Diabolical Dave's Rumble Throwdown – Champions Edition

DDRT is a strategic board game for 1 – 6 players inspired by the golden age of professional wrestling.

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Battle your way through the ranks of the DWC in the ultimate strategic and competitive pro wrestling board game.

Cameras flash. Spotlights cut through the darkened arena. The crowd erupts as your intro music thunders over the speakers. You take a deep breath, one final check to make sure your gear is in place, and step out onto the stage. Arms raised, you march down the ramp toward the ring, and your waiting opponent…


Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown is a strategic board game that takes you beyond the ring, experiencing several aspects of a pro wrestling career.

Play the role of a crowd favorite ‘Face’ or a hated ‘Heel’ wrestler. Over the course of the game, you’ll make choices about your wrestling style, gimmick, moves, attire, special abilities, and more. Make your choices wisely; the combinations and strategies to win the game are nearly endless.

Beyond wrestling the superstars of the Diabolical Wrestling Council, the infamous DWC, you’ll hold interviews, cut promos, suffer setbacks, and scheme to interrupt your opponents' matches, all with one goal in mind: capturing and defending the DWC World Championship!

Diabolical Dave’s Rumble Throwdown is the first project created by Grimmsteel Games. Built on decades of shared passion for gaming, pop culture, and late nights (or early mornings) of shenanigans, the team believes in the idea that shared laughter - not winning - is the ultimate prize on game night. The initial idea for DDRT came during a side conversation while playing an adventure card game, and grew over development into a deeply strategic experience that never lost its sense of fun.


The Grimmsteel Games team has worked with experienced graphic designers, artists, and fellow game designers to create the most complete project possible heading into the Kickstarter campaign. Jump in the ring and discover what all the yelling and cheering is about!

Note: These three videos above were recorded prior to adding the Solo and 2 Player modes.


Wherever you are in the world, we want to get this game into your hands!

We have fulfillment partners in Georgia, USA (Bridge Distribution) and the Netherlands (Meeples Distribute). We are offering a flat rate estimate on shipping which includes a subsidy for the areas listed. If your region is not listed, you can still pledge, but we cannot provide an estimate until after the campaign concludes.



Alle UpdatesUpdate #13

DDRT Production Update - Production Copy Received!

2025-05-01 14:58:36

Hey fans! We've received the production copy of DDRT from our manufacturer and it looks incredible! The cards, boards, and components are all exactly what we were hoping to see. Want to check it out for yourself? Watch the video of Mike unboxing the game.

Watch on YouTube

There's one revision we'll have to make to the box cover, something that LongPack brought to our attention during printing. The original blue foiling used on the box is too transparent and doesn't show up like we'd envisioned. LongPack provided some alternatives; we're switching from color 044 to the brighter 047 (see below).




With the production copy reviewed, we're sure you're asking "When will I get my copy of the game?" It's a fair question!

The final prints of all copies will likely be completed before the end of May, and then it's just a matter of having the game shipped to us for distribution. That, of course, leads us to the biggest question facing all game publishers right now.


What about tariffs?

Yes, we're definitely concerned with how tariffs will affect everything. At this point in time, we're focused solely on ensuring the quality of the finished product. The tariff situation is too uncertain to make any decisions until we're closer to shipping. We are evaluating all options around shipping and fulfillment, including factors like sharing shipping containers with other companies, timing the shipment, etc.

We'll share more information as things become clearer.


Late pledges are ending

We'll be closing down late pledges for the Champions Edition of DDRT on May 31, 2025. New backers will have through the month of May to secure their copy of the game at the reduced crowdfunding price!


Free game raffle running in June

Last, many of you participated in surveys during the crowdfunding campaign, which entered you into our raffle for a free copy of DDRT. We've decided to run the raffle as a wrestling "tournament" prominently featuring our Superstars and having a little fun with it.

We'll be running and recording the tournament rounds during the month of June and will share those videos as the tournament progresses. Stay tuned!

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