Dugouts for less than S$12

I decided to make a couple of dugouts to go with my cork pitch.

For material I decided to stick with cork sheets, this time 3mm thick cork sheets, available in 18cm x 25cm size. For letterings and numbers I decided to use self-adhesive labels.

A 1cm border is made as a frame.

The cork sheet is too small to make 1-inch squares for the numbers, so I settled for 2cm squares instead.

Add the letters and I was done!

(I had to change the wordings on the sheet a little as each set of letter labels came with only three 'R's!)

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Making a Range Stick

At Mike's suggestion, I decided to make a range stick for my Blood Bowl set. I have always liked the 'old school' look of dowel range sticks.

The ranges in the game are 10cm, 10cm, 10cm, and 8cm.

I cut a 2mm diameter dowel to a length of 48cm, leaving 10cm as handle. The ranges are marked on the dowel with pencil.



Scotch tape is used to mask each section during painting to ensure a clear demarcation.



Each painted section is painted in turn, with the previous painted section masked with tape.



A coat of spray varnish and it's ready to play. All done in under 30 minutes!

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A Blood Bowl Pitch for S$20

FG and I managed to make a Blood Bowl pitch this afternoon (with technical advice from Boone). It was all done in the matter of less than 3 hours, and for just around S$20!

Here's how we did it (minus the embarrassing mistakes...):

The theme of the pitch was 'arid', as it is supposed to go with the adobe terrain pieces I have ordered as part of my orc team's stadium. We used 1.5mm thick cork sheets as the surface, and glued them to hardboard backing with spray adhesive.

The cork sheet measured 2' x 3' and was cut into two pieces, and the hardboards 45cm x 30cm. The edges of the cork sheets overhanged the hardboards nicely.

The overhanging edges are trimmed off.

The two boards we placed edge-to-edge, and the first grid lines marked on both halves to ensure the lines would be straight when they are fitted together.

The grid lines are pencilled in.

And then marked with a dark-brown ink marker.

And it's ready to play on!

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Blue Mountain Earthquakes

Motto: "Over your dead body"

Starting Roster
#2 Morghurg Facemangler
#3 Grugark Eyegouger
#5 Vargh the Hunter
#6 Bezagg Brainbasher
#7 The Mortar (Noone pays attention to who is holding it)

7 Snotlings
2 Rerolls
2 FF


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The Bearded Ladies

Tradition has it that this feared team of dwarven Bloodbowl misfits is drawn from the fiercest women warriors of the fabled Dwarven caverns of Crackodoom. Rumour has it that not all are women. However, no independent source has made it into the dressing room and lived to tell the tale. So the rumour will have to remain just that.

All that can be said of them on the pitch is that their behaviour is not very lady-like. Team captain Mirabelle "Elfcrusher" McTavish was famously quoted after a game as saying "Ball, what ball."

Starting Roster
7 Blockers
2 Runners
2 Blitzers
3 RR
1 Apothecary
2 FF

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The Disco Dead

Slogan: "The Dead will Dance Again"
Song: "We are Family"
Motto: "Dying is God's Way of Saying Play Harder"



Starting Roster
Werewolf - Le Freak
Werewolf - Mr Furious
Flesh Golem - Brother Sledge
Wight - Boogie
Wight - Woogie
Zombies
The Shoveler
Ring MaBelle
Stayin Alive
Knockon Wood
Boney M
Morthana Woman

3 Rerolls
2 Fanfactors

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Find out more about the disco dead here!
Take a closer look at that dug out!

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The Redskull Rascals joined the Nutbowl League after having been kicked out from every major and minor orc football league for their un-orky penchant for passing and dodging during the game.

Team coach Dokter Arjun, M.B.B.S. (Mouth Big, Brain Small) is however convinced that his innovative plays will take the Rascals to the top of the Nutbowl League.

Song: 'I love Orc and Troll'. ('Put another point on the scoreboard, baby')

(OR 'I love Dodge and Throw, lob another gob to the end-zone, baby')






Starting Roster

1. Mormir, Black Orc Blocker
2. Bartmud, Black Orc Blocker
3. Fartyiggy, Blitzer
4. Fordip, Blitzer
5. Ethmean, Thrower
6.
7. Sligerl, Line-orc
8. Gartlemon, Line-orc
9. Rithbeer, Line-orc
10. Muggrim, Line-orc
11. Hangarel, Line-orc
12.
13. Screefin Spongebrain Shortpants, Troll
14.
15.
16.

4 Re-rolls
1 Fan Factor

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Da Cheerleaders

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Silent D'Arters

Starting Roster
Sk'nny Bao'bab (treeman)
Fat B'ushwillow
Take-off-your-shoes-to-count-em (11) pygmies
1 Apothecary
1 Assistant Coach
1 Cheerleader
4 Rerolls
2 Fan factor

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Hongo Valley Wildflowers

It is the custom in the Hongo Valley for their females to smack their potential mate unconscious before they agree to be partners and since they are not a particularly war-like folk, they decided to train and test their physical abilities in organized sport, Blood Bowl.

The Hongo Valley League has a long tradition of fierce competition and bloody outcomes and it is from this pool that the Hongo Valley Wildflowers are recruited. Team captain Ratama had this to say on a recent interview, “We will crush any between us and the touch down line. And when we push you down, you want to stay down. You want to stay down.”

Song: "Lets get loud"


Starting Roster
I. Azaleas, Blitzer
II. Clover, Blitzer
III. Ratama, Blitzer
IV. Larkspur, Blitzer
V. Opuntia, Blocker
VI. Mustard, Blocker
VII. Beebalm, Blocker
VIII. Parsley, Thrower
X. Buttercup, Line Orc
XI. Camellia, Line Orc
XX. Aster, Goblin
XXI. Ficus, Goblin

3 re-rolls
1 fan-factor

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The Chaos Cup 2006 Team lineups

Starting lineup for the first Nut Bowl League Tournament, The Chaos Cup 2006

Redskull Rascals
Team: Orc
Coach: Arjun

5 Linemen
1 Throwers
2 Blitzers
2 Black Orcs
1 Troll
4 Re-rolls
1 Fan factor


The Disco Dead
Team: Necromantic
Coach: Boon

2 Werewolves
1 Flesh Golem
2 Wights
6 Zombies
3 Re-rolls
2 Fan factors


Blue Mountain Earthquakes
Team: Ogre
Coach: Mike

5 Ogres
7 Snotlings
2 Re-rolls
2 Fan factors


Silent D'Arters
Team: Halfling
Coach: Corbon

2 Treeman
11 Pygmies
1 Apothecary
1 Assistant Coach
1 Cheerleader
4 Re-rolls
2 Fan factors


Hongo Valley Wildflowers
Team: Orc
Coach: fatgoblin

4 Blitzers
3 Blockers
1 Thrower
2 Lineorc
2 Goblin
3 Re-rolls
1 Fan factor


The Bearded Ladies
Team: Dwarf
Coach: Michael

7 Blockers
2 Runners
2 Blitzers
3 Re-rolls
1 Apothecary
2 Fan factors

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The Chaos Cup 2006 rules

The Chaos Cup 2006
Sponsorship from the Chaos Practitioners Association was a major source of start up funds for this small league. As such the inaugural tournament in the Nut Bowl League is the highly prized Chaos Cup.

Rules set: LRB5

League system:

• Round-robin, play everyone once, 1v4 2v3 semis, 5-6 wooden spoon game
  
• 4 pts for a win, 2 pts for a draw, 1 bpt (bonus point) for loss by 1TD, 1bpt for 3 or more Cas in a game, 1bpt for 3 or more TD in a game.
  
• Ties are resolved by goal-difference, or if goal-difference is tied Team Ratings.

Houserules:

• No wizards inducement
  
• MVP only randomised among on not-killed non-induced players.
  
• +1SPP bonus on all players that take to the pitch
  
• If player only scoreed a bonus SPP during a game in which he/she gains an improvement, the following random skill rule apply.
  
• Random skill rule: If a player gains a skill, the coach may choose from the normal categories, which skill category the skill comes from. The skill is then randomly determined from that list. If a stat increase is rolled, the coach may choose a skill as normal in lieu of the stat increase. If a double is rolled, the coach may choose a skill as normal from the normal skill categories or to gain a random skill from the categories in the doubles column. If a double 5 or double 6 is rolled, the coach may choose the appropriate stat increase or any skills from the normal or doubles column.
  
• +10K for losers and +20K for ties and winners
  
• Bloodweiser House-rule: When called for an illegal procedure, a player may in lieu of giving his opponent a re-roll down a can of beer before his opponent completes his next down (BYO)

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S l t ' r r H d o h
League Commissioner

Starting lineup
Schedule
Scores

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