Scent of a Gamer

From the computer to the tabletop, this is all about games. Updated each week-end.

It’s Amazons

Yesterday’s skirmish game previews are up, and the new Blood Bowl team is confirmed as Amazons. I like seeing them go through the Teams of Legend list like this. It … Continue reading

July 11, 2022 · 14 Comments

Troll in the dungeon!

This figure is the last of my ‘neglected models’ series. Like the Wight, I received this as an extra for a Crowdfunding campaign. This Willy Miniatures troll was intended for … Continue reading

June 12, 2022 · 6 Comments

Blood Bowl wight

This metal figure was one of two bonus figures I received after backing the Willy Miniatures chaos team crowdfunding campaign. The other figure, a troll, is also on this final … Continue reading

June 7, 2022 · 8 Comments

Blood Bowl chaos champion

I reported my Blood Bowl chaos team as being complete back in 2013, but there was one model I didn’t paint, as I had no use for the champion figure. … Continue reading

April 1, 2022 · 2 Comments

Taking Blood Bowl teams into Dungeonbowl

Players of Blood Bowl looking to transfer their teams across to play Dungeonbowl may find the process easy, tricky, or impossible depending on their team. Not all Blood Bowl teams … Continue reading

January 4, 2022 · 3 Comments

Blood Bowl orc team complete

I have finished the 6 line orcs from the 2016 boxed set team: This completes both the full team, and all my Blood Bowl teams! I have 8 teams all … Continue reading

December 4, 2021 · 2 Comments

Chaos Dwarfs from Greebo

Greebo Games, creators of great fantasy football teams for games such as Blood Bowl and… all the other one out there, have now turned their attention to the Chaos Dwarfs. … Continue reading

November 14, 2021 · 1 Comment

Blood Bowl 2016 orcs update 1

I almost wrote ‘Blood Bowl 2020 orcs’ in the title, but then remembered that these models came in the 2016 boxed set,and have been patiently waiting 5 years to be … Continue reading

November 13, 2021 · 4 Comments

Blood Bowl hobgoblins

Long before their new Age of Sigmar physique, the hobgoblins looked very different indeed. I found these guys in a drawer as I was preparing a Chaos Dwarf team for … Continue reading

August 21, 2021 · 1 Comment

Dark Elf Blood Bowl team complete

Unfortunately the natural light kind of washed out this paint scheme However, the two blitzers are near the front, with gold armour and turquoise cloaks to pick them out form … Continue reading

April 4, 2021 · 6 Comments

Blood Bowl dark elves update 1

A long time ago, I picked up a sprue of dark elf Back Ark corsairs. My plan was to turn them into a Blood Bowl team… someday. Once I could … Continue reading

February 13, 2021 · 5 Comments

Blood Bowl Season 2 rules review

The latest edition of Blood Bowl is out, and my verdict is that this is the best edition yet. The crown of most significant must go to either the first … Continue reading

December 5, 2020 · 15 Comments

Blood Bowl 2020 tiers and teams

In what I promise will be last Blood Bowl update before I have the Blood Bowl 2020 rulebook in my hands* there’s a new update covering the concept of tiers. … Continue reading

November 14, 2020 · 2 Comments

Blood Bowl 2020: the time of the Zoat

Some more details have been added about the forthcoming release of Blood Bowl’s 2020 edition. I’ll start with the bit no one expected or asked for: Yes, Zoats are in … Continue reading

November 10, 2020 · 6 Comments

Blood Bowl 2020 launch teams revealed

I missed the article on Warhammer Community a few days ago which revealed the teams available in the 2020 edition of Blood Bowl. The article itself was fairly bland with … Continue reading

November 1, 2020 · 9 Comments

Blood Bowl 2020 contents

Games Workshop revealed the contents for the 2020 edition of Blood Bowl on stream over the week-end. If you missed it, the recap is… there’s a lot in this box: … Continue reading

October 19, 2020 · 10 Comments

More new Blood Bowl teams revealed

The ‘second season’ edition of Blood Bowl is looking more and more like a major re-write of the game. There are more leaks than official articles at this stage, and … Continue reading

August 10, 2020 · 11 Comments

‘Second Season’ edition of Blood Bowl

I wasn’t expecting this, and I am still not sure if this is a nice surprise or an unwelcome interruption. There’s a new edition of Blood Bowl on the way … Continue reading

August 6, 2020 · 6 Comments

The camera revisits: Blood Bowl Chaos

Another early project that could benefit from the camera is my Chaos Blood Bowl team. This is not sculpted by Games Workshop, but by Willy Miniatures. This remains my only … Continue reading

July 4, 2020 · 11 Comments

Combined warband/ blood bowl team project

I checked out the Pestilence Gladiators project on Kickstarter recently, and a couple of things struck me about this project. It’s a miniatures project that is often seen on crowdfunding … Continue reading

June 22, 2020