Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Foundry God of Battles Day Tomorrow

With all this Deadzone frenzy it would be easy to forget that I’ve designed other games and that we’ve got a few folk congregating at Foundry HQ in Nottingham to play one of them tomorrow: God of Battles. This saturday … Continue reading

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Deadzone Designer’s Notes: Turn Sequence

One of the facets of Deadzone that has surprised a few gamers who’ve played my other games is the idea that it has an i-go-u-go turn system. It’s just not what I do. So why have I done it this … Continue reading

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Deadzone Designer’s Notes: Grids & Line Of Sight

Probably the most unusual feature of Deadzone is its combination of a board game grid and skirmish game Line of Sight (LOS). This needs explaining as I don’t know of another game that uses this approach.   The Challenge Those … Continue reading

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How’s It Going?

Very well, thanks. My New Plan to post something every day seems to be working alarmingly smoothly. Although I mentioned it on the 31st of March, I’d actually been following it since the 21st, which means that I’ve managed a post … Continue reading

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Deadzone – Incoming Articles

This is a heads up for what I’m currently writing. If you’re interested in DZ you might want to subscribe (over there, on the right) so you get an email when the new post goes up. Shhh… something’s coming… Firstly, … Continue reading

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What Has Kickstarter Ever Done For Us?

With DeadZone live on Kickstarter I’m dealing with a lot more KS comments than usual and reading a lot more forums about it. Well, Deadzone plus pledging on a couple myself recently. One thing I came across this morning was … Continue reading

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Smokin’

Answering some questions on the BGG forums this morning I noticed that Deadzone had just snuck onto their Hotness list (on the left). Then I noticed that there is a separate list for people and companies, and it seems that … Continue reading

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Deadzone Plague Stage 1 Eye Candy

Here’s a close up of one of the signature models of the range – the Stage 1A Plague. Rémy Tremblay’s blog shows him off in great detail with loads of pictures. Surf on over for the full horror!

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Deadzone Kickstarter Rules FAQ

Last update 27th April 2013 This page deals with all the rules questions that you might have about the Deadzone Kickstarter rules. When the full rules have been published and the game released in its final form I will replace this with … Continue reading

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1000 Backers For Deadzone

Over a thousand backers for Deadzone in under 5 hours. It’s a runaway freight train, going downhill with the wind behind it – and we haven’t even got to the really good stuff yet!

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