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Food chain

Vela learned to walk before she learned to taste anything but fungus. In New Londrax’s sixteenth sector, and there in its lowest corridors, food always came from the same place: the tunnels of the ferris. The iron-born grew a grey,…

Prototype finalization

We have now a first prototype set of the miniatures ready. Four teams with 6 players have been designed. A goalie, 3 attackers and 2 defenders. And two different referees! Which, like Unto, are a crucial part of the game.…

A day in Unto Manninen’s life

Unto Manninen adjusted his reinforced titanium chest plate, feeling the familiar ache in his lower back as he pushed off across the frozen filth. At sixty-four, he was the oldest hooman still crazy enough to wear the black-and-white stripes in…

Volkov

The air in the Spare Parts Arena was a thick fog of exhaust and the iron tang of fresh blood. This wasn’t a game for the faint of heart; it was a collision of meat and metal. Volkov, a massive…

Enforcer

Ivan sat motionless, his head buried in his hands. The coach’s latest tirade still echoed in his ears, leaving him adrift in a sea of insecurity. Opportunities like this—playing for the 7th Street Rangers—didn’t come often for someone like Ivan.…

Theme song!

Even though Grit is set in a distant dystopian future, it doesn’t hurt to connect some nuances to the present. For example, your team’s theme song. This should be played (at full volume) while placing players on the board. The same…

First test models out of test print

After some ground breaking tomfoodlery we have received our first prototype models out of print. I am quite pleased with the results: This is my favorite model. As you can see from the image the stick is too narrow, but…

Wrecking House vs. 9th Street

It had been a long and exhausting match. Both teams were running on their last bit of energy. Wrecking House, the local junkyard team of gork, was gaining the upper hand, but the 9th Street hoomans had already scored a…