Three days ago, I posted an article criticising Mantic Games for their latest announcement of a special ‘Azure Forest edition’ of their bestselling DreadBall game. As pointed out by vigilant Mantic fans and by Mantic Games themselves, pretty much everything I said in that article was wrong. Worse, it was published prematurely and without the […]
Mantic Games’ Not-So-Limited-Editions
There are many mistakes in this post, and it should never have been published in the first place. Please find the corrections and my apology here. What the hell is Mantic Games up to again? It appears that they are trying to take a page out of Games Workshop’s playbook by launching more limited edition […]
DreadBall Short Story Competition
Mantic Games is calling for aspiring fiction writers to submit a synopsis for a DreadBall Xtreme short story… If you get picked, and submit a story, you can win a bit of money. More importantly, you can see your story published in an anthology along the likes of Guy Haley. Have a look! Mantic Games […]
DreadBall Azure Forest – Unboxing
More DreadBall! DreadBall Xtreme is close, though Mantic put out a tiny tournament-themed expansion to keep people playing through the Kickstarter: Azure Forest, which is also billed as the first of a (annual?) Galactic Tour Series. My Azure Forest box arrived, including new cards to simulate the dangers of tropical forests to a kinetic match […]
DreadBall Xtreme – Convicts Team
Mantic Games’ second Kickstarter for DreadBall, specifically the gritty and Xtreme Season 4 of DreadBall, is (presumably) creeping ever closer. A little teaser-picture of one of the teams, the Convicts (possibly just the temporary internet title) have appeared online. #1 – The Convicts The guy (presumably guard?) in the back is a bit strange. I […]