From it’s absurdly-spiked shoulderpad, to its mohawk haircut, and topped with a mean-as-hell expression, this is a mini that perfectly encapsulates the kind of guy you would not be want to be lining up against on a Blood Bowl field.īlood Bowl’s Second Edition followed hard on the original’s heels in 1988, and saw a heavy rework of the rules, which had originally been largely based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle game. The Skaven is quite notable as they had been introduced to the world of Warhammer only months before, and the Skaven Blood Bowl team and its accompanying lore, included in White Dwarf #86, was one of their first major appearances in any GW product.įirst Edition Blood Bowl Ogre, by King_Ghidraīut it is the Ogre who really stands out as one of the definitive BB minis. An almost-American Football look, with some more fantastic and lethal touches (i.e.

These minis certainly embodied the aesthetic that the rest of the game art had established. The game was simpler then, and the range of positionals that we all take for granted now was just a distant dream, so having one or two minis for each race was not quite as limiting as it sounds. Then there were two Orcs, two Humans, two Elves, a Dwarf, Skeleton, Zombie, and Skaven. The Ogre, who was the cover star of the game box (illustrated brilliantly by Brett Blevins), was the only big guy. But GW supported the release with a range of eleven metal minis. It came with a bunch of (very cool) cardboard standees.

When Blood Bowl first released there were no miniatures in the game box. In this article we’re going to take a little trip back through time to look at some of those early figures and the stories around them. In those early editions of the game before its 2016 revival, there were a wealth of miniatures released in both metal and plastic, and they include some of the most iconic miniatures that have defined the aesthetic of the game ever since. Blood Bowl’s first edition was released all the way back in 1987, which means we are creeping up on the forty-year mark for one of GW’s most enduring and popular specialist games.

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