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Disposable skill?

Is this something new?

"We haven’t mentioned the best thing about Gnoblars yet: they’re extremely cheap to recruit, so you can and should take a LOT of them. And the icing on the cake? The Disposable skill means that you don’t count their cost in your overall Team Value! That’s a good thing since the Ogres aren’t exactly cheap."

I have never heard of the disposable skill before. Is this something new?

Aslo, what is the runt punter? IS he new?

"Ogres. You get up to six of them, including one Runt Punter. Most teams are lucky to boast even one Big Guy on their roster, and each of them is a powerhouse in their own right, with great stats and a bunch of useful skills. "


https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/12/05/ogre-teams-on-the-pitchgw-homepage-post-3fw-homepage-post-2/

They are not possible here:

https://fumbbl.com/help:LRB6OgreSetUp

- Vidar

Yes, new player and new skill.

Just ordered my ogres today.

Wow. The Disposable skill looks to be a decent buff to Ogre teams.

I am assuming that will help to give the team more petty cash in games to make up for their weaknesses. Been a while since I played, but the weaker team gets petty cash to match the team value of their opponents right?

Before playing you calculate the team value. If somebody has less team value then another one you get money to buy things to balance things up.

So if all that calculate TW are aptercary, 6 ogres and re-rolls orgres team vakues will be very low.

Beware, every other team gets some new skills in BB2016! Skaven got a new skill, Gobbos got new positions and new skills, Halflings got new position and skill, Lizardmen got new position. Then there are all sorts of other new content (special play cards, kick-off tables, weather tables, pitch/stadium rules, special balls, inducements, wizards, (in)famous coaching staff ++). You should expect new stuff multiple times each year!

Many new things for Ogres! New Slave Giant star player (base size is 4 squares!). Bob Bifford Legendary star player. 2 new skills, Disposable and Sporting Giant (for the slave giant). First team with Kick Team-mate (Runt punter) on the roster. With 10 snotlings, you can save 200TV, but Runt punter is +10k compared to standard ogres. So a total max savings of -190TV. Or bring a team of only snotlings and have TV only from re-rolls, apo, FF, Cheerleaders and Assisting Coaches. Yet to see what their pitch rules are, and if they get any special ball(s) in the future. Guessing Ogres will still suck with "free" snotlings, but they can spend more on inducements this way.

The skaven got new skills as well? And goblins got new skills?

I am in a very cassual BB league and I just used fumble for the most part. I play the Tomb Kings, and they are the same there as on the blood bowl team of legends PDF.

We do not use the cards or wizards, they seem very stupid.

 Niiai wrote:
The skaven got new skills as well? And goblins got new skills?

I am in a very cassual BB league and I just used fumble for the most part. I play the Tomb Kings, and they are the same there as on the blood bowl team of legends PDF.

We do not use the cards or wizards, they seem very stupid.

I also don't use the cards and rarely get to use a wizard (my tabletop playing is mostly in resurrection tournaments these days). The changes from the old Living Rule Book/CRP to BB2016 are minimal, and some kinda pointless.

For example, Skaven Gutter Runners have "weeping dagger" skill simply because the newer models have a small dagger in their hand. If they cause a casualty, they can reroll the badly hurt result if I remember correctly. Not something that comes into play that often, and seemed unnecessary.

Goblins have two more positionals; I like the new Doom Diver. The other one, Hooligan, helps with fan factor but seems pointless as well.

Lizards have a new chameleon skink positional.

Ogres have new punter positional.

Human Catchers went down from 70k to 60k. I like that change.

Piling On requires a reroll; I like that change as well.

Some new star players (and some old star players with name changes). A bunch of new coach staff, team wizards, weather and stadium rules, special ball rules, etc. that just complicate the game IMO. I don't play with them, but again, I'm mainly just playing in tournaments.


A few others I have forgotten, but for the most part it's the same game we've been playing for years. Hopefully GW will not tinker too much with the ruleset if they plan on a new addition.

 Niiai wrote:
The skaven got new skills as well? And goblins got new skills?

I am in a very cassual BB league and I just used fumble for the most part. I play the Tomb Kings, and they are the same there as on the blood bowl team of legends PDF.

We do not use the cards or wizards, they seem very stupid.

You are basically playing previous edition of Blood Bowl, not BB2016. It is a new edition with loads of new content. The core rules of previous edition is 30 pages worth of content (plus teams). New content alone is about 40 pages. I enjoy most of the new stuff including wizards, one of them can turn a player into a toad! But then I play mainly campaign/season with full XP and team development. Don't see how that's more stupid than throw a rock from the bog standard kick-off table?

I'm just puzzled that people are surprised about changes in BB after GW released 6 new books and 8 Spike Magazines. This is a new edition after all. You're not going to find these changes in fumbbl or any other digital game stuck in 10 year old rules.

 Gnarlly wrote:
A few others I have forgotten, but for the most part it's the same game we've been playing for years. Hopefully GW will not tinker too much with the ruleset if they plan on a new addition.

Halfings man! Don't forget the halfing positionals! Now, excuse me while I dance with joy at the recent double 6 roll for my halfling hefty. That's right, a STR: 3 hefty!!

That's proper hefty! But almost the same cost as a Dark Elf Witch...

We're in our fourteenth season. Fourth under the new rules. We are full out on the new rules. All the cards. All the inducements. Full xp. We put a team cap on TV at the beginning of each season to prevent teams from getting too stupid.

It has been the best experience I can recall.

Baxx wrote:
That's proper hefty! But almost the same cost as a Dark Elf Witch...

I know. I can't let him go though. How often do you get a STR 3 halfing!