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Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 54. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - 2026 start up!We're Back!its been a couple of months but the hiatus is over and Powtearoa bounces back with a boom.High Elves! We don't know much but we will tell you what we think anyway. Leagues are underway we bring you the current status (that we know of) around the nation. Then there have been a few tournaments already this year. One Day in Wanaka, Haughty Chalice and we had representatives at Cancon in Canberra. One of those kiwi travelers was the Upper Echelon himself, Doomfox! And he joins us on this bumper...
2026-02-121h 29Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 53. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - 2025 round-upAs the year draws to a close the assembled choir of Welshy, Toffer, Josh and James settle down by the fire. Clad in their finest Christmas patterned singlets and sipping on mulled Steinlager the discussion begins. What a year!This episode we look back at a huge year for NZ Blood Bowl with one eye on the upcoming 2026 season. What were the high points in NZ Blood Bowl this year and who/what should we be looking out for in 2026? Topics covered include our 7s and 11s tournament series, the new season of the game, rising...
2025-12-191h 01Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 52. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Big V and Orcs Bay HornWe are back once again everyone!Another high quality Powtearoa adventure! This episode we are joined by master Blood Bowl coach Bobsol who, along with Mushy, has travelled to Aussie to wrestle the Pav back to NZ. Bobsol joins us from his penthouse suite in sunny Melbourne. Did they get the Pav back at Big V? Lets find out together.Arlo joins us from the equally sunny Hawkes Bay where he recently attended the Orcs Bay Horn and he is able to tell us what happened there. Always a pleasure...
2025-11-241h 19Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 51. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - New Edition and WinterseaKia Ora Aotearoa Blood Bowl fansThis episode Trickey and Welshy are joined by returning friend of the show Cannonfodder and finally get a chance to discuss the new edition! What's ot all about. what do we think of the teams, the skills and the changes? Cannonfodder is also here to tell us about the recent Wintersea tournament in The Garden City. One of the last tournaments of the year. And we finish with a round up of a few bits of news from the tail end of the 2025 BB season in fantastic...
2025-11-051h 11Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 50b. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Greenstone Cup 2025Chur peopleHot on the heels of our ASC episode we managed to gather the troops and record again! We felt it important to hear from the other event that ran parallel alongside the ASC. The Greenstone Cup!The oldest BB Tournament in Oceania, The Greenstone cup is in its 21st year and took place at the same time, in the same building so think of this episode as a continuation of the previous one.Representing the cadre of clever Kiwis who put the event together we are joined by...
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Down Under World Denizens - a podcast for Blood Bowl and other fantasy sports-themed boardgamesEpisode 18: Games Workshop legally threatens, New Zealand Blood Bowl, the Ausbowl State Championships and the Greenstone CupFind out all about New Zealand and our 'adventure' to represent our State at the Ausbowl State Championships, and Australia versus New Zealand in the Pavlova competition, or Pav for short. Who invented the dessert and who has the best Blood Bowl coaches?0:00:30 Introduction - Which trophies/awards do we want to see a mainstay at tournaments?Ausbowl State Championships and Greenstone Cup Interviews. We interview: - 0:18.59 Adam / Doomfox, captain of the South Island of NZ team - 0:24.56 Arlo or Warlock, long time member of the NZ Blood Bowl scene ...
2025-10-142h 37Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 50a. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Australasians in AucklandWell if you thought 10,000 listeners was big, you haven't heard our 50th episode yet! Another bumper one this time.The Ausbowl State Championships! A meeting of all our Australsian provinces for a weekend of team based gaming with one team taking out the top spot. Running concurrently with the Greenstone Cup (which will be the subject of our 51st episode) a multitude of Aussies descended on Mission Bay to try and wrestle the silverware away from us and drag it back to the West Island.There were several outcomes but...
2025-10-041h 22Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 49. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Spectacular SquadsKia Ora Powtearoa ListenersThanks again for the 10,000 listens!!This episode Welshy and Toffer are joined by Lord_Vortigern and Muckboot because all four of us recently attended the inaugural Powtearoa Squad Spectacular at the fantastic Cashmere Club in Christchurch.Jesse did an amazing job getting this event together and 8 squads of 3 managed to attend including a squad of coaches from Aussie!Much fun was had by all and if you didn't attend this time, make sure you get in in the diary next time.
2025-09-041h 23Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 48. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - The Christchurch SceneKia Ora everyoneFirstly. Thanks to everyone who donated to Grudge at the Crater! An amazing outcome for an amazing cause.This episode, we have Jesse from Christchurch with us again to talk about what is happening in their two massive leagues this year. They do things a little different down there as it makes it easier when dealing with large numbers and people who want different things from a league system. We then discuss the upcoming Powtearoa Squad Spectacular at the end of this month. there are still spaces...
2025-08-121h 01Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 47. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - The Auckland Scene Mānawatia a Matariki CoachesWelcome back to another episode of Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast!This episode we head to our biggest city to see what is happening with our Auckland coaches. No Trickey this time as he is globetrotting. But, Welshy and Toffer are joined by Mahuika (James) and Makahli (Benjamin) from Auckland to tell us all about it.11 Auckland coaches recently visited Hamilton for Bobsol's Matariki 7s event and we hear how they got on (though Toffer couldn't remember where the event took place). T...
2025-07-041h 08Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 46. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Colossal CASKia Ora CoachesColossal in the Capital! Towering in te whanganui a tara! A Wellington Whoppa!!Aotearoa's biggest tournament ever was last weekend and we had roving reporters on the ground as it all happened. 57 coaches battled it out over 5 fantastic games of Blood Bowl and this episode we hear from some of those who were there.Toffer and Trickey are joined by the organiser of everything the amazing Mushoomy. And, the coach who fought all the way to the top, the mighty Tobes!So, for those...
2025-06-131h 28Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 45. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Destination DunedinKia Ora Blood Bowl fansIn this episode, We are joined by special guest CannonFodder to dive into all the action from the recent Ōtepoti Bowl in Dunedin! From standout plays to surprise upsets, they break down the highlights, share behind-the-scenes stories, and give well deserved shoutouts to the coaches who made it another fantastic NZ tournament to remember. Whether you were there or just want to catch up on the carnage, this is one you won’t want to miss!Good Luck to all those 54 coaches travelling to the capital next week. may you...
2025-05-291h 03Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 44. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Who are our Kiwi Superstars?Kia Ora everyone!Just in time for Otepoti Bowl in Dunedin its Powtearoa - The New Zealand Blood Bowl Podcast episode 44!!This episode we were unable to recruit a Haughty Chalice attendee so we make a valiant attempt to go through the outcome ourselves. Congratulations to all the winners. Then we go through our current top Blood Bowlers according to the NAF data and Elo scores. Who are our BB Superstars?! Congratulations to all the losers who propelled these coaches to such greatness. Finally Trickster talks to us about the secret league teams...
2025-05-1653 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 43. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - What is the NAF?Kia Ora Blood Bowl Coaches galore!this episode we are joined by our own NAF rep Claymore who is with us to help us better understand the role of the NAF in NZ Blood Bowl. We all know what the NAF is but what role can it play in our lovely little corner of the planet?Also Trickey returns to us from his trip to the north (everything is north of Dunedin). Did he win all the prizes at the Otautahi 7's? we shall see. Claymore was in attendance at the recent Blitz...
2025-05-0556 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 42. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - 2025 tournaments so farKia Ora Powtearoa listener(s)episode 42 -- our second of 2025 -- picks up on some of the tings we forgot/ran out of time/expertise on last episode. Mainly what happened in Palmerston North this year? This episode Rob joins the list of people who keep us informed on the annual Stubbl Bowl outcomes and this year was its biggest turn out yet! Trickey also takes the time to tell us what happened at the recent 7's tournament in Dunedin - Otepoti 7's. Plus other assorted news from Blood Bowl in our amazing little corner of...
2025-04-0157 minDown Under World Denizens - a podcast for Blood Bowl and other fantasy sports-themed boardgamesEpisode 11: Blood Bowl & positive mental health; NZ Blood Bowl invitations and an interview with Glowworm/Simon Bond;In this episode we interview:Simon Bond aka Glowworm or the GlowfatherGil Johnstone and James Cardno about the Ausbowl State Championships, The Greenstone Cup which will run in parallel, and the Powtearoa Squad Challenge.We also discuss:The NAF presidency becoming vacant and what does that mean?Mental health and how Blood Bowl can be useful for good mental healthThe Brisbane City Bash and the Queensland Tournament Series' (plural)
2025-03-222h 30Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 41. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Powtearoa Squad SpectacularKia Ora Blood BowlersWelcome back to your semi-regular update on the goings on here in Aotearoa/New ZealandThis week we have Jesse and Gil joining us with exciting news about a new tournament that is going to be happening at the end of August this year. The Powtearoa Squad Spectacular. Ausbowl fans will be aware of the format but basically its a bit like PPC but the squads don't have to be regional based and can be made up of friends and fiends from anywhere! Also there are some pretty sweet...
2025-03-071h 03Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 40. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - 2025!!ngā mihi o te tau houHappy New Year from all of us here in the Powtearoa offices! We are back!Been a slow turn around on this one which has made our Christmas break a week longer than we intended. SorryAnyway, here we are in the year 2025. What will it bring for us here in the NZ Blood Bowl community? who knows? well we know some things but not all of them. So join Welshy, Trickey and Toffer as we discuss the upcoming leagues, tournaments and various goings o...
2025-02-1554 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 39. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - PPC AftermathJosh Yig is a wonder!That's right everyone, we're back with one more final last minute end of year episode! You thought it couldn't happen. Well it did and Josh is the reason. So, a big thanks to him as guest editor for this special extended episode.Joining Welshy and Trickey this episode are Hutchi, Mahuika and the aforementioned Josh Yig who all attended the recent Powtearoa Provincial Championships in Christchurch and they are here to let you know what happened, who it happened to and how they cleaned the mess up afterwards.
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Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastPlease vote for Powtearoa in the NZ Podcast AwardsKia Ora Blood Bowl CoachesNot an episode just a request for a vote for Powtearoa in the upcoming New Zealand Podcast Awards.Please can you take 2 min to go to this webpage:https://www.nzpodcastawards.com/nominatenext to name please write Powtearoathen give an email addressyou can leave the rest blank if you like (you don't have to)just click the capcha and press submitPlease ask everyone in your leagues, clubs and gaming groups to help out if you can!
2024-11-0301 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 38. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - PPC Deep DiveKia Ora Blood Bowl coaches, managers, players and fansIts a big one this time everyone. Sorry but our editing gnomes just couldn't get it any shorter than this! They have been admonished and had their badgers confiscated. This is a full look at all 40 of the teams being taken to the Powtearoa Provincial Champs? Gil and Jesse join us to see who could take the top spot. 10 teams of 4 will enter the fray in the first weekend of November 2024 in the beautiful garden city of Ōtautahi Christchurch. So if yo...
2024-10-231h 34Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 37. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Chorfs and Orcs Bay HornKia ora Coaches. A bumper episode this time.We are kindly joined by friends of the show Arlo and James who both attended the recent tournament in Napier.But first we finally get round to discussing the arrival of the new GW Chaos Dwarf team and roster. Do we like them? What do we like if we do like? What if we don't like? Will anyone care? Do we care? No, we will talk about it all anyway! We also look at the current tournament series standings as the year draws to a...
2024-10-111h 06Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 36. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Greenstone FunKia Ora Blood Bowl CoachesIt was only a matter of time and that time is now. James Cardno (Mahuika) joins us this episode to discuss the recent Greenstone Cup in Auckland. Luckily, Maria (Saku) joins us too and between us we manage to keep Mr Cardno under control. So join us as we take a gentle stroll through the suburbs of the City of Sails and find out what happened at our NZ Major tournament. James and Maria tell us about their teams and games. We learn about the new depths of...
2024-09-141h 10Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 35. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - All the 7's, All the timeKia ora NZBB fansAnother first for Aotearoan Blood Bowl!Two tournaments on the same weekend! A regular occurrence in other nations but here in our teeny tiny set of islands hundreds of kilometers from everywhere else this is a big deal.7s in Palmy and then 7s in The Hutt. Saturday and Sunday. Was this amazing series of events planned that way or was it an oversight. Lets say the first one!This episode we are joined by Arlo who shows us that...
2024-08-251h 02Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 34. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Mainland 2024Kia Ora Blood Bowl fans!This episode we are joined for the first half by Jesse from Christchurch to discuss all the goings on at the recent Mainland Bowl in Christchurch. Some amazing news about a big future change to this tournament following by a run down of all the fun that took place down there at The Pegasus Arms. Then we get to have a quick look at the Pav and its recent addition to the Oceanic Blood Bowl scene. Beautiful new trophy. In other news, the bidding process is out for the 2027 World Cup...
2024-07-281h 03Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 33. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Your BB3 league and other goings onKia Ora and belated Happy Matariki to you allThis episode we are joined by Marlborough's second favourite Blood Bowler (they love Nutsaur the most) KingWeasel (Ben). Previous Mainland Bowl winner and organiser of our new and first BB3 league!Together with our reunited triumvirate of Trickey, Toffer and Welshy we discuss the recent Matariki 7s in Tauranga, The ChriBBl league, our new BB3 league and go over some ideas we have for the upcoming Mainland Bowl (2 weeks people get your names down).Have a great time everyone. May your...
2024-07-071h 06Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 32. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - CAS and FAQ roundupWe;re back! More random BB chat for your listening pleaseureA big haere mai to Mushoomy who joins us this week for a less organised more meandering chat about what is going on in the NZ Blood Bowl scene this month. We discuss all sorts of things. The 10th Capital Shield that recently happened in the beautiful Paraparaumu (thanks Mike), the FAQs and what they means for our Underworld fans, The newly formed NZBBC Blood Bowl 3 league (cheers Grub), the Pav, the NZ tournament circuit standings and whether Tussock is a cleverly...
2024-06-2259 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 31. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Otepoti BowlKia Ora Powtearoa fans.Another episode to delight your earsThis episode out travels take us to the deep south of Aotearoa New Zealand. To a distant city inhabited by a hardy bunch of Blood Bowlers. In this isolated and mystical place -- while the horizontal sleet flies by -- Mr Trickey plies his trade and rallies the Blood Bowl coaches to his clarion call! "Sleeping Giants awaken!!"And awaken they have with the first ever Otepoti Bowl our newest additions to the Blood Bowl tournament scene here in our...
2024-06-071h 03Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 30. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Gnome news is good newsKia Ora Coaches and welcome to episode 30!! of PowtearoaThis episode your usual professional crew are ably assisted by Jesse and (a little late) Mushoomy.We have had a good rummage in our respective vegetable patches and managed to rustle up gnome teams. We have had a bit of a play and here we discuss our findings. Mushy is also able to fill us in on the upcoming 10th annual Capital Shield tournament in sunny Paraparaumu (Get along people, its a blast!)So is Big Rod the...
2024-05-081h 05Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 29. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - BoP Blitz 2024Kia Ora NZBB fansAnother Powtearoa episode for you. This time your usual crew are joined by Bobsol and griffonz to tell us about the groundbreaking Bay of Plenty tournament. A massive number turned up for this event with a huge 12 coaches for whom this was their first tabletop tournament. Bobsol joins us to discuss this as he was among that group. Though he has been a part of our online scene for ages he is new to the tabletop tournament scene and we wanted his take on things. We also go back over some of...
2024-04-171h 02Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 28. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Getting Ready for ChristchurchKia Ora CoachesHere we are again. Another Powtearoa episode with more spectacular audo goodnes for you to enjoy!or something like that This episode we are joined by oldhammeraotearoa Jesse from ChriBBL who is here with the rulespack for this years Powtearoa Provincial Champs. We have a good deep dive in to the pack and the tiers in particular.We also take a quick tour of what is happening around some of the bigger centres in their leagues as we move into the 2nd quarter of 2024...
2024-03-301h 02Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 27. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - A visit from Babs!This episode we are joined by another big name in our hobby, Babs!Babs will be a name known to many after his work with Aussie BB and several stints working with NAF on various projects. These days he resides in Queensland but in the early days of Oceanic Blood Bowl he was part of a group who ran the first Trans Tasman BB tournament in Wellington in 1997! Take note those of you organising the Pav data. There is information to be mined here. Babs joins us to discuss the new Gnome team...
2024-03-131h 05Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 26. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Playing in PalmyKia Ora NZ Blood Bowl fans!This episode we are joined by Owen/NZ Demon who recently attended his first NAF tournament. He brings us his rundown of the recent STUBBL 11s tournament. Brought to us by the boys from Palmerston North. This tournament has gone from strength to strength and is now a major part of the NZ Blood Bowl scene. Owen tells us about the highs and highs of his awesome weekend. Meanwhile in the deep south The Dunedinites managed a small but perfectly formed tournament based on the FUMBBL Secret...
2024-02-2959 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 25. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Trans Tasman Relations!Kia Ora Powtearoaeans!Back again for another episode of NZ's favourite Blood Bowl related Podcast!Another first for us this week as we are joined by one of our comrades from across the Tasman. GeorgieChristo beams in via the interwebs from the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia.Georgie and Ramchop have been concocting something to bring our nations a little closer together while also allowing us to beat each other to a bloody pulp on the astrogranite!! Our amazing NAF rep Claymore has crunched the numbers and joins us to...
2024-02-1754 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 24. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - What's going on in 2024?Nga mihi o te Tau Hou!Happy 20224 Blood Bolwers! Welcome back to Powtearoa!This episode we are jointed by ChriBBL's Jesse and the ever elusive and often commented on Ramchop is here with us in our special Powtearoa recording studio (definitely not just a Discord chat we recorded). We look at whats happening in NZ Blood Bowl this coming year and Jesse and Ramchop bring us some super secret and massively exciting news about the year ahead! Will Trickey, Toff and Welshy be able to handle it?!...
2024-01-2658 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 23. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Powtearoa Provincial ChampsMeri Kirihimete! The Powtearoa Provincial Chaps have happened and Toffer and Welshy were there. We are also joined by friend of the show Mushoomy to get feedback on what went on in Wellington this month. Trickey is here too feeling suitably left out.We continue to ask the bog questions. Are Re-Rolls really needed? Who is Dadchop? Do we really need music at the start and end of the episode? Have a great end of the year everyone and we will see you all at our various leagues and tournaments...
2023-12-1654 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 22. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - PPC Team Roster chatThe Powtearoa Provincial Chaps are nearly upon us and following a massive amount of work from players, organisers and roster checkers we can now see everyone's teams!So lets have a look at who is doing what with who in the first ever PPC! Massive thanks to Mushy, Ramchop and their roster checking team in Aussie for getting this job rushed through in record time.Has Welshy been sneaky and got everyone thinking Halflings are the way to go? Has Sandune got us all thinking Underworld is the way forward...
2023-11-2459 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 21. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Mainland 2023Kia Ora Coaches This episode we hear about the recent Mainland Bowl tournament in the Garden City. We are joined by Josh, Trickey and Welshy all of whom participated.We go through their team builds and games at the event. All under the watchful gaze of a sneaky interloper in the form of a hidden Tim.So how did they do? Can a Minotaur Leap? How did Welshy reach the dizzy heights of mid table? Lets find out together.Get your votes in! - https://www.nzpodcastawards...
2023-11-1258 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 20. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Arlo and the Orcs Bay HornWe're back! Aroha mai if the wait has been a bit long but we have not been able to connect with each other for a month or so due to Toffer being overseas. But we are back!This episode, Arlo kindly takes time out of his busy life to tell us about the 2023 Orcs Bay Horn tournament that took place recently. With some cool special rules and players this was an opportunity to try a few new things.So what happened? Well listen to the episode and you will find...
2023-10-2259 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 19. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Sandune goes to SpainKia Ora BB'ersThis episode Trickey and Toffer have pulled off a coup and managed to corner Sandune in a villa in Portugal to tell us all about his World Cup V exploits last week. Our first ever international episode! And its harder to get further from Aotearoa than Lisbon!So how did he do? Who did he meet? Were jandels de rigueur?A storied episode with minimal requirements for Toffer and Trickey to be involved. We were kind of hanging on every word really. :)So who's...
2023-09-1959 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 18. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - The World Cup part 2.Right! Back to the admin. None of this fun and interesting stories from Tim stuff this time. Just long winded procedural discussions. Just like we like them!So our intrepid commentators Trickey, Welshy and Toffer get back to looking a the World Cup rule set unencumbered by BigBullies this time (we promise we will let him come back again someday). So sit back as we let you know what to expect in Alicante. Best of luck to our own Team Kiwi, Nick and James. Have fun fellas. We wish we were there.
2023-09-0659 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 17. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - The World Cup part 1.Honestly we tried. We really did! All we wanted was a nice simple episode about the World Cup in Alicante next month. It was all going so well as well. But we invited Tim.And as you will hear, things sort of fell apart from the moment he arrived. We love him. But he derailed us. As you will hear we start on task but....So sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labours, as we are joined by BigBullies himself. Hear all about 5 cans and...
2023-08-2749 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 16. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Upcoming tournaments in CHCH and AUCKSKia Ora Blood Bowling Kiwis!Welshy is back in our very own land of the long white cloud and has details of an upcoming one-dayer in Christchurch later this month. The rules pack is similar to Greenstone this year so we are able to put together some team rosters for your delectation. Tricky has also been playing games in the busy world of Board Gaming in The South.Are Toffer or Trickey correct about Wood Elves? Do Halfings really need re-rolls? Are games just more fun if you only roll 1's? Who knows...
2023-08-1650 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 15. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Blood Bowl in the City of AucklandKia Ora Blood Bowlers of Aotearoa!We are back! took a little longer to get the edits done this time but we are here! This episode we are joined by DM who gives us the full story on where Blood Bowl is at in the City of Sails. Some major historical name drops can be heard as we take a stroll through the league and look ahead to Greenstone. We also hear what has been happening in Dunedin and on our various FUMBBL leagues from our very own Trickey! Stay tuned to the end where we...
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Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 14. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Euc Bowl and Hawkes BayKia Ora NZ Blood Bowlers!Powtearoa is back again to bring you all that is awesome in our corner of the world.This episode we look at the recent outcome of the Eucalyptus Bowl just accross the Tasman Sea in Sydney.We also have not one but two very special guests in the form of Arlo and Josh from the Hawkes Bay who are able to give us a run down of what is happening in HawBBL.Then we have a quick look at the recent arrival...
2023-07-0557 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 13. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Causing CAS in KapitiKia Ora everyoneThis episode we discuss how Mike and Toffer got on at the 9th Capital Shield Tournament recently held at the Paraparaumu Boating Club on the amazing Kapiti Coast.We ask the questions... Is it possible to cause most Casualties and still win Best Sport? What shouldn't you do with a Block Mino? Is it possible to be too loud in a Paraparaumu restaurant? and, how can we disappoint Ramchop?All comments and ideas gratefully received. Join the NZBB Discord server here - https://tinyurl...
2023-06-161h 02Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 12. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - CHCH League deep diveKia Ora BB CoachesThis month we take a nice look into Welshy's extensive social life and find out what is happening in Christchurch (ChrBBL) our largest NZ Blood Bowl League. 26 coaches you know!!We also hear from Trickey about the state of play in our various FUMBBL leagues.Apologies for the sound issues last episode. We think we have things ironed out now though.Good Luck to everyone at CAS this weekend in Paraparaumu!All comments and ideas gratefully received. ...
2023-06-081h 07Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 11. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Upcoming Tournaments for 2023Kia Ora PowtearoaeansSadly no Welshy this episode but we have been joined by two fantastic friends of the show. From Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington we have Mushoomy and from Te Matau-a-Māui Hawkes Bay we have Arlo. Both are here to offer their thoughts on the recent announcement of the Powtearoa Provincial Championship coming up this December!We also have a chance to look at the upcoming Capital Shield in Paraparaumu and a bit of league chat based on the tables that have been recently uploaded to the Discord Channel.W...
2023-05-181h 01Powtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 10. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - We made it to 10!Kia Ora Blood Bowlers.We made it to 10! In this episode we are kindly joined by recent winner of Tauranga Blitz, Chris/Gunboat. We are able to hear all about the tournament and their current league. Sorry this episode took a little longer to arrive than expected. We also have our regular look at what we have been up to and a few carefully curated shout outs.Wellywood Wargaming Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wellywood-wargaming/id1679240756Blood Bowl Grud - https://twitter.com/BloodBowlGrud
2023-04-2857 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 9. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - League TalkKia Ora BB fans!A quick turn around this time. 2 episodes in a single month. We must be getting better at this stuff. No Welshy or Happy_Amateur sadly so you will need to accept the dulcet tones of Toffer, Tricky and Arlo.Phoenix who has once again agreed at short notice t help us out. He also has several apologies to make apparently.This episode is dedicated to our leagues her in Aotearoa/NZ. We look at the current standings in HawBBL, ABBL, WBBL, MarBBL, DBBL and BLITZ (the BoP League) we also...
2023-03-1952 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 8. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Palmy STUBBLKia Ora Blood Bowl WhanauWe're back again with your monthly dose of NZ's number one fantasy gridiron miniatures board game podcast!This month we are super excited to be joined by Arlo from HawBBL who is here to tell us all about what were are pretty sure was Palmerston North's first NAF tournament. We look at some of the upcoming tournaments in Aotearoa/NZ including BlitzBowl,Crap Bowl and the rumoured Champion of Champions tournament! We also discuss the latest additions to Forgeworld's star player miniatures. Arlo is Charlie, and Trickey, Welshy and...
2023-03-0248 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 7. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Looking Forward to 2023Happy New Year Coaches!Kia Ora and Nga mihi o te Tau Hou to everyone. This weeks episode sees four of our top 100 favourite pod-casters look forward to what is happening in 2023. What will they personally be up to and what is happening in the NZ tournament scene. We also take a look at what we think are good teams for beginner BB'ers! Why is Happy so unhappy about Hit and Run? What is Welshy doing loitering in a Warehouse car park? Will Trickey run a Dunedin tournament? Does Toffer even understand the animosity rules? All w...
2023-02-0953 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 6. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Merry Mainland Bowl!!Kia Ora. A messy Podcast to end the year (sorry, tech issues). Please excuse some of the editing misteps. This month we have a discussion about some of the upcoming Christmas goodies from GW and we also do a deep dive into last November's Mainland Bowl NAF tournament in Christchurch that Toffer attended and Welshy helped to organise.We hope to return to you sometime in Feb or March as we all have a busy holiday period ahead visiting whanau etc. Have a great Christmas everyone and give us a shout if you have any ideas for 2023.
2022-12-1156 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 5 Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Orcs Bay Bowl rundown and Hard Knocks team buildsKia Ora Powtearoa fans. We have reached episode 5! Sadly, we are down two of our regular reporters this week. Welshy and Happy couldn't make it. However, this gives us the great opportunity to bring in our very first guest presenter. Wellington's own Mushoomy!Mushoomy will be telling us all about how he came third at Orcs Bay Bowl with Goblins. That amazing result is in stark contrast to Trickey's latest tabletop exploits.We also discuss the up-coming Hard Knocks one day tournament in Wellington and, while we have one of their players in the chat...
2022-11-1352 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 4. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Greenstone results and MLB team buildsEpisode 4 is the sum of its parts. First we look at our own gaming and painting in our regular 'On the Table' segment. Then we look at the results from this years NZ Major NAF tournament, The Greenstone Cup. We take a look at what is happening in a few of NZ's Blood Bowl leagues before finally looking forward to next month's Mainland Bowl in Christchurch with our proposed team builds. Sadly no Happy this episode but Toffer, Trickey and Welshy are on hand to brighten your BB day!Join the NZBB Discord server here...
2022-10-2447 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 3. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Stars n stuffKia Ora!In episode 3 the fearsome foursome catch up to discuss the role of Star players in the 2020 rule-set. Good or bad? You be the judge. But...well...we can be the judge too. Also, what is the tournament set up for Da Orcs Bay 3 and what teams would we take if we could get there?Thanks for listening.All comments and ideas gratefully received. Join the NZBB Discord server here - https://tinyurl.com/joinNZBBCVisit the NZ Blood Bowl Community FB page here - https://www...
2022-09-2850 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 2. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - Leagues n stuffKia Ora!We made a second one. Aren't we clever. In this episode we chat about how to start and manage a tabletop league and we find out if Trickey can create the perfect Greenstone Cup winning team for next month's Auckland major tournament..Why is Happy_Amateur hiding in Trickey's closet? Is Welshy the king of Puns? Can Toffer actually complete a sentence? All will be revealed.Please note we recorded this a couple of weeks ago and since then Ramchop has totally got WBBL back up and running because he is...
2022-08-2149 minPowtearoa - The NZ Blood Bowl PodcastEp. 1. Powtearoa The NZ Blood Bowl Podcast - The First Foray.Kia Ora!!Our intrepid NZBB'ers try their hand at Podcasting for the very very first time. Will it be any good? You be the judge.Discussions include, What are we working on? What is happening in our NZ leagues? Can any of us win a game of Blood Bowl (spoiler alert.....not really, no)..All comments and ideas gratefully received. Send in your thoughts by carrier pigeon or try the NZ Blood Bowl Facebook page. Be gentle, we will get better, maybe, possibly.Join the NZBB Discord server here...
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