Slaughterball Coming To An Arena Near You
September 21, 2014 by deltagamegirl22
A new game company, Frog the What Games, has started a campaign on Kickstarter for their game Slaughterball.
In this board game you play one of the genetically enhanced teams that play and fight in an arena while trying to score points. This is a game for 1 to 4 players, and the game map is double sided. In this game you can actually score points for knocking down or taking out players along with scoring with the ball.
The game lets you build seasons and have leagues also. While looking at this I found a lot of similarities to one of our beloved games in our house and that is, Dreadball. I would be interested in hearing what all you Dreadball fans think.
Do you have room for another sport?
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Each of the positions in that game even seem to tie in with the dreadball positions of striker, jack, gaurd and big guy.
Not impressed. Far to similar. It’s as if blood bowl never existed lol
If people actually read the P&P rules as opposed to making an off the cuff judgement, I think you’ll find a lot to recommend this game over DreadBall: 1) The positions reflect standard expectations in all sports, so that’s hardly a criticism, and the players have a lot more varied roles in this game than simple “oh, this person cannot carry the ball for some reason…. because RULES”. Instead, some are dedicated pit strategists, and others are ball handlers or bruisers. Team special rules in exhibition and league games also increase the positional differentiation. 2) The game is well balanced… Read more »