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At GW’s Warhammer Fest this weekend, Andy Hoare and James Hewitt were in attendance. Andy is Head of the Specialist Games Division, and James is heading up the development of Blood Bowl. Many people have posted the results of their conversations on social media, and JT-Y has given lots of the detail here. Hopefully this is the best summary of various sources, and will be updated as more information is released. We won’t reproduce pictures, but have linked to them at the bottom.
BB will be released at the latest Q1 2017, though more likely to be 2016.
The box set will contain orc and human teams (12 player, starter teams) and the core rules, 2 double sided dugouts and one double sided pitch giving both orc and human themes, 2 sets of dice one blue and one green (3x Block, 2x D6, 1x D8 and 1x D16, the designs are which are still being finalised), 4 Star player cards (Griff, Zug, Varag & Morg), team tokens to use for turn, reroll, score etc, throw, scatter and throw in templates and the first part of an eventually complete set of Special Play cards.
There will also be a set of transfers with numbers etc.
The core rules will be the CRP. There will be no changes. This has been confirmed a great many times.
League rules will be part of a Death Zone supplement book, released on the same day as the box set. The DZ supplement will contain full rosters for 7 teams, some of which will be released in plastic and some in resin: Nurgle, Dwarf, Skaven, and Elf Union (Pro Elf). It will also contain rules and complete backgrounds for 20 Star Players, a couple of whom are new additions.
League rules are the same as the CRP, so once again the game remains the game we know and love. However, additional content has been added. Some of this was written by Jervis a few years ago, some is new. The intention is to add more narrative and more fun to leagues, adding new ways to play. This will very much be the theme going forward; to add to league play with variations and options whilst sticking with the core game we know and love.
There are more supplements planned and more content to come. Supplements will bring in more rosters we recognise from the CRP complete with new models, along with new and old star players, all in resin, until all 21 teams are available, and more.
Special Play cards will be released in due course, along with Star Player cards, again to give a complete deck.
The rate at which new supplements is released depends upon sales and being able to fit them into the release schedule alongside AoS and 40k releases.
There is no reason to expect new teams to follow Cyanide’s past releases. The team have their own plans influenced by their love of the game and the setting.
Plastic teams will be added to with resin releases to fill out positionals, Big Guys, etc..
Star Players will be released in Resin.
Some plastic teams will receive resin conversion kits which will enable players to build famous teams should they wish. These teams may be supported by additional rules in later league supplements.
The pitch will have 34mm squares, rather than the current 29mm, but the square count will be the same. The total length will be about 13cm longer than currently (26 x 5mm). The box will contain a larger range ruler to match the larger squares, made in hard plastic rather than the classic flexible one. The board in the box will be hard cardboard, double sided with 2 different pitches, and folding into 6.
Bases for the new figures are 32mm, which is a style choice. There is nothing preventing the use of 25mm bases or any size you choose. Size of miniatures is also a style choice.
The miniatures are slightly larger than in previous editions, but we must remember that the previous edition was released in 1994. To give an idea of scale, the humans are about 30mm to the eye level, the same scale as current 40k Guardsmen. Orcs are the same size as current orcs for other ranges, and Black orcs are big, bad ST4 models.
The miniatures’ bases will have holes in that the ball can be attached to. There are a lot of balls in the starter set, and balls have their own optional rules based on who they belong to (biting orc squig ball?).
The setting remains the same. What does that mean? Well, Blood Bowl has always been set in an alternative Warhammer World where football has replaced war. It’s a grim, darkly humorous pastiche of the Warhammer setting and that isn’t changing. More importantly it is being expanded upon by a team of people who have known and loved the Warhammer World for many years. As an example Eldril Sidewinder has had his original background restored, he is a Sea Elf Wardancer turned to football, and his Hypnotic Gaze is a racial ability to mesmerize others that Wood and Sea Elf Wardancers possessed in WFB 3rd edition.
There will be new pitches, possibly even in neoprene (mouse mat material). The plan is to release racial pitches to tie in with all the teams. Also, there is a hidden Easter Egg present on all pitches which in due course might give a hint to potential new DungeonBowl league rules still in the planning stages.
The Specialist Brands Studio plans to support the community through supporting gaming and events, be they in stores or elsewhere. Plans are being laid to offer sideline staff as exclusive miniatures at events or for a set period of time, something Forge World already does with its Event Exclusive miniatures.
No information yet on price points, although the starter set has been kept deliberately light to ensure the price point is much lower than some other recent releases.
Pics on Bell of Lost Souls: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2016/05/warhammer-fest-2016-blood-bowl-sighting.html
Pics and discussion on Recalcitrant Daze: http://recalcitrantdaze.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/warhammer-fest-2016-part-one-blood-bowl.html?m=1
Blood Bowl Community on Facebook, lots of pics and discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/154786034573932/
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Single-player board games[edit]
Some board games have solo variants, like Arkham Horror and Agricola. Others are specifically designed for one player.
Two-player abstract strategy games[edit]
In abstract strategy games, players know the entire game state at all times, and random generators such as dice are not used.
Two-player games[edit]
Chaturanga (Indian chess)
Janggi (Korean chess)
Makruk (Thai chess)
Ouk Chatrang (Cambodian chess)
Shatar (Mongolian chess)
Shatranj (Persian chess)
Shogi (Japanese chess)
Sittuyin (Burmese chess)
Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
Multi-player elimination games[edit]
Participants are typically eliminated before game end.
European race games[edit]
Multiplayer games without elimination[edit]
Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.
Clue/Cluedo
Economics and strategy games[edit]
Games involving scarce resources and strategy.
Games of physical skill[edit]
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary. Also known as dexterity games.
Children's games[edit]
The rules are easy to learn and the outcome is mostly or entirely due to chance.
Snakes and ladders (aka Chutes and Ladders)
Cooperative games[edit]
Cooperative games in which all players need to work together to win.
Gaming systems[edit]
These are sets that can be used to play multiple games.
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