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I hope not,

The bit in Poland that does their casting is the bit that would be most useful to Mantic, but I suspect it would be tricky to properly oversee it from the UK

The rules and marketing stuff from the UK would be easier to absorb (if their licences allow) bu I'm uncertain of the value there (unless fox has signed off on all the outstanding stuff, and renewed the licence fort at least another 2-3 years

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Deal of the Day - Mars Attacks: The Miniatures Game - Martian Mega Army. Only $80.00!



Deal of the Day from MiniatureMarket.com

Mars Attacks: The Miniatures Game - Martian Mega Army. Get it now for only $80.00! MSRP $174.99 and Normally $139.99.



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That's one hell of a good deal!

Wish there were sites like that in the UK.

I was just on my way over here to post that!
Why do all of these places have to post insane deals after the money is gone???

No kidding. I think that's more martians that I have from my fat kickstarter pledge... Too many more to do though.

How does the price compare with the kickstarter in that deal?

It looks like 2x Martian Attack Forces $75 each plus a Robot $30 and The Surgeon and Rex for $8 - it has less Science Division minis though not that it matters much



KS price $188

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Take your flying contraptions and give me more mining drill machines.

Those veermyn are some lucky ducks... err rats, to be more precise.


Would be great to have some sort of marker for one erupting out of the ground.

Agreed...silly folks flyin' about...like a bunch o'eldar pretty boys!
Except that gyrocopter they made is SO sweet...so these Dwarves may learn to frolic.

And ground eruption markers would be good...though the Ramshackle model handles that aspect well.

Their Veer-myn would make great Chaos Nurgling Renegades

Is the Mars Attacks stuff on 25mm bases? How big are the bases on the bugs, saucers, and robot?

Infantry are on 25mm. Insects are on 50mm. Saucers are about Venom sized, but thin. Robot's almost as tall as a Wraithknight, but not as bulky.

Dreadball Xtreme is now 50% off (£25/$40) in the Mantic store until midnight 31st October, in case there's any interest! It's now cheaper than buying two teams...


http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/dreadball/dreadball-xtreme/product/dreadball-xtreme-boxed-game.html?utm_campaign=4e1688842b-Mantic+Games+Newsletter+361&utm_source=Mantic+Games+Newsletter&utm_term=0_20fe4cf5a8-4e1688842b-201348250&utm_medium=email

Bioptic wrote:
Dreadball Xtreme is now 50% off (£25/$40) in the Mantic store until midnight 31st October, in case there's any interest! It's now cheaper than buying two teams...


http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/dreadball/dreadball-xtreme/product/dreadball-xtreme-boxed-game.html?utm_campaign=4e1688842b-Mantic+Games+Newsletter+361&utm_source=Mantic+Games+Newsletter&utm_term=0_20fe4cf5a8-4e1688842b-201348250&utm_medium=email

Wow that is a good deal, I've actually been thinking of picking this up recently aswell. Guess I'll be grabing one one payday now

That's a pretty good price.

I like Extreme too.

If only I could actually convince someone else to actually play against me locally. That would be pretty Extreme too...

Definitely a great deal, even if you just want the convicts for regular dreadball (where they are awesome).

Only downside is that it makes the $200 I dropped on the Kickstarter look like not such a great idea after all...

Most likely a stock clearance, since DBX had an odd release, with the initial game released, and then no rules to use teams with it for another 6 months, by which point people had lost interest.

Around 2 dozen+ local DB players in my city (and the largest UK regional tournament), but pretty much no DBX gets played.

Problem I feel with Dreadball is that whilst it's a great game (miles better then Bloodbowl) they absolutely saturated the market with teams. To many teams in such a short space of time that all my local DB players (had about 12) just got fed up with it all, then they released the DBX KS which was massively overkill. At the most they should of released one season per year and they could've made an event for each release.

DBX definitely got treated like the red-headed stepchild by Mantic.

overtyrant wrote:
Problem I feel with Dreadball is that whilst it's a great game (miles better then Bloodbowl) they absolutely saturated the market with teams. To many teams in such a short space of time that all my local DB players (had about 12) just got fed up with it all, then they released the DBX KS which was massively overkill. At the most they should of released one season per year and they could've made an event for each release.

A season per year would have been better pacing, I'd have felt like I could buy all the teams and get them painted.

Not sure what will happen with releases in future, 25 teams and 59 MVPS (and counting) is quite a lot to choose from already, that's basically what blood bowl had at its peak, It feels very complete as a game.

I'd be happy with a new team and expansion once a year at this point.

DBX was actually done really well as a Kickstarter, the plastic used is great, way better than restic, and the hard plastic crates and terrain are really good, everything clips together properly.

I'd love to see a second edition of Dreadball, fixing some of the odd things in the rules (like slow teams also being the most vulnerable, hello Forge Fathers, and nimble, fast guys also being oddly resistant to damage). Up Jacks a bit. Bring down Strikers a bit. Sort out and balance the mess that is the current MvP-System.

Base game 2nd Ed. with updated rules and hard plastic Corporation and Marauders.

After that, revisit all the existing teams one a year in hard plastic.

I do wonder why it was promoted so little compared to DBO! Perhaps Mantic got cold feet after the entire thing was paid for and made.

One aspect is that I would never introduce new players to DBX over DBO - the former is just a lot more complicated to initially get your head around. Which means that the player base is quite likely to be a subset of an existing player base, making it quite a small number of people that are probably spread thinly.

But it is just a much better package than original Dreadball in every way! You get a lot more stuff in the box, nicer components, much less assembly, and there's plenty of meat to the game even without expansions.

Bioptic wrote:
I do wonder why it was promoted so little compared to DBO!

Because the DBX rules were there just to rope in a few extra backers who had not previously heard of the game into what was really a DBO 4-6 Kickstarter.

Wonderwolf wrote:
I'd love to see a second edition of Dreadball...

You can count on it. They're already essentially working on a second edition of Deadzone and it's only been out less than 2 years.
With all the belly-aching about jacks in the game, it's a good bet DBO will see a relaunch in the relatively near future.

Just a quick request bump. If you guys see the octagonal building terrain kit (the stronghold IIRC) or the city quadrant on sale 50% off or more at places like Miniature Market (either daily deal or clearance), feel free to post. I'm thinking about getting a terrain set but I've got plenty of time to wait for an excellent deal compared with retail.

Black Friday in one month, baby. I'm saving my pfennigs. I usually wind up making two or three orders from Miniature Market (fill up cart to free shipping, order, fill up cart to free shipping, order, haha). Gotta be quick for their Black Friday deals tho!

Yeah they're lightning fast and confusing cause you gotta dig through a spreadsheet... Well hard on my phone at least.

 GrimDork wrote:
Yeah they're lightning fast and confusing cause you gotta dig through a spreadsheet... Well hard on my phone at least.

Well, you don't have to dig thru a spreadsheet. Using their website, I just narrow down the category to the manufacturers I care about and open new tab per product, add to cart on each page, eventually reaching $100, check out, start a new cart with other open tabs.

Why start a new cart? Is there a benefit to ordering in $100 batches besides free shipping that doesn't apply if you just order $200+ in one go?

 warboss wrote:
Why start a new cart? Is there a benefit to ordering in $100 batches besides free shipping?

It is easier to hide the transactions if they don't exceed your alert threshold.


Did anyone else fill out the MM survey? Pretty much every answer of mine was, "Waiting for Black Friday."

I hope they put some Asterian stuff on sale, as well as AT-43 or Dust. Quality vehicles for half the Mantic KS price? Why, thank you.

My eyes will be peeled for more Mars Attacks and Battlezones, because obviously I don't have enough.

It was fun while it lasted having Mantic stuff constantly in the clearance/ sale section.

I'll be gunning for more Dystopian Wars stuff too.

 warboss wrote:
Why start a new cart? Is there a benefit to ordering in $100 batches besides free shipping that doesn't apply if you just order $200+ in one go?

Because, having survived several of Miniature Market's black friday sales, the rapidity which items go out of stock is scary fast along with the frequency that the entire cart system crashes. It's best to check out as fast as possible to avoid having items go out of stock while you're waiting for the payment page to load.

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