Blood Bowl: Norse Team and Spike.

Hi all. 

It’s finally happened! The Norse team are out, and we were fortunate enough to get a copy of Spike and the team for review. 

The models are absolutely fantastic, and brilliantly designed. They are literally 1 step off walking into the Aett to join the Vlka Fenryka (probably why I like them so much). 

The team is being painted right now in Grey and Red stripes colours, to pay homage to the 30k Space Wolf colour scheme by our talented @Engine_Phil (you will see pics of them soon). 

So let’s look at the team itself and see how it matches up against others. 

Norse Raider Linemen:

So these are our backbone of the team. They have a respectable human lineman stat line, but gain the Block skill (brilliant) as well as the Drunkard Trait (slight hinderance to go for it rolls) and the Thick Skull Trait (great! because they are utterly hammered lol).

Beer Boars:

I had no idea what these were and actually thought they were tokens for the score board when I first saw them. But no. They are great. You can have up to 2 of them on your team, and should you have them positioned within 3 squares of players which are prone at the end of the opposition’s team turn, they may immediately stand up. This is pretty great. You just need to keep them safe. 

Norse Berserkers: 

These feel not too much different from linemen, but have Block Frenzy and Jump Up. They are not very strong, so they seem to be a model you really have to have some support with. I will be trying them out, but it seems Linemen might be better to load up on with Ulfwereners. 

Valkyries:

These feel like they will be the scoring unit for the team as they are good at both Catching and throwing. They also have strip ball and Dauntless. 

Ulfwereners:

These if buffed early on would be very good, may be worth using them on weaker targets to get some casualty points. Frenzy on its own isn’t great, but they are quite hardy with a Av of 9. 

Yhetees:

Great dependable Heavy Hitters. Can’t really imagine doing a team without one for 140k. 

A strength 5 model with Frenzy, Unchannelled Fury, Claws and Disturbing prensence. 

Re rolls are at a reasonable 60k, so it’s worth getting a few. 

They are a Tier 1 team too. They can also be Favoured of Khorne, Favoured of Chaos Undivided or Old World Classic. 

So my starting line up will be:

2 Valkyries 

2 Ulfwereners

6 Linemen 

1 Yhetee

2 Beer Boars 

2 re rolls

Early on I will be trying to add skills to my Ulfwereners, taking any opportunity to cause easy casualty rolls and touch downs. The Valkyries will be throwing experience gaining throws to each other wherever possible to increase their skills too. The linemen will be slowly increasing their stats too hopefully. 

Beer Boars will be kept away from the front line so the opponent needs to waste a Blitz on them, should they want to deal with them early. 

When saving allows for it I will get an Apothecary, additional Team reroll and then a couple of Berzerkers. 

They can also be used as additions to the College of Beasts and College of Heavens for Dungeon Bowl. 

So looks like a fun team to game with. Thanks to Games Workshop for the sample

Battle Bunnies.