Blessed By Nuffle

It's been five years since the release of the Blood Bowl Second Season Edition. Is it too soon for Games Workshop to release a new edition? This question is one that divides our community quite a bit. For some, the last edition had problems that this new edition removes, for example, the 'wildly inaccurate' result while passing rule and the new 'keyword' system which solves a lot of the uncertainty around rules and skills interactions.   On the other hand, it could be argued that releasing a new edition relatively quickly on the heels of the Second Season Edition (2020) means more changes, too soon and risks more inaccuracies arising through lack of adequate play testing. The 'Living Rule Book' (LRB) era was a long, stable period in Blood Bowl's history, running between 2002 and 2016. Any rule changes made during this period were just small tweaks, instituted after thorough play testing, and ensured everyone was on the same page. Let's dive in to the...

With Amazon teams being at the top end of the current rule set’s power level, I could see many people’s gazes being drawn their way. I recently did the unboxing of the Kara Temple Harpies plastic Amazon team box set. Today let’s look at the 4th Edition Amazon metal team. For the metal & old school aficionados. This team was sculpted by Trish Morrison and Mark Harrison. I don't know how much Mark Harrison did on the team but I do recognise Trish’s typical posing style, ideal for Spin Casting but not always the most aesthetically pleasing for my personal taste. To be fair, I guess you can see it in Mark’s sculpts as well but for some reason I always seem to spot Trish’s sculpts. Don’t get me wrong, she is a better sculptor than me and actually some of my favourite models are her work. However, she has also produced some of the worst models in Games Workshop’s range in my opinion.  We were introduced to the Amazon All-Stars in Blood Bowl Magazine #1 in October of 2000. The te...

This month we've finally seen the release of the long awaited High Elf team. They were the last of the teams on the 'teams of legends' list. As they remained ignored for two full editions, I thought their return deserved a bit of a celebration. I decided it would be fitting to revamp the Elf name generator. I’ve scoured plenty of official material including the new High Elf 'Spike! Journal 21' and believe I have a satisfactory amount of official elf names. With over 750 I think I can make a fair name generator that covers the different factions. The generator allows you to choose which gender and between the categories of; Generic, High Elves, Dark Elves, Wood Elves and Sea Elves. I also did research on the Sea Elves as I see a lot of misconceptions on what a Sea Elf actually is in the Blood Bowl community. I might take this opportunity to quote the Warhammer fantasy role play 4th edition High Elf’s players guide: ‘Sea Elf ’ is a Human term for the Asur livi...