How to Play

Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game

2-4 players 60-120 min 7.4 Board Game Geek Rating

Managers lead fantasy football teams through a five-week season of violent competition. Players draft star athletes, upgrade facilities, and position team members to win randomly-determined highlight matchups against opponents. Success in highlights earns payouts for team improvements and attracts fans. The season ends with a tournament, and whoever accumulated the most fans wins.

Published 2011

Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Form your treasury

Each manager starts with $1,000 to build their team

Select a team race

Choose from available races (Wood Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, Skaven, Chaos, Vampires, Dark Elves, Undead, Nurgle, Goblins, Chaos Dwarves)

Purchase players

Buy exactly 12 players for your starting deck, with no more than 16 total on roster

Buy Team Improvements

Optionally purchase with remaining treasury funds

Assign League Commissioner

One player determines tournament schedule and manages league organization

Prepare team roster sheet

Each manager receives a Team Roster Sheet to track their team throughout the season

Calculate Team Value

Add all player values, plus $30 per player level, plus Team Improvements, Star Players, treasury cash, $60 per Team Upgrade, and $30 per Staff Upgrade carried over

Determine inducements

Before each game, compare Team Values; lower-valued team receives the difference as temporary cash for inducements

Roll kickoff

At game start, roll 2 dice and apply the Kickoff Roll Table result (Brilliant Coaching, Cheering Fans, Perfect Defense, Weather, Get the Ref!, or Pitch Invasion!)

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Play Regular Season Games

Use normal Blood Bowl: Team Manager rules excluding Tournament cards

Play Tournament Games

Include all league managers with one Tournament card in the final round

Use Team Wizard

Exhaust to target opposing standing player at shared matchup; roll die for effect (tackle symbol downs target, square downs your player, X means no more uses this game)

Use Team Dok

Once per game after injury roll, roll die to potentially reduce injury severity

Use Team Reroll

Once per game, choose one: reroll your dice, inspect/replace a cheating token on your player, or redraw a penalty card

Substitute injured players

When a player dies or misses game time, immediately place a benched player into your discard pile

Roll for injury

When a player is tackled while down, roll 1 die; on X result, roll 2 dice for injury severity

Forfeit option

Voluntarily forfeit at any time; before end of round 1 gain $50, after round 1 gain $50 plus fans×2

Maintain minimum roster

Game requires at least 10 players to start; deck must maintain 6 players during play or forfeit