![]() The obj ect ive is to sco re a TD whil e lea vin g y our oppo sit ion no tim e t o r esp ond bef ore the end of the hal f. A go od w ay t o co un te r th is eve nt ual it y is to ha ve an am pl e sp rin kl in g of T ac kl e sk il l (more on skil ls later ).Ī subject that often causes heated discussion in the Blood Bowl community is the slow grinding 7- 8 down drive. Y ou ca n soo n fi nd you rs el f fa ci ng an El f or Sk av en te am wh ich qu ick ly dodges from your players leaving you w ith a sing le Blitz ac t i on ea c h t u r n t o c au s e d am a g e w i t h – no t a n i d e a l si tu at io n fo r a ‘f ig ht y’ t ea m. Unf ort unat ely for you as th e lea gue prog ress es t he oth er tea ms w il l al so ga in sk il ls an d ex tra pl aye rs. If your opp onent is a th rowing t eam then it’s also wise to keep a Blitzer in your backfield to use as ‘co ver’ for taking out any receiv ers that bre ak into your back field. On def ence, you sh ould t ry and work a Bli tze r or two int o posi tion to s ack the oppo site ball carrier. (Se e Stal ling or Clo ck Man age men t). On of fe nce, yo u ga th er th e ba ll, put it in a pr ote ct ive po cke t (o r ca ge ) of pl aye rs an d slow ly pum mel yo ur way to a 7 or 8 dow n T ouch dow n. One dow nsid e t o pla ying wit h a t eam sole ly dev oted to bat ter ing th e oppo siti on to a blo ody pul p is that yo ur tact ics ca n be a li ttl e one di me nsi ona l. Add ing a T rol l as ea rly a s pos sibl e helps to t oughen up an alread y h ard front line. Thi s l ine- up giv es y ou a goo d s olid fro nt l ine wit h which to batter your opposition, two good ball carriers (T hr ow er s wi th Su re Ha nd s sk il l) an d a Fa n F ac to r hi gh enou gh t o ens ure y ou ea rn re ason abl e mone y to buy n ew pla yers and Re- rol ls wi th. A good start ing team selection for a ‘fighty team’ is: 3 Black Orcs, 3 Blitz ers, 2 T hrower s, 4 Lineme n, 2 Re- rolls, 6 Fan Fac tor. If y ou l ike t his kin d of t eam the n get ting all of y our Bla ck Orcs on the ro ster as early as possib le is a must, as they are goi ng t o hav e a slo w pr ogr essi on wi th SPP s – gai ning the m mostly from casualt ies. Th ei r hi gh A V pr ot ec ts t he m th ro ug h ev en t he fi er ce st l in e of scrimma ge battl es an d th e Blitze rs c an quickl y sta rt to rack up Star Pl ayer P oints (S PPs) th rough T ouchdo wns (TDs ) and casualties. In the ear ly stag es of a le ag ue, ‘f ig ht y’ Orc tea ms c an be hu ge ly s uc ces sf ul. Th row i n a T rol l an d you ’r e re al ly g oin g to be de al ing out some pain to your oppo siti on. As I men tion ed in t he intr oduc tion, Orc s pa ck a pun ch in a fi gh t an d wi th fo ur e ac h of Bl ack Or cs ( ST 4) and Bl it ze rs (B lo ck ) av ai la bl e, co mb in ed wi th a hi gh Ar mo ur Value (AV), you can quickly put together a formidable front li ne. ![]() Th e mo st co mm on Or c tea m is th e gr ind ing, run nin g pla y, ‘fi ght y’ te am. I al so wr ot e a ta ct ic s ar ti cl e th at wa s fe at ur ed in Wh it e Dw ar f ma ga zi ne an d lo ok ed at ge ne ra l Or c tac tic s, inc lud ing a few opt ion al pla ys f or O rc coa che s to try out. ![]() Elves are agile but l ightly armoured, Dwarfs are slo w but goo d at blo cki ng and Orc s? …we ll, th ey pac k a pun ch in a fig ht, but tha t’s not all ! B a c k in 1 9 9 3 /9 4 I w a s i n v o lv e d i n t h e p la y t e st i n g a n d de ve lo pm en t of th e th ir d ed it io n of Bl oo d Bo wl an d du ri ng that peri od I playe d with a fairly succ essfu l Orc team gettin g t o the se mi and/o r fina l stage s of all of the major tour namen ts in th e St ud io le ag ue. No mat ter w hat t eam y ou us e whe n pla yin g Blo od Bow l you quick ly notice tha t each team has its own stre ngths an d weaknesses. ![]() (Of course they deserve to win, “touched by Nuffle himse lf, the y is green as da turf itself !”). I hop e the fol low ing art icl e goe s some way to hel pin g bud din g new Or c coach es (a nd a few se ason ed ones ) take their ‘Gree n Dr ea m T ea ms ’ on to th e ha llo we d t ur f an d w el l- de se rv ed victory. With the r ule s cha nge s and mod ifi cat ion s tha t hav e bee n mad e it seemed appropriate to revisit my previous ruminations. Sin ce t hat tim e Blo od Bow l has b een pla yed by t hou san ds of coa che s worl dwid e and th e rul es th ems elv es hav e bee n de ve lo pe d fu rt he r, fo ll ow in g fe ed ba ck fr om en th us ia st s every where, culmin ating in the curr ent living ruleb ook.
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