Author Archives: Quirkworthy
Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: New & Shiny
This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. Whether you play board games or miniature games, if the system you are using has a battlefield or board to fight over then it shares a common set of stages of … Continue reading
Deadzone Interview
This afternoon I spent a couple of hours on an online interview/chat with a jolly group of Spanish gamers. It’s quite odd hearing my answers translated into fluent anything 😉 This was recorded for posterity and is available on YouTube … Continue reading
Asterians And Forge Fathers Are In…
Excellent! Thanks to all the pledgers who have made this possible. I think we’re going to have fun with these stubborn stunties and cautious elves 🙂
Mars Attacks!
A few of you will have seen the press release, but probably not all, so here it is: TOPPS & MANTIC ANNOUNCE MARS ATTACKS WARGAME May 14, 2013 – NEW YORK.  Is your tabletop ready to be invaded?  The … Continue reading
Updated Deadzone…
This will be along next week. I’m currently collating the results of my latest round of playtesting as well as all the feedback and comments I’ve read here and elsewhere. If you have any more comments from your Alpha games … Continue reading
Deadzone – To Blaze Away Or Not?
One of the discussions around the Alpha rules has been about the term Blaze Away as the name for that action. In the game this refers to the model firing at an area in order to Pin or Suppress the … Continue reading
Deadzone – Grenades in 3D
Grenades are a lot of fun in Deadzone, but the way they work in 3D is not very well explained in the Alpha. So, here I am to expand on that. Firstly, a general note on 3D LOS. When attacking … Continue reading
A Brief Interlude
I’ve been mostly taking a break from Deadzone today, looking instead at the tiles for DKH 4. Of course, “looking at the tiles” means working out what’s in the rooms which means knowing what the scenarios are which means basically … Continue reading
So What’s Happened To Eternal Battle?
In a word, Deadzone. Whilst my normal state is to be working on 2, 3 or more games at once, designing both EB and DZ at the same time was getting a bit confusing as they are so similar in … Continue reading
Dead Brain Zone
What a hectic day! Back from the Mantic Open Day and a lot of talking to excited people about Deadzone, DreadBall, Dwarf King’s Hold and Pandora. Every game has its fans and every fan has a question. I do enjoy … Continue reading
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