DreadBall Tournament Rules Pack
DreadBall Tournament Rules Pack
Welcome sports fans... to the official DGB (DreadBall Governing Body) Tournament rules pack. What follows is
everything you need to know to take part in a Dreadball Tournament, have some fun games of Dreadball and hopefully
lead your team to success. Glory and fame awaits you on the bloodstained pitches, as well as the opportunity to make
new friends and have some fun games. Play ball!
Tickets
One ticket is required per Coach to play in the Tournament.
The Tournament Organiser will be able to let you know
where you can buy a ticket. Remember to bring a copy with
you to the event.
What do I Need?
You will need a starting Dreadball team to take part, as per
the Dreadball Teams section of the rulebook. In addition,
you will also need to make sure you have the following:
Your ticket.
At least two copies of your starting team roster.
A copy of this rules pack.
A Dreabdball pitch board, balls, dice, rule books,
counters, cards, pencils and other gaming
accessories you will need. Please bring dice that
are clear to read for both you and your opponents.
A copy of the score sheet you can download this
from the Mantic Website.
Lunch, or money to buy food on the day. Some
venues may have food available onsite others
will not, so please check with your Tournament
Organiser in advance.
Miniatures
Players must use Mantic miniatures in their team. Models
must be based on Dreadball bases.
Counts-as and proxy models should be appropriate
replacements (no Robots representing Trontek 29ers, for
example).
Playing with unpainted models is acceptable but
understandably, you wont be able to win the Best Painted
Team award. To qualify for a chance to win the Best
Painted Team award, you must meet the following criteria:
All models fully painted & based on DreadBall hex
bases.
Fully painted is as it sounds, paint on all parts of
the miniature to show of its features.
Mark the base to indicate which is the front edge
(you must do this, even if your team isnt painted).
Paint an identifying number (or use transfers), on
the miniature or the base (you must do this, even
if your team isnt painted).
Tournament Rules
Schedule
The tournament organiser will let you know the start and
finish time(s) and will run through the schedule as part of
the briefing at the start of the tournament.
Note that the time allocated for each game is 70 minutes,
60 minutes for the game itself, and (10 mins for setting up
& completing score sheets). The schedule may be adjusted
on the day if things are running behind (or ahead!).
When you arrive, make sure you go to the Tournament
Organiser to register. They will collect your details and
allocate your table for the first game. The Tournament
Organiser will then give a brief so you know what to expect
throughout the event.
Rounds
The match-ups of the first round (Game 1) will be random.
For the second and subsequent rounds, players will be
paired using a Swiss System, matching players based on
Tournament Points, in descending order. In the case of
a tie, Strike Difference will be used. Fan Check dots will
be used if there is still a tie. The tournament organiser
will endeavour to avoid players re-playing an opponent
they have already faced but on occasion, this may become
unavoidable. Feel free to ask a player next to you to swap
places if this happens.
Game Sequence
Tournament Points
Make sure you have downloaded and printed off a copy
of the DreadBall tournament score sheet from the Mantic
website. After a game the points will be assigned as
follows:
Result Tournament Points
Victory 2
Draw 1
Loss/Concede 0
You will also need
Notes:
DreadBall Rules
All games will follow the rules from the Season 1 - Season
6 DreadBall rulebooks, along with the official FAQ found on
the Mantic Games website. There will be no use of GIANTs
in the tournament.
There is no permanent death and the DreadBall
Governing Body has deemed the tournament important
enough that any players killed will be fully restored
without Coaches needing to roll and all such expenses will
covered by the DGB.
Sportsmanship