This is really fun and looks like the mechanics are clear and simple enough to keep play flowing without being boring or repetitive. I think that's the hard part with more miniature based (or paper figure!) based games, as I'm learning with my on fantasy sports game, Dogtown Drifters. As a commenter notes below, the crowd element is a really cool addition, too: "the crowd really were the 12th player on the pitch today".
Also cool that you took association rules as the kicking off (ha!) point: the weird thing about Blood Bowl is that such a very British design team went all-in with the NFL references. That said, I remember American Football being more popular with the nerds, I guess in the same way that "soccer" is enjoyed by North American hipsters as a form of indie contrarianism! Nonetheless, given how frequently orcs were used to parody cockney football hooligans ('ere we go being a WH40K ork catchphrase) it's kinda weird they didn't attempt to blaze that trail... so great work!
Heh thanks so much for reading through. I’ve always wanted a football version of blood bowl, so it’s “do what you want to see in the world” kind of thing. I’m developing some star players now, which is a lot of fun.
This is really fun and looks like the mechanics are clear and simple enough to keep play flowing without being boring or repetitive. I think that's the hard part with more miniature based (or paper figure!) based games, as I'm learning with my on fantasy sports game, Dogtown Drifters. As a commenter notes below, the crowd element is a really cool addition, too: "the crowd really were the 12th player on the pitch today".
Also cool that you took association rules as the kicking off (ha!) point: the weird thing about Blood Bowl is that such a very British design team went all-in with the NFL references. That said, I remember American Football being more popular with the nerds, I guess in the same way that "soccer" is enjoyed by North American hipsters as a form of indie contrarianism! Nonetheless, given how frequently orcs were used to parody cockney football hooligans ('ere we go being a WH40K ork catchphrase) it's kinda weird they didn't attempt to blaze that trail... so great work!
Heh thanks so much for reading through. I’ve always wanted a football version of blood bowl, so it’s “do what you want to see in the world” kind of thing. I’m developing some star players now, which is a lot of fun.
Love the crowd table!