Blood Bowl is a board game from the British games company Games Workshop, The game was first released in 1986 and has been re-released in new editions since. The game is a parody of American football set in an alternate version of the Warhammer Fantasy setting, populated by traditional fantasy elements such as human warriors, goblins, dwarves, elves, orcs and trolls. Blood Bowl is a two-player, turn-based board game that uses 28 mm miniatures for the two teams on a playing field. A board containing a grid overlay represents the field. Using dice, cards, and counters, the players attempt to score higher than each other by entering the opponent's end zone with a player who possesses the ball.