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Blood Bowl RPG
Blood Bowl: Killer Contract
Welcome to the hyper-violent hilarity of Blood Bowl, the mini-series that puts the fantasy (as in elves, dwarfs, orcs, and ogres) back into football! Blood Bowl novelist Matt Forbeck brings his trademark twisted blend of humor and action to the first-ever Blood Bowl comic book, featuring the now-legendary Bad Bay Hackers in a grudge match against the ever-evil Orcland Raiders! Join the Hackers as they begin their brutal march to their next championship game, filled with spiked balls, corrupt refs, and giant-sized barrels of Bugman's XXXXXX!
128 pages, Paperback
First published February 3, 2009
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Matt Forbeck
213 books315 followersI'm an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author and game designer and happily married father of five, including a set of quadruplets. For more on my work, see Forbeck.com.
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November 10, 2020
I always liked the idea of Blood Bowl. Combining the brutal world of Warhammer with even the more brutal world of contact football seems like a good recipe. This story didn't really do it much favours, though: the story was bland, the jokes not very good, and the art ugly.
Even then its premise carried it a little, but I don't feel the need for a re-read.
Even then its premise carried it a little, but I don't feel the need for a re-read.
September 16, 2010
Having read some of the similar ultra-violent British sports comics of the 1970s and 1980s, this one was more than a little disappointing. I picked it up because friends and acquaintances play the Blood Bowl miniatures game, and it seemed like a natural for a comic, especially from a company already doing things based on other games.
The writing wasn't bad, and I actually enjoyed the goofy byplay between the announcers. I didn't care for the artwork, though, and the flow of the games within the story felt more pointless than engaging.
For a story like this to be convincing, there has to be a sense that enough players survive and benefit that the game could continue to exist. That sense is missing here, for the sake of overwhelming mayhem. That may work well in a tabletop miniatures game, but not in a story.
The writing wasn't bad, and I actually enjoyed the goofy byplay between the announcers. I didn't care for the artwork, though, and the flow of the games within the story felt more pointless than engaging.
For a story like this to be convincing, there has to be a sense that enough players survive and benefit that the game could continue to exist. That sense is missing here, for the sake of overwhelming mayhem. That may work well in a tabletop miniatures game, but not in a story.
May 15, 2019
This graphic novel is not for everyone. It is pretty much for die-hard Blood Bowl fans. And even at that the writing is... weak. The characters are fun, and I love Bob and Jim ever present Blood Bowl the commentating duo of an ogre and a vampire. They add a Pat Summerall/John Madden comedy element to the ridiculous happenings on the pitch. At times it is hard to tell what is happening, and that isn't helped be alternating sentences between narration conversation bubbles in character with the text being spoken by the commentators.
Overall I enjoyed Killer Contract, but this is likely because I have been enthralled with Blood Bowl since 1985, and would really enjoy it more with some better art and better story.
Overall I enjoyed Killer Contract, but this is likely because I have been enthralled with Blood Bowl since 1985, and would really enjoy it more with some better art and better story.
November 18, 2021
I just wasn't into this. Not a fan of Blood Bowl in the first place. Really wasn't into the art. Just nothing to really draw me in. Folks who like Blood Bowl might get something out of it.
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