Blood Bowl

by Southpeak

Product Features

• Two completely different game modes: play the authentic, turn-based Blood Bowl experience or live the game in Real Time Mode
• A huge single player game; take part in a complete Blood Bowl campaign with 15 Championships and Cups or choose your own competition rules and create your own Championships
• Develop your team by gaining new levels and pieces of performance-enhancing equipment

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002Z7BE3I
• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 26, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,040 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360 | Edition: Standard

Blood Bowl - the game of fantasy football. Based on the famous Warhammer fantasy world and American football, Blood Bowl is a combination of a classic strategy game and a sports game. It’s also an incredibly brutal game, where you lead your team through bonecrunching leagues to compete in the prestigious Blood Bowl Cup! Create your team from the 8 playable races: Humans, Orcs, Wood Elves, Dwarves, Skaven, Lizardmen, Chaos or Goblins and manage them as they gain experience through the many championships and tournaments taking place in the Old World. No Holds Barred: Bribe the referee, foul your opponent as they whimper on the ground, hurl devastating fireballs from the stands or even sneak a chainsaw onto the field, whatever it takes to defeat your opponent… But don’t ever forget the ultimate purpose of the game: Get the ball into the End Zone and score touchdowns!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's not for everyone, but I still love it., February 2, 2010

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Losermagnet - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blood Bowl (Video Game)

This game is based on the table-top board game of the same name. I never played the board game before, but from what I've researched the video game seems to be a pretty faithful representation (because it plays exactly like a board game would). Trying to elaborate on the game's rules would be difficult; and the in-game tutorials and instruction manual don't help either. I personally looked at an 52(!) page online guide for the official rules for the board game so I could have a better understanding of what was happening in the video game. It definitely helped and I've been enjoying it more since.

I think that anyone who buys this game without having experience with the board game is going to have some frustration. You will lose...a lot. And that's what it will come down to: If you don't mind making a commitment to a game that is hard to love. Once you understand the gameplay, you'll realize that it's really rock solid and you'll be more in control of what's going on.

The rest of the game is really a mixed bag. There are two different styles of play, Classic turn-based and a "real time" mode (which doesn't quite play as it's name implies). There are a couple different campaign modes, which are welcome additions and add depth to the game (you get to buy players, cheerleaders, etc, and play in tournaments). There is online play, although not a overly strong online community. The graphics and sound are pretty low-grade. The main pull for this game is really the gameplay.

Blood Bowl isn't for everyone. I can't possibly recommend it to anyone looking for a fast-paced action game. People who are familiar with the table-top game, or who enjoy games like Magic: the Gathering, Culdcept Saga, or Civilization are more likely to give it the extra attention it demands. Once you put in the effort though, this game is a lot of fun.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wish more games like this existed!, February 1, 2010

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B. Klinko "nureveww" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Blood Bowl (Video Game)

Read the previous two reviews, and agree on many points, but disagree on some as well. The game could have been better thought out I suppose, and yes it has some problems. The problems though are an afterthought after you understand what they are and how to basically accept them and work around them.

Gameplay is played exactly like you would any board game (instead of a board, you play on a football field). It is a dice rolling, turn based strategy game, set in middle earth on the gridiron. What makes this game GREAT, is the strategic aspect. Their is a bit of a learning curve...lets face it, nobody is going to pop this game in and win their first match. It will take about 10 matches to really digest what is going on, and another 100 to refine and perfect your skills. The game is Very deep (it does not have to be, but it can be). Basically you will love this game if you like Civilization, Culdcept Saga, Magic the Gathering or even Monopoly.

The problems with the game that I have had (like I said, you can overcome all of them)

1.It is sometimes difficult to differentiate your players just by looking at them (simply move your curser over them, you get full stats readout right there...but I do wish you could tell if they were a lineman or a runner with greater ease)

2. Tutorial Sucks (play games and learn by trial and error)

3. Weak Graphics (it is a strategy game so really who cares)

4. Online Community not very active (I have gotten 3 friends to pick this game up, and we are playing all the time)

5. Serious learning curve (put in the time to get good at it)

6. Understanding the 'odds' of simple successes, like picking up a ball, dodging an opponent etc (again, the scroll bar tells you what you need to roll....after you have rolled!! So basically it is trial and error and trying to remember what activities need certain rolls, and the odds of success etc. )


All in all, I wish there was more games like this available. This game is addictive, funny, fun, and a great time with friends, or even agains the enemy AI. It is not without a few flaws, but do not let that cause you to not go out and get this game!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good buddy game, April 18, 2010

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Mel Odom (Moore, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blood Bowl (Video Game)

Blood Bowl has got one of the most action-packed game covers out there, complete with a monster chasing a human while both of them are wearing football gear, that I've seen. It's one of those images that deliberately instills curiosity and fires up the imagination.

I knew the 360 game was based on a table-top game, although I'd never played it and wasn't interested in a turn-by-turn competition with "fantasy" football. However the representation of the game on a video game platform just seemed too interesting to pass up.

I still don't know if I like the game, though. After playing so many of the other games out there for the 360, Blood Bowl feels ponderous and slow while playing in single-player mode. Things just take too long to set up, and then the play is almost anti-climatic, almost like setting up rows of dominoes only to knock them down so you can set them up again.

Furthermore, the game interface is awkward. It takes some serious time and effort to simply get into the game. A player can't just intuit what to do in the game. Considerable time spent in the tutorial is necessary before you begin playing, and then I found it somewhat confusing as to what I could do with all my hard-earned knowledge and skills.

The game AI (at least to me) also has the disconcerting habit of beating you more times than you can beat it. After a while, that's not very fun because you don't get to learn that many more moves.

Playing with a friend is better because both of you are on equal footing: translation, unskilled, so any victory you have against your opponent is cause for celebration. My son and wife played for a time and I saw her frustration become evident quickly. She's a good game player, but things got too complicated and took too long to set up.

The gameplay is kind of like chess mixed with paper, scissors, rock. Even if you get a play off correctly, there's still the possibility the AI or another player can kick your butt or cause a foul-up. It's kind of fun to watch everything spin through, but you spend a lot of time to make that happen. The payoff just doesn't feel deserved for all the effort required.

The graphics aren't truly 360 level. They look a little grainy and dark compared to so many 360 games (like Mass Effect 2), and the motion is a trifle clunky instead of smooth. The color is vibrant, but a neon colored coloring book is still a coloring book.

One of the things I noticed quickly was how obnoxious the sideline commentators became. At first, the sarcasm and blatant insults were funny, but without true depth or a rich reservoir, the comments rapidly became repetitive.

The ability to design your own team is truly weak. You can't change colors, you can't mix and match humans and monsters, and the built-in limitations choked the imagination. Discovering this wasn't a happy moment.

On the bright side, limited though it might be, games don't last long. So this is a game you and your buddies can play against each other while waiting for other things, or can play round robin in a winner-takes-all combat fest.

My recommendation is to wait for this one till it hits the bargain bin. At $20 it's a decent investment as a buddy game, but at $50 you're just not getting your money's worth.

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