BloodBowl? Lets smash some heads! (Blood Bowl)

Member Name: brownrob

Product:	Blood Bowl
Date:	11/08/09 (31 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Rich Background, large amount of races, lots of depth, fun!

Disadvantages: Some skills are too powerful, can get expensive

BloodBowl, so many hours spent playing!

BloodBowl is a great game. It is produced by Games Workshop in the UK who also produce tabletop wargames such as Warhammer Fantasy and 40k. Bloodbowl I believe to be far superior to both of these games.

BloodBowl is a cyberpunk Fantasy Football style game where the aim of the game is to score more touchdowns than your opponent... sounds simple? Right? Add to the mix a huge range of Fantasy races, no rules, meaning that you have things like Bombs, chainsaws, frightening minotaurs, agile elves, magic and a whole host of other things and things start to spice up!

The game itself is turn based. You have a team of up to 16 28mm miniatures (some teams have larger players) of which, 11 may be placed on the field. The miniatures can be painted to create a more visual experience. Your players may run, pass the ball, block (Punch) another player, kick a player who is down all in the name of scoring a Touchdown. The success of these are determined by special dice. There are 2 halves to the game and the winner is the team with the most touchdowns.

There are many styles of play to the game. Some teams are rather good with the ball and are fast so try to score as much as they can. They are also quite weak so they start to drop like flies. These are teams like Elves and Skaven, who are rats that have mutated into humanoid form, and can mutate further as they develop!
Other teams arent so good with the ball but can hit hard, like orcs and dwarves, they beat their way up the pitch, taking out as much as possible!
There are some teams who are jack of all trades, but specialist at none, like humans.

One of the draws to BB is the great background. All races have a rich history and you can create your own history and background for your teams as they develop. Another good thing is that you can take your humble team and develop them with skills as you play games, and create a powerful team.

One downpoint to the game is that the rules are constantly changing, in order to tweak rules. The most annoying thing about the game is that some skills are a lot more powerful than others but other than that the game is well balanced.

A game will take you about 90 minutes to play and is a really enjoyable experience with a friend

Summary: A good way to spend 90 mins!