Blood Bowl (First Edition) (1986)

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Designer	Jervis Johnson
Artist	Brett Ewins Aly Morrison
Publisher	Descartes Editeur Games Workshop Ltd. Sfera
Year Published	1986
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Thematic Games (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Fantasy Sports Wargame
Mechanic	Roll / Spin and Move
Expansion	Blood Bowl (First Edition): Death Zone Blood Bowl (First Edition): Skaven Team
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Primary Name	Blood Bowl (First Edition)
Alternate Names	Blood Bowl le casque sanglant Troll Football
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A Games Workshop Fantasy Football game that stood as something of a cross between American football, rugby and all out war. The first edition of Blood Bowl used cardboard figures to represent the teams and in game flow terms is actually a long way off the much slicker current third edition. At the time it simply moved the then cumbersome Warhammer Fantasy Battle system onto a football pitch and was rather bogged down by the resultant tables and charts that dictated the flow of the game. It sowed the seeds however for the far more playable second and third editions and is now something of a collectible classic.

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Blood Bowl (First Edition)

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Games Workshop Second Edition

Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.

Artist: Brett Ewins, Aly Morrison

Year: 1987

Size: 11.54 x 8.46 x 2.20 inches

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Blood Bowl (First Edition)

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Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.

Artist: Brett Ewins, Aly Morrison

Year: 1986

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Size: 12.00 x 8.00 x 1.00 inches

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0	General Does anyone have the rules?	2011-04-01	ianpwilliams	7
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0	General Spare plastic base?	2010-04-19	ecoraph	7
1	General I used to own this years ago . whats changed with the various editions?	2009-08-12	gurubob	11
0	General Skaven team?	2009-06-22	gaspode	4
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0	General I like this edition as much as I like the new game	2008-05-22	Alistair	1
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Board Game Rank:	4007
Thematic Rank:	390
Num Ratings:	395
Average Rating:	5.80
Standard Deviation:	1.61
Num Views:	43225
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
Fans:	12

Personal Comments:	122
Users Owning:	632
Users Wanting:	4
Users Trading:	47 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Blood Bowl (First Edition): Death Zone

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	101
Average Rating	6.22
Average Weight	2.73

Num Owned	173
Prev. Owned	20
For Trade	8
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	10
Comments	27
Year Published	1987

Blood Bowl (First Edition): Skaven Team

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Num Ratings	2
Average Rating	4.00
Average Weight	0.00

Num Owned	8
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For Trade	0
Want in Trade	0

Wishlist	1
Comments	0
Year Published	1987

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Match Record Chart	http://www.gamingcorner.nl/images/sheets/bloodbowl...	2006-01-26
Team Roster Sheet	http://www.gamingcorner.nl/images/sheets/bloodbowl...	2006-01-26
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2005-03-01
Yahoo group for fans of Blood Bowl, and any other 80's Games Workshop classics.	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fantasy_Vault/	2003-06-17