l0rdtr3k: Any news on Blood Bowl 2? Also, are halflings that bad?
Blood Bowl 2 looks like it will have a very small amount of teams at launch, which I find rather worrying. The first release of the current blood bowl version also suffered from this issue, which made it rather stale after only a short while. One of the beauties about BB is the team diversity.
As for Halflings, they are not very good. While it is not impossible to win with them, they suffer from the fact that most of their players have really poor stat lines and are easily wounded (due to them being stunties). Treemen are great bashers, but really slow. What this effectively means is that it is very hard for them to actually do something about the opponent having the ball, and it is also hard for them to protect their ball carriers. If you are new to the game, I would recommend against playing a stunty team (Goblins, Ogres & Halflings). Lizardmen is an interesting exception, because while their skinks are super squishy, they can, unlike the other teams with stunties, actually field a good amount of strong players, and their strong players don't suffer from major drawbacks, like bonehead, really stupid or rooted to the spot.
A great beginners team would be dwarves. All of their players start with important skills and they are really tough. Their passing game is terrible, but they are still very good at getting the ball from point A to point B. Other good teams for beginners includes:
Humans (bit tricky to develop, but decent enough stats and it is rare for humans to find themselves in a situation that they can't deal with).
Orcs (Not that dissimilar to humans actually. Worse passing game, but a bit tougher)
Wood Elves (Squishy but very straight forward)
Skaven (A little bit trickier than Wood Elves, but still very straight forward. Interesting development options, due to mutations)