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

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Blood Bowl: Skaven Team is an expansion for Blood Bowl released in 1987 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jervis Johnson.
Skaven Team is part of the Blood Bowl Series! Rules and a set of counters for Skaven teams for Blood Bowl (first edition) were published as a pull out section in White Dwarf issue #86 (Feb 1987). Gameplay-wise, Skaven teams have faster players than most other teams, can't have Defensive or Kicking players and use a different Star Player Table, where the most common result is a Chaos mutation (a roll on the Mutations Table). The rules also include an example of a veteran Skaven team, the Skaven Scramblers. Microbadges: - Blood Bowl fan - Blood Bowl fan - Blood Bowl fan - Blood Bowl fan - Humans - Blood Bowl fan - Norse - Blood Bowl: Team Manager - The Card Game fan - Blood Bowl fan - Chaos Dwarves - Blood Bowl fan - Orcs&Goblins - Blood Bowl fan - Chaos - Blood Bowl fan - Amazons - Blood Bowl fan - Halflings - Blood Bowl fan - Vampires - Blood Bowl fan - Dwarves - Blood Bowl fan - Dark Elves - Blood Bowl fan - Skaven - Blood Bowl fan - Elves - Blood Bowl fan - Wood Elves - Blood Bowl fan - Lizardmen - Blood Bowl fan - Undead
Blood Bowl: Skaven 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: Skaven Team is 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: Skaven 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: Skaven Team belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Wargame, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Blood Bowl: Skaven Team and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Blood Bowl: Skaven Team are: Jervis Johnson. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Blood Bowl: Skaven Team as an expansion for Blood Bowl. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Blood Bowl to use it. Check that your edition of Blood Bowl is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.