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

Babs
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A Podcast about sports-themed miniature boardgames set in a fantasy universe. Examples include Blood Bowl, Blitz Bowl, Elfball, Grind, Dreadball etc.

  1. 4 days ago

    Episode 31: Australia competes - the Eurobowl, Europen and Ausbowl State Championships

    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/

  2. 4 Sept

    Episode 30: Gary Morley interview - the sculptor of all 3rd edition Blood Bowl miniatures!

    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 Down Under World Denizens facebook Tats Tabletop Bravo's Brawlshop

  3. 16 Aug

    Episode 29: World Cup Chat with Tim Lyons (from 3 Die Block), Steve Campbell (from Both Down) and James Russell-Wills (of Eucalyptus Bowl), New releases and Slam round up

    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

  4. 18 July

    Episode 28: Blood Bowl etiquette - Tournament expectations; NZ's National, giveaway and is BB2025 now cheaper to purchase teams?

    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

  5. 28 June

    Episode 27: The Malta World Cup for Blood Bowl Exclusive, Leagues across Queensland and Tasmania, Bravo's Brawlshop

    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

  6. 12 May

    Episode 26: Running a Blood Bowl Tournament, the Un-grand Slam, and which teams are winning - with a give-away!

    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

  7. 10 Apr

    Episode 25: Blood Bowl Tournament Software - BBTM with SeanH1986, the Chaos see-saw and where did Bretonnians come from?

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

  8. 9 Mar

    Episode 24: Interview with Jervis Johnson - Dreadball All-Stars, Blood Bowl & gaming for positive mental health

    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 ~~~~~~ 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/

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A Podcast about sports-themed miniature boardgames set in a fantasy universe. Examples include Blood Bowl, Blitz Bowl, Elfball, Grind, Dreadball etc.

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