The update was released on Novem as a free download and as an in-store release in Europe with a strategy guide. In October 2009, Cyanide Studios announced a free expansion containing the Dark Elves race. The Xbox 360 version was also dropped after the original version of the game. The Xbox 360 version also suffered issues, such as in-game players not keeping experience they gained during games, making league play useless. A replacement service has since been provided to owners of the PSP version. The first release on both DS and PSP showed significant functional issues that prevented players to complete career mode as their data files were corrupted after a few hours of game play. Multiplayer involves turn-based hotseat gameplay on the handheld versions, though the PSP version also includes wireless multiplayer. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions lack career league play and customization options. Players may create custom logos for their teams. Players may not switch between RTS and turn-based modes mid-tournament. A player may play with a solo franchise team online, but may not use it in online tournaments or leagues. Tournaments may have a minimum of four participants, and a maximum of 24 none of the teams may be AI-controlled. Players may also set up online tournaments with others in the online community, which also allows players to gain experience as with the single player mode. Leagues are completely customizable: there are 25 elements that can be edited by the user, such as teams, races, players, and championship rules. The player can assign skill points to buy new abilities that will affect the player's performance, such as improving their dice rolls, have a second chance on a bad roll, and other bonuses along those lines. Roster players take part in tournaments, where they gain experience and level up.

If the player lacks money to heal them, they will still be able to play the injured player, but the chances that player is killed increases. If one or several of the roster players are injured or killed during a match, the player needs to replace them for one or several of the next matches until they are ready to go back to the field. As the team goes up in ranking on the tournament ladder, a player will sign better players for their roster. ĭuring the main career mode, the player must start from scratch and build a team the career mode can go on ad infinitum.

The Special Play cards are not included in the main game. Players may choose to play the game in either mode. The game has both real-time and turn-based strategy modes. Touchdowns are scored by taking the ball into the opposition's end zone, and a team can win either by scoring the most touchdowns, or by violently eliminating the other team's entire roster. The game is a fantasy version of American football, played between two teams of up to 16 players, each team fielding up to 11 players at a time. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, iOS, and Android. If you feel confident about winning more that 50 per cent of your games and there are enhancements that suite your play style it is definitely worth upgrading your stadium.Sports, real-time strategy, turn-based strategyīlood Bowl is a 2009 fantasy sports video game developed by Cyanide, loosely based on American football, and adapted from the board game of the same name, which is produced by Games Workshop, using the CRP ruleset.

The rule of thumb is to play at least 10 games and get the fan factor above 5. Upkeep might be as low as 10k per game or more than 50k per game depending on the level of your stadium and luck (praise to Nuffle). Your income should be large enough so that you can both support your team by replacing injured or dead players and pay the upkeep for your stadium. This is important since there are upkeep costs or spiralling costs after you build your first enhancement. The fan factor is also important because having more fans grants you better gold rewards when the match is over. Each level will affect the changes to the fan factor of your team. This way you can decrease the amount of funds you have and lower your team value giving less petty money to your opponents. Level 2 upgrade costs 200k gold and that acts a sink for your funds. You need 100k gold for the Level 1 stadium upgrade and it allows you to build one stadium enhancement (see description below). Although information is scarce it is believed that you should consider at least two factors before you upgrade your stadium: the amount of funds available to you and fan factor of your team.

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