Way back when I was a kid, some of my friends played a game called Blood Bowl. It was a silly board game of 'fantasy football' - think American football but played by orcs and goblins, trolls and dwarves.
Around the turn of the Millennium, I found a copy of the game for sale in a charity shop. I added a few players that I found for sale in a long-gone model shop in Cardiff Market. I also met my Blood Bowl buddy Bryan, when he started working in the cinema where I worked. We started playing this old game and over the years I put match reports on my blog.
Then in 2017, Games Workshop, the company that manufactured the game, rebooted it (pun intended). I bought myself the new game as a treat for handing in my MSc dissertation. A few years later they released a second edition of the reboot. I also bought that. And a spin off called Dungeonbowl. And more teams. And, generally, got hooked.
I don't play as much as I would like to, but here is a collection of posts about it.
Blood Bowl
Sept 2012 - after a gap of 8 years, Bryan and I played Blood Bowl again!
Sept 2015 - match report: humans v orcs (with the vintage set)
June 2021 - unboxing Blood Bowl - The Second Season
Sept 2021 - match report: skaven (giant rats) v dwarfs (this was the first game played with the 'second season' rules from the version released in 2020)
April 2022 - the mounting 'pile of shame' (all my unbuilt / unpainted models)
June 2022 - match report: orcs v dwarfs
July 2022 - match report: humans v dwarfs
July 2022 - match report: lizardmen v dwarfs
Jan 2024 - match report: orcs v lizardmen
Jan 2024 - some Skaven star players and a match report (humans v dwarfs)
Feb 2024 - building some of the models in my 'pile of shame'
Similar diversions
Sept 2024 - I've accumulated a Space Marine Squad (from Warhammer 40,000, another game from Games Workshop)
April 2024 - introducing Rumbleslam fantasy wrestling
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