<s>
Blood	B-Application
Bowl	I-Application
is	O
the	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Games	O
Workshop	O
miniatures	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
computers	O
by	O
Destiny	O
Software	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MicroLeague	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
fantasy	O
version	O
of	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
violent	O
twist	O
in	O
that	O
opponents	O
can	O
be	O
deliberately	O
seriously	O
injured	O
or	O
killed	O
,	O
and	O
without	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
kick	O
field	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
USs	O
Dan	O
Bennett	O
called	O
Blood	B-Application
Bowl	I-Application
"	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
think	O
too	O
much	O
about	O
how	O
good	O
it	O
could	O
have	O
been.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
criticized	O
the	O
slowness	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
AI	O
opponent	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
the	O
modem	O
play	O
advertised	O
on	O
Blood	B-Application
Bowls	I-Application
packaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Martin	O
E	O
.	O
Cirulis	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Blood	B-Application
Bowl	I-Application
 [ ... ] 	O
should	O
have	O
benefited	O
from	O
the	O
vast	O
amount	O
of	O
work	O
that	O
has	O
gone	O
into	O
developing	O
[	O
the	O
sports ]	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	B-Application
Bowl	I-Application
won	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Reviews	O
1995	O
"	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
tied	O
with	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Might	I-Application
and	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Strategic	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
and	O
Gazillionaire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
