BLood Bowl 2: Dead Ball

mrbrownesquire · Post by **mrbrownesquire** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:10 am

Yes, I am trying to remeber what they said about him when it ws commissioned

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:03 pm

Well he did a fairly decent job of the first book, strange he should crash and burn so heavily in the second.

mrbrownesquire · Post by **mrbrownesquire** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:04 pm

Perhaps BL did not run it past specialist games.
There was no-one in the BL office with a good knowledge of Blood Bowl

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:05 pm

Seems strange though that he'd get the first book more or less right and then be so way off the mark for the second book.

mrbrownesquire · Post by **mrbrownesquire** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:23 pm

Perhaps they spent more time on the first one, or got other people to read that one through.
There were still background errors with the first one.

Dark Lord (retired) · Post by **Dark Lord (retired)** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:11 pm

Gumboo wrote:Well he did a fairly decent job of the first book, strange he should crash and burn so heavily in the second.

All I hear about the first book is that it was "decent." Is it possible that the novelty was part of making it seem better than it was? And perhaps all he really accomplished was not making any continuity errors?

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:21 pm

It wasn't any worse than the first book IMO, just more of the same. Enjoyable enuff in a 'pulp-fiction-read-in-a-day' type way.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:13 pm

Bavid Deckham? Mackey Mouse? Ouch....

mrbrownesquire · Post by **mrbrownesquire** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:47 am

So is it out? The web site says not till december

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:39 pm

Well the first won't win any literary prizes, but I thought it was ok. Brainless stuff, sorta literary junk food. I doubt any of the others are any different, and probably will get them and read them. Although those names are terrible, and I'm not the most creative namer, but I can do better than "Bavid Deckham."

Hangus · Post by **Hangus** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:51 pm

The first one i thought was quite cool for the first 100 or so pages then i think the novelty wore off. Its not bad, its just not very good. I am sure i will buy the sequel.

Underdog · Post by **Underdog** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:23 pm

mrbrownesquire wrote:Perhaps they spent more time on the first one, or got other people to read that one through.

Id be suprized given the number of typos.

Post by **Thadrin** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:18 pm

I really enjoyed the first one.
I got the second one yesterday, started reading and it is truly awful.
Its not funny.
The chapter breaks make no sense (like the author was on a "paid by the chapter" commission, or "hey - its been five pages since I last had a new chapter!").
Don't get me started on the "love" scenes.
I'm only about 140 pages in...but its really hard work.
Oh...the proof reading is lousy too.

Bad, bad book.

Hangus · Post by **Hangus** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:41 pm

finding the same thing Dave. First one i read in about a week this one is so hard going (as in bad cringe worthy crap) i am still reading it after buying it when it first hit the stores.

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:53 pm

I thought the first one was pretty bad literature, but I liked it for what it was, junk food for my brain. I can see the second one getting worse.