New pitch/field recommendations for Blood Bowl

[Pacific]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum but thought I would make a post thread to ask for some advice

I was thinking of getting a new pitch for Blood Bowl, mine has now seen many season's play and is looking decidedly dog-eared. The fans are getting tired of the poor facilities, ticket sales are dropping and the Franchise is looking about for a new venue to play in! From searching the web I can see there are quite a few different products on offer now for this sort of thing, and wonder if anyone had any recommendations?

Here are a few of the more common ones I have found through searching

FF-Fields http://www.ff-fields.com/?page_id=188
The pitches look really cool, but the fact that you have to contact the producer for a quote I guess means they are horrendously expensive?

Comixininos http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-a ... ninos.html
These look pretty interesting, are they of similar construction type to the original BB pitch?

They also have some roll-able felt-type mats, which look very reasonably priced, does anyone have any experience of these?
http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-a ... ninos.html

Very grateful for any advice anyone can offer, or a point in the direction of a good review etc. Also very happy to see any other suggestions for a field that someone might have!

[Darkson]

Impact do a felt pitch that works well: http://impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=gamemat

I've both the mats from Impact and pitches from FF-fields (both the jigsaw and vinyl versions) and can recommend both.

[lunchmoney]

Personally I am not a fan of the roll up vinyl pitches. They can curl when playing, unless weighted down and more awkward to store than a flat pitch that fits on my bookshelf.

I highly recommend the hard plastic jigsaw pitches from FFFields.

[Pedda]

Depending on where you are in the world, this might be an alternative.

In a guy in our league that runs a small side business, although everything’s in German, I'm sure he'd respond to English

[Saebelsultan]

I also have the felt pitch by Impact Miniatures and thought that was a bargain for the price. Very good qaulity! I now have turned it into a custom build BB arena. Also didn't have any roll up issues with this one.

I also have a FF Fields pitch jigsaw style. Nice, hard board, excellent print. I made some modifications to the design and ended up just over 100 € including shipping. Standard pitches start from 45 € I heard. Rollable vinyl pitches may be cheaper.
Mine took quite a while to produce though due to unexpected delays at the print. I don't know if FF Fields have the custom pitches in stock, which would go a lot faster to ship.

Oh, and the pitches Pedda refers to (at least I think he does... http://onlineshop.kohli.de/fantasy-foot ... ielfelder/?) do look very nice and come in a wide range of styles and with customisation options.

Coming back to rollup issues using vinyl pitches - which I also hate -, I find that a) if you a heavy enough material (I used 510g/m for my X-Wing mat) and b)if you roll it up having the printed side on the outside, it lies quite flat from the start and completly flat after a couple of minutes. It very much depends on the material though and that needs to be checked carefully before ordering.

[Gaixo]

A few other options mentioned in a previous thread:
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=40118

[Pacific]

Many, many thanks for all of the replies - has given me a lot to look at!

At the moment I am torn between two fields in particular

The Comixininos puzzle-type board
http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-a ... ninos.html

And an FF board sold on the same site
http://www.comixininos.com/blood-bowl-a ... ields.html

Both look quite similar in concept, but.. the price difference! Now I know you generally get what you pay for, but at more than double the price what makes the FF board better? I like the idea of the flat/plastic board, I assume this would be a similar kind of construction to the original GW board?

Once again many thanks for the comments!

[DixonCider]

is anyone producing pitches on mouse pad material? The Heroclix group has had some made/wizkids sent them out as prize support. They looked really good

[Vanguard]

is anyone producing pitches on mouse pad material? The Heroclix group has had some made/wizkids sent them out as prize support. They looked really good

Mantic have done something similar for their Deadzone and Mars Attacks games. I can see that working well for a BB pitch.

I was thinking of getting a new pitch for Blood Bowl, mine has now seen many season's play and is looking decidedly dog-eared.

FF-Fields have only just finished a Kickstarter style campaign for their jigsaw-style pitches (more info here) but you could always email and ask, if it appealed.

[frogboy]

FF-Fields have only just finished a Kickstarter style campaign for their jigsaw-style pitches (more info here) but you could always email and ask, if it appealed.

+1 on this idea, anyone who registered intrest has until the end of the week to pay if they haven't already. If you got a spare £57 then go for it. Plus it means you don't need any templates etc, get two teams and some block dice by registering with the NAF and away you go

[Pacific]

Many thanks again for the replies guys.

In the end, after reading some of the comments in the other thread on the forum, and lots of good online reviews, I have gone for one of the FF fields. I managed to buy one from Spanish ebay, at a price cheaper than the one on the Comixininos site, even though it is from the same company(?!)

The undead field they sell will go really well I hope with a new team I have bought (a Necromantic team from an Italian company, called Greebo)