Blood Bowl
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:41 am
I played my first game of Blood Bowl in over two years last night.
And I have to say, it was bloody ace!
Ash was kind enough to come over and let me show him the ropes. We'd been to the pub previously, so were in the correct state of sobriety to play GWs finest ever offering. He picked out the Chaos Dwarf team, I opted for Dark Elves as I figured they would provide a nice contrast to the CDs play style.
Ash proved to be a quick learner, as although I sneaked in a couple of early TDs, he worked out that the dwarves' strengths did not so much lie in scoring as much as murdering as many of my players as possible. My first two TDs came in turns 3 and 5, but he kept me from scoring again until turn 7 of the second half (at which point we had a riot on the pitch and the game ended. It was 2am, so neither of us were that fussed about it...) I also ended up with a measly 6 players on the pitch. (he was about the same)
So, all in all, a fine game had by both of us, and a big thank you to Ash for coming over and giving me the chance to play. Personally, I'm feeling well up for some more BB. It takes me back to the glory days when GW games could be played with a dozen minis and a couple cans of beer, and no ill-feeling towards the company at all.
What say you? Anybody fancy a nostalgia trip? We could start a new competition, call it the Natsukashii Classic
And I have to say, it was bloody ace!
Ash was kind enough to come over and let me show him the ropes. We'd been to the pub previously, so were in the correct state of sobriety to play GWs finest ever offering. He picked out the Chaos Dwarf team, I opted for Dark Elves as I figured they would provide a nice contrast to the CDs play style.
Ash proved to be a quick learner, as although I sneaked in a couple of early TDs, he worked out that the dwarves' strengths did not so much lie in scoring as much as murdering as many of my players as possible. My first two TDs came in turns 3 and 5, but he kept me from scoring again until turn 7 of the second half (at which point we had a riot on the pitch and the game ended. It was 2am, so neither of us were that fussed about it...) I also ended up with a measly 6 players on the pitch. (he was about the same)
So, all in all, a fine game had by both of us, and a big thank you to Ash for coming over and giving me the chance to play. Personally, I'm feeling well up for some more BB. It takes me back to the glory days when GW games could be played with a dozen minis and a couple cans of beer, and no ill-feeling towards the company at all.
What say you? Anybody fancy a nostalgia trip? We could start a new competition, call it the Natsukashii Classic
The "Competition Rules" document is half-complete, anyway - they left out the background, most of the artwork and all the "did you know..." bits. Presumably it was to make a smaller "rules-only" document for, well, competition, but they never bothered to upload the complete LRB6.