Get The Ref! - Alberta's Blood Bowl Roundup
This podcast is concerned with the people who play the game of Blood Bowl, Game Workshop's game of fantasy football. Specifically, we report on the tournament scene in Alberta, Canada.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 85
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Brettonian Buzz
Well, it happened as advertised - we recorded an episode and then the Season Three annoucement came at 8am the next morning! Please be patient with our speculation - some of which is still accurate …
Summer Flings
Ah, what better way is there to enjoy the summer than to toss random Halfling Hopefuls through the warm, breezy air and to hear their bones crinkle as they hit the ground!
This month, there is a LOT …
Pow Town Comedown 2025
Well, we have a jam packed episode that contains lots of content for you! We address some of the rumours with our best Ilya Bryzgalov impression, "It's only game, why you heff to be mad?"
We then mak…
Roster Rundown - PowTown 2025
As of the recording, we are FIVE days away from the biggest tournament on the Great Plains Grand Prix circuit. The rosters have been submitted and are now revealed - and you don't even have to click …
The Powtown Cometh - 2025 Edition
This episode, we take our skeleton crew and try and track down some rumours that we found on the internet... is it misinformation from Russian bots, or reliable insider infromation?! Only you - and …
Catching Up
This month, we chat about all things tournamnets in the Alberta scene, sprinkled in with a little bit of hear-say and wishes. We also announce the Road to PowTown painting challenge (listen for detai…
Sewing Discord
We try out a new recording platform while we debrief over the last Cry Fowl Cup, complete with interview with Dave Sutton, the first two time winner of the trophy! With very little news from GW and l…
Cry Fowl 2025 Roster Preview
The Cry Fowl Cup is upon us and we are hear to let you know how the coaches spent their 1.2 mil budget in preparation. So many STUNTIES! So many NECROMANTIC! So many H'THARK! Stick with us and we wi…
Un-Secret Stuff
The guys are all very excited about Tourplay releasing the Secret League teams to be used in competitions. While FUMBBL is all well and good, who would be sad to make, paint, and play an actual Squig…
Year In Review 2024
What a year it has been! We recap the late Christmas Present that Grandma Wendy sent us in the way of the 2024 Spike! Almanac while we recall some of our favourite memories from the year. We even na…
Winter Mayhem '24 Team Reveal
Want to know who is bringing what squads in this weekend's tournament?! We have you covered! Who is taking Block? Who is taking Dodge? Is anyone going to take PILE DRIVER?! Find out by listening car…
Seeing Stars
We have had a steady stream of stars lately and the team at Get the Ref run them down and preview them for you! Afterwards, we dive into how to use some liquid green stuff, prep for Winter Mayhem, an…
Of Fire and Stone
While there was no September tournaments to catch up on, we got a weekly stream of Chaos Dwarf news from GW. Josh, Lair, Darcy, and Barry sit around the watercooler and chat about everything that has…
Slave to You
This month is packed full of content! We chat about fallout from the Chaos Dwarf announcement (3:46), we talk about the Golden Sausage with Justin and Dave (53:52), catch up with the winner of the W…
Pump Up Songs
As we dwell in the glory of warmth of summer, we look back on Summerbash and look forward to the Golden sausage. Before all that, we take a cue from Dave who challenges us to come up with the best pu…
Opinionated
We wrap up the results from Pow Town and cast our eye upon the summer tournaments that await! We start with an apology from Josh regarding his completely unsolicited and baseless opinions and quickly…
PowTown CountDown
We start off with a little recap of the FAQ and then dive right into the world of Alberta Blood Bowl! With the Amorical Cup around the corner and PowTown directly afterwards, we want to get into the…
Birthday Hangovers
Now that we all have Gnomes in hand, we sit and chat about our hobbying goals, excitments, and disappointments. We transition quickly to hashing out what happened at the Blood Diamond Chalice and the…
Gnome Nonsense
GNOMES, GNOMES, GNOMES! We spend an inordinate amount of time just digging through the garden of information left to us by Grandma Wendy. How important is Trickery? Can my Woodland Fox keep the ball…
Gnomes, Sweet Gnomes!
With the recent news of a Gnome team, we catch you up with all the information about what we know and what we don't. Then, we turn our gaze behind us at the tournaments that have been played over the…