Category Archives: DreadBall – The Futuristic Sports Game

Not Sure…

It’s not always easy to know exactly how much I can say here. However, with the Mantic blog mentioning that DreadBall Xtreme was “just around the corner” the other day I don’t think anyone’s going to be surprised that I’ve … Continue reading

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What Can This Mean?

More Tease. This is a small piece of a shiny new logo. Me likee 😉  

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Mars Attacks Day

I spent today down at Mantic HQ with a bunch of 16 playtesters, battling through the Mars Attacks scenarios once more to see if there were any final tweaks and clarifications needed. As Mantic are overflowing their current office space … Continue reading

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DreadBall Digital

I expect that many of you have seen this already, but if not you should go and take a look.

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Inner Secrets Of DreadBall

People often tell me that they like hearing about the process behind the games, so as I’m freshly returned from a long meeting about the details of DreadBall’s next big thing (after the Annual), I thought I’d share the summary. … Continue reading

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Another Interview

I’ve done another interview for a podcast, this time a Spanish one (though it’s in English) at http://laserburn.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/mars-attacks-dreadball-season-3-en-el.html It’s been a while since I chatted to Miguel so we talk a bit about DreadBall as well as Deadzone and, of course, … Continue reading

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Frantic At Mantic

Rhymes, eh? Where would advertising be without them? Seriously though, I was at Mantic yesterday where it was all hands to the pumps packing  shiny DB3 boxes for despatch all over the world. Stacks and stacks of the things in … Continue reading

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The Future Of DreadBall

We spent some hours yesterday talking about the next steps for DreadBall and I managed to sneak a quick photo of Ronnie’s explanation of his vision. I don’t want you to get too excited yet, but I couldn’t keep this … Continue reading

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DreadBall – Threatening & Gotcha!

Since the DB3 rules have come out on pdf there has been discussion over whether there is  a mistake in the Threatening rules on page 31.  I’ve spent some time trying to get to the bottom of this and here’s … Continue reading

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A Final Change

It’s amazing how excitable people can become over a single roll of the dice. In response to the many comments about the new ball launch rules I’ve talked to Mantic and they’ve kindly agreed to delay the book slightly to … Continue reading

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