Mantic’s DreadBall Season 5 Now Ready For Pre-Order
May 27, 2015 by brennon
DreadBall Season 5 is now up and ready for pre-order from Mantic Games. If you're looking to pit Mutants against Robots with Convicts and Kalyshi on the side then this could be the set for you...
The Teams
The teams for Season Five are quite varied in their appearance. As stated above there are quite a few different ones including the Ro-Tek Brutes, Kovoss Kryptics, Bremlin Nebulas and Long Rock Lifers.
I think that as teams these two above are probably some of the best looking they've done. There is so much weird stuff going on with the Mutants that they're not only going to find a place on the DreadBall pitch I reckon.
As well as those two weird teams there are these below who you'll be familiar with from Xtreme. Now they've been let out of the prison and are ready to fight it out with the big boys.
Star Players
As well as all these new teams there are some All Stars to help give you that edge you need in your games. See what you make of the Strike Zone Stunners below who give you some options for the teams above...
So who is above?
Brickbat' Vognar - Vognar's is a rollercoaster tale - from leaving a life of piracy to become a DreadBall star, being banned for an 'altercation' that got out of hand, until his latest redemption and re-acceptance by the DGB. Vognar is here to stay, and anyone who thinks otherwise will swiftly find out where the nickname 'Brickbat' comes from...
Kailasa - her kind used to be the keepers of their civilisation, teaching, nurturing and using their wisdom to guide the Kalyshi on their own path. Nobody is quite sure why Kailasa chose to leave all that behind and play DreadBall instead, but with the displays that she puts on, neither the fans nor the DGB are complaining. The players who have to face her however...
Brute Force - A ninety pound girl on the DreadBall pitch may sound a little odd, but when you realise that ninety pound girl is strapped into a five hundred pound mech suit that she modified herself, it makes a little more sense. Brute Force is the apt name that the fans have christened her with, and she seems happy enough to go with it. Sher certainly lives up to it...
'Dead Man' Davitz - There are few players who can say that they personally picked up their own posthumous award for excellence from the DGB academy. In fact, there is only one, and he's still picking up awards to this day, together with all the bits of himself that keep getting knocked off on the pitch.
Which of them would you count on to turn the table for you in DreadBall?
Will you be picking up Season 5?
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Those are all great looking, but based on coolness alone, Brute Force will be added to my Roster. 😀
like the robots may look good for scenery in other games?
Those are all very good.
Are people seeing the same pictures I am? The Bremlin Nebulas are alright, but the rest seem to suffer from what (I typically don’t like) about Mantic models.
Heads too small, arms too big, tiny wastes, too top heavy, etc… take your pick. The base size in particular seems to be causing problems for some of these models.
In fact, more often than not, the models overflow from their base; it makes you wonder why the base size wasn’t made bigger to begin with.
Non of the figures shown have been put into the hex bases that the game uses. Once based only a little bit of the model will overflow (mostly, some models are very big) As for the look that I think is part of the charm, a little bit crazy and not super realistic. I’ve had friends re-base old blood bowl minis because they wanted to keep their favorite team alive and playing.