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Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition

Game ID: GID0048469
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2020
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Description

The latest in a long and glorious line of Blood Bowl seasons, this represents the next step in three decades of evolution. With new and improved rules, streamlined gameplay, and a refined campaign system, everyone's favourite game of fantasy football is back and better than ever.

Play as the coach for a team of Imperial Nobility or Black Orc Blood Bowl players who battle it out on the gridiron in great arenas. Play for riches, pride and to entertain hordes of your team’s devoted fans. You decide the line-up and choose the tactics, but remember …. “It’s not the winning or losing that matters, it’s the mayhem and violence that count!”

Description

The latest in a long and glorious line of Blood Bowl seasons, this represents the next step in three decades of evolution. With new and improved rules, streamlined gameplay, and a refined campaign system, everyone's favourite game of fantasy football is back and better than ever.

Play as the coach for a team of Imperial Nobility or Black Orc Blood Bowl players who battle it out on the gridiron in great arenas. Play for riches, pride and to entertain hordes of your team’s devoted fans. You decide the line-up and choose the tactics, but remember …. “It’s not the winning or losing that matters, it’s the mayhem and violence that count!”

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Had a blast playing
  • Would be fun in a league or tournament
  • Enjoyable miniatures and painting aspect
  • Appreciated the team management and campaign elements
  • Clear board visualization with grids
Cons
  • Extremely long initial game (4 hours)
  • Complex rules with many 'if then' scenarios
  • Constant rule lookups required
  • Luck-based dice rolls can be frustrating
  • Player activation system (one team moves all at once) feels less reactive
  • Initial slog to get past complex rules
Thematic elements
  • A violent sports competition.
  • A game combining football and rugby elements.
Comparison games
  • Warhammer 40k
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Campaign — Injuries can lead to players missing future games, and the league structure functions as a campaign.
  • Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled for actions and to determine outcomes of various situations.
  • miniatures — The game uses miniatures which require assembly and painting.
  • Player activation — One entire team activates at a time, followed by the other team.
  • Team building — Players draft a team, manage money, and build a roster.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • it's like clue murders happen in the hotel and you're trying to find the murder weapons
  • oh look monopoly token boxes wonder what that is oh that's going to be a cute show topic
  • the simple concept of this game is literally just helped build a cathedral and whoever contributes the most of building that cathedral is going to score the most points and win
  • the way you get the resources is just one of my favorite mechanics
  • terraforming mars is still an incredibly popular game this insert will definitely help you get that game set up a lot quicker
  • beyond the sun is a technology game a tech tree game it's about getting the most victory points at the end of the game but it is a simple simple game to learn and play in my opinion
  • the more stuff i get off my board it unlocks things but i always know that man those things that i just removed from the board may be coming back to me and covering spaces that i need to somehow get uncovered again
  • it is just dice in a bowl that's why i love you so much
  • her cards have one of three icons on them... if the ability of the next card that you play has an icon that matches the ones in the discard pile that ability triggers
  • as he takes damage he can build up to three rage and then he has cards that says okay spin rage to activate this ability
  • the two-sided board uh one side is the typical coloring with the uh player areas a certain color of the area but when you flip it over... is it's the edge the rim of the circle that's colored
  • the insert is just amazing it's immaculate holds everything
  • you have two weeks people that's it no more
  • spaceballs you better you better you better take some names and go watch spaceballs
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