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Well, I guess the guys in our league are thinking different.

All(16 people) are planning on buying the set, and most are like me and will buy the teams GW make for the new set.

I don't think of myself, or my friends, as "suckers". This is a good thing GW are doing. Blood bowl is a great game.

Heck, I own well over 2,000 blood bowl/fantasy football figures. I have lost count of how many complete teams I have. I really don't care if there are repeats on the teams. I'm just happy GW decided to make blood bowl FIRST in the new line of "throw back" games.

Like with prices, I am in the "wait and see" catagory. reguarding the figures.

Thats about all we can do. If anything, I'm very surprised we hav'nt seen a release date as of yet. What with all the hubbub all the sudden, I keep thinking everytime I get a notice about this thread, that we got a release date.


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And also, according to the GW vid, the game is ready to go.

So what are they waiting for, I wonder?

I don't think this will be their big xmas thing, right? Thats reserved for 40k, I thought...

Vorian wrote:
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.

I never said anything about pricing. i expect 16 minis all individual sculpts with big guy will cost as much as I pay for a team now. 60-70 bucks.

Just..as league play...you need more than 12 minis. I totally get the core box only being that. That's what the original game was sure. But the skaven and dwarves also look like just 12 players.

The longevity of this game is league play. league play requires more than 12. I'm curious as to how they are gonna handle that is all. Blister packs, upgrade sprues, clam packs etc etc. Will they cost alot..will they be affordable. You know..asking question on a forum where people ask questions.

 bound for glory wrote:
Well, I guess the guys in our league are thinking different.

All(16 people) are planning on buying the set, and most are like me and will buy the teams GW make for the new set.

I don't think of myself, or my friends, as "suckers". This is a good thing GW are doing. Blood bowl is a great game.

Heck, I own well over 2,000 blood bowl/fantasy football figures. I have lost count of how many complete teams I have. I really don't care if there are repeats on the teams. I'm just happy GW decided to make blood bowl FIRST in the new line of "throw back" games.

Don't get me wrong...I too am looking forward to this purchase. Just my league doesn't seem to excited. I just have questions.
Also...2000? Jiminy.

 rayphoton wrote:

The longevity of this game is league play. league play requires more than 12. I'm curious as to how they are gonna handle that is all. Blister packs, upgrade sprues, clam packs etc etc. Will they cost alot..will they be affordable. You know..asking question on a forum where people ask questions.

I think it was initially rumoured or talked about by the developers at games day(?) or the forge world open day that forge world would be responsible for the teams beyond the plastic starter teams. So potentially they will produce alternative sculpts and more players for existing teams?

Sure, I introduced pricing. If they can keep it to £20 a team it's in impulse purchase range, something we know they are trying to strengthen their position in.

By keeping all the plastic teams to 2×6 sculpts their minimal budget stretches to the most teams possible and broadens the appeal.

A dedicated player shouldn't really baulk at £40 for a team, surely.

I'm used to being able to get all 16 players at once I suppose. Greedy and impatient I am.

Regardless good times. New minis. More bloodbowl players. All good

 rayphoton wrote:
I'm used to being able to get all 16 players at once I suppose. Greedy and impatient I am.

Regardless good times. New minis. More bloodbowl players. All good

Why do you think you won't be able to? Additional figures will be provided by FW, one assumes in FW resin, so there's no reason they can't launch extras/alternates/big critters around the same time as the plastic boxes. They might not of course, but they'd have to be pretty daft to put out a plastic team and then wait 6+ months to release the upgrades and addons for it, given how paranoid they are about third-party companies producing models to fill gaps in their range(to the point where they will actively cull cool stuff because they don't at present make models for them).

Prices for teams are already quite high, specially when including big guys.

A full team from kickstarter, ebay, impact miniatures, black scoprion and others would typically cost 40-99£. And you would add shipping and customs to that.

yeah,
I'm unsure what my plan is. I already have loads of teams including metal orc and humans.
I have 4 pitches already...
However I 100% need to have the new board and dice in my life!

If GW have team boosters It's be a easy one box and boost up to 16 player teams.

no boosters :(
Most likely option is buy a box and sell the minis.
or one box and seek a player to trade orcs for humans so we both have one full team.

But I could get caught up in the madness and just buy two boxes to make both teams.

I'm super excited by the new block dice and hope all teams get new dice!
multiple colours will sell great too!

Panic...

Does GW sell 32mm bases separately? Or better yet, are there companies making rein 32s yet? Since my existing teams will need rebasing.

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Does GW sell 32mm bases separately? Or better yet, are there companies making rein 32s yet? Since my existing teams will need rebasing.

GW sells both plain and textured 32mm bases, but they are all solid (no slots), and there is at least one 2rd party that sells adapter rings to turn 25 into 32.
That said, if you wait until the BB release, I expect GW will release a set of 32mm BB specific bases with the slot and the hole for the ball.

Wait, why do existing models need new bases?

They don't really, but the 32mm bases will give a lot of miniatures room to not look so cramped and have less tipping issues if they are top heavy.

Is it wrong that the release of a Blood Bowl box makes me want to make an Orc team but use a Boyz and Nobz box to make my players?

You guys do realise that Blood Bowl "squares" are 29mm. right?

Not sure why you would want 32mm bases.

 bound for glory wrote:
You guys do realise that Blood Bowl "squares" are 29mm. right?

Not sure why you would want 32mm bases.

Not any more. The earliest leaks which all proved true suggested the pitch squares are notably bigger to accommodate at least the 32mm bases.

I heard the new field had larger squares.


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 Vankraken wrote:
Is it wrong that the release of a Blood Bowl box makes me want to make an Orc team but use a Boyz and Nobz box to make my players?

No, and it has already been done with great success. I recommend Sturm Boyz also.

Baxx wrote:

 Vankraken wrote:
Is it wrong that the release of a Blood Bowl box makes me want to make an Orc team but use a Boyz and Nobz box to make my players?

No, and it has already been done with great success. I recommend Sturm Boyz also.

My first team was a combination of Boyz and Biker parts.
I am still rather fond of them.

Is there a release date for this yet? It's currently on my auto buy list

 Taaloc wrote:
Is there a release date for this yet? It's currently on my auto buy list

it looks like pre-order will be on the 18th of november with a release on the 26th of november

Thanks terry!

 bound for glory wrote:
You guys do realise that Blood Bowl "squares" are 29mm. right?

Not sure why you would want 32mm bases.

The old pitch has 32mm squares. Not sure where you get 29mm from?

Tentatively excited, was planning on grabbing a box of ironjaw brutes along with the game and combining parts until I had 16 distinct guys and a coach or cheerleader or something.

Then I'd move on to try and convert some wildriders and various leftover bits I've accrued over the years to see if I can implement my AoS deer-centaur guys into an acceptable wood elf team.

 Zywus wrote:

 bound for glory wrote:
You guys do realise that Blood Bowl "squares" are 29mm. right?

Not sure why you would want 32mm bases.

The old pitch has 32mm squares. Not sure where you get 29mm from?

Wrong. The old pitch's squares were 29mm.


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29mm or there abouts.

 bound for glory wrote:

 Zywus wrote:

 bound for glory wrote:
You guys do realise that Blood Bowl "squares" are 29mm. right?

Not sure why you would want 32mm bases.

The old pitch has 32mm squares. Not sure where you get 29mm from?

Wrong. The old pitch's squares were 29mm.


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29mm or there abouts.

Do you mean the cardboard one and not the older plastic/styrofoam pitch?

I'm pretty sure I've measured those cardboard squares some time ago when I rebased a buddys ogres. I considered either 30mm or 32mm bases but went with 32mm since they fit on the squares and the ogres needed as much base area they could get.

I don't have any pitch around to check though. Anyone who could take a picture with a measure stick in the pic?

The 2nd ed astrogranit pitch was small even by 3rd ed standards.

It is an accepted rule that the 3rd ed squares were between 28mm and 30mm. It all depends on where on the fold out pitch you messure.

If you care to head over to talkfantasyfootball and search "home made pitches", you will quickly see that 99% of people making a pitch make the squares 29mm.

The other 1% go for the 40mm squares that are all the rage these days. The 40mm squares work well with big guys going prone.

Yeah,
Continuing with BloodBowl excitement.
I dug out my Chaos Small Stars for a game against Necromantics
Tidying up their paint job.




I wish I could say it went well!
But they lost 0-1
The game ended with 5KO'd and 5Dead/Injured !

Goblins are both Very Crazy and Very Squishy.

Panic...

One store is definitely doing a midnight release for Blood Bowl and that's the Cribbs Causeway store in Bristol (UK).
Info from the store staff is that the current plan from HQ is that the main box set will release at £65. They seem to be targeting the Dark Vengeance price point rather than the Warhammer Quest.

 bound for glory wrote:
The 2nd ed astrogranit pitch was small even by 3rd ed standards.

It is an accepted rule that the 3rd ed squares were between 28mm and 30mm. It all depends on where on the fold out pitch you messure.

If you care to head over to talkfantasyfootball and search "home made pitches", you will quickly see that 99% of people making a pich make the square 29mm.

The other 1% go for the 40mm squares that are all the rage these days. The 40mm squares work well with big guys going prone.

I've always done it with 28mm squares when creating custom boards, but I am glad with the size increase coming.
Too many of models I have bought in the last 5 years are larger than the GW original teams so even the regular linemen players take up more than the 28-30mm square's space.

 elaverick wrote:
One store is definitely doing a midnight release for Blood Bowl and that's the Cribbs Causeway store in Bristol (UK).
Info from the store staff is that the current plan from HQ is that the main box set will release at £65. They seem to be targeting the Dark Vengeance price point rather than the Warhammer Quest.

I hope that info is wrong. £65 is way too expensive. If the 24 pushfit regular size models equal the cultists and the chosen. Then the bloodbowl board equals two chaos heroes, a hell brute, 2 marine heroes, 10 marines, 3 bikes and 5 terminators.
Honestly £50 would be expensive for the contents in the box.

If lost patrol is £35 and B@C and BoP are £95... I have a very hard time believing blood bowl will be £65