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Ive never managed to get a game inder 2.5 hours after trying to play sporadically once every few years since '97. But they may as well be completely noob games. Regardless, wether it gets better in duration or not, its a slog to learn and it taking more than 2 hours to resolve isnt doing it any favors. Im not so inclined to fall for sunk cost fallacy that could make a prospect of some sunny future where i might like it, a feasible option for my sanity to pursue.

I think mr rose described blitz bowl pretty well. Think of a gladiatorial arena where youre trying to please the crowd showboating and then occassionally scoring some touchdowns to get a few more points. Oh, and halflings are better than they have any right to be in blitz bowl.

Most blood bowl players turn their nose up at blitz bowl, which is fine by me since they already have blood bowl to play to fulfill their expectations. For tjose of us who wete failed by the promise of blood bowl, we have blitz bowl. And judging by how your experience to blood bowl was similar to mine, blitz bowl might be the salve that soothes the need to play with these wonderfully sculpted dollies.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I just can’t get my head round it at all. Never scored, let alone won a match.

I've not played BB2 (hard to tell at a glance if it was streamlined or bloated, with the new rules and stats).

BB1 the general guide for a new player guide was to work through a sequence of actions each turn unless you were trying something specific and fancy, in order of which actions are either least likely to end your turn or most likely to stop the opponent from running off with the ball.
-un-stun / stand up players
-move unengaged players who arn't going to be doing anything else to create tackle zones and add to blocks
-safe-ish plays (2-3 dice blocks and crowd surfing) and important plays (pick up the ball) - the order of which is usually down to how risky it is to not be holding the ball if a 'safe' play fails
-and then the riskier plays, or nothing at all. The odds are broadly in favour of the player who takes the action, but knocking your own guy down is the most common cause of a hole in your lines.

 Wiz Warrior wrote:
Ive never managed to get a game inder 2.5 hours after trying to play sporadically once every few years since '97

Do you play with the four minute turn limit?
I've always found Blood Bowl games stretch on if a player is allowed to procrastinate, checking all possible routes and tackle zones for that one miraculous game-changing sequence. But against the clock people take more risks and make more mistakes, which in turn shortens the game even more due to turn-overs.

We use a chess clock when we play, so that you still have time pressure, but you can take a bit of time on the turns that really, really matter.

 Easy E wrote:
I have been thinking about a Blood Bowl RPG too.

The world is quite interesting from the limited lore we have!

I’m still not convinced I need to give it another whirl.

Again this is not an indictment of the game! It’s all on me, and I make no particular apology for that, and I certainly do not demand anyone justify their enjoyment/outright love for it.

I’m gonna stick with Necromunda. That’s totally my jam.

Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

Beer, Brutality and Blood Bowl on pre-order next week,

Love the sculpt for that Star Player Yhetee - Skrorg Snowpelt

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

Spoiler:

I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

A full team, a big guy and three star players in one relase, huh?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

"And I love YOU, random spectator!"

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

Spoiler:

I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

I'm on the opposite end, blood bowl is absolutely the place for crazy poses. I think they should dial back on the crazy poses outside of blood bowl.

I just want to see the Yehtee redesign for Ogre Kingdoms now.

"And I love YOU, random spectator!"

Its the hair he loves. His quiff is the center of his world, going by the brush and hair care implements he's got on his hip.

Ok, im byuing this set just for the giggles of it. Norsca.... take away the C and A, replace the C with a K and you have; Norsk, meaning Norwegian.

Yetis is not exactly in the norwegian troll category, but i can live with it.

I do wonder if it’s possible to have yhetees in an Ogre Team. Probably not, but it is a nice thought

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

Spoiler:

I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

Nope, they won´t. It´s the "funny" trash edition. Take a look at the Necromantic team and you know all about it.

A.T. wrote:
BB1 the general guide for a new player guide was to work through a sequence of actions each turn unless you were trying something specific and fancy, in order of which actions are either least likely to end your turn or most likely to stop the opponent from running off with the ball.
-un-stun / stand up players
-move unengaged players who arn't going to be doing anything else to create tackle zones and add to blocks
-safe-ish plays (2-3 dice blocks and crowd surfing) and important plays (pick up the ball) - the order of which is usually down to how risky it is to not be holding the ball if a 'safe' play fails
-and then the riskier plays, or nothing at all. The odds are broadly in favour of the player who takes the action, but knocking your own guy down is the most common cause of a hole in your lines.

I'm sure there is more to it at higher skill levels than I can reach, but that is exactly how I've always played the odd BB game down the years and why I don't find it exciting enough to play regularly. I always found the campaigns and choosing upgrades quite procedural too. It feels like the kind of game that works if you want to paint beautiful minis and/or really love the social aspect of playing down at the club.

 Segersgia wrote:
I do wonder if it’s possible to have yhetees in an Ogre Team. Probably not, but it is a nice thought

Nope -

The Yhetee is a Big Guy for Norse teams alone, while the three Star Players can also be fielded by Dwarf, Halfling, Human, Imperial Nobility, Old World Alliance, and Ogre teams.

Voss wrote:
I just want to see the Yehtee redesign for Ogre Kingdoms now.

"And I love YOU, random spectator!"

Its the hair he loves. His quiff is the center of his world, going by the brush and hair care implements he's got on his hip.

Its a nice touch and in tune with how historical "Vikings" loved their hair......

beast_gts wrote:

 Segersgia wrote:
I do wonder if it’s possible to have yhetees in an Ogre Team. Probably not, but it is a nice thought

Nope -

The Yhetee is a Big Guy for Norse teams alone, while the three Star Players can also be fielded by Dwarf, Halfling, Human, Imperial Nobility, Old World Alliance, and Ogre teams.

Well, you can have the Star Player yhetee in an ogre team, so there's that.

Other than boredom, what is the motivation for going into game specific threads... to say you have no inclination to play said game?

edit.

Added to post.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:


I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

And, I wholeheartedly disagree. Blood Bowl is the last IP by GW that embraces fun. Blood Bowl is a gladiatorial sport where "pro-wrestling" showboating and soap opera drama are not only expected, but can see careers ended early if you aren't part of the mass media hype train in this alternate Old World.

The entire world and game is a parody and caricature of professional sports and the tabloid drama, with a coat of GW Fantasy paint, and that is the charm of this absolutely mad and unbalanced ruleset.

 NH Gunsmith wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:


I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

And, I wholeheartedly disagree. Blood Bowl is the last IP by GW that embraces fun. Blood Bowl is a gladiatorial sport where "pro-wrestling" showboating and soap opera drama are not only expected, but can see careers ended early if you aren't part of the mass media hype train in this alternate Old World.

The entire world and game is a parody and caricature of professional sports and the tabloid drama, with a coat of GW Fantasy paint, and that is the charm of this absolutely mad and unbalanced ruleset.

 Strg Alt wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Norsca Team is up for pre-order on Saturday alongside a new edition of Spike!, the usual themed dice and pitch, also this fella I don’t think we’ve seen before, who is coming from Forgeworld.

Spoiler:

I kinda wish they would give up on the crazy poses with Blood Bowl.

Nope, they won´t. It´s the "funny" trash edition. Take a look at the Necromantic team and you know all about it.

Funny is fine, they just keep making poses that don't look good on static models. The necromantic team is fine, I like them, the thing I don't like is stuff like the Troll where it's hard to find an angle that the pose actually looks good, or the Kroxigor that looks like a mouth attached to blob of random detail, or the Skinks that look like they're dancing instead of running, or the werewolf that also looks like he's dancing, or the Rat Ogre that looks like he's falling over (seems to have been replaced now). Skrorg Snowpelt's pose would probably look fine if it was a dynamic animation in the video game, but as a static pose it looks awkward IMO.

I'm actually a bit disappointed in Skorg -- he's a Forgeworld model, yet they didn't do an undercut of his hand--it just kind of warps into his hair. If you're going to go resin, at least take advantage of the medium :(

Other than that I like it a lot.

Is this the GOAT?





Another cracker. BB sculpts remind me of the 3D things my mate does.

I wonder how they managed to put the helmet on that ram‘s head.

Great model, again.

That BB model is what I want my next D&D character to be!

Brain Bleat, the Mutton Monster

I really want to like the model, because it seems very well done. Especially for FW BB

But the ram's fur is bugging me. It looks like you could paint it pink and purple and it'll look like it was always meant to be a brain

TheGoodGerman wrote:
I wonder how they managed to put the helmet on that ram‘s head.

Great model, again.

With a hydraulic ram of course.

But seriously, probably just when it was young and the horns were short and straight ish. Those things just keep on growing.

I wonder which Teams Norse will end up in for Dungeonbowl. I've got a vague feeling that they were in some odd teams even when Jade (Life) was all Greenskins.