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BLOOD BOWL
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Living Rulebook 5.0 + 2008 Rules Review
ell after years of play-testing and heated discussion, here is the proposed latest edition of Blood Bowl. Our understanding is that when madeofficial that this edition will be left unchanged for several years to come. The main focus of this edition of the game is that league teams couldbe played in a Perpetual Blood Bowl League format (PBBL) without needing to reset the league for new members. Games Workshop has beenglad to provide the LRB free of charge to download from their website and this will continue for the foreseeable future. For those of you who are familiar with version 5.0 of the rules, a complete list of changes is available as a downloadable errata file on the website. All changes and typographicalcorrections from version 5.0 have been highlighted inredso they are easy to spot. I'd like to extend many thanks to all the play-testers for their work andcontributions over the last 4 years especially to BBRC who completed this project when I needed to attend to other projects.May Nuffle always bless your dice.
Jervis Johnson
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................2GAMECOMPONENTS.............................2SETTINGUPTHEGAME.........................6
THEKICK-OFF.............................................6
THESEQUENCEOFPLAY......................7
MOVINGTHETURNMARKER...................7PLAYERACTIONS.......................................7TURNOVERS…...............................................7
MOVEMENT.............................................8TACKLEZONES.........................................8
PICKINGUPTHEBALL................................8
BLOCKS....................................................9
BLITZMOVES..............................................9STRENGTH..................................................9
KNOCKDOWNS&INJURIES..................11
INJURIES......................................................11SUBSTITUTES.............................................11THEINJURYTABLES...................................11
THROWINGTHEBALL.............................12
THROWING...................................................12CATCHINGTHEBALL...................................13BOUNCINGBALLS.......................................13THROW-INS.................................................13TURNOVERS................................................13
RE-ROLLS................................................14
TEAMRE-ROLLS.........................................14PLAYERRE-ROLLS.....................................14SKILLS..........................................................14
WINNINGTHEMATCH.............................15
SCORINGTOUCHDOWNSINYOURTURN.............................................15SCORINGONTHEOPPONENT’STURN.............................................................15RESTARTINGTHEMATCH..........................15CONCEDINGTHEMATCH............................15
EXTRARULES..............................................16
CREATINGABLOODBOWLTEAM..........16
TEAMROSTERSHEETS.............................16BUYINGPLAYERS.......................................16TEAMRE-ROLLS&FANFACTOR................16COACHINGSTAFF.......................................16APOTHECARY.............................................17
THEKICK-OFFTABLE..............................18
FAME............................................................18
THEWEATHER........................................20HANDING-OFFTHEBALL........................20GOINGFORIT!.........................................20ASSISTINGABLOCK...............................21INTERCEPTIONS&FUMBLES.................22FOULS,ORKICKINGPLAYERSTHATAREDOWN...........................................23SKILLS..........................................................23
BLOODBOWLLEAGUES............................24
STARTINGTHELEAGUE.................................24TEAMROSTER.................................................24TREASURY..................................................24TEAMVALUE...............................................25MATCHRECORDS......................................25INJURIES..........................................................25CASUALTYTABLE.......................................25STARPLAYERPOINTS.....................................25HOWTOEARNSTARPLAYERPOINTS...........26STARPLAYERPOINTSTABLE.........................26IMPROVEMENTROLLS.....................................26IMPROVEMENTROLLTABLE.......................26NEWSKILLS..................................................26CHARACTERISTICINCREASES...................26ROLLINGDOUBLES......................................27IMPROVEMENTS&PLAYERVALUES..........27VALUEMODIFIERSTABLE...........................27
PLAYINGLEAGUEMATCHES....................28
PRE-MATCHSEQUENCE...................................28THEWEATHER..............................................28PETTYCASH.................................................28INDUCEMENTS..............................................28POST-MATCHSEQUENCE................................29IMPROVEMENTROLLS.................................29UPDATINGTEAMROSTER...........................29JOURNEYMEN...............................................29SPIRALLINGEXPENSES...................................29CONCEDING.......................................................29
TOURNAMENTS..........................................30
RUNNINGATOURNAMENT...............................30THEGLITTERINGPRIZES.................................31THE
SPIKE!
MAGAZINETROPHY......................32THEDUNGEONBOWL.......................................32THECHAOSCUP...............................................32THEBLOODBOWL............................................33OTHERTOURNAMENTS....................................33
OPTIONALLEAGUERULES.......................34
AWARDINGTHEMVP.......................................34SPIRALLINGEXPENSEMODIFICATION...........34EXCLUDINGINDUCEMENTSINLEAGUEPLAY...............................................34INDUCEMENTUSEINONE-OFFPLAY.............34FREEFANFACTOR...........................................34ADDITIONALWINNINGSFORSHORTLEAGUES..........................................34
SPECIALPLAYCARDS...............................35
MISCELLANEOUSMAYHEMDECK...................35SPECIALTEAMPLAYSDECK...........................36MAGICITEMSDECK..........................................37DIRTYTRICKSDECK.........................................38GOODKARMADECK.........................................39RANDOMEVENTSDECK...................................41DESPERATEMEASURESDECK.......................42
SKILLDESCRIPTIONS................................43INDUCEMENTDESCRIPTIONS..................49
BLOODWEISERBABES.....................................49BRIBES...............................................................49EXTRATEAMTRAINING....................................49HALFLINGMASTERCHEF.................................49IGOR...................................................................49MERCENARIES..................................................49STARPLAYERS..................................................49WANDERINGAPOTHECARIES.........................49WIZARD.............................................................50
STARPLAYERLIST.....................................51TEAMROSTERS..........................................54
AMAZONTEAMS...............................................54CHAOSTEAMS..................................................54CHAOSDWARFTEAMS....................................54DARKELFTEAMS.............................................55DWARFTEAMS.................................................55ELFTEAMS........................................................55GOBLINTEAMS.................................................56HALFLINGTEAMS.............................................56HIGHELFTEAMS..............................................56HUMANTEAMS.................................................57KHEMRITEAMS................................................57LIZARDMANTEAMS..........................................57NECROMANTICTEAMS....................................58NORSETEAMS..................................................58NURGLETEAMS...............................................58OGRETEAMS....................................................59ORCTEAMS......................................................59SKAVENTEAMS................................................59UNDEADTEAMS...............................................60VAMPIRETEAMS..............................................60WOODELFTEAMS...........................................60
FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS...........61DESIGNER'SNOTES...................................62
GAME DESIGN: JERVIS JOHNSON
BOX COVER: DAVE GALLAGHER
RULEBOOK ART: WAYNE ENGLAND, PETE KNIFTON, & CARLCRITCHLOW
COMPONENT ART:RICHARD WRIGHT & WAYNE ENGLAND
2007-2008 LRB 6.0 DEVELOPMENT TEAM:JERVIS JOHNSON, TOM ANDERS, IAN WILLIAMS, STEPHENBABBAGE, PAUL GEGG, & ALL THE PLAYTESTERS
HANDBOOK EDITOR: TOM ANDERS
BACKGROUND EDITORS: TOM ANDERS & STEPHEN HUTTON
PRODUCTION: TOM ANDERS & JOSH BLANCHETTE
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