Welcoming 2023

GNOMES, GNOMES, GNOMES!  We spend an inordinate amount of time just digging through the garden of information left to us by Grandma Wendy. How important is Trickery? Can my Woodland Fox keep the ball until the next league game... do they keep it until they DIE?!  What can you really expect from this team?  Are there some hidden treasures to be found in the upcoming SPIKE? We won't know for sure until the team releases, but that won't stop us from guessing! We also tuck into the surprise release of Jordell Freshbreeze along the way and just how gamebreaking his special ability is. We chat about hobbying challenges, unpopular opinions, and sift through all the important tournament details from the past month along the ones we are excited about.  Friends, lend us your ears!

With the recent news of a Gnome team, we catch you up with all the information about what we know and what we don't. Then, we turn our gaze behind us at the tournaments that have been played over the last few weeks to catch you up on all the goings on. Finally, we look ahead to March Madness, the Blood Diamond Chalice, the Alberta Classic, and PowTown!  It's a great time to be a Blood Bowler!

This month, we recap the Tri-City Tussle, look ahead to using the new star players (Skitter, here we come!), discus our hobby goals, wonder how best to manage our rerolls, and generally look forward to February and beyond! Our next big tournament is the Cry Fowl Cup and you can be sure that you will find some insight into the build. We have a special first-timers interview with Jonathon Kramer to discus his impressions on playing in his first tournament and what role a good story has to play.  STOP READING AND LISTEN ALREADY!

With the NAF electing a new president soon, we wanted to highlight a candidate close to our hearts - Canada's own, Grant Hallas! Lair and Josh pick his brain about what the NAF is, what it should be, and how he wants to be a big part of its next chapter.  Read the presidential forums here: LINK Starting January 28 and going through to Feb 4, you can vote for president here: LINK (Please excuse the audio quality as we adapt to some new equipment!)

It is our 5th anniversary as a podcast! What have been the biggest changes in Blood Bowl in that time?  There has been a new edition, but that is not all! We also have particular topics that we roll into, including: Rumour Mill: Skitter! Hobby Corner: How to get started painting Rookie Mistakes: Which team do you recommend to rookies? Tourney Talk: Hammerslam Roundup w/ Chris Cameron Interview Calendar: Tri-City Tussle, Cry Fowl Cup, March Madness ADDENDUM: We forgot to mention the Thudd Tournament!  It's happening on January 13th and 14th in Edmonton - many appologies!  Happy new year to all! May your 2024 be full of Pows and 6s!

We made it to sixty!  Everyone sits back to reminise about Winter Mayhem since there isn't much to crow about in terms of new releases. Fair warning - the winners of the tournmament don't exactly make our interview eassy to listen to at work!  It does, however, give you an idea about how the weekend went.  By the time this episode tickles your stirrups, Hammerslam will be about a week away. Take a listen to get some idea of what you will be facing up against.... spoiler - bring some armour!  Enjoy with your favourite glass of eggnog and curl up by the fire!

What a month it has been - at least for Lair!  Lots of trips to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Spike, and -finally- one more in Calgary.  With no further annoucements from GW, the gents spend the whole episode talking about tournaments that have come and gone and what to expect as we look to close out the year. In a word, watch for waves of vampires and team tournaments!  

What a month!  Vampires have been released, the World Cup is in the bag, the Walleye Classic has been eyed, and we can't wait to talk all about it!  We start with the Vampire roster and the ways it has changed, sift through the stars that were in the Spike Magazine, chat about the oil paints, and then dive deep into the tournament world. So throw open the coffin's cover, let the sun shine in and don't let the varglings bite!

Vampires are back from the grave and we are hear to run through the unbridled speculation! We also chat all things Krakeneye, World Cup, and primer.... the paint, of course.  At about 39:00, we shift gears to take a good look at what it means to run a league. Lair and Josh talk with Damion Gilzean from Edmonton's Renegade Blood Bowl League to compare notes on how each of the local leagues are fun and some of the ways that we keep the interest going. There's lots to hear here if you are looking to run a league or are trying to examine your own ways of doing things.  We return to the main chat to look ahead to the tournament schedule ahead, focusing a bit on the next Great Plains Grand Prix premier event - the Walleye Classic in Winnipeg!  Through it all, we are offering up our longest episode to date, so buckle in and make sure to have the snacks on hand.... and we aren't talking Thralls!

Lots of bits and bobs in this episode, including a look back at Summer Bash earlier in the summer. We also talk about Bilerot, some rookie tips, a cork-centred hobby corner and a look ahead to future tournaments. Come and have a seat and listen to the mid-summer round table!