AlchemistBB
@alchemistbb.bsky.social
Fan of blood bowl, board games, NFL, synthetic organic chemistry, escape rooms. Will mainly be posting on #bloodbowl. NAF name = Alchemist. Real name = Paul.
Tonight at #boardgames night we played, one of my Christmas presents, Twilight Inscription at 2-players. This is the heaviest roll & write I've played! Good fun though and I don't think I explored some bits of the game at all so keen to try again. Photo is of the setup.
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Tonight at #boardgames night we played, one of my Christmas presents, Twilight Inscription at 2-players. This is the heaviest roll & write I've played! Good fun though and I don't think I explored some bits of the game at all so keen to try again. Photo is of the setup.
It's Barton Bowl tomorrow: 3 games, 50 coaches and a strong field playing #bloodbowl. See rosters and follow the results here: tourplay.net/en/blood-bow.... I'm playing Wood Elves to see how it is to Elf in this new edition. They're the most popular race tomorrow, which is unexpected.
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 AM
It's Barton Bowl tomorrow: 3 games, 50 coaches and a strong field playing #bloodbowl. See rosters and follow the results here: tourplay.net/en/blood-bow.... I'm playing Wood Elves to see how it is to Elf in this new edition. They're the most popular race tomorrow, which is unexpected.
My youngest son likes to be organised so we bought him a label maker for Christmas. Now I can't believe how long we'd lived without a label maker in our lives! To tie it in to #hobby, here's a pic of my labelled #bloodbowl teams in their boxes.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
My youngest son likes to be organised so we bought him a label maker for Christmas. Now I can't believe how long we'd lived without a label maker in our lives! To tie it in to #hobby, here's a pic of my labelled #bloodbowl teams in their boxes.
I've decided to play Lizardmen in my next #bloodbowl league so I painted up this Anqi Panqi star player model in case I need him. He's purple to stand out from the other sauruses. #minipainting
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I've decided to play Lizardmen in my next #bloodbowl league so I painted up this Anqi Panqi star player model in case I need him. He's purple to stand out from the other sauruses. #minipainting
A frozen but sunny #parkrun this morning and very busy again for the first Saturday of the year. I took 5 seconds off my PB, running 36.57, 363rd out of 453.
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
A frozen but sunny #parkrun this morning and very busy again for the first Saturday of the year. I took 5 seconds off my PB, running 36.57, 363rd out of 453.
Here are my #boardgames five & dimes for 2025 (games I played 5 and 10 times each):
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Here are my #boardgames five & dimes for 2025 (games I played 5 and 10 times each):
2026 #bloodbowl goals: (1) paint up my Chaos team nicely, (2) complete playing all the teams and get the NAF badge, (3) do my first display base, (4) win a NAF shield, (5) win a best painted.
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
2026 #bloodbowl goals: (1) paint up my Chaos team nicely, (2) complete playing all the teams and get the NAF badge, (3) do my first display base, (4) win a NAF shield, (5) win a best painted.
Happy new year everyone! My NYE was spent playing games with the family (Cheese Thief, Skull King, Codenames), then did a little mini-painting, then went to bed at about 11. #middleage
January 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Happy new year everyone! My NYE was spent playing games with the family (Cheese Thief, Skull King, Codenames), then did a little mini-painting, then went to bed at about 11. #middleage
Review of this year's hobby goals: I finished the chaos renegades except for the minotaur and played them at a tournament. I also finished the lizardmen but didn't play them. In tournaments I finished top 8 at two 2-dayers (3rd / 115 at Thrudball and 1st / 50 at South Coast Champs).
Happy new year everyone! BB hobby goals for this year are to finally complete my Chaos Renegades and later in the year paint a lizardmen team. Tournament goals are (1) to finish high (top 8?) at a 2-day tournament of over 50 people and (2) play my best races more consistently.
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Review of this year's hobby goals: I finished the chaos renegades except for the minotaur and played them at a tournament. I also finished the lizardmen but didn't play them. In tournaments I finished top 8 at two 2-dayers (3rd / 115 at Thrudball and 1st / 50 at South Coast Champs).
Played a practice game of #bloodbowl today to escape our houses - my Wood Elves vs Mike's orcs. Mike was playing his first BB2025 game and I was taking my Barton Bowl roster. We played out a 1-1 draw but I was down to 2 elves and a tree by the end - those new orcs are brutal!
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Played a practice game of #bloodbowl today to escape our houses - my Wood Elves vs Mike's orcs. Mike was playing his first BB2025 game and I was taking my Barton Bowl roster. We played out a 1-1 draw but I was down to 2 elves and a tree by the end - those new orcs are brutal!
Also for Christmas, my wife got me this incredible Greebo Chaos #bloodbowl team. They detail from the greebonite is really fantastic, and they don't come with all the annoying pock-marks, brittleness or printing imperfections from etsy/ebay 3D prints. Going to take my time making these look good.
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Also for Christmas, my wife got me this incredible Greebo Chaos #bloodbowl team. They detail from the greebonite is really fantastic, and they don't come with all the annoying pock-marks, brittleness or printing imperfections from etsy/ebay 3D prints. Going to take my time making these look good.
I got a couple of new #boardgames from Santa: Twighlight Inscription and Cheese Thief. The former should be fun because I have a friend who is a big fan of roll & writes (as am I). Cheese thief, we played 8-player with the family today and loved the cheese stealing and timing-based arguments!
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I got a couple of new #boardgames from Santa: Twighlight Inscription and Cheese Thief. The former should be fun because I have a friend who is a big fan of roll & writes (as am I). Cheese thief, we played 8-player with the family today and loved the cheese stealing and timing-based arguments!
A massive 515 runners at Christmas #parkrun this morning! I came 433rd with a time of 38.21. Not a PB this time, but the course was very busy and slowed to a walk in some narrow parts of the woods. Great to get out on Christmas morning on a bright, windy day. Happy Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A massive 515 runners at Christmas #parkrun this morning! I came 433rd with a time of 38.21. Not a PB this time, but the course was very busy and slowed to a walk in some narrow parts of the woods. Great to get out on Christmas morning on a bright, windy day. Happy Christmas everyone!
Spent most of the last 2 days playing Super Smash Bros with 3 of my kids. I'm by far the worst of the 4 of us but can get by if I have an extra life. Favourites are Duck Hunt Duo, Piranha Plant, Zelda, and Corrin.
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Spent most of the last 2 days playing Super Smash Bros with 3 of my kids. I'm by far the worst of the 4 of us but can get by if I have an extra life. Favourites are Duck Hunt Duo, Piranha Plant, Zelda, and Corrin.
I got in the #minipainting zone tonight and turned my blue #bloodbowl treeman into a finished treeman. Pics are on his own and with a few friends in my Old World Alliance team, which is now complete.
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I got in the #minipainting zone tonight and turned my blue #bloodbowl treeman into a finished treeman. Pics are on his own and with a few friends in my Old World Alliance team, which is now complete.
Yesterday, our #boardgames group played Ark Nova. The intro map for all of us because it was a teaching game (only I had played before). Continues to be really fun - I love the puzzle of planning which order to make your actions in.
December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yesterday, our #boardgames group played Ark Nova. The intro map for all of us because it was a teaching game (only I had played before). Continues to be really fun - I love the puzzle of planning which order to make your actions in.
Next #bloodbowl minis to paint are all big guys: a brutefun minotaur for my Chaos Renegade team, a GW treeman for my OWA team (hence he's now all blue to build up the colours from) and a Ripper Bolgrot that I started ages ago but need to finish (make the skin and scales more interesting).
December 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Next #bloodbowl minis to paint are all big guys: a brutefun minotaur for my Chaos Renegade team, a GW treeman for my OWA team (hence he's now all blue to build up the colours from) and a Ripper Bolgrot that I started ages ago but need to finish (make the skin and scales more interesting).
This week at #boardgames night we played Brass Birmingham. One of my friends got the level 5 pottery out, which I hadn't seen before. Final scores were very close, even with one new player, and a good time was had by all.
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This week at #boardgames night we played Brass Birmingham. One of my friends got the level 5 pottery out, which I hadn't seen before. Final scores were very close, even with one new player, and a good time was had by all.
Very minor hobby update: A long time ago I converted the 2nd thrower in the wood elf #bloodbowl box into a 3rd catcher. Now we're reduced to 2 catchers, I made it into a 7th line elf by swapping the hands for those from a dark elf sprue and painting them. Then turned the yellow rim black. Done!
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Very minor hobby update: A long time ago I converted the 2nd thrower in the wood elf #bloodbowl box into a 3rd catcher. Now we're reduced to 2 catchers, I made it into a 7th line elf by swapping the hands for those from a dark elf sprue and painting them. Then turned the yellow rim black. Done!
Da Big Freeze roundup: Blitzy wins the tournament on the tiebreaker, congrats! I came second with 3-2-0 and got this fancy crystal trophy. Thanks to thatasianguy who gave me this cool medal for playing the most Welsh coaches. Thanks to Tom at tabletop Republic for the (free!) tournament. #bloodbowl
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Da Big Freeze roundup: Blitzy wins the tournament on the tiebreaker, congrats! I came second with 3-2-0 and got this fancy crystal trophy. Thanks to thatasianguy who gave me this cool medal for playing the most Welsh coaches. Thanks to Tom at tabletop Republic for the (free!) tournament. #bloodbowl
Round 5 (final) game of Big Freez vs Blitzy's Nurgle. Winner takes all and a rematch of the Thrud final. Nurgle are horrible to play against! My drive looks bad but somehow I get the TD on turn 8. Blitzy quickly scores, going for the win. I can't pull off the T16 pass play so it ends 1-1. #bloodbowl
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Round 5 (final) game of Big Freez vs Blitzy's Nurgle. Winner takes all and a rematch of the Thrud final. Nurgle are horrible to play against! My drive looks bad but somehow I get the TD on turn 8. Blitzy quickly scores, going for the win. I can't pull off the T16 pass play so it ends 1-1. #bloodbowl
Game 4 of Big Freez vs thatasianguy's OWA. On his drive I box him in to a side. He recovers but after a quad skull on T8, it's 0-0 at the half. 2nd half the drive is going well but a cage dive sacks the ball, so I need (and make) as 4+ zombie pickup to score and win 1-0. 3-1-0 now. #bloodbowl
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Game 4 of Big Freez vs thatasianguy's OWA. On his drive I box him in to a side. He recovers but after a quad skull on T8, it's 0-0 at the half. 2nd half the drive is going well but a cage dive sacks the ball, so I need (and make) as 4+ zombie pickup to score and win 1-0. 3-1-0 now. #bloodbowl
Game 3 of Big Freez vs thatotherasianguy's Necro in a blizard with his own Chaney. He makes a mistake and I can make a gap and sack the ball with my Chaney, who eventually scores. 2nd half I hand-off to score on turn 4. He also scores and I win 2-1. After day 1 I'm 2-1-0 in a field of 44. #bloodbowl
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Game 3 of Big Freez vs thatotherasianguy's Necro in a blizard with his own Chaney. He makes a mistake and I can make a gap and sack the ball with my Chaney, who eventually scores. 2nd half I hand-off to score on turn 4. He also scores and I win 2-1. After day 1 I'm 2-1-0 in a field of 44. #bloodbowl