Mantic Deadzone Kickstarter - Completed! - $1,216,482 final total.

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**scarletsquig**

Mantic has a Kickstarter live for "Deadzone", a sci-fi skirmish game with a variety of factions from Mantic's Warpath universe and hard plastic modular terrain.

This first post will be kept updated as every new stretch goal is posted and unlocked, with a complete list of all the freebies you get at each level.

Link to the Kickstarter page

Beta rules download - Pledge Calculator - Add-ons list

From the Kickstarter page:

Mantic Games wrote:
Deadzone is the dynamic Tabletop Miniatures Skirmish Game set in the distant Warpath sci-fi universe, written by Jake Thornton, author of last year’s runaway Kickstarter success DreadBall – The Futuristic Sports Game.

Players control one of four unique factions, battling it out over scarce resources by combining deadly actions to lethal effect. The sci-fi backdrop of Deadzone is brought to life using the new modular Mantic Scenery Range adding a vertical dimension to your games and incredible customisation to your battlefield. No game need ever look the same!

Current Stretch Goals:

$1225k - Hard plastic Enforcers in heavy armour created, $10 for 5 add-on. (UNCERTAIN - Needs another $8.5k in paypal pledges in the survey to hit this).

Pledge Levels and Rewards Guide

There are two main pledge levels, Strike Team ($150) and Recon ($100).
Here is a list of everything included in these pledge levels, along with all stretch goal freebies.
Additionally, there is a $40 Scout level, which comes with faction-specific freebies depending on what faction you pick, for example if you pick enforcers, you will get all of the enforcer freebies listed in the $150 pledge level.

Also, by "RRP", I technically mean "KSRP" (Kickstarter retail price) the value of the freebies as they appear in the add-ons section, as the final MSRPs for the products have not been decided.

$150 - "Strike Team": Currently worth ~$436, 82 minis total + 11 terrain sprues.

- Deadzone Rulebook
- Gaming Mat
- Counters, Dice
- Digital rules .pdf
- Signed art print and art cards.
- Enforcer Faction Starter
- Plague Faction Starter
- Marauder Faction Starter
- Rebs Faction Starter
- 5 Plastic Terrain sprues (+2 connector sprues)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Enforcer Engineer ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 3x Plague 2nd Generation ($24 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Marauder in Ripper Armour ($10 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Rebs Grogan with Desolator ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Enforcer Sentry Guns ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Plague Hounds ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Marauder Bombers ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Rebs Drones ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x "The Survivor" Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Enforcer Sniper ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Marauder Sniper ($10 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 3rd Gen with HMG ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Rebs Teraton Brawler ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 4x Plastic Terrain sprues. ($20 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Rebs Yndij ($10 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 3x Assault Enforcer ($15 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Additional sets of Marauder ripper suit arms.
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 3rd Gen ($3 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Rebs Sorak ($3 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Marauder Commando ($3 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Game mat upgraded to rubber-backed mat. ($20 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Nexus Psi campaign supplement .pdf
- Kickstarter bonus: Free faction starter of your choice ($35 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Doctor Gayle Simmonds ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Recon Unit N32-19 ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Nastanza, Twilight Huntress Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 5x hard plastic plague zombies ($4 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Wrath, Judwan Psychopath Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Randomly picked, free Dreadball MVP, and scenario to use it in. ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Blaine, Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Freya, Forgefather Smuggler Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: +4 free minis ($10 RRP)

$100 - "Recon": - Currently worth ~$264, 39 minis total + 7 terrain sprues.

- Deadzone Rulebook
- Gaming Mat
- Counters, Dice
- Digital rules .pdf
- Signed art print and art cards.
- Enforcer Faction Starter
- Plague Faction Starter
- 3 Plastic Terrain sprues (+2 connector sprues)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Enforcer Engineer ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 2nd Generation ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Enforcer Sentry Guns ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Plague Hounds ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x "The Survivor" Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Enforcer Sniper ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 2nd Generation, alt sculpt ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 2x Plastic Terrain sprue. ($10 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 2nd Generation, alt sculpt ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 3x Assault Enforcer ($15 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Rebs Yndij ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Nexus Psi campaign supplement .pdf
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Marauder Sniper ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 3rd Gen with HMG ($5 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: 1x Plague 3rd Gen ($3 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Doctor Gayle Simmonds ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Recon Unit N32-19 ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Nastanza, Twilight Huntress Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Wrath, Judwan Psychopath Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Randomly picked, free Dreadball MVP, and scenario to use it in. ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Blaine, Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: Freya, Forgefather Smuggler Mercenary ($8 RRP)
- Kickstarter bonus: +2 free minis ($5 RRP)

Kicktraq page:

Visual guide to Strike Team:

Completed Stretch Goals:

$100k - New sprue of hard plastic terrain, to add greater variety to the terrain included in the pledges.
$125k - 4 extra "specialist" minis sculpted, all 4 added free to all Strike Team pledges.
$150k - New sprue of hard plastic terrain, to add greater variety to the terrain included in the pledges.
$175k - 8 extra "support" minis sculpted, and added free to all Strike Team pledges.
$200k - "The Survivor" Mercenary, added free to all pledges of Recon and above.
$225k - 4 extra "specialist" minis sculpted, all 4 added free to all Strike Team pledges.
$250k - An extra terrain sprue added free to all pledges of Recon and up.
$275k - 3 extra alternate sculpt minis (Rebs Yndij, Assault Enforcer, alt Plague 2nd Gen, and 4 marauder ripper arms added free to all Strike Team pledges.
$300k - Deluxe rubber-backed gaming mat added free to all Strike Team pledges.
$315k - Helfather Mercenary sculpted.
$325k - Nexus Psi Campaign supplement written, with a digital copy provided free in Recon and Strike Team.
$332.5k - Alt sculpt Assault Enforcer, free in Recon and Strike Team.
$340k - Rebs Yndij, free in Recon and Strike Team.
$347.5k - Marauder Sniper, free in Recon and Strike Team.
$355k - Plague 3rd Gen with HMG, free in Recon and Strike Team.
$375k - Terrain sprue, free for all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$400k - Battlezone: Landing Pad sprues tooled, made available as an option for all terrain pledges and add-ons.
$415k - 4 new specialists sculpted (Marauder Hulk, Enforcer with Incinerator, Rebs Kraaw, Plague with Grenade Launcher) and made available as add-ons.
$430k - 4 free minis added to Strike team.
$450k - Battlezone: Fortified Defence Line unlocked as an option.
$460k - Chovar Mercenary sculpted and made available as an add-on.
$500k - Free faction starter added to Strike Team.
$510k - Extra terrain sprue added to all battlezones (in both the terrain-only pledges and terrain add-ons). 4 tile sprues total instead of 3.
$520k - Dr. Simmonds sculpted and added free to all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$525k - Collection of fiction written, with a .pdf of this provided to all backers.
$537.5k - Recon Unit N32-19, free for all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$550k - Battlezone: Ruins unlocked.
$560k - Forgefather Inferno Drill and Asterian Weapon Drone added free to their faction starters.
$575k - 3x Forgefather Brokkrs and 3x Asterian Cyphers added free to their faction starters.
$590k - Nastanza, Twilight Huntress Mercenary, added free to all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$600k - Deadzone Compendium, free for all backers.
$610k - Zombie rules added to deadzone compendium.
$635k - Hard plastic sci-fi plague zombie sprue tooled, 5 free plague zombies added to Strike Team.
$650k - Asterian Black Talon and Forgefather Brokkr with Heat Cannon created, added free to their respective starter sets.
$665k - Wrath, Judwan Mercenary added free to all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$675k - Multiplayer rules for large games added, free to all rules .pdfs.
$700k - Enforcer Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$705k - Deadzone Acrylic Counter Set.
$730k - Plague Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$740k - Blaine, Mercenary, free in Recon and Strike Team.
$765k - Rebs Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$775k - Solo Play and A.I. Cards
$800k - Marauder Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$810k - 2 Brokkrs added to Forgefather Starter, 2 Cyphers added to Asterian Starter.
$825k - Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary added free to Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$860k - Asterian Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$875k - Rules for solo and co-op play against zombie hordes added to the Deadzone compendium.
$910k - Forgefather Faction Booster unlocked, and made available for either $20, or in a bundle deal which offers 6 boosters for $50.
$925k - Freya, Forgefather Smuggler sculpted and added free to all Recon and Strike Team pledges.
$935k - Resin loot counters.
$950k - Nem-Rath, Asterian Special Character.
$960k - Deadzone Event Ticket.
$975k - Kish, Plague Special Character.
$1000k - Hardback book, free for all $750 pledges, or $40 add-on, +2 free terrain sprues for Strike Team.
$1015k - Sergeant Howlett, Enforcer Special Character.
$1050k - Plague/Enforcer Strider.
$1065k - Eddak P’mera, Yndij Hunter, Rebs Special Character.
$1080k - Bjarg Starnafall, Forge Father Special Character
$1100k - Marauder Stuntbot.
$1120k - Faction Starter Boost: +4 free minis in Strike Team (as long as you don't pick Marauders as your free faction), +2 free minis in Recon.
$1140k - Chief Radgrad, Marauder Special Character.
$1150k - Fortifications Battlezone upgraded with Defense Line sprue.
$1170k - Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltrator Bike
$1180k - Boomer, Marauder Grenadier
$1200k - Urban Pattern Iron Ancestor, Forge Father Vehicle

Promotional signatures I've made for anyone who wants to use them:

**BobtheInquisitor**

Love that image. Hate the origin.

I really wish Mantic had gone with something besides space Zombies for their kickstarter. I'll still pledge for the non-zombie stuff and maybe some of the better, more "chaotic" baddies, but I'm just a bit disappointed.

On the plus side, when they post the free rules, lots of people are finally going to use their Sedition Wars boxes...

EDIT: :shakes fist: Valerrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaa!

**Breotan**

As interesting as this is, I really wish they'd fullfill outstanding Kickstarter projects before starting new ones.

**Cyporiean**

Breotan wrote:
As interesting as this is, I really wish they'd fullfill outstanding Kickstarter projects before starting new ones.

Everything for Dreadball and Kings of War that is supposed to have shipped, has shipped.

**scarletsquig**

The thing with waiting for one project to ship before starting another is, once the design and sculpting is done on one project, it's a matter of twiddling their thumbs and waiting for China to spend the 3-4 months it needs to tool the moulds and send them on a slow boat back to the UK.

During that time, the design team has to have something else to work on. Waiting for one KS to complete before starting another would mean only one KS/year max. It's fairly clear they want to do more than that.

As long as no shipping deadlines are missed and everything is transparent, it's generally fine. Mantic are one of the few KS runners that treat their shipping estimate as an actual deadline rather than some vague placeholder.

That said, people are of course free to draw their own conclusions, I just thought I'd offer up the practical reason as to why they can't go down the "finish one before starting the other" road.

**Rolt**

Going by the discription this kinda sounds like an necromunda/infinitiy style game, very interesting if true, lots of hobbying potential.

**Schmapdi**

Holy cow - Loka finished like 2 hours ago ...

I'll certainly be interested to see if Mantic starts producing some cheap plastic terrain. That would be fantastic.

**Earth Dragon**

Rolt wrote:
Going by the discription this kinda sounds like an necromunda/infinitiy style game, very interesting if true, lots of hobbying potential.

I would REALLY like this confirmed!!

**Pacific**

I would say almost certainly this is what they are trying to do - Necromunda is still massively popular, most GW vets think fondly of it, and now that Mantic have got a lot of WfB (and to a lesser extent, 40k) players making units with their models, its a short step to bring in a skirmish game that capitalise on that new fan-base as well as the fans of that older game.

Regardless of all of that though I'm really looking forward to this, and the background sounds more than a little like the premise for Mordheim! Be interesting to see who is going to do the rules for it, and what kind of approach they take.

**Azazelx**

scarletsquig wrote:

During that time, the design team has to have something else to work on. Waiting for one KS to complete before starting another would mean only one KS/year max. It's fairly clear they want to do more than that.
As long as no shipping deadlines are missed and everything is transparent, it's generally fine. Mantic are one of the few KS runners that treat their shipping estimate as an actual deadline rather than some vague placeholder.

When is the last of the KoW stuff supposed to be due? (or the next waves?) May? Most of my KoW stuff is still outstanding, and while I may be willing to go in with some Dreadball stuff still to come, I'm not likely to go in with two KS worth of stuff outstanding. I'm not going to count Loka, since I just got the Alessio figure as a gesture of support.

**Polonius**

Cyporiean wrote:
Breotan wrote:
As interesting as this is, I really wish they'd fullfill outstanding Kickstarter projects before starting new ones.

Everything for Dreadball and Kings of War that is supposed to have shipped, has shipped.

I know I'm eyeing the calender, wondering if they'll be able to deliver all the new units they promised by May 2013.

I didn't go in on Dreadball, but I know they put some of that out, with more to come. So they can't say that these new projects don't involve production.

Especially when the point of KS is to get great ideas produced, I'd be happier if I saw more production and less great ideas from Mantic right now.

OTOH, there's a 90% chance I'll be supporting this from day one.

**Compel**

Well, I'm definitely looking forward to this! Especially if there's a plastic terrain focus.

**Zweischneid**

Polonius wrote:

Especially when the point of KS is to get great ideas produced, I'd be happier if I saw more production and less great ideas from Mantic right now.

For better or worse, Mantic's a "kickstarter-company" for the moment.

Every day they don't have something on Kickstarter is wasting money.

And this one looks like KS-bait to the core. Zombies vs. Marines? "Skirmish" instead of "Building Big Armies"?

I kinda doubt that this is the "version/vision" of Warpath we would've seen in a Kickstarter-free alternative universe. Not unlike Zombicide 2, this looks like a game designed to be a Kickstarter, pulling all the levers we now know work on Kickstarter-campaigns, not an "independent" idea looking for support through crowd-funding.

That said, I have no doubt their success (as with Zombicide 2) will quickly vindicate this approach.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Dreadball backers like me were told that some of the 2nd shipment stuff has slipped and will now turn up in the 3rd shipment (due to not being sculpted in time)

So they are starting to have problems at their end (rather than just the Chinese end)

(this won't stop me backing IF I like what I see though, as I really don't mind KS slippage as long as I'm sure I'll get the stuff eventually)

**Bolognesus**

Heh. Just when my wallet had started to recover a bit

Oh well, seems I'll be keeping the spending down on zombicide 2.

**Breotan**

Cyporiean wrote:
Breotan wrote:
As interesting as this is, I really wish they'd fullfill outstanding Kickstarter projects before starting new ones.

Everything for Dreadball and Kings of War that is supposed to have shipped, has shipped.

I pledged for Reward: Veteran – Soldier + 2 units of Werewolves + 2 units of Ogres + 1 unit of Ogre Shooters + Wound Counters + Undead Vampiress from the cover art. So far, all I've received is the rulebook and some dice. Now, most of this stuff has a date of May2013 so it isn't unexpected. I'm just saying that I'd rather have existing projects fulfilled instead of having multiple, incomplete projects working their way through the pipeline.

KS is supposed to generate initial revenue to complete a project. After that, the project, in theory, is supposed to sustain itself and generate profits for the company. Those profits are what should be used for further expansion instead of companies being reliant/dependant on KS for their revenue stream.

**Azazelx**

Breotan wrote:

I pledged for Reward: Veteran – Soldier + 2 units of Werewolves + 2 units of Ogres + 1 unit of Ogre Shooters + Wound Counters + Undead Vampiress from the cover art. So far, all I've received is the rulebook and some dice. Now, most of this stuff has a date of May2013 so it isn't unexpected. I'm just saying that I'd rather have existing projects fulfilled instead of having multiple, incomplete projects working their way through the pipeline.

KS is supposed to generate initial revenue to complete a project. After that, the project, in theory, is supposed to sustain itself and generate profits for the company. Those profits are what should be used for further expansion instead of companies being reliant/dependant on KS for their revenue stream.

Nod, both my wife and I are in a similar position, having both received dice, rulebooks and no models as we both went 100% for new sculpts. If the DB sculpts are starting to slip, and with May right around the corner with many KoW items not shown yet, I'm starting to expect that Mantic's stuff will start to slip.

**Polonius**

Part of me is willing to cut Mantic a little slack, given how dramatically the "new stuff" pile in the KoW KS grew over time. It went from a handful of new units to a couple of armies worth. I know its just going to take time, especially when they only had concept sketches for most of the stuff.

A different part is watching the calender, and noting a dearth of KoW updates with Greens, sprues, etc of the new units. For stuff that's supposed to ship in two months, I haven't seen much aside from a 3D render of the men at arms. I'm not sure if there are even sketches of all the new units yet.

**RiTides**

I can see cutting them slack, but there's going to be a certain number of people sitting this out simply because they're already waiting on a lot of stuff from Mantic. Not that Mantic is late delivering- but sometimes you need to get the stuff in hand before investing hundreds more!!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

We've seen greens of fair few bits of the new KOW if you go though the KS thread, but thanks to the new Dakka policy that's vanished from N&R into the wastelands of the specialist boards

(not that they arn't nice boards, just underpopulated compared to N&R and the GW ones)

(eg Remy's excellent ogres)

maybe somebody on the ball mantic wise (Scarletsquig?) might be able to dig up link(s)

**RiTides**

There's a Mantic thread in here, and people can feel free to post greens in there as well!

But sending a 100-page or whatever thread off into the appropriate subforum is actually very good for views of a new company thread in N&R. It makes it a lot less intimidating for new folks to catch up.

Otherwise, it'd be like having to read ALL the kickstarter comments on the main kickstarter page, before seeing what the company was up to

**Zweischneid**

Azazelx wrote:

KS is supposed to generate initial revenue to complete a project. After that, the project, in theory, is supposed to sustain itself and generate profits for the company.

Quite the opposite. A Kickstarter-project is supposed to be finite and self-contained.

Anything that generates profits beyond the Kickstarter-campaign itself isn't supposed to be on Kickstarter in the first place, strictly speaking.

Not that anyone cares.

**JoshInJapan**

Polonius wrote:
For stuff that's supposed to ship in two months, I haven't seen much aside from a 3D render of the men at arms. I'm not sure if there are even sketches of all the new units yet.

Seriously? Off the top of my head, I remember seeing Ogres (both melee and ranged options), Lesser Obsidian Golems, Lesser Abyssals, Angels, battle nuns, the undead dog handler, the vampiress, and renders for two custom heroes. There is, in fact a whole thread in the News and Rumors forum all about KoW-related releases and news. By all appearances, Mantic is on-track for a Q2 release.

**Commander Cain**

This is the kickstarter I have been waiting all year for! I have a strong feeling that I will end up getting every single Enforcer model that they put out. Hopefully they use this a good way to make all the current sets full plastic rather than the metal hybrid ones. Terrain also sounds intriguing...

**Bolognesus**

Zweischneid wrote:
Azazelx wrote:

KS is supposed to generate initial revenue to complete a project. After that, the project, in theory, is supposed to sustain itself and generate profits for the company.

Quite the opposite. A Kickstarter-project is supposed to be finite and self-contained.

Anything that generates profits beyond the Kickstarter-campaign itself isn't supposed to be on Kickstarter in the first place, strictly speaking.

Not that anyone cares.

Ah, water is still wet, firestill burns and Zweischneid still makes up KS rules. Nothing ever really changes

**judgedoug**

Shoulda second-guessed yourself and held off with your announcement, Scarletsquig. You made the point on the Mantic forums that any _perceived_ slight from a KS company would blow up into something massive.

Hey everyone: Deadzone Kickstarter has not been officially announced by Mantic.

Now, regarding the Kings of War Kickstarter... From the Mantic Forums:

Mantic Games wrote:
some guy wrote:...raise your hand if you think they will get all these to tooling and production in less than three months....

All - with the exception of the stormwind cavalry - are already there and have been for a while.

We haven't got photos, it's as simple as that. They went straight to the toolmakers so we could meet our tooling schedule.

Now, it's entirely true that Mantic has done a pretty poor job reminding everyone of what's been going on (just releasing shots of greens over the last 6 months and assuming everyone is seeing and keeping track), but they are pretty much on track for the promised Q2 2013 delivery of all of the new units.

**nkelsch**

No one plays any mantic games near me because they are unfriendly to FLGS.

I am also annoyed they are doing more Kickstarters before delivering my items from previous Kickstarters. It feels like a giant rotating ponzi scheme.

It doesn't help that they don't have enough talented sculptors to keep up with the sheer number of sculpts they are making, LOKA showed with just down-tight horrible and amateurish sculpts. I am scared to support anything without greens due to once they have your money, there is no guarantee their 'A class' Sculptors will do the concept.

If I ever buy Mantic again, I will only do so via my FLGS so I will have a way to support my local store and return unsatisfactory quality casts like what was delivered in the Dreadball KS so far.

**judgedoug**

Personally, I believe Mantic has no intention of launching the Deadzone Kickstarter until the June Kings of War KS deliveries have been dispatched. I would imagine they would start showing preview stuff to build interest.

**scarletsquig**

Polonius wrote:
Part of me is willing to cut Mantic a little slack, given how dramatically the "new stuff" pile in the KoW KS grew over time. It went from a handful of new units to a couple of armies worth. I know its just going to take time, especially when they only had concept sketches for most of the stuff.

A different part is watching the calender, and noting a dearth of KoW updates with Greens, sprues, etc of the new units. For stuff that's supposed to ship in two months, I haven't seen much aside from a 3D render of the men at arms. I'm not sure if there are even sketches of all the new units yet.

Everything other than four of the cavalry units and a few of the heroes has already been shown, at this point in time. It's all in the KoW N&R thread, I can't post a rumour roundup in the OP since I didn't start the thread, but if you like I can do a compilation post that collects all the images that have been shown off in the various KS updates.

**kenshin620**

Is one of the stretchgoals gonna be their Squid people?

Then the KS could have both the Zombie and Cthulhu tag!

judgedoug wrote:
Shoulda second-guessed yourself and held off with your announcement, Scarletsquig. You made the point on the Mantic forums that any _perceived_ slight from a KS company would blow up into something massive.

Hey everyone: Deadzone Kickstarter has not been officially announced by Mantic.

Not that its going to stop people from discussing it, much like CMoN's KS (especially confrontation which tends to be brought up in their various topics)