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JWBS wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
I was hearing the other day the store rep was pushing the flgs to order a full set of four of each team because once this wave goes thru they’re not expected to restock until late ‘21 or early ‘22.

Sounds like absolute bollox to me.

Sounds like someone saw a date like 08/01/2020 and thought they meant August.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

JWBS wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
I was hearing the other day the store rep was pushing the flgs to order a full set of four of each team because once this wave goes thru they’re not expected to restock until late ‘21 or early ‘22.

Sounds like absolute bollox to me.

Sounds like someone saw a date like 08/01/2020 and thought they meant August.

I mean, I’m just repeating what the GW sales rep said, so take it as you want.

My FLGS has just had their Blood Bowl preorders cancelled so looks like there is pretty serious supply issues, said GW doing made to order for Jan

As of yesterday, UK store owners were advised it was sold out. I expect that to happen to other regions as well, US, etc. Quantities look as though they are going to be very limited, much like Indomitus. Did anyone ever get a ‘made to order’ copy of that?
https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/5005

The Indomitus made to orders have started to come out. They were said to be Nov-December for the 'second wave'.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Indomitus made to orders have started to come out. They were said to be Nov-December for the 'second wave'.

Just wondering. GW upset me quite a bit with that whole farce, and I ended up not getting one at all. I’m glad that people that did are starting to get their stuff.

Quite liking the team rankings concept. Certainly it helps someone as useless at Blood Bowl as I not completely handicap themself from the get go.

Are there supply issues with the starter box only, or is all the new stuff affected? I'm considering to just buy the rule book, maybe the special play cards.

Cheers

Just with the starter box, so far. Pitch, cards and dice will sell out on Saturday, as usual. I guess the rulebook and Necro team will be available for some more time. Mostly b/c rulebook is available with starter, so quite a few people will get it.

I wonder if having to churn out the MTO Indomitus boxes has caused this delay to BB box?

Having to make more than they thought of the former, then whatever issues Lockdown 2 is causing here in the UK.

It’s possibly more down to supply chain issues for cards and that, as they’re typically outsourced, and rarely (if ever these days) within the U.K.

What with one thing and another, it’s not an easy time for such imports.

Yes it has almost definitely been the main factor behind the shortages. The last time we had these shortages on just about everything, the shortages eased immediately following the first wave of Indomitus.

Makes sense. And the Necromantic Horror team missed a Halloween release which was probably not the original plan.

I'm sure they - and the treeman - were shown off yonks ago. Definitely not part of the original plan.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Quite liking the team rankings concept. Certainly it helps someone as useless at Blood Bowl as I not completely handicap themself from the get go.

I'm a beginner. I bought the snotling team. so....
Gonna dig out my 1st gen pump wagon so don't have 2 of the same
Or might buy a last gen one. Just need to find one first!!!

 bubber wrote:


I'm a beginner. I bought the snotling team. so....

Good lord, isn't playing as Snotlings supposed to be like nightmare mode?

SamusDrake wrote:

 bubber wrote:


I'm a beginner. I bought the snotling team. so....

Good lord, isn't playing as Snotlings supposed to be like nightmare mode?

Depends on if you think the sound of snotlings going “squish” is hilarious or not… just remember, max out on fungus flingas and trolls, because bombs don’t care about the opponent’s Strength and throwing a Flinga into their back line won’t cause a turnover. Also bombs are much less of a liability in 2nd season. Also hire the black gobbo, because fouling is another thing that doesn’t care that your entire team is S1.

Basically, you can win with snotlings, but it’s going to be the dirtiest, cheatiest squeaker of a game ever played… then you have to do it again next match.

JWBS wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
I was hearing the other day the store rep was pushing the flgs to order a full set of four of each team because once this wave goes thru they’re not expected to restock until late ‘21 or early ‘22.

Sounds like absolute bollox to me.

Late '20 early '21 would sound like a more likely scenario, maybe a mishearing.

Everything is slightly behind schedule as a result of the Coronavirus shutdown, and while I imagine some things have been shifted around in terms of prioritising, the "plan" is probably pretty much as it would have been, albeit shifted back a few months.

Restocks should be expected to happen about as quickly as they normally do (and as a FFG customer, I find GW's restocking to be pretty quick), with allowances made for the UKs stretched postal service since Coronavirus has affected that, too.

 Mr_Rose wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:

 bubber wrote:


I'm a beginner. I bought the snotling team. so....

Good lord, isn't playing as Snotlings supposed to be like nightmare mode?

Depends on if you think the sound of snotlings going “squish” is hilarious or not… just remember, max out on fungus flingas and trolls, because bombs don’t care about the opponent’s Strength and throwing a Flinga into their back line won’t cause a turnover. Also bombs are much less of a liability in 2nd season. Also hire the black gobbo, because fouling is another thing that doesn’t care that your entire team is S1.

Basically, you can win with snotlings, but it’s going to be the dirtiest, cheatiest squeaker of a game ever played… then you have to do it again next match.

Crikey. One of these days I'll have to give Blood Bowl a shot, probably not with Snotlings!

 ekwatts wrote:
and as a FFG customer, I find GW's restocking to be pretty quick

In fairness, that is a very, very low bar.


Pretty tempted to get one of each of the Undead teams just to mix and match the zombies and ghouls, and (probably? not too familiar with the game) enough figures for a complete team of either. Also, those Halloween dice are really rather nice.

Teams of Legend doc was posted today: https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2FAghDiIS8bLAakM.pdf

So anyone who was worried about the last 6 teams (Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, High Elf, Norse, Tomb Kings and Vampire) that existed in previous editions and don't have rules in the new book, you can still play them.

Any of the teams that have never had minis and have only appeared in videogames or unofficial rules docs (Khorne, Slann/Kislev, Bretonnians) are still not officially supported. Time will tell if we get official rules and minis for them. If not, I'm sure some fans of the teams will convert them to the new edition unofficially, and they may (or may not) get widespread acceptance from there.


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Oh also, the store I work at got our demo copy a bit early, so let me know if you have any lingering rules questions. I think most of it is out there already, but if anything is still uncertain, I can have a look.

Zetan wrote:
Teams of Legend doc was posted today: https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2FAghDiIS8bLAakM.pdf

So anyone who was worried about the last 6 teams (Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, High Elf, Norse, Tomb Kings and Vampire) that existed in previous editions and don't have rules in the new book, you can still play them.

Nobody seriously thought they were being dropped. You'd have to be too cynical and pessimistic to be able to operate in normal life to think that would be the case, or be trolling for a reaction.

You can pre-order your Necromantic Horror team from this Saturday* alongside the Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition. In order to make sure everyone can get their hands on a copy of the new boxed game, we’re limiting it to one per customer – we don’t want any of you eager coaches to miss out on sporting glory!

From the article today on the Necromantic Horrors.

my independent supplier has been told he can't get them as there's the same issue as the main box (and no mention of a dated made to order either)

sounds like only stores with large regular order will get lucky

a least he's been warned early enough customers can try for them via gw direct

Very handy.

 ekwatts wrote:
Nobody seriously thought they were being dropped. You'd have to be too cynical and pessimistic to be able to operate in normal life to think that would be the case, or be trolling for a reaction.

Pop on back to page 131 of this post and you can find at least 3 people in various degrees of doubt. Cynical, pessimistic, or trolling? Probably. But the doubt was expressed, so I figured posting a link now that we can finally extinguish that doubt was worthwhile. There's no need to be so dismissive.

I would have taken a 50/50 bet that they wouldn’t. Based on what they did with necromunda, I would still take that bet that they will remove the legacy teams download (or edit it to remove teams) once they Spike or otherwise update them.

 ekwatts wrote:

Zetan wrote:
Teams of Legend doc was posted today: https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2FAghDiIS8bLAakM.pdf

So anyone who was worried about the last 6 teams (Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, High Elf, Norse, Tomb Kings and Vampire) that existed in previous editions and don't have rules in the new book, you can still play them.

Nobody seriously thought they were being dropped. You'd have to be too cynical and pessimistic to be able to operate in normal life to think that would be the case, or be trolling for a reaction.

Have you been on Dakka long?

 privateer4hire wrote:
I would have taken a 50/50 bet that they wouldn’t. Based on what they did with necromunda, I would still take that bet that they will remove the legacy teams download (or edit it to remove teams) once they Spike or otherwise update them.

Once they get a Spike magazine, the Teams of Legend .pdf will probably be redundant anyway, I imagine some will have significant changes. Doesn't really matter if some of the teams have stats floating around, all the BB2016 teams did as well when Spikes were released but enough changed around inducements, star players, new positionals that it made buying the Spike worthwhile.