New Edition Of Fantasy Football Game Blood Bowl Sighted!
August 4, 2020 by brennon
Blood Bowl is coming back in a big way from Games Workshop. Whilst we saw a few leaks over the last couple of days, Games Workshop made it official yesterday with a new trailer and a better look at the boxed set, rulebook and some new miniatures too.
Blood Bowl Rulebook // Games Workshop
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We start with this new Rulebook which features some rather awesome stylised artwork on the cover. I wasn't overly sure about it, to begin, with but as I've had a better look at what's on the cover and within its pages (sneakily), I've actually found that it matches up pretty well with the tone of Blood Bowl. It's certainly got that classic look to it with a Human facing off against an Orc.
According to their blog post on the new edition, there has been quite a lot tweaked to make the game run smoother on the tabletop. Core elements of the game have been tweaked to make them less fiddly and there are a few new bits here and there for Blood Bowl veterans to sink their teeth into. From the looks of it we're also going to get ALL of the teams that are currently available in the ONE book rather than spread out over many volumes.
New Blood Bowl Boxed Game
All of this comes together in a big new box which looks to include everything you need to get going with both Humans and Orcs. You'll, of course, get the board, accessories, gaming components and everything else that makes a game of Blood Bowl go smoothly.
Blood Bowl Second Season Edition // Games Workshop
From a few of the screenshots taken from elsewhere on the internet, it looks like the box is going back to basics in a lot of regards. If this edition of the game can make it more appealing to sit down and play this in real life rather than taking to a computer or games console to play it digitally then I am all for what Games Workshop has to offer.
I must admit that every time I see anything to do with Blood Bowl I am consumed with a need to paint up a new team. This makes very little sense because I haven't played the game in probably ten years but I remember just how many games I've played of this and the fun I had when doing so. I am sorely on the edge of painting up a Human or Orc team just to scratch the itch!
Bogenhafen Barons - New Blood Bowl Miniatures
As well as this peek at the front cover, we also got a look at some of the new plastic miniatures you're going to get in the set. There are two teams for you to choose from but the focus right now is on the Humans, the Bogenhafen Barons!
Bogenhafen Barons Team // Blood Bowl
Looking exceptionally ostentatious in their gleaming armour and with enough feathers to make a peacock blush, these fellows seem like they as much about looking good as they are playing well. Imperial Nobility has waded into the contest to test themselves against some of the most brutal players out there. They have even managed to sign the legendary Griff Oberwald!
Bogenhafen Barons Players // Blood Bowl
These miniatures are looking great and whilst I'm not usually a fan of this amount of pomp and ceremony on a miniature, I think it fits the over-the-top nature of Blood Bowl quite well. You could, of course, paint them up in all manner of different schemes to match the various states of The Empire if you wanted too.
Bogenhafen Barons Players // Blood Bowl
I also really like that we've got so many personalities and a nice bit of diversity in this team. As well as your normal dashing and toothless bruisers you've got some old veterans, a few that spent a bit much time drinking Bloodweiser and a few ladies too! Everyone gets to have some fun on the Fantasy Football pitch.
Maybe this could be a good time to break out the Ostland Ogres from retirement and allow them to make a glorious return to the Blood Bowl pitch. They were my favoured Human team who unfortunately lost their Ogre in the first game of Blood Bowl they ever attempted. It took them quite a lot of time to save up enough money to buy another "mascot"...
This all seems like it's going in the right direction for Blood Bowl fans and I can't wait to learn more about it.
What do you think?
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I was recently thinking of picking up blood bowl so I take this a sign that the gods of the pitch have answered me ?
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I really like the outlandish and ridiculous nature of the new team, really nice. If all the rules are in one place, plus the fact Blood Bowl 3 is meant to be coming soon, we could see more people getting into (or back into) Blood Bowl (not that it ever went away amongst the die hards) – which could be a nice boost for all those companies who make Fantasy Sports teams.
I have often thought about starting a project on here to showcase the amount of BB teams I have bought and painted over the last few years, looks like I may have another when this launches!
My word, as anyone who has saw my Chaos All Star project knows, I love me some Blood Bowl!
I just hope that if GW are taking BB back to basics they go all out on the Star Players, those were somewhat lacking in the latest version – I need me a Duke Luthor Von Hawkfire mini!
If it’s popular enough, maybe GW will take production of star players back from their pricier cousin Forge World.
I’d be surprised to see that happen. They didn’t do it when they brought out the second Necromunda box. Bit frustrating for people waiting on specific Star Players.
I do think better violent Sf and fantasy sports games exist but there’s a lot to like here. The plastics look absolutely amazing for one. As a Blood Bowl player since school, back when it was a box full of standees, it’s amazing to see how the components have developed.
I’d love to see that aesthetic used some more *quietly* maybe in a mass battle game 😉
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I could be persuaded to buy the book. The current edition (and previous ones) just don’t hold my interest because they are far too fiddly for my tastes (although I appreciate that others like that). I’ll be interested to watch a review once they start hitting the wild.
All the teams in one book right from the start sounds very good. I love the arrogant look in the face of that new thrower.
I’ve been playing Blood Bowl 2 on PC throughout the lockdown and picked up a Dark Elf team of minis just to paint. Now it looks like I’ve timed it perfectly to get back into the tabletop version!
Need to see the Orks first… and peek into the rulebook…
That new team looks both great and outlandish.
Great looking new figures.
EEK… to the humans but as they said with the weekender… loads of figures to buy…
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I have bought a few minis from Greebo for my Chaos All Star team, they are excellent sculpts.
Blood Bowl was one of the games I planned to get this year so this release is great. I like the new minis especially the moustached guy holding the ball
Liking the look of this…a lot. Future project methinks.
If those feathers are easily removable (particularly the ones that seem to be affixed on the “shoulder shield”) I’m in. The new human team looks SOOO much better than the old one (with the “Jazz Hands” linesman poses). Hopefully the more extreme elements of the sculpts can be calmed down (either by cutting them away or just not gluing them on). But these are definitely an improvement for the Human Team models, hopefully the Orcs are too (and they do something about the Dwarf team being able to walk using only their beards!!!!).
Does anybody else see that GW has made Gerry a mini for the human team with his trusty pipe in the last photo? Did you bribe people over there with licorice or charm them with your wit @avernos ? @robert Agreed that the rebirth of a game is good and the flourishing of other companies but the question is ‘at what cost’? Could we be seeing the grognardism of BB like D&D? @sundancer Yes, we need to see these updated rules. I think there might be a shitstorm in the making if they’ve gon e by the military mantra of… Read more »
A new alt human team- I’m kind of surprised that they aren’t Brettonian, but they do look pretty good.
The minis look great. And hopefully the game is returning more to it’s satirical “piss-take” look at the game of earlier versions; the latest versions were all taking themselves a bit too seriously for me. One of the joys of Blood Bowl was in the ridiculously unbalanced teams – who really played Halflings for anything other than a bit of a laugh? Lots of players focussed more on winning the game instead of enjoying playing it! Silly puns, spoof advertisings, bonkers rules (are there still goblin pogo players?) make for a far more entertaining game than simply “set up a… Read more »
And GW knock it out of the park 😮
The figures are great. I think that I’m already falling in love with this game because of them
Interesting thing. I tried to play this and, to be honest, I prefer real football better. Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time for that, because of my work. I just sit at home, I bet on sports on the site 888sport.com and sometimes I cook. That’s all my classes. I want to find some hobbies, and then I feel that I can fall into depression and that’s all. Sadly…