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Blood Bowl Team Manager - The Card Game; Fantasy Flight Games
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Fantasy Flight Games has announced Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game, designed by Eric M. Lang and Corey Konieczka, a standalone game of deck-building action that takes 2-4 players through the cutthroat excitement of an entire Blood Bowl season, all in about an hour.

You’re the coach, and you’ll customize your deck by grabbing the best new draft picks, or employ devious tactics to take your opponent’s Star Players out of the game...for good.

We’re calling every armchair quarterback who thinks they can lead a rowdy group of some of the roughest, toughest creatures in the Old World to victory…your time has come!

If you think you have what it takes, add your name to the roster by filling out the form below. You will receive all the breaking news about every bone-shattering development regarding Blood Bowl Team Manager, the upcoming deck-building card game from Fantasy Flight Games!

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URL: http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/2011/07/17/48787/
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Blood Bowl Team Manager details

Fantasy Flight Games have posted some additional details of the upcoming Blood Bowl Team Manager card game.
From their announcement:
The stadium is packed with thousands of screaming fans, gathered from across the world and eager to see the bone-crushing action of today’s game. As the players take the field, a surge of excitement rushes from the bleachers. Are you ready to face off against stout Dwarfs, crafty Skaven, and ruthless Orcs, all to become Spike. Magazine’s Manager of the Year?

Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game is a bone-breaking, breathtaking card game of violence and outright cheating for two to four players. Chaos, Dwarf, Wood Elf, Human, Orc, and Skaven teams compete against each other over the course of a brutal season. Customize your team by drafting Star Players, hiring staff, upgrading facilities, and cheating like mad. Lead your gang of misfits and miscreants to glory over your rivals as you strive to become Spike. Magazine’s Manager of the Year.

As the coach of one of six famous and vicious teams from the Blood Bowl world, you will capitalize on its unique play style as you customize your deck to select your path to the championship. Lead your team in a series of nail-biting tournaments leading up to the brutal Blood Bowl itself.

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

•Card game for 2-4 players
•Based on the beloved Games Workshop classic
•Control one of six famous and vicious teams
•Customize your deck as you play in fast-paced matches
•Play in 60-120 minutes


The game is currently listed to be released in October.

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"Blood Bowl - Team Manager" is a bit of a confusing title. Will we be playing as the team itself and simulating actual matches, or will it be a "Football Club Manager" type game, where you simulate the entirety of a club's experience (business, recruiting, etc, as well as the normal games) for a season?

If it's the former I'd love it, the latter would be a bit dissapointing.

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Would love a Football manager game for Bloodbowl!

Cards might just have to do, until someone with a spark of brilliance decides to turn up.
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URL: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=2486
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Announcing the upcoming release of Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game

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"Say, Jim, that is impressive. You don't often see that, do you? An Orc who picks up the ball when he's done flattening the opposition."

"Sure don't, Bob. Oh, ouch! That move's definitely illegal, where is the ref looking? I guess the Grudgebearers are just living up to their name."

"Too bad that it wasn't against the opposing team. But Gouged Eye have the ball again, and are going for the end zone."

"Right you are, Jim. But Grim Ironjaw seems to be gaining on Varag Ghoulchewer."

"I'm afraid he's not going to make it. Varag's almost there...almost..."


Welcome, 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!

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Determined 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.

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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!

For more information on Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game, be sure to visit the description page, and come try it at Gen Con Indy 2011!

Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game description
 
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The stadium is packed with thousands of screaming fans, gathered from across the world and eager to see the bone-crushing action of today's game. As the players take the field, a surge of excitement rushes from the bleachers; both teams boast impressive rosters full of players hand picked for their unique skills. Some offer speed, others size. Some will mercilessly injure their opponents, while others deviously cheat to score touchdowns.

Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game is a bone-breaking, breathtaking standalone card game of violence and outright cheating for two to four players. Chaos, Dwarf, Wood Elf, Human, Orc, and Skaven teams compete against each other over the course of a brutal season. Customize your team by drafting Star Players, hiring staff, upgrading facilities, and cheating like mad. Lead your gang of misfits and miscreants to glory over your rivals all to become Spike! Magazine's Manager of the Year!

Team management 101
There are many paths to victory in Blood Bowl (and they're all easier to walk when the way is paved with the bones of the opposing team). But only one manager's team can accumulate the most fans by the end of the season, which makes that manager the prime candidate for Spike! Magazine's "Manager of the Year" award. The recipient of this prestigious award wins the game.

Are you ready to face off?

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The big leagues
Managers can choose from six vicious teams in the league:

Posted Image 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.
Posted Image 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.
Posted Image 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.
Posted Image 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.
Posted Image 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."
Posted Image 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.

For the love of the game
Once 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.

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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.

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To 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.

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(This Unsportsmanlike Conduct highlight has two available zones where managers can commit their players. Committing a player to the left zone would give a manager a Team Upgrade payout, while committing him to the right zone would let him draw two Star Player cards. Whichever manager wins the matchup would also receive the central payout, here drawing three Staff Upgrade cards.)

Drafting Star Players and upgrading your staff
I asked Morg 'N Thorg what made him such a stellar player, and he said: "I'm so good 'cuz I've played for every team in the league, 'cept for the ones I haven't."
-Jim

The 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.

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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?

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The game is listed to be released in October and goes on sale for thirty-five dollars.

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From what I read, I will be very interested and probably buy a set :)

The release date may be a bit later though, I ordered Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter from them when it was listed to be released on April, and I only got it last week :P

FantasyFlightGames are horrible with release dates like that.

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