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Blood Bowl: The Official Rules

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This 136-page hardback book is absolutely stuffed with everything a budding coach needs to know about Blood Bowl.

- The History of Blood Bowl: from the ancient origins of the game, surrounded in myth and legend, to the evolution of the modern sport. The story of Blood Bowl is as wild as the fanatics who love it.

- Rules and Regulations: streamlined and updated for the Second Season Edition. Everything is explored in detail, from the basics, to recruiting a team, through to the actions your players can take, and the aftermath of the game.

- League vs Exhibition Games: Blood Bowl can be played as one-off matches, and long-running leagues with loads of coaches competing for the top prize. Learn all about both.

- Blood Bowl Teams: Updated rules including new Region and Team Special Rules, a tiered ranking system, and rosters for all 21 current teams.

- Star Players: Every named Star Player now has their own Special Rule. Find current profiles for 23 of them here.

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Gareth Francis
Blood Bowl: The Official Rules

If you already own previous copies of the game, so you have teams, pitches, tokens & dice (I do, by the bucket load), this is well worth it to keep you updated with the latest version.

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John Simpson Wedge
Blood Bowl! Now with 50% more bowls!

Blood Bowl is a great game. The usual tldr is that this is Rugby in the Warhammer World, which says a lot about the setting but not much mechanically.

Blood Bowl has a good balance of strategy and luck, occasionally referred to as ‘chess with dice’. Risk mitigation plays a key roll in successful play, and players need to balance the risk/reward of each play to make the best use of the team.

But onto the book itself.
It’s well produced, looks very pretty. It is a sturdy hardback with an excellent print finish. Importantly it contains all the rules at launch of Blood Bowl 2020. Of course it has ambiguities and errors as all GW books have, however there is already an FAQ and Errata available online to resolve these. The book also has a good index which helps in the search for rulings.

If you’re already a Blood Bowl player then the rulebook is all you need for the new Season.

If you’re looking to get into the game it’s honestly hard to recommend this over the box set, which includes the rules as well as the pitch, dice, templates and two teams for very good value! Hence 4 stars over 5.