Blood Bowl Renews My Interest In Warhammer 40k
22/02/06
15:59
Simon Wood
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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!
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!
Did you also notice that Tom Baker voiced the game? That old ham gets everywhere just lately!!! (Oh, and Brian Blessed too ;-)
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.
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?
Anybody else out there still play any of the Games Workshop games?
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!
Where do you live, because if it's in essex I would be interested in playing a game of blood bowl


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40%2C000:_Fire_Warrior
Worth a try!