Sjofn
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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?
Play against the AI to learn the rules, but eventually you'll have to play against real people to really learn the nuances. Real people who aren't dicks are probably the best people to learn from at first, so if there are people here you think will be kinder and gentler to you (they won't stomp on your best player on turn 16 because they can, for example), once you think you have some bit of an idea what's going on, play some matches in the feeder league with 'em! Honestly, probably the hardest thing to get used to as a newbie is learning how to spend your inducement money and dealing with two minute turns. And learning how to deal with the fact that sometimes you will do everything right, but the dice will turn on you at the exact wrong moment to fuck you over. On the upside, that also means the dice could turn on your opponent! |
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Llyse
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I'm definitely happy to run some newbies in some friendly games in the feeder league going easy
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Ruvaldt
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Yeah, I'm always game for showing someone the ropes. Blood Bowl has a steep learning curve, and it takes literally hundreds of games to become a truly excellent coach, but it's tons of crazy fun, and f13 Bloodbowlers are just about as nice a crowd as you're likely to play with.
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Sky
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Sucks that GW is pulling support for all the specialist games. Maybe a good thing, since they didn't support it anyway.
Carry on :p
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luckton
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Wait, what?
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Sky
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luckton
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Soo....does this mean no more LRB revisions or new teams, etc.?
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Ingmar
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They've supported and unsupported secondary games several times, haven't they?
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eldaec
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Soo....does this mean no more LRB revisions or new teams, etc.?
GW already cut off the LRB people after they had the temerity to design teams that do not have preexisting miniatures. I doubt GW ignoring it will do blood bowl any harm. |
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carnifex27
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There's even a chance that cyanide will get to make a Slannesh team if GW doesn't care enough to say no  |
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« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 09:39:46 AM by carnifex27 »
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eldaec
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Wasn't GW who stopped Slann & Chaos Pact in the pc game, it was just Cyanide being weird and prioritising their bullshit made up team.
At least according to cyanide - who knows really.
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Teleku
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Odd, I really could have sworn cyanide said the reason they couldn't do them was because GW considered them non-cannon, and blocked them. At least for the slann, not sure on pact.
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Ruvaldt
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Odd, I really could have sworn cyanide said the reason they couldn't do them was because GW considered them non-cannon, and blocked them. At least for the slann, not sure on pact.
That is the reason that they gave for not including them. I think it's bs though. If you ask me they want to have material for another release further down the road so they held back on including them in Chaos edition. |
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eldaec
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All 3 new lrb6 teams (underworld as well) are considered valid by gw for competition play, they just refuse to put them in the rule book, and told the LRB committee to foad so GW don't have to deal with this ever again.
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Ingmar
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Odd, I really could have sworn cyanide said the reason they couldn't do them was because GW considered them non-cannon, and blocked them. At least for the slann, not sure on pact.
That is the reason that they gave for not including them. I think it's bs though. If you ask me they want to have material for another release further down the road so they held back on including them in Chaos edition. The lore thing was only the excuse for the slann, Chaos Pact and Underworld were just laziness. |
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Ruvaldt
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Underworld is in Chaos Edition.
And I don't think it was laziness regarding Chaos Pact. They weren't too lazy to make a new team with all new art, pieces, skill setups, etc with the Khorne. That is actually more work than putting in Chaos Pact because a lot of the Chaos Pact models are already in the game, and the rules already exist.
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Ingmar
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Underworld is in Chaos Edition.
And I don't think it was laziness regarding Chaos Pact. They weren't too lazy to make a new team with all new art, pieces, skill setups, etc with the Khorne. That is actually more work than putting in Chaos Pact because a lot of the Chaos Pact models are already in the game, and the rules already exist.
I was referring to their lack of inclusion in a LRB. |
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eldaec
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Despite regularly posting on this Blood Bowl community website there are still some of you that unaccountably do not own Blood Bowl.
It's half price this weekend on Steam.
You want the Chaos Edition.
The f13 league will be kicking off again in a matter of weeks. Buy this now for christ's sake.
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eldaec
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F13 league is once again looking for players in the subforum.
Post there. Play blood bowl.
Seriously, we are bad, you'll fit right in.
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eldaec
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One more player takes us to 24. Sign up while you can.
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Sky
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eldaec
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Yep, and that is even more reason to get some practice in early.
Sky, why the fuck are you not signed up to play blood bowl?
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Sky
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I did not enjoy my experiences in the f13 league. I'd rather paint. If only I could find someone to play the board game version I'd be happy.
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Threash
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Fancier graphics and animations are not exactly a draw for this game, i rather play the old game unless the new one has more teams and vastly improved UI.
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luckton
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Fancier graphics and animations are not exactly a draw for this game, i rather play the old game unless the new one has more teams and vastly improved UI.
This. Also, Bob looks like an unlike TF2 Heavy in those graphic test shots. |
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eldaec
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Hi.
Blood bowl is still a thing (blood bowl is always a thing).
You should sign up for blood bowl in the subforum, New season needs new teams.
No experience necessary, we are all very bad at blood bowl.
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eldaec
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Listen to that guy who posted above this post.
That is all true once again, come sign up for Blood Bowl in the Blood Bowl forum.
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rk47
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eldaec
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Tenth season sign up thread is now open in the blood bowl thread.
f13 doing anything 10 times over 6 years without getting distracted and wandering off is pretty remarkable. So you should sign up in the Blood Bowl forum.
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Sky
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Reconnected with an old buddy who has a slew of BB teams. Board game for life, bizcheeses.
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eldaec
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The proletariat have risen from their slumber and demanded that season ten be all new teams all the time.
So this is a good time to join in if you've been worried about facing more experienced teams.
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eldaec
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One spot left for anyone who has unaccountably failed to sign up.
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