My #boardgames played in September. Highlights were the two plays of Deception for a friend's birthday.

The #bloodbowl pitch is almost complete! I'm happy how it turned out. Just need to add some rust effect to the sewer covers and then varnish it. Looking forward to playing on it when the new edition comes out and the league restarts.

Overall I finished 1-0-2 at Back2School Bash, 34/44. So not great, and I won't be picking up the dwarfs again soon. They seem very matchup dependent. The tournament was very well run and gave out a ton of swag and prizes. And, very excitingly, I won Best Painted! Which made my day! #bloodbowl

Round 3 of B2SB vs Col's nurgle with Hackflem and 1 RR. He smashes up my dwarves but I somehow manage to get Hackflem down. When he stands up he can't make a rush to score. 2nd half I roll a gazillion foul appearances and lose 1-0. Tough going with dwarves vs Nurgle. #bloodbowl

Round 2 of B2SB vs Garvfield's Black Orcs, whom I gave a lift to the tournament. It was tough going but we managed to score on our drive, then his drive got bogged down and it ended 2-0 to me. #bloodbowl

Game 1 of B2SB vs Hexbaron's OWA with Griff. My dwarves got in a muddle and a snaked rush caused the drive to collapse. He is 1-0 up at the half. 2nd half I do get the ball off Griff but when my foul doesnt break armour he makes the dice to get it back and I lose 1-0. Gg, grrr @ Griff. #bloodbowl

Getting my #bloodbowl team ready for this weekend's Back to School Bash, a 1-day tournament where we all get a free goblin 'ooligan. I picked dwarves because a) I haven't played them in ages, b) I like my paint job and c) Thick Skull may help vs 'ooligan fouls?? Maybe?

Another #bloodbowl pitch update: I finished the basecoats: VGC succubus skin for the pink/red, VGC steel grey for the end zones. Then drybrushed with ushabti bone + deck tan. I also did the logo of the FLGS that the stadium will be stored at in the centre. Next up: washes, then lines and markings.

Back to the #bloodbowl stadium: I volunteered to do the pitch after enjoying doing the stands. I sprayed all 5 pieces with Chaos Black, then with Ossified Earth from the colour forge.

This evening it's a league rivalry #bloodbowl night, where 10 of our cryptic cabin league take on 10 of the Aldershot league for local bragging rights and (possibly?) a trophy. We are hoping to make it a regular occurrence. I will be playing orcs, my favourite team. tourplay.net/en/blood-bow...

My wishlist for 3rd season edition of #bloodbowl: 1) improve skill progression in leagues, 2) better balanced costs and stats for star players, 3) keep current rules for block and guard skills but improve other less taken skills, 4) simplify or remove (!) throwing bombs, 5) improved kick-off table

With the announcement that Blood Bowl is getting a Season 3 rules update, King_Ghidra and HardyRoach get together and hope/dream/pray on possible changes.

Another member of the leprechaun team finished: the master chef. His red soup will steal 0-3 of your rerolls each half. #bloodbowl #minipainting

At #boardgames night this week we played Heat: Pedal to the Metal and thrashed some cars around the US circuit. One of the best games of the last few years IMO. Since some players were new, we played the most basic version. One player said they were going to buy a copy that evening!

Got back to the painting desk, wanting a break from the stadium, so I knocked out this star player riding a hare for my leprechaun (halfing/gnome) team, a proxy for Rumbelow Sheepskin. From Agema miniatures. #bloodbowl #minipainting #miniaturepainting

My #boardgames played in August: plenty of Bloodbowl from Thrudball and UKTC; some netrunner too. The plays of Winter Kingdom were also a highlight for me.

UKTC summary: we finished 2-2-2, 30/56. I finished 3-2-1, 58/224. The zons felt good to play. Very well run tournament and I enjoyed playing with the Scots again. Looking forward to more team tournaments in the future. #bloodbowl

Round 6 of UKTC vs gustygarrett's Lizards. A really great 1-1 draw to finish the tournament, where we both turned each other over. My 5+ and even 6+ cage dives worked in the second half to save a likely loss from a terrible 1st half. Brilliant game. Team loss though at 0-3-1. #bloodbowl

Round 5 of UKTC vs Orklabe's Dark Elves. Was worried about the matchup because he had a tackle blitzer and assassin, but the tackle was sent off from an officious ref and it turned into a routine 2-0 win with 4 cas to me. Team loss though 1-1-2. #bloodbowl

Game 4 of UKTC vs Celt's Norse. He outplays me on my drive, turning me over, 1-0 to him. 2nd half I KO his snow troll early, then swamp him with zons and he can't keep the ball safe, so I get the TD on his drive to make it 1-1. Really great and educational game! Team win 2-2-0. #bloodbowl

Round 3 of UKTC vs Black Orc Down's orcs. He can't roll any pows and I column defence to keep out his drive. I have a very hairy drive but get there in the end to win 1-0. Team win 2-1-1, leaving the team on 1-2-0 after day 1. #bloodbowl

Game 2 of UKTC vs rolo_the_cholo's Slann. On my drive I tripwire trying to score. He scores in 4 turns, and in my next drive he cage dives and uphill double pows my blocker with the ball. I snake the pickup on my next turn, he grabs it and wins 1-0. Team draw 2-0-2. #bloodbowl

Game 1 of UKTC vs scroogemcgull and the Ratgulls team. A dream start where I got a blitz and a 1D pow to get under the ball and catch it. He pows me but I get the ball back and score. He scores on his next drive and I score on mine to win 2-1. A team draw at 1-2-1. #bloodbowl

It's the #bloodbowl UK team challenge this weekend, a big tournament of >200 players in teams of 4. I was invited to join a team of Scots after subbing in for Team Scotland last year (I'm not scottish though!). Teams/rosters here: tourplay.net/en/blood-bow.... Love a team tournament!

Bleacher stand update: Some oil washes to finish it. Then, since it was good fun, I picked up the other stand from my FLGS and painted that too :). #bloodbowl

Bleacher stand update: I painted some stones randomly in light colours, then dry brushed with ushabti bone, then white. #bloodbowl

Lots of hobby stuff going on right now, fun times. My friend in our league has 3D printed an amazing #bloodbowl stadium, and we are doing our bit to paint it. It will be stored in the games shop that hosts our league. I took home a bleacher stand and have primed it then basecoated it in Karak Stone.

Last week at #boardgames night we played A Feast for Odin. I hadn't played this since 2017 and none of us were super-familiar with the rules so we struggled a little. I liked it, but one of my group couldn't get anything going and really didn't enjoy it unfortunately.

Had a productive weekend of painting #bloodbowl, finishing off my Lizardmen team. Not my best work, but reasonably happy with them and ready to move onto something else. I like the bases. #minipainting

Lizardmen painting update: I finished the Kroxigor. Cool mini! (from Ugni) #bloodbowl #minipainting

I'm getting, gently, back into Netrunner. I played a lot from 2013-2016 but then quit and sold me cards. But last week I bought the starter set from Null Signal Games and have been playing with my son, and really enjoying it. I'm not planning on organised play or deckbuilding ... for now. #netrunner

Great stuff. Top 20 here!

Game 6 of Thrudball vs Blitzy's Chaos dwarves. Finally our elven luck this weekend ran out as crucial snaked dodges led to a 1-0 loss. Congrats to Blitzy for winning Thrudball!

Game 5 of Thrudball vs Phunqster's halfings with Thrud Squig and Drunk Thrud. I scored on T7 but he fails to land a tossed halfling to equalise. 2nd half a deep kick puts him in trouble and it ends 2-0 to me. Now on 5-0-0 going into the last round. #bloodbowl

Game 4 of Thrudball vs Nazgob's Slann with only linefrogs, catchers and 6 rerolls. My record vs Nazgob is 0-0-3. I kick, pressure, and he fails a leap to close the cage. I can't hit the carrier over but his next action is to snake a dodge. I recover, score, and win 2-0 in the end. 4 wins! #bloodbowl

Thrudball is only half about the #bloodbowl, it's also about the camping, charity auction and most thrudlike competition (pictured). The auction raised a ton of money from donations of minis, dice, patches, whole painted teams etc.

Game 3 of Thrudball vs manfredironskull's Nurgle. He sideline cages so I 5+ dived in to surf the ball carrier, recover the throw in and go 1-0 at the half. I scored in my drive to win 2-0 so we're into scary territory at 3-0-0, 3rd out of 128. #bloodbowl

Round 2 of Thrudball vs Rubick's Chaos. I scored on T6 and the only way to stop his 3-turn was a cage dive. He recovered but had to potato. I sacked the ball, then a long bomb sent it 2-0 to me at the half. Second half we both scored so it ended 3-1 to me, 1-2 on cas. Dice were very kind. #bloodbowl

Game 1 of Thrudball vs Armydave's snotlings. It was looking really bad after he killed 3 Elves in 3 turns, but some elfiness got a sack, recovery and hand off to score. Ended up 4-0 to me, 1-6 on cas to him. #bloodbowl

Round 3 of Thrud 7s vs PurpleChest's skaven. He scores in 2, and I equalise at the half. I can't quite get the second half score though. He sacks the ball but a bloodseeker catches on a 6. I fell over the tripwire (photo) to score and it ends 1-1. Good game! I finish 2-1-0. #bloodbowl

Game 2 of Friday Thrud 7s vs Dinlo's ogres. My other bloodseeker also learnt pro before the game. We are again lucky enough to get a 3-0 win. I love khorne! Also, I've decided I always want to kick in sevens. #bloodbowl

But before Thrudball it's Friday night sevens. I'm playing Khorne with a pro khorngor and block bloodseeker. Game 1 vs Norse and we get off to a nice start with a 3-0 win. #bloodbowl

In #bloodbowl news it's Thrudball this weekend! I'm playing High Elves, like I did last year, because I liked them last year and I feel I have unfinished business with them. Also I like my paint job on them. Models from Ugni, painted in my old college colours of red and black.

This week at #boardgames night, I played Ark Nova for the first time. It gets a lot of play at the club, but I've always missed out before. I'm not generally a fan of games where everyone has their own tableau of cards, but I did like the flow of this game and the clever action selection macguffin.

At #boardgames night this week we went back to massachusetts in Arkham Horror 3rd Ed. I played Preston Fairmont the millionaire. Sadly this time we allowed Arkham to transmogrify into the lost city of R'yleh. Along came Cthulhu and Earth was devoured. Sorry about that! #ArkhamHorror

I am so excited to be streaming the Blood Bowl Home Nations this weekend!!! Here is a rough schedule of what each day will look like, with games, interviews and much more! See you there 😁 #bloodbowl #bloodbowltournament

At #boardgames night this week we played Arkham Horror 3rd Ed, where my Marie Lambeau and 4 other investigators thankfully stopped a bunch of cultists trying to summon Yog Sothoth. One of our team did kinda join said cult in the process.

Lizardmen update: fairly slow progress, but the sauruses are 98% done. #bloodbowl #minipainting

Round number stats: I've played 200 games of BB2020 in 50 tournaments. It's 263/66 across all formats. I've also got 5 races to play to complete them all: Lizardmen, Halflings, Nurgle, Slann and Chaos Renegades. Of those, the Halflings and Renegades are painted; lizards are half done. #bloodbowl

BBQ Bowl summary: fantastic tournament as always by Joe. Tons of barbecued food and a very friendly atmosphere. I retained my stunty cup with 3 wins with gnomes and was overall second place. Karl (torquemada) won the tournament with Borak Chaos Renegades. #bloodbowl