Author Archives: Quirkworthy

DZ Blaze vs Construct

I’m currently thinking that this is the best balance point between making BA too powerful and too ineffective. It’s still not a great deal of use against Asterian Cyphers, but they are particularly heavily armoured for Constructs, and not all … Continue reading

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DZ Experimental Rule

The subject of this experimental rule is related to high AP weapons and Tough targets. I say experimental as this isn’t something that’s slated for a particular product. It is, instead, simply something that has been worrying away in the back of … Continue reading

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Shiniest New Toys

During the run up to the holidays, every company known to man was busy shouting their wares at the top of their marketing budgets. Now that you’ve all had a chance to open your presents, I’m here to ask you … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

Like it says in the title. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable time with your families this holiday, whether you celebrate it as a religious festival or just a break from the office. And if you happen to get … Continue reading

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Some Deadzone Corrections

Deadzone seems to be doing very well. Despite it being the largest print run of any Mantic game they’ve run out already and need to print some more. This is good news for a couple of reasons. Firstly this means … Continue reading

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Nearly There…

I’ve been working on some of the hotter topics within the DZ FAQ (including items, free actions, sentry guns) and have a post prepared. I’m just waiting for one more thing to be confirmed by Mantic then I can post … Continue reading

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Deadzone Forge Father Deck

You know the drill 😉 FF Faction deck v1 This is the whole deck with the stats tweaked from yesterday’s version. I like them better this way. The abilities are the same as yesterday with one minor change in Operator … Continue reading

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Deadzone Forge Father Stats

Here you are. FF Faction deck stats v1 Comments welcome as always. Don’t worry about the expense of Forge Guard armour at the moment. I’ll explain why tomorrow. New abilities to go with the above: Big BOOM! This works exactly … Continue reading

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DZ Asterians, Take 2 (or 3)

Thanks for all the comments on the v1 of the file. Here is the v3 (don’t ask). Asterian Faction deck v3 I’ve gone through this with Stew at Mantic and they’re happy that this fits the models. I’ve also rechecked … Continue reading

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Deadzone Abilities

This is a list of the current versions of the abilities that were not printed in the core rules (generally stuff for wave 2 models). This doesn’t include the new rules for the Asterians and Forge Fathers. Unprinted DZ abilities … Continue reading

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