Warhammer Blood Bowl

This has been available for some time by direct download and has undergone numerous patches that have fixed the bugs in it. What it has finished as is a very faithful rendition of the board game with a mixture of the tactics, violence and quirky humour that has made Blood Bowl great over the years.

Only 8 races are available at present (Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Chaos, Skaven, Goblins, Lizardmen) though more are expected to be added through patches/expansions. However this does give a fairly good spread of speed, strength, toughness and mutations to appeal to whatever you like to play.

It should be noted that Blood Bowl has something of a learning curve and the tutorial is not the most helpful. It would pay to download the Blood Bowl Living Rulebook (free) and have a read of it as it explains a lot of the rules (and more importantly game mechanics) a lot better than the manual. After that, visit the Cyanide forums and read some of the forum posts that deal with how to get the most out of your blocking and the order in which to perform certain actions. This will save you a LOT of heartache down the track even if it seems like a bit of a time investment.

All in all, a great game that will suck you in. There's plenty of folks online waiting to give you some serious opposition once you get tired of the fairly decent AI. There's nothing like killing your oppoent's star ogre to put a smile on your face!

First of all I've only given Blood Bowl 3 stars for one unfortunate reason, for fans who already know the rules this game is easily 5 stars.

The reason for the average 3 stars being the lack of a decent tutorial. Those of us who do not already know the game inside and out will be left feeling lost and confused after the initial tutorial. Having no real practice and being thrust into matches with little strategic knowledge of the games inner workings. Most people will need a good 10-20 games before they understand all of the rules and how best to position their players and perform actions in an efficient manner.

Despite the insufficient tutorial however this game is fantastic and stays true to the original game. The graphics are great and the gameplay is fun once you get the hang of it. Personally I find the lack of music during a match a bit boring but you can easily put your own soundtrack on in the background.

The races and players are as unique as ever with a nice amount of customization available. Along with all the quirks of the races included, cheating Goblins weilding chainsaws and Dwarfish Deathrollers to name a few.

So all in all a fantastic game for fans who already know and love the game, and once they get a hang of it a fantastic game for newcomers too.

Have you ever been playing your favourite table top wargame or board game and wondered how cool it would be if you had all the sounds and effects to go with it? Well finally this is here in the form of cyanides Blood Bowl.

A very accurate and true rendition of the rules that we have been playing for the last series of Blood Bowl.

Great game play and the ability to keep your teams to play with later on keeps you sucked in for months. Also being able to create your own leagues and competitions to play with all your mates just keeps it going.

There are a couple of points that detract a little -
The commentary tends to get a little repitative at times and doesnt really vary all that much.
With the "blitz" mode or Real-time, the computer AI leaves a lot to be desired, and with the use of "concentration mode" you may as well play the turn based mode.

But enough negativity, for anyone who loved Blood Bowl or wants a sport game with a fantastic twist, I truely recommend Blood Bowl.

I grew up playing Blood Bowl the board game, and I find that this game is a pretty close to it. Some things I would like to see, such as more options with Star players, as you only get two options per team. I am really excited about the legendary version coming out at the end of year. Anyone who played and loved the board game should get this game.

Its just like playing the table top version without having to paint any minatures which will be a giant plus for those who have been there and done that 10 years ago.