Blood Bowl PC anyone?

[Keunert]

Is still someone playing this? How is onlineplay?
I am very tempted to give this a try. Looks like fun.

And where would i get it the cheapest?

Keunert

[bob48]

I played it for ages, including on-line, and also played the board game to death. Its a great game, no 2 ways about it, although it can get a bit frustrating, depending on who you playing against - there are some right pillocks out there!

I mainly played online with one of my sons and one of my wargames buddies, so did not get too much hassle, other than the usual piss-taking when I did something daft (often) or lost ( even more often).

As for the board game, apart from the original Space Hulk, its probably the best GW game made. Me and 3 gamer pals played a three conference league, each of us fielding 3 teams, and it lasted for almost a year, playing one or two games a week. Absolute great, cut throat, mayhem. There is enough in the system, team development and so on, to give the game quite a bit of depth and replayability. Seriously good fun and I recomend it.

I could almost be tempted to bung it back on the PC............

[Nefaro]

It's a fun game.  The persistent online leagues is where you wanna be (there are also small closed ones you can get into).  The AI isn't terribly smart and basically uses the same approach for all it's teams, so singleplayer isn't a challenge once you know how to play.

I've not ran into many jackasses, playing BB online.  They could originally Alt-F4 out of a match and not worry about a loss being registered for their team (or their star players being killed) but that was fixed in an update long ago.  I kinda look forward to the few who give up a gamer early & quit, lately, because it cuts those sure-win games short and makes room for another to be started with someone else (also.. adds 2 additional scores for your team & gives you the win, of course).   The addition of the random match-up feature is great, so now you don't even have to spam the chat with LFG all the time.  8)

[Arctic Blast]

Might want to hold off for a bit. They just announced an upcoming Chaos Edition, which will add the Chaos Dwarves race to the list.

[Svend Karlson]

I'd wait for the Chaos version release too. Since the original release there has been a Dark Elves and a Legendary edition which have introduced new races and maybe some other fluff, but instead of making this available as DLC the publisher releases a new 'edition' at full price. There is a discount for people that own a previous edition, but I dare say you'd still be better off waiting for the Chaos version so you've got everything.

There is a strong MP base for this game. Quarter 2 Three have multiple cups and leagues on the go, as do Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Something Awful do too of course. I much prefer private leagues to random MP matches myself so cannot comment on what the public MP scene is like. I do think the MP dimension has great longevity.

[Keunert]

Wait until September?

I may catch syphilis in the meantime or get old, or divorced or something really bad.

[bob48]

Probs worth picking up the base game now, its cheap enough, and get a feel for it before you buy later versions - there is enough in the base game to keep you going until September.

[Keunert]

i go with your wise advise, Sir.
Downloading just now!

[bob48]

^ See what you think - I may well be induced to stick it back on and maybe we could get a few games in.

[Svend Karlson]

Keunert, if you'd like a friendly MP match, I'm available. I'm Euro based so we'd have to make it a weekend if you are US but I'd be glad to line up a match.

I haven't played in over a year, and am no expert. I'm planning to participate in a Quarter 2 Three league and a little practice would do me good!

[Nefaro]

Yeah, grab the Legendary Edition while it's cheap.

[Keunert]

thanks for all the mp offers... i jumped right onto the field not knowing shit and lost badly. now i started reading the newest rulebook and try to get a grab of the game. i guess you play with extra rules but turn based?

[bob48]

I find that turn based is better, and more like the board game, although others may prefer the real time method.

My reflexes are nowhere good enough for RT....too old and decrepit I fear.........

[Toonces]

I'll see if I can find my copy and reinstall it.  It's been a long time since I played it.

[vyshka]

If people can't wait until the Chaos edition comes out, then you should probably wait at least until June when the Steam summer sale occurs. The Legendary edition will most likely be dirt cheap at some point during the sale.