Blood Bowl is a miniatures board game created by games designer Jervis Johnson for the British company Games Workshop, first released in 1986 as a parody of American football set in the Warhammer fantasy world. Two players each field a team of fantastical creatures, such as orcs, elves, or dwarfs, and take turns moving figures across a gridded pitch to carry a ball into the opposing end zone while blocking, tackling, and often maiming rival players with dice-based combat. Blood Bowl has been reissued in several editions since its debut and has spawned an active competitive tournament scene and video game adaptations.
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a miniatures board game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American football
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a miniatures board game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American football
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Game play is based on a hybrid of gridiron football and rugby. Players may attempt to injure or maim the opposition in order to make scoring easier by reducing the number of enemy players on the field. The player races are drawn from the ranks of fantasy races and have characteristics that reflect the abilities of those races.
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10+
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- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Jervis Johnson
- Publisher: Descartes Editeur
- Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.
- Publisher: Sfera
- Game Category: Fantasy
- Game Category: Sports
- Game Category: Wargame
- Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
- Game Mechanic: Simulation
- Game Mechanic: Square Grid
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
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