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Love the models but really not set on the colours.
Just something about it just doesn't look right to me.

Don't think the pink gems help either lol.

I love the colours of the dwarves and will do them like for like. My GW manager said the plastic teams will retail at £20 each!?!?!? If this is only a £20 investment I am even more eager. I only hope I can get the rules outside the box game. Does anyone know? I guess they'll be a payable download in the app.

 Bottle wrote:
I love the colours of the dwarves and will do them like for like. My GW manager said the plastic teams will retail at £20 each!?!?!? If this is only a £20 investment I am even more eager. I only hope I can get the rules outside the box game. Does anyone know? I guess they'll be a payable download in the app.

I wonder if that'll be 20 for one sprue like is in the boxed set, and you need two to play? Even still, seems pretty fair. I may end up with a couple teams if they are that affordable.

 Jackal wrote:
Love the models but really not set on the colours.
Just something about it just doesn't look right to me.

Don't think the pink gems help either lol.

Yeah Im hoping its the paint job but not really blown away by those Dwarfs; hopefully get to see more photos of them to get a better impression.

As I've already got Dwarfs I'll probably hold out and pick up the Skaven team or one of the other new releases...really hope they roll this out properly and do a huge range of teams!!

 Bottle wrote:
I love the colours of the dwarves and will do them like for like. My GW manager said the plastic teams will retail at £20 each!?!?!? If this is only a £20 investment I am even more eager. I only hope I can get the rules outside the box game. Does anyone know? I guess they'll be a payable download in the app.

That would be amazing. If GW offers this in plastic for £20:



Then that's going to blow comparable lines out of the water, like Black Scorpion's resin Vermin team for £24.



As for rules, I really hope GW take a step in the right direction and makes them free. They've been available for so long, and apparently aren't changing much, that it'd seem a little disingenuous to take it back, slap some new pictures and color into the doc, and then charge people for it.

 MrDwhitey wrote:
My first game was with a bad goblin list against a pro dwarf player.

I think it was my last too, not sure.

Ha!

I played the old PC game back in the day. Then I thought I'd give the board game a try. So I fielded a new Dark Elves team against a strong Dwarf team in an ongoing league under whichever edition it was that encouraged you to foul on every stinkin' play. I might have had 3 deaths that game, I can't remember exactly. I do remember dusting myself off and playing Chaos in the next game. I think I lost 2 more players that game and then never played BB again.

If Neophytes are £25 for 10 in a full multipart kit, then £20 for duplicate sprue 3 part models seems pretty realistic.

Vorian wrote:
If Neophytes are £25 for 10 in a full multipart kit, then £20 for duplicate sprue 3 part models seems pretty realistic.

It makes you wonder what the price of add-ons will be. For the Skaven team, I can see a set of two more Gutter Runners, three more Linerats, and a Rat Ogre. Maybe in resin. What would Forge World charge for that?

infinite_array wrote:

Vorian wrote:
If Neophytes are £25 for 10 in a full multipart kit, then £20 for duplicate sprue 3 part models seems pretty realistic.

It makes you wonder what the price of add-ons will be. For the Skaven team, I can see a set of two more Gutter Runners, three more Linerats, and a Rat Ogre. Maybe in resin. What would Forge World charge for that?

Half a kidney would be about there going rate maybe a whole kidney depending on how big the rat ogre is.

Well, a fimir noble is £25... something in that region?

£40 for a whole team, like an imperial guard squad I guess

...They can't possibly charge that much. That's literally poison to the game.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Ogre sized player's were a bit cheaper - but then the basic plastic teams are pretty cheap so it's not lime you'll be forced to spend loads

I'm looking hard at converting the Silver Tower acolytes and Tzaangors into a team for this new iteration!

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I'm looking hard at converting the Silver Tower acolytes and Tzaangors into a team for this new iteration!

I knew I was not the only one with the same idea. Tzaangor with two hand weapons is good to go but the other two need some work. Acolytes are bit easier. The one in running pose is going to be awesome! Now all we need is a rules for Pink Horror (Star Player?) who splits into two players if injured...

In addition, I'm going to build a Khorne team because Bloodbowl Bloodbound Bloodreavers is simply too good a name to not use...

Nurgle Rotters team built from Plaguebearer and Blight Kings (or Forsaken). Gutrot Spume converted into Star Player!

Sylvaneth Tree-Revenant Star Player!

Too many good ideas! I am so excited!

You read my mind Jullevi. I am currently building a Nurgle team out of some Beastmen i'm converting to Pestigors, a box of Blight Kings, a box of Plaguebearers, and I am actually using Gutrot Spume as a Beast of Nurgle, as he's both covered in appropriate tentacles, and better fits the board-size.

Boys, we are talking about GW here and I am willing to bet that the plastic teams won't be 20pounds. Just because someone said his local said they will be 20, certainly does not mean that they will be 20.

Mean to say, its a "wait and see" kinda thing, right?

Yep, wait and see. £20 would be lush though

If they are only twenty I would probably get each team, if they are twice that, I will just wait for the one I want !

Its really in their interest to do them for around 20 - 25 quid as they will sell a hell of a lot more, its is GW we are talking about though, I guess we get to see if they really have changed that much !

 Prometheum5 wrote:
I wonder if that'll be 20 for one sprue like is in the boxed set, and you need two to play? Even still, seems pretty fair. I may end up with a couple teams if they are that affordable.

You'll get what's in the picture, 12 dudes. That I promise. Dunno about price.

It is worth mentioning that Gw has never put out a boxed game that costs more than the individual price of the minis it contains. So bloodbowl for £40 or less then.

The dwarves do look cool, but sort of lack the classic viking style. Their gear doesn't look too sporty either, which is one of the things I liked about the aesthetics of Blood Bowl 2 (for ps4). Doing head swaps on the Skaven shouldn't be overly difficult, but i'd surprised the dwarves got head options while the Skaven aren't? I'd think the Skaven would be the easier option for just a head sculpt. I wouldn't mind seeing beastmen and chaos undivided (traditional chaos) or Khorne as a combined team as well.

+1 to chaos. Thats what I like to play.

We are starting our new season and My team, the death valley destroyers are chaos.

I secretly hope FW does undead relatively soon. I have awesome Wights, Mummies, and Ghouls from Willy, but the Mordheim Metabolic Challengers need some good zombie sculpts asap.

soooooo....why are all these teams only 12 miniatures? A bloodbpwl team goes up to 16.....most people have at least 14 on a roster.

Are they planning on selling 4 packs of miniatures?

Both the dorfs and rats look great. If the boxes are a reasonable price, I'll go in for both.

Well, 12 figures are fine for "one off" games. As you have 11 figures on board and 1 figure in reserve. No need for a bigger roster, as its just a one off, and no point have a deep bench.

Most other companies these days have 16 figure teams. 15 normal players and a "big guy", and thats a better set to buy if you are in a league. This way, you have more players to add as your roster opens up.

The last 2 "official" blood bowl teams GW made, humans and pro elves, had 16 figures, 16 different sculpts.

Why they would go back to 12 figures has me scratching my head, too.


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But going back to 12 figures makes me think that old granny is up to her old tricks. In this case, charge a good(meaning big) hefty price for the first 12 figures, then charge a bunch for the 4 figure packs(they did this before).

Hey, I own every blood bowl figure GW ever made, with the exception of side line staff. I will buy everything blood bowl GW makes for the new version of the game. But I don't try to fool myself with thinking granny will charge 20pounds for a team.

I don't know what they will cost, but GW is still GW.

Yeah that feels scammy.....maybe the extra 4 players will be all new sculpts and not repeats...that helps ....some.

Ill definitely be pullig out my x-acto knife for these to mix then up a bit cause I HATE REPEATS.

I was discussing this with a friend the other day based on the Orc sprue.

You get:
2 Identical Throwers (not a problem for most as you normally run 1 Thrower at a time)
2 Identical Blitzers (can be a bit visually lame when you want all 4 on the pitch at once.)
2 Identical Black Orc Blockers (can be a bit visually lame when you want all 4 on the pitch at once.)
6 Lineorcs (3 individual sculpts to ad variety)

In this situation it opens up a nice market niche for a 2 Blitzer + 2 Blocker extra set.
If we are lucky they are all individual sculpts, so you have 3 individual sculpts across 4 players per position.

If we are not lucky we just get a booster pack to fill out the team nicely.

If we are unlucky, there is no booster pack and you need to get two more full sprues for the extra blitzers/blockers.


I wouldn't have much of a problem if you have the basic team and then a booster if you want the full 16 etc.

I don't know about new BB players....But my whole BB league is basically not buying the box set based on the 12 man team issue alone. Which makes me sad.

I'm buying it...but I'm apparently a sucker...

And this brings up an interesting question. Long time players will have e a bunch aof teams already plus pitches balls dice etc etc. So only having 12 players (not all individuals either) is gonna make most of them shrug and say ..no thanks.

I wonder if GW had considered this..or ..just doesn't care.

Regardless new players are always welcome. If they like the game...then they will join a league..and probably end up supporting the 3rd party miniature makers out there.

What's the issue?

They've made it 12 players because they can then make 6 positions, include 2 sprues and have a playable team for the absolute minimum investment (just like the original box).

This lets them keep the price down, in the impulse buy range, and let's them release as many teams as possible.

If you're then going to play this regularly to the point you want a team suitable for a league you need to spend a little more. You'll still get a fully playable league team you can use for years and years for about the price of one tank.

Hoping for 6+ teams of 16 individual sculpts all in plastic and for £20 - £25 is not living in the real world.