BLOOD BOWL - You should be playing this

[eldaec]

I was was going to say, I just pushed the 'buy it for cheap' button and everything was ok.

[Threash]

Score, thanks!

[eldaec]

To people who don't have this game somehow:

This is a turn based multiplayer game that can be played casually, we have an active community on f13 so you don't have to play mouthbreathers, and it is a faithful interpretation of a GW game from before they went full retard.

I cannot see how a computer game could be designed more specifically for this community.

ALSO, season 6 is wrapping up which means two things. Firstly, it we've done something on f13 for six seasons, and it isn't EVE, this game actually came out of the fucking graveyard. Also it means in a couple of weeks we'll start taking signups for the close season D&M tournament, which is the low key swiss-tourney ideal for new people.

Become a new person.

Buy this game ffs.

[Llyse]

It seems like people who already own it can buy Chaos edition for $10 AND GIFT IT!

So there's no excuse to roll 1s and break your monitor in Frustration together!

That and laugh at your hapless foes 

[rk47]

I thought the huge patch for Legendary Edition means it'll work when matching with Chaos Ed users?

[eldaec]

That is correct.

[Llyse]

Yep, the $10 Chaos Edition is for completely new people to Bloodbowl who don't want to pay $30 off shelf

[Sky]

What's new in it, worth getting if you have LE?

[Ruvaldt]

Three new teams is the main attraction.  For $10 that's pretty good.

[Threash]

I really need to start putting more time into this game, there is so much out there right now though.  I did pay my ten bucks and it is currently downloading so we shall see.

[satael]

Three new teams is the main attraction.  For $10 that's pretty good.

I think it's pretty bad, but since it's blood bowl I bought it the moment it turned up on steam   

[luckton]

Downloading now.  It's a good time to buy at $10 too, since this may very well be the last BB edition released for a while.

[Kail]

It seems like people who already own it can buy Chaos edition for $10 AND GIFT IT!

Unless I'm reading the sale wrong (which I may be, because that's how it looked yesterday to me, too), it's 67% off this weekend anyways, so anyone can get it for $10.00 without mucking around with gift exchanges.

LE is on sale, too, but I don't know of any reason to get it over Chaos, unless the one penny difference is really a big deal to you.

Edit: having investigated this for ten seconds, it looks like Chaos isn't actually on sale for people who don't already have it.  I am stupid and wrong.

[proudft]

I was in fact able to buy it for $10 for a friend, though, and he is playing it fine, so there is that option.

[eldaec]

Just buy the damn game. Most people who try it get over 100 hours out of it, most of which will be against other f13 people so 3 or 30 dollars are all good deals.

[Sjofn]

I thought to myself, "Hm, do *I* have 100 hours in Blood Bowl?" Sure enough, 128 hours. Who knew?

[lamaros]

I may or may not have over 650 hours in Blood Bowl.

[eldaec]

Season 7 sign ups are open now, and most of the cool kids are playing new teams for some reason.

You should sign up to play blood bowl.

[Sky]

I'm getting ready to play the miniatures version with a buddy, so it's tempting to jump back in. But I'm already struggling to find time to paint minis, it would eat up a good 20% of my available painting time :(

[eldaec]

Play a goblin team irl, the minis are smaller, you can paint them faster, more time to play blood bowl.

[Shannow]

Season 7 sign ups are open now, and most of the cool kids are playing new teams for some reason.

You should sign up to play blood bowl.

Dumb question time: If i did want to be cool, which edition do I buy?

Does it have to be played live?

[HaemishM]

Yes, played live and no reason to buy anything other than Chaos Edition unless you are just dirt poor.

[Sky]

Play a goblin team irl, the minis are smaller, you can paint them faster, more time to play blood bowl.

I only have the orcs and humans included with the game, plus a couple star players. He already took dibs on the orcs and I have to paint them like the superbowl shuffle Bears.

[Azazel]

Any couple of WHFB sprues from any given range will give you a team. At worst, a couple of blisters or metal figures off eBay. There's also tons of third-party teams available.

[Sky]

I just want to be sure he's into it first. And then Dreadball. Then we'll see what's what.

[eldaec]

There are about half a dozen slots left.

I don't fully understand why Sky isn't signing up along with his irl buddy.

Maybe he has lost his mind.

[Ruvaldt]

The Andydavo is gone, Sky.  It's safe to go back into the water.

[eldaec]

Posting because Blood Bowl is still a thing, and we switch out of main season in a couple weeks into close season with the low pressure tourney to help people develop teams. In other words, a good time to buy and start playing blood bowl.

(It is always a good time to play blood bowl)

[Megrim]

Once, or just before the main league wraps up in a couple of weeks, we will be looking to run a low-level tourney for all interested players. If you like turn-based strategy, football, and blood this is a great time to dip your toes into the wonderful world of Blood Bowl.

Just post in the subforum, make yourself known and we'll look to find a place for you.

[satael]

Once, or just before the main league wraps up in a couple of weeks, we will be looking to run a low-level tourney for all interested players. If you like turn-based strategy, football, and blood this is a great time to dip your toes into the wonderful world of Blood Bowl.

Just post in the subforum, make yourself known and we'll look to find a place for you.

And you can always try to find games in the feeder league (just post in the thread whenever you are looking to play or ask someone like me if I happen to be on steam) if you don't want to wait for a tourney to start 

[eldaec]

D&M3 applications now open in the blood bowl forum.

This is the shorter and more easy going close season tournament ideal for new players and new teams (all blood bowl is always ideal for new players, but this blood bowl is especially so).

You should play blood bowl.

[Llyse]

What Eldaec said. Come join one of the few surviving f13 gaming sub forums 

The new tournament is for new teams only so you have a good chance of killing people's players! 

[Soln]

Honest question: is there a way I can learn to play this game without being curb stomped?


Is there a training wheels version or AI to play against?

[eldaec]

There us an AI that will help you learn the block and dodge rules.

But good against remotes is one thing, good against the living is another matter. Join the d&m tourney and you'll figure it out. We play this tournament using the swiss team, so less successful sides are paired against each other.

[Falconeer]

There is AI, single player and campaing mode. So yes, plenty of ways to learn the game against bots, but that does not prepare you at all for the amount of rage you will experience in a real match. Oh wait, I am not supposed to scare away new players...

More seriously, yes. You got all you need to learn against the computer, and you can even set up match where you pick your team and the AI team and you can be as unfair as you want. But as eldaec said, the real fun is against other humans. The meta-game is 75% of the fun in Blood Bowl. And why the f13 League has been alive and healthy for three years now.