Blood Bowl report
Well, my son and I went down to the San Francisco Bread Company in Cordova today and played a pair of games of Blood Bowl, the football game that makes the XFL look like a garden party.
This will be a league, about 20 games or so scattered over the next three months.
I got whomped 3-0 the first game, as well I should, with it being my first game ever of BB. I faced Elves, which were faster than my Amazons. Once they get into open territory, they just turn on the afterburners and leave me in their dust. My quarterback got killed (literally. she's dead), but I managed to kill one of my opponents players and severely wounded another. I did get enough money from the game to buy myself a new quarterback.
Anyway, the second game I did much better. This time my puny Amazons faced Ogres. Despite the Ogres being almost twice as strong as my team, it was a rare thing when he could knock one of my players over blocking them. You see, there is a special die that you roll to determine if either player gets knocked down, or the defender gets pushed back. While my quarterback got killed (again), this time I managed to seriously injure a Goblin and even kill one of his Ogres, which was a 1:207 shot. I rolled boxcars to seriously wound him, then another six to actually kill him. This game came out tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation, and I managed to score a touchdown in overtime to win the game!
Being in a multi-game league over the course of a "season," you have to generate money to buy more or replacement players. While it takes a lot to kill a player, I've already managed to inflict a couple of kills (and suffered two of my own) and managed to severely hurt a couple more players. Luckily I haven't managed to get a serious injury other than death, serious injuries can result in nagging minor injuries, that may cause a player to miss a game.
I'm sorry I haven't posted pictures of my Memphis Babes yet like I have promised, but I wanted to paint their bases first and that will take another week or two while I get in the mood to fill the cracks in twelve bases, flock them with sand and then paint the bases. Don't worry, it will be soon, they're the only project on my painting bench at the moment.
I think I've done a fantastic job with them, I even painted the eyes and teeth of the players, something that I never would have even thought of before now. While some work does remain to be done, they are 99% ready, and now they are battle tested.
It's late and I'm tired, 6 straight hours of gaming has me ready to sleep a sound sleep.