Just finished my first game of blood bowl 7's with my youngest son.

So you might as well start them young as hopefully this can be a game that we can play together for many years, and I must admit I really do like the rules set as the game itself can easily be completed in less than an hour. And considering that he is only 8 year old, he has managed to pick up the rules quite easily. So I'm going to make my own BB 7's pitch hopefully over the next couple of weeks.

Plus for the photo I got him to do a big  scary face. LOL

My Orc Blood Bowl Team Salute Of The Jugger

 I took these pictures at a tournament that I ran recently, and I thought it was about time that I show them off. I suppose the most noticeable improvement is that I've recently painted ring bases with their appropriate colour, of their position, which makes it a bit easier to distinguish them on the tabletop. Overall it's very simple to do by sticking some 2p's onto the bottom of their base.

 

And as always they look fantastic on my pitch.

My Custom Blood Bowl Pich

I actually finished this project some time ago but I have only recently had the time to actually post it, on my blog for everyone to see. It's probably one of  the projects that I am most proud of, and it really does make the game standout. I think in the future I am going to add some advertising as well as making some stands and scoreboards all of which will hopefully make it 100% finished. It also takes centre stage at all of the N.D.G.H tournaments that I run, proudly hosting the final in the last round on the day.

Hopefully this will give you some inspiration to do your very own custom pitch.

All The Action From The 1st NAF All Ireland Blood Bowl 1 Day Tounament Sponsored By Impact Minatures & Tritex-Games

Northern Ireland doesn't exactly have the biggest Blood Bowl gaming community, but I think this demonstrates that there is lots of potential to get the game up and running locally, 

and this is a fantastic first step.

Just want to say a big thank you to everyone for making it such a brilliant success on the day. It was unfortunate that 4 people couldn't actually make it, but nonetheless it was still great to see the game that I love so much being played, especially in the final game what a great moment.   

So go check out all the rounds and the final scores and hopefully everyone is looking forward to June, for the chaos cup. 

A great a goblin conversion.

 

And so it all went into the final round to decide the overall winner between the 

Rottenham Grotspur v  More Killz Orcs

So there you have it and congratulations to everyone that attended on the day, and it looks like the Rottenham Grotspurwe our the 1st all Ireland Blood Bowl champions. 

The Prizes For My 1st NAF All Ireland Blood Bowl 1 Day Tounament Sponsored By 'Impact Minatures & Tritex-Games' Arrive In The Post Today

My postman recently has been delivering a lot of parcels in the post to me, and most recently the prizes for my 1st Blood Bowl tournament, has finally arrived today. Sponsored by Impact Minatures & Tritex-Games Once again a big thank you goes out to both of them for showing such great support.

So above are the prizes that will be awarded for the following on the day.

The Winner

The Runner Up

The Most Touchdowns

The Most Casualties

The Stunty Cup Winner

The Best Painted Team

The Wooden Spoon

So if you're from Northern Ireland, and you're interested in taking part on the day, it's not too late to sign up simply check out the North Down Gamers Hub Facebook page.

So Today Guess What Arrived In The Post? My Official NAF Blood Bowl Dice

So I can't wait to take them out in a game, you get a set every time you renew your yearly membership on the NAF, It's the cheapest set of Blood Bowl dice you can buy at £5.00, plus it also gives you discount when you go to NAF Blood Bowl sanctioned tournaments.

So Can I just take the time to tell everyone about the NAF. It is an international association of players dedicated to Blood Bowl - Games Workshop's game of fantasy football. NAF's goal is to act as a central resource for Blood Bowl coaches the world over - offering news, contacts, discussion, sanctioned tournaments and international player rankings. Whether you're planning to run your own tournament, looking for a league, or just wanting to catch up on the latest from the world of Blood Bowl, NAF HQ aims to provide everything you'll need. Sign up now and get a set of official NAF block dice!

www.thenaf.com

Proposed rules for the North Down Blood Bowl League Season 1

Good Evening Sports Fans And Welcome to the Proposed rules for the 

New North Down Blood Bowl League Season 1

In my experience to start things off it's better to have shorter seasons. If we have 4 players I'd make it a 4 game season where each team plays each other team once and then you go into the play-offs. Top four teams make the play-offs, bottom two play a consolation game. This becomes even more important if you are going to continue with the same teams for the next season.

The Blood Bowl League

Winner - 20,000 per game
All players get an MVP (5 SPP's)
Entry - The top 2 teams in the League

League Records

Most Casualties Most Touchdowns
Longest Win streak
Longest Losing Streak
Biggest Gate
Highest Winnings
Biggest Win

The Spike Magazine! Trophy

Winner - Gets +2 to Gate rolls while they hold the trophey
Player with top SPP in the league gets Fan Favourite Skill permanently
Entry - 3rd in the league play 4^th

(Chaos Cup) September

Winner - D3 Random players get Mutation, Hypnotic Gaze, Stab or Regeneration
Entry - All coaches enter 1 of their sides

The Dungeonbowl (December)

Winners - Allowed to hire a Wizard for 50,000 instead of the usual 150,000
Entry - All coaches enter 1 of their sides

N.D.B.B.L Hall Of Fame

Players will be entered into the N.D.B.B Hall Of Fame when they become a Star Player reaching 26 Star Player Points

I am also keen to hear from anyone that his more experience in running a Blood Bowl league,  that can show me in the right direction.

My Blood Bowl 2nd Edition Polystyrene Pitch Close-Up

A couple of days ago I posted up the 1st half of a blood bowl game that I played over the weekend, and was quite surprised with the number of people asking questions in regards to the pitch itself. So with that in mind I thought it was only right for me to post up some pictures, for everyone to see it in more detail.

Back in the late 80's games workshop released the second edition of the game, and for me one of the highlights was the pitch itself, considering it is made from hard polystyrene. Something I hope they will do when they finally get around to rereleasing the game.

Doing the skull was the most time-consuming and was probably the most important bit to do right, as it does take centre stage when playing as I was very keen for it to be the right colour.

 I recommend keeping blood stains to a minimum as it's very easily overdone with a little red ink it easily gives the effect of the pitch being used.

So there you have it in all its gory hopefully you will be inspired to get your own, as they are 

available on eBay, for next to nothing. Although the only disadvantage is that they are smaller than the current pitches that GW released , but the way I get around it's is it's look amazing and well worth the effort.

Good Evening Sports Fans And Welcome To Today's Game Of Blood Bowl

Bood Bowl has always been a game that I have never quite been able to play as often as I really like to, over the years, because  It seems to get overlooked in my hobby schedule. So with that in mind I was eager to get one well underway and last Sunday was one of the first times that me and AJ had dedicated an afternoon.

So they say blood bowl is a game of 2 halfs and this is a small report of the first that we played on the day. From the start this isn't a blow by blow account, so I apologise if that's what you're expecting it's more showing off pictures than anything else so sorry, if that isn't your cup of tea.

 I'm not being fooled by AJ's smile!

Between my Orks and AJ's dwarfs and with the rivalry and smack talk already beginning to take centre stage it was all about getting the game underway, and as you can no doubt see with perfect gaming weather outside i.e. with a gale force wind out side and heavy rain, it was time to get down to business.

So with the stadium, cramped to capacity and fans eager for blood it was time to get down to the action, and to go through the teams that took to the pitch.

My Orc Salute of The Jugger

4 Black Orc, 4 Orc Blitzers, 1 Orc Throwers, 2 Orc Lineman 3 Re-rolls, FF 1 

Vs

AJ's The Barak Varr Begrudgers

2 Troll Slayer, 2 Blizter, 1 Runner, 6 Blocker, 3 Re-rolls, FF 1,30.00 GP in the bank

We decided that we would run a small league with 4 of our teams, it would be quite simple each team would play each other 2 times home and away, hopefully were going to rope in a few other people, but to get things up and running this was our first game.

 

So having rolled some dice it was decided that AJ would receive the kick,  It must be said that I have a little bit more experience with BB than AJ, having played online quite a lot recently. So I knew exactly what dwarfs where capable of , and with block heavily at there disposal, I was not underestimating what AJ dwarfs could accomplish, from the very start.

AJ played very cautiously which is one of the advantages that the dwarfs have with there slow speed they can afford to bulk up, giving AJ full credit he did rather well as you can see.

His dwarfs protect the ball at all times making it very difficult to penetrate the line.

 For me this is probably one of the most important turns in the half, because I managed to get one of my Blitzers through and around the back of his line which hopefully would put a little bit more pressure on the ball, but with a little bit of skulduggery AJ managed to break free down the left-hand side of the pitch. 

All of which left me a little bit overstretched unable to reinforce that side, enabling him to form a pocket quite securely with the ball in the middle for him to break free from.

And surprise surprise that's exactly what happened in turn 7 AJ's runner managed to break free heading straight for the end zone. The question is can I prevent and stop him.

Desperate times call for desperate measures so in my turn 8 I try to put as many tackles zones as physically possible around this little fellow. I also was lucky enough to seriously injure 1 of AJ's dwarf slayer's and suffered 1-M which was a great result considering, which hopefully, come in handy next half.

 It all came down to a Dodge roll to see whether or not AJ could end the first 

half 1 to 0, and now a drum roll please of course he did it was never in any doubt.

 So that was the first half and how it happened blow by blow or thereabouts. 

Keep posted hopefully I will have the other half soon.