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Blood Bowl

GENERAL INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE

27/JAN/10

DEVELOPER

Cyanide

PUBLISHER

SouthPeak Interactive

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http://www.gamerdna.com/game/blood-bowl-xbox-360, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/blood-bowl-playstation-portable

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Warhammer Universe 23
Strategy 4

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Computer and other players 12
The ai 1

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Brutally poor sportsmanship and fantasy combat clash in a gruesome battle for glory and gold, in Southpeak's PC version of Blood Bowl. A tongue-in-cheek combination of Warhammer RPG-style battle and American football, the game is won by passing or running the ball into the opponent's end zone for a touchdown, but the players on the field wear armor and wield deadly medieval weapons. Gamers take the roles of coaches, drafting their teams from one of eight fantasy races, including humans, elves, orcs, and goblins. Each race offers a different balance of strength, speed, and accuracy. Individual players' skills can affect their chances of successfully blocking, dodging, tackling, and throwing or catching the ball, and also their combat moves. As in a role-playing game, abilities can be improved with gear upgrades. Helmets add toughness to avoid injury, shoulder pads increase strength, gloves make players more agile and dexterous, and boots increase speed. Cheerleaders and the rowdy crowds can also make a difference in a team's chances of success, as can bribing the officials.

The computer game follows the official Blood Bowl rulebook. The turn-based mode is played much like grid-lined console RPG combat, except that the goal is not (necessarily) to slay everyone on the other team, but to move the ball across the field. A real-time mode is also available, to challenge the coaches' quick thinking abilities as well as their tactical planning skills. Multiplayer modes include LAN games and a same-screen hot seat option, as well as online competitions with persistent leagues and tournaments. The original tabletop version of Blood Bowl, played with miniature figures and dice, was created in 1987 by Jervis Johnson of Games Workshop, who also helped design Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Ancient Battles. The console and computer versions of the game were developed by France's Cyanide studio, whose previous credits include the European releases Pro Rugby Manager and Chaos League. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Blood Bowl

RELEASE DATE:

27/JAN/10
TOP TRAITS:

Warhammer Universe, Turn based strategy, Computer and other players
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Blood Bowl by: Belsameth

“For anyone familiar with Blood Bowl this game needs little introduction. It's a straight up conversion with pretty graphics, all second to latest living rulebook (the new one coming out at the end of the year will feature the latest LRB) For...”

created 07/JUN/2010

Methregul played Blood Bowl on 06/JUN/10

Belsameth was the last to comment - over 2 years ago...

“RAWR! Time to dust off my Chaos team! :D”

created 07/JUN/2010

Blood Bowl by: kianbung

“Clunky interface and average graphics. The commentators have so few lines that you *will* start memorising their lines. Tabletop RPG style makes it rather frustrating at times when you have bad rolls. But hell, I'd be lying if I said this isn't...”

created 07/OCT/2009

kianbung was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“frustrating indeed. but on the flip side, getting one good roll after another and ending up with most of your opponent's team injured is EPIC.”

Iskhiaro played Blood Bowl on 02/OCT/09

“Attempted to play this without doing the tutorials, and without understanding the basic rules of american football. Lost to some scrawny humans. Will start again, my Orcs deserve better leadership!”

created 02/OCT/2009

Blood Bowl by: Petter

“Good fun, especially in multiplayer, but a lot of flaws detracts from what could be a great Blood Bowl experience. More customization options, more general options, a working Windowed mode and a lot better UI and this could be awesome. Looking...”

created 26/AUG/2009

Petter played Blood Bowl on 26/AUG/09

“Beat a friend's Orc team 2-1, but lost my rat ogre. So the end result was a 100k loss. But that's the name of the game, I suppose.”

created 26/AUG/2009

cyron played Blood Bowl on 24/AUG/09

“One of my few wins in the Whirpool league. My poor team has been losing so badly ”

created 26/AUG/2009

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Blood Bowl Meet Our Champions Part 3: Wood Elves

The agile Wood Elves dance around the deadly greenskins in the Warhammer-based fantasy football game Blood Bowl.

Source G4
Views 137
Votes 0

published 07/AUG/2009

Announcement by developer by: plutonick

“More things planned, especially for the multiplayer part of the game. - more private league customizations - matchmaking feature - GUI overhaul - and more surprises that will be announced in...”

created 29/JUL/2009

Fallen and Can't Get Up

“This poor tree fell down and couldn't get back up, even when the ball was lying at his feet!”

Added by: Wormy
Date: 29/JUL/2009
Views: 519
Votes: 0

created 29/JUL/2009

Wormy played Blood Bowl on 28/JUL/09

“Played another game with Grinn. He kicked my ass. I was trying out a goblin team. They are all about moving around the field to gang up on opponents, or to break out. My biggest complaint with...”

created 29/JUL/2009

Grinn was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yeah, that was just redonkulous last night. Its hard to pick up the ball in football, I get that. But in turn based mode when you only get 16 turns in the whole game, you really shouldn't lose a turn if your guy fails to pick it up. I think you lost 5 turns last night due to that.

Taking into consideration that a kick off most often lands on the ground.. then I'm not sure how you're ever really supposed to run a ball back. :'/”