Blood Bowl Legendary edition

I haven't played the digital version of Blood Bowl since last year but that is probably about to change.

It's not that the game was bad, far from it. It was the digital game that introduced me to blood bowl and made me interested in the Warhammer Universe. I did not get involved with the Warhammer Fantasy Battles game, but right now I am GMing a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay group. Even more, one of the players is a friend that was playing Blood Bowl (digital) with me too. I believe, that Blood Bowl had a minor part in this, even in a subconscious way.

True, the game had some bugs, or some rules were not 100% compatible with the tabletop Blood Bowl, but this was not the reason that I stopped playing. The main reason was the bad matchmaking system, or lack thereof. And Games Workshop's hostile attitude towards fan sites.

I am currently playing League Of Legends casually. It has a superb matchmaking system, automatically matching you with random players of equal skill. This would have benefited the digital blood bowl game a lot.

Now, Cyanide, the developers of Blood Bowl Digital are almost ready to release the Legendary Edition. Actual date is supposed to be 28th of October. The rules are going to be almost the same, updated in areas that have lagged behind the official evolution of tabletop's blood bowl, including more star players and wild cheerleaders. The most obvious improvement, the one that's broadly advertised is the inclusion of almost all official teams. Halflings, Undead, Nercomancers, Amazons and so on. Sadly, I have not heard anything regarding the existence of a stellar matchmaking system. I hope they implement this and that they will take a hint from similar competitive games such as League of Legends.


As a bonus to existing players of Blood Bowl, they are offering a 30% discount, which is rather significant to me. I think I am going to buy this, if they have implemented a match making system. But first I am going to wait a week or two and gauge the reactions of players in the official forums. I wish I could recommend this game to more friends of mine. Turn based games are my favorite genre, but sadly I am in the minority here. This, coupled with the large rulebook (it's almost as big as a roleplaying rulebook) might turn them off