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Basic questions here

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:25 pm
by Toso
:o I am new to Bloodbowl. I have played Warhammer and 40K so I am not a complete newbie. I always thought that bloodbowl loooked cool and want to try it. Here are my questions: 1) What is the latest edition? 2) How long does an average game take to play? Thanks :P

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:35 pm
by Deathwing
Living Rule Book 2.0 (Downloadable for free from the GW site) or the current Handbook that comes with the game plus the 2003 Annual.
Game length? 2 - 2.5 hrs once your familiar with the game, work on a little more while you're learning.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:03 am
by Toso
What is this I am seeing on the web about version 3 ? Thanks

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:18 am
by Longshot
the lrb is based on 3rd ed.
Rules change comes with LRB.
So the current rules are LRB (effectively based upon the 3 rd Ed).

Welcome to the real world! The world of BloodBowl!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 2:21 pm
by ZanzerTem
To answer your last question, it really depends on how you play. If you play agressive tabletop, games can be less than an hour. If you play leisure tabletop, you are looking at 1 1/2 hours to 2 on occasions, depending on if you fail your 1st action or not :roll:

If you play online, with FUMBBL league Javabowl, games can be very fast. Or if you us the play by email tool, games can take weeks, with you only playing a few minutes at a time.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 6:49 pm
by Munkey
Wow, you guys are fast, round my way we think 2 hours is a fast game, most of our games take 2.5.

One of my opponents has trouble getting a game in under 4 hours :lol:

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 7:03 pm
by ZanzerTem
Well, considering the way I roll dice, my turns typically only last a few seconds :wink:

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:27 pm
by Toso
Thank you all for the helpful info!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 12:30 pm
by Djengis_Khan
WELCOME !! :lol:

The average time of a bb match depends on various things:
- some times you fumble your first move of the turn and your turn ends and when that shitty thing happens much in a match you save a lot of time :lol:
- when the fans are making a Riot :P (kickoff table) the match will also take much shorter
- and in the beginning you have to think at every role you make: did it work ?? so that will cost also much time ! :-?

But Blood Bowl is just really nice ! how long it takes.. its always coool !! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: