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**DaveC**

Yndij MVP early next year I guess a Yndij team will appear later then based on that last line.

Project Update #129: Something's on the horizon...
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Now that the DreadBall Kickstarter campaign is over, a lot of people are asking what's next for the Futuristic Sports Game. Well, DreadBall Extreme (as mentioned in the closing pages of the Season 3 rulebook) is a little way off yet, but there's something rather exciting coming along at the start of 2014 that will keep things interesting...

Who wants a little sneak peek?

The Yndij are a little-known race from the Outer Sphere, known to be hostile towards the GCPS, but every rule has an exception. A’teo "The Savage" Adysi’s story has inspired countless vidcast serials and documentaries – after all, who could resist the tale of a feral savage who arrived in the Core without a single credit, looking to seek his fortune, only to rise to superstardom in the world of DreadBall?

As the only player of his race to tread the neodurium, Adysi (carefully managed by his sponsors in Carver, Inc.) does not have a home team, instead providing his services to anyone willing to pay his substantial hiring fee. He plays with untamed ferocity, and has generated a legion of fans who are crying out for more Yndij to join the game…

**judgedoug**

Reposting this so it doesn't get buried... hope no one minds.

lagoon83 wrote:
judgedoug wrote:
hey James -

also what's to be done for peeps like me, who ordered lots of Enforcer stuff in the survey (including individual Enforcer models)?

thanks!

The only Enforcers that are going into hard plastic are the ones from the basic Faction Starter (i.e. the ones in the boxed game). Now, as far as I'm aware - and don't take this as 100% accurate until I've checked with the studio manager (who has now gone home for the night) - every Faction Starter you ordered will get you a bag of restic Enforcers now with hard plastics later. I think. Again, I will check this. However, whatever the case, it's only Faction Starters that were affected. Everything else is still restic, and will still be coming out as normal. I will check this tomorrow and come back to you!

Specifically, the pledge manager allowed us to add extra individual models. I did this as I'm planning on using my Enforcers in sci fi games like Tomorrow's War, so I made an entire reinforced platoon based on modern military structure; so I needed some extras _after_ ordering multiple Enforcer Starters and several Enforcer Boosters.

So for example, from my DeadzoneKickstarter Survey Summary email:

* Enforcers with Heavy Rifles x 3 - $10: 2

I ordered two extra sets of three Enforcers with heavy rifles at ten bucks per set of three. What does that translate to?

NB the reason I specifically have ordered only Deadzone Enforcers versus current existing Warpath Enforcers, as I don't like the Warpath Enforcer's "skinny knees" and the Deadzone ones on the KS had much thicker knee areas.

**Alfndrate**

So... When should we start seeing Deadzone being shipped? I got the Mantic Newsletter and it said that the game was going to be available for pre-sale and in my hands in time for Christmas, I would hope my Deadzone wave 1 would be here by that time if this is the case.

**Compel**

I think they're starting to ship in the last week in November, so I imagine you'd start seeing deliveries in the 1st-10th of December.

But then, I may very well have pulled that out of my rear end.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

based on what they seem to have done for Dreadball they seemed to have begun shipping to KS backers, and sent out retailer orders about the same time

So you might see it in shops before you get yours, but not by too much (depends on the postal service, and how fast Mantic get their complex KS orders out)

**judgedoug**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
based on what they seem to have done for Dreadball they seemed to have begun shipping to KS backers, and sent out retailer orders about the same time

So you might see it in shops before you get yours, but not by too much (depends on the postal service, and how fast Mantic get their complex KS orders out)

I got my Dreadball well in advance of retail... but Dreadball had two separate pledges due to demand - one for Dec and one for Jan delivery - and they shipped early... I was in on the Dec one, I think the latecomers on the Jan pledge got theirs after the retail shipment (dunno about that as again, I was in the earlier of the two pledge levels)

**DaveC**

Wayland Games have Deadzone listed as the 13th of December Mantic should start shipping start of December so there may be a bit of an over lap - so long as I have mine by December 24th it doesn't bother me if retail get it a little before me.

**Compel**

So, what's the story behind the callout about the Mantic big box of bits and (presumably) GW?

**sukura636**

Compel wrote:
So, what's the story behind the callout about the Mantic big box of bits and (presumably) GW?

A GW manager might have been trying to advertise a bits-swapping day, and inadvertently put in a picture of Mantic's Crazy Christmas box. It was very funny. Poor staffee, must've been embarrassing!

**Krinsath**

Alfndrate wrote:
So... When should we start seeing Deadzone being shipped? I got the Mantic Newsletter and it said that the game was going to be available for pre-sale and in my hands in time for Christmas, I would hope my Deadzone wave 1 would be here by that time if this is the case.

DeadZone Update 199 wrote:In case you hadn't heard, we're holding an Open Day on 30th November. We'll all be exhausted, as we'll have spent most of the week shipping your Deadzone orders...

I take the emphasized portion to mean they expect to be mostly done with shipping prior to then, with delivery depending on the vagaries of the various delivery services and national customs.

For the US, I'd expect to see it popping up the second week of December, though that's purely an educated guess.

**Yonan**

*rubs hands in glee*

**GrimDork**

Yeah, won't they be sending everything over in a cargo container on a boat, and then mailing everything out from their local whatever? I figure that boat has to take a bit to get moving. If that's even how it goes.

Speaking of crazy christmas box... looking forward to at least seeing what this year's box contains, will order it if there are things I can use

**Cyporiean**

GrimDork wrote:
Yeah, won't they be sending everything over in a cargo container on a boat, and then mailing everything out from their local whatever? I figure that boat has to take a bit to get moving. If that's even how it goes.

Speaking of crazy christmas box... looking forward to at least seeing what this year's box contains, will order it if there are things I can use

Generally Mantic ships everything from the UK.

**GrimDork**

Ahh, may be a little faster than I'm expecting then. Cool if that's the case

**timetowaste85**

Yes, please post info for the Christmas box on here. I think it might be high time I buy one!

**Yonan**

Christmas box:
12x Basilean Men at Arms
4x Metal Dreadball items

(I half kid ; p)

I'm keen on seeing what's in them too, would like to pick up some random Mantic minis as my exposure to their range is limited to Z Corps, Dreadball and (soon to be) Deadzone.

**overtyrant**

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Speaking of crazy christmas box... looking forward to at least seeing what this year's box contains, will order it if there are things I can use

**timetowaste85**

They do sprue less plastic in these boxes, right? I suspect we'll see a couple ogres, some undead, some goblins, enforcers, corporation and some Dreadball/Deadzone stuff. Basically, things that weren't in it last year (with the exception of undead, which everyone loves).

**Yonan**

If that's what's in it, count me in pretty much. I'd like a nice variety of stuff for random painting projects, bitz and just "cool!" factor.

**carlos13th**

I would love anything that had ogres and some dreadball miniatures in it.

**GrimDork**

Last xmas had a lot of infantry sized stuff, and maybe the marauder trike thing. Been while and I didn't pick it up so I can't remember too clearly.

On another note, deadzone faction cards added for plague and enforcers in the digital rulebook. They look pretty sharp, diggin it.

**squall018**

It's mostly sprue plastic with a few things of non sprue plastic. At least it was last year.

**Earth Dragon**

Expect to see Z'zor Strikers and Guards. Remember, they initially had to take every 5th set and raid the Jacks to get the other 80% up to standard.

Hooray for tooling mistakes!!!

**KirbyFan**

Anyone know when we'll see a Warpath kickstarter now that the mars attacks one is done?

**Triszin**

KirbyFan wrote:
Anyone know when we'll see a Warpath kickstarter now that the mars attacks one is done?

June -ish.

**GrimDork**

I could handle June... thank god they're doing that tarrot of Lola that I have no interest in... they were killing my bank account . Good to have a chance to recover.

**Riquende**

Where has that date been announced? I would imagine Mantic want to hold off the Warpath KS until they know they have a hard plastic solution that works (for the grunts for all the armies as well as some basic vehicles).

I reckon the Dwarf Kings Hold KS will be next (I'm envisioning making a set like Deadzone, with an optional GM or just teams of Fantasy Warriors raiding dungeons, with some hard plastic wall and door pieces that fit together like Deadzone's).

Plus we've got Kickstarters for Kings of War (to fund the plastic Twilight Kin, Abyssal Dwarves, Nature and Abyssal armies) and Dreadball (to fund the new Extreme version).

Hopefully Mantic will give an indicator of their plans at the Open Day.

**Triszin**

ITs essentially been confirmed as june, just not out right announced. And The guy that posts on here said that the vehicles plastic is essentially done, it'll be the same stuff the Deadzone buildings are made of. And in fact the building tiles might of been a test per say for vehicle sprues. And I want PLastic mini's if they have to delay it then delay the warpath KS, That needs to be 95% plastic. 5% other.

**Riquende**

Triszin wrote:
ITs essentially been confirmed as june, just not out right announced.

Confirmed by who, and where?

And The guy that posts on here said that the vehicles plastic is essentially done, it'll be the same stuff the Deadzone buildings are made of.

James said that? Where?

**Earth Dragon**

Isn't DKH closer to Project Pandora then Deadzone? Does it even need a KS?