Blood Bowl

Descartes Editeur · 1986

2120 min12+ yrs2.7/5 complexity6.1 BGG#8.223 BGG1,4 KCouplesStrategy

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Blood Bowl - a cross between American football, rugby and all out war.

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Blood Bowl - a cross between American football, rugby and all out war. The first edition of Blood Bowl comes complete with 115 cardboard figures to represent different teams including humans, dwarfs, ogres, orcs, dark elves, trolls and troglodytes, to get you straight in the game, with optional metal Citadel Miniatures being released separately.

The rules are a refactored version of the Warhammer system, putting the core combat and psychology rules of Warhammer Fantasy Battle Rules (Second Edition) and the later Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader systems onto a gridded football pitch adding kicking, throwing, alongside injury, team composition and tournament rules, making it a combination of a knockabout skirmish battle game and sports simulation.

Expanded by:

 White Dwarf 86 - Blood Bowl: Skaven Team
 White Dwarf 88 - Pass Interference : Judge Dredd
 White Dwarf 94 - Blood Bowl, Bloody Blood Bowl : Chainsaws and Pit-Traps
 Blood Bowl: Death Zone

game anatomy

Complexity2.7 / 5

BGG rating6.1 / 10

Vibe

CouplesStrategy

Language dependence

Moderate text — a crib sheet helps

Play time

120 min

Players

Recommended age

12+ yrs

BGG rank

#8.223

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Blood Bowl is a fantasy game, for 2 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Blood Bowl — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.

Q4How many players does Blood Bowl support?

Blood Bowl is played by 2 players.

Q5How long does a game of Blood Bowl take?

A game of Blood Bowl takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)

Q6What age is Blood Bowl for?

Blood Bowl is recommended from age 12.

Q7How complex is Blood Bowl?

Blood Bowl has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.7 out of 5.

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Fantasy →Sports →Wargame →

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