Blood Bowl

Comrade James's recent Bloodbowl posts have started me itching for a game - only fair I guess, I corrupt him regularly... and we are overdue to contest our own personal grudgematch: The Shamrock Cup (its a long story).  Plus, Ive come to realise that the Lad is probably about ready for BB from a rules perspective.  So whats about?

First Up- I'd forgotten the Eucaplyptus Cup, an annual event held in Sydney which is a little far away, but has some fun stuff there.
http://eucalyptus-bowl.doubleskulls.net/index.php

Ironically, I also found a new BB tourney in Canberra (the ACT BB League)  now that I've moved away too...
http://www.southernvalley.bloodbowlleague.com/default.asp?p=cp&cpid=2

And even the local Melbourne League is over an hour away.... They run a campaign league and recently a weekend tourney- "Blocktober"!
http://melbourne.bloodbowlleague.com/?p=fr

AUSBowl also provides some good stuff for Aussie players:
http://www.ausbowl.com/index.php






I also have a team of these lovely ladies in the Man Cave somewhere waiting for some attention (and paint). They are made by the Australian Company Shadowforge, who do some great female BB teams including Nuns and She-Orcs! http://www.shadowforge.com.au/

Goblin Forge does some interesting fantasy football figs:
http://www.goblinforge.com/catalogue_famille.php?Id=1

as does Heresy: Minotaurs, Cyclops & Barbarians:
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/deathball.htm

For a laugh, check out all these special minis made over the years for special events:
http://www.blood-bowl-miniatures.de/bb/bb_selfmade.html

The NAF is a worldwide BB organisation with all sorts of docs and goodies available

http://www.thenaf.net/







And there are lots of good tactics articles at the BloodBowl Playbook website:

http://bbtactics.com/

Finally, those of you wondering what all this BB stuff is about should consider:

Rugby + American Football + Violence + possibility of death + fantasy monsters/creatures/beings = Blood Bowl

Now go read the free articles at GW:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat200198&categoryId=1100006&section=&aId=4800003

Got another good BB resource or link? Let me know!