Bloodbowl advice

[darjr]

A friend of mine has a hoard of warhammer miniatures and several teams of Bloodbowl miniatures that he just up and gave me. I dunno what to say to him cept thanks! And I'm gonna buy him lots and lots of his gaming meals.

Anybody play Bloodbowl? I've got Elves, Orcs and Chaos. Does it play more like rugby or american soccer or american football? Or nothing like any of them.

 

[Pig Champion]

I play bloodbowl in an loosely organized league. It's great fun but it doesn't play like any real life sport. The similarities with gridiron are superficial and when you tackle\block\blitz your opponent, you aim to hit them so hard that they will die.

I would suggest learning the game with your Orc team and going from there.

 

[Thanee]

These are the current rules:

Blood Bowl Resources | Blood Bowl Resources | Specialist Games Game Resources | Games Workshop

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m780049a_Blood_Bowl_Competition_Rules.pdf

Might be useful.

Bye
Thanee

 

[darjr]

I'll try the orcs and the rules being free is awesome! do I need a board or are there any I can print?

 

[Thanee]

You definitely need a board (though there are some alternatives available).

I'm reasonably sure, that there are printable boards available somewhere on the web; can't point you to one, however.

Just google around a bit. There are tons of blood bowl fansites.

The board hasn't changed since 2nd edition (from the layout), AFAIK.
The "current" board is exactly the same as in 3rd edition.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Pig Champion]

There is the pitch witch: Pitch Witch- Standard Pitch Designs

The original: http://thomasricart.free.fr/Bloodbowl/downloads/Blood Bowl Game Board.jpg

You'll also need 2 scatter dice, a d8, 2 D6 and a pair of block dice or another 2 D6 with each number representing one of the block events.

 

[darjr]

Thanks!

I did find the dice, actually I'll have to ask him about those... he may want them.

My google foo was failing me big time.

 

[Pig Champion]

I should mention, if you print out the original pitch, at the bottom where it says "knock out" and stuff needs to be cut out separately and placed at either side of the table.

They are your dugouts.

 

[Geoff Watson]

Where abouts are you?
Try to find a local club or group to play with.

Talk Fantasy Football • Index page is a good site for more information, as is AusBowl › News

You probably won't need a board; your opponents should have them.

You can get Block dice by joining the NAF; NAF World Headquarters :: Blood Bowl it's a worldwide group that keeps track of Blood Bowl tournaments etc.

Geoff.

 

[Thanee]

I think you can still get the original block dice from GW, too.

Bye
Thanee