

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "This game loses one star for promising modem play it doesn't deliver but it's just what the doctor ordered for the sports or strategy gamer looking for something really different. Murphy calls the game "a disappointment," then goes on to suggest that readers should "play the board-game: it's better." īlood Bowl won Computer Game Review 's 1995 "Strategy Game of the Year" award, tied with Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest and Gazillionaire. Dauntless: If the player attempts to block an opponent with a higher strength. Block: While blocking or being blocked, the player is not Knocked Down on a Both Down Result. Most players start with one or more skills, while other players can earn skills after earning enough SPP to earn a Level. The game was reviewed in 1995 in Dragon #220 by Paul Murphy in the "Eye of the Monitor" column. Skills can help you do all sort off things like picking up the ball, throwing the ball and so on. Instead, we get strange omissions and difficulties that were ironed out of most football sims years ago." Cirulis wrote, " Blood Bowl should have benefited from the vast amount of work that has gone into developing genre. However, he concluded, "or fans of the board game, it's a must." In Computer Gaming World, Martin E. PC Gamer US 's Dan Bennett called Blood Bowl "an enjoyable game, as long as you don't think too much about how good it could have been." He criticized the slowness of the game's AI opponent, and the lack of the modem play advertised on Blood Bowl 's packaging.
