Deadzone The Podcast

Deadzone The Podcast 39.0 - Balancing Act

Welcome to episode 39 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at Game Balance and Vehicles in the Warpath Alpha!

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Progenitors

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Heavy Chem Thrower

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Progenitors, Heavy Chem Thrower, Shredder, Night Crawlers

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~Shout Outs

Matthew Adlard

@matt_adlard 

Fan made Deadzone mat designs https://manticforum.com/forum/deadzone/general-discussion-ae/234812-couple-of-deadzone-suitable-mat-designs

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Tattered 

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Deadzone Ad 5 - Friendly Neighborhood Plague Lord

Here's our newest Ad thanks to super-fan Daria Winters!

Deadzone The Podcast 38.0 - To Card or Not to Card

Welcome to episode 38 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at the cards in Deadzone, have a Mat review and continue discussing the Warpath Alpha!

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More Infestation Concepts

Plague Beast with Alternate Head

 

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Night Terror

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And compared to Shredder

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Deadzone Quarantine by Mike Tittensor

From Ironwatch Magazine - Space combat rules based in the universe of Deadzone

~Download the Rules Here~

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Mats by Mars

http://www.matsbymars.com/

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4’x4’ Mat Abandoned City $51.00 US 

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2’x2’ Winter's Wrath $21.00 US

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2’x2’ Swamplands $21.00 US

 

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2’x2’ Desert $21.00 US

 

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Deadzone The Podcast 37.0 - More

Welcome to episode 37 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at more rules and more Warpath Alpha!

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Piper 

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Dreadball Ada-Lorena

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Jack

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Mad Mecha Guy

http://www.madmechaguy.co.uk/

28mm Cargo VTOL £16 or about $25US 

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Fans

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Thrusters

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Cargo Pod

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Passenger Pod

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Deadzone The Podcast 36.0 - Stuff Again

Welcome to episode 36 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at some news, shout outs and discuss the Leadership rules in the game!

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Veer-Myn Shredders

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New Dreadball minis to show off

Mechanites

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Mutants (Note no longer “Plague”)

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Forge Father Giant

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Initiative Responses

ERock

-standard 3 dice to start. 

-head to head roll. And add all your strategist and tacticians in to it for one big dice pool

+1 per tactician

+2 for strategist

-1 for pinned 

-2 for suppressed

-1 for injured

Make it like command. So maybe a 5+ or 6+ test? 

Sounds random to me and puts the commanders against each other. 

Brings exploding 8's in. An injured or suppressed commander won't be as effective at commanding his troops

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Clash957 

-suggestion for Initiative is 3 dice (as per the standard dice pool) adding 2 dice to the player activated all their models first. 

-Each player is looking for results at or under their Command total of their current commander with 1s exploding.  

-3 dice pool broadens the bell curve more than 1 or 2 dice. It also matches most rolls in Deadzone.  I see the better commander being the bigger deciding factor for who wins Initiative

-shifts who gets Initiative toward that 70% favoring the player that activates everything first

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Stormtitan on Mantic Forums (Link)

Created completely new Command/Initiative concept 

- create a new statistic, Initiative

- Strategist gets +2, Tactician gets +1, Leader gets +1

(ex: a model with Leader, Strategist, now simply has I: (3))

-naming the current split Command statistic into two named statistics--Strategic Command and Tactical Command. So a model that is currently a 3-2, would become a S(3) T(2). 

-we now have a 3-part command group: Command Initiative, Strategic Command, and Tactical Command. 

-(CI) tells us how good we are at leading our men on the battlefield. 

-(SC) tells us how good we are at preparing in advance, for potential enemies. 

-(TC) tells us how good we are at making decisions in the heat of battle. 

New initiative system

- beginning of each ROUND, all players take a (CI 5+) test. Each player will roll 3 dice, adding a number of dice equal to their current highest (CI) statistic. The winning player has seized the initiative, and may choose to take the 1st or 2nd turn. 

-turns will alternate until all models have been activated or both players have passed. 

-if tie, each player will roll 1 additional d8. 

-player rolling the highest value wins. 

Changes to Command

-rule change is made in regard to how many models may activate in a turn. 

-player may only activate his (SC) Strategic Command worth of models in a turn. 

-reduces the # of models a single player activates during a turn, allowing for a more 'back and forth' between the factions during a single round. 

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~Shout Outs

Tony Hopkins

Congrats to Tony on winning the big prize on BoW!! We knew you’d win!

Winnings;

Urban A (X cross piece) 58

Urban B (big window) 31

Urban C (door) 31

Urban D (grabber) 8

Urban E (ramp) 8

Landing Pad A (tiled floor with hatch) 28

Landing Pad B (stairs) 25

Defence Line A (cannon) 14

Defence Line B (radar) 14

Fortification A (double window) 26

Fortification B (up armour) 26

Ruined A (big hole) 12

Ruined B (half tiled floor) 12

Accessory (lamp posts) 62

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snowy hoobinoo

https://twitter.com/snowyhoobinoo

First Warpath battle

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Zen Terrain

http://www.zenterrain.com/en_US/index

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Hab 1- Residential Module €9.46 or about $10US

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Military Barrack €9.46 or about $10US

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Military Outpost €16.22 or about $18US

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Deadzone The Podcast 35.0 - Warpath Alpha

Welcome to episode 35 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at the Warpath Alpha Rules and continue their series on New Rules for Deadzone!

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Jet Bike Design with new Pathfinder

From German site called Brueckenkopf and they have other pics too so go check them out.

http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=141126

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Dreadball Crystallans

 

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Beasts of War released Warpath Alpha Rules to Backstagers

http://www.beastsofwar.com/backstage/warpath-alpha-rules-download-exclusive-enforcer-interceptor/

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~Shout Outs

Matt Smith (@Thee_Other_Matt)

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Sean Kiddie (@sokar4)

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Deadzone The Podcast 34.0 - Mantic Open Day 2015

Welcome to episode 34 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob look at Mantic Open Day and start their series on New Rules for Deadzone!

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Mantic Open Day

Reports from Fisty Glue Man (@FistyGlueMan)

All pics available at https://imgur.com/a/bkc40

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Tony Hopkins is a finalist in the BoW BattleZone contest

Go here to vote if it’s still open http://www.beastsofwar.com/the-weekender/weekender-mars-attacks-ready-war/

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Daria Winter (@btgamer_winter) naming Enforcers after they’re first kills. Val killed a Valkyr, and Husky killed a Huscarl!

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Deadzone The Podcast 33.5 - Enter the Deadzone 2

Welcome to yet another special Episode of Deadzone the Podcast. In this episode we continue our look into the world of Deadzone. You can check out Vinnland Old Time Radio at vinnlandoldtimeradio.podbean.com to hear more of our radio plays and other inane ramblings. We hope you enjoy.

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Deadzone The Podcast 33.0 - Kickstarter Wrap-Up & Plans

Welcome to episode 33 of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob wrap-up the Kickstarter and make plans for the future!

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News

Kickstarter Ended

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Rules Discussion

Rules changes

-model speed

-initiative

-skills

-balancing -important?

-leadership reasoning

-removal of skills and abilities that just add or subtract dice

-removal of cards (stat cards, mission cards, battle cards)

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TableTop Towns Tiles

http://www.tabletoptowns.co.uk/

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~Battle Report

Civilian Rules Beta

~Download Them Here~

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Deadzone The Podcast 32.5 - Chop Shop XL

Welcome to a special episode of Deadzone the Podcast. Jack and Rob talk with Community Pat all about Adepticon and Deadzone Infestation!

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