Blood Bowl: Teams

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A check in my games and miniatures stash revealed 13 Blood Bowl teams, in various states of painted-ness.

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I may have to retire/sell off more than just my original orc team.

  • 3 human male teams (one Norse)
  • 3 human female teams (2 Valkyries, 1 Amazon)
  • 2 orc teams
  • 1 elf team
  • 1 dwarf team
  • 1 Nippon (Japanese) team
  • 1 lizardman team
  • 1 Khemri (tomb kings)

Plus various refs, cheerleaders, musicians, coaches, mascots, chainsaw wielders, big guys/star players, trophies and a dwarf roller.

Blood Bowl

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Technically, this is a tabletop fantasy sports game, so I figure it belongs here…

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I’ve been a fan of this game since it first appeared in 1986.  I’ve owned every edition of the game since then, though I don’t believe I’ve played a game in well over a decade.

This weekend a new edition will be released, which I preordered from my local games store.

I own quite a few teams, though I’m probably going to retire my oldest Orc team (the Denver Bronc-Orcs), mainly because they may be out of scale (smaller) than most of the other teams in my collection, and the new ones in the upcoming boxed set.

We’ll see how much play time this new set gets on my tabletop,

Stay tuned!

1974: John D’Acquisto, Game 4

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April 21, 1974: Giants @ Dodgers, Dodger Stadium

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Final from Dodger Stadium:

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Crazy game as the Giants jump out to an early lead, the Dodgers tying the game and taking the lead in the bottom of the 8th, and Mike Marshall blowing a save and walking in the winning run.  Dave Kingman knocks in 2 with a homer for the Giants.

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D’Acquisto’s record: 1-2 (no decision; actual: 2-1)

Next opponent: April 27, 1974: Swan vs. D’Acquisto @ Candlestick Park

Stay tuned!

Break

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I had a game all set up on my table.

BallScore was ready to go on my computer.

I played a couple of innings.  And then stopped.

And then I deleted the results of those two innings.

And then I shut down BallScore and put away the game I had set up.

I think I still need a break from table top sports games.  I’m just not feeling it at the moment, though I’m not going to totally abandon them.

Or maybe I just need to not play baseball.  This has happened before.

I’ll regroup and see what happens and how I feel in the next week or so.

Stay tuned!

1977: How about that?

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On a whim, I ordered the 1st season of “This Week in Baseball” from Amazon.com.  It covers the period of May 31st to September 20th, 1977.

I’m open to suggestions on any possible replay project for that season.  I had planned to replay Steve Carlton’s 2nd Cy Young season, or perhaps the NL and AL postseason.

I’ll watch a few episodes before I decide.

Stay tuned!