Thank you! New Stretch Goal: Bonus Figures!
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Wow, the DreadBall Xtreme Kickstarter is go, funding out in just 39 mins.

Thank you so much – we’ve now funded the Boxed Game, the Player Manual, the 4 New Sponsors, the customizable pitch AND Ardia Shi’lek, exclusive MVP. That’s a lot of stuff…

… but we want to give you more!

Let’s get some stretch goals on the go…

$125,000 – BONUS! Convicts and Asterians

Convict Team


Although most civilised worlds have at least one prison, the worst of the ISO’s detainees are sent to prison planets like Perestia or Radnon. It’s said that once you get a sentence on a correctional world, you’ll never leave, but that’s a rumour spread to keep the prisoners in check. There are actually dozens of ways off-world, most of which don’t take much more than a well-placed bribe.

Sometimes, though, prisoners will be made an offer before they’ve even entertained the notion of escape. They’d be crazy to turn it down. After all, everyone wants to be a DreadBall player.

Most convicts go willingly. Some assume they are being invited to play in the big leagues, little realising that their future will most likely feature a messy death in one of any number of unlicensed arenas. Others understand this risk, but go anyway; the chances of survival may be slim, but no more so than staying in a dank cell, and this way they get to be as brutal as they want without anyone stopping them. In any case, convict teams will routinely be fitted with “Assurance Devices”, more commonly known as neckweights or blast-collars. These heavy metal bands, secured around each convict’s neck before they are released to play, act as a fitting deterrent against trying to escape. They also have a secondary use; unscrupulous Sponsors will eagerly detonate players’ ADs if they think they might catch a few opposing players in the blast…

Asterian Kalyshi Team


The Asterians are one of the most ancient races in the galaxy, a noble culture of great intricacy that has plied the stars since long before mankind had even taken its first steps away from the surface of Old Earth. Their ways are baffling to most humans, and they generally do what they can to stay away from direct contact with the realms of man, although this is becoming increasingly difficult for them as the ever-expanding GCPS encroaches into their territory.

As a group, the Kalyshi vary much more than the Asterian mainstream, and their ways can seem brutal to outsiders. Theirs is a martial culture, with members of all three genders learning to fight as soon as they can walk. Now, representatives from several of their clans have begun to make themselves known on the illicit DreadBall circuit, seeing it as a fitting challenge for their greatest warriors. It is not clear whether they know of the so-called Asterian teams that have been sanctioned by the DGB, but it is unlikely that they do not. Many have speculated that one of their motivations for entering the arena is to warn the Corporations that they are aware of the sham they are perpetrating, and that their mockery will not go unpunished.

If we hit this stretch goal, we will add an additional 8 Convict Players and 8 Asterian Players to pledges of Rage ($100) and up!



You can also add the teams onto your pledge for an additional $15 each.



Thank you so much!

Stretch Goal smashed! That’s a whole heap of bonus figures thrown in free.

Let’s keep going shall we? How about some Free Agents!

A set of Alien and Robot Free Agents are already included in the Xtreme base game that you can mix in to your team to change its composition (we’ll show you how when the Beta Rules are released next week!) – but we want to give you more choice with four brand new varieties…

Here we go!

$150,000 – BONUS! New Free Agents


If we hit this stretch goal, we will produce four new creatures and add them to the DreadBall Xtreme Boxed Game at no extra cost!

Pusk Rampager
Newcomers to one of the many worlds with an indigenous Pusk population are often fooled by their stubby legs and obvious lack of depth perception into considering them harmless. They soon realize their mistake. Few have heard the enraged squeal of a charging bull-Pusk and lived to tell the tale…

Nameless Bloodsucker

Registered Nameless teams have become incredibly popular in DGB-sanctioned arenas, but the Yxaal are notably absent from their ranks. This is most likely due to their horrifying habit of snatching victims up into their tentacled mouthpieces and draining the vital fluids from their bodies. Even DreadBall fans have their limits.


Vlorox Spinpede

The Vlorox are a society of asteroid-dwelling insectoids that first came to light when Gorsch mining crews reported that their equipment was being chewed on. Although they’re not too bright, it’s not too difficult to train Vlorox Spinpedes to curl around a DreadBall and roll towards the enemy Strike Zone.

Avaran Treebeast

As the GCPS expands outwards, it has encountered intelligent life in just about every form imaginable, from the gaseous Irads of Grand Pluron to the Treebeasts of Avara. These bizarre plant-like creatures are wily hunters, easily capable of waiting motionless for days before ensnaring passing prey with their prehensile tongues.

You can also add an additional set onto your pledge for an additional $15.


Let's get this one locked in!