![]() A turnover score will be terrible for the Dwarfs, they now have to score but have less turns to do it in. If you can prevent a cage forming and then get good hits on their ball carrier then give this a go. If you have some fast and agile players and manage to get a deep kick (either from a favourable scatter, or good use of the Kick skill), then you may be able to get some of your players between their Runners and the rest of the team positioned to create a cage. Dwarf teams being slow and not particularly agile aren’t going to be running around throwing the ball, unless you face an unconventional build. If you haven’t already then take a read of the cage breaking article. The key is to try and avoid contact and just create a wall of players they can’t easily get through, or because they are slow, get around. For most teams if you try and mix it up with them you are just going to play into their hands. Dwarf teams will look to cage up the ball and use their great blocking ability and high armour to try and whittle the number of players down that you have on the pitch. There are two main way to take advantage of the Dwarfs slow speed, the first is to try and prevent them caging up and the second more typical game plan is to create a screen to slow their advance down the pitch. ![]() Like all teams the key to beating Dwarfs is to work against their weakness and obviously for a Dwarf team that would be how slow they are. I personally don’t agree with that and I find matches against Dwarfs an strategical cat and mouse game. So, you can probably bank on a DungeonBowl post from me in the future.Dwarf teams have a bad reputation with certain coaches, usually because people suggest that games with them are boring. At any rate, readers of this blog know that I have many Blitz Bowl teams painted up and two can be combined to make a full DB team, so I through Blitz Bowl I’ve fallen into having a lot of the DungeonBowl team options already painted up. I’m not sure how often I’ll find myself playing DB, but it does come with a hardback rulebook and that has me wondering if there will be league rules for DB that i’m going to want to try out. Elves and Dwarfs are still included, but this time they’re joined by Ogres and Skaven for the true mixed team experience out of the box. In a crazy turn of events, a new version of DungeonBowl was announced shortly after I finished these two teams. It’s interesting because neither of these teams personally interest me, but are perfect squads for new-to-the-game players to try out, so it’s good to have these full teams available. I’m pleased with myself how well this game together. Old school Elves v Dwarfs on an old school pitch. The squares are clearly lighter than my models’ bases, which were originally designed to match the darker Blitz Bowl board, but this is still cool. As a Tier 2 team with probably the best passing game in the…well, game… this team made sense as the best follow-up option for a new coach from Dwarves.īlood Bowl Second Season Edition also comes with its own nod to the Second Edition of the game with an Astrogranite pitch on the underside of the traditional grassy field. The current Elf Union team is the closest in aesthetic to the old DungeonBowl elves, so they were the elf flavor I expanded out. The dwarfs don’t worry about risky tricks like passing so a new coach can focus on the fundamentals. I say, they’re a great team to learn the game of Blood Bowl with. ![]() Which teams though? Well, since my Blitz Bowl teams are on dungeon style bases and not green fields like my BB proper team, it made sense to me to give a nod to the original dungeon based sporting event…Dungeonbowl…and go Elves v Dwarfs (old school spelling)ĭwarves are a very reliable Tier 1 team, some would even say boring. Since my Blitz Bowl teams are painted up for general use, I figure I’d just paint a second sprue of a few of those teams. I have my full orc team for me to take to tourneys, but nothing to loan new players to learn the game with. ![]() Well, it turns out Blitz Bowl is an intriguing step onto the pitches of the Blood Bowl universe for new coaches. I thought this period was behind me and that I had moved on to Blitz Bowl and the occasional Blood Bowl tournament. Recently, I’ve found myself in the position of teaching the king of all games, Blood Bowl, to new gamers. ![]()
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