Block Mania

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Block Mania is a Judge Dredd story that appeared in the British comic 2000 AD in 1981.

[edit] Story

The story opens with what seems to be a typical block war, as seen in the previous Dredd stories. However it soon becomes apparent that it is not an isolated incident, but that conflagrations are breaking out amongst hundreds of city blocks in Mega-City One. Eventually the conflict spreads city-wide, where millions of citizens are involved in fighting. During the last episode of the series it becomes apparent that the outbreak has been engineered by East Meg One agent, Sov Judge Orlok. The story thus acts as a prologue to the next major storyline, The Apocalypse War.

The story is also notable for the death of the original Judge Giant at the hands of Orlok.

[edit] Game

In 1987 Games Workshop produced a board game based on the above story, and other stories that had featured Block Wars. The game simulated a Block War between two City Blocks, with each player trying to do unto the other player's Block before it was done unto them.

A supplement, Mega Mania was released, which increased the number of Blocks (and thus players) to four.

[edit] External links

• Timeline precis of the story, by Paul Scott

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Judges:	Mega-City One: Judge Anderson • Judge Buell • Judge Castillo • Galen DeMarco • Judge Dredd • Judge Edgar • Chief Judge Fargo • Judge Giant • Judge Goodman • Judge Grice • Judge Griffin • Judge Guthrie • Judge Hershey • Judge Janus • Judge Karyn • Judge McGruder • Mechanismo • Judge Niles • Judge Shenker • Judge Silver • Judge Solomon • Judge Volt Other: Detective-Judge Armitage • Johnny Woo • Devlin Waugh • Shimura
Villains:	Angel Gang • Mean Machine Angel • President Booth • Oola Blint • Judge Cal • Dark Judges • Judge Death • Armon Gill • Morton Judd • Kleggs • Judge Kraken • Stan Lee • PJ Maybe • Nero Narcos • Sov Judge Orlok • Rico Dredd • Jacob Sardini • Shojun the Warlord
Characters:	Chopper • Vienna Dredd • Fergee • Minor Characters • Yassa Povey • Otto Sump • Walter the Wobot
Storylines:	"America" • "Apocalypse War" • "Block Mania" • "City of the Damned" • "The Cursed Earth" • "The Dead Man" • "Democracy" • "Judge Child" • "Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Mechanismo" • "Necropolis" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd" • "Origins" • "The Robot Wars"
Spin-offs:	Banzai Battalion • Low Life • Red Razors • The Simping Detective
Crossovers:	"Judge Dredd vs. Aliens" • "Judgement Day" • "Judgement on Gotham" • "Predator vs. Judge Dredd"
Locations:	Academy of Law • Brit-Cit • Ciudad Barranquilla • Cursed Earth • East Meg One • Grand Hall of Justice • Hondo City • Mega-City One • Mega-City Two • Pan-Africa • Statue of Judgement • Undercity
Other media:	Judge Dredd film • Dredd vs, Death computer game • Judge Dredd role-playing game
Publications:	2000 AD • Dice Man • Judge Dredd Megazine • Zarjaz
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