- BGG rating
- 7.4
Dreadball Challenge Cup
2015
Rules assistance for Dreadball Challenge Cup
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 60 min
- 14+
Rules assistant for Dreadball Challenge Cup
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Dreadball Challenge Cup is a board game expansion released in 2015 for 2 players and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Jake Thornton and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Grid Movement.
About the game
The ultimate tour for the Galaxy’s Greatest Sport, as teams venture across the quarantined Hazard System, vying it out for the Challenge Cup Title. From games played in utter darkness to matches dodging deadly lava flows, it isn’t just the other team that presents a challenge in this contest! Four brutal new MVPs complete the excitement. Your campaigns will never be the same again! This set contains: 40 Page DreadBall Challenge Cup Rulebook Challenge Cup Map Challenge Cup Card Deck Challenge Cup Counter Sheet MVP Alo-khan MVP Blitz MVP Eko'o MVP Hexan Copies of DreadBall, DreadBall Xtreme and the DreadBall Xtreme Xpansion will be required to use the various parts of this set.
Designers
Publishers
- Mantic Games
Questions and answers
Dreadball Challenge Cup supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The catalogue lists Dreadball Challenge Cup for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Dreadball Challenge Cup belongs to these categories: Dice, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Grid Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Dreadball Challenge Cup are: Jake Thornton. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Dreadball Challenge Cup as an expansion. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to an existing base game and usually cannot be played on their own. Check the box or publisher description for the exact base game required, and make sure your edition of that game is compatible with this expansion.