Blood Bowl 3

Blood Bowl is a fun game to play. It's a good, faithful implementation of the turn-based tabletop game. The random match-making modes are an improvement over BB2, with NAF-style arenas, a fixed selection of skilled teams, or a traditional ladder-style competition. I'm assuming the tools to run your own league are fine, but I haven't used them. I would caution, if you don't know how to play blood bowl, or have people in real life who can teach you, you are likely to be absolutely smashed by a community that generally consists of competent, knowledgeable players. The biggest problem I have with BB3 is the monetisation. The game allows you to unlock a new team every quarter by playing something like 30 games. Not too bad - although a bit gindy/f2p-y for a title with an upfront cost. The game's monetisation is: 1) if you want cosmetics/customisation that go along with the new team, you need to unlock the pass for that season - 1000 warpstone, the in-game currency that costs ~10 euros. There doesn't seem to be regional pricing for warpstone, it is what it is. 2) If you want teams from previous seasons, you can unlock the team only (no customisations, etc.) for 750 warpstone. There are currently 9 teams that have been released in past seasons. There are sometimes specials where 4 teams can be purchased for 2250 warpstone. 3) the cost of cosmetics from previous blood passes is generally eye-watering. It's common for a single player or coach skin to go for 500-1000 warpstone. What this means is that, no matter how cheaply you can pick up this title, if you wish to play any teams that have already been released, the cost of unlocking teams will quickly eclipse the cost of the game. The problem is that BB2 offers quite a cost effective means for unlocking all the available teams. The structure of the shop in BB3 makes it seem less likely that this will ever happen. There is technically the ability to earn warpstone while playing. I think, in practice, once your coach is levelled up, you can earn 10-15 warpstone a week through quests, +50 a 3-month season. So, about 9 months play to unlock a team. Or years of constant play to unlock all the available teams. If you are happy playing the release teams, any teams you unlock as they release new content and forget about the teams you have missed, this is fine. But the fun and really the point of a digital implementation is the ability to jump into any team and give it a go. The cost of unlocking everything is just too high for new players, even now that the base game is available at a significant discount. If you are interested in customising your players and giving your team some personality, this game intends to milk you for every single cent it can. For this reason, I can't recommend this as a game to get into now - it's impossible to "catch up" to people playing since release without throwing down cash equivalent to 1-2 new releases, on top of the base title.

As a new player, BB3 has been a great tool to learn the game. However, the fact that the game needs to be always online, even for games against the AI (Eternal League), makes it so that pausing the game on a Steam Deck can make you lose connection and therefore 'forfeit' the game. This can mean losing all your progress in a tournament, where a single loss can sometimes bring you back to square one. Additionally, the UI could use a scale slider for those on mobile systems - devs, if you don't do it for us Steam Deck users maybe do it for the Nintendo Switch 2 market. Overall, it's not a bad game - quite the opposite, it's fun and engaging. But there are quirks you have to put up with that make no sense at all. Bottomline: if you're getting this game to learn the game so you can play on tabletop, then wait for a sale and go for it, but be ready for some bugs and quirks.

User interface a bit tricky but game play and balance better than the previous version.

Great way to practice the tabletop! Wish more teams were included, or as options to purchase?

Started off shaky but has been developed into a decent adaption of the tabletop rules. If you want to play Blood Bowl online and can't look at FUMBBL, then this is the game for you

Es un juegazo lo mires por donde lo mires, tiene un sistema de compra en tienda dentro del juego que no me gusta porque te venden hasta los pañuelos del publico, pero ... ni una salida al escritorio, ni un partido perdido por desconexion, nada. Me hice con el en la temporada 9, equipo Khorne al toque y ahora me acabo de hacer con mi equipo fetiche, los Norse. Ahora es muy buen momento para meterse de lleno en este juegazo. Vengo de Blood Bowl 2 y este es mucho mejor y actual.

A great mix of strategy and luck. Quite a high when the dice go your way, misery when they do not haha! I hope to see more games with this format, further and further refined, because they are on to something good! Takes a long time to learn, so be patient.

Muy decepcionado con el juego, todo es mil veces mas confuso que en el 2, la actualización del BB en la misma linea y ahora todo va con tokens.