Category Archives: Mars Attacks!

There’s a difference between heroes and leaders. At least, there is some of the time. A few individuals can do both, but many of the heroic survivors of Greenville’s largely disintegrated population aren’t cut out to lead troops in battle. … Continue reading →

Nothing says “you’ve been invaded” quite as well as several huge robots crunching down Greenville’s Main Street, disintegrating everyone they can see. I’d really like to be able to get that image onto the gaming table in Mars Attacks, though … Continue reading →

I promised I’d get back to heroes eventually, and here I am. As I mentioned in some of the comments, I’ve had a rethink and come up with an improvement on my original idea for the hero rules. It’s still … Continue reading →

A little bird has whispered in my ear about yesterday’s post. Apparently I made a mistake and it’s not just the humans that alter their appearance – the Martians change too, just much more slowly. There are some earlier designs … Continue reading →

One question that has come up a few times is why make the GIs contemporary and not 1950s or 1960s? It’s simple: if you look at the Mars Attacks cards and comics they’ve always been set “now”, whenever that might … Continue reading →

I’ve seen a few people asking how big/bulky/etc the Mars Attacks models are, and having managed to scrounge up a couple yesterday I thought I’d do a few comparison shots for your amusement. The MA models look like they’re made … Continue reading →

This is a rather uncoordinated talk I had with Neil of Meeples & Miniatures the other day about Mars Attacks (click the link). As usual, I drifted off into design theory and similar gubbins rather than details of the game. … Continue reading →