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Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game

Started by fatolaf, July 20, 2011, 12:50:03 pm

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After a year long delay and a complete overhaul of the game, it's now back on track and due for release this year.
We will have it up for pre-order as soon as we know the RRP...



QuoteWelcome, sports fans! Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce that Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game will be available in the fourth quarter of 2011!

Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game is a vicious standalone card game of violence and outright cheating. Two to four managers oversee remorseless teams and improve them by drafting Star Players, employing personnel, and upgrading their equipment. Over the course of the season, your team will compete in a series of highlights filled with the pivotal, action-packed moments your fans live for. Perform well and annihilate the competition to gain as many fans for your team as possible before the season ends, and you'll be sure to end up with Spike! Magazine's "Manager of the Year" award.

A new design direction

When Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game was announced last year, it was presented as a deck-building game. As the game progressed through development, the direction began to change. Visit our description page to learn how; we think you'll agree it's worth the wait!



QuoteDetermined to win

Lead your team of misfits and miscreants to the top by guiding them through weekly head-to-head highlights, the randomly determined matchups over which players compete, over the course of a brutal five-week season. Reap the benefits of winning by drafting Star Players, acquiring equipment upgrades, and hiring new staff for your team...all leading up to the decisive Blood Bowl itself.

Surviving the competition means that your team will receive a payout, but winning makes the reward even sweeter. Payouts can gain your team fans and add new cards to your deck, such as famous and formidable Star Players.

Every highlight involves carefully positioning your players, using their skills and abilities to their fullest, and risking injury or ejection. Can your Skaven Lineman keep possession of the ball? Will the referee catch your Star Player cheating? No matter the events during the matchup, remember at the end of the season it all comes down to who has the most fans.

Even if you trounce the competition (and win a few trophies along the way) will it be enough for you to be named Spike! Magazine's Manager of the Year? Find out in Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game!

fatolaf

July 20, 2011, 12:51:12 pm #1 Last Edit: July 20, 2011, 12:54:53 pm by fatolaf
Some more info about the game...

QuoteManagers can choose from six vicious teams in the league:

Reikland Reavers
: These humans are versatile players, suited to any position on the pitch. While their passing, running, and offensive skills against the opposition are well-rounded, they excel most at thwarting their opponent's game plan.

Grudgebearers: When they aren't drinking after...or during the game, the Dwarf team members make the ideal Blood Bowl players – short, tough, and well-armoured. Their philosophy is simple: wear down the opposing team so no one is left to stop them from scoring the touchdown.

Athelorn Avengers
: Leading the league in passing yards, these Wood Elves rely on their natural athletic ability. A combination of offensive game planning and agility is all this team needs to achieve victory – it's a very lucky opponent who can lay a hand on a Wood Elf.

Skavenblight Scramblers: The Scramblers is an apt team name for these Skaven; many opponents have been left dumbfounded as a Skaven runner finds a gap in the line and scampers for a touchdown. The Skaven are virtually impossible to catch...not that you'd want to as they are not above cheating.

Gouged Eye: 'Dis team iz 'da best! Orcs have been playing Blood Bowl since the game was invented and their practice has paid off. Gouged Eye are among the best teams in the league. When asked to describe their game plan, their team captain said: "We hit 'dem hard, uh...'den we hit 'dem more."

Chaos All-Stars: Easily the most violent players in the league, these minions only care about winning. While neither subtle nor original, these players will cheat, cheat, and cheat! If the referee is distracted, you can be sure they will stab the ball carrier instead of trying to score a touchdown.



QuoteOnce a manager has chosen a team, he has five weeks to groom them into the best in the league, culminating with the Blood Bowl tournament. He does this by competing at highlights, collecting payouts, upgrading his personnel, and drafting Star Players.

Managers begin the season with a starting team deck full of basic scrub players. These players are none too bright and have limited talents, but a clever manager can play to their strengths by carefully positioning them to excel on the pitch.

Is your team ready to compete against other teams in head-to-head highlights? Highlights are the randomly determined matchups over which players compete. The more highlights a team wins, the more it improves and the more fans it accumulates.

Each week brings several new highlights to the table, so you must carefully decide where to commit your players and in what order. To commit one of your players to a highlight, you simply take one Player card from your hand and place it in an available team zone (either on the right or left side of a highlight card). The first manager that commits to a highlight gets his pick of its two zone payouts. Choose well, since payouts are the only way to improve your deck. When a team zone is occupied by an opposing player, no other manager can commit players to that zone. Once committed, your players use their skills, such as tackling, sprinting, passing, and of course, cheating!

The seemingly simple choice of which card to commit first can decide the outcome of your highlight. For example, the manager of Athelorn Avengers wants to commit heavy hitter Treeman to a highlight. However, playing him first will put him at risk of being tackled by the Reikland Reavers, weakening him or rendering him useless. By playing a Wood Elf Lineman first, the manager protects Treeman when he commits him later.



QuoteTo win a highlight each manager compares his players' total Star Power derived from their players, cheating rewards, and the ball bonus. To achieve victory you can either concentrate on a single highlight and stack up your players, cheat and hope for the best, or carefully distribute your team members and use their abilities for the best advantage. How will you play the game?

During the conclusion of a highlight, each manager collects his team zone's payout and the winning manager collects a central payout as well.



QuoteThe payouts you can receive feature several different rewards, including fans, Star Player cards, Team Upgrade cards, and Staff Upgrade cards.

Star Players are drafted to your team via payouts – and what a payout it is! These skilled players are both famous and adept at this brutal game. Furthermore, these players come equipped with unique abilities that give you an edge during a highlight.

Team Upgrade cards represent a team's facility or equipment improvements, and Staff Upgrade cards represent a manager's new personnel hired throughout the season. These improvements are guaranteed to help your team rise to the next level, from amplifying skills to employing rogue wizards.

Spike! Magazine's Manager of the Year

The season culminates with the Blood Bowl tournament. After the Blood Bowl, the season ends. Players then tally up their total fans and the manager with the most fans wins the game and receives Spike! Magazine's "Manager of the Year" award.

The season is starting. What kind of team will you build?

Draig

All kinds of yes. This is going on the Christmas list!

roland murat

Bought: 20
Painted: 11

Boo at Deathwing. Boo!

Crompton

Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."

fatolaf

We will indeed, just like all the other card games so far...

fatolaf

RRP confirmed at £27.99, so pre-order now to get it at the pre-order price of £24.99

fatolaf


noahtonkin

shiney shiney shiney. Can I preorder a copy please Mr Ol.
Quote from: Mike
Anyone bringing whats considered 'filth' submits themselves for a pre-game roshambo from everyone in the room at the time.
OG Games' latest foray into madness... http://ogforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2794.0

House Martell. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. House Tonkin, every sunday morning, Unbowed, Unbent...Broken!

fatolaf

Quote from: noahtonkin on September 21, 2011, 12:22:09 pm
shiney shiney shiney. Can I preorder a copy please Mr Ol.

Yes you can buddy, I'll get money off you next time I see you then...

fatolaf


fatolaf


noahtonkin

Right, read through the rules, watched these vids, now have a vague idea of how the game actually plays!

Do we have a club copy or will I need to bring mine down?
Quote from: Mike
Anyone bringing whats considered 'filth' submits themselves for a pre-game roshambo from everyone in the room at the time.
OG Games' latest foray into madness... http://ogforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2794.0

House Martell. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. House Tonkin, every sunday morning, Unbowed, Unbent...Broken!

fatolaf

Quote from: noahtonkin on October 10, 2011, 01:03:54 pm
Right, read through the rules, watched these vids, now have a vague idea of how the game actually plays!

Do we have a club copy or will I need to bring mine down?

No club copy buddy, sold out too quick