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I never really got into BB. I made a team a few years back that is on the shelf, and a sudden interest in it has caused me to dig it out and do some research. I am curious about the current state of the game, when was the LRB updated last? I already have a feeling that GW doesnt give a crap about BB so I just want some general updates. any direction here?

The last LRB or the CRP is only a few years old. Impact Miniatures sell teams under the Elf Bowl name and tackle dice. It's owned/run by the head CRP writer. There also " talk fantasy football" a forum for blood bowl and other grid iron sports.

Blood Bowl still GW best game ever.

I have LRB 5.0 printed and i just dusted off my orc team i made a few years ago. called up a bud and gonna get in a game tomorrow.

We're on 6.0 AFAIK, if that matters to you. Check out http://www.thenaf.net/ and I bet there's a league near you, or at least some players If you have any questions PM me!

*shifty eyes*

I still use the standard books in the box.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:*shifty eyes*

I still use the standard books in the box.

Would anyone be interested in playing with one of your legendary "retired" teams on one of those blood bowl programs (like Apprentice was for Magic) against my league team? We could even have a mini dakka league... spanning continents!

Self Edit: Okay, so I left this reply on the screen... forever ago. I thought I was more sober now but apparently not. I think. Whatever.

played a game today, very refreshing, tie at 1-1 with my orcs vs. chaos. i ran:

4 blorcs
2 blitzer
2 lineman
1 gobbo
1 troll
ugroth the chainsaw star player

got a lot of my oponents models in the KD zone.

studderingdave wrote:played a game today, very refreshing, tie at 1-1 with my orcs vs. chaos. i ran:

4 blorcs
2 blitzer
2 lineman
1 gobbo
1 troll
ugroth the chainsaw star player

got a lot of my oponents models in the KD zone.

Nice.

I must point out, in the current rules you can no longer buy star player for your team. They can now only join a team for one game with inducements (the free money you get before a match form being a lower TV).

You can put your "actual gold" into petty cash if you want, so it is technically possible to get them otherwise, but yeah, they go away after a game.

An online version would be pretty fun, maybe vassal or play by post?

Lord of battles wrote:An online version would be pretty fun, maybe vassal or play by post?

It's done by Cyanida, Blood Bowl Legendary Edition. Should by pretty cheep like 10-15 bucks tops.

Lord of battles wrote:An online version would be pretty fun, maybe vassal or play by post?

You could try FUMBBL;
http://fumbbl.com/

Poorly-substantiated rumours have been heard to the effect that we might see a limited-run Blood Bowl boxed set this autumn.

Blood bowl is alive and well. We have more blood bowl players tha lord of the rings players at our store so tells you alot.

You could always play the PC game of it as mentioned above. Its pretty good.

I would love it if they restarted Blood Bowl, with some new miniatures, and possibly new rules.

Saying that, I've never played Blood Bowl, so I don't know if the rules need updating.

Squigsquasher wrote:I would love it if they restarted Blood Bowl, with some new miniatures, and possibly new rules.

Saying that, I've never played Blood Bowl, so I don't know if the rules need updating.

No update needed, the lastest rule set has nearly 10 years of playtesting. Yes playtesting and not just, "Hey, this would be cool".

But I would like some less cheesy models for human teams

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:But I would like some less cheesy models for human teams

Have you looked into Impact Miniature, Elfbowl team. It basically bloodbowl teams with different name. Plus it owned by the lead writer of the LRB and they sell tackle dice if you need more.

Noir wrote:

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:But I would like some less cheesy models for human teams

Have you looked into Impact Miniature, Elfbowl team. It basically bloodbowl teams with different name. Plus it owned by the lead writer of the LRB and they sell tackle dice if you need more.

yeah, the only human models I saw was the middle eastern Arabic team which didn't look that nice

There are many minature lines to look at. The nice thing about Bloodbowl is the conversions.

As far as the Arabic team, they have many human teams. I believe a traditional medieval era team, a samurai team, and a few others if I'm not mistaken. I suggest looking into impact miniatures and their website.

This will help you guys out alot. check http://www.talkfantasyfootball.org/

It has everything blood bowl related!!!!! It is set up and help maintained by alot of dedicated players.
You may want to check out the New Dungeon bowl game that is soon tobe released by cyanide.Also their will be a new video game edition to be released this fall,
Also TFF has a league finder for all players.If you are ever in Central Illionis and want to play i have a league and one off matches,Saturdays is Dungeon Bowl nite.

For buying alternate teams and well anything bloodbowl try http://www.comixininos.com/index.php/ they seem to have nearly everything.

English Assassin wrote:Poorly-substantiated rumours have been heard to the effect that we might see a limited-run Blood Bowl boxed set this autumn.

If it would be anywhere near are nice as the Space Hulk Limited release a few years back, I would be all over it.

The PC version has a good amount of players

The PC game is a great way to learn and practice Blood Bowl.

I got multiple copies of the Dark Elf Edition for $7 each and gave them to my new Bloodbowl league players so they could brush up their skills.

The Legendary Edition added the missing teams and is awesome to play as well.

I would love to see Blood Bowl make a comeback. I just want them to support the game as they don't really care about the community anymore. Lets hope that changes. Or just release the game and leave it at that.

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:But I would like some less cheesy models for human teams

One of the coolest thinks about Bloodbowl IMO is the fact that your roster can only have up to 16 players MAX, which means its fairly quick and easy to convert models for the entire team (specially compared to other table top games).
With that said, there are so many human miniatures out there (both in WFB universe and not), that anyone can come up with a original human team theme, with as minimum effort.

I had an Undead team back in the late 90's, and I don't know if it's because I was really good a BB or if they were overpowered, but I don't think I ever lost a game. I imagine it was the latter!

Not sure if they are still the same way?

I do love bloodbowl though and me and my mate were talking about dusting off our teams and having a game next month. Would have to find the new rules somewhere though!

FifteenHours wrote:I had an Undead team back in the late 90's, and I don't know if it's because I was really good a BB or if they were overpowered, but I don't think I ever lost a game. I imagine it was the latter!

I started BB in 94 with a undead team and by this time it was nothing like overpowered! Later however when you could field 4 ghouls along with 4 wights, then it was.

Today, with 4 ghouls an 2 wights it's a balanced team IMO, just fine for a slightly experienced player.