Play Bloody American Football. (Blood Bowl)

Member Name: mr_nadge

Product:	Blood Bowl
Date:	10/09/09 (26 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Customizable. Fun. Strategic.

Disadvantages: Sometimes the prep involved in painting the figures. Can take 2 or 3 hours

I used to play Blood Bowl many moons ago. It's a lot of fun & has many ways of playing it.

The premise of the game is basically American Football on a board game. It is turn based & dice orientated. Roll a 3 or more to pick up the ball for example. It varies however in that it is set the the Warhammer world of games workshop & has all manner of weird & wonderful races who all play Blood Bowl. This include Humans, Orcs, Elfs, Skaven (man size rats!) & others. There are also other additions. Star players with their own attributes. Wizards who can shoot fire balls across the field. Traps can be set. Some players even play with weapons like a chain saw, a ball & chain or even bombs. I had one of each in my team which made for some comedy moments.

I have always enjoyed this game loads. Every race has their own strengths & weaknesses. There is one for everybody. I always prefered strong defence coupled with running the ball up the field as opposed to throwing it. I used to play as the Orcs & had a good record. Not many people could score a touchdown against me due to my defensive mentality. Equally I didn't score that many touchdowns either. The game is also very customizable. You can play with any pieces you want. Design you own team colour scheme. Be very individual.

Over all this is a really good board game. It's more for teenagers & adults due to the violent nature but it it's good fun. Just don't expect it to be over in 10 minutes. Bring on the video game versions!

Summary: A great board game version of Fantasy American Football. Unique