Beard Cup is a great excuse to spend a few days playing Blood Bowl in the unique environment of Warhammer World, while enjoying the hospitality of famous brew-master Josef Bugman.

Event Essentials

Date: 26th – 27th November 2016

Entry Price: £60
Times: Saturday 8:30am-7:00pm, Sunday 9:00am-5:30pm
Early Registration open on Friday 20th May from 5:00pm- 8:00pm

Starting Team Size: 1,300,000 gold pieces
Number of Games: 5
Game Length: Two hours and 15 minutes
Included in Ticket Price:

Food! We will provide lunch on both Saturday and Sunday.
Additional: All miniatures in your collection must be Games Workshop miniatures and be fully assembled, painted and based. Each model must fully represent what you have presented on your team roster, and be 100% obvious which player they are.

Rules in use: We have slightly modified the Blood Bowl rules Modifications include:

Higher starting gold pieces count to allow for greater variety to teams.
Star Players can be bought as part of your team.
No players actually killed or can miss games – means you have your whole team all weekend.
Bugman’s Sponsorship available for one of your players.
One player of your choice earns one skill every game, guaranteed.
No need to record Star Player Points, expenses, treasury etc; very simple Cup play.
Score Cup Points for winning games by bigger margins and keeping a clean sheet!

**MeanGreenStompa**

Was going to blanch(e) over the price, but lunch included both days and that's not so bad.

**Gaz Taylor**

MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Was going to blanch(e) over the price, but lunch included both days and that's not so bad.

And Boards, Dice and Templates. I went to the last one and it was ace and I'm really looking forwards to this one.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Well, I guess I'm finally in. With the FB page at damn near 10k likes, that's enough to convince me I'm going to be able to find plenty of opponents.

https://www.facebook.com/Blood-Bowl-219720111727104/?fref=ts

I'm still undecided on team, but given the size of them vs an army, I can build several I think.

**Ghaz**

They've also said they'll be at the Open Day in Amsterdam next weekend:

Blood Bowl wrote:We're told the Specialist Brands crew will be there, and they may have something box-shaped to show off! - Jim

**MeanGreenStompa**

Ghaz wrote:
They've also said they'll be at the Open Day in Amsterdam next weekend:

Blood Bowl wrote:We're told the Specialist Brands crew will be there, and they may have something box-shaped to show off! - Jim

I wonder if BB will be the Xmas release from GW?

**Ghaz**

The Blood Bowl team at the Amsterdam Open Day:

**Ratius**

The Squig ball is absolutely brilliant

**bound for glory**

I'm hearing, over on talkfantasyfootball, that it will be released at xmas.

**ImAGeek**

From BattleBunnies http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/blood-bowl-pics.html

Apparently Skaven and Dwarves are next in plastic, and the other teams will be resin.

**Panic**

yeah,

Ratius wrote:
The Squig ball is absolutely brilliant

What do we know about it!?

panic...

**VeteranNoob**

I hope this is available in GW stores at the very least. Super excitement building up locally for this.

**RiTides**

Whoa - that skaven model and the dwarf renders have my attention! Was not interested in the human and orc teams... but those two look great

**BrookM**

Had a lovely chat with Andy Hoare, who is in charge of the project and Mark Bedford, who did most of the excellent concept art, they're hoping for a December 2016 release, but he was quick to rightly add that he's in charge of everything but the price and the release date.

Also interesting to note is that this project was a bit of a rush, as they cranked out the miniatures for this one in NINE MONTHS, whereas it usually takes up to two years for them to work things out from concept to final model.

Old heroes will also return, some as coaches, some as players. Amongst those mentioned are good old Grif and LORD BORAK! There was even talk of bringing back the advice column!

The box on display by the way is a complete product, not a rough sample or a thrown together concept, this was the first boxed set of their production run.

Dwarfs and Skaven will also be plastics (except for the Death Roller, which will be in resin, complete with a beer swilling Dwarf), everything else will be resin. If a team proves successful enough in sales, it will be turned into plastics further down the road.

**daemonish**

I notice the Skaven base have a small hole at the front of the base, interesting to know if that's for the ball or if its something that happened in production by accident.

**MeanGreenStompa**

BrookM wrote:
Had a lovely chat with Andy Hoare, who is in charge of the project and Mark Bedford, who did most of the excellent concept art, they're hoping for a December 2016 release, but he was quick to rightly add that he's in charge of everything but the price and the release date.

Also interesting to note is that this project was a bit of a rush, as they cranked out the miniatures for this one in NINE MONTHS, whereas it usually takes up to two years for them to work things out from concept to final model.

Old heroes will also return, some as coaches, some as players. Amongst those mentioned are good old Grif and LORD BORAK! There was even talk of bringing back the advice column!

The box on display by the way is a complete product, not a rough sample or a thrown together concept, this was the first boxed set of their production run.

Dwarfs and Skaven will also be plastics (except for the Death Roller, which will be in resin, complete with a beer swilling Dwarf), everything else will be resin. If a team proves successful enough in sales, it will be turned into plastics further down the road.

I have a lot of faith in this. Andy H did sterling work in FW, IA13 is, frankly, a work of art and one of the finest books they ever put out. He's also, I worked out, the single GW writer who's worked on 40k in all four of it's major incarnation, GW, FW, BL and FFG. Mark B is the FW ork king, responsible for a lot of the sculpts I love. Looking at the FB page as it's being posted, they're also very respectful of all that's gone before and quite dedicated to keeping BB's singular flavor.

Totally stoked for this and I will be showing my support to Specialist Games via my wallet. We need to show GW that we'll reward them branching out again.

**BrookM**

The rules are unchanged, maybe one or two things altered for speed (like replacing the random chit to determine which player is randomly overcome with something by a custom D16), but they are intact and the same as the last version GW put out for download a few years ago.

And yes, if you like it, PLEASE DO SUPPORT THEM WITH YOUR WALLET, because if this proves to be a success they will most certainly pour more resources into this.

**BrookM**

Also, from Mark's Blood Bowl sketchbook (he had a few with him, including one with art of the upcoming Prospero boxed set and another one full of Mechanicum art, so damned good!):

**Do_I_Not_Like_That**

We need to show GW that we'll reward them branching out again.

But only if it's a high quality product. I love BB as much as the next man or woman, and I'd love to see epic 40k return, but I'm not going to let nostalgia overrule my judgement.

To be fair to GW, this looks like a high quality product from two individuals with an excellent track record.

**privateer4hire**

daemonish wrote:
I notice the Skaven base have a small hole at the front of the base, interesting to know if that's for the ball or if its something that happened in production by accident.

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the hole is for the ball.

EDIT: The photos of the Reikland models show that the balls have a peg underneath.

**Panic**

Yeah,

BrookM wrote:
Also, from Mark's Blood Bowl sketchbook

Huzzah! A cheerleader for my new Nurgle Deamon team!!

panic...