Down Under World Denizens - a podcast for Blood Bowl and other fantasy sports-themed boardgames

We had the absolute pleasure to chat to Steve Cross, one of the External Playtesters for the Warhammer Blood Bowl studio.
Unfortunately, we've had to edit some significant Q&A out of the interview - as we were told to! Hopefully there's still enough left in to satiate your appetite for what it's like being a playtester for Games Workshop.
So apologies for a bit of a disjointed interview - but Millsy has done a simply stellar job stitching it together so you don't even really notice (despite significant editing out of in depth discussion).
We've also had Robbie Last on about taking over the Big V.  Hear about the exciting things in store this weekend!
Lastly, we cover the news and are entertained by a 'This or That' Quiz by our resident quizmaster himself - Paul Miller aka Millsy. Play along!
0:45 intro question
5:48 Steve Cross Interview
1:02:43 Fair Dinkum Doozie
1:06:35 Local League
1:09:52 Tournament of Champions
1:18:40 Big V w Robbie Last
1:32:45 Malta World Cup Update
1:36:30 Night Goblins
1:43:13 This or That Quiz
2:06:00 Shout outs
2:23:31 Out takes
2:25:36 Legal stuff
2:26:29 End

Link to Diary of a Blood Bowl Addict:
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@DairyOfABloodBowlAddict
Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/dice_lords

Join the Down Under World Denizens as we chat to both Clay Meteyard / Clayinfinity, and the organisers of the Ausbowl State Championships in the ACT on April 10th and 11th, 2027 - Alex Micallef / Almic85 and Rhys McLean / BigDog.

We finish with a look at the new Sevens at a glance with some hot-off-the-press news about the rules, and other news from around the Globe!

0:34 Introduction
5:08 World Cup pricing
12:14 Bravos Brawl Bag
17:57 Tats Solid Skill System
20:33 Fair dinkum doozy prize and new competition
23:36 Ausbowl State Championships interview
49:16 Blood Bowl News
1:01:26 ClayInfinity interview
1:33:20 Shoutouts
1:38:40 Outtakes
1:44:43 End

NAF Discord:
https://discord.gg/xmn745QY

BBTV:
https://bbtv.akorus.de/naf-stats

BB Chalktalk:
https://bb-chalktalk.app/

BB Tournaments:
https://bbtournaments.es/

In this episode we leave everything else aside and focus on interviewing our guest commentator - none other than the creator of EVERY 3rd edition miniature for Blood Bowl - Gary Morley!

5:13 Playtesting Blood Bowl
17:41 Starting at GW
29:20 Journey as a sculptor
34:37 Sculpting Blood Bowl
36:35 Process of sculpting
1:03:35 Working on LOTR
1:17:45 Post GW
1:27:23 End

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Tats Tabletop

Bravo's Brawlshop

This episode of Down Under World Denizens sees us joined by:
Tim Lyons from the Three Die Block podcast
Steve Campbell from the Both Down podcast
James Russell-Wills from Eucalyptus Bowl

Tats solid skill system:
https://www.tatstabletop.com.au/solid-skill-system-store
Bravo's Brawlbag:
https://www.thebrawlshop.com.au/products/brawlbag
We then look at Tats Tabletop new skill system and Bravo's Brawlshop pre-order special!

Finally, if you can hang in after the episode, we give a recap on the recent Sunny Coast Slam.

0:34 introductions
9:55 Home Nations
14:18 Ausbowl State Championships 
28:57 US teams
56:14 World Cup chat
1:10:20 Competitive Game Play
1:20:45 Tats Solid Skill System
1:43:53 Outtakes
1:45:24 Sunny Coast Slam Wrap
2:11:19 End

A bumper episode - almost 2 1/2 hours of Blood Bowl chat and goodness!

Introductory Question
0:48 Etiquette in Blood Bowl
16:12 Use of Dice
31:30 Chess clocks - good or awkward?
40:25 Chatting - when to and when not to
50:00 Celebrating successes or opponent's failures?
1:01:55 Take backs - is it OK to take back a move?
1:09:35 Interview with Mushoomy about Capital Shield - NZ's first ever National
1:41:00 Eucbowl snapshot according to Millsy
1:53:30 NAF win rates - what's hot and who's not.
1:58:15 Fair Dinkum Doozy Competition - a winner and a new competition - be Quick!
2:00:40 New segment - Pull Ya Head In - Babs lets fly about the roster changes and the claim by Warhammer Community that you won't need to buy a second box.
2:11:30 News - BB III news, the new Warhammer releases and more World Cup news
2:23:23 Out-takes
2:25:47 Close