Good news this week -

Facebook group is working now! So find us by searching in groups for Tackle Zone Radio.

Matt is going to Gen Con Oz and will (hopefully if the mail comes in time) will have giveaways (while stocks last!) if you tell him the secret codeword from Episode 4.

Here’s the general rundown on what was talked about:

Tournaments – Different ways of running tournaments. Important things to remember and do. Thoughts on prize support. The importance of NAF.

Our thanks as always to our sponsors:

BBFigs – www.bbfigs.com

For all your needs for the teams in the latest LRB 6 ruleset, check out BBfigs.com.

Impact Miniatures – www.impactminiatures.com

Be sure to go over and check out not only the extensive miniatures collection available to purchase but also their comprehensive hobby products. Everything from carry cases to metal magnets and base weights, you’ll find it at Impact Miniatures.

Links discussed in this show:

www.brisbane.bloodbowlleague.com- Come and check out how your hosts Shawn (Bouf) and Matt (Scalpifig) are going with their teams in Season V of their local league. If you love the software, don’t forget that you get a 10% discount when you mention Tackle Zone Radio.

www.genconoz.com – Gen Con Australia, 18th-20th September 2009 at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane Australia. Come and play against Matthew in the Blood Bowl tournament and say g’day and get your voice on the podcast.

http://www.boltthrower.com/ - Bolt Thrower! A punk/metal band Shawn seems to like. And yes they are/were officially linked to GW and sing about GW stuff.

A Very Special Thank You

And special thanks to everyone who gave us great feedback on the website via commenting and also in our email, tacklezoneradio@gmail.com. Keep the feedback coming!

We’re looking at doing a Mailbag segment in coming shows so please send us any questions you may have for the community and we’ll get you on air. Better yet, record your question as a MP3 and we’ll put it into the show! Get your voice heard on TZR.

This episode Shawn and Matt discuss player roles in TnT (Tips and Tactics)

They focus on what players ‘do’ not what positions they play. Through handy hints on how each role works and skill suggestions, you can try and make your team a force of specialists that are feared in your league.

The roles Shawn and Matt cover are:

The Handler
The Scorer
The Sacker
The Killer
The Winger
The Bomberor The Dumper
The Fouler

In the second segment, The Lockeroom, Matt interviews Shawn about what it’s like to be a organiser aka Da Commish of a Blood Bowl league. Shawn gives handy suggestions for budding and established commishs alike on how to start up and maintain a healthy league in your area.

As always the guys end the show with Coaches Corner which was a little rushed this week due to the long show runtime and the fact they had so many games to cover. Expect some fun Squigball anecdotes in the next episode.

Our thanks as always to our sponsors:

BBFigs – www.bbfigs.com

For all your needs for the teams in the latest LRB 6 ruleset, check out BBfigs.com.

Impact Miniatures – www.impactminiatures.com

Be sure to go over and check out not only the extensive miniatures collection available to purchase but also their comprehensive hobby products. Everything from carry cases to metal magnets and base weights, you’ll find it at Impact Miniatures.

Links discussed in this show:

www.brisbane.bloodbowlleague.com- Come and check out how your hosts Shawn (Bouf) and Matt (Scalpifig) are going with their teams in Season V of their local league. If you love the software, don’t forget that you get a 10% discount when you mention Tackle Zone Radio.

A Very Special Thank You

And special thanks to everyone who gave us great feedback on the website via commenting and also in our email, tacklezoneradio@gmail.com. Keep the feedback coming!

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!

In this week’s episode, Matthew was talking about Tackle Zone Radio trying to get press access to Gen Con Oz (www.genconoz.com) He has since talked to Ian over at Gen Con Oz and TZR WILL be attending and going interviews as well as coverage of the Blood Bowl tournament this year. 

So if you are coming to Brisbane, Australia for Gen Con Oz 2009 and/or are participating in the two-day Blood Bowl tournament, let us know and we’ll try to get you on air :)

ALSO, Matthew has been researching the possibility of TZR merchandise. He’s pretty sure he’s got the right service in mind but wants to hear what sort of things you want the TZR logos and lovely drawings on. Let him know here as a comment or via email as always: tacklezoneradio@gmail.com.

With this comes an unfortunate delay in the next full episode which Matthew explains in this short Emergency Broadcast.

The TZR Team are investigating other recording options as well just in case Bryn the Producer is incapacitated longer than expected.

So stay tuned for a new episode as soon as possible.

In other news, the guys are aware of the problems the Facebook group is having with it not being listed in the Groups search. Matthew is getting onto Facebook’s case about this and as it seems to be a fairly common problem they expect a positive result shortly.

Also, if you have a league or tournament you would like to advertise, please visit the League Finder and Tournament List pages at the top of the website.

And if you want to find a league or tournament near you, be sure to visit back often to see if there are any in your local area!

Finally, if you are interested in joining a Tackle Zone Radio mailing list (we’d send you emails about episodes, things we discussed and stuff listeners send us that may interest the community) let us know by emailing tacklezoneradio@gmail.com.

See you in a week with a new episode…we hope!

 In The Locker Room segment, Shawn and Matthew discuss the four main play styles you can use when coaching your teams.

They are:

• The Long Game
• Attrition
• The Short Game
• The Cage

Their helpful insight offers every coach, new or veteran, handy hints on how to form the basis of their team’s playbook

The second segment on offer in this episode is Pitch Invasion, in which Shaun and Matthew offer their first impressions of and review the Blood Bowl game by Cyanide Studio. What were the best things and what were the monkeys on their backs? Listen to find out!

Then as always they round out the show with Coaches Corner.

Shawn and Matthew would like to thank their sponsors:

www.bbfigs.com - Your source of Games Workshop official miniatures to make those teams Games Workshop doesn’t support. You can buy whole teams, booster packs or individual models.

www.impactminiatures.com- A great source for hobby craft needs from cases, bases, magnets and dice. As well as exciting alternative models from their Elf Ball and Street Ball ranges.

Links discussed in this show:

www.games-workshop.com - Visit to check out the FREE SHIPPING (conditions apply) for July as well as the new Mighty Zug miniature

www.bloodbowl-game.com- The official home of Cyanide Studio’s Blood Bowl video game. Here you can catch up on all the news AND order the digital download version for PC.

www.brisbane.bloodbowlleague.com- Come and check out how your hosts Shawn (Bouf) and Matt (Scalpifig) are going with their teams in Season V of their local league. If you love the software, don’t forget that you get a 10% discount when you mention Tackle Zone Radio.

A Very Special Thank You

And special thanks to everyone who gave us great feedback on the website via commenting and also in our email, tacklezoneradio@gmail.com. We’ll be answering your questions and addressing your comments in Episode 2. Keep the feedback coming!