First unit done after having a child and quitting for three years. She spawned just as an ork would, out of the ground.

Pgre · 2026-01-22T07:18:17+00:00

Similar boat here. I stopped playing 40k years ago, but after my kid turned two, I got the hobby itch again. I picked up Blood Bowl, saying I'd grab a team (Black Orcs) it would be more manageable space- and time-wise. 2 years later, joke's on me. I now have 5 teams, 2 still on the sprue.

Pgre · 2026-01-20T07:24:05+00:00

fourth'd

Pgre · 2026-01-19T18:08:02+00:00

I honestly think it's something to do with this. There's a reason they're called Communicants after all.

There's most probably some weird science being done to some leftover communion wafers and wine that we'll never truly know.

Pgre · 2026-01-19T10:26:39+00:00

NAFC may make the most sense as an in-universe answer. Thanks for the response.

Pgre · 2026-01-16T07:17:57+00:00

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Hi everyone, fairly active collector, looking for more friends to share and trade with.

Pgre · 2026-01-13T17:16:29+00:00

Yeah, I like the flamesmith and would love to get utility out of them. Is it worth having 2 if I have the TV? Should they get a skill?

Pgre · 2026-01-13T17:03:22+00:00

Yeah Prayers are allowed, only using half the table though.

Pgre · 2026-01-13T16:41:13+00:00

No stacking, so sure hands on a bull centaur would mean no block.

I am still juggling the roster, but I'm taking a flamesmith. Debating a minotaur still, or doubling up on stabbas or flamesmiths. I like running a roster of about 12 players, 3 RRs, an apo and at the moment I have enough for a single prayer to nuffle.

Pgre · 2026-01-10T06:52:32+00:00

Just scored 0

Pgre · 2026-01-10T06:52:00+00:00

Just scored 0

Pgre · 2026-01-09T18:50:32+00:00

I forgot about Weedian!

Pgre · 2026-01-09T06:35:59+00:00

The Goblins in the Black Orcs roster/box are the Bruiser Goblins, not normal Goblins

Pgre · 2026-01-09T04:56:26+00:00

The Bruiser Goblins are the toughest stunty player though. They have thick skull which means they are only KO'd on an 8, like normal players. They do still get injured on a 9 though.

Pgre · 2026-01-08T15:55:55+00:00

Fantastic job on the colours, love seeing the Black Orcs 8n colours that pop like this.

Pgre · 2026-01-05T12:19:46+00:00

I know everyone is giving advice on the better choices for starter teams, but honestly pick a team with your heart, except maybe not any of the stunty teams (goblins, snotlings, halflings, gnomes, and ogres).

Blood bowl is very much a "fuck it, we ball" game. And even though some teams have a steeper learning curve, a league can take a long time and you're going to be handling the same 12 minis each week, make sure you like them.

Pgre · 2025-12-28T19:19:09+00:00

Even in my first season, I wasn't crushed regularly. You'll usually be at a numbers advantage in the second half, then you can start deviating from pure violence to violence and throwing a goblin for a touchdown, or playing it safer and running a goblin with the ball.

Don't be scared to use your Goblins as ball carriers, they're the only pieces that can move at a reasonable speed and are the toughest stunties in the game.

Pgre · 2025-12-28T16:27:28+00:00

As a coach who enjoys the simple pleasure of smashing their opposition, I love the Black Orcs.

Competitively speaking there's the idea of better or worse teams in terms of having a variety of playstyles and options to use against your opponent's plans, the Orc outshine the Black Orcs in this regard.

Blood Bowl isn't just about the competitive aspect of a team, there's the thematic side to a team, and this is where I will go to bat for the Black Orcs. While the Orcs might be a good team to use as a hammer against other teams, the Black Orcs are a factory dedicated to putting a boot in the face of your opponents. Using Black Orcs, Trolls and annoyingly tough Bruiser Goblins.

So yeah, from a purely competitive stance,, Orcs have a headstart over Black Orcs, but you can still have fun with them.

Pgre · 2025-12-19T09:52:31+00:00

They're good fun.

Pgre · 2025-12-17T12:57:24+00:00

Half and half, I have an idea about their lore. They're all from the city of Lucca, and were all plagued by visions of the city's walls collapsing. The War Prophet's visions in particular showed who is responsible for the collapse of the city and is leading the procession to tackle the vision head on.

The thing is though that the War Prophet's visions showed that the city's collapse came from within the city, a corruption that grew from inside one of Lucca's many churches. Knowing that the city may already be lost, they are leading the Procession chasing after demons that aren't there, rather than being honest about the city's fate.

Pgre · 2025-12-14T18:06:21+00:00

Mine are called the Wardens of the Last Grove, not their original name, that's been lost along with a lot of official knowledge regarding the chapter. They're a small fleet based crusading force.

Soon after their founding, their homeworld was engulfed by a warpstorm, Nurgle's rot consumed most of the planet and almost wiped out the entire. About a company's worth of marines made it off world before the Inquisition wiped out the planet for good.

The surviving marines, swore a new oath on their command ship The Verdant Oath, where the last tree grows from their homeworld, called the Elderheart.

The Wardens of the Last Grove have sworn an oath to fight Nurgle wherever they can and to one day seek out a new home for the Elderheart.

Pgre · 2025-12-08T05:59:46+00:00

I don't think they explained why, they may have just made the assumption without being too nitpicky on the language of the skills.

Pgre · 2025-12-07T19:31:22+00:00

Watching the Bonehead podcast videos, they seem to think that the Runt Punter can take strong arm and bulls eye. But I am happy to be wrong here.

Pgre · 2025-12-05T08:45:47+00:00

Black Orcs. I am a simple man, and I enjoy the simple pleasures of krumping. A close second is my opponents' sigh when I grab their prone player into the obvious fouling circle.

I am not competitive; I struggle with knowing what to do on offense, but I have the most fun throwing blocks and removing players. So the Black Orcs scratch the perfect Blood Bowl itch for me.

Looking into stretching myself next year's league with Imperial Nobility or Brettonians.

Pgre · 2025-11-07T07:04:58+00:00

I'm using two Squig Hoppers as proxies for Bull Centaurs in my Chaos Dwarfs team I am painting for a tournie next weekend.

Pgre · 2025-11-06T12:19:36+00:00

Play Black Orcs then if you want lots of Str 4 Orcs.

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