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A History of Bloodbowl




  • 1st Edition (1987)
  • 1st Edition - Death Zone (1987)
  • 2nd Edition (1988)
  • 2nd Edition Dungeonbowl (1989)
  • 2nd Edition - Star Players (1989) and Compendium (1990) hardcovers
  • Kerrunch - Blood Bowl Lite (VERY simple rules) (1991)
  • 3rd Edition (1994)
  • 3rd Edition - Death Zone (1994)
  • Blood Bowl Compendium #1 (added some official rules to 3rd edition) (1998)
  • 4th Edition - Blood Bowl Magazine #1 (2000)
  • 4th Edition Gold - Blood Bowl Magazine #2 (2000)

(insert Blood Bowl Magazine article at this point where Jervis announces that 4th edition is no longer official but should be considered only experimental and organization of the BBRC to work on future rule revisions)

  • Living Rulebook 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (2001) -- (BBRC = Chet, Milo, Dean, JKL, Babs, Andy, JJ)
  • Living Rulebook 2.0 (2002) -- (BBRC = Chet, Milo, Dean, JKL, Babs, Andy, JJ)
  • Living Rulebook 3.0 (2003) -- (BBRC = Chet, Milo, Dean, JKL, Babs, Andy, JJ)
  • Living Rulebook 4.0 (2004) -- (BBRC = Chet, Dean, JKL, Babs, Tom, Jake, JJ)
  • Living Rulebook 5.0 (2006) -- (BBRC = Chet, Dean, JKL, Babs, Tom, Ian, JJ)
  • Competitive Rules Pack (CRP / Living Rulebook 6.0) (2009) -- (BBRC = Babs, Tom, Ian, Paul, JJ)


  • Blood Bowl 2016 edition and Death Zone Season 1 (25-11-2016)
  • Death Zone Season 2 (20-05-2017)
  • Spike Journal 1 (2018) through to Spike journal 7 (2019)
  • Head Coach's Handbook (October 2019), (official rules for this edition updated with a few tweaks and skill re-wording for clarification)


  • Season 2 Edition Blood Bowl (2020)


Last update: December 17, 2020