So, I have quite a few fumbbl games under my belt and play local leagues and go to tournaments regularly. But I have never actually completed all 60 games in a season. This time, I really to focus on teams I don't normally play, and get some skaven practice. A friend of mine said he would play orks in tabletop tournaments for a year if I played Skaven (we switched out usual teams). It's been a heck of an experience with a lot to learn from.

First, I placed 56th currently - this was not a successful run. If youre looking for the writings of a bloodbowl genius, you will not find that here. I am merely a student of the game - and I hope I always am.

Second, if you're looking at my record overall, about a third of my games are competitive ogre games where I farmed for murder for the Throne of Blood. May it's greatness return to us one day. My total record is a little misleading because of that.

Here's Woj Squad:

Nobility "Because Joe Said So" 4/1/10
Khorne "In the Nick Nolte of Time" 5/6/4
Skaven "Sols Wacally Wabbits" 4/2/9
Tomb Kings "Some Old Gizzas" 3/5/7

Nobility

This was an experiment to see if I really liked this team. I'm normally a very defensive Ork coach, so bodyguards looked great and even fend on the little guys just seemed neat. But what I learned from this team is that it's low-average AV doesn't pair well with it's skills. It wants to sit there and be able to take a hit and not move. Or take a hit and be in the same spot. But it can't because the AV doesn't last. I suffered significant injuries very early with this team, and finally got a few draws and wins in the final games. Sadly not for me - I consider it a poorly designed team - but I'm glad I had the opportunity in fumbbl to come to that conclusion.

Khorne

These guys are surprisingly fun. A lot of my losses were in the beginning with no skills - I think I had two SIs on my khorne warriors in the first or second game - they still cant pass. But theyre there now. Im actually happy with this record. I may give them another blackbox run. And I really feel that with 8 skills in a tabletop tournament, they can do very well. It was a very positive experience.

Tomb Kings

These guys just tried to disappoint. Anytime I was in control of the game, I couldnt pick the ball up or it decided to rain. Theyre too slow to reposition in case of catastrophe. As much as I like to punch things, they just don't have enough of anything else. Now, I will say, this experience likens me to them in a tabletop tournament setting where you can plug in a star player to overcome what they're missing. They have a LOT of value in that department. I just didnt experience that value in the blackbox format.

Skaven

I think everyone has a cursed team once in a while. In 15 games, this team was at a -19 casualty differential. That seems high, but I dont know for sure. I leaned a lot about positioning, practiced some one-turners (which im pretty good at now), and got some good practice for tabletop since I will be taking them to Crucible and Chaos Cup. The struggle I have is to enjoy AG wins. I love orks and beating things down. It's just satisfying to hear the sploosh of an elf - a veritable aphrodesiac. But I hear more splooshes of my own players here. There is something to ALWAYS being in the game, though. Like if im down to 7 players, I can still pull something off with them - I have a chance - versus 7 orks or 7 chaos dudes and youre practically waiting for the game to end. While AG teams suffer casualties, for the most part, I just dont care a whole lot. It's definitely a defferent mentality.

Major Lessons

- for fumbbl, it can be hard to see some of the sprites when theyre opaque. And the guys laying down sometimes look like theyre standing. I just need to take a little more time to make sure I stand everything up.

- cages aren't great for AG teams. Id make one, and folks would just tag it and say "go ahead and make some blocks - dance monkey". Im going to stick with screens almost exclusively except for a vengabus against other ag teams and stupid elfs.

- Nobility is not on the table for me. But after this Skaven challenge for tabletop tournaments, I may give Tomb Kings and Khorne a shot.

- Most of my opponents were great - I love to chat on the thing and just meet people. Thank you for being you.

- I have no idea how the blackbox tournament thing works. I followed the instructions and did the swipey thing. But I have no idea what I should get if theyre not chosen for it? An email, a message - maybe the status changes a different color if youre not chosen? Havent a clue.