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

In Episode 27 of Down Under World Denizens we have Janninu, the PR member of the Malta Organising committee for the World Cup on to spill the beans on the World Cup.
When is it?
Where is it?
What do you get for swag?
How do you book hotels? Transport to and from?

Also in the episode: 

5:24 Aussie Leagues
15:48 World Cup Exclusive with Janninu
1:11:15 FAQ chat - What Warhammer have put in the FAQ (and what they left out), how the NAF have updated their document and what GW's FAQ has changed from what we thought.
1:17:30 NAF milestones and Eucalyptus Bowl
1:35:15 May Day 2 and Fed Belly the star halfling
1:37:35 Bravos Brawlshop
1:48:45 Chaos Seesaw and competition winners
1:57:50 Out-takes

Note that there will be a live Q&A on Twitch with the Malta Organising Committee on June 28th at 8:00pm CET (which is 4am AEST)
Here: https://www.twitch.tv/bloodbowlmalta

GIVE-AWAY alert!
The Down Under World Denizens interview Wonna - long time tournament attendee and organiser for a variety of tabletop miniature games. We discuss what makes a successful tournament.
We also interview Irish_Stew. His goal of attending the largest Blood Bowl tournament in each State and Territory of Australia in one calendar year has never been achieved before!
After we discuss the win-rates of the teams in BB25, we finish with a question where you can win a prize - how many re-rolls can you use in one player's activation?

0:50 Intro
5:30 Skulls for the Craic
7:53 Around the grounds
20:40 The Ungrand Slam
34:45 Global win rates
46:50 Dreadball Allstars
49:00 BB3
1:05:10 TO Talk
1:48:40 Outro Question
2:01:00 Outtakes

This episode we continue the segment we begun in Episode 23: What do you need to consider to run a Blood Bowl Tournament - and talk to a designer of Tournament Software Sean Huberman (SeanH1986).

We consider how best to bring the Chaos see-saw back in Deadset Legends, and we look into the history of the Bretonnians in Blood Bowl - were they really in 1st Edition Blood Bowl back in 1985?

Lastly, we catch up with the OG Aussie podcasters of Blood Bowl - Tacklezone Radio!

• Commentator question 1.05
• SeanH1986 BBTM interview 12.49
• Chaos See-Saw 55.41
• Painting competition 1:07.01
• Tackle Zone Radio interview 1:17.40
• Outtakes 1:37.42
• Legal Stuff 1:39.40

Down Under World Denizens are delighted to feature this entire episode to interviewing none other than Jervis Johnson, the author of Blood Bowl, and involved in the development of Dreadball - All Stars.

The kickstarter goes live on March 17th.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manticgames/dreadball-all-stars-the-sci-fi-sports-game

Introduction - 1.00
Interview with Jervis Johnson on Dreadball: All-Stars and Blood Bowl - 3.45
Gaming for mental health - 2:07.00
Saved from the cutting room floor - 2:21.00

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Other Jervis interviews we reference:
Bonehead Podcast interview Jervis Johnson:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0D5qHQLXajljNbhM22aujv
Both Down #166 - Both Down Interview Jervis Johnson
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/both-down-166-jervis-johnson/id493006736?i=1000664075700

Mantic articles about Dreadball: All-stars:
https://www.manticgames.com/news/blood-bowl-creator-returns-with-dreadball-all-stars/

The teams: The Jets and Juggernauts
https://www.manticgames.com/news/jets-juggernauts-the-teams-of-dreadball-all-stars/

The teams: The Ryders and Sabrecats:
https://www.manticgames.com/news/ryders-sabrecats-the-teams-of-dreadball-all-stars/

The teams: Painkillers and Krakens
https://www.manticgames.com/news/painkillers-slammers-the-teams-of-dreadball-all-stars/

Learn about how to show a tabletop game of Blood Bowl live via a stream!

We connect with the UK lads from podcast "New Dice Please" and streamers of BloodBowl Live to find out how!

https://www.twitch.tv/bloodbowllive

https://www.youtube.com/@BloodbowlLive

11:30 - Running a League or Tournament

39:50  - New Dice Please streaming interview

1:41:30 - League clarifications

1:46:40 - Gone Woop Woop - who where the Dwarf Warhammerers? Where are they now?

1:53:00 - Painting Competition

1:57:20 - Outtakes