Stats for Mee-Kel Judwan revealed on Mantic Blog.

Our friends over at Mantic are starting to hype Season 2, and with that they give us a sneak peak at one of the MVP's...Mee-Kel Judwan.

Guesses for the new Special abilities...

• Pacifist - Can't throw the ball at opponents
• Long Arms - added Range to throwing 4-8-12 hexes?
• Misdirect - Judwan ability to move folks out of their hex?
• 360 Vision - Over the shoulder catches?

Season 2 Pre-orders up on Mantic sales page.

  So Mantic has updated their sales page and some interesting tid bits are apparent from what you can see there.

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/DreadBall/Teams.html

First up the Ladies...

• 4 x Plastic Female Jacks
• 3 x Plastic Female Strikers
• 1 x Plastic Female Guard

"The roster relies on their Jacks and their training focus on Running Interference. This, together with an extensive additional coaching schedule, enables them to react swiftly to opposing plays, and makes the Sirens very tricky to predict. "

Robots come with 10 minis...6 Jacks, 2 Guards and 2 Strikers.

Judwan...
A Judwan Striker needs no glove to catch or throw the ball, instead using his long, lithe arms and slender fingers to launch the ball with as much or more speed as other races.
What the heck does that mean?  Skill 3+? Longer Passing range than the other races?  We will find out soon.

Z'Zor...

5 x Plastic Z’zor Jacks

2 x Plastic Z’zor Strikers

1 x Plastic Z’zor Guard

Hmmm.  Bet their Guard is awesome...so good they had to limit them to only 1.

MVP's have hints too...http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/DreadBall/MVPs.html
The robot Firewall is a Keeper.
Ludwig the Z'zor...Sounds like he has Jump.
Helder...can potentially be a striker or a guard?  Play for anyone?
Mee'Kel...If there is a 2+ Skill MVP striker in the game...this will be the guy.
Rico...Not much info...Guess he is a Striker.

Rules for Wildcard MVP posted.

With the early release for the Wildcard Mini...we get an early release of her rules as well!  Thanks Jake!
You can fund the rule at the following link.

http://quirkworthy.com/2012/12/05/wildcard/

This will bring the total MVP's for season 1 up to 9...though the Humans will have a little advantage as having the most available willing to play for them.

While we are on the topic may as well break down the list of which MVP's will play for which teams.

Corporation (6 total):  Lucky Logan, Wildcard, John Doe, Enforcer, Buzzcut, Number 88

Forge Fathers (5 total): Gorim Ironfist, John Doe, Enforcer, Buzzcut, Number 88

Veer Myn (5 total): Reek "Payback" Rolat, John Doe, Enforcer, Buzzcut, Number 88

Orx & Goblins (4 total): Slippery Joe, Enforcer, Buzzcut, Number 88

Remember just because they won't play for you does not mean you can't bid on them to keep them out of your opponents hands.

Alternative poses and Kickstarter Shipments

This whole post  is speculation on my part...

Just pulled this tid bit of information from the kickstarter comments section.

I got an answer from Mantic : "As for the alternate poses, they will indeed ship next year. The Human and Marauder teams will be getting 10 players this year and 4 next year, and the Veer-myn and Forge Fathers will be getting 8 this year and 6 next year."

So for those with the Kickstarter Striker package.
Looks like the the 2nd part of your Season 1 teams will ship with the Season 2 teams in the spring ./ early summer.

EDIT: Shipment counts confirmed by Mantic.

The 8 man contents of the team boxes are set:

FF - 3 Guards, 3 Jacks, 2 Strikers
VM - 6 Strikers, 2 Guards
Marauders - 5 Jacks, 3 Guards
Corp - 2 Guards, 3 Jacks, 3 Strikers.

The 10-player teams in the main box add-on 1 Jack and 1 Guard to the Marauders, as well as 1 Jack and 1 Striker to the Corporation.

The remaining figures in Jack/Striker will be random (though never exceeding the maximum number of player positions.)

Also from the "Asterisks" next to the MVP minis.  Looks as if there will be 4 MVP's that are part of the pre-Christmas shipment.  Rest will come with Season 2.

Lucky Logan - ???
Reek Rolat - Veer-Myn Only
The Enforcer - ???
Slippery Joe - ???

Looks like the Forge Fathers miss out on the early MVP's...unless one of the "Corporation" leaning guys will play for them.

As much as I am looking forward to all the great loot that comes with the Striker package.  I think the roll out with 8 to 10 starting players, and limited MVP's will make for stronger leagues down the road.  Baby steps...start small and work your way up.

The only downside I can see to getting two shipments of the Season 1 teams is a very minor one.  Painters, be sure to remember  (Or take notes) of the brand and color paints that you use.  I dislike painting units in separate waves as I usually get one shade wrong when I go back to paint the second batch.  "Did I use the GW Blue or the Vajillo Blue on these guys?".  Then the group does not look the uniformly painted.  I'll be sure to keep notes on my Orx...and probably set those pots of paint aside while they wait for the second shipment of minis.

Sneek Peek: Reek Rolat "Payback" Veer-myn MVP

So in checking out boardgamegeek.com I found this in their Dreadball game image files.

Things I have learned from this page...

* MVP's can be race specific.  Not shocking, actually expected this.  But this confirms some MVP's will only place for certain teams.

* MVP's have a position.  So they get the "Guard and Striker" added dice when doing certain things.

* The "Can't Feel a thing" skill takes away the first failed armor check roll...that is pretty huge.  You will need to beat Reek by least 5 dice to have a chance at killing him.  Plan on him being on the field the whole game with that ability.

* There is a minimum bid for MVP's.  Which is good.  Keeps them from landing MVP's for a 1mc bid.  Where our league has two of each of Season 1 teams in it, there will always be two bidding for the services of an MVP.

Edit: 10/31...Reek Rolat mini spotted!