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2004 Ranked #524

Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook

Fantasy sports league game where teams of orcs, elves, and other creatures fight for control of the ball. Players gain experience and new skills across seasons, letting underdogs rebuild while veteran teams develop their identity.

Thematic Games Collectible Components Expansion for Base-game Grid Movement Variable Player Powers

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.17/5

Rating

7.84

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Blood Bowl is the game of Rugby slash Football as imagined in a fantasy world of orcs, elves, beastmen and many other fantasy creatures. The game truly shines in a League format, where players gain experience and learn new skills as they play.

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Blood Bowl is the game of Rugby slash Football as imagined in a fantasy world of orcs, elves, beastmen and many other fantasy creatures. The game truly shines in a League format, where players gain experience and learn new skills as they play. The latest rules are now version 6.0. The biggest change is the new Inducement system that does an infinitely better job of balancing teams of different experience. All of the team rosters have also been tweaked, with the previous runaway leaders toned down to everyone else's level. And as a great benefit to teams feeling the need to start over after a first bad game, the Journeyman system ensures you will always have 11 players on the field. This game is a part of the Blood Bowl Series

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jervis Johnson

Artists

5
Carl Critchlow Wayne England David Gallagher Pete Knifton Richard Wright

Publishers

2
(Web published) Games Workshop Ltd.