New versions, new rules?

GoFasta · Post by **GoFasta** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:08 pm

Hello all. I'm not entirely a newbie to BB, played quite a bit back in college (YEARS ago...). Anyway, I've come accross a complete box set which appears to be 3rd edition but the most current edition is 4th I believe.

What I want to know is how far behind are 3rd edition rules? Is there somewhere to order/download/etc. the 4th edition rules or at least find out what changes have been made. Are there any other differences between the 3rd and 4th edition box sets?

Just wondering if this "deal" is really a deal.

The red onez'
-GOFASTA

Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:58 pm

the 3rd ed rules are pretty far behind.

you can download the most current rules here http://www.specialist-games.com/bloodbo ... bbok_b.htm

and there are some FAQ's and the most recent rules changes on the very same site

welcome back to the world of Nuffle

GoFasta · Post by **GoFasta** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:11 am

Thanks for the warm welcome and the update. After looking around a bit, maybe it's 4th ed.? What's the 4th ed box look like?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

There's 9 available, please leave me at least one!

-GoFasta

sean newboy · Post by **sean newboy** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:15 am

Looks the same as the 3rd box, its the same box, just different rulebook. Thats the 3rd, but u can dl all the new stuff for free from the bloodbowl section at specialist games.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:42 am

it was late yesterday, bad reply from me..

The curent version is best described as 5th edition.
4th edition existed in two magazines
the fersion in the box is probabely th. Note that in the meantime this edition has been updated once, per the rules as found on that BB page

again .. welcome back home!

Post by **DoubleSkulls** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:36 pm

3rd ed boxed set has all the bits you need for the current rules. So all you need to do is download the rules from GW's site.

GoFasta · Post by **GoFasta** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:32 pm

Thanks for all of the input. I have a sealed 3rd ed. box set enroute to my home as we speak. I have also downloaded and printed out a copy of the "Living Rulebook" (now I understand the LRB refernces in some posts!). In the end, I just wanted to make sure that at least the bits and baubbles in the 3rd ed. were current.

I've been reading through the LRB and downloaded the JavaBowl client to get a feel again for how things worked. I'll play the supplied Orks for a while, but I think my heart lies with the Gobbos. What can I say? I like that squish sound, even if it's coming from my own team! Thanks again for all the help.

Always rememba'...
Da red wunz'
-GoFasta'

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:36 pm

Just make sure you hang around here and keep posting. nothing like a good argument about how broken the dwarf team is, or why Wild Animal is clearly broken

Fronko · Post by **Fronko** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:16 pm

Wild Animal is broken?

[ducking for cover]

noone in particular · Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:48 pm

Java bowl client? can someone help? What/where is that? thanks

mtn_bike · Post by **mtn_bike** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:07 pm

The guy you posted dakkon_0 is a good guy. I got some stuff off of him and it was fast shipping. He'll post stuff every week so don't worry about the product running out.

BadMrMojo · Post by **BadMrMojo** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:28 pm

noone in particular wrote:Java bowl client? can someone help? What/where is that? thanks

http://www.geocities.com/javabbowl/
http://javabbowl.no-ip.org/
http://home.austin.rr.com/javabbowl/
and... oh yeah...
http://witwat.net/luke/javabbowl

(the last one is a copy of the original files plus a mac-specific version that runs a little better)

First time's free. All the cool kids are doing it.