
- BGG rank
- BGG #716
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2004

Expansion for Blood Bowl (2016 Edition)
2019
Rules assistance for Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team is an expansion for Blood Bowl (2016 Edition) released in 2019 for 2 players, 45–120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Grid Movement.
Ogres are natural Blood Bowl players, with a long tradition of playing for other teams who can afford to feed them (woe betide the coach who fails to account for their appetite). Ogre teams, however, bring a new level of violence to the game, as their rosters feature not just one or two of these massive brutes, but often 4 of them! Of course, they're also accompanied by a veritable swarm of Gnoblars, tiny greenskin runts who have no natural athletic ability, but enough cunning and wit to know they're supposed to grab the ball from time to time whilst the Ogres are busy pummeling their opponents. Once in a while, the Ogres will give the ball-holders a little kick towards the End Zone, thus scoring some points with a bit of luck. If you want to play some smashy Blood Bowl, you can do no better than an Ogre team. They play unlike anything else, excelling at deleting the opposing team, one by one, until they can walk the ball across the pitch unopposed. You’ll focus on hiring a handful of Ogres, and the utterly replaceable gnoblars fill out the rest of your slots. Ogres are a blast to play, and a nightmare to go up against. This multipart plastic kit contains all the components you'll need to build the Fire Mountain Gut Busters, an Ogre team for use in games of Blood Bowl, containing 4 Ogres (1 of which can be built as a Runt Punter), and 12 Gnoblars with interchangeable heads! You'll also find a roster sheet, transfers, 2 turn counters and 2 coins, 4 Ogre-themed balls, and a mix of 14x 25mm bases and 4x 32mm bases. —description from the publisher
Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team is 45–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Miniatures, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Grid Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Blood Bowl (2016 edition): The Fire Mountain Gut Busters – Ogre Blood Bowl Team as an expansion for Blood Bowl (2016 Edition). Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Blood Bowl (2016 Edition) to use it. Check that your edition of Blood Bowl (2016 Edition) is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.