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 GrimDork wrote:
I may go in for a token pledge to give support and so I can troll the comments . Maybe if there's something cool I'll nab it on the survey. Same with the next KoW ks.

That's a dollar more than they deserve. Until Mantic proves that they are willing and able to fulfill their end of the bargain, you should not give them another cent of Kickstarter money.

When I saw the pirate map I got hope that they might be doing something besides Dreadball, but that seem s a bit unreasonable.

I still need to fill out both of the surveys they sent me for Deadzone and Mars Attacks....

I'll probably pledge a dollar and see where it goes, but I doubt I'll be spending much if anything on this one. I'm not really sure what they could offer me at this point that I'd be more excited about than what I've already received for Deadzone, and what I'll be getting from the second Deadzone survey and Mars Attacks.

Well, a Nameless, Z'zor, or Veer-myn Deadzone faction would get me on board pretty quick, but I'm obviously not going to get any of those from a Dreadball campaign.

 AlexHolker wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
I may go in for a token pledge to give support and so I can troll the comments . Maybe if there's something cool I'll nab it on the survey. Same with the next KoW ks.

That's a dollar more than they deserve. Until Mantic proves that they are willing and able to fulfill their end of the bargain, you should not give them another cent of Kickstarter money.

They've proven it to me, which is enough for my money

Though it's extremely unlikely I'll be backing DBX, for reasons of time and available funds.

The map gives it away.
1. Start company.
2. Release miniatures.
3.??????
4. Profit.
Unfortunately step 3 was on the torn out piece of map, and the missing piece said "quality".

The only thing I can see the map giving away is that it has to do with quarter four down in the bottom right, suggesting it may well be a teaser/clue for something yet to happen that also isn't DBX, since that's happening soon and Q4 is a ways off yet.

Maybe a pirate skirmish game? Meh, probably save me money if it is and takes the place of something else they may put up on KS.

 GrimDork wrote:
The only thing I can see the map giving away is that it has to do with quarter four down in the bottom right, suggesting it may well be a teaser/clue for something yet to happen that also isn't DBX, since that's happening soon and Q4 is a ways off yet.

Maybe a pirate skirmish game? Meh, probably save me money if it is and takes the place of something else they may put up on KS.

Maybe it will be Bloodfleet like everyone was predicting when Dreadball was announced.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
The only thing I can see the map giving away is that it has to do with quarter four down in the bottom right, suggesting it may well be a teaser/clue for something yet to happen that also isn't DBX, since that's happening soon and Q4 is a ways off yet.

Maybe a pirate skirmish game? Meh, probably save me money if it is and takes the place of something else they may put up on KS.

Maybe it will be Bloodfleet like everyone was predicting when Dreadball was announced.

*Innocent cough*

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
The only thing I can see the map giving away is that it has to do with quarter four down in the bottom right, suggesting it may well be a teaser/clue for something yet to happen that also isn't DBX, since that's happening soon and Q4 is a ways off yet.

Maybe a pirate skirmish game? Meh, probably save me money if it is and takes the place of something else they may put up on KS.

Maybe it will be Bloodfleet like everyone was predicting when Dreadball was announced.

I'd pledge that. I'd pledge that hard.

It would be cool if the "surprise" at the end of this was confirmation that the Warpath KS will actually be coming in the 4th quarter this year.

But I'm much too cynical to believe that.

I think it most likely will.

They've been saying for months now that they'll only pull the trigger on Warpath if they see that people are happy with the quality of the plastic sprues.

They've got to actually make plastic for that to happen. Yes, zombies are plastic and peacekeepers as well until they change them.

 scarletsquig wrote:
I think it most likely will.

They've been saying for months now that they'll only pull the trigger on Warpath if they see that people are happy with the quality of the plastic sprues.

@Scarletsquig - Well, the last time we disagreed, my defeat resulted in having my Goblin Stuntbot cast in resin. So my wisest course of action is to pronounce you wrong, and then get my comeuppance in the form of a Warpath KS debuting in the fourth quarter later this year.

So you're wrong, Scarlet Squig, so very, very, absolutely wrong, wrong beyond all possible dimensions of wrongitude.

@agnosto - Stop being so cheerful.

Hmm wp I could get behind... not as sure about blood fleet. Maybe battle fleet mantic though...

Joyboozer wrote:
The map gives it away.
1. Start company.
2. Release miniatures.
3.??????
4. Profit.
Unfortunately step 3 was on the torn out piece of map, and the missing piece said "quality".

I admit it - I LOL'd at that one!

Also, a Dreadball KS will be EASY for me to resist, and it will give me a chance to sit on the sidelines and see how Mantic does on yet another Kickstarter, because by now they have GOT to have this whole Crowd Funding thing figured out.

They have the crowd funding part worked out well. What they don't have worked out is the associated customer service and quality control.

It is all part of the deal for me, so I'll be watching to see if they've been able to finally figure out those aspects as well.

And I STILL haven't received a reply to my Deadzone Missing Items email OR my Deadzone Survey Two email yet either.

 GrimDork wrote:
Hmm wp I could get behind... not as sure about blood fleet. Maybe battle fleet mantic though...

*Hemcoughhem*

You should get that cough looked at.

Meanwhile - I'm work blocked.

What's behind that link?

Yeah I saw the link on the blood fleet thread.

May have to give it a try.

 darkPrince010 wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
Hmm wp I could get behind... not as sure about blood fleet. Maybe battle fleet mantic though...

*Hemcoughhem*

Wow. Rules. Never seen those before. The idea of yet another ruleset is surely what was exciting us all.


But what models would we use to play with those rules?

*Quietly bookmarks thread while feigning disinterest.*

Sorry to hash over some old ground here, but I've been away from posting for a bit so...

-DeadZone
I'd be more bothered by the news of the FF and Asterians not making it into hard plastic if I'd been aiming to get lots of them. Thinking on it further though, space dwarves are an "eh" concept for me and the Cyphers, while neat, aren't enough to make me want a full force like the Enforcers. it just means I probably won't be getting boosters for the two starters I'm getting. I'll wait to see if pictures appear to change my mind, but that seems doubtful at this point.

I like the look of the zombies, but with 95 on the way I think I'm good there.

The alternate terrain piques my interest, though my tub of DeadZone terrain is pretty full as it is with 11 BattleZones in it and 3 more on the way (and I finally finished cutting it all out! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! *rub sore cutting hand while bandaging fingers from knife cuts*). That might get added though, along with a few more Landing Pads.

The new models I'd like to see pictures of, particularly the Plague Enforcer and Sorak. I might grab a couple of "normal" Soraks as well, because they're very characterful and I like the work shown earlier with using the hot water trick for conversions. Could be a couple sales there.

-DreadBall Extreme
I like almost all the DreadBall stuff I have, so I'll be keen to see what's on offer here. Honestly, I'm more likely to go for stuff here due to the smaller model count in DB.

-"Battlefleet Mantic"
Yes, yes...a thousand times yes. While fitting in with the Mantic's business model so far of "make money on the genres GW dropped out of due to a dislike of said money", it was something I thought of just this morning looking at a DeadZone box. The ships looked somewhat nifty, and I'd like to see models of them pushed around a table.

Now you're all caught up, and no you can't have those minutes of your life back.

CURSES! I demand a money back guarantee! And I want it five minutes ago!

I never got into BFG, but given all of the mantic stuff I'm accruing... I think it would be delightful to have a ship combat game to go with it. Especially since after battle systems I'll have wonderful terrain for ship interiors for boarding actions I could definitely see working out some kind of multi-game campaign across their various lines.

I'd probably want official manticverse (Ronnieverse?) ships though as I like the aesthetic put forth (so far) and dunno where else I'd look.

Looking over mantic's store today, I noticed the zombie apokalypse (or however they spell it, it's funny somehow) mega army/deal/whatever. I had forgotten it included enforcers for you to zombify. At this point, I think I'd just about wait for the second survey's deployment of fancy Scifi zombies, but I think I know what I'm gonna do with my 10 warpath enforcers from deadzone

 Vermonter wrote:


@agnosto - Stop being so cheerful.

lol. Point taken, thanks for the friendly reminder. I guess I just had higher expectations than they're willing/able to fulfill.

If there really is a ManticFleet game in the works, please be sure to discuss it over in the Mantic "Fantasy" thread, and not here in the Mantic "SF" thread.

Thanks!

 Alpharius wrote:
If there really is a ManticFleet game in the works, please be sure to discuss it over in the Mantic "Fantasy" thread, and not here in the Mantic "SF" thread.

Thanks!

Well, you're just assuming that the potential fleet game isn't a space fleet game, right?

Now I want an Enforcer Battlebarge.

I want boarding vessels because: battle systems.

You all can have your boats in space, give me the proper ManticQuest game system.

Or pictures of more of those new metal DZ figures.

If it's just DB Extreme, I probably will also toss in my token pledge just to see how things roll. Family has absolutely no interest in trying a tabletop sports game, no matter how violent it may turn into.


HOWEVER- if we see Deadzone stat card addons for teams, or variations where the teams can just slug it out, ball be damned, I might be persuaded into checking out what Extreme is all about.

Maybe we'll end up seeing a few new terrain pieces on sprues in the form of obstacles?

Wasn't DKH4 supposed to be along the lines of this Manticquest of which you speak? I think its somewhere in the pipes.


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Hmm stupid dbx. I can't get myself to buy DB at retail for some reason.. but I'm a sucker for KS.... makes me wonder if maybe i shoud get the martian db team in case I do buy in to dbx and get a pitch and rules...=/

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
You all can have your boats in space, give me the proper ManticQuest game system.

Or pictures of more of those new metal DZ figures.

If it's just DB Extreme, I probably will also toss in my token pledge just to see how things roll. Family has absolutely no interest in trying a tabletop sports game, no matter how violent it may turn into.


HOWEVER- if we see Deadzone stat card addons for teams, or variations where the teams can just slug it out, ball be damned, I might be persuaded into checking out what Extreme is all about.

Maybe we'll end up seeing a few new terrain pieces on sprues in the form of obstacles?

Wow, you've just described the one thing that could get me interested as well... Deadzone decks for the minis and possibly a melee-combat focused expansion for DZ with extra actions for melee etc?

That would be brilliant. It could represent street gangs fighting it out to earn the rights to star in the next big game.

I'd also be quite keen to see some more sci-fi terrain sprues that could integrate with the deadzone stuff. Wrecked hovercars, street furniture, obstacles... kinda like the stuff that mars attacks had but for the warpath IP.