Blood Bowl is an official video game adaptation of the table-top game of the same name, but it's not a remake of the first Blood Bowl . Instead, the game is the in-official successor to Chaos League: Sudden Death and builds upon its features.
The game is set in a dark fantasy version of American Football, where 11 players per team beat each other to death in order to get a touchdown. The game features eight different races with unique strengths and weaknesses, including the fast but weak Goblins, the flexible but mediocre Humans, and the powerful but slow Orcs.
Blood Bowl allows players to create their own teams from scratch and try to bring them to the top of the ranking in the current Blood Bowl-season. To achieve this goal, players must buy players with different attributes and skills, close sponsor contracts to earn additional money, and decide how to influence the upcoming game through bribing the referee, buying potions for their team, and other illicit activities.
Players also gain experience points during matches, especially for scoring touchdowns or downing enemy players. As they gain experience points, they can level up and learn new skills like blocking. The game offers two modes: real-time and turn-based.
Blood Bowl features several multiplayer modes, including hot seat mode for playing against each other on one machine in turn-based mode, and worldwide open and private online leagues where players can create up to 32 teams.