Dreadball 2 Kickstarter finally gets an ‘Update’ pledge
When Mantic Games launched their Kickstarter project for the 2nd Edition of Dreadball, one thing was immediately conspicuous by it’s absence: any form of upgrade pledge [...]
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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 121 – Dreadball Xtreme
Download Episode 121 Welcome to episode 121 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, co-hosts Neil Shuck & Mike Whitaker are joined by guest Jake Thornton to [...]
Dreadball – homage to it’s (unintentional) roots?
The very first time that I saw the cover of Dreadball when Mantic Games launched the KS for the game, my immediate thought was “that looks like Speedball”. If you [...]
Dreadball Xtreme on Kickstarter
Mantic Games launches Dreadball Xtreme, the much anticipated Season 4 of Dreadball,on Kickstarter today (13:30 GMT). Kickstarter project link Other than the tag line of [...]
Dreadball Season 3 – Beta rules
In case you haven’t noticed, Jake Thornton has been something of a busy beaver in the last few weeks, posting up lots of Beta test rules for Dreadball Season 3, amongst [...]
Dreadball Season 2 rules have landed…
For those of use who backed Dreadball on Kickstarter, today saw the first part of the season 2 delivery, as we were sent a link to download a PDF of the season 2 rulebook. [...]
Dreadball – Robots!
We have just seen the latest picture for one of new teams from Season 2 – the Robots – and it has to be said that they are looking rather nice. I’m very [...]
Dreadball Season 2 – first pictures
Well, we’ve finally got to see the first pictures of the Season 2 teams for Dreadball. The Void Sirens have made an appearance, and very nice they look too. They look [...]
A new Podcast is here…TalkDreadball
Ever had that conversation? You know, the one that starts “Hey, wouldn’t it be a good idea if…”. Well, I had that conversation with Rich Jones a few [...]
Rich Jones – video of Dreadball gameplay
Just in case you missed it last week, Rich Jones (co-presenter on the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast) was recently interviewed by Beasts of War about Dreadball. The video [...]
Dreadball – how to paint my teams – part I?
Dreadball is now turning up on people’s doorsteps, and the growing impatience of waiting for the game to arrive has now, perhaps been replaced by sudden indecision on [...]
Dreadball unboxing – the Wargamer vs the Boardgamer
Well, Dreadball has finally arrived, so I thought I’d review the components for the base game. I believe that this is being viewed as a crossover product, appealing to [...]
Mantic & Dreadball – An apology is in order
As many will be aware, I posted a fairly lengthy blog post yesterday expressing my opinion over what was happening with regard to the shipping of Dreadball. The key issue for [...]
Dreadball: “Mantic have the ball, it’s the last rush of the game, they must score…wait…FUMBLE!!!”
It was all going so well. Mantic Games had given us a really good Kickstarter experience that raised (I think) far more than they had dared to hope for : $728,985 (Just over [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 97 – Bolt Action & Dropzone Commander (& Dreadball)
Download Episode 97 Welcome to Episode 97 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast On this show, I am joined once again by co-hosts Rich Jones and Mike Hobbs, and we talk [...]
DIY Dreadball, whilst waiting for the ‘proper’ version to turn up…
Thanks to a couple of industrious chaps on the Mantic forums, there are several custom Dreadball pitches around at the moment. I made this one, which looks remarkably like a [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 95 – Raven’s Shadow, Dreadball, Judge Dredd, X-Wing & W40K
Download Episode 95 Welcome to Episode 95 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined once again by Rich Jones & Mike Hobbs and we discuss what [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 94 – Dreadball, Part II – Interview with Mantic Games
Download Episode 94 Welcome to Episode 94 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast Following my previous podcast, in this show I talk to Chris Palmer from Mantic Games about [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 93 – Dreadball, Part I – Interview with Jake Thornton
Download Episode 93 Welcome to Episode 93 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast With the Kickstarter campaign for Dreadball, the new sports boardgame from Mantic Games, in [...]
Dreadball, or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace Kickstarter
I’m a huge American Football fan. San Francisco 49ers, to be precise. I grew up watching them during the golden era of Montana, Young & Rice. I follow this sport [...]
