Making BB match the warhammer world

Got a great idea and/or proposal for BloodBowl?

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Martynq said:
>what do you like about the WH world?

Well, I like the fact that I've had some of my best roleplaying experiences in that world. I prefer the a dark grimey world where you end up giving your life for a lost cause, rather than a world where you'll end up achieving demigod-hood.

I also like the fact that the warhammer universe has an explanation for words like Chaos Dwarf, Chaos, Beastmen, The Empire, Dwarf Runners and Dwarf Slayers, Skaven, etc.

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Hi Mestari,

>But we must remember not to just copy things from WH army lists. We
>must think: what kind of a blood bowl team would they make? They
>won't just copy their best WH roster units and make them their
>positions.

Heartily agreed. :D

>There's no need for more human team lists, unless you can definitely
>show why for example brettonians would play blood bowl differently
>from imperial humans.

Again agreed.
IMO, we need rosters with good ideas behind them.
Not just "a roster for every race".
Then again - if there is a good working team concept - and it fits a particular human nation or other race, then I see no reason why we could not have a team.

To me, the most important thing is that quality takes priority over quantity.

>Which is hard because they don't. Just remember that this is a game of
>fantasy football , not a game of knights on the blood bowl pitch.

I definately wouldn't want to see another human team that was "almost" like the normal one. I'd either have something unique/new or nothing at all.

As for Bretonnians, they definately shouldn't be charging onto the pitch with lances and warhorses. On the other hand, I wouldn't object to some heavy armor - just look at the chaos warriors.

IMO, "knight" is a cultural title, in much the same way that Slayer or (Tunnel) Runner. In this way it is very different from a swordsman or a halberdier.
The way I see it, if Bretonnians are playing Blood Bowl, then it would probably be the knights who were playing the game.

So I don't see a devastating conceptual problem,
as long as there is an interesting roster to back it up :D

Martin :)

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[quote="plasmoid"]
As for Bretonnians, they definately shouldn't be charging onto the pitch with lances and warhorses. On the other hand, I wouldn't object to some heavy armor - just look at the chaos warriors.

IMO, "knight" is a cultural title, in much the same way that Slayer or (Tunnel) Runner. In this way it is very different from a swordsman or a halberdier.
The way I see it, if Bretonnians are playing Blood Bowl, then it would probably be the knights who were playing the game.
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That's exactly the point we differ. You see Bloodbowl as an game the different Warhammer races play against when they do not battle against each others.

My definition of the Bloodbowl World (based from different sources, mostly 2nd edition), is of an modern age Fantasy World (where technology is replaced by magic in some points, in others not).

For me it's barely okay when an chaos warrior or undead walks in an old fashioned knights armour, but the rest of the teams should take some more modern ways of protection please. So no knights armour for Bloodbowl Brettonians please (Won't think any NFL Player would wear this, even if it would be allowed).

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