Anyone play Bloodbowl, Cyanide or Fumbbl?

[MRT144]

And more importantly anyone interested in a 10 team league with weekly games for the rest of the football season?

[Guynemer]

I have never played any of these things. What are they?

[DinoDoc]

I have never played any of these things. What are they?

Blood bowl is fantasy football only more fun.

[Sava]

This??

[DinoDoc]

This??

**** you young kids and your electronic doodads.

[Sava]

**** you young kids and your electronic doodads.

This is more my jam:

[Guynemer]

Da fuq am I looking at?

[MRT144]

Bloodbowl is the game, Cyanide and Fumbbl are two different ways to play it online with other people.

[The Mad Monk]

Da fuq am I looking at?

Ancient history. Tabletop football played using D&D style monsters as players. Apart form the ads, I am sure an early version was a Dragon Magazine insert.

[MRT144]

Its a turn based tactical game based on american football and rugby.

You alternate turns and if for any reason one of your guys knocks themselves down for any reason (failed dodge, failed block, foul called be ref) or loses the ball on a hand off or pass the other team gets to move until all players move at most once. You can elect to throw blocks at players, dodge away from players, pass, hand off, and use a blitz move, a special block that allows you to move and block at the same time.

There are 24 races available to play although many of them are harder to play. Orcs for example are pretty strong but slow. Elves are faster and agile.

You get 3 XP points for TDs, 2 for injuries caused and interceptions and 1 for completed passes as the thrower

The XP levels are as follows, 6 XP, 16 XP, 31 XP, 51 XP, 76 XP, 176 XP. Each time you get to a level, you get to roll a d26, and the number rolled dictates skills or stat improvements available.

There are 5 "colleges" of skills: General, Agility, Passing, Strength, Mutation. Depending on the race and position, you have access to some skills and not others. In fact on some teams you have access to some skills only on doubles rolls.

It's really one of my favorite games of all time if not favorite game of all time.

[The Mad Monk]

Ah here we go, Monsters of the Midway, different name, same concept, from 1982.

[kentonio]

I played Cyanide's Bloodbowl for the first time just a few days a go. It was really boring it has to be said.

[MRT144]

I played Cyanide's Bloodbowl for the first time just a few days a go. It was really boring it has to be said.

Thats too bad. Are you playing matchmaking only or are you ina league?

[kentonio]

Was just playing singleplayer, is it a lot better online?

[MRT144]

Was just playing singleplayer, is it a lot better online?

Depends. Coaches are better for sure and there is a real risk of losing every game. But if the initial game mechanics arent that compelling you might be more frustrated than intrigued.