Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Zee Beta v2

After some discussion on the original thread and another game myself last night, I’ve made a few small changes to the Zees. Much of this is slight wording changes and clarifications for specific instances which have been brought up here … Continue reading

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Overzealous Filters

For some reason the spam filters here have been working overtime and have jumped on a bunch of comments by real humans. I’ve had a rummage and gone back through a couple of dozen pages of spam to drag out … Continue reading

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DreadBall Zee Team (Beta) Stats

Funnily enough, balancing the Zees is a bit like keeping order at a chimps’ tea party. At least, I imagine it is. I’ve never had that dubious pleasure. They’re an odd lot, but it’s probably best to just let you … Continue reading

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DreadBall Asterian Team (Beta) Stats

They’ve got pointy ears and they can’t be trusted even slightly. That’s about the normal Corporation citizen’s understanding of the aliens known as Asterians. True to form, the DGB do not disappoint, with an underhand team full of dubious ploys … Continue reading

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A Barrel Of Monkeys

Typically, the Zees are failing to comply to my orderly plans. You’d think they were a disorganised bunch of naughty monkeys or something. Wait a second… One of the playtesters came up with some intriguing wrinkles in their rules which … Continue reading

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New Tab

In case you hadn’t noticed I’ve added a DB Season 3 Beta tab to the black menu bar (↑up there↑) so you can find the latest version of the rules easily. As we go along I expect to need a … Continue reading

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DreadBall Teraton Team (Beta) Stats

Teratons are big and tough and have the disconcerting ability to teleport away from trouble. In some games this will come up a lot; in others it will hardly feature. In all games their ability to smush most opponents easily … Continue reading

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DreadBall Nameless Team (Beta) Stats

The Nameless really do have a name, but for the purposes of this Beta we’ll not fret over that just yet. Let’s focus on the gameplay. The team has a couple of signature features. The first is very good Strikers. … Continue reading

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DreadBall Season 3 Teams Beta Test

Well yesterday went so well that I’m going to start putting up the team stats for you to play with today. Each team will be posted separately so that we can try to keep the attached comments  reasonably on topic. … Continue reading

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DreadBall Playtest Day AAR

Back from today’s playtest day at Mantic HQ. It was a healthy mixture of both laughter and deep discussion which made for a very entertaining and useful session. The teams are looking very good and each has its own character … Continue reading

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