Blood Bowl

[Benjamin]

GW (and Battleground *cough*) sells teams.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landingArmy.jsp?catId=cat480004a&rootCatGameStyle=specialist-games

[PhoenixFire]

GW (and Battleground *cough*) sells teams.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landingArmy.jsp?catId=cat480004a&rootCatGameStyle=specialist-games

is this all brand new Ben? or some kind of seasonal thing? because i don't think i've ever seen them at BG or on the interwebz

Some cool looking teams there, do they have benefits and special abilities much like regular 40k? or are the different factions just for flavor?

[NateT]

Oh yes, there are some big differences between teams.  About what you'd think, dwarves tough and slow, orcs tough and dirty...  Wood elves fast and accurate... Humans as generalists.  There are different "classes" on the teams.  I can only speak to High Elves specifically, who had lineman, white lions (receivers) and dragon princes (blitzers).  You can convert your own, or buy the GW ones!

Awesome game, with some great rules and gameplay.  Full game should be under 2 hours, too!

[Benjamin]

Blood Bowl has been around for quite some time. Decades? Football season came upon us and there was the copy of the Blood Bowl game for the 360 sitting behind the counter, one thing leads to another, zeitgeist!

A rulebook is available from GW for free.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat480004a&categoryId=6700002a&section=&aId=21500016a
That will give you a general idea.

Players can die on the pitch. Players can be thrown off the pitch for committing fouls (unless the referee accepts a bribe [and even still may just take the bribe and eject the player anyway]). Wizards can cast spells from the stands. The crowd takes an active role, pummeling any player unfortunate enough to be shoved off the pitch, or sometimes invading the field on a kick-off for the love of hooliganism.

Different teams have very different strategies. Elves like passing. Chaos and Orks love pummeling. Ogres and Snotlings try to co-exist, bringing extremes of size, strength and agility to one team... just so long as the ogres don't eat the snotlings.

[Ian Mulligan]

For those in abington who may be interested, I have goblins, chaos dwarfs, and orcs all ready to rumble.

[PhoenixFire]

I look forward to checking this out thursday, but ive gotta get some 1850 practice in too! Lol

[Grand Master Steve]

In Abington I have a team of beastmen ready to throw down they are in the display case.

[Mad Dok Rob]

I am so in.  I am getting sick of painting 40k grunts.  I will be nice to be able to spend a little time painting some nice minis without getting bored doing it.  At it is football, which is a plus.

Hmmmm...maybe I will build a nice 3d pitch to play on....

Anyway, I would be up for giving it a go this thursday.  I can bring some 40k Orks or some painted D&D miniatures to use as a team.

[Chase]

With any luck (and it will require luck) we'll have 2 boards from GW on Thursday. One will be opened for the store, the other is going on the shelf, because it's awesome and I should have it anyway, even if GW "doesn't let me."

I wouldn't hold your breath though.


Blood Bowl is definitely a seasonal thing, a once every two years seasonal thing.  We were due for a Blood Bowl boom in Plainville.  The game is absolutely awesome and I think that players will really enjoy it.

The game takes a while to play until both players have the rules down 100%.  I know the last time Blood Bowl took off in Abington players started using timers to speed things up.

Players can order teams through BG, although it takes the 10-14 days to come in, like normal "bitz" type items (items they don't let me put on the wall).  If memory serves, I think most teams are in the $50.00 range.  I remember Humans being more for some reason.

I'm not 100% sure but somewhere we might have some sealed Blood Bowl trophy figures kicking around in Abington from a long time ago when someone ordered them and never picked them up.  If it takes off and we do something "official" with the game I might try to hunt them down.

[Chase]

A fun tid-bit.  I think there's some sort of penalty, but I remember seeing someone's Orge (or maybe it was two Orges) just flat out KILLING the other players team.

Yea, individual players can get killed during the course of the game.  How awesome is that?!

[Benjamin]

Yea, individual players can get killed during the course of the game.  How awesome is that?!

I was playing against Halflings last night in the video game, and 4 of them were killed. 3 by my team and the fourth by a rock thrown from the stands on a kick-off. I almost cried with joy.

[Zaroth]

I have 2 boards to use.  One is cut in pieces. We used it to build a 4 player board.  And when it comes to in-game casualties, my dwarves have forced teams to forfit by killing, injuring, and ko ing enough of them that they couldn't field the minimum 3 models for a kick off.  The game is insanely fun and wonderfully brutal.

[Grand Master Steve]

A fun tid-bit.  I think there's some sort of penalty, but I remember seeing someone's Orge (or maybe it was two Orges) just flat out KILLING the other players team.

Yea, individual players can get killed during the course of the game.  How awesome is that?!

I have a minotaur ready to smash skulls in.

[Benjamin]

I thought this was a serviceable quick reference sheet for Blood Bowl. I've printed one out, but anyone playing should probably have one too.

http://bloodbowl.krokodille.com/files/bbquickreferenceLRB5.pdf

It's also a good place to start, if you're trying to figure out which rules come up more often than others.

[Ian Mulligan]

Steve - I'll bring my BB board and my Chaos Dwarfs Thursday if you're up for a game.