No photos right now, it’s late, but I wanted to write.
I picked up Dreadball last night from Strategies Games. When I first saw the Kickstarter, I wasn’t that impressed. Models looked “ok”, I didn’t need another game to back that I was going to ignore. On the last day of the KS, I saw someone raving about it and decided to drop $10 on a PDF of the rules. $10 is nothing, and I like the idea of KS, so…there I was.
Weeks later I’m freaking stoked about this game. I have to say it, and I’m sorry that I have to say it. I love Blood Bowl. Love it. And while this game isn’t Blood Bowl, it’s close enough that I’m mentally comparing it anyway.
And let me tell you, that this game reads like it’s going to be awesome.
I assembled the models tonight. The ads claim you can pull the models out and be playing in 10 minutes. I have a little chart for you to compare “market speak” against reality in this regard:
- You don’t care about mold lines, heads or arms. 10 minutes. Yes, it can be done. The models have legs and torsos and bases as a single piece. No sprue, no cutting. Pull them out of the box, open the bag, organize them and go.
- You don’t care about mold lines. Probably 30 minutes.
- You care about it all. Took me 2 hours, both teams including the included Wildcard MVP.
I’m going to finish reading the rules on the bus tomorrow and try to convince someone to play with me tomorrow night.
So stoked!
(now I need team names and colours…:D…and a new airbrush since I broke mine a few weeks ago…and time to post photos of the stegadon in progress…and to wrap presents…oy…)
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