Quirkworthy

I went into the Mantic office at lunch time to watch the KS go live along with the assembled staff. Once again, thanks to the amazing support of you lot it very quickly reached its initial funding goal, which is both very cheering and a touch scary all at once 😉

The rules are here.

Any questions, ask away 🙂

To try and keep things sane(ish) I will delete comments once they’ve been incorporated into the digital rules, discussed in an article, or added to any FAQ below.

Sponsors, Teams & Team Building

These have been left out of the Beta for the moment. Please use the two starting teams provided. The idea here is to get you playing the game so you know how it works from personal experience. This stage also helps us to clarify any fuzzy rules points.

Once everyone is clear on this then we can move onto the next step and have a close look at how teams are built. Yes, this will be well before the end of the KS 🙂

Board Notes

The board art in the downloadable pdf (above) is not final yet. It will be updated in due course. Until then, note the following:

• There is only space marked for one deck of cards. There should be space for 2 decks and their discard piles. This is because I split the deck quite recently and the art hasn’t quite caught up.
• The kill 3+, etc part of the board is not used in this version of the beta. It’s for betting and applies only in league games.

The Future Of DreadBall

A few people have asked if the different rules in DBX are going to be taken back and dropped into DB.

Many of the changes in DBX reflect the difference between the two games. That said, some of the new rules may well make it to a future 2nd edition of DB (if we ever do one), but none are currently planned to port across before that point.

The DreadBall Xtreme Kickstarter is all ready to roll, launching on the 21st. I have, as you might have guessed, been quite busy in the last week, though oddly it’s not been the DBX that’s occupied most of my time. Deadzone and Mars Attacks went through the KS process last year, but this is only one early step in the process of getting the game made. I’ve been finishing off the ends of the DZ rules and tweaks, and having completed the MA core rules I’ve got the expansion books to get ready and get tested. So, as is often the way, I’ve got bits of all these games on my desk at the moment, all in very different stages of completion.

I’ve also got what is for me a very big personal project underway, though I’ll refrain from going into details till I know it’s confirmed. All this has kept me away from posting much over the last week. I have, however, been composing things in my head for DBX, all of which have been biding their time until the KS goes live. So I’ve got some design articles on that to come at the appropriate time in the KS process. What goes when depends on how well the KS goes and where it gets to. The core things like pitch design can go out at the start. We may or may not get to all the more esoteric corners so they’ll have to wait and see.

I’ll also be intrigued to see the Guild Ball KS campaign and what they’re up to. This launches tomorrow (20th), and it’s hard not to see them as going head-to-head with DBX for the same sports fans. Well, we shall see. From the little I’ve seen the games look pretty different and will scratch different gaming itches. Each will suit different folk better, and I’m sure a few people will back both. Personally I’m most interested in watching their gameplay videos to see how it looks on the table 🙂