Category Archives: DreadBall – The Futuristic Sports Game

DreadBall Tentacle Time

As we all know, you can’t have too many tentacles. This is another of the pre-production models I’ve ended up with, and he’s a striking fellow indeed. This early test shot does need a bit of a clean up, but … Continue reading

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DreadBall Monkey Business!

Moving swiftly on from aliens with odd limbs we come to the big furry guy. He stands on two feet and a fist and is 49mm or so to the top of his head. As with the others, this is … Continue reading

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DreadBall Solo?

What with all the different modes of play planned for Deadzone, I’ve been idly wondering if it would be feasible to design a good set of solo rules for DreadBall, and whether they’d even be desirable if it was. Obviously … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts

You’ll have noticed that I’ve not been posting a lot of Deadzone in the last few days. Well, I thought we all needed a change of pace for a day or two. However, I’ve still been working on it and … Continue reading

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Mantic Meeting – Deadzone & DreadBall Kick-Off

It’s been a rather long day so I’ll be brief (for once). I’ve been in a meeting with Ronnie all afternoon, discussing various upcoming projects and also what I can talk about here. It’s tempting to blurt it all out, … Continue reading

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Blood Bowl Again?

It’s a common topic of gamer chat at the moment: is GW’s assumed Limited Edition (LE) release this year going to be a new Blood Bowl? For those of you that haven’t been paying attention lately, GW has released 2 … Continue reading

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DreadBall Season 2 Design Theory: Dead is Forever?

You know that sinking feeling you get when you count the line of body bags by your Subs’ Bench and then the funds you have to get them all fixed up and good as new? Well Season 2 has the … Continue reading

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A Collection of DreadBall House Rules

Chris suggested this idea on another thread and I thought it was an excellent notion. As you might imagine, I don’t have lots of house rules myself. However, some of you guys (and gals) will and it would be fun … Continue reading

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DreadBall Kick-Off Edition

I’m putting this up after noon today so that you’ll know this isn’t an April Fool. Just thought I’d mention this in case you hadn’t seen it. DB Kick-Off is a sort of DB lite edition that is aimed at … Continue reading

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DreadBall Season 2 Design Theory: Judwan

There are two teams which have grown out of my initial idea for a single MVP, and the Judwan are the first to be released. From day one they’ve been an experiment in the extreme end of what’s possible for … Continue reading

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