Author Archives: Quirkworthy
Cards in Deadzone Redux
I’ve had a few queries about cards in the upcoming Deadzone Redux, so I thought I’d answer them here by explaining my current thinking on the topic. When we started looking at updating the rules, I read a lot of … Continue reading
Olympic Games?
Did you know that chess and bridge are being considered for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games? This came up again today as lawyers for the English Bridge Union made the next step in their ongoing argument with Sports England … Continue reading
Deadzone Redux Army Building
I answered a question on this in the comments of an earlier post. However, knowing how often these things get missed, I thought I’d pull it out and make it a post for everyone to see. We’re not done with … Continue reading
Clearing A Drop Zone
Need some more space. Decades’ worth of games, models, notes and associated gubbins has silted up my study to a silly extent. So, in an effort to create some more space, I’ve been thinking about what I really need to … Continue reading
Deadzone Redux
Deadzone Redux, or DZR to its friends, is the current name for the updated and improved version of Deadzone. I’ve been working on DZR for a few months now, and it’s still being tested so there’s not much in the way of detail I … Continue reading
Interesting Visit
Back from my meeting with Ronnie at Mantic. We had a fun game of the new Deadzone, and I managed to snaffle an early copy of Dungeon Saga. It wouldn’t fit in my backpack. Anyone watching Ronnie’s FaceBook page will … Continue reading
Mr Potato Head, Body, Legs…
You find inspiring stuff for gaming and modelling in the strangest corners. For an amazing sculptor in a very non-gaming environment, have a look at the video in this report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34261568 He makes his models from cooked potato and plaster. Even … Continue reading
Designer’s Notes
Here’s a question for everyone, sparked by a comment on a recent post. If I self-publish a book, I get to pick what I want to include. As I like talking about the why of a game as well as … Continue reading
Paintballing
Just come back from a morning’s paintballing in the forest. In theory, running around shooting folk (who are shooting back) might generate some interesting thoughts for tabletop skirmish games. Unfortunately, I could see so little through my thoroughly-fogged visor that I might … Continue reading
What I Can Say…
Yesterday’s post was really just to let you know that I’m still doing stuff… just that most of it’s got to remain under my hat for a while. However, that’s not true of everything. One thing I’ve been helping out with … Continue reading
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