Becomes more common once you’re out of team rerolls.

dub skulls – to roll Attacker Down on both die of a 2db (or on one dice in a 1db and then on the reroll).

crowd-surf – strictly, to push a player off the pitch, but it can also refer to chain pushing in a scrum (the usage has become somewhat murky with team, and depends on where exactly you play your Blood Bowl).

A player with all of these skills is a “CPOMBer”.

CPOMB – the combination of the Claw, Piling On, and Mighty Blow skills placing them on a single player makes them obnoxiously good at killing opponents.

May also be referred to as crowd-surfing. Often used to try and force players off the pitch during scrums.

chain push – to push a player such that they push another player.

This one will get its own section since cages are ultra-important, and are relevant even to passing teams.

cage – offensive formation used to defend one’s ball-carrier.

Note that high-str players without these skills (for example, the Khemri Tomb Guardian) are generally not considered Big Guys. Big Guys generally have a drawback skill and Loner (which means any attempt to use a reroll on them has a 50% chance of wasting the reroll for no benefit).

Big Guy – a typically 0-1 player with low movement, non-existent agility, and very high strength and armor.

Teams that are “bashy” or “bash teams” are focused on this aspect of the game it’s hard for the opposition to score or defend when they’re all dead.

ball-hawk – a player built specifically to sack opponents.

“Apo” is used as a verb to expend your 1/game Apothecary roll on attempting to fix an injured player. Also used for Igors, the equivalent for undead teams. rdb is sometimes used to denote a block where the opponent chooses the die (because the dice are displayed in red).

#db – a block involving # number of dice, i.e.

This is usually the most basic lineman, with no special features, but for some teams (like Lizardmen) the 0-16 players are tremendously important. 0-16 – used to describe any player which may be played with 0-16 units in a team.

Note that to avoid confusion, Blood Bowl terminology separates in-game players (“players”) from you, the game-player (“Coaches”). The campaign also drip-feeds you basic game concepts, so if you know nothing about the game itself, you’ll learn about things like blocking, injuries, dodging, and so on.īefore we start, I’m going to go over some terms that will come up frequently, some during this guide and some during actual gameplay.

The reason I suggest playing the campaign isn’t for practice against the AI, but rather to familiarise yourself with the game’s user interface and controls. You should start by playing the campaign. But if you’re just starting out, this is a great place to do it. Let me preface this by saying that I’m not an expert – this isn’t a guide that is going to elevate your games to the top level or help you break into the ladder finals. I was fortunate enough to have friends to teach me and play with me as I stumbled through my early games, but not everyone is blessed with the time or opportunity to do that. The game is not tremendously complex, but it has great nuance it’s very easy to lose a lot of games and not have any grasp of why you lost. Forewordīlood Bowl can be insanely rough to get into. A fairly simple rundown on the basics of Blood Bowl in Blood Bowl 2, keeping it to the plain details.

Blood bowl 3 getting started