

Feel like splurging? Have them laminate it.Īside from the basic game being free, the mini's are not expensive either. You could draw out the pitch on a piece of cardboard if you really wanted, or you can print out a pitch yourself, just google "Blood Bowl Pitch" and you'll find plenty of free PDF's to print over at Kinko's for a few bucks. The rules are FREE! No really, you don't need to steal/torrent them, that link goes straight to GW, they're giving the game away for $0. Here's the scenario, you're at your game club, it's 10pm and the club closes at 12, what do you do? BLOOD BOWL! That means a game will take at most 2 hours and 8 minutes, most of my games last under 2 hours including set up. Models have only a few stats: Move, Strength, Agility and Armor, plus a few special rules, the most common of which are very intuitive and don't require constant thumbing through the book.Ĥ minute turns, 2 hour games, period, it's in the rules. The rules are also written very clearly and concisely, I've never had an argument over what is and what isn't allowed by the rules. Once you've played a full game (if not just a few turns), you will rarely need to reference the rules anymore.

The basic rules are 10 pages, advanced bring that up to 19. Add character advancement for leagues, plus some home brew alcohol related rules and you can only have a great time with this game. The game is extremely easy to learn, games are fast and it's pretty damn cheap. I think that Blood Bowl may actually be nearly the perfect game. I've had a bit of Blood Bowl fever lately, and once you've played a few games, you'll understand why.
