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2012-07-09 21:53:32
13 votes, rating 4.4
13 votes, rating 4.4
Bloodbowl Team Manager
I recently bought the card game BB TM. Nice cards quite humorous, but haven't played yet, because my playtester (my fiancee) is busy at the time.
Hope to try soon and post a review :)
Hope to try soon and post a review :)
Comments
Posted by SillySod on 2012-07-10 00:19:28
Its good. Enjoy :)
Posted by cameronhawkins on 2012-07-10 08:28:55
In my opinion, it's one of the best games--and certainly one of the best FFG games-- released in the past couple years.
Solid mechanics, fast and simply gameplay, healthy doses of both luck and strategy, and a very lush fluffy undertone.
Solid mechanics, fast and simply gameplay, healthy doses of both luck and strategy, and a very lush fluffy undertone.
Posted by xnoelx on 2012-07-10 09:18:54
I've only played it once so far, with 3 of us: one who mostly plays a lot of boardgames, historical wargames & RPGs, but had never played Blood Bowl at that point, although he has started to since then; one who had a little experience back when 3rd edition came out but mostly plays 40k & WFB; and me, who has always bloody loved it (I say always, since 3rd edition anyway, I don't really count 1st & 2nd as the same game). And all of us thought it was a solid, enjoyable little game. I'm hoping there'll be expansions including the rest of the teams.
Posted by Meltyman on 2012-07-10 09:23:05
it's good fun, though my fianceé kicks my ass in that game... :)
does FFG make bad games cameron? :D
does FFG make bad games cameron? :D
Posted by numbersix on 2012-07-10 19:34:06
Maybe I should expect to be seriously beaten too, since my fiancee usually wins at FFG games (i.e. Citadels).
I'm really curious about try the game soon and very glad to see that it's one of the FFG best.
I'm really curious about try the game soon and very glad to see that it's one of the FFG best.
Posted by cameronhawkins on 2012-07-11 09:01:22
Ach, don't get me started... There are only 4 major board-game companies, and since FFG puts out more releases than the rest, us serious board-gamers are stuck swallowing much of their material. Some is good, most is bad.
In all truth, FFG is like the Michael Bay of board game companies: It's all flash and weak on substance. And they too have a habit of buying up the stuff from your childhood and rereleasing it in an underwhelming fashion.
Virtually every time you open one of their big box games, you get the impression that they simply had more money than they knew what to do with. And what do you get? Take Descent: Journeys In The Dark, for example: You get something like 24 each of the chits representing the dozen or so status effects, when virtually never do you need more than 1 at a time. (Imagine buying a TT set and getting 24 Bone-Head tokens) You get several exquisitely sculpted monsters, the size of a tangerine, that are literally used for about 1 turn, in 1 scenario. As a consumer, I think "Wow, this is pretty". As a player, I wonder why their priorities are in aesthetics rather than design (or any playtesting whatsoever). As an independent designer, I simply get disgusted that their in-house designers get to pull this crap from their various orifices and get a paycheck to do it, while we common-folk struggle tooth and nail to secure a distributor.
Of course... they are the most financially successful boardgame company, so I guess they have some sort of strategy down... but ultimately, I think that they are bad bad bad for the industry, in the same way that O-Town, and plastic surgery, and Star Wars prequels, and American politics are bad for our civilization.
In all truth, FFG is like the Michael Bay of board game companies: It's all flash and weak on substance. And they too have a habit of buying up the stuff from your childhood and rereleasing it in an underwhelming fashion.
Virtually every time you open one of their big box games, you get the impression that they simply had more money than they knew what to do with. And what do you get? Take Descent: Journeys In The Dark, for example: You get something like 24 each of the chits representing the dozen or so status effects, when virtually never do you need more than 1 at a time. (Imagine buying a TT set and getting 24 Bone-Head tokens) You get several exquisitely sculpted monsters, the size of a tangerine, that are literally used for about 1 turn, in 1 scenario. As a consumer, I think "Wow, this is pretty". As a player, I wonder why their priorities are in aesthetics rather than design (or any playtesting whatsoever). As an independent designer, I simply get disgusted that their in-house designers get to pull this crap from their various orifices and get a paycheck to do it, while we common-folk struggle tooth and nail to secure a distributor.
Of course... they are the most financially successful boardgame company, so I guess they have some sort of strategy down... but ultimately, I think that they are bad bad bad for the industry, in the same way that O-Town, and plastic surgery, and Star Wars prequels, and American politics are bad for our civilization.