Blood Bowl - Legendary Edition 12 new playable races

[funnyfingers]

Is this an April Fool's joke?

http://bloodbowl-game.com/index.php?rub ... nfo&id=158

[apricotsoup]

Really odd timing for a release, but I do think it's likely real. That's a lot of work on the undead/norse that we've not seen before, add in what looks like a karl kopinski wight illustration and it's a lot of work for a joke (big companies like blizzard are more capable of setting up big jokes).

I look forward to it though, especially as the last bit makes it sound like a LRB6 upgrade is coming with it.

I'd expect it to be a full expansion as opposed to any free DLC though.

[Gaixo]

The character designs for the PC game make me glad that GW aren't producing new miniatures for Blood Bowl.

Sort of weird that they call the snow troll a yhetee.

[browwnrob]

there are no cd

so looks like gw are killing them off

[SillySod]

Apparently chaos dwarfs are missed out because GW wants to ditch the race. Thats a real shame given that ogres and khemri will be included.... just as long as vampires are in.

[howlinggriffon]

Sort of weird that they call the snow troll a yhetee.

Looks like they're styling it on the Competition Rules Pack then.

How can they ditch a team like Chaos Dwarfs? Hashut will not be pleased...

[apricotsoup]

I also mourn the loss of the chaos dwarfs :<

[katadder]

1. How will the current edition and Legendary Edition interact? Will they be compatible at all? Will there be an option for current edition players to stay with LRB5 if they're so inclined?
2. How "fully" LRB6 is LRB6? Given the number of things lacking from the "full" LRB5 implementation, you have to understand some scepticism.
3. One feature not mentioned was star players - will the Legendary Edition include the full selection? Or will we still be stuck with the one per team?

these are answers we need questions to.

[Lahatiel]

The character designs for the PC game make me glad that GW aren't producing new miniatures for Blood Bowl.

Sort of weird that they call the snow troll a yhetee.

Disappointing, yes, but not really that weird. GW obviously doesn't intend to make more "real" BB figures (releasing new versions of Griff and Zug that weren't planned, but rather began as a sculptor's test/audition figures, doesn't really count). But they weren't going to release any more rules that contained players for which they didn't produce figures... as that led to people clamoring for them to make figures! Hence "Snow Troll" becomes "Yhetee" (which they produce); "Ulfwerner" becomes "Werewolf" (which they produce), etc.

[Rhyoth]

Is this an April Fool's joke?

http://bloodbowl-game.com/index.php?rub ... nfo&id=158

They're making a brand new amazing Story Mod... but they're keeping the same lame AI :

I think that's the Joke !

Or maybe was it making us wait 2 years for a "complete" game ?

[GalakStarscraper]

Okay ... colour me 8 shades of confused.

1) Ogre Kingdoms don't have Snotlings
2) There is no Necromatic race in WFB.
3) There is no "Elf" race in WFB.
4) GW no longer sells WFB Halflings if memory serves correctly.
5) The Chaos Dwarf BB team is still for sale on the GW site.
6) Where is the Amazon or Norse races in WFB?

So ... I'm really confused why GW would tell Cyanide to not create the Chaos Dwarf team. The only thing I can think of is that they could not handle the graphics for a 4 foot player with their grid system.

I'm more willing to believe that this is NOT GW doing this but instead Cyanide's inability to handle the graphics for the Bull Centaur.

At least that's my bet.

And I agree if you look over the website ... they even link to the CRP and say its the rulebook ... so they are working to that edition.

Galak

[Tarkan]

Yeah I agree the timing is strange on this..
I take ANYTHING read on April first with a huge truck load of salt.
And the fact that Cyanides' forums are crashed could mean that either it's bombarded by happy fans rejoicing in the announcement
(Didn't they flag for a major announcement coming soon a little while ago on their boards?) or bombarded by angry fans crying foul over the cruelness of
announcing something like this as an April fools joke, i guess well see once the boards come back up and hopefully an official answer from the devs/mods there.

[howlinggriffon]

Maybe they just thought 20 was a nice round number and the game designer has a thing against big hats?

As sucky as it is to not have a CRP complete team selection, I will be pleased to see so many other teams in the game. The halflings are calling me...

[Grumbledook]

how do people know chaos dwarfs are the ones not in? doesn't say that on the news item on their site, just says undead amazons ogres and 9 other races

still at least we get vamps

can't post the images cause this forum sucks with image size restrictions ;[

[katadder]

because the community rep on cyanides BB forums told us that CD were the team being omitted.