In the ear ly stag es of a le ag ue, ‘f ig ht y’ Orc tea ms c an be hu ge ly s uc ces sf ul. Th row i n a T rol l an d you ’r e re al ly g oin g to be de al ing out some pain to your oppo siti on. As I men tion ed in t he intr oduc tion, Orc s pa ck a pun ch in a fi gh t an d wi th fo ur e ac h of Bl ack Or cs ( ST 4) and Bl it ze rs (B lo ck ) av ai la bl e, co mb in ed wi th a hi gh Ar mo ur Value (AV), you can quickly put together a formidable front li ne. Th e mo st co mm on Or c tea m is th e gr ind ing, run nin g pla y, ‘fi ght y’ te am. I al so wr ot e a ta ct ic s ar ti cl e th at wa s fe at ur ed in Wh it e Dw ar f ma ga zi ne an d lo ok ed at ge ne ra l Or c tac tic s, inc lud ing a few opt ion al pla ys f or O rc coa che s to try out. Elves are agile but l ightly armoured, Dwarfs are slo w but goo d at blo cki ng and Orc s? …we ll, th ey pac k a pun ch in a fig ht, but tha t’s not all ! B a c k in 1 9 9 3 /9 4 I w a s i n v o lv e d i n t h e p la y t e st i n g a n d de ve lo pm en t of th e th ir d ed it io n of Bl oo d Bo wl an d du ri ng that peri od I playe d with a fairly succ essfu l Orc team gettin g t o the se mi and/o r fina l stage s of all of the major tour namen ts in th e St ud io le ag ue. No mat ter w hat t eam y ou us e whe n pla yin g Blo od Bow l you quick ly notice tha t each team has its own stre ngths an d weaknesses. (Of course they deserve to win, “touched by Nuffle himse lf, the y is green as da turf itself !”). I hop e the fol low ing art icl e goe s some way to hel pin g bud din g new Or c coach es (a nd a few se ason ed ones ) take their ‘Gree n Dr ea m T ea ms ’ on to th e ha llo we d t ur f an d w el l- de se rv ed victory. With the r ule s cha nge s and mod ifi cat ion s tha t hav e bee n mad e it seemed appropriate to revisit my previous ruminations. Sin ce t hat tim e Blo od Bow l has b een pla yed by t hou san ds of coa che s worl dwid e and th e rul es th ems elv es hav e bee n de ve lo pe d fu rt he r, fo ll ow in g fe ed ba ck fr om en th us ia st s every where, culmin ating in the curr ent living ruleb ook.

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