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May all of your sixes explode,
Geoff, Andrew, and Lee
Last week a change to 3-on-3 to use cards to replace the massive pile of tokens was put forward. This week we have those cards for you to print out and try.
The cards are designed to be printed as mini cards, 2″ x 2.75″.
Each Coach starts with
Here is a PDF file with all 50 cards laid out in sheets.
This PDF will also be available on the Documents page.
And don’t forget the back of the card.
Amended Action “Tokens”
Currently, the DreadBall 3-on-3 rules utilizes a boatload of Tokens:
Each coach starts with 25 Action Tokens (18 standard tokens and 7 sin bin tokens)
Rebs cannot spend 2 action tokens on the same player on consecutive turns.
You can play any number of Action cards (still max 1 per player per turn) when it is your turn to play an Action token, but you still have to play a token either before or after or between playing Action cards.
While you could still use tokens if you wish, BreadDoll is making some nifty cards to use in their place. They are a little easier to manage, easier to distinguish different types, and future proofs for a few other little twists we are developing. While they are in fact cards, they will still be referred to as “Tokens” so as not to create confusion with the DreadBall Action cards. It’s important to be able to distinguish between the two.
The total number of tokens will still be 25, but the breakdown is slightly different.
The 25 tokens now consist of:
5 Sin Bin
2 Activate and play another token
3 Activate and draw a card
15 Standard Activation
As you may notice, there are few new types of tokens. The sin bin and standard activation tokens have dropped in number to accommodate the new types.
The Activate and play another Token is somewhat self explanatory, and really powerful. Being able to play two activations together is always strong in 3-on-3, but is usually limited to when you double a pick up or catch, or play an Action card—which can be difficult to come by. This gives you two opportunities per match to make a decisive and potentially game changing play! It should be noted that you can’t use both of them together, ie, you can’t play Activate and play another token to activate a player, then play your other Activate and play another token. Trust me, it’s not the most efficient use of it anyway.
The Activate and draw a card token gives a little more utility and flexibility in playing the game. It can be difficult to spend actions on drawing cards and give your opponent essentially two uninterrupted activations. Sometimes it pays off to stock pile action cards to do a lot in a single activation later in the match, but you have to be careful not let your opponent steamroll you in the meantime. When you play an Activate and draw a card token, not only do you get to Activate a player, at the end of the players action, you may also draw a DreadBall card. Oh the options! But be careful, you only get three for the match, after that you have to earn the cards the hard way!
Anyway, our resident awesome thingie maker, Geoff, will be putting together a file for the tokens. Print them out when they are available and give it a go!
Tis the season. The season for Slams. The season for Strikes.
The 2020 North American DreadBall Circuit begins its soft launch at Adepticon. For Coaches unaware, Adpeticon is a boutique gaming convention with a focus on miniatures and war gaming. It’s a perfect venue for Mantic Games, and DreadBall is well represented.
Two DreadBall events are scheduled. An Alpha and an Omega; one will chronicle a beginning while another capstones a grand finish. An attentive Rules Committee has listened and learned. Rules have been adjusted, tweaked, and modified to maximize fun and competitive blood-lust.
The Last is first. Adepticon celebrates a year of accomplishment with a Big Championship – The Adepticorp Cup! Any and all Coaches are welcome to play on Friday March 17, but those who won a 2019 North American DreadBall Circuit (NADC) regional tournament get a pass. The DreadBall Governing Body (i.e. Digby, i.e. Rules Committee) trimmed and tightened the tournament language from previous years. The main difference? The 2020 NADC rules packet scales back on team building. Only recommended team builds are allowed, and thereafter only 80mc in inducements. This approach lowers the bar of tournament entry while focusing on tactics. The NADC rules packet can be found in our Documents page.
Before a champion is crowned, a contest for growth is conducted! League in a Night returns for a third year. On Thursday, March 26 – Coaches strive for experience. How quickly can a team develop into a unstoppable force? After two years of feedback, Digby has leaned into the format, making it even more distinct from the Adepticorp Cup. There’s a bit of customization allowed in the beginning, and larger payouts after each match. Tactics are obviously still important, but now there’s a meta-game to strategize. The League in a Night 3 rules packet can be found in our Documents page.
Because both events are co-sponsored by the BreadDoll, participating Coaches will receive a set of Home / Visitor cards.
This BreadDoll editor also happens to be the Tournament(s) Organizer. While bribes are always welcome; here are a few things to keep in mind / reinforce for competing Coaches:
While these items are mentioned for Adepticon, they’re valid for almost any tournament.
If Adepticon is not possible, find another session of organized play. If that’s not possible, organize one yourself! DreadBall is very tournament friendly, and you already know that DreadBall Coaches are pretty darn friendly themselves. Reach out below if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or bribe suggestions.
There are some Abilities that can be confusing. Abilities that modify or change the way Threat works are often misunderstood. In Part 1 we looked at Gotcha and Threatening as well as the the basics of Threat. In Part 2 we will look at the Keeper and Stench Abilities.
The Keeper Ability allows a Guard to project 1 Threat onto any hexes in the Strike Zone that are in their front arc as long as the Player with the Keeper ability is also within the Strike Zone. This is a goal tender Ability meant to allow a single Player to better protect a Strike Zone.
The Gotcha Ability does not improve the Keeper Ability. If a Player has both Keeper and Gotcha Abilities they still only project 1 Threat on the hexes of the Strike Zone in their front arc, not 2 Threat. The Player with Gotcha would still project 2 Threat into their regular Threat Hexes.
Stench projects a negative modifier of 1 into all adjacent hexes of the Player with the Ability. Any Opposing Player in one of these adjacent hexes is affected and suffers a -1 modifier on all tests.
Stench does not apply Threat. Stench applies a separate negative modifier that stacks with Threat. Stench does not stack with other Stench. As you can see in the image the negative modifier is still only -1 where the Player’s Stench Abilities overlap.
A Keeper with the Stench ability would project 1 Threat to any Strike Zone hexes in their front arc (as long as they were in the Strike Zone) and the Stench modifier would stack with this in any of the Keepers adjacent hexes increasing the overall negative modifier to 2.
A Keeper with the Stench and Gotcha Abilities would project 1 Threat to any Strike Zone hexes in their front arc (as long as they were in the Strike Zone) and the Stench modifier would stack with this in any of the Keepers adjacent hexes increasing the overall negative modifier by 1. The adjacent hexes in the Keepers front arc would be under 2 Threat from Gotcha so the total negative modifier in these hexes would be 3.
When things get in the way….
You and the gang head out for a nice “friendly” pick up game of the greatest sport in the galaxy. The players are gathered, but what’s this? The usual playing space that you use for a pitch is a cluttered mess! After carefully cutting the locks on the warehouse, you’d think the least they could do was leave some open play space for DreadBall…..geesh!
It is an inevitable fact, when you don’t have access to professional venues, things are going to try and get in the way of your game. However, rather than stopping the action, it can be a way to add to the fun!
Obstacles in DreadBall 3-on-3
Below you will find rules for incorporating the first three types of obstacles players typically run across in their pickup matches of DB. Obstacles help add variety to pitch layouts, and can come in handy when using non-“standard” pitches as well. But more on that at a later time.
Veterans of the game will recognize the first two types as having been originally introduced in Xtreme. The third type is something of a necessity for defining when using some non traditional layouts.
Tall Obstacles
The first type of obstacle, is the Tall obstacle. Tall obstacles are typically things like support columns, large shipping containers, pillars, etc. Even the strike post, is considered a Tall obstacle. Tall obstacles block the ball path when trying to make a throw or scatter, in much the same way as an opposing player or wall. Additionally, a Tall obstacle can not be moved through nor can it be Jumped over.
Short Obstacles
The second type of obstacle, is the Short Obstacle. This category can include other types of obstacles as well, such as traps, but typically includes things like crates, debris piles, dead bodies….that sort of thing. Short obstacles can not be moved through, but they CAN be Jumped over. Additionally, Short obstacles do NOT block the path of a ball being thrown or scattered.. However, a ball that ends its movement on a Short obstacle must be scattered immediately.
Impassable Wall
A third obstacle type is an impassable wall. Impassable walls, obviously, can not be moved through, and also block the path of the ball in the same manner as walls in regular DreadBall. This needs additional defining only in the sense that there may be more walls than usually found on a standard DB pitch. Pick up games will sometimes be played on pitches that have unusual angles in the walls that might make it difficult to ascertain if another player is eligible to make a Throw to a specific target. Simply draw an imaginary line from the hex of the throwing player to the target hex. If it crosses a hex with an impassable wall, or even simply a boundary wall, then the throw can not be attempted.
Anyway, there is much more to explore in the way of obstacles. Don’t let them get in the way, but make it part of how you play!
What if it were possible to combine these things?
This was the idea: DreadBall Team in a Can
Taking advantage of the Mark 5 DreadBall bases that all of my DreadBall models are mounted on I set out to make the idea of a team in a can a reality.
A bit if history. If you are not familiar with my GeoffTec Mark V bases (I find that hard to believe) you can check out the journey I went on to create them here: Hobby Highlight: DreadBall Bases
To begin the process of creating the GeoffTec Team in a Can™ (TIAC™) I went to Thingiverse.com. After some searching, I found a 3D model of a screw lid can that I liked.
The can wasn’t the right size so I imported the .stl file into TinkerCAD and resized it as well as making some modifications.
In addition to some small stylistic changes, spaces for 10mm x 1mm neodymium magnets were added. The magnets hold the inner components of TIAC™ in place. The inner components were designed next. Inside TIAC™ are tiers with magnetized slots for DreadBall Players (mounted on MKV base inserts), Mark V bases, DreadBalls, etc. The modular design on TIAC™ allows for multiple, reconfigurable loadouts.
Once all the components were 3D printed on an Ender 3 printer, many 10mm x 1mm magnets were glued into place. (Don’t tell but I actually ran out of 10mm x 1mm magnets and had to double up on 10mm x 0.5mm magnets in a few places.)
I present to you the GeoffTec Team in a Can™:
The Coaches’ Corner is an in-depth interview with DreadBall Coaches, Commissioners, and Creators. A game is fourteen Rushes, and the interview is fourteen questions.
This interview is important. Very important. It’s not just a series of Q&A. It’s not just an opportunity for some terrible puns, double entendres, and strings of alliteration.
This interview is educational. It’s a history lesson. It’s a design lesson. It’s a business lesson. It’s all thanks to the mind of James Hewitt. His paws have touched your favorite, and soon-to-be favorite, games; DreadBall, Blitz Bowl, Goreschosen, The Silver Tower, Hellboy, League of Infamy, and Robot Fight Club to name a few. Let’s find out why.
James Hewitt. Desiger. Cat Herder. Funniest guy in the room.
0. Have you seen the Saturday Night Live episode where comedian Chris Farley incompetently interviews Paul McCartney?
1. DreadBall’s original design is credited to Jake Thornton. However, there is legend that you played an integral part in the game development. What can you share about DreadBall’s origin?
2. What were your reactions during the first DreadBall Kickstarter campaign, and were there any memorable challenges or opportunities during that crowd-sourcing effort?
3. Your designs at Games Workshop are impressive (thank you for Gorechosen). In particular, you developed the rules for the Blood Bowl (2016). Did your work with DreadBall influence that other sports game?
4. Follow up; how would you compare DreadBall to Blood Bowl?
5. Hilarious.. I”ll get back to that in a moment. Mantic Entertainment and Games Workshop are on your resume. Recently, you began your own game company – Needy Cat Games! What drove you in this independent direction?
6. Robot Fight Club is an upcoming title from Needy Cat Games. Can you offer our Coaches a compelling pitch?
7. Reddit is technically a social media site, though arguably it’s more akin to a cesspool of scumbags, criminals, and perverts. You have countered the site’s trend of negativity with some positive contributions. Specifically, a 2018 thread of Q&A. You generously answered dozens of grognard head-scratchers. One of your remarks has lingered with this BreadDoll editor; the difference between a “good game” and a “good enough to sell” game. Can you elaborate on that observation?
8. Back to hilarity. You have some professional experience in comedy. How important is humor in game development?
9. And now back to the Galaxy’s greatest sport! What was your level of involvement with DreadBall’s second edition, and what excited you the most about returning to the pitch?
10. So how do you primarily play DreadBall [One-off, league, tournament, Xtreme, Ultimate], and why?
11. Ah, the memories… What is your favorite DreadBall team?
12. Describe your most memorable DreadBall Rush.
13. That’s great! But enough of the past. What would you like to see from DreadBall in the future?
14. Lastly, if you won a BreadDoll in tournament play (last place), would you; eat it immediately in front of attending coaches, or wait until you were in the privacy of your locker room?
The BreadDoll continues their third year of blogging and breading. In our second of three posts over a Super Sports weekend, we’re pulling back the curtain. It’s a glimpse into the conservations and brain-storming sessions of rules development. In this case, a perennial concern from this Bread-itor in chief; GIANTS.
Sam Graven and Antti Jappinen were invited to a roundtable discussion about big fellas. Both were selected because of their expertise; they play with Giants. A lot. On the pitch or on the palette, both of these Coaches have invested hours handling the largest of DreadBall models. Their input would be invaluable. Jesus Ortiz praises those with the power of well written words, and the wisdom of middle age.
Below is a rough transcription of our thought provoking discussion about might & right, height & fright.
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Andrew:
Sam & Antti! I have a challenge, and you two may be able to help the Rules Committee and I pick it apart; DreadBall Giants. Mechanically, I think Giants are fine. For DreadBall Ultimate play, I also think Giants are fine. However, Giants rarely see League or Tournament play. I have my suspicions, but I’d like to know if either of you have; Praise, Criticism, Doubts, and/or Suggestions for Giants in DreadBall.
Sam:
Hi! They feel very expensive in DBU [DreadBall Ultimate] with the MVP premium. That would be my initial thought.
Andrew:
Keep going.
Sam:
In DBU, you tend to play guard-heavy teams anyway so whilst they are good, there are often better options for cost. I would always tend to go MVP Striker for the MC.
Andrew:
Do you gravitate towards one MVP?
Sam:
Nightshade is my go-to.
Andrew:
“I thought he’d be bigger.”
Sam:
When writing the league rules*, I considered waving the appearance fee for Giants for exactly that reason. A further possibility is linking Giants more to individual teams so some are more like Team Captains.
* Editor’s note: Sam is the League Commissioner for his Coaching family.
Andrew:
Linking… Do you think there may be space for Giants to exist somewhere between an MVP and a team player?
Sam:
Yes.
Antti:
As I’ve stated before, we play a perpetual league almost exclusively (with soft resets when we feel like it). A rare Ultimate match is thrown in just for fun. Thus, we really have no perspective for one-off use of Giants.
The Coaches in our league never use the team treasury for MVPs (nor Giants). Even an Underdog bonus -without the premium on top- rarely is incentive enough to put these players on the pitch. This is because the Coaches feel any “extra” players are only robbing the actual team players of Experience. Our league definitely values team growth over victory, especially as an Underdog (many feel the Underdog experience bonus is too much, however, but that’s another subject matter).
Giants are seen as the worst offenders, as they;
Ultimately (pun intended), It means no-one is willing to draft them in most situations.
Because I personally still love them, we’ve played some games of Ultimate with bonus cash reserved for one-off Giants only, but even that isn’t enough for everybody to field them. Again, even if Coaches hire them with bonus cash.
(I’ll get back to this and Sam’s other idea a bit later.)
To Sam’s idea; I’ve been toying with an idea like that, too.
Sam:
This is part of the reason in my league I included the penalty for not including an MVP or Giant every 3 matches. It’s what the fans want!
Andrew:
That’s a fascinating dictate from a commissioner. If my league’s commish enforced such an expenditure, there would be mutiny!
Antti:
My proposition (that I’ve made on the Facebook DreadBall Fanatics page) to widen the league-use of MVP’s sits right with this approach.
To recap: Remap and maybe restat all the existing MVPs as Captains so that every team would have maybe three or four Captain options, and maybe add two or three Captain-specific cards to the team-specific Captain card draw deck.
What I would do with Giants would be essentially that, but without the Captain cards.
Sam:
In Ultimate, we tend not to use the captain cards in the same way. Antti, have I sent you my Utimate league rules?
Antti:
Uh, maybe? I don’t rememeber right now.
Andrew:
Focus, you two.
Antti:
But Team Captains are already seen as essential in our league. The third action and rather powerful card effects means that everybody that can buy a Team Captain will do so. If Giants would be available as “BB-style” big guys, I’m afraid they would get a similar status (and I’m now assuming they would gain experience like the rest of the team, or I think we’d be back at the core of the problem in league play).
Sam:
Yeah, I agree I wouldn’t see them as Team Captains.
Antti:
So maybe making a Team Captain or a Giant either-or purchase?
Sam:
Just make MVPs available at a discount for certain teams. Not 75mc extra.
Antti:
I really wouldn’t see our league using them in that case. Not gaining Experience is really that important. The connection the Coaches get to develop their teams with experienced players is really the charm.
Making Giants tough, normal players available for every team (not every Giant for every team, but maybe 1-2 choices per team), but only as an alternative to Captains would mean that hiring one or the other would be a meaningful choice. It opens up more varied play-styles for every team (more so with a wider pool of Team Captains). Maybe every Giant could have their own two event cards added to the event deck?
Sam:
I think making them a team choice makes sense. The idea for DBU Giant cards is ace. So now I feel there should be no 75mc penalty, but they can gain Experience. But that also means they need an advancement table. Perhaps a GENERIC Giant advancement table?
Antti:
If mapped correctly to the teams they wouldn’t. Team Captains use the Team advancement table, regardless of the Captain (so ok, that only means anything for two (?) captains, but still). A generic table would work, too.
Sam:
True true. We need a list.
Antti:
List of?
Andrew:
FOCUS!
Sam:
All giants matched to teams.
Antti:
I think we’d also need new Giants to make this properly work.
Sam:
Yeah, well, Andrew is on that.
Andrew:
(grinds teeth)
Antti:
We have 30 teams (counting Martians, although I don’t think we should? I’d really, really like for them to get a Captain and a Giant, still, even if just one of each), and 8 Giants at the time being. I think all of them should be as evenly distributed as possible. That would mean that with these 8 Giants, there should be 3-4 Teams for every Giant to play for. That is, if every team had 1 Giant only.
And Sam, I now remember your Ultimate League rules! I just forgot to get back to you about them. I especially like the different play environments, and I’d like to see an expansion centered on those locations.
Andrew:
Summarize please.
Antti:
That would mean with these 8 Giants*, there should be 3-4 Teams for every Giant to play for.
*Editor’s note: As of 1/2020, there are technically 9 official DreadBall Giants.
Sam:
Something like that, yeah.
Andrew:
I’ve been holding my tongue (fingers?), but this is the honest feedback the Rules Committee needs. I’ll share more in a bit.
Sam:
Here’s my first thoughts about team-Giants:
San-garr – Sphyr, Crystallans Nameless Spawn – Nameless,? Krastavor – Koris, Rejects Brank Boom Fist – Forge Fathers, Brokkr Barricade – Rebs, Neo-bots Synecdoche – Tsudochan, ? Big mech – Trontek, Void Sirens Alpha Simian – Zees, Yndij Dozer – Teraton,? Asterian Drones – Asterian, Kalyashi Night Terror – Veer-Myn, ?
Oh, big bug – Martians.
Antti:
I’m not sure if Andrew and the RC wants to go this far into idea-throwing territory? If that’s where we’re heading, I’d first try to establish what are we trying to accomplish with the list? I personally would prefer if (almost) every team would have a choice of two Giants, regardless of the number of Team Captains. Captains vary because of their cards, but a team with a Giant is a team with a Giant.
And if we are adding Giants, I’d look carefully through the existing minis from the other lines. What can be reused? What “fits” otherwise?
For example, Rebs have the very cool ape in the new starter for Deadzone, and the nice Teraton in the other starter, so I’d just put Alpha Simian and Dozer as choices in Rebs’ roster.
Another idea: an alternative for Big Mech could be.. Gun Mech? A Guard Big Mech with Illegal and something else to differentiate? It would fit right-in with Corp teams and Rebs, and uses an existing model. How big is the Abyssal Dwarf Greater Obsidian Golem? Larger than a DB Giant? Just looking at the mini, there’s the orb-y element of the Ada-Lorana and rockiness of Crystallans both.. I’d say that with some ridiculous fluff about possession or whatever you’d have a Giant fit for either team.
Antti:
Well, it seems it’s way too big. A Tunnel Runner with serial numbers filed off could be a Barricade facisimile for the Veer-Myn.
Sam:
All good points. I was thinking more about this, and I agree.
We start with the initial set from the rules, and certain teams can purchase them for the season full cost, as though they’re a team member of that position. That is the big advantage (pun intended). Yes, they deprive you of one of your Guard or Jack slots. But only one.
Antti:
The Judwan need a Giant of their own! Or not, but I’d like them to have one.
Sam:
It’s a natural evolution of the Ultimate League Giant’s Playground idea. Yes, the Striker only team issue…. I was getting to that.
You develop them like the rule for the Marauder Team Captain. I reckon that Synecdoche with its big weird arms is logical. I’d put San-gar with the Crystallans as both they and Sphyr have lost homeworlds to the GCPS.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh….
Give Rebs more choices. They’re awful in Ultimate (not enough cards).
Antti:
Right. I forgot about Slippery Joe. Synecdoche was my choice for Judwan, too.
Sam:
Cool cool.
Antti:
But still, I’d like to hear if this is a direction we should take this before going in very deep.
Andrew:
(Grinding bleeding gums)
Sam:
Where do Hobgoblins sit faction-wise in the warpath universe?
Antti:
They’re from the same planet as Orcs, but disliked? I’m not as familiar with the fluff.
Sam:
Right. Useful.
Andrew:
I’ve created monsters!
Sam:
Well, duh.
Andrew:
I’m never allowed to divulge much from Mantic Headquarters, but I can say DreadBall Giants are not a direct charge with the Rules Committee. They are however, a topic the RC would like to see addressed/re-examined. Many of your ideas mirror my own and the RC. I’ve kept silent throughout much of this discussion because I didn’t want to influence any of your back-and-forth. I could have conducted this more like a proper interview or debate – but I honestly didn’t trust my own bias. As originally mentioned, I think the Giants are fine mechanically speaking. I didn’t read any hard criticism from either of you about how the big guys move around the pitch. Giants’ use in one-off games are seemingly fine. League play (and distantly related, tournament play) is a different beast and what I’m most interested in exploring. The three of us agree; Giants are not viable options under existing league options/rules. I’ve already formalized some cost reductions similar to what was mentioned above. It’s encouraging to know it’s not completely bonkers and that other independent minds can come to the same conclusion. I’m also tampering a bit with stat lines, but I’m reticent to go very far. I’m pretty conservative RC member when it comes to altering stuff, preferring to keep a small footprint and not make printed material obsolete. If there’s a work-around that doesn’t involve cancelling printed material – I usually aim in that direction. New Giants? You’re aware it’s been a passion project of mine. The Rules Committee knows it too, and they’re on-board (You may surprised to know this, but the Rules Committee discusses DreadBall every day. EVERY DAY). Passion in part, because I’ve spent a long time play-testing them in private and public sessions.
18 months of ‘Research and Development’ for new DreadBall Giants is positively absurd. However, no one is publicly clamoring at the RC for new Giants. Nevertheless, a funny thing happened along the way. The Deadzone Rules Committee created ‘Escalation,’ and in doing so repurposed several DreadBall models. That precedent only strengthened my resolve to keep moving. The DreadBall Rules Committee have reviewed all of the models in the Mantic line. We’ve identified a handful that can convert to DreadBall Giant status as-is. Meaning, no conversion or modeling skills necessary. They work in scale, and perhaps more importantly, they work in aesthetics. Playtesting has been a work-in-progress; edits, omissions, scrap pile… And… I’ve had second thoughts. My hang-up has been this systemic concern; why don’t Giants see more play time? There’s little point to spearhead new Giants in DreadBall if the root problem is not going to be addressed. You’ve both offered a lot of weighty input. Many thanks. I’m certain I’ll have some follow-ups, especially after this is transcribed and posted on the BreadDoll…
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What does the future hold for DreadBall Giants? The winds of change are a blowing. Post some comments below, and maybe they’ll make a BIG impact.
Come back for that third helping of BreadDoll. We’ll finish our trilogy of toast with an incredible interview from the one and only James Hewitt!
2020 marks the third year of BreadDoll Blogging. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY posts about the greatest game in the galaxy. Every week; Geoff, Lee, or Andrew serve up slices. We have different voices with different perspectives. For a spread analogy, it’s like Geoff is jam, Lee is preservative, and Andrew is straight-up marmalade.
In soft celebration of three editors surviving three years together, this bakery is serving three loaves in three days. This triple helping of BreadDoll is timely. The United States of America (Earth Planet) is hosting a naive event in two days. Its popularity has reached such staggering proportions, huge swaths of the entire world population somehow find a broadcast to view. A cruel spectacle of manhandling will be witnessed by viewers divided into camps both for and against. The outcome has been forecast and bets are wagered, but anything is possible. A groundhog may see its shadow.
Also, there’s a Super Bowl.
48 hours before kick-off, The BreadDoll is pleased to shill. Mantic Games is celebrating the sports weekend with a sporty sale. It’s the second annual SUPER MEGA CUP SALE! Steals and Deals? Yes. Yes, there are plenty. Especially if a Coach needs to expand their Coaching Staff.
Each are priced to levels only Bobby would bargain. Two items however, are just Bobby bonkers.
Aaaaaand… Mantic is not done. Gains are important, but so are GAMES. Keep it clean Coaches! A new FAQ / Errata has been released! Clarifications and adjustments will make everyone’s pitch time even more perfect. Head to the Mantic site and find their Free Rules. Download and become high information.
And at the very end of the document? There’s a surprise. If you think you’ve seen bad officiating this season on Earth Planet (NFL, MLB, FIFA, etc), wait until you see this Bad Call.
Thanks for reading the BreadDoll. We love DreadBall, and we hope it shows. Come back this weekend for more. More Bread. More Dread.
Saturday – a roundtable discussion about GIANTS.
Sunday – a Coaches’ Corner interview with JAMES HEWITT.
