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 ekwatts wrote:
Sky isn't falling.

Necromunda is still fresh and new. More focus on that would be expected.

A new plastic team is incoming, we just don't know what it is yet. We will closer the time (May?).

This is in-line with the quarterly releases mentioned months back at an open day.

They heavily hinted at Nurgle on that Warhammer TV session. They gave the community a clue about the new team: 'no one like to see them'. Disturbing presence. Nurgle!

Please no moaning over BB releases, which have been fairly consistent - and please espeically no moaning at the expense of Necromunda, which also gets quarterly releases. If you collected both, like me, you'd wonder how to keep up rather than sighing about nothing new to buy.

 Manchu wrote:
Please no moaning over BB releases, which have been fairly consistent - and please espeically no moaning at the expense of Necromunda, which also gets quarterly releases. If you collected both, like me, you'd wonder how to keep up rather than sighing about nothing new to buy.

That's true! I still have a lot unfinished for both games (Grim Ironjaw, Glart Smashrip, Minotaur, Gouged Eye team, Elven Union) and for Necromunda I haven't even started on Escher.

Call me when we get a proper Chaos team (goatmen and chaos warriors).

next month, Should not there be new team?

 EnTyme wrote:
Call me when we get a proper Chaos team (goatmen and chaos warriors).

Get in line. Call me when Orcs and Humans are finished.

Baxx wrote:

 EnTyme wrote:
Call me when we get a proper Chaos team (goatmen and chaos warriors).

Get in line. Call me when Orcs and Humans are finished.

Is it possible to field a completed human/orc team (2x plastic teams boxes) with the required figures for the exact same cost it's likely to be to afford a plastic team box + forgeworld booster?

Why, yes! Yes, it is!

This is a boring conversation and it really needs to be put to bed. Forgeworld/GW will release the boosters as and when they feel like it.

Until they do, you are NOT crippled.

4 mono pose blitzers, black orcs and catchers is not a possibility for me. I got other teams to play.

I mean, it IS a possibility, just not one you're willing to accept.

My original point, that it is possible to "complete" a human and/or orc team prior to the release of the boosters, stands.

Baxx wrote:
4 mono pose blitzers, black orcs and catchers is not a possibility for me. I got other teams to play.

Are you honestly stating you can't convert them?

News? Rumors? Anyone?

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:

Baxx wrote:
4 mono pose blitzers, black orcs and catchers is not a possibility for me. I got other teams to play.

Are you honestly stating you can't convert them?

If I knew they never was going to release them, I'd convert them back in end of 2016. But after seeing the Skaven booster, and having multiple teams in paint queue, I didn't want to end up with a converted set of positionals and then having to buy them afterwards and paint those too. Now I got a lot of Necromunda miniatures to finish so it's not going to happen any time soon. Also pictures of human booster pack was released about half a year ago so that also didn't motivate me much.

If you've converted up some players, why would you then "have to buy them afterwards"?

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
If you've converted up some players, why would you then "have to buy them afterwards"?

Exactly. You are choosing to not be able to finish your teams.
No one else is stopping you.

And that's your choice to make and you should be free to do so. Just don't expect anyone to be sympathetic.

Blitz Bowl

Blitz Bowl is an introductory version of Blood Bowl bearing a 40-minute playing time that’s coming from Games Workshop in 2018.

https://twitter.com/BoardGameGeek/status/965312421471584258

Well that was unexpected, great for new players though.

Damn. If only the orcs and humans were alternate poses from those in the core box....would have made this a must have.

Good!

But..

Where is the new team? :(

It doesn't even include enough to fill out existing teams, guess I'm still not going to complete them

Interesting release though.

But... why?

Blood Bowl is supposed to be an introductory game to get people into Fantasy (er, I mean AoS).

I'm so confused.

I dont really see the point of this. Bb is a simple enough game, and it doesnt cost too much money. Why would you need an intro game for it

Bloodbowl blitz I believe was the old bloodbowl 7s, which was an alternate created by the staff at GW if memory serves me. It was meant to be played in 40 minutes or less as compared to a regular match game. The team adapted the rules so they could run a league during their lunch hour. Fast beer and pretzel game is what got me to really love the specialist games. Smaller pitch and fewer players make it a fast paced game and if the people who play it enjoy it and want more depth, then they can move up to Bloodbowl.

I do wish they would have made the sculpts more unique so as to expand the Bloodbowl line, but buying a Bloodbowl team pack now means you have a full set for Blitz.

I really like the idea of this and will probably buy it. I know jack gak about sports and am extremely confused by Blood Bowl diagrams and match reports. Would love a simpler version to try it out.

 Breotan wrote:
But... why?

Blood Bowl is supposed to be an introductory game to get people into Fantasy (er, I mean AoS).

I'm so confused.

Pish tosh. I can't wait for 'Dash Bowl' - the introductory game to the introductory game to the introductory game!

 streetsamurai wrote:
I dont really see the point of this. Bb is a simple enough game, and it doesnt cost too much money. Why would you need an intro game for it

40 minutes vs 2 hours. I can see the appeal.

Blood Bowl is aimed at the same sort of "young adult" audience as the rest of their games - 12 and up. There's a lot going on and a lot of thought required. If this game is aimed at an 8+ audience, then I can see streamlining it being a good idea.

After all, there was Kerrunch! in the early 90s , which was a simplified version of 2nd edition Blood Bowl, and Ultramarines, which was a simplified version of Space Hulk, so there's precedent.

 Breotan wrote:
But... why?

Blood Bowl is supposed to be an introductory game to get people into Fantasy (er, I mean AoS).

I'm so confused.

Is it? Since when? It’s not even in the same universe (not even back when it was Warhammer Fantasy Battles) and doesn’t use any of the same mechanics except for rolling six-sided dice to resolve actions.

A gateway game, maybe (but still a little off considering the difference in the universes and all), but an introductory game? Hardly.

I do like the pitch, and hope that it may be the prelude to a full-blown revamp of Dungeonbowl...

This has been before....and shall be again!

I promise I'm not a Cylon. Or maybe I am.



Moar infos here

Looks to me like GW are trying to crack into the wider board games market again.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

Is it? Since when? It’s not even in the same universe (not even back when it was Warhammer Fantasy Battles) and doesn’t use any of the same mechanics except for rolling six-sided dice to resolve actions.

A gateway game, maybe (but still a little off considering the difference in the universes and all), but an introductory game? Hardly.

I always considered the specialist games as spin-off games.