The catcher of that throw almost makes it to the Dwarf Giant’s end zone before getting crunched in a tackle and dropping the ball. Another gives me two for completing a risky pass. I take the first turn, and one of the cards available gives me a point for taking the ball. In my first couple of turns, my human players use them to streak into a narrow lead. These cards reward you with extra points for meeting certain objectives. And then the game passes you a curveball in the form of the Challenge deck.
It means one square difference in your plans and calculations can make the difference between success and failure. It means that to attack an enemy you often have to use all three actions: run to get close, mark to get adjacent, then attack. It means you can defend a line of scrimmage with gaps an opponent can’t run through, only mark into. That division is the heart of how Blitz Bowl works. Once there you can only attack or step away. If not, you’re free to run and throw but you can only move next to an enemy model with a special, short, “mark” move. You get three actions per turn that depend on whether a player is next to an opponent. I’d already got it out on the table, spiky figures poised to run for the ball in the middle of the cardboard pitch. Ībout thirty minutes earlier, I’d had to drag a protesting teen out of her bedroom to play Blitz Bowl with me. The sprinting catcher weaves in and out of defending dwarfs, making for the one gap in the line where he can squeeze into their end zone, and he leaps. It travels almost the entire length of the field, clearing the braziers and the admittedly low bar of the dwarf opposition. The crowd roars as the Blitz Bowl player unleashes the mother of all passes.
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