SKABB League

Who doesn’t love a good foul? Elf coaches, probably. But the rest of us love seeing a wee little player take a run up and jump on top of that big mean wardancer! There are inducements you can take that will help you with this and I want to chat about them all, along with a couple of other things around kicking them while they’re down. Bribes Firstly, and probably most commonly, there is a bribe. The cost of this is 100k, reduced to 50k for teams with the Bribery & Corruption rule. I wanted to consider what the actual value of a bribe is. In simple terms, you’ve got a 5 in 6 chance of keeping your player on the pitch. Therefore, mathematically, the actual value of the bribe can be calculated as the value of the player multiplied by 83% and then compared against the cost of the bribe. For a goblin team, the mathematical value of a bribe if used on a Fanatic (their most expensive secret weapon) is therefore 58k. It is therefore slightly advantageous. The only other player wh...

The third event in the inaugural South East Tournament Series took place this past Saturday. Set in the village of Clifton Hampden in Oxfordshire at a village hall, the event was a 3 game sevens event with slight tiering.  As Marianne from SKABB used to live around a mile away, her and Ross had taken the trip for the last event there in November which she had won. Family illness prevented them visiting this time, so we carpooled there - which was helpful as my sense of direction is horrendous and I'd probably still be driving around some country roads in Oxfrodshire.  Marianne took her skaven team as defending champions, Ross had some lizardmen and I was hoping to complete my (ultimately pointless but meaningful to me) mission of becoming the world number 1 chaos chosen sevens player.  Now, there is a small pool of players who have even considered it to be a good idea to take the team at 7s - at current count just 111 coaches have done so in NAF recorded games. This is ou...

For me, the NAF Championship is THE BloodBowl event of the year. It was the first large event that I went to, and it holds a very special place in my heart. As the English Major event, you know that there will be a lot of very good players there - and it is always good to catch up with people you don't see frequently as they live in different parts of the country to you. It is the one event that I always try to make no matter what. The excitement begins at Warhammer World the night before for the Sevens event. This year I was the spare player for the event, so I didn't get to play but I did get to wander around talking to people, watching games, admiring the pro painted flings and vamps in the cabinet and enjoying a lemonade or two. The games for me then started on Saturday morning after reliveing my wallet of a penny or two with some of the on-site vendors. I had taken wood elves, having played them for a season in the SKABB league. It was an 11 player roster with a treeman, w...