Author Archives: Quirkworthy

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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

Hoary Old Chestnuts

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Quirkworthy

When I sail through the stats for this site, I am often surprised by the continued popularity of my Dreadfleet review, and even more of my Salvage Project. This is even though I’ve done nothing with it since Jan 2012. Every … Continue reading →

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Review: Lords Of War – In The Box

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Lords of War is a fantasy card game depicting a battle between two armies. It comes in packs of paired armies, though you can actually fight any army against any other, and there are rules for making your own mercenary … Continue reading →

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Tinkering With The FAQ

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Quirkworthy

I’m going to try a slightly different approach to dealing with the FAQs for a bit and see how we go. Rather than doing nothing at all, then big updates, I’ll try to trickle out the replies to comments, getting … Continue reading →

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Basic Card Play In Mars Attacks

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Quirkworthy

In each Turn of Mars Attacks you are given a choice of options (see page 6). The vast majority of the time you will be doing one of the first two, so we’ll focus on those for now. These choices are: … Continue reading →

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Did You Miss This?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Quirkworthy

I’m a bit surprised by the sparsity of comments on my post about design theory. Did it get lost in the shuffle? There have been some great suggestions so far, I just thought there might be a few more enquiring … Continue reading →

Posted in Game Design Theory | 4 Comments