Includes:
1 Gnome Blood Bowl Team
1 Gnome Treeman
1 Gnome Pitch
1 Gnome Team Dice Set
1 Spike! Football Journal
Gnome Team Key Features:
A mischievous band of tricksters, and their many woodland friends.
Use magic to dazzle your rivals, downplaying their physical advantages.
Delightful details, masterful moustaches, fancy hats, and funky footwear give the team a whimsical appearance.
Gnomes are something of an enigma in the world of Blood Bowl, with many fans having dismissed their existence almost entirely. While their tactics, and woodland creatures, are somewhat unorthodox, Gnomes are quite fond of the game. While individual players are hardly paragons of athleticism, their mastery of magical illusions and the befriending of forest beasts gives them certain advantages not enjoyed by less gloriously bearded teams.
This multipart plastic kit builds the Glimdwarrow Groundhogs, a Gnome team for use in games of Blood Bowl. The team comprises eight Gnome Linemen, two Woodland Foxes, two Gnome Illusionists, and two Gnome Beastmasters. You’ll find four head options that can be used with any of the four different Lineman bodies, as well as two alternative heads for each of the other positions. The Beastmasters have a choice of staff toppers, as well as either goose or badger friends. In addition, there are two double-sided Blood Bowl coins, two turn and re-roll markers, four balls, and a transfer sheet.
Rules for using Gnome teams in your games of Blood Bowl can be found in Spike! Journal: Issue 17, which is sold separately.
This kit comprises 102 plastic components, and is supplied with 14x Citadel 32mm Round Bases and 1x Gnome Team Transfer Sheet. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
Gnome Tree Key Features:
When tricks and illusions aren’t cutting it, this Treeman lends a hard-hitting branch to Gnome teams.
Fits in perfectly with the Gnome team’s whimsical look.
Can also be used as a Treeman for Wood Elf, Halfling, and Old World Alliance teams.
Gnomes frankly have a tough time winning a game of Blood Bowl – but bringing along a Treeman is a great way to close the height gap. And the strength gap. And the skill gap. These mighty arboreal players give the Gnomes half a shot against most serious teams.
This kit builds a plastic Altern Forest Treeman, ideal for giving your Gnome team vital strength and resilience. You’ll find cosmetic options to mix them up, so you can feel free to hire two with no worries about them looking the same. The Treeman’s features are full of character, making a fitting addition to your whimsical team of tricksters.
This plastic model is supplied in 17 components, including a 40mm Blood Bowl Base. The rules you need to use them in your games of Blood Bowl are supplied with the miniature, and can also be found in Spike! Journal Issue 17, which is available separately.
This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
Key Features:
Rules and profiles for Gnome teams and their Star Players
All your favourite columns, plus advice and strategies for getting the most from the plucky little tricksters and their forest friends
Additional rules for playing Gnome Garden Leagues, and using your Gnomes in Dungeon Bowl
Deep in the dank heart of the old forests, mischievous woodland creatures frolic, prance, and beat each other to a pulp playing the age-old game of Blood Bowl. This issue’s guest editor, Davide Mirrorfoot, reveals just a few of the secrets of Gnome teams.
While the average Blood Bowl fan isn’t even aware of their existence, Gnomes have been playing the beautiful game as long as anyone can remember. Rarely venturing outside of their hidden forest lairs, they can be coaxed to play ball with the big folks – though they prefer to play against Halflings, their greatest (well, smallest) rivals. This issue of Spike! Journal braves the stupefying mists to reveal a strange world of magical gridiron action. If you feel compelled to learn more, it’s surely no accident.
This issue includes:
Trifling Tricksters
Vital background knowledge of Gnome teams in Blood Bowl, including a breakdown of the positions they play – Linemen, Beastmasters, and Illusionists, and the forest friends they bring to the pitch, including Woodland Foxes and Altern Forest Treemen.
Famous Gnome Teams
Thrilling tales of the Glimdwallow Geezers (not to be confused with the Glimdwarrow Groundhogs), Anti-Moot Meddlers, and more improbably-named teams.
Team Spotlight: Glimdwarrow Groundhogs
Hailing from one of the largest known settlements of Gnomes, this team has broken out of the bogs to play actual games across the Old World, becoming a firm fan favourite for their antics and plucky spirit. While highlights might be a stretch, you’ll learn all about their history, team rating, and 2501-2502 lineup.
Star Player Spotlight – Rowena Forestfoot
Known as the Guardian of the Forest, this unlikely champion rides on the back of a stag. More focused and level-headed than many of her team-mates, she’s a dependable and agile asset to the Gnomes.
Dirt from the Dugout
Mindy Piewhistle exposes a scandal involving a Gnome team’s memorabilia, which may be too good to be true.
Star Player Spotlight – Rodney Roachbait
This Gnome is always angling for his next big catch. His mastery of the fishing rod proves quite handy, even if the balls end up punctured from time to time.
Gnome Garden Leagues
Fancy a casual game that’s big on magical hijinks, if not stunning feats of athleticism? Try your hand at using this set of rules for playing in the Gnome Garden Leagues.
Mystical Forest Blood Bowl Pitch
Includes rules for using the Mystical Forest Blood Bowl Pitch in your games, including special rules for a Forest Floor crawling with critters, a mystical Healing Glow, and Gnomish Portals. These rules are also included with the GnomeTeam – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set.
Gnome Balls
Includes background and rules for 2 unique balls – the Oversized Acorn and the Gnomish Idol ball.
Coffin Corner
Spike! Journal’s obituaries column commemorating those players who are no longer with us, whether trampled on the pitch, torn apart, or possibly eaten.
Chat with the Rat
Ace Skaven reporter Hackspit ‘the Scribbler’ Quillchewer tries to get to the bottom of an important question – what’s the difference between Gnomes and Halflings.
Pro Playbook: A League of Their Gnome
A thorough breakdown of what it takes to coach the Gnomes to an unlikely victory, including how to hire a team and develop them over time.
Star Player Spotlight – Akhorne the Squirrel
Don’t make the mistake of underestimating this bite-sized bruiser. While the Gnomes are well-gnome for bringing their woodland pals to the pitch, this particular player puts the crit back in critter, racking up an impressive tally of casualties.
Dungeon Bowl Update: Gnome Teams
Provides a narrative and rules update for players to use your Gnome team miniatures in games of Dungeon Bowl.
Mighty Blow! – Oh Gnome You Didn’t!
In this comic strip, Bob plumbs the confused shreds of his addled memory to piece together what little he knows about playing against a team of forest-dwelling Halflings.
Gnome Pitch Key Features:
Limited Quantities
Double-sided pitch with matching dugouts
A mystical forest glade pitch on one side, and a glowing twilight version on the other side
Includes special rules for both sides of the pitch
Gnome teams play Blood Bowl on pitches deep within their mysterious forests, in clearings between the trees. These aren’t just your regular run-of-the-mill forests, though – magic hangs in the air, and all manner of creatures, both fey and mundane, come out of hiding to watch their Gnome friends play Blood Bowl!
One side of this pitch depicts a mystical forest clearing, strewn with wildflowers, skittering critters, roots, and mushrooms. The reverse shows the same scene at night, lit by a mysterious magical force, and glowing clusters of fungus. Opposing players will wonder if they’ve wandered into a dream.
You’ll also find a pair of matching double-sided dugouts to complete the theme. Each dugout features score, turn, and re-roll trackers, plus Reserves, Knocked-out, and Casualty boxes. Rules for using each side of the pitch in your games of Blood Bowl are included – you can also find these rules in Spike! Journal: Issue 17, which is sold separately
Gnome Dice Set Key Features:
Limited Quantities
Harness mystical power with this complete set of Gnome-themed dice
Seven royal blue dice with red pips, including two 6-sided dice
Features the Gnome team logo on the ‘6’ face
Even with their magical illusions, Gnome teams will need all the luck they can get in games of Blood Bowl, which is where these themed dice come in.
Dazzle your rivals with every roll of these Gnome Team themed dice, cast in a mystical pearlescent blue, with red markings. Each six-sided standard dice in this set features the pointed hat and curly-toed shoes symbol of the Gnomes Team in place of the ‘6’ pips, to remind your opponents just what they’re dealing with.
This set contains all of the dice you need to play. It includes:
– 3x Blood Bowl Block dice
– 2x 6-sided dice with the Gnome Team logo in place of the ‘6’ face
– 1x 8-sided Blood Bowl Scatter dice
– 1x 16-sided dice