- BGG rating
- 7.9
Rules assistance for Dreadball: Season 5
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–6 players
- 60 min
- 14+
Rules assistant for Dreadball: Season 5
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Dreadball: Season 5 is an expansion for DreadBall: The Futuristic Sports Game released in 2015 for 2–6 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
From the publisher: Forget what you think you know! The Xcitement of Xtreme comes to the DGB! New teams, new rules and a whole lot of fresh havoc can only mean one thing – it’s new season time for the Galaxy’s Greatest Sport The regs get relaxed for the first time ever to allow modified organics, tailor-made robots and even experimental limb grafts in the ongoing search for the perfect DreadBall player. Exhibition Matches allow coaches to go wild, drafting in players of any shape, size or species for one off matches where anything goes. Think you could create the perfect combination of Guards, Jacks and Strikers? Now’s the time to prove it. Free Agents auction their arms, tentacles and teeth to the highest bidder. New teams bring the Xtreme edge – or do they? (Mechanites, Mutants, Kalyshi, Convicts) New MVPs arrive to tip the balance for whichever team can afford them. (Brickbat' Vognar, Kailasa, Brute Force, 'Dead Man' Davitz) Tear up the rules you think you knew – this is a whole new ball game.
Designers
Publishers
- Mantic Games
Questions and answers
Dreadball: Season 5 supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Dreadball: Season 5 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: Season 5 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: Season 5 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: Season 5 as an expansion for DreadBall: The Futuristic Sports Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need DreadBall: The Futuristic Sports Game to use it. Check that your edition of DreadBall: The Futuristic Sports Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.