Talk Fantasy Football

I happened to be browsing my local GW store during my lunch hour, and the all new White Dwarf came in while I was sitting there. I picked up a copy, and it mentions the new Blood Bowl game (coming out this month, it says, since this is the Nov. issue) and pictures the new Khemri team. Says the boxed game will retail for $50 USD and the book will sell separately, but only through mail order, it looks like.

Interesting note! Thought I'd pass it on.

What's $50 in Uk pounds? About £40?

More than the £30 it retailed back when i bought it, though i did get it cheaper as part of a bundled deal at a grand reopening of one of the stores.

It's certainly cheaper than when I first bought it -- the first release of 3rd edition. After all, there's no equivalent Death Zone to pick up now.

Right Joshua ..compare 50 USD to the original boxed set AND Death Zone box and the 50 isn't so bad.

Galak

Then again.
Consider how much cheaper it is for them to manufacture it this time around since they dont have to print the cards again (and will the set include minis??)
I´m convinced they will get a hefty profit on this as usual on their goods.

I presume this is just the same old 3ed bos set reprinted but with the new rulebook in it?

Like all the GW large box sets it'll be £50 sterling. I guess the rule book will be most the popular item for members of this illustrious forum...

While it is nice to have a properly made up rulebook, I am still unsure if i am going to bother purchasing it. After all its not going to be any more recent or up to date then the living rulebook and seeing as i just printed that out, i might as well just stick to that. Its not often that stuff needs to be looked up anyway.

My thoughts as well Grumbledook. There won't be anything different in it will there?

I'm probably gonna have to buy it as I don't have a "official" pitch (I've a Astrogranite one ) and we only have one 3ed in our club (for our league we had to use 2 1st ed ones )

I imagine that the new BB set will just be to entice new players. I doubt they will be offering anything to tempt those of us that already own a set.

As for the rules? Well Grumbledook is right, I've put mine in a neat binder now with tabs. Yeah tabs I tell you!!! So I won't be purchasing it.

Can I just take this opportunity to lobby for the return of the 2nd ed astrogranite pitch. My Halflings hate to play on anything else. But then they are rock ard!

Astrogranite has got to be the surface of choice... yes you can't see the centre squares.... yes some mini don't want to stand up on the uneven surface.... but who cares! It looks great when painted up. And you can even trace in lines for the centre bits. So join me in bringing back astrogranite. Afterall then it makes sense that players get hurt when they go for it. Trip on grass, don't hurt. Full pelt face dive onto concrete.... is gonna smart.

I saw your tabbed-neatly-in-plastic-protectors-folder at Spikey. Very well organised I must say.

So the new rule book will not be an update of the current pdf downloadable Living Rule Book? I was wrong it seems, don't worry it happens a lot, I can't see many of the BB old guard bothering then. Does that mean that the online version will cease to exist?

I guess GW will charge £50 for the boxed new version of BB and include some plastic figures.

I hear the rulebook will available on it own, so you don't have to buy the whole thing.

Actually, looking at the WD more closely, it says the rulebook will be available for $25 USD. Not really a bad deal, but I'm more interested in a spare board, spare templates and dice, etc.