tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65459272821439172272024-03-14T00:00:25.553-07:00Death or GloryRuperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917008283996508329noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-85906952325396734042018-01-23T05:04:00.004-08:002018-01-23T05:04:47.663-08:00Jungle Bowl – Lizardmen and Slaan in Bloodbowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So here we have it the last one in the series. A quick note
on Khorne and Bretonian teams, I won’t cover these mainly because they are both
unofficial until GW says so. There both a bit rubbish anyway!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lizardmen and Slaan are based on the original Lizardmen army
in fantasy (Now seraphon). All the fantasy armies Lizardmen however were the
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The main Lizardmen team includes the mainstays of any
Lizardmen community (Skinks and Saurus) although the Slaan were a surprise. I
believe this team arrived from the community (Along with Chaos renegades). It’s
hard to think of a team full of frog bloodbowl players especially since the
fantasy miniature was a fat toad sitting on a palanquin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lizardmen are a powerhouse of the current game and Slaan are
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I am quite biased when it comes to these guys as they are my
tam. However Lizardmen are an exciting blend of strength and speed. Just don’t
expect any passing plays! This team consists of only 3 players but all are
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Skinks are the linemen of the team and are essentially
goblins with movement 8. Now stunty players are often seen as the weak link in
teams best used for throwing. In my opinion skinks are possibly one of the best
linemen any team can take. This is because of two things. Their speed and their
stunty status (and dodge!) means that these guys can and will get anywhere on
the pitch and there is little an opponent can do to stop them. They are
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Obviously skinks won’t be standing on the line which is
probably something only orc linemen can also say. Therefore if you start losing
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Undeniably however
there speed can and will exploit the smallest gab in an opponent’s defence to
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Saurus are more simple beasts. Strength 4 ag1 means these
guys will do a lot of hitting. What puts them above most other high strength
blockers is their movement 6. They act as linemen, blockers and blitzers.
Having 6 of these players really does balance well with the skinks who can’t
stand up to anyone really! Lack of starting skills however means these guys are
turnover machines early on. As soon as they get block however they become more
reliable and very good players. High armour also helps with their resilience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kroxigors in my opinion are the best big guys in the game.
Movement 6 and bonehead mean they will mostly move and can get back into
position and even support an attack easily. They have the best negative skill
in my opinion as well and add extra strength to an already formidable line up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this team have 3 great players so they must be the best
team in bloodbowl right? Well that can be argued. Good players can really run
rings around everyone. However this is a team that requires patience and
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Firstly the team starts however you start it with no players
with any skills except dodge on the skinks. This means the team is liable early
on in a league to turnover at the most annoying time. The pick up the ball fail
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Secondly skinks are the
ball carriers and are strength 2. So if the ball carrier is vulnerable chances
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Skinks as well only have access to agility and as such
without rolling a double or a stat increase, don’t level well which is annoying
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Lastly the low agility of the saurus really means if you
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Lizardmen focus on the running game and as you can expect
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Get that apothecary after game 1 and then go for the
Kroxigor. You’ll find your Saurus should stick around most games with their
high strength and armour they tend to stay around. Always MVP your Kroxigor and
saurus and spread the touchdowns around your skinks. One of them is bound to
get a double and therefore block to become the ball carrier. Your Saurus will
level through casualties intermittadly but get all 6 block asap then you can
put them into various roles where required.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Slaan</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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These space frogs haven’t had great love over the years. Ask
what a slaan looks like they think of fat frog on palanquin. The idea of
athletic frogs are to GW anyway, a bit of a problem. Cyanides (Bloodbowl 2
developers) came up with a solution however. They have reskinned them as Kislev
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If these guys get released by GW I’d say that it’s more
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Whats special, about Slaan then? Well that’s easy. They all
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It means as a team all players leap on a 3+ which is quirky
and fun but does this convert into a good team? Well I think so. These guys are
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Their lineman is a
human with leap and long legs, but is £10k more. This does make a lot more of a
difference than it seems though as it really restricts what the team can take
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Their big guy is the Kroxigor so I won’t go more into him as
there’s not much more to say than I already have! In this team he’s the teams
muscle and a greater emphasis is put on him for this task however.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The ace in the hole here is their positionals. The catcher
is AG4 and strength 2 and movement 7. This means he leaps on a 2+ and is very
speedy. Brilliant for breaking defensive set ups, Strength 2 does limit them a
little. Lack of dodge initially does harm them however they are great scorers.
Starting with diving catch means that they can catch in tackle zones leap out
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The blitzer is strange as instead of block he gets jump up
and diving tackle. This makes him an utter nuisance. These are very versatile
players with access to all but passing skills on a normal skill roll make them
incredibly versatile. They are costly at 110k and need time to develop them.
This limits the starting roster.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This team is a running team that focus on dodging rather
than bashing openings like the Lizardmen. Throwing plays are a great option
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One thing not to do is to constantly leap. It’s a 3+ for
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This team also struggles from a lack of block and doge
initially so turnovers will be high initially. A challenge but a good challenge
for an experienced player. The lack of block and the various ‘exotic’ abilities
of the blitzers and catchers however might mean this is one to avoid for a beginner.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Get an apothecary then start getting the positionals. I’d
get in this order…. Catcher/Blitzer/Blitzer/Krox/Catcher. Your team will take
damage and any lost linemen can go in the bin to be replaced by positionals.
Level the blitzers first and foremost and catchers if that isn’t possible.
Catchers start with dodge and then boringly probably block. Blitzers well,
probably these guys will need a mix of wrestle and strip ball ball breakers to
block mighty blow tackle guys to the sidestep guard types. It’ll be see how
things go and what you need. This is definitely a team that requires just levelling
up the positionals so only get SPP for linemen unintentionally! One kick
linemen is probably enough!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Whats next</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you for reading and that was a lot of teams! Fortunately
I left 2 of my favourite to last! What will I be doing now? Well I will carry
on my blog more on tactics rather than anything else, perhaps tournament reviews
will make an appearance although I don’t attend many (2 this year in the diary)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ll keep posting this on the blog and the first founding Facebook
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-37896146398271332002018-01-05T10:07:00.000-08:002018-01-05T10:07:11.768-08:00Bloodbowl heads to the waste lands: Chaos Dwarves and Ogres in Bloodbowl<br />
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For the penultimate article of this series I present to you
the Ogres and Chaos Dwarves. These guys shared the same area of the map just
outside the old world although there were always the regiments of renown
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Armies of huge ogres and dwarves with their hobgoblin allies
ruled this area. In the blood bowl world these are 2 hard hitting teams. Chaos
Dwarves are similar to their dwarf cousins but different and in my opinion much
more exciting to use.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ogres on the other hand are a team of pure strength with the
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This is one of my favourite teams. People often lump them
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For starters the team has dwarven linemen. However, in this
team they are the teams positionals. Up to 6 blockers can be obtained and they
are identical to dwarves but they do have the option of mutations on a double.
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The linemen of the team are hobgoblins which are just like a
human linemen but with av 7. A bit more of a liability these guys act a little
like skinks in lizardmen teams in that they are the support ball carriers and
ultimately the ones that will foul the opponent. Access to only general on a
skill up makes them limited.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Minotaurs are the team’s big guys. Not brilliant really as
they are wild animals and slower than rat ogres. They do provide the line with
strength however and the guard from the blockers makes their frenzy less of a
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The stars of the team are the bull centaurs. These guys are
strength 4 and movement 6 dwarves although they don’t start with block. They do
start with sprint and sure feet meaning they are quite nippy. These will be the
teams ball carriers and their speed and strength will also mean they’re the
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Chaos Dwarf teams are more mobile than there less evil
counterparts having 6 blockers and a minotaur will make your team pretty
violent up front. The hobgoblins allow for good movement to support the bull
centaurs but these guys will be the start of the show. Grind down your opponent
up front then using the speed of your faster players to score.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The issue with the team is ball handling. The team has no
ball handling skills initially so the ag 4 of the centaurs will prove annoying
and the lack of sure hands in the gobbos will be frustrating. The team has a
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dwarves have to go MNG your freebooter will be a hobgoblin not a dwarf…. So, you
will sometimes be playing with 4/5 hobgoblins. Focus on levelling the centaurs,
the mino and dwarves will look after themselves. Try not to level the hobbos
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This team is very limited in what it does in that it has 2
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Ogres are the same as in the human team without loner. You
can have up to 6 Ogres and these guys are brute force. Bear in mind however
their bonehead is very much a limiting factor on this team. The more ogres you
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every team. It presents a formidable cage and the chance of a one turner with
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Snotlings are on the other hand quite terrible. They are
strength 1 and av 5. Titchy allows them however to get anywhere and although
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My talk on Ogres is going to be brief because well, I’ve not
used them much. However, the skill of ogres is to make the ogres you have go as
far as possible. A normal ogre needs 3 assists for a normal str 3 player to
take him out. That many assists requires space that an opponent almost
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Mighty blow on so many players will also cause dents so hit
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Scoring with your ogres is key, taking a ball off a str 5
Ogre is difficult! Also remember with Throw Team mate you always have an opportunity
to core in the opponent’s drive…. Just make sure an ogre is free to make the
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Ogres suffer from Team Bloat. That means that getting one
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then buy snotlings to your hearts content! Level and score with your ogres.
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Long ago the creators of Bloodbowl came up with an idea.
That idea was that they would create human team that has all dodge and a human
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This fell in nicely with the Norse marauders in fantasy but
also with the warrior women. I’m not sure which came first amazons in bloodbowl
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Although since that inception Norse have changed amazons
have stayed the same I’d say probably to their detriment. Norse however have
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Amazons are potentially the most forgiving starter team in
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Most teams don’t start with tackle except dwarves and chaos
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difficult. It also means they can be nimble when they need to meaning although
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The positionals aren’t ground breaking. Blitzers start with
block and can have strength skills. Their lack of speed makes them limited but
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The passers can have pass skills and starts with pass. The
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throwing games aren’t a bad option and the stronger catchers means you don’t
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For a beginner this is a brilliant team. Like humans you can
try out a number of players (perhaps not the power plays) They are very
forgiving with a lot of blodging and rerolls for every dodge. You can make
mistakes but its ok because there are so many inbuilt rerolls in this team that
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Their lack of speed means it’s harder for them to exploit
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more linewomen. Level up your team fairly evenly. Linewomen are great with
block and they don’t need anything else. Blitzers can be your standard support
and blitzer. Try and keep the skills evenly over the postionals and develop
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Originally Norse were a bit boring and actually a difficult team
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with A LOT of positionals that makes them a very interesting team to use
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Let’s start with the lineman. They are a standard human
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also means throwing a 1d block here and there isn’t that risky. There av 7
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Throwers are well…. Ok I guess? This isn’t really a passing
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essential. 20k extra for a lineman with pass and access to passing skills may
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Runners on the other hand are great. Fast and with movement
7 and strength 3, these guys makes great ball carriers and come with dauntless
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Berserkers and what you would expect from a team of frothing
madmen. These guys have the same stats as linemen but access to strength skills
and starting with Frenzy and jump up make these guys a nuisance. Jump up is a
great skill as well which can be underestimated. Starting with Block as well
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Ulfenwerener’s were added in the update and these guys are
the team’s best players. These guys are mv 6 str 4 with frenzy and have access
to strength skills. They also start with AV 8 which makes em survivable.
Brilliant blitzers and can be awkward on the line as well just look out for
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Finally, the big guy is a snow troll which starts with claws
rather than mighty blow. As such these guys will be sitting on your line 2/3
games in breaking armour on a 7+ (assume you then go for mighty blow!) These
guys therefore add great Anti-armour bashing to the team. They are wild animals
which is a bit of a pain but these are line big guys and are great!<o:p></o:p></div>
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All the postionals are 0-2 so as you can imagine you have
the potential to field a team of 8 positionals and a big guy. The team itself
is based on the running game utilising the ability to 1d block effectively and
frenzy to create gaps in the opponent’s defence. This is where the
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The consensus is throwers are a bit rubbish and the 20k isn’t
worth it for pass and access to pass skills. If I has the extra 20k I would
probably get a thrower. Having an extra option of throwing more reliably to score
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multitude of block will be forgiving although Frenzy may catch newer players
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Get an apothecary asap (Hopefully after game 1!) this is to
cover injuries to your positionals. Then start filing out your roster with the
remaining runner and a snow troll. Keep your roster at 14 I’d say. You will
take KO’s and Injuries frequently so hopefully that way your drive will be full
each time with also taking the apo into account. Level up your blitzers and
ulfenwereners as a priority. Your runner is great with just dodge so once he’s
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My aim is to try and finish this series before the new year
so stay tuned sports fans! Only 4 more races to go!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hi everyone and as time ticks on and I’m coming to the end
of my team review series I thought I’d touch on the unusual teams of bloodbowl.
Vampires and Khemri were born out of Games Workshop splitting the Undead
faction way back in the late 90’s. Khemri were the Egyptian faction and
vampires the Transylvanian factions and both have echo’s of this basis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Both are harder than the previous selections to use and both
require a little bit of patience and playing. Both of these are in the lower
tiers and you’ll see why in a minute. Both however having played them in
leagues fairly recently are fun and different teams to use.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This team is probably the hardest use in Bloodbowl. That is
a debate I think Ogre and Halfling players will dispute but they are difficult
to use. This is because of two reasons and that is because of the two sets of
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Vampires are the main part of this team and you could argue
they are one of the best players in the game. Strength 4 and Agility 4 puts
them above almost every starting player but they also come with the fantastic
skill hypnotic gaze. This basically turns an opposing player bone headed for a
turn. This essentially means that they can allow another player to walk into a
cage and hit the ball carrier.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So why am I saying that these players make the team one of
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On a roll of 1 they have to finish their turn next to a
thrall or they turnover and are removed to the reserves box. Whats more they
then roll a straight injury roll on the player. This means that without rerolls
they will bite injure a player on average 3 times a game. Per vampire.
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block or dodge meaning the chance of turning over early is higher per game.
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They play in a strange play often isolating a weak point in
the defence and using hypnotic gaze and a blitz to get several players through
the line. Each drive is a timebomb with thralls going down from blocks and
bites the skill is to get a touchdown before your thralls disappear!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a team that requires a lot of rerolls! Get an
apothecary followed by 2 more vampires. Final get another thrall. It’s
important you have a lot of replacements! Id only play with 4 vampires on the
drive at most and I wouldn’t get all 6. Don’t level your thralls just your
vampires. If thralls do level up provide them with support skills such as
guard/dodge (If you get a double) and kick. The vampires will get a lot of SPP
quickly and so you need to decide how you want to build them. Ball carrier?
Blitzer? Thrower? They can be built into anything. This is probably one of the
players that will take a general skill over a double almost every time (They
can take everything but passing as a double anyway!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Khemri are the most unagile team in bloodbowl with every
positional being at most AG2 and at worst AG1. This totally changes the way you
have to approach this team and as a coach this doesn’t neccesarily mean though
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The main event here is the tomb guardians you can have 4
strength 5 mv 4 Armour 9 guys sitting on the line. This team will outmuscle
most sides even dwarf guard lines will struggle to out muscle that. They cant
have general skills but they tend to level up quickly as you will be blocking
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skeletons with AV8 movement 6 and block. These serve as the teams blitzers and
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Throw-ras are the other teams player and this is a essential
player. Your ag 2 and so will often need rerolls to pick the ball up which this
player gives for free. He is also as quick as a blitz-ra. So the 4 positionals
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Skeletons well there a bit rubbish but are odd being that
they are linemen but there often just off the line supporting the tom
guardians. Mv 5 and av 7 means these guys are overly usefull although there
cheap have thick skull and regenerate and as such despite their frailty they
are difficult to remove from the game.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This team plays strangely as it may feel like a good idea to
get your guardians in on a brawl you need them near the ball. A cage of
skeletons just isn’t good enough. As such the play of this team simply revolves
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Often I will keep these guys off the line so they can
support cages and keep them unengaged to try and cut off a enemy attack. 4
movement isn’t too bad as long as they are originally correctly placed.
Unfortunatly the AG of means these guys
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team this provides a stiff challenge but once you get used to them they are a
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Get the next Blitz-ra next a skeleton and then get those
rerolls to 4. I’d say 13/14 players is enough for this team despite the low
armour value. Skill your tomb guardians as much as possible and get them mighty
blow Asap. Then well most of the strength skills will be usefull for them s its
just a matter of choice. Throw-ra’s and Blitz-ras will be doing the scoring so
level these guys as much as you can but also evenly. They are your mobile
players after all. Thro-ra’s should start with block so they can double up as a
blitzer then you can tailor them as you see fit. Don’t be scared to go for
passing skills. Once they have accurate they have a legitimate passing game.<o:p></o:p></div>
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week this time. Elves are very different from most factions in that their high
agility focus’s them solely on agility based plays. More so with these teams as
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Wood elves are like their fantasy counterparts. I imagine
Orion is a coach and he’s called forth every spring to teach the wood elves
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alternate universe. It represents Poor Wood elf, Dark elf and High elf players
who can’t afford the expensive armour or aren’t arrogant enough. So, they have
to borrow their team uniform from others…. Millenniums of hatred and now there
in the same team because they can’t afford armour but still want to beat people
up! Very blood bowl!<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Reminder about elves is on the previous blog…. Catch that
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Wood Elves are unique amongst their Elvenkin in that they
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He also needs helping up by friends if he’s knocked
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The linemen are skaven linemen with AG4. So yes, these guys
aren’t just nippy but agile as well. AV 7 makes them slightly fragile on the
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A thrower is a lineman with pass. There access to passing
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Catchers are the same as human catchers with an additional
agility and sprint. The extra agility here is excellent as it is easier to
catch while in a tackle zone which works into the team’s strengths. I’m not
sure if I’d take the whole allocation of 4 because it would make the team very
fragile in defence and the availability of blodge is a little
offset by the fact people can get a 2-dice block against them without assists.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally let’s go onto the best starting player in the game.
It’s the wardancer! A movement 8 elf with leap, block and dodge. This player
can get anywhere and with block is an excellent cage breaker. Trying to stop
this character, especially initially when teams don’t have a lot of tackle, is
very difficult.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wood elves play exactly like both dark elves and high elves
but are great at both. The throwers extra speed means that throwing plays are
easier, probably easier than the high elves. Their catchers aren’t as good
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They are probably also better than both of them at running
plays although the lack the grunt of dark elves they make up for this with the
wardancers. A wardancer with strip ball can single handedly win most games on
its own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although this team is one of the best actually keeping it
healthy will be difficult. You will take an awful lot of casualties and keeping
your positionals healthy will be the key. Therefore, although this team is one
of the best, it’s difficult for a new player to get to grips with. An
experienced player will however find this team a joy to use.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mikes starter team<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I’ve said before I’m not a fan of less than 3 rerolls
however the team has A LOT of inbuilt rerolls. Get an apothecary then two
catchers then finally the treeman. Replace crippled lineman with new
postionals. Level three linemen to have dodge and then your wardancers will do
most of the SPP which is fine as they are brilliant.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Elven Union</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Elven union are a very strange team. On paper they are the
weakest. However, that is a very deceptive assumption. Early on elven union
teams have an edge over all other elf teams. Seems a bit strange but it is
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Elven union teams are identical to high elf teams in
personnel. 2 throwers, 2 blitzers 4 catchers with identical stats except they
are av 7. Linemen are your standard elf mv 6 str 3 and ag 4 with a av7. So, the
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Throwers are just linemen with pass and access to pass
skills as mentioned before these players are key but at only an extra 10k to
linemen there’s actually no reason not to have them really. On attacking plays
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Catchers are the same as high elves ones in every way other
than starting with nerves of steel. This I believe is the teams secret weapon.
Catchers will allays catch a ball on 3+ no matter how many players are in their
tackle zones. This adds a massive advantage in attack especially in passing
plays where a catcher with 2 people in his tackle zone doesn’t need to dodge in
order to throw or to catch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Blitzers again are the same as there high elf colleagues but
with sidestep. Anyone who has played a sidestep player will tell you how
annoying it is to play against for cages for scoring TD’s. They also have av 8
which means they are quite survivable.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The reason this team edges the other 3 will become apparent
is because they have players that are great without needing a skill up. High
elf catchers need a skill before they become good. Human catchers certainly
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Elven union players are already great extra skills make them
better but they start at a high level already. Use this initial advantage and
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I’d use that advantage by using the nerves of steel as much
as possible using your speedy players to score. Defence will be harder but using
a loose defence using your blitzers to be irritating with sidestep is the way
to go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A great team for experienced players but again the armour 7
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As you can see the team starts with 5 positionals rather
than the 3 for the other elven teams which gives them an edge over them
initially at least! As always, an apothecary first then gets the remaining
catchers. Level the catchers for the most part. The blitzers just need one
skill to be very useful indeed so focus on the catchers. Their speed will prove
difficult for the opponent to manage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-45405261339232117512017-11-09T12:37:00.006-08:002017-11-09T12:37:45.373-08:00Dem Bones part 1 – Undead Teams in blood bowl<br />
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Welcome bloodbowlers! As you may (or may not) know Blood
bowl followed the races released with Warhammer fantasy. Therefore, initially
there was one blood bowl team for undead which had a mixture of vampiric,
Necromantic and Khemri Elements.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When games workshop split these armies so did the split
occur in blood bowl and three new teams were born Khemri, Vampires and
Necromantic. Instead of ridding themselves of the old team this was retained to
make 4 Ghoulish teams.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Again, I’m not sure what’s happened to them now. However, vampires
and the dead are tolerated if not cheered with gusto wherever they go! I’m
guess Vlad and Manfred coach rivalling teams…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Out of the 4 I’m going to first look at the traditional old-world
teams the undead and the necromantic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Both this teams play similarly as the teams as you will read
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However, for both these teams they aren’t allowed an apothecary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead they have regenerate which ignores an injury on a
4+. I can’t begin to tell you have in some respects this is very stress
relieving (you don’t have to worry about who to apothecary!). However, this
means players such as Ghouls who don’t have regenerate are very vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They also have the ability when killing a player on the
opposition to turn it into a zombie. Zombies are cheap so this is kind of a
bonus but the player plays in the same game allowing you more reinforcement.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Right! Now that’s over and done with….<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a team with 2 linemen in the zombies and skeletons
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The Zombie is a brilliant lineman in the context of the team.
He’s only movement 4 strength 3 and ag 2 but he has armour 8 and regen and he’s
cheap at 40k. Perfect for sitting on the line getting beaten up. Skeletons gain
1 movement lose 1 armour and get thick skull. I never use these guys. The extra
movement isn’t worth the draft in armour. I’d rather be surviving more hits
than turning KO’s into stuns now and again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mummies are one of the best starting players in the game.
They are basically big guys without the loner skill that your allowed 2 of. 2
Strength 5 on the line is brilliant and helps very well with cage building and
busting. Their limited movement is in line with the other linemen and where
this is a restriction they will rarely be moving really far.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wight’s are the team blitzers. They are identical to human
blitzers but sacrifice a movement to get regenerate. These guys work well with
the teams general running and caging plays. These will be your tacklers and
speedy response (for undead anyway)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ghouls are the teams runners and are mv 7 with av 7 and dodge.
These will be the guys scoring the TD using their speed to use the running game
effectively. I like these guys their access to agility and general skills allow
them to be irritants and difficult to remove.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So how does this team play? Undead teams don’t really pass
although the main players are AG3 so passing can be done, they are much better
at bogging down the opposing team in a swamp of mummies and zombies and then
speeding through a gap with wights and ghouls.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you can imagine they cage very well with the mummies and
they can score deeper as the ball carrier is faster than your usual ball
carrier. So, the restricted movement of the zombies and mummies isn’t as much
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They do lack a few skills initially such as sure hands,
however they start with a couple of dodgers and blockers. Each player has a
very defined roll as well. Ghouls are the runners, Wights are the blitzers and
mummies are the wrecking ball. As such if you’re a beginner this is a good team
to use (Unless you want to try a passing game!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I would also say they aren’t the best running team in the
game although they do this better than most. When I’ve used them, I use the
ghouls deceptive speed to exploit gaps beaten open by mummies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For experienced players this is a good team to try and
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Get the 2 extra Ghouls and then that’s all you need. Level
up and score touch downs with Ghouls and wights. Try and spread the SPP. The mummies
will level themselves. This is why zombies are so good as they can’t really
score and won’t be hitting as much meaning they won’t be levelling up. A zombie
is a cheap meat shield!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Necromantic team is identical to undead and pretty much
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guys are 1 less strength, don’t have might blow but do come with stand firm.
They are basically bigger Zombies. Necromantic are a bit worse off here they lose
a lot of muscle on the front line because of these although the access to
general skills is a plus and makes them annoying to shift as well! Stand firm
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These guys are nightmares. Movement 8 frenzy and claws as well as regeneration
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The focus here however is they
are better at the running plays than undead but worse at cages. Werewolves are
horrible. They can dart in blitz a player with frenzy and claws (reduces their
armour to 7) then dart back behind the zombie screen. Frenzy also means the opponent
has to be careful with positioning on the flanks. The wights in this team tend
to end up as support players rather than blitzers as you want to blitz with the
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However, once you get used to
them there great for an experienced player to use. Out of the two however for a
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statement from undead here, there are only 2 players different after all…. Get
the Flesh Golems next and your all set. The werewolves will level at a furious
rate. They will score touchdowns and get casualties regularly. Try and score
with Ghouls and wights as well but when I use them I just get as many SPP on
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different in my starter teams it shows the different focus of both teams.
Undead focus on brute strength with running plays as back up. Necromantic are
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Taken as they are from the Warhammer fantasy universe,
Dwarves are a fan favourite and had a massive following and still do now (even
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Indeed, they are iconic. Their Troll Slayers which brings
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Halflings on the other hand were more well known for the
Moot than anything else and an imitation of the Hobbit. Indeed, as they are
supported by the treemen it is as if they are much more like their Lord of the
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So how about it guys should be have a look at the stunty and
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The Linemen start with AV9, block and tackle but handily
have access to strength skills meaning a skilled dwarf line is horrible difficult
to break through (lots and lots of guard). What lets these guys down is speed.
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Dwarf Positionals are nice as well. Runners add an element
of speed which allows the ball to be gathered easily. Although not overly
impressive in stats, they do get access to pass skills which means they can get
leader. That and block is the only skills from general id take for these guys.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Blitzers are the same as long beards but without tackle and
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Troll slayers are blitzers with dauntless and frenzy and
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Lastly the team has the deathroller, the funniest big guy in
the game (Imagine your death roller steamrolling a troll… yep it can do that!)
Strength 7 break tackle might blow make this big guy a horror at cage breaking.
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The issue I have and always have had with Dwarves is twofold.
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Firstly, there’s one way to play with them. Every play your
runner will grab the ball run it into a cage where it will sit as you slowly
grind your way down the field. If you enjoy this way of playing and many people
do Dwarves are brilliant. They are very forgiving (Everything has block!) which
means you can throw one dice or two dice against blocks and still be ok. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Secondly well it’s hard to make a unique dwarf team. Linemen
get guard then might blow. Troll slayers get mighty blow and tackle. Blitzers
get…. Mighty blow and tackle. The only unique players would be the runners but
even then, they usually go block then leader.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dwarf teams are very slow as well so defence is harder than
you would expect because pulling dwarves out of position is easier than say
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If you want an efficient team though dwarves are it. Lots of
inbuilt rerolls from the get go, easy to use and very very VERY forgiving. A
very good beginner team although I suspect for the most people one season is
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Get the apothecary and then the death roller followed by
another lineman or 2. Dwarfs don’t take many casualties due to their high
armour. Focus on skilling the blitzers and the Troll Slayers, the blockers will
skill up from Cs as they will be blocking a lot.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Halflings are how do I put this lightly….. are terrible.
This is not a team for the faint hearted. There linemen are halflings and are
stunty str 2, mv 5 and av 6….. these guys implode when they get taken down!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Firstly, they get the excellent halfling master chef. This
means up to 3 rerolls are taken from the enemy team and added to their own
pool. This may leave with an opponent 1 rerolls or none. It also leaves the
halflings who need to take a lot more risks with a lot of rerolls. This is an
inducement that anyone can have but usually it costs £300k. Halflings get this
for £100k. It is an inducement so basically aim to have your team, at least
100k in value (believe me it probably will be!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Secondly it has access to treeman. These guys are the
strongest big guys that aren’t also secret weapons. These can also use rerolls
as they don’t have the loner skills. A lot of how the team does will depend on
these guys. Breaking the cage will be down to the treemen knocking a whole in a
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Lastly, they have a lot of star players available to them
all of whom are high strength. With a low team ranking you are more likely to
be able to use these guys. Having deeproot strong branch would mean three
treemen…. Not sure you can name a stronger front line than that!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Overall this is possible the hardest team in the game other
than ogres or vampires to use. There are no special weapons that goblins can
rely on, there armour is also weaker than goblins. A lot of how this team works
will be through the treeman. Try and force gaps that halflings can then swamp
the enemy with. Remember they can only blitz once a turn. If every halfling is
out of tackle zones, you won’t be hit hard.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Extensive use of fouling is needed to even the odds here
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A huge challenge for any Blood bowl player and one to shy
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There’s nothing else to get so replace injured players regularly.
I’d be tempted to replace unskilled halflings that MNG if you have the cash! I’m
not gunna say who to level up as that should be obvious. When the halflings do
get SPP try and focus it on one or 2 of them. I would even say if they haven’t got
a double or a stat increase by their second skill fire them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So after a week off in Tenerife time to get back to blood
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Focus on this week Is two very similar teams and two Warhammer
fantasy adversaries. No idea if these guys exist anymore! But in fantasy they
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Of course, in the Blood bowl universe this matchup is simply
the blood bowl version of Arsenal vs Tottenham…. I wonder if Malekith watches
from the stands with Tyrion and Teclis? Now wandering what all the thousands of
years of bother was about? Perhaps a wager or something?<o:p></o:p></div>
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First a quick note on elves. Elves are all ag 4. This makes
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This also means your average lineman is also better than
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What’s more all the elf teams have the ability to easily 2
turn touchdowns. What I mean is they can pick up the ball in the back field
spread 5 or 6 players into the opponent’s half in scoring positions, they can
then only blitz one meaning there are 5 other players at a minimum in scoring
positions. That’s difficult for anyone to defend against.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most of these elf teams don’t have a big guy and as such the
way they pull apart a cage is different to other teams. They require a bit of
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I’ll go with Dark elves first. The linemen here are like a
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However, the team really comes into its own with its
positionals. Witch Elves start with jump up frenzy and doge and are mv 7 jump
up is very irritating for the opposition as them being put on their arse doesn’t
stock them block and moving full speed to help a defence. Having frenzy from
the start as well narrows the defence (you don’t want the corner of the cage next
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Blitzers are the same as the human counter parts. They
sacrifice the strength skills for agility skills and +AG. Best thing about
these guys is you can have 4 and they score easily. Their lack of strength
skills as a normal skill shouldn’t be a problem skills such as dodge and jump
up make these players nasty. Roll a double? That’s when you can start turning
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Runners are ok, id resist taking both as taking too much av
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Assassins are the weak players in the team for me. Shadowing
is next to useless on mv 6 as the people dodging away are likely to be players
who are faster or just as fast. By shadowing as well it can pull your defence
unintentionally out of position. Stab pretty rubbish unless you’re up against
fragile ball carriers. There is potential for a throw away cage buster with
leap maybe? The other players however in my opinion are a lot better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The main issue with this team is cost. There cheapest player
is 70k. Human, and Orc teams almost have a full roster straight away. Dark
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This is a top team with some very fast and agile players.
With AV 8 as well is relatively resilient. This is definitely a softer
introduction into elf ball and easier than the other three. A good option for a
newbie who fancies something different to just smashing their way down the
pitch!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m not a fan with starting with 2 rerolls. However, with
dark elves starting and levelling the blitzers up probably offsets the need for
rerolls at the start anyway. Rerolls are cheapest of any other team as well so cheaper
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Get an apothecary then another reroll. Then get the witch
elves. I’m leaving these till last because they come so well skilled that they don’t
need skills to slot into an experienced team. Therefore, you can have 4
blitzers each with 2 skills and witch elves turning up and getting one skill
(Block) and then there almost as good as wardancers! Get an assassin last if
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Id mould your blitzers in what you want them to do so a
couple of tackles a couple as cage annoyers (dodge and sidestep, guard if you
get a double) Maybe even make one a cage busted…. Leap and strip ball.) I wouldn’t
just focus on positionals here either. Having 3 linemen with dodge makes the
front line irritating to take out and believe me when I say you’re going to be
dodging A LOT. You also can’t be relying on big guys to toughen your line up so
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safe throw. Sacrificing speed for armour and good passing skills I don’t think
is a great trade off. He’s basically a bog-standard thrower now. He’s probably
never going to get intercepted mind! This offsets the lack of speed a bit
meaning you can throw the ball over heads a lot easier allowing the catchers to
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High elves get blitzers as above however they only get 2. However,
they do get 4 movement 8 catchers. These guys are nice and they remain at strength
3 unlike most catchers who get a strength decrease. They don’t however start
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elves are better suited to passing and dark elves to running. The lack of
skills like dodge and block make them harder initially to use which is why they
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have aggressive cage breakers. No witch elves and a limited number of blitzers
means defence against stronger teams is a lot harder. This is why they need a
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In Warhammer fantasy the bane of Dwarves was the hordes of Skaven
and Goblins who took over their holds. (I dunno what’s happening in age of
sigmar so don’t quiz me on that!). In Bloodbowl, Skaven and Goblins have united
to form possibly the weirdest team and individually they have been fan
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These teams all are a massive departure on the chaos team I reviewed
last week which is certainly suited to violence. These teams are tricksy
requires a bit of guile and a bit of cheating to be able to claim victory. (When
I say cheating I mean secret weapons!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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They are very fragile (As Alex Randell should know!) but are
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Ah Skaven. A very popular team very fast but very fragile.
This is the first team I will have mentioned that main armour value is 7. This
changes the game a bit. AV 7 significantly increases the number of players that
will end up stunned or Injured. This means that unlike Orcs, Humans and the
chaos teams I’ve mentioned before you have to defend more loosely and pick your
engagements. Engaging all your lineman every turn will see them in the
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Skaven do have Blitzers (Just like their human counterparts
in stats), but the players that make the team are the gutter runners. These
guys are fast and are able to exploit gaps in the opponent’s line with ease
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The best thing about gutter runners is that if all you have
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Skaven have access to mutations on a double which can create
horrors to deal with. A gutter runner with dauntless and horns will get a 2-dice
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Lastly, I suppose I should mention the rat ogre. He adds
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A Skaven team is brilliant at running and passing plays. However,
I guess the drawback with Skaven is that AV 7. For a beginner it might be
difficult and frustrating having your players constantly taken off the field.
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They aren’t as forgiving as most teams in terms of defence. Gutter
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Choosing a team like Skaven is all about the learning curve.
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Tips: Get the rat ogre and a few linemen after this.
Concentrate on scoring with your gutters and blitzers. The thrower can get SSP
from passing and MVP. With your gutter runners get a mixture of them don’t skill
them the same. One with leap for example and one with horns and dauntless. As
boring as it sounds block is a very good first skill for them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve never particularly had great success with Goblins. They
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Your average goblin is Strength 2 and stunty and has armour
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scales? Firstly, they get 2 trolls. Not the best big guys but cheap and with
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Secondly, they have secret weapons by the bucket load. If a
bucket load is 6….. Firstly, we have a ball and chain. These guys are brilliant
Essentially, they move randomly using the throwing in template but they are
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Next up we have a chainsaw that’s brutal when blitzing They
just hit the opponents armour with a -3 modifier. Next is the bombardier that
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The issue with these three is that they are secret weapons
therefore they’ll only survive one drive before they get set off. This means if
you deploy them and your opponent’s scores quickly, you haven’t had them for
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The Pogoer is your means of scoring with additional movement
and the leap ability. The Ooligan adds fame and restricts the opponents scoring
throwing and passing with disturbing presence. The Doom Diver is used for throw
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Wow so these all sound great…. So why are they terrible? Well
everything is a gimmick! Ball and chains can and often do nothing. Chainsaws
sometimes chainsaw the goblin using them the bombardier can’t move before he
throws so he’s often too far away to throw effectively. Caging with these guys
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Each goblin is fragile as such no matter how many good plays
you can pull off your teams going to quickly melt away, struggle to stop the opponents
plays. Ultimately this is a fun unreliable team. Terrible for beginners and a
challenge for experienced heads.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tips: Fill your roster up with a goblin and a doom diver.
Bombadiers are rubbish and often do nothing whereas a chainsaw and a fanatic
are more reliable. Never fill up the 16<sup>th</sup> slot as you’ll need it for
star players. Your TR is going to be way below the other teams most of the time
so you can get yourself another troll, more secret weapons etc. Level up the
trolls and the pogoer. Potentially also the ooligan. Make sure you use your
secret weapons on your drive when you’re going to get the most use out of them.
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This team is strange and I have to confess this is the one
team in bloodbowl I have never used. They are a mix of Skaven and goblins. They
don’t get more big guys than usual (Just a troll) there lineman are goblins and
their special players include Skaven lineman….<o:p></o:p></div>
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The more I think about this team however the better they get…
(although they still won’t ever be a brilliant team!) The entire team has
mutations as a general skill. This means like the renegades and chaos players last
week they don’t require a double to be special players. Whats even better is
that because there are only 6 skaven they are likely to level up much quicker
than the goblins. Which means the team should develop quicker than a chaos
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I imagine this will be a team focusing on the running plays.
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What’s more the troll can get claws as its first skill
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Ultimately though the team is all av 7 and each player will
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team to use. A nightmare to use in reality. For an experienced player this team
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throwers. The troll should take care of itself once it has claws. Goblins with
2 heads are useful but don’t aim to skill them. Once you have a lot of them in
reserve don’t feel bad about fouling to take the opponents numbers down! You
may find your TR lower than the opponents in which case make use of Star
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anyone has any requests as to who is next please leave a comment. Ta Ta for
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In the fantasy of Blood bowl, every faction of the old and
new worlds gave up war. Orcs and dwarves fought on the blood bowl pitch rather
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The chaos armies and the chaos gods also became obsessed
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As ridiculous as this alternate Warhammer reality is Chaos are a great team and
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However, all these teams are difficult to use and are low
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Chaos are not yet in the Death Zone books however they have
been a staple part of blood bowl since the start. There players have access to
mutations strength and general skills there all ag 3 (So it’s easy to level up
the chaos warriors!) They have the minotaur which in my opinion is the worst
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Each player can effectively be turned into whatever you want
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Simply because they start with no skills whatsoever. There
is no block, no dodge, no sure hands catch. Therefore, the team initially burns
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They cage well and are a bit faster than orcs. But they don’t
have the skills to exploit the gaps for a running game (initially) and don’t have
the skills for a passing game. Normally a chaos team takes 10-15 games to get
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What’s more you have to build various players into the roles
above. An experienced player would have in his head what beastmen he wants to
do what but for a new guy, a team that already has players with defined
positions (A catcher in a human team won’t become a blitzer for example) would
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your fourth rerolls after that. With this team try and score a blitz with the
same beastmen. You should have one or two that skill up a lot quicker than the
others. In order to craft yourself a couple of positions. Make one have sure
hands (You’ll thank me later!) As always get your warriors scoring as well.
They are the best players in the team and become nightmares later on once they
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the same as chaos but with only 4 beastmen and in their place rotters which are
terrible but cheap to replace. They have decay which means every injury is
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It does mean that it’ll be the pestigors and the bloaters
who will get the skills here. The pestigors should be your blitzers and your
bloaters the cage. Interestingly Bloaters and the rotspawn have disturbing
presence which is brilliant enmasse. It reduces throws and catches so hand offs
by 1 for every player within 3 and stacks so it’s useful to negate throwing
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their weaknesses. Rotspawn however is a better big guy. They are slow but have
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bit harder but try and get the Bloaters scoring (They are only AG 2 unfortunately)
and make sure your pestigors are focused either into a carrier or blitzer. If a
rotter gets a skill id be tempted to fire it! Sounds extreme but when they get
injured and get a SI straight away because of decay you’ll get pretty annoyed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unlike the other two teams I’ve not played with this one
much. However, it was built for a slightly variable chaos team in mind. Access
to 3 big guys sounds fun but ultimately will be quite frustrating because if
they bonehead or go stupid it leaves a gap in the line that you don’t have
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What makes them different however is their access to
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The other option is the other races lineman. The orc isn’t
going to do much other than sit on the line and get beaten up but you know someone’s
gotta do it! The Dark Elf’s AG 4 will be very useful. Animosity not so much so I’d
use him as a receiver with a human lineman your team’s thrower. The skaven
lineman’s speed here is useful I’d probably build him into a receiver as well. So
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Like with the other chaos teams though it’ll take time for
this team to come into its own as to make a lineman into a good player you’ll
need two skills. So like a broken record this team is harder for beginners. However, as an experienced player, I love the make-up of this
team and it’s definitely one I want to use down the line. Lots of crazy
combinations in here!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tips: I didn’t go for him at first but id definitely have
the minotaur as my next player then an apothecary. You don’t especially need a
apo straight away as all your players are effectively lineman and you shouldn’t
really care about them individually until one has 2 skills and is useful!
Goblin next! Id level up a marauder to be a passer and another to be a ball
carrier. Have the Skaven and the dark elf as your main TD machines their extra
speed and access to mutations should make them good at this and means animosity
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I thought I’d start my team reviews with the 2 teams in the
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Caging – Surrounding the ball with players and marching down
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Running game – no passing or catching just picking up the
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Passing game – Getting players into the opposing team’s half
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These aren’t the only tactics but there the three main ones.
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There I said it and I can’t take it back. I mentioned last
week about what makes certain teams better than others. Orcs cover all these
bases. An orc team has 10 positionals and 1 big guy. They have access to a lot
of good early skills as a basis (Sure hands block dodge). They are AV 9 so you won’t
be losing many per game normally. Any skill up will be going to a good player as
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As such because they have so many special players they are
much more forgiving than a normal team. Have you got it so a black orc is
isolated against 2 players? That’s ok because he’s strength 4. Are you blitzing
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The best part about Orcs is that it teaches you how to do
the basics of the game without being overly harsh on you. You will learn that
leaving your ball carrier on his own will usually mean you lose the ball.
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The best part of Orcs is they also include the option of
playing a variety of ways. The easiest way is to form a cage and run down the
pitch with big bruising black orcs. But when the time arises you can break away
with your blitzers and throwers and play a running game using your big bruising
front line to tie up the enemy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Want to try a throwing game? That’s possible too. Send a pod
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To sum up this is a team that will introduce you to blood
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enjoyment. It allows you to try different game styles all within one team.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tips: after this save up for a troll, goblin then another
thrower. Try and score with your blitzers and black orcs. Easiest way to get
SPP in blood bowl is by scoring touch downs a hand off to a Blitzer is a 3+ and
a black orc 4+. Suffice to say only hand off to a black orc if scoring is
nearly certain and you have rerolls in the bag! Don’t just score with your
thrower. You don’t want a really skilled thrower and nothing else!<o:p></o:p></div>
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In every game system, be it table top or computer games,
Humans have always been the same… I mean that they are the jack of all trades. Never
as strong as say a dwarf or orc. Never as fast as an elf. But someone in
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The team has the excellent blitzers and comes with possible
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What lets humans down is that they don’t excel at anything.
Unlike orcs who are brilliant at caging and ok at passing and running plays.
Humans are ok at everything. In some ways this means you can exploit the
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What’s more the stats on the all players (Expect maybe the blitzers)
are well…. Average. Ag 3 across the board and mostly strength 3. Without stat
increases the players are never going to be brilliant they are just going to be
pretty good. A human catch for example will never be as good as a gutter runner
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As a beginner team they are harder to use than orcs as its
easier to find yourself punished for being out of position. However, they do
come with good starter skills which allows you to play how you like so in that
respect they aren’t a bad choice if you like a steep learning curve.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mike Starter Team:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tips: Get an apothecary off the bat then a thrower followed
by a catcher. I don’t think catchers are brilliant however I think one or two
has its purpose (Catching?!) and their speed assists cage building and blitzing.
Try and score with your blitzers and your throwers. You can tailor one thrower
into a ball carrier (Block and fend) and the other as a pass specialist
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<b><u><br /><br />I'm back</u></b><br />
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Hey Everyone!<br />
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It's been a while i know three years almost to the day when i gave up on Warhammer 40k.</div>
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When you have been so into a hobby for ages and you get out its really difficult to motivate yourself to get into the hobby again as its difficult to get myself back to the same sort of level i was at and the huge amount of time i put into it.</div>
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As such despite games workshop getting their act together i doubt ill ever be able to get myself into 40k again (Although i'm following all the model releases!).</div>
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A game however I've never lost interest in was bloodbowl. How a game that was barely supported for 10 years has stayed so popular plays to the games strength. I've played this game on and off for a good 16 years and now it's once again being supported (Good on you GW) i thought it would be a great time to get back blogging.<br />
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I'm going to try and write a blog once a week whether that's random musing or on the league i'm in hopefully you will find this great if your a beginner.<br />
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This week i'm going to introduce the bloodbowl tier system and note which teams to go for as a beginner.<br />
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<b><u>The tier system</u></b><br />
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During it's years of neglect, the bloodbowl community never stood idle. Tournament after tournament club after club kept the game going. In this period a system of assessing each team came about. This was known as the tier system.<br />
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This identified which of the teams were inherently stronger than others and which team would be easier to use as a beginner. The people who created bloodbowl never hid that some teams were better than others. Infact they created more challenging teams in order to test more experienced players and potentially level the playing ground.<br />
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Most clubs have different ranking based on how they run their league. I'm going to put the tier list created by the UK Team tournament. I've also noted down my own ranking as well especially as starting a team from scratch is different to a tournament team where you get to allocate your skills.<br />
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<b><u>What makes a good Bloodbowl team?</u></b><br />
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Before i reveal my list i thought i'd go briefly want makes a good team. In bloodbowl there are three types of player. Lineman, Positionals and Big Guys.<br />
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Linemen will be the chaff players not expected to do anything but assist with the play of your positionals.<br />
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Positionals are players that are recognisable due to them not having a 0-16 choice. These players tend to be the flavour of the team and the ones that will score you touchdowns. An example could be a human blitzer or a black orc.<br />
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Big Guys are well the big guys. Ogres, Trolls and so on. These are tough but unreliable players that are there essentially to bolster the line.<br />
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So what makes a good team?<br />
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For starters a good team starts with a lot of inbuilt rerolls. I mean players with sure hands, pass, catch and dodge. This means that your less likely to use team rerolls on basic actions.<br />
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Secondly access to a lot of positionals off the bat mean that your best players are generating skills earlier. If all you can afford is 9 lineman and 2 positionals, your not going to be as good with a team that starts with 8 positionals and 3 lineman for example.<br />
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Thirdly positionals that are easy to skill up means your better players become useful much quicker. For example its very easy to level up a gutter runner, but not so easy to level up a blitz-ra who has ag 2.<br />
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Lastly the quality of your basic lineman. Obviously a team is easier to use if the majority of your team are of a higher quality than that of your opponant. Obviously a dwarf lineman is better than a goblin.<br />
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With all the above in consideration this is my tier list ranking the teams from 1 being the best to 5 being the worst, and the UK Team Tournament tier list which goes from 1-4:<br />
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-41596799318216668162016-05-28T05:43:00.000-07:002016-05-28T05:43:40.899-07:00Starting out with UCM<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well it's been a long time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Great news for the Death or Glory group! We've been looking for an alternative to the dead and buried Warhammer 40k <i>(in our humble opinions) </i>for a while now and have witnessed multiple new game systems launch and whither away into nothingness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So to get in to gear, we made a plan. With the help of MegaMike over at Orbital Bombardment we created an escalation campaign for the 5 of us. DzC boasts 5 factions,a and luckily, we managed to agree on 1 each;</span><br />
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<br />Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321694220382382122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-82510162384991894472014-09-24T05:05:00.002-07:002014-09-24T05:05:57.229-07:00End of an era<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This time 6 months ago I was running, with my fellow DOG
team mates, a successful 76 man tournament. Yesterday I found myself putting my
entire collection onto eBay. This was a moment of great sadness. Not because I was
selling my collection, but because I didn’t overly care that I was selling my
collection. How has it come to this? I have been playing 40k for 16 years why
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So I started Warhammer a while back when a friend of mine
got me into it. At that time I was a young whipper snapper buying tyranids and
spending my £20 paper round money every week building up my tyranid and Chaos
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It was with the release of 3<sup>rd</sup> edition 40k and
shortly after 5<sup>th</sup> edition fantasy (I think!) that really got me into
gaming, spending Thursday nights down games workshop with what turned out to be
my closest friend (Luke may refer to his initiation period about this time.
This is due to Rich’s apparent need to test peoples resolve before actually
befriending them)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Initially there was a large group of us regulars that has
slowly whittled down over the years to the five of us best friends. We were
still casual gamers we went to the GT and to mayhem because we loved spending
weekends together doing things we enjoyed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We really got into tournament gaming country wide after Luke
came back from uni. We all started going to tournaments all over the country
rather than just the GT Events and Mayhem. 5<sup>th</sup> edition was the
height we all placed well and were all top 16 on rankings HQ at one point or
the other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>6<sup>th</sup>
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This is really a totally odd one really but I believe that
this was the beginning of the end. Considering this was also the beginning of
Death or Glory this seems a bit ridiculous but bear with me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The hype around 6<sup>th</sup> was also surrounded with
negativity. Allies? Random psychic powers? Flyers? Flying monstrous creatures? For
me and the guys looking back although we debated them, we didn’t think they
would be game defying… Turns out I was wrong.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In this time we built the podcast up to 1500 hits, modest in
comparison to 40kuk but as well as the blog which hit at about 600 hits per
article, we felt a lot of satisfaction on how it was going.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The issue was as 6<sup>th</sup> carried on the following
became apparent lack of thought when it came to core game rules<o:p></o:p></div>
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The first codex’s out were I think brilliant. They weren’t over
powered, they got the balance right and as stand-alone codex’s they were great.
Then we got two abhorrent codexes. Tau and Eldar were just too good, ridiculous
combinations started occurring. Codexes started to be able to ally with
themselves there was ridiculous rules (farsight allying with normal tau?), the
Heldrake was turned into a must take unit with the introduction of making them
a turret and made it so chaos armies had no chaos space marines in the army…. This
didn’t make sense… but that what we got. Dark Eldar and Eldar were best friends,
as well as Tau and space marines (how is this fluffy) Necrons and inquisition,
chaos and necrons….. No thought at all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This bred what I came to hate. The death star. Beaststar,
farsight bomb, o’vesa star. I used a beast pack and one farseer in my dark
eldar army. If I got fortune the opponent had almost certainly already lost.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Games were often decided on the roll to go first, that was
how Death or Glory 1 was decided. Match-up hammer was also exaggerated. I knew
with Dark Eldar if I’d win or lose depending on the army I faced not by who I was
playing. Ridiculous.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The first to lose interest was Ru. Ru had won his tournament
against a very tough group and when 6<sup>th</sup> came out just no longer had
the heart for it. The rest of us went to tournaments, but then my second hate
came to the fore. Timing out games.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6<sup>th</sup> led to people stalling with armies like
necrons who would almost be guaranteed a turn 5 win due to their flyer
transports. I lost out at the GT Final to 3 opponents timing me out turn 5. If I’d
been overpowered or diced fair play, but to lose to what is effectively
cheating? That is frustrating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But then the nail in the coffin for me was the inquisition
codex. This for me confirmed that games-workshop were no longer to be reasoned
with. A new detachment that you could use with allies… ok not unreasonable.
This was followed with… formations outside the detachment scope, super heavies
over powered and did not belong in a skirmish game, formations of
fortifications.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The skirmish game we loved turned in a short period of 6
months into a game that no-one knew what it was. Suddenly tournaments had to
comp or they’d get a player who had the primary detachment with only a couple
of models.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That for me was the end a game that had no balanced rule set
and no FAQ’s to correct anything. This wasn’t about the gaming experience anymore.
It was about money.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the death or glory tournament I knew my interest had
almost totally evaporated, the last hoorah which was mayhem compounded it. I
came 2nd and 3<sup>rd</sup> but I was more excited to see BJ than to play
warhammer…. This wasn’t right.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This was the culmination of what I hated about the new
hobby. What I loved about the hobby when I was younger was going into games
workshop with my 1750 points and asking who wants a game? All that mattered was
the points and the board. Now however it’s impossible to do that, games have to
be comped so much that it’s impossible to ‘just have a game’ with someone new.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This has also led to tournaments suffering. The only
tournament to have the same interest as before is Caledonian uprising (good job
Tim). Before if people had 8 tournaments they could pretty much use the same
army for every one of them. Now each army is probably very different as well as
the rules in each one. How can this be right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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So I’m out. My models are on eBay and soon I’ll have
nothing, only the memories of great times ruined in 6 months of corporate
stupidity. There could have been a solution to keep a structured game. That
however has finished. This is probably the last post on this blog and the end
of Death or Glory as we know it. From me it has been amazing writing my
thoughts up over the years and having people listening read and disagree with
what I say.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What am I doing now? Bloodbowl computer games and being old I
guess! Will I miss 40k? Yes but for what it was and not for what it has become<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mike/Mikos/Canyonero!<o:p></o:p></div>
Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-72753128771722624052014-03-23T04:17:00.002-07:002014-03-23T04:17:50.670-07:00Death or Glory Episode 32<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c7laYxLxDTc/Uy7CozGiK7I/AAAAAAAABGQ/0CGDP36KSaA/s1600/untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c7laYxLxDTc/Uy7CozGiK7I/AAAAAAAABGQ/0CGDP36KSaA/s1600/untitled.png" /></a>Hey everyone and welcome to episode 32!<br />
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I report on the tournament as a whole and we have interviews from various competitors on their games and experiences at the tourny<br />
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In all the usual places, iTunes on our podbean page <a href="http://deathorglorypodcast.podbean.com/2014/03/23/death-or-glory-episode-32/">http://deathorglorypodcast.podbean.com/2014/03/23/death-or-glory-episode-32/</a> or on the stream below... Enjoy!<br />
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Phew! Well the final is
done and congrats to Josh Roberts on 1<sup>st</sup> place with
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playing 6 tough games against 6 quality opponents (including the
winner of the last two finals and three members of Scotland's ETC
team) fighting through 2 beast-stars, a screamer-star, 2 Tau lists
and a Tiggy+Coteaz marine list to make a mid-table finish. I'm happy
with that given that I've only played maybe 12 times since the
qualifier in October (pesky real life!) and am still fairly new to
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Great to see Mike and Luke and also a huge thank you to the
Brighton Warlords guys for letting me tag along. Lee was a legend for
stepping up to the plate at short notice and driving after Pete
injured his leg and me, Will and Alex tucked into the back for a very
cosy 5 hour drive up from the south coast. Great guys and a good fun
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The venue was awesome,
even if it was freezing! Playing in a church really suited the gothic
atmosphere of the 40k universe and there was plenty of space around
the tables which was a treat compared to the spacing at Brighton. I
did find it a bit odd that they'd put a shop in the apse and had made
the alter the till though! All the tables had a decent amount of
terrain and the venue had an on site cafe too, so no complaints
there. There was even morning doughnuts and a large subway lunch
included both days, which really helped save time between games.</div>
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at the range of
armies deathstars made up about 7/10 of the top 10 armies. In total I
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7 beast-stars (5 made top 10, including 1st and 2nd)</div>
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2+ screamer council (including 3rdand 8th place)</div>
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1 centurion-star (4th place)<br />
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However,
there were very
few fliers in total and AV13+ spam lists. The lack of fliers is likely
due to the allowance of Forge World and the threat of sabres and
hyperios launchers. Saying that, very few people bought these either! I
was expecting more Forge World, with only two players (including myself)
running thudds and I only recall seeing a few other FW units all
weekend, which included a necron pylon and a sicarius.</div>
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Overall the whole event ran really smoothly thanks to the very
well organised and friendly TOs. Good job chaps!
I am currently writing
up the games and some post-tournament analysis and will also put up
some photos of the the best painted armies and terrain as separate
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Thanks to all the 40kGT
team for a great event and I definitely hope to make it back next
year!</div>
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(Also published on my personal blog <a href="http://totalimmersionwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Total Immersion</a>)</div>
Sentinelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483874659853638814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-42273368055614485272014-03-17T10:43:00.000-07:002014-03-17T10:43:23.593-07:00Death or Glory 2: Pictures<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Hi everyone today is the first day for a long while I’ve had a moment or to to relax and reflect on what was a fantastic weekend of gaming, drinking and chat.<br />
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74 gamers battled out over 5 games and big congratulations to the winner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave rule attempts to bewitch Tom with his blurry arm technique</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fallen Tau get to work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BJ has scared his opponent off with his hat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of the round... finish or Chuck will get you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hall almost empty (musta been some food somewhere)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my arse in dramatic pose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian Courtney - 1st place in raffle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam Gio - 2nd place in the raffle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">40k Global - 40k Global vs Death or Glory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They must have cheated somehow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Dade - Wooden Spoon (Barroman thong)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neil Linpol (for that weekend only Powell) - Best Squad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darran Gwynne - Best Vehicle/monstrous Creature</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rob McDougal - Most Sporting Opponant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy Brown - Best Painted Army</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh Roberts Generalship Champion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truly the champion! he's got the t-shirt now!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich Fielder Hobby Champion (and Brett sneaking in the background!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh Staring intently at the feature table while ben attempts to kill the beast council</td></tr>
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-64585986359457881822014-03-11T05:44:00.000-07:002014-03-11T05:44:10.006-07:00Imperial Knights “Do they have a place in tournaments”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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their codex is a normal one and is not a lord of war slot etc... So I guess the
question is, “do knights have any place on the tournament scene”. I'm going to go through the pros and cons of this...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s take a look at their basic rules first though. They
are super heavy walkers (move 12”) with AV 13 front, with 6 hp’s this means you
have to strip them all before it explodes and you can’t do any weapon destroyed
or immobilised results to it. They have stomp attacks in combat, and a 4++ save
that can be facing in one direction only. They have basic marine stats and 3
attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons for: THEY LOOK AWESOME...they are
not as hard to kill as a lot of the stuff in escalation, 2 drop poding melta
guns could put one of these things down, but it would mean people need to start
bringing a bit more dedicated anti-tank again. They can get pinned in combat by
a horde and it would take them a while to break through. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons against: 2 main reasons, firstly the
stomp rule, this rule could be done much better if it didn’t just wipe out a
model on a 6 and the knights don’t look like they could stomp on a wraith
knight which it can and would kill it outright on a 6. The second reason is
that it explodes as all super heavies do which is an apocalyptic blast that can
be strength D in the middle this effectively means if you are a combat army you
run a massive risk killing one of these let alone 3. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They both come with a strength D ap2
combat weapon (no drama yet please). In terms of shooting one has a rapid fire
battle cannon (2 shot battle cannon), one has a melta cannon S9 ap1 melta 36”
range large blast, and a heavy stubber or 2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons for: No ability to kill flyers and
the weapon options they have in terms of shooting can be negated by taking time
to deploy and spread out effectively. D weapon only usable in combat means it
still has to get there and a fearless horde just wouldn’t care. People would
have to think before running combat deathstars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons against: D weapon in combat makes it
hard to run an elite combat army against it as due to D weapon, stomp and the
explosion you could lose you combat unit by beating it even. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They are 370+ points each so quite an investment but probably worth it as a primary so they can score.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons for: They are very expensive with
you able to buy 2 riptides for around the cost of one of these.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons against: you can still bring 3 of these
for 1100 pts and they could be scoring, allowing a lot of flex for allies to
buff them up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">They can be taken as a primary detachment of between 3-6
knights with one as the warlord and all scoring. They can also be taken as an ally
but using their own slot a bit like inquisition can but with 1-3 knights and
they aren’t scoring.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons for: It would be awesome to see a
knight household on the board at your local tournament, great for painters and
for people who enjoy playing fun games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasons against: Having these scoring could
make it very difficult for people to take objectives with the fact that they
are so hard to kill and if they do die they make take your scoring unit with
them. This combined with the fact GW purposefully
made it so vehicles couldn’t score or deny in 6<sup>th</sup> Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">YES...I feel that they are useable in tournaments and
would love to see people running knight houses. I even don’t mind the D weapon
and stomp (though they may need a little FAQ by TO’s to clarify wound
allocation etc). The D weapon has to get in combat to use and that means
getting into melta range and potentially missing a charge etc and leaving you
in a bad position. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The one thing that worries me is the explosion
(this seems like its best weapon and defence), as it rules out units killing it
in combat or in melta range. I think if it just exploded as a normal tank or
with s6 or something it would be ok.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s just my thoughts; let me know what you think...</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rich</span></h2>
Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17870943778850469238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-78525481104543604932014-03-10T10:19:00.000-07:002014-03-10T10:19:41.750-07:00Death or Glory 2: Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center; width: 16pt;" width="21">1</td>
<td class="xl69" style="text-align: center; width: 133pt;" width="177">Josh Roberts</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; text-align: center; width: 118pt;" width="157">40k Global</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">2</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">BJ Mason</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">3</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob Buckley</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">4</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob Waller</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">5</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dan Sackett</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">6</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Oliver Iyer</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sons of War</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">7</td>
<td class="xl64" style="text-align: center;">Rob Madeley</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">8</td>
<td class="xl65" style="text-align: center;">Tony Chew</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">9</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Symcox</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">10</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matt Giess</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Brett Armitage</td>
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<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tom Hutchings</td>
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<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James French</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Chris Green</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Craig Clark</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td class="xl69" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Franco Marrufo</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ian Courteney</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Luke Nurser</td>
<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory A</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Joel Hume</td>
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<td class="xl74" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sidney Sidhu</td>
<td class="xl91" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">The Old Ones</td>
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<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andrew Eagle</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ben Howden</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Rae</td>
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<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andy Church</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Chris Gent</td>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">26</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Scott Simpson</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rich Fielder</td>
<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory A</td>
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<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Michael Hellyer</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
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<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rory Carter</td>
<td class="xl89" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
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<td class="xl76" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Rule</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
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<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Steven Henderson</td>
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<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jack Masters</td>
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<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Browning</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Mike Foulks</td>
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</tr>
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<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">35</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Stephan True</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">36</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kiran Reddy</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">37</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Stephen Setterfield</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">38</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tim Newman</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">39</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Clarke</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">40</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tom Leighton</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">41</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ben Harvey</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">42</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Steve Attoe</td>
<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory A</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">43</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Stephan Eade</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">44</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Michael Kreyenborg-Nicols</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">45</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Mark Kelly</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">46</td>
<td class="xl75" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Byron Sidhu</td>
<td class="xl91" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">The Old Ones</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">47</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Taylor</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">48</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sam Limb</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">49</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Justin Thorne</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">50</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sean Howells</td>
<td class="xl89" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">51</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Rule</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
Founding</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">52</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matt Cook</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">53</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jody Rosher</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">54</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matthew Linnet</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">55</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Callum Paul</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
Founding</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">56</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kieron Howells</td>
<td class="xl89" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">57</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Darran Gwynne</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">58</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jack Wainhouse</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">59</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Douglas Croucher</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">60</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Neil Powell</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">61</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andy Brown</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">62</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jack Stillwell</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">63</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ashley Rowe</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">64</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Frank Marsh</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">65</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sam Shinners</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">66</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Robinson</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">67</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jason Gow</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">68</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Randall</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
Founding</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Simon Hayes</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">70</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob McDougal</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">71</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Gary Hoptroff</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">72</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Samuel Giordano</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sons of War</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">73</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Duncan James</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl93" height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: center;">74</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Dade</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b><u>Hobby Master</u></b></div>
<div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 355px;">
<colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 768; mso-width-source: userset; width: 16pt;" width="21"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 6473; mso-width-source: userset; width: 133pt;" width="177"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 5741; mso-width-source: userset; width: 118pt;" width="157"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right; width: 16pt;" width="21">1</td>
<td class="xl67" style="text-align: center; width: 133pt;" width="177">Rich Fielder</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; text-align: center; width: 118pt;" width="157">Death or Glory
A</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">2</td>
<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob Waller</td>
<td class="xl88" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">3</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Josh Roberts</td>
<td class="xl93" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">4</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob Buckley</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">5</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">BJ Mason</td>
<td class="xl93" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andy Brown</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">7</td>
<td class="xl65" style="text-align: center;">Chris Gent</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">8</td>
<td class="xl71" style="text-align: center;">Jack Stillwell</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">9</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matt Cook</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">10</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rob Madeley</td>
<td class="xl93" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">11</td>
<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andrew Eagle</td>
<td class="xl88" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">12</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tony Chew</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">13</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dan Sackett</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">14</td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Symcox</td>
<td class="xl93" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">15</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James French</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">16</td>
<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Andy Church</td>
<td class="xl88" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">17</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Rule</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
Founding</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">18</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Scott Simpson</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">19</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Chris Green</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Luke Nurser</td>
<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory A</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">21</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ian Courteney</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">22</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Oliver Iyer</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sons of War</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">23</td>
<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matt Giess</td>
<td class="xl88" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">24</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Brett Armitage</td>
<td class="xl89" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">25</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Browning</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">26</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Matthew Linnet</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">27</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jack Masters</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">28</td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kieron Howells</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">29</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Michael Hellyer</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">30</td>
<td class="xl79" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tom Hutchings</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">31</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tim Newman</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">32</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Gary Hoptroff</td>
<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">33</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ben Howden</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">34</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Joel Hume</td>
<td class="xl94" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center; width: 118pt;" width="157"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">35</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Mike Foulks</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">36</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sam Limb</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">37</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Stephan Eade</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">38</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Neil Powell</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">39</td>
<td class="xl78" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Craig Clark</td>
<td class="xl88" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Old Guildfordians</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">40</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Steven Henderson</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sons of War</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">41</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jack Wainhouse</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">42</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Dade</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">43</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Stephen Setterfield</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">44</td>
<td class="xl75" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sidney Sidhu</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">The Old Ones</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">45</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Clarke</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">46</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Douglas Croucher</td>
<td class="xl83" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Camberley Warlords</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">47</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">James Taylor</td>
<td class="xl81" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory B</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">48</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kiran Reddy</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">49</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tom Leighton</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">50</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jody Rosher</td>
<td class="xl87" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Kill Mame Destroy</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">51</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Ben Harvey</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">52</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Mark Kelly</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">53</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Byron Sidhu</td>
<td class="xl92" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">The Old Ones</td>
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<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Rule</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
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<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Darran Gwynne</td>
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<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Rory Carter</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">57</td>
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<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td class="xl85" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Death or Glory A</td>
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<td class="xl73" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sean Howells</td>
<td class="xl90" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Woking Weird Boyz</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">60</td>
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<td class="xl93" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">40k Global</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">62</td>
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<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">63</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Michael Kreyenborg-Nicols</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">64</td>
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<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Justin Thorne</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">66</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Randall</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">67</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Dave Robinson</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">68</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Simon Hayes</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">69</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Frank Marsh</td>
<td class="xl84" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Generation 40k</td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">70</td>
<td class="xl77" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Callum Paul</td>
<td class="xl86" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Tolworth First
Founding</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">71</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Jason Gow</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">72</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Samuel Giordano</td>
<td class="xl82" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Sons of War</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">73</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Alex Rae</td>
<td class="xl80" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt; text-align: right;">74</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-top-style: none; text-align: center;">Duncan James</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; text-align: center;"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-54064628641671001792014-03-04T05:18:00.002-08:002014-03-04T05:18:35.215-08:00DoG 2 Army lists! YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Through alot of time and effort we bring to you the DoG2 Army lists<br />
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<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/210492634/DoG2-Army-Lists-V2">Army List Document on Scribd</a>Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-79371107061886670502014-03-03T14:28:00.000-08:002014-03-03T14:28:13.061-08:00Death or Glory Episode 31: Death or Glory 2 Preparation Podcast!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello one and all!<br />
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Wellcome to death or glory episode 31, the Tournament Preparation podcast for DoG 2!<br />
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The guys run through the tournament and the first round match-ups<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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The full list of match-ups will be available in a few days on the facebook page<br />
The full list of Armies will soon be available on the Blogsite<br />
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The podcast is available on iTunes at our podbean site or on the link below... (currently not working for some reason)<br />
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Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-7616780884220864482014-02-15T14:07:00.003-08:002014-02-15T14:19:53.267-08:00Death or Glory Painting Competition: Golden Death - March 8/9th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to the very first Golden Death Awards!<br />
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Along side the death or glory tournament we will be running our very own painting competition. Entries <b><u>MUS</u></b><u><b>T</b></u> be in before the 5th game begins in our Death or Glory tournament. At 1 pm on 9th March however you can enter in your model at any point up until then.<br />
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The awards will be given out at the final tournament presentation at 4pm.<br />
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<b>Best painted single infantry model</b><br />
A single model mounted on a base no bigger than a 40mm base<br />
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A squad of no fewer than 3 and no more than 10 models on bases appropriate for the miniature.<br />
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<b>Best painted vehicle/Monstrous creature</b><br />
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Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall<br />
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KT21 2BE (just 5 minutes off J9 on the M25.)<br />
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alternatively it's a short walk from Ashtead train station!<br />
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Good luck Everyone!Mikos Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950760978605660693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545927282143917227.post-4585413245563035132014-02-13T12:43:00.001-08:002014-02-13T12:43:14.055-08:00Death or Glory Episode 30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuiDLRiEHps/Uv0t8VVMstI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/lH8HU6FFHKU/s1600/untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><u><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span></u><br />
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This time out Mike Rich and Frenchy try there luck at the woking weirdboyz tournament.<br />
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You can catch the podcast at the usual places, itunes at our podcast page <a href="http://deathorglorypodcast.podbean.com/">http://deathorglorypodcast.podbean.com/</a> or on the link below... enjoy!
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