Blood Bowl 2 is based on the tabletop game of the same name.
The premise is that the game takes place in an alternate reality where the inhabitants of the Warhammer Fantasy world stumbled upon a football manual and loved the game so much that it pretty much replaced conventional warfare and now all of the different races solve their differences in the field. Of course, Bloodbowl is much more violent than the real thing, but it's a lot more civilized than total war if you think about it.
No previous knowledge about american football is required to play the game, but the mechanics are a bit complicated and pretty much everything relies on dice rolls so it's not the easiest franchise to get into, but the campaign does a decent job at teaching the player the basics.
After that, you can play leagues against other people or the AI. I think the basic games are solid, but I don't like how the AI teams scale to the player, that kind of thing robs me of the feeling of progress and it's super easy to manipulate. Games against human players are better in this regard, but take ages to complete. Still, there's a lot of content on offer if you like the core gameplay.
However, at the date of writing, the game mechanics are behind the tabletop's and a new game is coming out soon, but at least for this entry all of the DLC is already out so I think it's worth it for the singleplayer content.
The premise is that the game takes place in an alternate reality where the inhabitants of the Warhammer Fantasy world stumbled upon a football manual and loved the game so much that it pretty much replaced conventional warfare and now all of the different races solve their differences in the field. Of course, Bloodbowl is much more violent than the real thing, but it's a lot more civilized than total war if you think about it.
No previous knowledge about american football is required to play the game, but the mechanics are a bit complicated and pretty much everything relies on dice rolls so it's not the easiest franchise to get into, but the campaign does a decent job at teaching the player the basics.
After that, you can play leagues against other people or the AI. I think the basic games are solid, but I don't like how the AI teams scale to the player, that kind of thing robs me of the feeling of progress and it's super easy to manipulate. Games against human players are better in this regard, but take ages to complete. Still, there's a lot of content on offer if you like the core gameplay.
However, at the date of writing, the game mechanics are behind the tabletop's and a new game is coming out soon, but at least for this entry all of the DLC is already out so I think it's worth it for the singleplayer content.