Games Workshop Take A Closer Look At Blood Bowl Season Two
October 19, 2020 by brennon
Games Workshop has been showing off a lot over the weekend and we're starting out with a peek at what's new for the Fantasy Football world of Blood Bowl. The Second Season Edition is on the way with a big new Starter Set to get you going in the game.
Second Season Edition // Blood Bowl
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The new set features a full rulebook which includes all of the teams that are currently available to play as in Blood Bowl. You'll also find the pitch, dice, tokens, templates, board (double-sided), dug-outs and of course the two plastic teams which are entirely new to the game.
Bogenhafen Barons // Blood Bowl
As a little bit of a bonus for the Humans and Orcs within the Blood Bowl universe, you now have the exceptionally well-funded Bogenhafen Barons who are covered in shiny new gear and wearing big feathered helmets. You've also got the seriously competitive Thunder Valley Greenskins who have decided that it's about time to win games of Blood Bowl without mercy.
Thunder Valley Greenskins // Blood Bowl
Both of the teams comes with a Star Player to get you going in the game. The Human Nobles have Griff Oberwald, a big name from the depths of Blood Bowl lore. The Orcs also have the dangerous and brutal Varga Ghoul-Chewer who is the epitome of a deadly Orc with a "certain set of skills".
I really like the miniatures we're getting in this set, especially the Thunder Valley Greenskins. The real joy of their team is the pack of snarling Goblins who look like they are much, much more deadly than their snivelling counterparts found in other teams. For such a Dwarf fan I do have a love of Goblins it seems...
Blood Bowl Rules & A Big Trailer
Lastly, you'll also be able to get your hands on a pair of Referees who are trying in vain to keep proceedings on an even keel.
Elf & Dwarf Referees // Blood Bowl
You get an Elf who looks like a right stickler for the rules giving a red card to someone who has just broken someone's neck. You've then got the Dwarf who is carrying around the rules as decreed by Nuffle on his back. I imagine there is also a big ol' book of grudges there too for marking down infringements so they can be remembered forevermore.
Second Season Edition Trailer // Blood Bowl
If you're interested in Blood Bowl then it's worth checking out the trailer above and then keeping an eye out for pre-orders soon. This new set is very tempting, especially with a lot of the detail all contained within one book. It does seem like the new Necromantic Horror team are then included in a new issue of Spike! magazine which is a bit of a shame but otherwise, everything is looking good for Blood Bowl.
Are you tempted by this new edition of the game?
"I really like the miniatures we're getting in this set, especially the Thunder Valley Greenskins..."
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I reserve judgement until I see pricing… I fear the Wurst.
At this point, I don’t think people are that surprised by Games Workshop’s pricing choices heh. I tend to go with “its going to be more expensive than you think” and then I get a nice surprise if it’s less than that.
And never mind what price it will be…. they will sell it all… somehow…
For some people Games Workshop is the only tabletop hobby they enjoy/play – they aren’t butterflies like some of us, so a big spend on something like this will probably keep them going for months and months.
A good way to look at it!
It’s certainly a packed box. I was surprised to see the addition of the big guys and the refs. So far so good.
Agreed, the big guys and refs was a bit of a shock – that will clearly add an extra 20+ quid to the price!
Was also nice to see they are continuing the SPIKE magazines for BB.
Thought we might have already got a hint at what comes next, but I am sure that will drop around the same time as the actual release date for this.
I will be picking it up regardless to be fair. As I love me some Blood Bowl!
two big guys… I guess it’ll be 40+ more then 20+
If memory serves, the Orge and the Troll both come in under 20 quid each.
So, you never know, much like Indomitus for 40k was heralded as “good value for money”, this might work out cost effective on the big guy front.
I don’t the the Indomitus comparison works because that was “one for the collectors”. This BB set is a “complete game in box” But you’re right about the price (15 and 18 GBP). Again adding to the cost are the referees. If they stay below 100GPB I’d be highly surprised.
Indeed – I think it’s neat that they went for adding more variety with the Big Guys, Star Players and such. It gives you something to expand into if you’re playing a league or just more options if you want to play a one-off.
Really you can get two units cool cool for cities of sigmar and orc with the teams on the box
Y love the orcs and zombi shoulder… the humans be so polish to me.. only like the guy without helmet
I remember playing BB when it first came out. I was expect a fun, fast paced sports game. I got a risk-mitigation slog.
Has it changed over the years? The new box set looks great, but I don’t have fond memories of the rules.
I only played the edition previous to this but found it to be very similar. I don’t remember any of the more specific tweaks but it was fun; at least to me.
I have good memories of Blood Bowl, especially if played in the spirit of the game. Certainly, a game to play with friends who are all on the same wavelength.
I played my first games of Dreadball and last game of Blood Bowl on the same day. I had so much fun playing BB over the years but it’s crying out for a rules update.
Dreadball far better game, but worse minis. BB lovely minis but still a very “grindy” set of rules (but great to play online with the computer game that does a faithful representation of the board game). Perhaps we really need to do a fan based “Dreadbowl” game that uses the Dreadball rules and then the Bloodbowl minis 😀
Blitzbowl is pretty much exactly that.
I see the dwarf went to the library for some light reading.
But it’s probably rules book’s.
LOL If it’s a dwarf, twenty pages of that is probably rules, and the rest is dedicated to grudges he has against every other non-dwarf player in the league (including his co-ref)! XD
Lol probably.
Those look really good and boxed set seems tempting.
That’s a stunning box set! Probably beyond my wallet though
While that might be case I suspect that this boxed set is going to have little higher price tag than previous BB boxed set so maybe about 90€ since previous one was 85€.
I think it will cost more than 90€ probaly 100€, it has 2 referees, 2 star players and 2 big guys.
The new Warcry box which has as it seems less stuff (no monsters and less terrain) costs 30€ more than the old box.
No plans to make Blitz Bowl available in UK and Europe?
Doesn’t seem so right now.
Blitz Bowl is available in Germany so it kind of is available in Europe
I get no Heroquest but I get Blitz Bowl, ha!! 😉
Love the refs and the Orc big guy is cool too
I’m really looking forward to this! I’ll be happy as long as it’s under £100 and of course I’ll be checking the OTT store. There is a lot in the box so fingers crossed GW don’t go too silly. I’ve already dropped hints to the wife incase she feels generous at xmas!
The box set looks nice there was some talk about a throwing stat being added to the new pc game which has the same rules so there could be some changes this time.
Box content looks fantastic. Not sure on new rules – up for trying, after all all else fails its unleash the stunties and have fun. However, recent pricing trends do make me worry if it will exceed the amount I am willing to pay