SKABB League

This past Saturday, Oli and I ventured to Troll Trader in Bromley to take part in  Troll Bowl. The event rules were 1000TV team build with no stars and everyone got a free giant. I'd never used a giant before (aside from a practice game with Oli the previous week) and I was quite excited that it finally gave me a reason to paint up my giant that had been sitting in my pile of shame for at least half a year. My most recently painted team, and the one I will be playing in Season 8 of the SKABB League is goblins, and so I figured I'd give them a run out. I opted for 2 trolls with pro, a looney with dodge, a bomma with pass, a sneaky git 'ooligan, another sneaky git, a bunch of other goblins, 2 re-rolls and 2 bribes. Obviously I wanted all of the weapons but there didn't seem to be a way to fit them in without weakening the team substantially, and I took the recommendations of some more experienced goblin coaches when building my roster.  I hadn't been to an event run b...

This year was the second year that SKABB sent a team to the UK Team Challenge (UKTC). Last year the SKABB Stoutfellows - myself, Oli, Marc and Matt - managed to finish 8th which was much beyond our expectations.  This year, the Stoutfellows returned, along with a second team, the SKABBy Seconds (Captain Tommy, David E, Stu M and Craig). On top of this, Ross and Marianne joined up with some of our Brigton friends on the BriBBe Chip Stealers team, meaning we had 10 SKABBers On Tour. Here is pictorial proof. This is the largest group of SKABBers who have attended a tournament outside of Kent, setting a new world record! I expect the Guiness folks will be calling us any minute now. The draw for the event was made the day before and was released as we were travelling up there. We discovered that we were drawn against one of the Brighton teams and the smack talk began, with Oli wagering a round of orange squash that we would beat them.  After an evening out at Brew York (concrete ju...