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 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I never realized the Marauders have so many options at this point.

Some stuff is still missing cards, but

Leaders: Commando Captain, Marauder Warlord, Mauler Ripper Suit, Commando Sergeant

Specialist: Goblin Sniper, Rainmaker Ripper Suit, Commando Pyro, Stuntbot, Commando w/ Heavy Machine Gun, Commando w/ Ripper Talons, Mawbeast Bomber

Troops: Commando, Commando w/ Claw, Mawbeast

Rare: Goblin Guntrack w/ High Energy Weapon, Goblin Guntrack w/ Mortar, Hulk

I just don't see enforcers defecting, they're probably brainwashed into unwavering faithful service, potentially with implanted kill-switches. Not to mention Enforcer armor blows up if tampered with. Or well... I think it kind of self-immolates/disintegrates, a present from the forge fathers so the corporations couldn't reverse engineer the armor.


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I *could* see the rebs creating a facsimile of Enforcer armor and using it for publicity stunts. The 'Rouge Enforcer' would be kind of a mascot, severely damaging to the corporate image... but that seems more like a character/merc than a unit type.

I'm really liking that they will be touching up the rulebook (especially the campaign section), and I look forward to seeing what else they release in hard plastic. I'd love to see more Rebs personally (despite that they are apparently terrible in game - I love the models, even if they are cast in the horrid material that is restic).

Really hating the heads on the renders of the new male pathfinders. They just look like SM scout knock-offs. Give them some sort of helmet or do something a little different a more fitting in the Manticverse.

Some more news:

Everything hard plastic.

If the KS does well, it will fund a 3rd new faction.

 scarletsquig wrote:
Some more news:

Everything hard plastic.

If the KS does well, it will fund a 3rd new faction.

Third? What's the second one after Veer-Myn?

 scarletsquig wrote:
Some more news:

Everything hard plastic.

If the KS does well, it will fund a 3rd new faction.

Added to OP

Give us some hints, damn you!

A new faction huh? Something from Dreadball? Something totally new?

This week is already a slog. Going to be a painful march to make it to Friday.

Anything other than HIPS Corp would be shooting themselves in the foot - and knowing Mantic...

Could be Asterians since we've already seen art for the grunt Cyphers.

I had assumed it would be the plastic forge fathers steel warriors we've seen renders for?

I would be happy with them or Asterians.

 Bolognesus wrote:
Anything other than HIPS Corp would be shooting themselves in the foot - and knowing Mantic...

With the amount we've heard 'Corp and Zzorr are off!' so far, I'm almost certain they will be front and centre when Warpath gets KSed, the core box being the Corp vs the Bugs with HP stuff for both.

I must admit I'm hoping the Pathfinders aren't going to be made their own faction (or at least cut from the main Enforcer faction), as I really like them in Enforcer lists.

I really don't think they'll be separate at all.

I wonder if steel warriors won't be saved for warpath too... Asterian troop-drones would be cool.

I know it probably won't happen, but I really hope that they try to squeeze the Enforcer dropship into this KS.

Dropship is too big to fit in Deadzone, so I don't see it happening. They'll be saving that to drive money in the Warpath KS for sure.

I wouldn't object to some small HIPS vehicles, though. Martian Saucer sized? It could be the "big thing" for DZ and you'd have some light vehicle squadrons ready for Warpath, where you'd offer them in packs of 3-5 to inflate pledges.

I certainly wouldn't be averse to seeing Hard Plastic Striders, Asterian Skimmers, FF Iron Ancestors, maybe even a light vehicle for the Rebs (Hover-version of the MA US truck? Hell Yeah!)

 NTRabbit wrote:
Dropship is too big to fit in Deadzone, so I don't see it happening. They'll be saving that to drive money in the Warpath KS for sure.

I originally logged in to say "bah.. it could fit" but then I remembered that unless you're playing a larger than standard game, it really kinda is.

If they do add vehicles to DZ beyond what are already there, I hope they don't do the bizarre and ridiculous things that we saw concepted in the past. In the 80s for Saturday morning cartoons.. sure.. but DZ is right at the fringe of having a pretty interesting video-game type of sci-fi thing going on. This is also one of the reasons I'm put off by Marauders. Everything else looks like it belongs but they are freakin Looney Tunes.

 MLaw wrote:

 NTRabbit wrote:
DZ is right at the fringe of having a pretty interesting video-game type of sci-fi thing going on.

When I was watching the demo videos of the Mordheim video ame all I could was how the engine would make a kickarse Deadzone game.

The dropship isn't going to fit inside the 3" cube, even in a larger game it's going to be too big for Deadzone. The Goblin Guntrack and Urban Pattern Jotun are as big as a mini can feasibly get.

By which I'm saying I wouldn't be averse to the Rebs and Plague getting a small vehicle of a similar nature, the Asterians already having the multiweapon drone. The rebs having a that sized flying combat drone as a big brother to the survey drone would be cool, kinda like that one Anvil makes, or maybe an armed kettenkrad style thing and give the flyer to the enforcers

Surely it couldn't hurt Deadzone and the future Warpath kickstarter if they got each faction a hard plastic dreadnought equivalent walker included for each faction alongside the much needed infantry units. Something like hard plastic iron ancestors would be a good way to get me tempted into this kickstarter.

I'm not sure how much of a market is left amongst DZ players for walkers given they were pretty cheap in the last KS and you don't really need more than one. If they go for a model in that size, HIPS or not, it should be something new.

OTOH, they just did a bunch of the dread-sized models in restic - they'd be throwing all of that overboard.

The Striders are fine in restic larger models work in restic so there's no major issues there even the clean up doesn't take to long better to use the new sprues for something else (like an Asterian big Mech) although I won't mind seeing some alternate Strider arms probably in resin as restic is out and metal is to heavy.

Deadzone blog week isn't up to much

Has a Mantic Week ever been good? I don't know why they hype a few blog posts...

 RobertsMinis wrote:
Has a Mantic Week ever been good? I don't know why they hype a few blog posts...

I'm yet to actually see anything about Deadzone this week.

I assumed we'd get faction previews, info on the new terrain, etc.

But nope, nothing.

For anyone wondering if the Pathfinders will be a seperate faction from Enforcers, this si Dave Symonds on Facebook:

Pathfinders are part of the enforcers faction. Already exist as a single resin model, are now going to be a set of plastic ones, but they aren't a faction unto themselves.

 Alex C wrote:

 RobertsMinis wrote:
Has a Mantic Week ever been good? I don't know why they hype a few blog posts...

I'm yet to actually see anything about Deadzone this week.

I assumed we'd get faction previews, info on the new terrain, etc.

But nope, nothing.

Well, they are prepping for a KS, after all

privateer4hire wrote:

 Alex C wrote:

 RobertsMinis wrote:
Has a Mantic Week ever been good? I don't know why they hype a few blog posts...

I'm yet to actually see anything about Deadzone this week.

I assumed we'd get faction previews, info on the new terrain, etc.

But nope, nothing.

Well, they are prepping for a KS, after all

So one would think maybe some hype/buildup...? Maybe?

Yes, perhaps they are preparing more napkin concept art for when/if it goes bonkers

Its not as if the blog posts about Deadzone have ever been very informative to people keeping up with the projects. A little something woulda been nice though.

For those of you who use twitter (i'll get on facebook, but I had to draw the line *somewhere*) are they doing anything on there to promote DZ:I?

I seem to recall some garbled transmissions from Dr. Simmonds for the first DZ KS.