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What is Guild Ball? Guild Ball is a small skirmish game from a U.K based company, the game usually uses 6 models per team and you take turns to activate one model. The goal is to score victory points by What is the story behind Guild Ball? quote:Mob football is a game generally played between neighboring towns and villages on feast days (hence the popularity). Players on opposing teams clash to control a leather-wrapped inflated pig's bladder and attempt to kick it into the opponent’s goal. Over the years, rudimentary leagues and tournaments have sprung up; there have even been some national level games between some city states. How does the game feel? You could think of it as a cross between Malifaux, Warmachine and Soccer. The game itself is played on 3 foot square board. Each team generates a set amount of influence, this influence is then allocated between members of the team. Depending on how much influence you have given a character decides the amount of actions it can do. These actions can generate momentum points, you need momentum points to score goals, boost dice rolls or heal players. This game was tested by top U.K Warmachine and Hordes players and it has quickly soared to popularity through out the community making appearances at various tournaments and events. What are the different Teams/Guilds? At this point in time there are 8 teams you can field, Alchemists, Fisherman, Butchers, Brewers, Morticians, Engineers, Masons and the Union. Some of the Union members will work for the teams specified on their cards. Every team has it's own unique play style. Alchemists  Alchemists debuff and set alight opposing teams, they have abilities to ignore special rules as well as steal abilities from their opposition. They are not made of glass but you certainly don't want them in melee for too long. Fisherman  FIsherman are the world champions at this sport, they can easily build momentum with nimble sidesteps and dodges. If they are caught up in a fight don't expect them to stay alive at all. Butchers  Butchers are the team that hit the hardest. They want to play a violent game and maim as many as possible. They increase each others attack and damage and hope to score by knocking others out. Brewers  Brewers are drunkards that play the possession game, they knock over opponents and keep the ball to themselves. They are not too bad in close quarters with their tough hides but they are easy to hit. Morticans  Morticians are the Goths and Emos. They manipulate the most important resource in the game, momentum. One of their team members can get rid of an enemy for good while another cuts herself to go full rage mode and increase her attack bonus. Engineers  Engineers seem to do the bigger actions in the game without spending a lot of resources. They can mitigate the harder blows they suffer. Masons  Jack of all trades, master of none. The Union  The Union members are specifically designed to add extra options to the previous teams, think of them like mercenaries. I'm thinking of getting into the game but I am not sure about it. What can I do ? You are in luck, the rule book is free along with every card for the characters. They even give you paper dolls to print out ! You can find all this at http://guildball.com/#downloads While you are in this part of the world wide web I would highly recommend checking in on their forum page, it lists events from around the world but mainly the United States and the United Kingdom. You can also stare in awe at the goals people have made. With it being a relatively new game it never hurts to look over the rule clarifications either.
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Jul 1, 2015 02:36
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An interesting podcast with the makers of guild ball. Fun and informative. Worth checking out. http://museonminis.com/guild-ball-what-is-guild-ball-interview-with-designers/
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Jul 1, 2015 04:05
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Was hoping someone would post about this. Picked up a starter army with my buddy after we got a demo from the creators at Northcon. Almost finished painting up my Masons -  Love how close to Warmachine it is, while having a different flavour. The Playbook mechanic is really flexible and avoids massive damage spikes from dice while providing tons of tactical flexibility with the momentum system, and pre-measuring makes everything super chill. Also full rules book, cards and paper dolls for the minis being available online is awesome. Also you can have a whole faction for £60, starters are £20. And some of the top UK Warmachine players are working on getting the competitive system put together super tightly.
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Jul 1, 2015 23:55
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I was surprised to see the amount of interest it got at Northcon, with Northcon being a Warmachine and Hordes event and that. I do love it as a little extra game on the side. It really is innovative. The couple games I had at Northcon and at my local meta with my Alchemists has made me fall in love with the game. I find it incredibly smooth in casual play and can see me feeling the same way about competitive events.
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Jul 2, 2015 01:28
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Gotta say, putting the rules and paper dolls up for free is incredibly awesome. I may even be able to convince someone to play with me with a buy in of $0. 
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Jul 2, 2015 13:42
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Guildball has really taken off at my local games club- not surprising as it's primarily a Warmachine/Hordes club and a lot of the mechanics are similar. As the buy in cost is pretty cheap (you can actually download the rules and 3d miniature proxies for free) it's very easy to start up. I'd definitely recommend people to give it a go as you'd be surprised at how quickly you get into it. Protip: fishermen get smashed pretty bloody quick
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Aug 2, 2015 23:49
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This looks really interesting. I may pick it up and take it to the LGS. They have a big Warmahordes night on Tuesdays.
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Aug 3, 2015 00:58
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It's a great game, and it shows how it has been inspired from Warmahordes. And it is great as a cheap, fast, small gaming space game. I had so far got a friend into the game, and some guys at work are interested too. My two teams (which are now full teams that need their new minis painted) are Alchemists and Morticians.  I am in the process of painting up a GW grave yard, as I wanted some themed terrain for Guild Ball.
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Aug 3, 2015 00:59
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I quite like the minis for both the Fishermen and the Brewers, but I don't have the energy to try promoting a local game scene.
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Aug 3, 2015 01:04
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Following up on the last post, as a house warming present I got given Flask and Katalyst for the Alchemists. So I then also picked up Mist, so that a) I had a complete team for the Alchemists (Mist and Vitriol are similar) and b) Mist can be a alternate team member for my Mortician teams.
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Aug 4, 2015 20:59
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The good thing about guildball is the normal problem of wanting to start a new army because it looks pretty isn't a big issue. Once you've painted up 6-7 minis the team is done! It's almost impossible to have piles of unpainted minis hanging around anymore [looks forlornly at an unopened Skorne battlebox]
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Aug 6, 2015 00:03
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eskimaux posted:The good thing about guildball is the normal problem of wanting to start a new army because it looks pretty isn't a big issue. Once you've painted up 6-7 minis the team is done! It's almost impossible to have piles of unpainted minis hanging around anymore Pretty much. The new models I do have will be painted as one big batch. You poor bastard. Getting entire armies painted is a chore, but sometimes it just needs shortcuts for painting to be spotted. But Guild Ball really is a nice chance to focus on a few models, and go beyond tabletop standard (admittedly mine are not to the level of my Rackham stuff - I have the rest of my Cygnar to paint as well so I can continue on that project). Gameplay wise I really do love Guild Ball.
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Aug 6, 2015 00:34
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The thing I really love about it is that it's a complex game without being complex. Something like malifaux (similar number of minis) has loads of special rules for each model and everything is very individualised. With GB the minis have maybe a couple of special rules, which come from a pool of special rules that all the models use. So if you have a basic grasp of the game you can pick up and play without needing to figure out synergies and activation orders really beforehand.
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Aug 9, 2015 17:38
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Hmm, I noticed a reference in one of the Union mercs as working for the "Hunters" - do we know anything else about this team? I assume they're either upcoming or got cut at some point.
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Aug 9, 2015 20:59
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Looks like the Hunters are confirmed for Season 2. Definitely going to wait for them before I buy in.
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Aug 25, 2015 22:14
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Corbeau posted:Hmm, I noticed a reference in one of the Union mercs as working for the "Hunters" - do we know anything else about this team? I assume they're either upcoming or got cut at some point. A little birdie tells me they follow a similar style to that of Indiana Jones
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Aug 25, 2015 23:08
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Read the rules, going to play a few demo games with the paper minis. Everything looks really promising so far. Any factions that are underperforming right now to avoid?
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Aug 27, 2015 04:54
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Hey you're not Blood Bowl!
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Aug 27, 2015 06:18
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SynthOrange posted:Hey you're not Blood Bowl! I really appreciate not having to stop and reset the entire board each time a score is made. It makes you want to keep a guy back to intercept the usual counter play and just deny them points further.
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Aug 27, 2015 13:34
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Are there league rules, or an rpg aspect like bloodbowl had? I didn't see anything in my cursory look at this, but that is what was the most fun about any "sports" mini game imo, is the ongoing aspect. I fear this isn't a thing here as the characters are all named and have fairly specialized abilities, would be hard to add to them. Game looks nice, but I am wondering about it's staying power before I dive in.
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Aug 27, 2015 14:56
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I love the game to pieces, I've got the Fishermen and Morticians teams, and have played against my brother, who has a Butchers team. My only issue with the system is that the designers have no idea about how to use apostrophes, and whoever proofread it didn't either. i.e. Mason's team, Mortician's team. The same thing happened for the indigogo campaign they did for the play mat (which was lovely), each email I got was about how the mat's are in production. Admittedly, a small problem that bothers me more than it should, as the game is loads of fun!
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Aug 27, 2015 15:05
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Mr.Booger posted:Are there league rules, or an rpg aspect like bloodbowl had? I didn't see anything in my cursory look at this, but that is what was the most fun about any "sports" mini game imo, is the ongoing aspect. I fear this isn't a thing here as the characters are all named and have fairly specialized abilities, would be hard to add to them. There is none of that an in my opinion the game is stronger for it. Bloodbowl leagues often died in my experiences due to some teams taking early deaths they couldn't recover from ir over powered players running amok.
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Aug 27, 2015 16:41
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Got to watch a couple of games yesterday. This looks like a pretty interesting game, with a lot of movement and positioning. A little sad, since punchy teams tend to just take damage playbook results rather than stuff that causes more interesting movement, but the fishermen are pretty neat.
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Sep 8, 2015 20:07
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For those interested in an US distributor of guildball , I found one at http://museonstore.com/collections/guild-ball Ordered Engineers and they came really quick in the mail than what I would have expected waiting for the models to ship in from the UK Concerning the models themselves, I super appreciate the fact they made the robot legs on the Colossus exactly the same to prevent having to look up which leg is front right or which is rear left, etc.
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Sep 15, 2015 15:00
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I look at this game and the first thing that comes to mind is an Ankh-Morpork City Watch team. Tempting.
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Sep 23, 2015 22:47
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Loxbourne posted:I look at this game and the first thing that comes to mind is an Ankh-Morpork City Watch team. Tempting. 
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Sep 23, 2015 23:22
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Loxbourne posted:I look at this game and the first thing that comes to mind is an Ankh-Morpork City Watch team. Tempting. Not sure how you would pull that off as the game is closer to something like Warmachine than Bloodbowl, in that teams have distinct characters with models representing them. I guess the Masons team looks closest to a Watch team with their armour and they even have an ape as a player
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Sep 24, 2015 09:12
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Serotonin posted:Not sure how you would pull that off as the game is closer to something like Warmachine than Bloodbowl, in that teams have distinct characters with models representing them. I guess the Masons team looks closest to a Watch team with their armour and they even have an ape as a player Select a team to represent your chosen reskin, make your own cards with your own art but using the correct playbooks and plays, use minis that are appropriately distinct and cool, make sure your opponent knows who's who before playing? The only downside I can see is that it probably wouldn't be tournament legit.
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Sep 24, 2015 09:26
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Definitely not tournament legal
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Sep 24, 2015 09:37
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Did anyone play this at Warmachine Weekend? It seemed to have a good show from the pictures, and I was wondering how it went.
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Nov 17, 2015 05:00
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Well I think most of the City Watch is in the MAS Discworld minis line, at least enough to make a Guildball team.
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Nov 17, 2015 09:46
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I ended up ordering all the fishermen and bought the brewers starter for this after 1 demo game. I think i have a problem. This weekend we had our first local tourney for GB, which was great fun. Takeaway for the day: Engineers ranged knockdown BS is annoying, especially if you have no momentum.
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Nov 24, 2015 01:28
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You're not by any chance from Edmonton are you? There was a big tournament here last weekend and it'd be a cool coincidence if it was the same one.
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Nov 24, 2015 01:57
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I just bought the Alchemists with Mist and Hemlocke. I am pretty excited about this game. Any fellow alchemist players got advice for me or know of a guide? (We also have a decent bunch of players in Central IL, PM me if you want to join us on Wed Night) dexefiend fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 02:57
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We have been playing it quite a bit recently, I really enjoy my Fishmans so far. My favorite is Jac, as his various push shenanigans disprupt the plans of beater teams so well.
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Nov 24, 2015 03:10
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MrSquarepants posted:You're not by any chance from Edmonton are you? Western Australia. "dexefiend" posted:I just bought the Alchemists with Mist and Hemlocke. Mist is insane, and just dominates with the 4" dodge, 8" move, then another 8" kick. Add to that his smoke bomb to make him start his advance in cover, you can get a full 22" of goal kicking threat i think.
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Nov 24, 2015 03:14
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How does this super long kick from Vitriol work? She starts in cover with the ball and 4 influence. Charges 11", with 2" reach, and gets either 2 or 5 hits, for pushes or dodges. This also gets you one momentum. This is 12 or 13 inches of movement. Now you spend an influence and a momentum to take a shot from up to 8"? 20 to 21 inches of threat? (I am double checking the rules now. I have only played twice. ) dexefiend fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 04:44
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dexefiend posted:Did anyone play this at Warmachine Weekend? Friend and I played in the B heat. He took third with his Morticians, and despite a great 12-0 first round my Fishermen got losses the rest of the day. Was a good time, we played at least twice as much GB as Warmachine.
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Nov 24, 2015 08:45
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Adepticon Guild Ball sold out in less than twelve hours. Maybe they didn't anticipate demand very well.
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Nov 24, 2015 16:09
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There is a 'black friday' pre-release thing on at the moment, you can pick up a few pre-release models if you act quick: http://store.guildball.com/locker-room Wave 1 sold out pretty fast, but there is Wave 2 at 17:00 GMT. You can pick up Venin and Hoist at the moment, but i guess they could change it up for wave 2.
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Nov 27, 2015 14:26
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