Star Players and Big guys, how may can you get in a team?

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:15 am

I think I know the answer if I read the LRB correctly. Just that a friend doubts my honest opinion (and I don't blame him) so I want to know for sure.

My friend has a Skaven team. On the long term he wants to have 4 rat ogres in the field. I said that's not possible because:

A. You can buy one Big Guy in your team
B. Unless it's a league match where you have to hire them, you can buy:
1. Hakflem Skuttlespike
2. Headsplitter
(I'm guessing they are both RO's. Doesn't mention that in the LRB.)

That would make 3 in total and no more. Am I correct?

Asmodan · Post by **Asmodan** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:46 am

You can only have one BIG GUY thats correct.
Not sure if you can hire a star player Rat Ogre (only Headsplitter is RO, Hakflem is not) if you have one allready.
I believe you can only hire star players if the position you hire them for is not allready full, but as is aid i am not sure of it.

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:55 am

Well that's the main problem Asmodan, neither am I. Should I pretend I'm sure and just say: Hé friend I'm right, you're not!

The question will now be, Can you have a total of 2 RO's? (since one of the mentioned Star Players obvoiously isn't a RO.

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Thanks anyway, any more suggestions?

Post by **Thadrin** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:11 am

Star players are NOT big guys. Even the ones that are.
To count as a big guy the player must specifically be stated to have the "Big guy" racial characteristic. The stars don't (or at least, didn't last time I checked.)

narkotic · Post by **narkotic** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:18 am

Yes, you can have two:
One as your normal Big Guy Rat-Ogre and the one who's a Star Player. Star Players do not count towards positional player or Big Guy Slots.
So a Goblin Team could have 2 Rookie Ogres, the Ogre star and the Troll Star.

I highly recommend that you use Stars properly, that means you have to pay half their price for every game, else you'll ruin your league.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:40 am

just like the fling teams that take 2 treemen and also have deeproot as well making 3 treemen

star players have the star player position so you can have 4 human blitzers and griff (who is also a blitzer) on a human team to make 5 effectivly

Asmodan · Post by **Asmodan** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:52 am

You are right, i am mixing up frebooting normal players and frebooting star players rules.

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:12 pm

Yeah the Goblin team for Death for the Blood Bowl that would have loved to see:

2 Ogres
Ripper
Morg
Fungus the Loon
7 Goblins
1 Reroll
2 FF

That would have been so much fun and the look on your opponent's face when you take the field ... priceless.

Galak

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 1:24 pm

OK, that's a great help, all of you, thanks a lot!

campaigner · Post by **campaigner** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:27 am

just a question, do you all play with the rule that star players don't count against player limit?

In our league we have agreed that e.g. Griff counts against the limit for Blitzers on a humie team.

I know that it's not the official rule, but how do you handle it?

Bifi · Post by **Bifi** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:32 am

campaigner wrote:just a question, do you all play with the rule that star players don't count against player limit?

In our league we have agreed that e.g. Griff counts against the limit for Blitzers on a humie team.

He doesn't. Star Players are not player positions. Even a team with a full roster is able to hire a "position Star Player". The same goes for Big Guys.

campaigner · Post by **campaigner** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 11:41 am

Bifi wrote:
campaigner wrote:just a question, do you all play with the rule that star players don't count against player limit?

In our league we have agreed that e.g. Griff counts against the limit for Blitzers on a humie team.
He doesn't. Star Players are not player positions. Even a team with a full roster is able to hire a "position Star Player". The same goes for Big Guys.

are you sure about the full roster? I thought that you had to have one free slot to freeboot a player.

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:34 pm

I agree with campaigner. IMO you must have a free slot (or fire someone) to freeboot any player be it a star or a normal player.

Dave

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 1:05 pm

Oh and as for star players there is a limit of 4 in a team

Bifi · Post by **Bifi** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:19 pm

campaigner wrote:
Bifi wrote:
campaigner wrote:just a question, do you all play with the rule that star players don't count against player limit?

In our league we have agreed that e.g. Griff counts against the limit for Blitzers on a humie team.
He doesn't. Star Players are not player positions. Even a team with a full roster is able to hire a "position Star Player". The same goes for Big Guys.
are you sure about the full roster? I thought that you had to have one free slot to freeboot a player.

Well, you're right with the number of players (LRB, p. 42). Thank you.

Where is the 4-limit from?