The DreadBall Kickstarter is nearly over\u2026 I\u2019ve received my final parcel, I have a big pile of plastic to clean, assemble and paint and all that is left is the \u2018Creating DreadBall\u2019 digital book and the backer MVP rules.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve really enjoyed getting involved in the tournament \u2018scene\u2019 \u2013 I\u2019ve taken part in four tournaments this year, winning one and doing acceptably in all of them. The National tournament has been postponed, but a second Open Day this year has been planned for the end of November. Oli, Jen and I are going to rock up there en masse and see what we can do. It\u2019ll give me a little more time to practice for the Nationals too.<\/p>\n
So far, I\u2019ve played one game of Ultimate (my Veer-myn, Jen\u2019s S1 Corp and Oli\u2019s S2 Corp) \u2013 it\u2019s a real blast, you\u2019ve got to focus much more on scoring with the lack of actions but it\u2019s a real shift from the familiar two player game. Having two players gang up to put threat hexes on a model with the ball is an interesting new tactic, as well as nearly having sudden death on us. I intend to break it out for our DreadBall day in January, I think our casual players will pick it up relatively quickly and enjoy it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also played a couple of games with the Zees – one win and one loss. I haven\u2019t got a clue how to play them, they are absolutely insane. They can\u2019t score, they can\u2019t slam, and they definitely can\u2019t pass, but they can move around a lot and they can put out a lot of threat hexes. A few times, I managed to get all ten of my players on the pitch at once. The foul rules are neat and don\u2019t feel like the game slows down at all, and the Zees do stand a chance of being sent off. The only thing is that while concentrating so much on fouling myself and trying to find an edge for the unpredictable primates, I didn\u2019t notice that Jen had snuck on a extra player right at the beginning and was Sneaking for most of the game. My summary – no idea how to play them, but loads of fun. Can\u2019t see them being competitive but they should be an awesome team for a laugh, maybe in a game of Ultimate\u2026<\/p>\n
After that, I tried a game with the Nameless against Oli\u2019s Corporation. Just for a laugh, we upgraded our teams with 20mc and I chose to bring Dozer in, to see how giants work. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve played a game involving MVPs of any kind. The basic plan was to run in with a Sticky Guard, then slam with Dozer. Six dice slam with a 3 dice penalty on the target should have made it pretty lethal, right? Nope. I\u2019ll have to try again to be sure but the luck was definitely not with me that game.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the Mars Attacks Kickstarter. I wasn\u2019t planning on backing, and on the morning that I wrote all of this out ready to queue up for the next scheduled update Mantic went and put up the rumoured Martian DreadBall team. I had a whole thing ready about how I think the cross-over is OK in my eyes but I could see myself getting disappointed if they appeared in Warpath if I were a Warpath player. However, Mantic beat me to it and explained that they don\u2019t fit in Warpath or DeadZone, but that Mars Attacks love cross-overs and DreadBall is a suitable target for it. The renders don\u2019t look particularly exciting, and they may never be legal outside of Mantic tournaments, but I like a bit of a laugh and they look pretty cool with the clear dome helmets. Should be a bit of fun to paint. Well done Mantic, you have my money – now give me a Martian team!<\/p>\n
With so many models to assemble and paint, I\u2019ve got to be organised about it. I\u2019m planning on building the bare minimum Season Three teams and prone markers for the teams I have finished. Then I\u2019ll be painting the Season One Corporation for Oli to take to the Open Day (with an extra Jack, because he prefers the Season Two team\u2026) and hopefully, if there\u2019s time, paint the prone markers for our three teams.<\/p>\n
Next up, I think I\u2019ll finish assembling everything I have. That way if a good weather day appears over the winter to undercoat them, I\u2019ll be able to get out and hit those ready. Otherwise, I\u2019ll be working on painting the Forge Fathers and finishing off the Season One teams highlights. Then I can put Season One to rest – finished. After that, I\u2019ve nearly finished two Season Two teams (I just need to paint the last Z\u2019zor Jack to make them legal) and have started the Judwan and Robots, so they\u2019ll be a good place to go next. Based on my current painting habits (\u201cwait for a tournament, pick an unpainted team, make sure they\u2019re done enough on time\u201d) I\u2019ll probably be in the same place next year!<\/p>\n
In the dim and distant future when all teams are painted I\u2019d like to do the Keepers and prone markers next, followed by the Giants, Cheerleaders and MVPs. I\u2019ve never used MVPs so I\u2019m not in a great hurry to get them painted but I know that they\u2019ll have to be eventually! I intend to paint the team-specific MVPs to match their teams, but the less restrictive ones in unique colour schemes. It\u2019s going to cost me a fortune in paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The DreadBall Kickstarter is nearly over\u2026 I\u2019ve received my final parcel, I have a big pile of plastic to clean, assemble and paint and all that is left is the \u2018Creating DreadBall\u2019 digital book and the backer MVP rules. I\u2019ve really enjoyed getting involved in the tournament \u2018scene\u2019 \u2013 I\u2019ve taken part in four tournaments … <\/p>\n