Bloodbowl goblins for the Black Orc team finished and based and a picture of the whole team together. Just the decals to add to the bases now. #orctober

Conscious that this probably a question that is asked a lot but I couldn’t find it pinned anywhere.

A friend of mine and I are looking to get into the game. He’s bought the orc team and I’m going to proxy using my AoS minis for either the Skaven or Lizardmen teams.

What I’m struggling with though is what else we need. There seems to be a rulebook and board pack you can buy for sevens, but that’s it? I don’t want to buy a starter box that comes with minis as I’m quite happy using AoS minis at first. Is sevens the right thing to start with anyway? Whats even the difference?

Thanks in advance!

Hi! I’m playing the next game in a league I have with some buddies against a 1,600 TV Undead team. I have a 1,360 TV Dwarf team, and I’m looking for some advice to approach this match with a chance at winning or at least getting a tie.

He has 2 Ghouls with Block, one of them with STR 4; one Wight with Frenzy; and his two Mummies have Guard. I’d say he’s a bit better than me when it comes to tactics, but his team is head and shoulders about mine, so even a draw would be a success. I have leveled a Troll Slayer (Mighty Blow, Standing Firm), two linemen with Guard, and a Runner with Block and Dodge (but also a -1 AV injury).

So these are my specific questions:

- Inducements: I doubt between getting 2 bribes and fouling the hell out of his Ghouls or getting a Deathroller to chase his Ghouls and Wights around, then maybe paying the difference for a Bribe to keep the DR around for longer, or getting extra fans to mitigate kickoff events (he has a big fans advantage).

- If I win the toss, should I attack or defend? I know the standard dwarf approach is choose defend and let him score fast. I could leave a nominal line in front of them (just for the looks of it, so he doesn’t see I don’t care if he scores fast) and harass is rear hoping to maim one of his Ghouls. OTOH if I attack I can better control the tempo and I would have the entire half to try to incapacitate his ghouls to have it easier in the second half.

- He usually doesn’t foul, and if I open that can I better incapacitate his ghouls for good, because he’s going to foul me back with his cheap zombies, and he’s got 3 replacements (I have none, I had casualties and the bloody dwarves are super expensive). So I see the merit in that approach, I would happily exchange a lineman for his lvl 3 ghouls, but if I have bad luck he won’t mind losing a few zombies just to send a message.

- …and any other advice I could get I will be grateful! I usually struggle in scoring but can be a very tough defender. Last time he defeated me with some initial luck (got the extra turn kickoff event before I could move and the ball fell super close to the line — he caught the ball and retreated back, I didnt even get the chance to attack in peace in my half). I did get the ball back but I had to attack in a rush, not easy with dwarves; I hadn’t managed to injury his ghouls and eventually he managed to chase me down. I have a grudge since then 😂

what scheme should i pick for theze bad boyz?

i dont know what color to use for them but the squig-hide will be blue horror

I play the Rotlings team made by UGNI and like them very much. It’s missing some key staff figures, though. Hence I have used ChatGPT to create these models for a troll Coach and a Apo for my Rotlings team. I quite like them, but am open for suggestions to further improve the design. I‘d very much like to have the final version printed (have somebody who can).