TECHNO BOWL
Words and pictures by Charlie Theel
One of the hidden massmarket gems early in this millennium was Milton Bradley’s appropriately titled Battleball. It was a simple miniatures game on a board with wild drama and freewheeling manoeuvring. It was fantastic and unsurpassed when it comes to American football games. That is, until now. Bombshell Games’ Techno Bowl from designer Brent Spivey is Battleball harnessing the core resolution system of Vincent Baker’s exceptional RPG Apocalypse World. It all hangs together with a design philosophy uniquely Spivey’s, clearly influenced by tabletop miniatures games and his own eclectic gaming background.