When I was younger, roughly between the ages of 13 and 17, I was very much into Warhammer 40k and it’s various spin off’s. I have not played with any of this stuff for about 9 years and it has been collecting dust in my parents loft, but last night I had a game of Blood Bowl and now I want to dig out all my Warhammer 40k stuff again!
A couple of nights ago I was chatting to a mate about routing round in our parents lofts and digging out old stuff, he mentioned that he wanted to retrieve Blood Bowl from his parents house. Upon hearing about a game that I enjoyed in my youth we got chatting and he asked if I wanted to play sometime. Well last night was the night we only had one game of Blood Bowl due to time constraints, and I got beaten 2-0, but it was great! I really enjoyed it and we chatted about playing it more in the coming months.
I also text another mate today who I played with years ago to tell him I had enjoyed a nice game of Blood Bowl. He replied all joyful and excited, which lead me to spending most of today trying to catch up on 9 years of not following Warhammer 40k at all. From what I can gather there have been some new releases of the rules since I stopped playing. I think we can play with our old rules but either way I may have a Warhammer 40k battle in the not to distant future, once I have dug all my bits out my parents loft.
I’m really excited at the idea of routing through my painted figures, and if a battle does happen soon you can be sure I will post all the details here!
#1 by Mark on February 22nd, 2006 - 2:03 pm
As Si did not mention it, for those who might be interested the fab company for which I work has made this subject-related game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40%2C000:_Fire_Warrior
Worth a try!
#2 by hpoom on February 22nd, 2006 - 2:36 pm
Thanks Mark, just to help some people out here is a link
#3 by Mark on February 23rd, 2006 - 10:46 pm
Did you also notice that Tom Baker voiced the game? That old ham gets everywhere just lately!!! (Oh, and Brian Blessed too
#4 by hpoom on February 23rd, 2006 - 11:29 pm
I sent you a link to the game because Tom Baker voiced it and also becuase your company wrote it! I didn’t relise you had not picked up on that first time round.
#5 by hpoom on February 28th, 2006 - 10:56 pm
OK, another Tuesday night and I just played Blood Bowl again. Got beaten 4-2 this time, but still had lots of fun. I have also dug out all my 40k army and my Necromunda gang. Look forward to next Tuesday so I can play again!
Anybody else out there still play any of the Games Workshop games?
#6 by hpoom on March 15th, 2006 - 9:38 am
OK another game last night. This time a 2-2 draw, should have won it, but let a touchdown slip in at the end. Oh well more practice and I’ll soon be winning!
#7 by JONATHAN on February 3rd, 2007 - 9:00 pm
Where do you live, because if it’s in essex I would be interested in playing a game of blood bowl
#8 by hpoom on February 13th, 2007 - 2:33 pm
I live in Ashford in Kent
#9 by Pug on March 11th, 2009 - 12:18 am
Glad to hear someone re-found the love of Blood Bowl!
Was just trawling the net looking for BB related stuff and noticed this blog! Big tournament scene around check the web site.