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Wonder how blizzard would be to work with in terms of licensing...

Maybe they're pulling our legs and it'll be a new version of fisty glue man?

Well tbh I'd buy a fisty glue man miniature too ; p Though I guess I could make it... blegh, so much work ; p

Supposedly Blizzard are annoying to work with for licensing, recall hearing that last time this came up.

Asylum is who I was missing, not ...Atlas? Tattooed face mask guy in a loincloth.

I blame the alcohol on that one.

 GrimDork wrote:
I was going to, I ran out of time to make my posts. It has been nagging me, so thanks for pointing that out. Probably one of the coolest bad guys they could do actually

All is forgiven. I hope it's SG1, too.


However, Starcraft Zerg in hard plastic? I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write their name.

Are we sure this secret surprise is actually going to be another game? I thought it was related to all of their current stock of minis being run down

Yup, 'project' could mean anything. Life size Fisty Glue Man, anyone?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
I was going to, I ran out of time to make my posts. It has been nagging me, so thanks for pointing that out. Probably one of the coolest bad guys they could do actually

All is forgiven. I hope it's SG1, too.


However, Starcraft Zerg in hard plastic? I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write their name.

A SC minis game would be about the only KS (Mantic or otherwise) that I would probably ever back.
That said, I'd think and also hope that FFG would get dibs if SC the miniatures game ever became a possibility.
I'm a fan of both companies but FFG would make sure to distribute the heck out of the game and I could actually buy and play it at FLGSs in the states.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Asylum is who I was missing, not ...Atlas? Tattooed face mask guy in a loincloth.

I blame the alcohol on that one.

yeah he's wave 2 better ask for a replacement

 Tyr13 wrote:
GoT seems unlikely, since someone else has the licence for miniatures. Darksword Miniatures, I think?

Darksword are producing models based on George R. Martin's vision of the characters, not an actual likeness to the uniforms or characters in the TV series, so there may still be some scope for models there.

Oh mustn't have been paying attention, DBX stuff arrived, wasn't expecting it. Looking really good. Prety much getting everything for DBX so got my 2x DBX shirts (really nice!) 2x dice bags, ks dice, extra coloured dice and etched brass. All looks really good. Minis look good so far but haven't had too close a look, everything that should be there is there though will check each baggie for each individual team member still.

My DBX scenery and rush tracker arrived, but not the deluxe mat...

Which deluxe mat? The one that comes inside the base game box? Or the DBO one? If the latter, I believe that this wasn't shipping with Wave 2.

There's an interview with Chris Palmer in Ironwatch 30 of note:

Q: Are there any co-operations with other companies planned (like Miniatures scenery or Dreamforge Games)?

A: oh Yes!

Which is curious if it is indeed DFG who I know are eyeing a new terrain system to make "normal" buildings (versus Mantic's existing grid-based system). Collaboration with Mantic for funding would help both Iron-Core and WarPath, and if WGF is on board (as I doubt they'd want to have DFG going elsewhere for plastics) that could be a most interesting thing indeed.

Probably too far into the realm of wish-listing, but speculation can be fun.

My hardback Mars Attacks Compendium arrived today. Tick that KS off the list

Bioptic wrote:
Which deluxe mat? The one that comes inside the base game box? Or the DBO one? If the latter, I believe that this wasn't shipping with Wave 2.

DBO. Thanks for clearing that up, Bioptic!

My DBX2 arrived today. In a hefty dose of "Mantic Almost", they left out half my Chromium Chargers and Z'zor boosters. I guess nobody let the packers know that these come in pairs of identical baggies, so I only got one of each.

There was also only half a crate/goal sprue in my Xtra Game pack, so I can actually only play one and a half concurrent games.

 DaveC wrote:
My hardback Mars Attacks Compendium arrived today. Tick that KS off the list

Nice, how is it? Good quality?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
My DBX2 arrived today. In a hefty dose of "Mantic Almost", they left out half my Chromium Chargers and Z'zor boosters. I guess nobody let the packers know that these come in pairs of identical baggies, so I only got one of each.

There was also only half a crate/goal sprue in my Xtra Game pack, so I can actually only play one and a half concurrent games.

Doh haha, ahh well they'll send it out ofc but still annoying. I can only run 7 concurrent games (hard plastic scatter terrain damnit!!)... I assume, didn't check each individual piece, guess I should get on that -_-

privateer4hire wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
I was going to, I ran out of time to make my posts. It has been nagging me, so thanks for pointing that out. Probably one of the coolest bad guys they could do actually

All is forgiven. I hope it's SG1, too.


However, Starcraft Zerg in hard plastic? I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write their name.

A SC minis game would be about the only KS (Mantic or otherwise) that I would probably ever back.
That said, I'd think and also hope that FFG would get dibs if SC the miniatures game ever became a possibility.
I'm a fan of both companies but FFG would make sure to distribute the heck out of the game and I could actually buy and play it at FLGSs in the states.

There was a Starcraft board game that included miniatures

Boardgame != wargame though sadly. Hard plastic multi-pose full range of minis of the quality from WGF with DFG or WWX would be amazing. Though I'd accept Mantics current hard palstic quality I guess ; p But such a good liense deserves full hard plastic imo not monopose restic or boardgame plastic.

My life for Aiur!

If we are wish listing I would love any of the following with the unlikely caveat I would hope that mantic almost stops being their unofficial slogan.

Star craft
Mass effect
Gears of war

Something 1950s private detective style

Anything modern day might be interesting think the game payday the heist but in miniatures would be a lot of fun.

If you haven't played payday just think heisting game that would allow you to play scenes from films such as Heat. Where you have to manage PC hostages and if you are caught the polie come running and the more people you kill the harder the waves of police come. I am thinking coop game against AI or coop with one person controlling the police.

A narrative rpg with simplistic rules for minitures based combat




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 Yonan wrote:
Boardgame != wargame though sadly. Hard plastic multi-pose full range of minis of the quality from WGF with DFG or WWX would be amazing. Though I'd accept Mantics current hard palstic quality I guess ; p But such a good liense deserves full hard plastic imo not monopose restic or boardgame plastic.

My life for Aiur!

I agree that a board game doesn't equal a wargame just saying it's an option if you want to get hold of star craft miniatures.

Yeah I have to be honest I would want better quality minis than the ones found in Mars attacks and deadzone we got a Starcraft game.

Mass Effect could make a great skirmish scale game. Could basicallly just plug it into Deadzone rules like they did with Mars Attacks. Lots of factions to choose from, could also be an RPG type thing where you play as specters or other special ops, mercs or something. Plenty of enemies like Cerberus, rogue geth, plenty of alien races and merc factions. Deadzone terrain would also work well for the prefab stuff in evidence in a lot of the missions. Soldiers, techs, biotics, plenty of gameplay variety from all that.

Depending on how well the DS solo/no-DM mode goes down, along with the DZ solo play system (anyone played that yet? Is it any good?), I think Mantic might well look at producing some more stuff with 1+ players rather than 2+. I don't know, but I'd guess from the amount of us that struggle to get a game in that solo-play rules could be a great USP for Mantic's games, especially as they already have 2 versions of it in place for adaptation.

I got my DBX wave 2 the other day, nothing missing nothing damaged, so back to business as usual and no need for the form for me

Mantic's solo/co-op rules work well enough to give a satisfactory experience in both DZ and MA although the simpler MA rule set works slightly better.

If we are wish listing I found out last night that the ShadowRun licence is owned by topps. Whom I understand were very happy with there relationship with mantic and how MA turned out.

I think a shadow run game with a complexity somewhere between DZ and MA COULD BE AWESOME.

Shadowrun: Sprawl Gangers has been in development for quite a while.

Would be VERY interesting if Mantic was producing it...

I'd love to see an SG-1 game but even with the film reboot coming up, I don't think that this is an IP that is still in the public consciousness. Plus the franchise doesn't have a good history when it comes to licensed products - I liked the RPG, and the online card game from SOE was okay, but everything else was pants or failed to materialise (SGW... It all went a bit Defiance Games)

Mass Effect on the other hand is a game I would equally like to see, but is far more likely in my opinion. Even though Mass Effect 3 is a distant and (mostly) happy memory for gamers we still have ME4 to look forward to and EA / Bioware have showed a continued interest in developing new licensed products they can sell through the Bioware store. So a re-skinned Deadzone seems like a natural fit.. and let's face it, you don't exactly have to change the Enforcers and Strain all that much to have Cerberus and Reaper forces

I could have sworn CMON were involved with a Shadowrun game involving minis.

I could be mistaken.

A Mantic developed/ co-produced Shadowrun game could be interesting. Especially if it involves a variation of of the Deadzone/ Mars Attacks rules formula.

It would make for a lot of fun street level thugs as well as security forces to contend with. I'm sure a lot of us could find uses for those types of figures.

Maybe that's the big news?

I'd prefer something from Mass Effect myself despite liking both (but that is blatant wishlisting and not a rumor). The peacekeepers show that mantic can likely handle the ME armor style. As for the aliens, I'm not sure. Most of the mantic offerings either cross or straddle the "goofy" looking alien line and not the more serious ME style.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I could have sworn CMON were involved with a Shadowrun game involving minis.

I could be mistaken.

A Mantic developed/ co-produced Shadowrun game could be interesting. Especially if it involves a variation of of the Deadzone/ Mars Attacks rules formula.

It would make for a lot of fun street level thugs as well as security forces to contend with. I'm sure a lot of us could find uses for those types of figures.

Maybe that's the big news?

I don't know, Catalyst Games seems to be producing Shadowrun gaming stuff, at least on the RPG side for now. It would surprise me if whomever owns the license splits it out to Mantic or any other company.