Blood Bowl News & Rumors: Gnome Team pg 167

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**zamerion**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/04/17/this-week-on-warhammer-live-7/

This thursday on twitch spike magazine and doom lords.

**Theophony**

Vorian wrote:
Two blitzers and two catches too. Dare we hope for 2 Blitzers and 2 Black Orcs?

Looks like 2 blitzers a thrower and a catcher to me.

**Vorian**

Oh yeah, it's a thrower not a second catcher. Doh

**zamerion**

Has anyone seen the twitch of blood bowl? Any interesting information?

Thanks!

**Chikout**

zamerion wrote:
Has anyone seen the twitch of blood bowl? Any interesting information?

Thanks!

4 teams coming this year. Each will come along with an issue of the new magazine/ journal themed around that team Each issue will include rules, a comic strip drawn by Paul Nifton, tactics articles, agony Uncle etc. The journal will be £8. 3 have already been written and they are doing the fourth now.
The new team will be up for preorder next weekend (don't think Andy was supposed to say that).

**Sunny Side Up**

Also showed a chaos-themed pitch, chaos team special play cards and chaos dice.

Standard stuff, mostly.

**zamerion**

thanks a lot!!!

I saw a picture of star players (i cant listen it)

They were conversions? Old miniatures or future miniatures?

**Yodhrin**

Chikout wrote:
zamerion wrote:
Has anyone seen the twitch of blood bowl? Any interesting information?

Thanks!

4 teams coming this year. Each will come along with an issue of the new magazine/ journal themed around that team Each issue will include rules, a comic strip drawn by Paul Nifton, tactics articles, agony Uncle etc. The journal will be £8. 3 have already been written and they are doing the fourth now.
The new team will be up for preorder next weekend (don't think Andy was supposed to say that).

See now, if the Specialist Games guys want to do a dripfeed release style, doing it as 8 quid magazines not pretending to be anything more than that is much more palatable than what they've been trying with Necromunda.

**zamerion**

I need this star player

**Thargrim**

Yodhrin wrote:
Chikout wrote:
zamerion wrote:
Has anyone seen the twitch of blood bowl? Any interesting information?

Thanks!

4 teams coming this year. Each will come along with an issue of the new magazine/ journal themed around that team Each issue will include rules, a comic strip drawn by Paul Nifton, tactics articles, agony Uncle etc. The journal will be £8. 3 have already been written and they are doing the fourth now.
The new team will be up for preorder next weekend (don't think Andy was supposed to say that).

See now, if the Specialist Games guys want to do a dripfeed release style, doing it as 8 quid magazines not pretending to be anything more than that is much more palatable than what they've been trying with Necromunda.

Yeah, and they are specifically for new teams/star players etc. So unless you're collecting that team, you can kind of pass on it. Whereas with Necromunda it kind of feels like you need to keep up with the books, which may have updated weapon profiles, etc. The rules for BB are also already set in stone and easy to figure out, whereas Necromunda it's kind of a scatter brained mess. They can remedy that to some degree down the line by releasing a complation rulebook. But as of right now i'd say BB is in a much better place than Necromunda.

I'm really excited to see what the other 3 next teams are, and the chaos pitch looks pretty cool.

**Warhams-77**

More Twitch live stream info, collected on Reddit

by Jamprit

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CHAOS ROSTER

The roster has not changed. It’s not their intent to make changes to their rosters, but they may add the odd positional here or there, e.g., Goblins.

The Chaos team will have access to 10 star players.

They plan on expanding the amount of star players available to each team to 10 to allow GW to produce more models, make sure teams have access to players at all price ranges, etc.

CHAOS STAR PLAYERS

Scyla Anfingrimm - New Star Player. Daemonic creature from the Warhammer universe that accidentally ended up in the Blood Bowl universe and decided to play Blood Bowl.

Lord Borak the Despoiler - Returning Star Player. Will also have a feature in SPIKE! where he answers fake questions. That feature will continue in other SPIKE!s

Gobbler Grimlich - New Frog-Mutant Star Player. Will have big hands, disturbing presence, leap, loner, very long legs, regeneration, monstrous mouth.

Grashnak Blackhoof - Returning Star Player

Lewdgrip Whiparm - Returning Star Player

Bilerot Vomitflesh - New Star Player based on an old star player. Can also play for the Nurgle team. Dirty Player, Disturbing Presence, Foul Appearance. Strength 5

Withergrasp Doubledrool - New Star Player based on an old star player. Tentacles, Prehensile Tail, Tackle, Two Heads. Wrestle. MA6.

Max Spleenripper - Returning Star Player

INDUCEMENTS

Reintroducing the wizard inducement as the hireling sports-wizard. Costs 150k. Has two spells: the classic fireball and the ability to turn a player into a frog. If a coach rolls over the target player's strength or a natural 6, they'll turn the target player into a frog.

Frog Stats: MA5 ST1 AG4 AV4 - Dodge, Leap, No Hands, Stunty, Titchy, Very Long Legs

Chaos Sorcerer inducement. Available to Chaos Chosen, Chaos Renegades, Nurgle, and Chaos Dwarves. Has a thunderbolt skill and rampant mutation skill. Thunderbolt is essentially the lighting bolt skill, but works on a 3+ instead of a 2+. Rampant mutation allows you to give any player on your team two mutations until the end of a drive.

Plan to have more specialized wizards for other races in future SPIKE! Journals.

One of the new special play cards allow you to turn a player into a Chaos Spawn.

PITCH, DICE, etc.

Like all themed pitches, there’s a normal side and a side with special rules. Themed pitch looks like a Chaos temple.

Special side ‘glows with chaotic energy’. Special rules will revolve around the pitch being activated in the second half by blood spilled in the first half.

Chaos Renegades dice will be released alongside the Chaos Chosen pitch.
Andy wants to make a pitch where one side is Chaos Renegades and the other side is Underworld.

Special Play Cards will be themed to fit the featured theme, but useable by all teams.

MISC

The Blood Bowl team has expanded with a new writer and more sculptors. Team started as two and is now up to seven.

Still plan to do 4 teams a year.

Plastic figures take a long time to make. A single frame of six models takes a designer 20 weeks to sculpt. Want to make as much stuff in plastic as possible.

Once they get through the existing teams, want to make new teams. Would love to introduce a Khorne team, a Tzeentch team, a Slaanesh, a Daemon team, Snotling team, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bloodbowl/comments/8dldrh/new_blood_bowl_updates_from_warhammer_tv_spike/

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Photos of the Chaos pitch

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2897

**infinite_array**

Well, GW better get a move on if they want to hit that 4 teams a year goal. We're already at the end of April and nothing's been released yet.

**Ghaz**

According to Warhammer Community, the Doom Lords go on preorder on the 28th.

**kendoka**

Funny.
In Sweden ”Doom Lords” are birds, Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
Features in the awesome song Doomlord by Swedish band Dream Evil, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fanAE6m5qtE

**Mymearan**

kendoka wrote:
Funny.
In Sweden ”Doom Lords” are birds, Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
Features in the awesome song Doomlord by Swedish band Dream Evil, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fanAE6m5qtE

More like "Judgement Lords" but still, it's a pretty cool name when you think about it.

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

Man... I was excited about Doomlords, until I saw (and backed) the amazing Greebo Kickstarter. Functionally the same team, but massively better looking with a fractional mark-up? Yes please.

**ekwatts**

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Man... I was excited about Doomlords, until I saw (and backed) the amazing Greebo Kickstarter. Functionally the same team, but massively better looking with a fractional mark-up? Yes please.

Fractional? Aren't most metal teams from companies like Greebo upwards of £50 or more? I like their figures (I have a few) but GW are killing it with the plastics at the price point they come in at.

**JimmyWolf87**

ekwatts wrote:
NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Man... I was excited about Doomlords, until I saw (and backed) the amazing Greebo Kickstarter. Functionally the same team, but massively better looking with a fractional mark-up? Yes please.

Fractional? Aren't most metal teams from companies like Greebo upwards of £50 or more? I like their figures (I have a few) but GW are killing it with the plastics at the price point they come in at.

I agree totally on the price point; the quality of the plastics they can put out is pretty stunning (though if you go for a full team you need to factor in the Mino). The Beastmen are pretty similar for both so the plastics win out here.

The Chosen probably depend on taste. Personally I much prefer the Greebo style for these so I may have to look into just getting 4 of those as an add on (and nothing else...).

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

Greebo's teams are 50-60pounds, but they come with all their conceivable options and a "big guy". During the KS you're also getting a handful of free star players too.

With GWs current releases you're buying two teams and a blister... already making a pricier choice.

**Vorian**

Why on Earth would you buy two sets of the Doomlords?

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

Vorian wrote:
Why on Earth would you buy two sets of the Doomlords?

My mistake. I was thinking back to the new edition of BB's boxed set release which didn't always include the max numbers of a given player.

**Vorian**

The only downside with Dwarfs and Chaos are the repeat poses - at least you get the right positionals.

With a booster for Skaven/Humans/(hopefully one day) Orcs then you are indeed looking at comparable prices for all metal vs them

I prefer my Willys Miniatures Chaos to both GW and Greebo

**Baxx**

What? You get twice as many poses for the chaos warriors as humans and orcs do for their blitzers, black orcs and catchers!

Chaos is also usually way more conversion friendly.

**Chopstick**

The Chaos blocker have long flowing mullet on the back

**Thargrim**

Baxx wrote:
What? You get twice as many poses for the chaos warriors as humans and orcs do for their blitzers, black orcs and catchers!

Chaos is also usually way more conversion friendly.

Speaking of conversion friendly, someone shared this on FB. Looks like plenty of excitng kitbashing to be had with the spawn kit, among others.

**zamerion**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/04/30/exclusive-loot-at-warhammer-fest-apr-30fw-homepage-post-1gw-homepage-post-4/

**Huginn**

Nice pair of dwarfs, pity they are exclusives.

**JimmyWolf87**

Huginn wrote:
Nice pair of dwarfs, pity they are exclusives.

Don't think it said that Bugman was exclusive; just that Fest will be the first chance to get him.

**Baxx**

I heard that it will be available on ForgeWorld a few weeks after.

**Zetan**

Speaking of ForgeWorld... I just checked, and it's been nearly an entire year since the Goblins came out. Anyone have any news on what's taking so long with the rest of the positionals? I've been wanting to field a full team of them with official minis for... well, a year, I guess... and we still don't have the Goblin Doom Diver, Pogoer, and 'Ooligan.