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 […]
Unboxing ‘The Praetorian’ – DreadBall Season 3 MvP
I have played DreadBall for a solid year now. With a steady supply of new toys coming from the DreadBall Kickstarter, I had no need to actually buy any DreadBall miniatures the old-fashioned way (as far as ordering from an online-store can be considered “old-fashioned”). With Christmas closing in, I treated myself to a new […]
Bristol DreadBall Tournament Report – Part 1
Last weekend, I took home a DreadBall tournament trophy from Bristol (at Vanguard Gaming, a hobby center sitting nicely on the pictoresque canal seen above). Here are a few more details on the actual games I played. I didn’t take notes during the tournament itself, so a few details may be off. The basics should […]
DreadBall Season 3 Teams – Turtles & Chimpanzees!
Mantic’s DreadBall Season 3 is up for pre-order, and it’s full of all the quirky models and rules I’ve come to love from Mantic – and DreadBall in particular. Cheating Chimpanzee’s, Teleporting Turtles and giant Cthulhu-type tentacle-thingies playing violent Dreadball! What’s not to love!? DreadBall Season 3 – “DreadBall Ultimate” – introduces 4 new teams, […]
DreadBall Tactics: Season 1 – The Forge Fathers
Forge Fathers! The Dwarfs of DreadBall. Like the Goblin & Orx Marauders, Forge Fathers are often considered one of the weaker teams from DreadBall Season 1. I’ve seen a fair few tournaments around the UK Midlands that give Marauders and Forge Fathers a few extra points to put them on a more equal footing. Forge Fathers […]