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I used the goblin stuck in a ball as my ‘Ooligan. Not perfect, but eh.

Zetan wrote:
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.

FW is too busy creating a 7th edition ruleset for Horus Heresy and then promptly retiring the models for key units in their HH armies as part of their promotion strategy.

 Kirasu wrote:

Zetan wrote:
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.

FW is too busy creating a 7th edition ruleset for Horus Heresy and then promptly retiring the models for key units in their HH armies as part of their promotion strategy.

Is that what happened or are you just bitching?

 Bi'ios wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:

Zetan wrote:
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.

FW is too busy creating a 7th edition ruleset for Horus Heresy and then promptly retiring the models for key units in their HH armies as part of their promotion strategy.

Is that what happened or are you just bitching?

Bitching, none of that makes sense.

They're obviously busy cause they left Blood Bowl dry for a long time.

Been waiting a long time for:
-2nd troll
-Human booster
-Orc booster
-Goblin 2nd booster

We could probably wish for a pro-elf booster too.

Has anyone else had the chance to get the new Spike! Journal and Chaos Team?

I'm putting together the minis now and they seem pretty well done. The Chaos Blockers are getting their should blades chopped off, and I'll attach some Chaos Marine spikes as replacements. The beastmen are pretty dynamic in their poses.

The Spike! Journal is a real treat. It's got some pretty good articles, split between actual help and "in-universe" fluff pieces (like gossip about a hidden triste between Zara the Slayer and Lord Borak).

There's a decent tactics article about starting a Chaos team in a league, and how to build different types of players (killers, blockers, ball carriers, sackers). It also lists all the Star Players Chaos teams can take, and I like the idea of team-specific wizards. They've even got a section about tournament team composition. It's not exactly new (you can find the advice on any Blood Bowl tactics article on the internet), but it's nice to include.

The only miss is the 3-page comic in the back. The art's pretty muddy, and the story is either nonsensical or just hard to follow.

Here's hoping that the previously released teams (Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Skaven, Elven Union, Goblins, Underworld, Renegades) get their own Spike! Journals. I think it'd be a smart move to make Spike! Journals for these teams in the off month in between plastic team releases, so you'd get a new content every couple months.

 infinite_array wrote:
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The only miss is the 3-page comic in the back. The art's pretty muddy, and the story is either nonsensical or just hard to follow.

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I don't think that it's possible for me to disagree with you more.

That's Pete Knifton's work. That man, for many of us growing up was the visionary of Blood Bowl and Dark Future. Do a google search of his works, he's spanned GW games art since Rogue Trader and Chainsaw Warrior, worked for Marvel, 2000AD, Fighting Fantasy, amongst many others.

I LOVE that artwork.



His pictures have inspired me for over 30 years as a gamer. I can't get enough of that black ink style.

Yeah, Spike! Magazine issue 1 is great but I think I’m gonna grab the electronic version from now on. Quite apart from being cheaper, I don’t need yet another periodical cluttering up the place.
As for the comic, agree that the art is great. Also agree that the story is… not so great.
Also, on the topic of wizards, is it me or is the lightning bolt just straight up worse than the traditional fireball? 3+ to knock down one guy vs 4+ each to knock down up to nine guys?

Anyone else pick up the new team cards? The generic special plays in there are actually quite handy.

Averagely yes. But it could be situational. If you're up against a loose cage of 3 line rats and a gutter runner holding the ball, you often just want to hit that gutter runner and ignore the rest. Or sending lightning on a line rat to open up a blitz lane to that whimpy ball carrier.

By chance is there any mention of Blitz Bowl in the new Spike magazine? I'm really looking forward to it, but I don't think we've heard anything since late February.

 Sabotage! wrote:
By chance is there any mention of Blitz Bowl in the new Spike magazine? I'm really looking forward to it, but I don't think we've heard anything since late February.

Not that I saw...

But I am *really* hoping that one Spike issue will contain Dungeonbowl rules (using Silver Tower / Hammerhal tiles), which could tie-in with Blitz Bowl which looks like it has some sight/pass-blocking statues on the smaller pitch.

Hells, I'd quite like to see the app dedicated teams (human nobles, savage orcs, clan pesitlens, and dwarf slayers) feature in a printed issue as well).

 Bi'ios wrote:

 Kirasu wrote:

Zetan wrote:
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.

FW is too busy creating a 7th edition ruleset for Horus Heresy and then promptly retiring the models for key units in their HH armies as part of their promotion strategy.

Is that what happened or are you just bitching?

Seems in his mind OPTIONAL upgrades for low-key sale models(why pay about 100£ for 20 guys without weapons when for 10£ less you can get 30 with weapons and plenty spare bits, 2 HQ and dreadnought. When there was no plastics those could sell because it was just case of which look you prefer but that price difference is HUGE). are key units.

Makes about as much sense as if FW would be retiring upgrade bits of upgrade bits of blood bowl coach models.

Clockpunk wrote:

 Sabotage! wrote:
By chance is there any mention of Blitz Bowl in the new Spike magazine? I'm really looking forward to it, but I don't think we've heard anything since late February.

Not that I saw...

But I am *really* hoping that one Spike issue will contain Dungeonbowl rules (using Silver Tower / Hammerhal tiles), which could tie-in with Blitz Bowl which looks like it has some sight/pass-blocking statues on the smaller pitch.

Hells, I'd quite like to see the app dedicated teams (human nobles, savage orcs, clan pesitlens, and dwarf slayers) feature in a printed issue as well).

Ah bummer, thanks for looking! I would also like to seem Dungeonbowl make a return.

Other star player?

Oh didn't even catch that! I bought the Elfheim Eagles box to use as Wood Elves, and that model would make a pretty good Wardancer.

Is the 4 chosen/1 minotaur/6 beastmen starting roster for the doom lords not awful, or is the lack of rerolls going to bury the team? Im debting it, since i originally got a minotaur fir a chaos renegades team.

That might well be a resin conversion kit to make wood elf positionals since the main plastic kit is pretty ambiguous as to the faction of the elves. Except probably not dark elves, mostly due to lack of spikes.

If it is a conversion kit, it has basically nothing in common with the plastic kit aside from the shoulder pad, the belt buckle and one knee pad.

Those legs, those arms, the torso, the shoes, etc.. are all different.

I think it is more likely a new sculpt for Jordell Freshbreeze or somebody like that.

Got the same colours as the Elven Union team too, you'd think a conversion set would have different colours.

Can’t possibly be Jordell; his hair isn’t bigger than his torso, or weighted to use as a counterbalance.

 Crazyterran wrote:
Is the 4 chosen/1 minotaur/6 beastmen starting roster for the doom lords not awful, or is the lack of rerolls going to bury the team? Im debting it, since i originally got a minotaur fir a chaos renegades team.

It's a bad team. Chaos doesn't start with any ball handling or defensive skills, so you need the rerolls. Plus they double in cost after team creation, so 60k rerolls suddenly become 120k, compared to the 150k of buying a Minotaur.

Chaos doesn't need to the Mino at the start to begin with, since they've got pretty good access to STR4 (4 Chaos Blockers and a blitzing Beastman). Get the three rerolls to start, and pick up the Mino after you've accrued some gold.

So, uh, what happened to the Doom Lords chaos pitch?
My White Dwarf says that it was to go on preorder/sale at the same time as the chaos chosen team/dice/cards.

Hopefully It's a new Star Player and not a new Wood Elf team. I'd be pretty bummed if we got another elf team before any variety of undead or something unique like Lizardmen. They are supposed to put out three more teams this year though, so who knows.

 Sabotage! wrote:
Hopefully It's a new Star Player and not a new Wood Elf team. I'd be pretty bummed if we got another elf team before any variety of undead or something unique like Lizardmen. They are supposed to put out three more teams this year though, so who knows.

As soon as we get plastic Lizzies, I'm all in...

Thought there were some rumours, possibly official, from talkfantasyfootbal.com that said the chaos pitch was delayed a few weeks (or possibly more).

 Mr_Rose wrote:
So, uh, what happened to the Doom Lords chaos pitch?
My White Dwarf says that it was to go on preorder/sale at the same time as the chaos chosen team/dice/cards.

It got delayed cause the pitches are manufactured by another company, basically outsourced. I heard it might release in june/july.

If we have 3 teams left this year, i'd be okay with nurgle, lizardmen, some form of undead, halflings maybe. They seem to be doing the easier teams to sculpt first. Or the teams where it's easier to fit everything they need onto one sprue. For that reason I think norse/amazons are somewhat likely cause you can fit them all onto one sprue easily the main difference in positionals is mostly headgear and minor armor changes.

Pitch is coming, just delayed, and they went ahead and released the rest of it anyway.

That's the Eldril Sidewinder mini/model -- fully restored to his pristine and uncursed Sea Elf Wardancer state once again.

Oh, OK, as long as I didn’t miss the ridiculously short gap between it becoming available and running out of stock, that’s fine.

 Thargrim wrote:

If we have 3 teams left this year, i'd be okay with nurgle, lizardmen, some form of undead, halflings maybe. They seem to be doing the easier teams to sculpt first. Or the teams where it's easier to fit everything they need onto one sprue. For that reason I think norse/amazons are somewhat likely cause you can fit them all onto one sprue easily the main difference in positionals is mostly headgear and minor armor changes.

Nurgle, Lizardman and some flavor of Undead would be nice. Especially because if they could get away a generic Undead kit with Zombies, Wights, and Ghouls, and then release the positionals for Shambling Undead and Necromantic in blisters. If you did them by individual boxes, you could probably pull off a Shambling kit with 2 zombies, a skeleton, a ghoul, a wight, and a mummy on the sprue (or drop the skeleton and do 2 ghouls). Necromantic wouldn't be too tough with 2 zombies, a ghoul, a wight, a werewolf, and a flesh golem on each sprue. I think you are probably right about norse/amazons, which is unfortunate in my opinion, as they are just variant humans.

Dark Elf Team and pitch ,
Resin Star Players Eldril Sidewinder, Roxanna Darknail and Dark Elf Assassins. 12 player Dark Elf team.