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**reds8n**

http://manticblog.com/2014/07/04/and-to-celebrate-our-fans/

competition time !

**NTRabbit**

Yonan wrote:
I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to try to out-do GW on their home ground after the rocky start they had together with Warcraft 1. I know that would be enough reason for me to do it ; p Surely a board game release wouldn't have the long term profitability of a full featured wargame either though?

A wargame require long term commitment to release schedules with (expensive in ABS) new units and rules that need to be kept in stock, and would be sold in your FLGS, if it sells miniature wargames, with a small potential market.

A boardgame would be a single product, with possible expansion boxes if it goes well, discrete numbers of units in the box, and sit on the shelf of every department store you can think of just down the aisle from the Battle.net/WoW game time cards, with a massive potential audience.

All the money is in the second option, and there's not the remotest doubt about it.

As it is, Activision already worked on and canceled a minis/boardgame, this was discussed in the Robotech thread comparing bad management practises

paulson games wrote:
I have some friends that are full time sculptors that have worked on projects in a similar management situation and they found it to be a complete nightmare. One of my friends was sculpting stuff for starcraft and it had to pass through managers at topps before it went to blizzard, then it might end up back at toops before heading back to the sculptor, sometimes topps would boot it back to blizzard a couple times before the sculptor would get notice of what changes were needed. On his end the sculpt could be done in 2-3 days time and look amazing, but with all the ping ponging back and forth between managers it'd be weeks or even months before a single sculpt met final approval. It ends up disrupting any sort of schedule you might hope to stick to and if you are working primarily as a freelancer it ties up massive amounts of time for no additional pay as you don't want to take on other work that might conflict with it and you are stuck on a holding pattern for long periods of time which quickly eats into your ability to make money.

**pretre**

ermany left the footballing world and an entire nation in shock yesterday as they destroyed Brazil 7-1. That's a massive Goal Difference of 6! So, for the next sixty minutes only, we're going to launch our biggest discount code yet – a maximum 30% off!

Starting at 6:30pm BST and finishing at 7:30pm BST, get 30% off on the webstore with the code SHOCK30* as we gear up for Netherlands vs Argentina.

* Can only be used by countries not in the World Cup. Sorry Germany Cannot be used on pre-orders.

**JoeRugby**

Wow that's tempting

My wallet sense is twitching

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And it's not working :(

**Theophony**

I wish they would respond to emails and voice messages, until then I'll just wait for miniaturemarket to get the stuff and clearance it out

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**NTRabbit**

JoeRugby wrote:
Wow that's tempting

My wallet sense is twitching

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And it's not working :(

You fired a little early, it's supposed to start right now

SHOCK30 with no * on the end just worked for me

**pretre**

The asterisk is to tell you about the note at the bottom.

**JoeRugby**

NTRabbit wrote:
JoeRugby wrote:
Wow that's tempting

My wallet sense is twitching

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And it's not working :(

You fired a little early, it's supposed to start right now

SHOCK30 with no * on the end just worked for me

BSt is an hour more than GMT at the moment. It's quaternary to 8 right now

Landing pad bought

**Necros**

Horray for soccer! Ruined quadrant on the way.

**GrimDork**

Ooh gratz 30% off guys.

**angelofvengeance**

Necros wrote:
Horray for soccer! Ruined quadrant on the way.

You'll love it. Got one on 1st July 20% off courtesy of England football teams epic fail in the World Cup.
Really nice stuff.

**Bolognesus**

Ooh, my neighborhood sounds like I'll be gettig a nice discount tomorrow

**baritowned**

So is wave 2 of deadzone still supposed to ship sometime this month?

**Azazelx**

Already been done (and discontinued).

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22827/starcraft-board-game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft:_The_Board_Game

**Hulksmash**

Thanks to SS for the contact for Stewart. I sent an email yesterday afternoon (so around midnight or so Mantic time) to change my address for my shipment for Deadzone Wave 2. Woke up to an email from Stewart noting he had made the change to my shipping info.

Kudos where they are due. Excellent customer service.

**Necros**

Well that was a surprise.. got a fedex shipping email today.. and it says my ruined quadrant is going to arrive tomorrow.. 1 day from the UK to Philly? and free shipping? neat-o!

9 pounds worth of buildings I won't have time to build! Way too many mechs to paint at the moment

**CptJake**

Any word on when Wave2 for DeadZone will ship so that I know when to expect my ruin sprues?

**pretre**

Necros wrote:Well that was a surprise.. got a fedex shipping email today.. and it says my ruined quadrant is going to arrive tomorrow.. 1 day from the UK to Philly? and free shipping? neat-o!

I've gotten similar from them before. The times for delivery are all crazy and it will be updated.

CptJake wrote:Any word on when Wave2 for DeadZone will ship so that I know when to expect my ruin sprues?

Last I heard was still July. I think most people are banking on ass-end of July.

**scarletsquig**

Quick heads up - There will be some small price increases for Euro and USD prices *only* on August 1st.

Exchange rates are the problem, the dollar has collapsed in value vs the pound so it all needs reviewing due to the bulk of Mantic's running costs being in GBP.

Blame Obama, or whatever.

I'm personally hoping this means I can get a Mantic KS in GBP for once rather than having to pay currency exchange fees.

**GrimDork**

A deadzone kickstarter update also mentioned more 'juicy' news including ship dates for wave 2 and such, coming next week. This week they just previewed some of the wave 2 deck, which will include the mercs, named characters, peacekeepers, and so on. The most interesting thing i saw was that the pathfinder didn't have a 'works for' suggesting to me that she'll just be a regular option for the enforcers moving forward. If i'm reading it right, i like it, gives the enforcers a bit more opening speed and she can shoot almost as well as the sniper (but no ap).

**NTRabbit**

The pathfinder is the Enforcer woman on the bike, but off the bike, comes in both modes and was always just a regular unit and not a merc.

**pretre**

And she's cheap!

**GrimDork**

I guess what i was getting at is that i always wanted the recon 'merc' to be a standard part of the enforcer list, and now he kind of is, in spirit.

This will also give enforcer players another way to go about things, the holo-sight tag rifle doesn't have ap1 but on an aimed shot it rolls as many dice as the sniper (unless i'm missing something) giving the pathfinders a bit more punch against lighter targets when compared to standard rifle enforcers who are much better at just suppressing the hell out of everything.

**scarletsquig**

A 9 point trooper for the Enforcers makes things a lot easier when it comes to list building.

She's also a source of Scout for the faction which is exceptionally good when you consider their mission deck. Makes a turn 1 win possible with the dominate mission to control 3 objectives.

1/8 games will be autowin for enforcers, another 1/8 will be very easy wins for enforcers unless the opponent can contest in second turn, and the rest of the objective missions just got a whole lot easier for the faction.

I can't see myself taking any non-pathfinder troops if I play the faction.

**Compel**

Honestly, what is mantics obsession with making female characters bald, or nearly bald.

**Alpharius**

You think that's something that comes right from the top?

**scarletsquig**

I'll probably remove the ponytail from mine, too much of a "lookitsagurl" thing... if she's shaved her head to get into the enforcer helmet shes not going to be rocking a ponytail that prevents her from wearing it and can be grabbed in melee.

Recon unit will make a nice proxy for the new trooper, but I'll probably convert regular corporation troops to represent pathfinders rather than buying loads of the resin bike+pathfinder sets.

Maybe corp legs/arms and enforcer torso, bare head with space goggles, something like that... ah, who am I kidding, I'll just use an already painted Rebs human and call it a day.

**GrimDork**

I'll have one of the resin ladies and two recon n-whatevers, that should be sufficient for me, excited to start working pathfinders into my lists, and to have a solid excuse to convert and paint the mercs now.

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Pony is definitely getting the axe, bald and pony is just awkward.

**timetowaste85**

I wish they gave us a stat card image for Howlett. He'll likely be replacing my Iron Man Energy Gauntlet sergeant, and I'd like to know how his stats play.

**Ronin_eX**

Yeah, the Pathfinder is definitely a nice troop option, though I hope they realize the possible major abuse and have preemptively nipped it in the bud.

But even so, a 9-point trooper in the force opens up so many possibilities for the Enforcer list (especially with access to Peacekeepers and the Captain itself). And that it also comes with a strong attack means that it is a nice compliment to the rest of the force. Also, it is nice to have something to use Recon for when playing in a campaign (less likely to see mercs there).