It’s the perfect means to enable those of us who were routinely picked last for sports at school to, at last, get a rough idea of how it feels to be involved in a team (I didn’t quite have this problem: I was big enough to make the rugby team, but too much of a dweeb to ever be passed to. It’s the game that enabled the acrophobic geek to finally do sports like their pushy father always wanted, but not leave the house. Known for its unique blend of tongue-in-cheek anti-sportsmanship, larger-than-life cartoon violence, and its hilarious take on its own factions, Blood Bowl is the angry nerd’s answer to Subbuteo. Its announcement elbowed its way onto our feeds and inboxes a few weeks ago, and ever since the FauxHammer team has been abuzz with excitement surrounding this release.īlood Bowl is, in many people’s opinions, the best game that Games Workshop has ever made ( FauxHammer: Except Space Hulk).

How fitting.īlood Bowl Second Season Edition is the latest instalment in what has been a smashing year for Games Workshop boxed games. To get a good sense of who is saying what, you’ll see a little writer portrait next to the section either myself ( VoltorRWH) or Hellhound wrote as we pass the article back and forth between each other – just like a tiny plastic football in a game of Blood Bowl. Greetings all! Just as any Blood Bowl game features two teams, in order to give you the best, most comprehensive, and in-depth overview of the brand new Blood Bowl Second Season box we could, this review features two writers.

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