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**Joyboozer**

Has there been any mention of when they plan on sending out the missing stuff from Dreadball?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Presumably some time after they're back on the 6th Jan

(and after their restock of stuff comes in from the factory if you're missing stuff they're out of, which from the sound of it is quite a lot)

**Joyboozer**

Cheers mate.
It's a shame, I'm missing the multiplayer mat and was planning some family games over Christmas.

**GrimDork**

@Barzam I swear they did rules for plague in warpath 2.0 ... Maybe someone got the link? I'm not seeing it right now and baby won't give me time to trawl the kickstarter updates to look for it, could have sworn it was on the mantic site too though.

Anyone with more time and a drop box?

**overtyrant**

GrimDork wrote:
@Barzam I swear they did rules for plague in warpath 2.0 ... Maybe someone got the link? I'm not seeing it right now and baby won't give me time to trawl the kickstarter updates to look for it, could have sworn it was on the mantic site too though.

Anyone with more time and a drop box?

Here you go:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ukukdc5e387w8br/warpath-plague-alpha.pdf

**Yonan**

Mantic christmas boxes rocked up with some extras tacked onto my order. Great value from Mantic as always. Really like the quality of all of it (even the Men at Arms), though as with getting the same MVP for all 3 strike teams, I got the same MVP and giants for both christmas boxes... not ideal *grumble*. 3 Forgefather MVPs I can work with, 2 large Void Siren ladies... maybe one will look good with a missile launcher for Deadzone ; p

Was happy to get extra rebs with each box, including a sorak? The Ogres are amazing, by far my favourite Mantic fantasy army.

**cincydooley**

Anyone on this thread have any interest in buying my deadzone stuff? I have the Rebs starter and Rebs booster, the enforcers starter and booster, and the plague starter.

I was just really unimpressed by the models and don't want them just taking up room in my house.

**pretre**

Pm'd!

**judgedoug**

cincydooley wrote:
Anyone on this thread have any interest in buying my deadzone stuff? I have the Rebs starter and Rebs booster, the enforcers starter and booster, and the plague starter.

I was just really unimpressed by the models and don't want them just taking up room in my house.

You got the Enforcer booster? Or do you mean the future shipment?

**BobtheInquisitor**

Anyone in the US looking to get rid of unwanted Void Siren MVPs? Let me know.

**mightyspacepope**

Two quick questions:

1. I'm used to metal and plasitc minis. Do I need to clean the Deadzone models like I would a Warmachine model (to get the mold release agent off)?

2. Anyone have any faction boosters they're looking to sell or trade?

**porkuslime**

Well. .. I am a frustrated camper.

I know and understand that Mantic is on break now but I have been emailing thru the web form, and trying to reach James thru regular email, and have not heard back in almost 4 weeks

I am kinda in an interesting spot.. I have been part of the Dreadball and Deadzone kickstarters, but only by piggybacking on other peoples pledges.

With both kickstarters, there has been a small issue (but important for gameplay)..

the Dreadball kickstarter got me the Terraton Team, but 2 of the models had problems.. one had a mis-molded leg, and another had one style of body, a non-matching head, and 2 non-matching arms..

For Deadzone, I got the Rebel faction, and when assembling them yesterday, I realized that 3 of the 4 blades on the Terraton's wrist weapons had snapped off, and one of the grogan ammo belts was in 3 pieces..

After the lack - of - response with my Terraton team, I have acquired a second team solely to bulk out the remaining 2 models, and get some extra team guys, but I do NOT want to re-buy the Rebels..

I am mainly dropping this here in the hopes that Mantic will see it.. as emails seem to fail.

I have had NO other issues with Mantic, and love their stuff.. which is kinda why this is grating..

-P

**lord_blackfang**

Maybe you should ask whomever it was that actually pledged to contact Mantic? In their place I would be wary of demands for replacements from people who aren't even on the backer list.

**RiTides**

Blackfang, if he's emailing pics of miscast items, whether he bought them in a store or through Kickstarter really doesn't matter, does it?

**porkuslime**

Well, in my emails I did go out of my way to establish how I got the figs, and provided the names of the person I used for Dreadball.. since the Rebs issues were only seen by me yesterday I have not brought that yet to their attention..

I fear if I use the contact form or email today, it will get lost in the blizzard of holiday emails..

**judgedoug**

porkuslime wrote:
Well, in my emails I did go out of my way to establish how I got the figs, and provided the names of the person I used for Dreadball.. since the Rebs issues were only seen by me yesterday I have not brought that yet to their attention..

I fear if I use the contact form or email today, it will get lost in the blizzard of holiday emails..

The Order Query problem form thing is specifically set up so that all problems with KS stuff can be dealt with in one location with all the info they need (as you fill out fields etc) to replace the parts asap

Back to your problem earlier - I have had problems over the last few months with my emails being marked as spam. both Mantic, Gamezone, Avatars of War and a few other places have had my emails go to their spam/junk filter. This is because someone had spoofed my email address and used it as the "sender" for lots of junk mail, causing my email to be basically blacklisted. So that might be something, I dunno.

**Triple9**

If you use the Order Query form, you'll get an automated response listing out your answers. Should at least give some peace of mind that they received it and it didn't go to to the ether. Of course, they probably have to sort through a couple thousand queries asking for 4 more dice, so I wouldn't expect a response for a while longer. Sent my missing order data on Dec 9, but not really expecting any sort of response until mid-January.

**timetowaste85**

cincydooley wrote:
Anyone on this thread have any interest in buying my deadzone stuff? I have the Rebs starter and Rebs booster, the enforcers starter and booster, and the plague starter.

I was just really unimpressed by the models and don't want them just taking up room in my house.

I PM'd you as well, I want your Rebs. Possibly Marauders too, but the Rebs are the big ones.

**cincydooley**

I've responded to you folks. Looking to unload.

**Cyporiean**

RiTides wrote:
Blackfang, if he's emailing pics of miscast items, whether he bought them in a store or through Kickstarter really doesn't matter, does it?

[Devil's Advocate]You piggyback my pledge, and your models are defective. I catch this ahead of time and argue with Mantic to replace said models. Generally they don't ask for the models back, so I send you the good models along with the bad... You've now got some defective models, and contact Mantic about getting those models replaced.[/Devil's Advocate]

Not saying thats the reason, or that its a legit reason.. but ya never know.

**timd**

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:

But, for context I am also one of those people who thinks Dust: Tactics is an absolute joke of a game, whereas Dust: Warfare is a huge personal favorite... so I/we here have a precedent for ditching the "casual" incarnation of games.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Dust Tactics was a joke. Sounds like I need to look at Dust Warfare.

T

**dragqueeninspace**

RiTides wrote:
Blackfang, if he's emailing pics of miscast items, whether he bought them in a store or through Kickstarter really doesn't matter, does it?

Its my understanding that if he bought them via kickstarter its mantics responsibility to correct the issue if he bought them through a store its the stores. He didn't do either. If it was me, I'd contact mantic via the person who did the kickstarter.

**Pacific**

Saw the Marauders (Orxs) in the flesh for the first time and they look lovely!

Love the kind of 'Commando' style, and it's really cool rules-wise that this species-type are actually quite nasty.

**Yonan**

Deadzone rule updates being incorporated into the next printing run of the rulebook, from quirkworthy. These changes should be incorporated into the two collectors edition books in wave 2 too I imagine.

Spoiler:

Some Deadzone Corrections
Posted on December 23, 2013 by Quirkworthy
Deadzone seems to be doing very well. Despite it being the largest print run of any Mantic game they’ve run out already and need to print some more. This is good news for a couple of reasons. Firstly this means you’ll have loads more people to play against. Secondly, it’s given them the opportunity to incorporate a few corrections into the core book.

These are clarifications of the rules as they are intended to be played rather than a reworking of the game. However, they will, hopefully, make a few things clearer.

If, like me, you have one of the original run of books, you’ll want to know what these changes are so you can pencil them in. There are (apparently) a bunch of typos and minor layout things I’ve not seen as well, but I’m not so worried about them. The important differences between the initial print run and the reprint are as follows:
Page 22, Free Actions section, 1st para, 5th line, sentence finishing “…action of the same type”: add “for the same model” to the end of the sentence so that the sentence reads” A free action cannot trigger another free action of the same type for the same model.”
Page 22, the sentence after the one above: Add to the end “unless it has been earned by a different model”. The sentence will now read: ” If the result says that a second free action of the same type is earned then ignore that part of the result unless it has been earned by a different model.”
Page 28, right col, 2nd para, 2nd line: delete “for free”. The sentence will then read “…same cube as an enemy model then it will Fight as part of that action.”
Page 53, right col, third para: After “…only have each ability once.” add a new sentence: “Use the cost listed at the top of the column where the ability first appears, regardless of the model’s actual Rank at the time.”
Page 68, Deployable weapons, last sentence: delete the last sentence “All they do is react to enemy models.”
Page 68, Deployable weapons, between last two paras: insert new paragraph “Any model that moves into a cube containing a Deployed weapon in circumstances that would allow it to pick up a normal item (see page 27) may choose instead to destroy the Deployed weapon.”
Page 78, Sentry Gun: in the bold first line, before Range insert “Shoot 5+,”.
These don’t fix everything, though they do help. I’ll add these and some surrounding clarifications to the FAQ when I get a moment.

This was interesting:
Q: "So you can’t destroy a Sentry Gun by shooting it?"
A: "No. If you could then that would make it just like everything else, and the whole point of including them was to add variety to the tactical landscape. They pose a different problem for the opposition, and offer a new string to the bows of those that can deploy them.
That is, of course, a bit of an abstraction, but not entirely. SGs are very small, hardened targets that are bolted to the ground when deployed so they provide a stable firing platform. If you can see them then they are probably firing back at you too

"
A: "Yes, any model can destroy a Sentry Gun once they’re in the same cube. Explaining this in more detail than I had room for in the correction (and with examples) is the main thing I want to expand in the FAQ."

**GrimDork**

So that makes them kinda neat. Still tricky to fit enough into a list to justify the engineer to me, but a bit more viable at range. Just have to protect them from melee like other valuable shooting assets.

**baritowned**

So I've officially put all of my stuff together, I remember now how much I loathe the old enforcers...

Now to start on the rest of my terrain!

**Some_Call_Me_Tim?**

Just opened up two battlezones worth of terrain that I traded for commission work. I've taken all the panels and other bobbins off of their sprues, and so far I'm liking what I'm seeing. The connectors are, as everyone has said, very fragile. I managed to break one already. I've got Christmas Eve festivities to get to, but I think I'll sit down afterwards tonight and get building! Maybe I'll do some painting as well...

~Tim?

**Alpharius**

Will there be or does anyone have any "You can build this using these sprues" type of guide?

**pretre**

Yeah! That would be sweet. We just kind of had to wing it.

**GrimDork**

There is some kind of wiki page out that's supposed to be gathering images and guides and stuff, I forget what it's called though.