Touchdown Tuesdays: A new Star Player for the Amazon Roster

 

This week on Warhammer Community we get to see the first Amazon Star Player Estelle la Veneaux.

I think the model looks great and will stand out so well from the rest of the Amazon models we have seen so far. Covered in frogs and what looks to be some form of squig, Estellle is a great addition to the Star Player ranks.

Aside from having the Disturbing Prescence and Block special rules, Estelle also has Baleful Hex. Allowing her to Hex an opposition player once per game that is 5 squares away and on a 2+ loses their tackle zone, I see this a a great way of almost garunteeing a touchdown either from Estelle or another close by Amazon player.

Looking forward to seeing what other star players will come out as for the Norse we got 3 and also expect to see pitch, cards, dice and a copy of Spike to complete the release.

Touchdown Tuesday: Amazon's coming to the Grid Iron

 

Over the weekends reveal we got to see images of the new Amazon BloodBowl team, so far no rules sneak peaks but expect to see them over the next few weeks. Yesterday we got to see their first Star Player.......

Boa Kon'ssstriktr he will be mesmerising his way into an endzone near you soon.

With this special rule he looks like a great backfield striker with being able to take possession of the ball from an opposing player on a 2+

Looking forward to seeing more of the Amazon rules

Touchdown Tuesday on a Monday: Rumbelow Sheepskin Sneak Peeks

 

Yesterdays Sneak Peek release on the community site saw the preview of the first Halfling Star Player since 1990, thats right 1990 JEEZ have I really waited so long since Puggy Baconbreath was released.

In the upcoming months will see the release of Rumbelow Sheepkin, not just any Halfling Star Player this see Rumbelow riding onto the pitch on his cantankerous pet ram. 

Rumbelow takes the role of a Blocker on the pitch and I am sure he won't be the butt of the opponents jokes. 

Rumbelow has the following special rule: Ram

Looking forward to this release and I will do a more indepth review of the model once it is released and I have it painted up.

The Mighty Zug

My first model has been completed and it is The Mighty Zug of the Reikland Reavers.

Mighty Zug comes in at 220,000 GP so if playing in a league he will make his way to your team a few games into the season. What will hiring Mighty Zug bring to your team?

MA:4

ST:5

AG:$+

PA:6+

AV:10+

Skills: Block, Loner (4+). Mighty Blow +1

Special Rules : Crushing Blow. Once a game Might Zug may apply an additional +1 modifier to the Armour Roll

With a movement allowance of 4 Zug is not going to be winning and footraces to the endzone, but with ST 5 he is a one player wrecking machine Dubing Up ( Rolling 2 Block Dice) against most players apart from the Big Guys he is going to be punching holes in most opponents lines. Supporting skill of Block is going to make him more durable along with his high AV of 10. 

The final 2 skills are loner (4+) meaning you have a 50/50 chance of using a team re-roll on Zug. Mighty Blow rounds out his skills, giving you the choice of adding a +1 modifier to your Armour or Injury roll, giving Zug a good chance of getting opposing players off the pitch. 

To further Zug getting players of the pitch once per game he can use the Crushing Blow skill. This allows Zug to apply an additional + 1 to an Armour roll. This can be done after your Armour roll has been made.

Final Verdict

At 220,000 Gold Pieces Mighty Zug is an expense to the team, but used correctly on the line I think he can be a game winner, he is more than capable of taking on the opposing teams BIG GUY all on his own and then punching his way through the rest of the front line.