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Reply To: All kinds of everything remind me of Blood Bowl!

January 6, 2023 at 1:58 pm #1796068

blinky465

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For me, the whole idea of “tournament, matched play” Blood Bowl is unnecessary –

I’d go so far to say it goes against the whole point of the game. It’s supposed to be a fun satire; it’s meant to be unbalanced. There are teams that are hopelessly underpowered (who plays a snotling team to win?) and sometimes the best acheivement you can hope for is not to win, but maybe throw your team-mate into the end zone for a spectacular touchdown.

Trying to make a “tournament” game balanced just feels like it’s squashing all the outrageous fun and silliness out of the game. I got into Blood Bowl because of the fluff and nonsense around it – the actual game itself is… well, let’s be honest, it can be a bit tedious. To reduce the game down to maximising player stats to grind out a win feels like missing the whole point of Blood Bowl (at, tbh, games in general!)