Blood Bowl cover
1986BGG rank #8,195

Blood Bowl

by Jervis Johnson · Descartes Editeur

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Players2
Time120m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age12+

About the game

What is Blood Bowl?

Blood Bowl - a cross between American football, rugby and all out war. The first edition of Blood Bowl comes complete with 115 cardboard figures to represent different teams including humans, dwarfs, ogres, orcs, dark elves, trolls and troglodytes, to get you straight in the game, with optional metal Citadel Miniatures being released separately. The rules are a refactored version of the Warhammer system, putting the core combat and psychology rules of Warhammer Fantasy Battle Rules (Second Edition) and the later Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader systems onto a gridded football pitch adding kicking, throwing, alongside injury, team composition and tournament rules, making it a combination of a knockabout skirmish battle game and sports simulation. Expanded by: White Dwarf 86 - Blood Bowl: Skaven Team White Dwarf 88 - Pass Interference : Judge Dredd White Dwarf 94 - Blood Bowl, Bloody Blood Bowl : Chainsaws and Pit-Traps Blood Bowl: Death Zone

How it plays

Mechanics

Grid MovementSimulationSquare Grid

On the shelf

Categories

FantasySportsWargame

Questions players ask

Questions to bring to BoardGameBrain

  • How do setup and the first turn work in Blood Bowl?
  • When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
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