Warhammer 40K & Wargaming Blog
It’s been a while since there have been official DreadBall news, given that Mantic Games has been busy with Deadzone and Mars Attacks. Now, things are on the move again, with a small DreadBall expansion at the end of this month and a second DreadBall Kickstarter a month or two after that. #1- DreadBall Galactic […]
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 […]
Mantic Open Day (the second this year, after the Open Day in May) has come and gone. Though Deadzone is clearly the current hot topic, there were also some glimpses of what will happen to DreadBall in the future, now that the last Kickstarter-shipment has been sent. #1 – DreadBall Convicts and Brokkrs Here are […]
Bristol DreadBall Tournament Report – Part 2! If you missed it, read my DreadBall Tournament Report Part 1. In a nutshell, I was down in the South-West and took my Void Sirens to a DreadBall Regional in Bristol and ended up taking home the trophy. It was a 5 game tournament, and I won the first […]
A good day today. Shipment No. 3 of the DreadBall Kickstarter, containing miniatures for DreadBall Season 3 arrived today. Lots of fantastic new miniatures to unpack and, surprise, Mantic Games appears to have changed the recipe of their Restic (Resin + Plastic?) material. Here’s what I found in my box! #1 – The New Miniatures […]
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 […]
I haven’t been able to play a DreadBall tournament since going up to Nottingham this spring for Mantic Games’ Mantic Day and DreadBall tournament with my Marauders team, Being in the South-West for work this weekend, I had the opportunity to stop by in Bristol today for the DreadBall Regional, held at the awesome wargaming […]
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, […]
If you’re a (more or less) regular reader of Pins of War, you’ll know that I’m an avid player of Mantic Games’ DreadBall. The game, however, has gone through somewhat of a roller-coaster. Season 1 – the original DreadBall – was a brilliant and fast game. Season 2, in contrast, sent the game on a […]
Fun little update from Mantic Games’ DreadBall Kickstarter. As they are getting ready to launch Season 3 of DreadBall, they’re also tinkering on the rules for DreadBall Ultimate, a multiplayer version that will, it seems, be played on this crazy monstrosity. DreadBall Ultimate 6 Player Pitch That just looks insane (though in a good way I […]
