Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Launching Notes

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Quirkworthy

Well that seems to have caused quite a stir! I’m disappointed that a lot of the comments on yesterday’s post about the new rules for launching the ball are rather negative. Rather than say the same thing to each comment … Continue reading →

Posted in DreadBall - The Futuristic Sports Game, Random Thoughts | 48 Comments

Woke Up This Morning…

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Quirkworthy

…with an idea for a Zombie card game in my head. It doesn’t scan well enough to be the opening line of a Blues song, but you know, I try. That’s another project for the Someday/Maybe file. Actually looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Gaming, Random Thoughts | 27 Comments

Overzealous Filters

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Quirkworthy

For some reason the spam filters here have been working overtime and have jumped on a bunch of comments by real humans. I’ve had a rummage and gone back through a couple of dozen pages of spam to drag out … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 14 Comments

More Toys

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Quirkworthy

The more venerable among you will recall me winning a haiku competition a while back, run by Secret Weapon. Well I finally got around to ordering some bits with my prize voucher, and they turned up yesterday. I’ll have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 13 Comments

We Come In Peace

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Quirkworthy

So here I am, hard at work reading the Mars Attacks comic when the thought strikes me: why are they so angry? Wherever they turn up in fiction* Martians always attack. Why do we never see Mars Learns To Salsa, … Continue reading →

Posted in Mars Attacks!, Random Thoughts | 28 Comments

Questions and Answers

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Quirkworthy

Poor old Lines. He is ever so keen and has been asking his DB questions for a while. All answered now on the FAQ. However, it does bring up a worthwhile point about how long it takes me to answer … Continue reading →

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Big, Bigger, Biggest?

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Quirkworthy

I’ve been showing off a few of the new Mantic DreadBall and Deadzone figures, but even the biggest of them isn’t that large. I’ve been writing an article about scale in figures and thought it might be my turn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 50 Comments

Stuff On My Desk

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Quirkworthy

Whilst I was at the Mantic office I noticed that Stew had far too many interesting things on his desk for one chap to cope with, so I helped him out by sharing some of the burden. Now some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 10 Comments

Slight Technical Hitch

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Quirkworthy

Having technical issues today I’m afraid. Normal service should be resumed tomorrow – with any luck.

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Some Thoughts

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Quirkworthy

You’ll have noticed that I’ve not been posting a lot of Deadzone in the last few days. Well, I thought we all needed a change of pace for a day or two. However, I’ve still been working on it and … Continue reading →

Posted in Deadzone, DreadBall - The Futuristic Sports Game, Random Thoughts | 19 Comments