Rumble in the Jungle (Blood Bowl) [Mass Market Paperback]

Matt Forbeck (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2007 | Series: Blood Bowl (Book 4)

Fourth Blood Bowl novel that follows the rags to riches career of star thrower Dunk Hoffnung and his team the Bad Bay Hackers. After winning the Spike! Magazine tournament final, the Hackers set sail for the fabulous land of Lustria to seek new challenges. In the hot, steamy jungles, Dunk and his friends have to fight off zombies, pygmy halflings, lizardmen and more ? and that's before they face off against the Amazon team in the Tobazco Bowl!

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About the Author

Matt Forbeck has worked full-time in the adventure games industry for over 15 years. He has designed collectible card games, roleplaying games, miniatures games and board games, and has written short fiction, comic books and novels.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Games Workshop (December 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844165175
• ISBN-13: 978-1844165179
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Matt Forbeck has worked full-time as a writer and game designer since 1989 with many top companies, including Angry Robot, Atari, Boom! Studios, Games Workshop, High Voltage Software, IDW, Image Comics, Mattel, Penguin, Playmates Toys, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Ubisoft, and Wizards of the Coast. He has designed board games, collectible card games, roleplaying games, and miniatures games and has written comic books,computer games, magazines,novels, nonfiction, screenplays, and short fiction. His work has been published in over 10 languages.

His projects have been nominated for 24 Origins Awards and won 13. He has also won five ENnies. He is a proud member of the Alliterates writers' group, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, the International Thriller Writers, and the International Game Developers Association. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin, with his wife Ann and their children: Marty, Pat, Nick, Ken, and Helen. Visit Forbeck.com for more details about him and his work.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blood Bowl, Book Four, February 22, 2008

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This review is from: Rumble in the Jungle (Blood Bowl) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Bad Bay Hackers are in bliss. They have won the Spike! Magazine tournament. Blood Bowl is still the most violent, and favorite, sport known. Dunk Hoffnung, the star thrower, has seen many teammates die while playing the game they love so much. Spinne is still Dunk's girlfriend, as well as the team's best catcher. His brother, Dirk, and his two friends M'Grash (an ogre) and Edgar (a treeman) are still alive and playing the game with him.

After the latest game, a lovely and sturdy woman invites them to take on the undefeated Amazons in the Tobazco Bowl. The woman is named Enojaha (Ay-No-Ha-Da), ace promoter for the Lustrian Lusties. The stadium for the Tobazco Bowl is formed in the natural crater in the top of a dormant volcano. However, during the game the volcano will no longer be dormant. (It adds to the fun of the game.) Coach Pegleg is determined not to travel all the way to the land of Lustria. Yet Dunk and Dirk are just as determined to go. Enogaha has proof that Kirta (their long thought dead sister) is on the Amazonian team - seems playing Blood Bowl runs in the family.

Smooth sailing is not in the forecast. They must fight off amorous fishwomen (mermaids), zombies, "pirates", a giant whirlpool, and even cannibalistic pygmy halflings before they even reach Lustria. Surely the worst is over ...

***** I am absolutely thrilled that author Matt Forbeck has published some fresh blood of the Blood Bowl saga. Personally, I am not a football fan, yet I am totally hooked on Blood Bowl. Just goes to show that you do not have to be a sports fan to thoroughly enjoy this fantasy series. The action begins in the very first paragraph. From then on it is non-stop action, adventure, humor, and blood. Author Matt Forbeck seems to have a warped sense of humor that he can make ooze from his poisonous pen and into his stories. Even during the darkest parts of this story I kept finding myself laughing out loud (and ignoring the curious glances from those around me at the time). Amazing! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.