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The Way Gamers Play Football: Blood Bowl

Posted on October 27, 2010

The once-green football fields will soon be saturated with the blood of Orcs, Elves, and eighteen other races; the uprooted grass you see at this Blood Bowl arena will not be a result of cleats, but of the gruesome spikes strapped to the plated 'padding' adorned by each team. If you know people that think they're manly for watching real-world football, it's time to strap on the chainmail, conceal those boot-daggers, and show them how to play ball the way gamers play ball: with gut-spilling, skull-crushing, reckless abandon.

 

 

Commence the battle between your favorite tusked Orcs and their dainty elf counterparts (or one of twenty other races)! The new release adds eleven new races to the existing nine, for a total of twenty tactically different teams. Different skills and play styles add a level of strategy to football never before seen; introduce some creepy crypt-like scenery and you've got yourself a fantastically enhanced sport, without risk of having your own guts trampled by Ogres, slashed by undead, or loaded with darts by Amazons!

 

Read more about Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition below in the official press release.

 

A brutal team sport unfolding in a fantasy world based on Warhammer and American football, Blood Bowl is an incredible, brutal game in which no holds are barred as you lead your team to the Blood Bowl final! Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is the ultimate Blood Bowl edition! 11 new playable races join the 9 races already available in the 2009 edition: Undead, Amazon, Ogres and 9 other races enter Blood Bowl's tournaments. All 20 races have their personal style, tactics and unique skills which give each game a diversity rarely seen in a strategy game. New and more impressive stadiums welcome all these new teams: from the snowy Norse stadium to the creepy interior of a crypt, a change of scenery is guaranteed!

 

A new Story mode is also introduced, in which players will play as a freelance coach. They will have to lead several famous teams and take up many challenges through a story revealing the origins of Blood Bowl, the Old World and its many races that relentlessly compete with each other in merciless games. A newly scripted tutorial will teach all new comers everything they need to know about coaching a Blood Bowl team! In order to stay as close as possible to the official rules, many additions and updates have been made to better match the latest Blood Bowl Rulebook, used in all official board game official tournaments.

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition will be released the 28th of October (retail and digital download).

Plunge into a minute of madness in the company of the prettiest, funniest or scariest cheerleaders in sports' history... it's time for BLOOD BOWL!

 

Keep your eyes peeled before our review!