Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Covert Ops

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Aplogies for not dealing with your comments for the last few days. I’m not currently at my desk and am writing this without any reference books to check rules queries and such. I’m also not sure if I will have … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 17 Comments

Review: Spectre Miniatures – First Look

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Quirkworthy

This morning I got a handful of figures from Spectre Miniatures‘ Kickstarter. These are a range of ultra-modern 28mm figures that cover both western forces, PMCs (Private Military Contractors – mercenaries), and indigenous African troops, militias and rebels. I chose … Continue reading →

Posted in Figures, Review | 3 Comments

Fighty Comes In Several Heights

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Quirkworthy

In the comments of a recent post, Danny was asking about the tweaks for the Dungeon Saga Dwarf and Barbarian. The simplest answer is posting a pic of the current working copies. Those of you who played the Dungeon Saga rules from … Continue reading →

Posted in Dungeon Sagas | 21 Comments

November Is Safe

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Those of you who read the Mantic blog will know that November has been declared safe, and that there is no longer a need for Containment Protocol until next year. In other words, no Deadzone for now. As is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Deadzone, Kickstarter | 17 Comments

A Little Dungeon Saga

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Among other things, we had a few goes through some of the early scenarios for DS yesterday. It’s important to get the first few scenarios right before you run off and do the rest because they are the ones with … Continue reading →

Posted in Dungeon Sagas | 44 Comments

MA Posters

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Quirkworthy

In case any of you fancy decorating your ruined walls with some posters, these were shared by Marcel Popik on FaceBook. There are more on the FB group 🙂 I think the bits at the bottom are newspapers for you to litter … Continue reading →

Posted in Mars Attacks! | 7 Comments

Mars Attacks Compendium

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Quirkworthy

This should now be available digitally to backers. I didn’t back it myself, but that’s what I’m told. I expect that today’s Mantic newsletter(s) will explain the details if you’re not sure how to get hold of it. A couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mars Attacks! | 4 Comments

Martians In Deadzone – Rules

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Back from the meeting, and things are pretty much as I suggested earlier. I’m not sure when the printed rules will arrive, so in the meantime here are my original docs for the rules that are needed to go with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Deadzone, Mars Attacks! | 53 Comments

Martians In Deadzone

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Quirkworthy

From some of the comments I’ve got, it seems that people have got a bit confused about the Martian (and Human) decks of cards for Deadzone. These cards are for Deadzone only, and are written as if Mars Attacks (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Deadzone, Mars Attacks! | 11 Comments

Review: Lords Of War – On The Table

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Quirkworthy

In the first part of this review I looked at the physical components of the game, what you got in the box, and so on. In this part I’ll cover the rules. So you know where I’m coming from, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Gaming, Review | 6 Comments