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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
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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
Posted in Dwarf King's Hold
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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
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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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Mantic Open Day 2013
Well it’s that time of year again, and tomorrow is the 2013 Mantic Open Day. This year we’re in a new venue a short distance from Mantic HQ so we should have a bit more space to sprawl. I think … Continue reading
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Suppression In Deadzone
The scale of Aggression mentioned in the Alpha rules includes Berserk at the top, but it omits the equivalent at the other end: Suppression. This follows from Pinned and is an even less happy state. Mechanically it works identically, being … Continue reading
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Deadzone Force Selection
Something I haven’t talked about yet is how to select a force. In the Alpha rules you’re given a fixed set of models on each side to get you going quickly. In the full rules you will be picking a … Continue reading
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Oh My…
Many, many comments and emails to answer… Another day not at my desk till gone 10pm. Lots got done, but not in the way of writing answers I’m afraid. I’ll get onto that first thing tomorrow. Tomorrow is also looking … Continue reading
Posted in Deadzone, Random Thoughts
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Beasts
I’m down with the Beasts of War today after far too early a start so I’m afraid that you won’t see much in the way of comments from me today. We’ll be recording some videos I daresay, but I’m not … Continue reading
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I Think We Have A Winner
Tried out the variant turn sequence I was talking about and it works very nicely. It retains the ability to act as co-ordinated groups whilst adding to the interactivity of the turns and also scaling better across different sized games. … Continue reading
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