I personally remember being very disappointed with this decision but little did I know what they had in store for Spike! As much as having these monthly was great, the state of affairs for Blood Bowl Rules was getting very messy.
It was time to tidy it up. Did you know? He played for only one season but over the year he managed to fumble the ball over 30 times, averaging more than two fumbles per match. At the beginning of GW released their Chaos Chosen team being the first team to be released alongside the newest version of Spike Magazine, a journal dedicated to the rules, fluff and modelling of the team.
Having a complete journal dedicated to one team, their star players and background etc builds on this already rich history. So the day finally came and we saw the release of the Chaos Chosen alongside Issue 1 of Spike Journal and boy it did not disappoint! The general consensus across the community from coaches just being introduced to the game to the hardened players who have been around for years was exceptional.
The reason for this was two-fold, not only had Game Workshop listened to what people want and implemented it into a vibrant and entertaining format feeding the fix of the community but they reached out to players not employed by GW but who have a long running immersive history with the game socially. They asked these individuals to write articles for the journal about the team from a competitive point of view.
This really increased the value of the Journal from an extension to the hobby with some rules which you can most likely get in all in one format later to a product which can really improve your competitive play for that team. I read Spike Journal Issue 1 in-depth a few time before the season and believe it did have an effect on my performance during the season. As you can see from the above alongside this vast amount of content, the quality of artwork really brings it all together and out of all the Journals been released so far they have encompassed the teams character perfectly.
Here are a few more snippets to back up what I am trying to say. As mentioned above in each Spike Journal they publish a list of the stars that the specified team can take listing their stats and some fluff. A lot of these are Stars that have been around for a while simply reprinting the rules but this is not always the case.
In some instances GW have made some minor amendments to bring them in line with their cost etc. So far they have not been game breaking changes so has been a welcome refresh. On the other hand GW has claimed they are planning to have 10 star players available for each team, this means a few changes for the big teams such as elves or Humans but this will require the creation of a lot of extra stars when we get to teams like ogres and vampires.
This issue is also relevant to the newly released inducements. These are team specific inducements released in each Spike. Once again they are not game breaking but they do provide a team with a Spike more options to play with than a team without. Hopefully GW will continue to release Spike alongside each team but it also raises the question of when if we ever do get a Journal for the teams already released, Humans, Orcs, Dwarfs, Skaven, Goblins, Pro Elves.
Will these be added to the end of the list or are they doing what they did with the dice and just release the pre-Spike ones together. Mighty Blow gives a short and entertaining glimpse into a time when Bob Bifford played against the team highlighted in that particular Journal. It is thing like this that show us Games Workshop now understand what a lot of their target market would like to see in their new release and publications.
It is a nice way to finish reading the Journal and the cherry on top, in each episode Bob has different hairstyle! To really top it of it is illustrated by the one and only Pete Knifton just to really get the nostalgia going.
So to sum it up Spike Journal is what we have been waiting for, with 6 Issues out now the level of content is getting better and better and I really hope they continue to publish these with each new team and even if possible go back and write one for the teams released before I would love to read one for the Goblins. So overall this is a great buy 4 times a year and I would recommend it to any Blood Bowl enthusiast. I also concur on the wanting of mags for teams already came out when the game released in !!!
Orcdom Forever. Like Liked by 1 person. Issue 4 also not only includes the background, rules and rosters for the Shambling Undead teams, but also the 10 Star Players who are available for them to hire. There is also a tactics article for Shambling Undead teams as well as a number of regular in-world columns such as the ever-popular Chat with the Rat and the Mighty Blow!
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