Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I just got my shipment this week, and discovered this thread today

 HisDivineShadow wrote:

I'm interested in the robots, but I'd like to know what I'm going to be getting. I don't wanna open the box and find them pathetically small, especially since it very possible I'll never play a game, and they'll just sit on a shelf all painted up.

Think Star Wars Super Battle Droids in terms of size.

Mine are not that bad.

They must be having quality control issues overseas.

Mantic needs to move to domestic production of models

 AlexHolker wrote:
I'd be more impressed if the game-breaking bug wasn't one that I recognised within a minute of looking at the preview rules.

Car to elaborate ?

I am unaware of what you are alluding to.

So it hasn't really been in an issue in Season 1, but has become an issue in Season 2 with the introduction of the Judwan ?

 Krinsath wrote:
It's not that hard to house-rule it, but it is a head-scratcher on how that one didn't come out in playtesting.

In house playtesters are often so immeresed in the spirit of the game that douchebag tactics often do not occur to them.

They are often focused on if something works well and not how to break it.

Power Gamers will study the game to find the most exploitable combinations possible.

 judgedoug wrote:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how everyone I've seen plays it, that the first launch is not part of anyone's turn so there's no turnover on a failed catch (as it didn't happen on your turn; turn doesn't start til the ball finishes moving)

Sounds about right to me

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
So to start the ball rolling on the sci fi discussion, what's the minimum number of units I'd need for a Warpath game?

Could I use the starter and booster forces from one of the Deadzone factions, or will I have to buy in far more heavily for the game to feel correct?

The 31 model Enforcer Warpath Army set comes in at 1000+ points

The Maruader(40 orks), Forge fathers, Veer-Myn I think are closer to 500.

Most factions have minimum squad size of 5, which are usually 1 leader, 3 regular, 1 heavy.

I figured out to have a decent playable Plague faction needed double starter, double booster, with optional 20+ Zombies.

DId they ever confirm when the zombies ship ? Q2 2014 ?

I don't have an issue with different breeds of Orks in Warpath, but as far I know, the genetically engineered concept is a 40K fluff thing not Warpath.

If the Warpath Marauders get resculpted in plastic next year with the new aesthetic then this is all moot point. Mantic may be moving in a new, more Blizzard/GW, direction with the orks.

Not criticizing their painting, but they need MORE painted pics of their models.

Larger, close up, pics of the various models identifying the model and it's armament are currently absent on their website and rule books. It's less of an issue in KOW than Warpath. In Warpath the main way to tell troops of the same race apart is their armament, and their is no section depicting what the armament looks like.

Combined bases work for Fantasy because they move in mobs.

It's a terrible idea in Scifi and Modern settings, where firearms make mobs suicidal.

If someone wants to base a horde of cheap melee xenos on a base for easy mocvement that's great, but it whould not be a equirement.

I backed out of the kickstarter when I realised my completionist mentality was going to bankrupt me on a game I was never going to play.

That terrain is gorgeous and I really like how the civilian heroes turned out. Also, I need a set of flaming cows. I don't know why I do, but now that I've seen them, I need a set of flaming cows

Miniatures Market had the Battlezones: Sci-Fi - Fortified District for 50% , they are all sold out now
http://www.miniaturemarket.com/mgtsci03-1.html?utm_source=Miniature+Market+-+Full+List&utm_campaign=769f928d51-Deal_of_the_Day_Alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be5b9f7f95-769f928d51-24249261&mc_cid=769f928d51&mc_eid=a2b63a4af8



Their index is borked and doesn't have a catergory for the Battlezones, but they show up in search

EDIT: part of the message got chopped trying to make the URL link work, and now they are sold out

Got my zombies. No free zombie sprue, although it's checked off on packing list. No bases included for zombies.

DZ2 ?

What happened to Warpath ?