A rough startĮarly on in a Black Orc team’s development, many basic actions are risky. But what if all the Black Orcs are marked and six squares away? Yes, theoretically they could dodge free and rush twice, but that’s a formula for devouring your re-rolls … a formula that won’t always succeed! So, whereas if you were coaching a normal Orc team, you might well dodge a Blitzer free and use him to open the way for your Goblins, with your Black Orc team, you’ll likely have to forego the opportunity noted above and play with a keen eye on positioning and timing in the hopes a more achievable chance to score presents itself. That’s all well and good if there’s a free Black Orc nearby with the movement to get into position. Imagine: You have a chance of scoring but need an Orc to blow a hole in the opposing line. The bulk of the players you do have are slow and dangerously immobile. There are only three positionals you can take, which means you don’t have a lot of options for confronting the myriad challenges that Blood Bowl always presents (and which makes the game so compelling). One of the reasons for them being so challenging is the very make-up of the team. General Observationsīlack Orcs are a tricky team to play, and that’s coming from a guy with many games of Blood Bowl under his belt. McKinley, had learned after a year of playing one of the newest teams in Blood Bowl might be a good way to wrap up the series. So, given that Gorn N’hleg’s chronicle had the story of a thick-headed coach at its heart, I figured a follow-up article exploring what I, Ian H. If you’ve come to love the story of the Mytilan Militantes, then you’ll know I’m a story-teller as much as a Blood Bowl coach.

You might recognize my name as the author of the Up and Under web series that appears in this website. Yes, there would be advice and tactics for fellow Blood Bowl enthusiasts, but it was as much (or more) a story about the most obtuse head coach imaginable and his gang of misfits. When I offered up to Taureau Amiral the idea of a chronicle written by the head coach of my new Black Orc team, my intention was to run the Bytown Maulers for a year and document what happened. I’m the coach behind the infamous, thick-headed Gorn N’hleg.

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