The Walking Dead Boot Camp – Saturday

While some of the Boot Campers have been diving into some gaming others are beginning to do some painting so they have some nice looking Walkers and Survivors to play around with!

Would you approach painting them in full or using our simpler 'cell-shaded' techniques?

Rob from Mantic Games has also escaped from the facility and begins to start slobbering over us as we get stuck into more from The Walking Dead: All Out War...

All across this weekend we're going to be giving away some awesome goodies for you to win. So, what's on offer from Mantic Games & 4Ground?

1x 4Ground Shopping Mall

3x The Walking Dead: All Out War Core Game Sets

1x The Walking Dead: All Out War Kickstarter Edition

The mall itself is an epic creation and the sets for The Walking Dead: All Out War give you plenty of interesting gameplay options right out of the box.

How To Win?

All you have to do in order to win this is simply...

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It's important to note that we're going to be diving into the posts themselves and taking note of them so if you want to be in with a chance make sure to get chatting about everything that you see going on during the weekend.

Enjoy the weekend folks!

We get a chat with Ronnie to find out what he's been up to this morning so far, talking with the Boot Campers about adding in some extra rules and making things a little harder for the survivors.

We'll be catching up with more of our Boot Campers throughout the day!

A lot of folks are diving into their games now and setting up the next scenario for their survivors to battle through.

Things are getting a bit more dangerous now but one theme that appears to be continuing is that Carl keeps on getting killed! We'll see if that happens today...

Another of our Boot Camp members has come down with a love of brains! Say hello to Gerry who seems all smiley!

While games are indeed going on we've also got some eager beavers painting up their sets.

We caught up with them to find out how its going...

We're checking in with Dawn as she faces off against Sam (who has his own Youtube Channel worth checking out - MrStainless101) on the tabletop with some new survivors.

It's 'good guys' versus 'bad guys' and we'll back later to find out how it's all going.

Rich & Joe are clashing in this somewhat safe looking section of the city. However it appears as if a few walkers have made their through the barricades.

How do you think this one is going to play out?

With it being lunchtime it seems like one of our Boot Camp members, Peter, has been turned into quite the monstrous walker as he hunts for food...

We're planning to bring the Mall into the mix at some point soon so Rob and Ronnie from Mantic Games are testing out a scenario.

It seems like it's going to be a supply run where characters are trying to get in and out without being eaten!

We chat with Gerry again today as he gets stuck into his game for today where we're implementing a few more mechanics like Nerve.

We will see how this plays out but it appears as if Negan is a GOOD choice when it comes to selecting your survivors.

We dive into more of the details on these tables and give you a proper look at how they are nice and functional for use in The Walking Dead: All Out War from Mantic Games.

4Ground really did make these tables possible and it tells a nice narrative!

So how did the game go between Dawn & Sam? We catch up with them and discuss how it all came to an end.

This camp site seriously has seen quite a lot of brutality!

Shambling along we have another member of the Boot Camp who has become one of the infected!

We've come back to see how the game between Rich & Joe ended up. With Negan laying waste to everything in his way this one became a bit of a bloodbath.

However, there were plenty of awesome moments to dive into and it seems like the game as a whole is packed with cinematic moments.

Ronnie talks us through how the scenario is going to work where it's going to be a full on raid of the Shopping Mall.

Folks are getting stuck into this participation game to see what they can make it out of there with!

We had to go full American and bring in some hot dogs and chips for the Boot Campers to devour for lunchtime today.

The food is always awesome at these events so if you want another excuse to come to a future one there's a biggun!

We had some hot dogs but I think Markus might have had an infected wiener!

Let's find out how Gerry's game ended up. He's moving on to join in with the participation game now but decided to stop off and let us know what happened at the end of his match-up.

This game really showed off some of the new mechanics and made the zombies all the more deadly.

The scenario that Ronnie and Rob have set up is now getting played out by Justin and Gianna as well as a few others from the Boot Camp.

So far it looks like Carl might not escape unharmed as his father has other plans for him...poor Carl!

While some folks are still powering through games a few step out of the madness for a minute or two to add some paint to their models.

It's neat seeing folks do some hobbying here at the boot camp and getting a few splashes of colour onto their models.

The turn towards the undead continues with another of our Boot Camp members.

It's weird just how much glee Lloyd has taken in making these a reality for those attending...

Loads of folks are now expanding their games and playing around with the rules a bit more. As well as the participation scenario we also got to see some great explosive action too.

It's nice when things go boom.

We talk with Ben and Cad from 4Ground about their tactics going into a large team game against Dawn and Sam.

It's another big clash and they're looking for some revenge against each other!

Rob has been turned into a shambling walker during his time here at the Boot Camp.

The question we want you to answer is who do you think is the source of the contagion?

We talk with our BoW team to see what their decisions have been in terms of getting together characters to use in this big four player game at 500 points!

We're already thinking this one is going to be a fight worthy of a season finale.

We catch up with Justin as he is moving towards the end game of his scenario, being played out in the Mall by 4Ground.

It seems like Rick might have to stand his ground alone as Carl gets into a bit of bother. Gorram it Carl!

Jochen is going to be eating away at some brains throughout the Boot Camp we reckon!

Who do you think made the best Walker so far?

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We find out how the game has been going between 4Ground and Beasts Of War. There's plenty of tactical choices being made that are sound...and some more questionable.

Either way we'll find out how it's going and get back to the tabletop!

Richard gets in some more games and starts enjoying it so much he thinks its about time he embraced the full Walker lifestyle look...

We're finding out more about how it's going as we delve into how the game continues.

Follow along and let us know what you folks would do in this situation!

Warren has been able to get in a game and it's a proper three way...yes, we know...

Find out how things have been panning out and we'll see if we can catch up later!

Some folks have been tinkering away on painting models and a few were lucky enough to get a handful done before the event.

Here's just a sneak peek but we'll make sure to find more soon too!

We run through what comes as part of the 4Ground Mall that you could win by commenting on the Live Blog and individual posts throughout!

Another Bootcamper gets turned into one of The Walking Dead.

Can you tell we've had a little bit of fun with this yet?

We come to the end of Warren's game and find out how it went as he faced off against Gerry and Peter...

There was some plenty of fun to be had but we'll let Warren tell you more!

As you might be able to tell from the images Beasts Of War managed to win once again!

Some great stuff happened when Negan bit the dust but this proved that you can play The Walking Dead: All Out War on a grander scale.

Volker, one of our Boot Camp members, was curious about what it was like as a walker...so he got bit and here are the results!

We catch up with Rich, one of our Boot Camp members, who actually supplied us with a few pieces of terrain to use in our games.

Not only do we have some Winnebago but a rather epic truck cabin too.

We find out how Tim (one of our resident tech heads) and Andrew have been getting on with their game of The Walking Dead: All Out War...

We're seeing more gaming continue as we head into the evening. Games are starting to turn into multiplayer adventures too showing off the game a bit more.

Do you think you've been convinced on whether or not to pick up The Walking Dead: All Out War?

It rhymes so it must be true!

I think we've got enough of these to constitute a proper horde now!

We talk through some of the simple homebrew rules you might want to use when playing The Walking Dead: All Out War.

One of them is the ability to use some cars that are on the tabletop. So, let's see if we can get these babies going...

We chat more with Warren, Gerry, Joe and Peter as we go through whether or not the vehicle rules worked and how far that car got.

We also find out about quite the underestimated victor too!

Rounding off one of our final versus games of the evening we see how the game went between Tim & Andrew.

The stories they all get to tell once the games are over make for interesting conversation!

We're looking ahead to more later on tonight with a participation game so watch this space!

We're back with some more food right now as the Survivors get to stock up before we get stuck into a few more games later on tonight...

Ronnie and Rob have shown off some of the awesome upcoming Walkers which will be included as part of the range for The Walking Dead: All Out War by Mantic Games.

Many of these were not part of the Kickstarter and will be included for those who want to extend their collection via retailers over the next few weeks.

We're getting stuck into the Participation Game proper and that means we get a briefing from Rob as to what the Survivors have to do.

It's gonna get strange rather soon we reckon!

Things are all going a bit wild right now but it seems like people are ready to get stuck in and start doing wild things.

There have been a few moments where they've been battling zombies, some wild attempts at bribery of those refereeing the game and a bit more beside.

Sophia has managed to find herself a gun and some gory clothing though so everything is good for at least one survivor!

We rejoin Rob quickly to see how things are going within the Chaos.

Negan is making a name for himself although there are a few times where people have got into melee. Guns seem to be the name of the game right now.

Who is going to get a hold of the keys and the fuel?

While the game is going on we grabbed Ronnie for a few minutes and got chatting about the Boot Camp and how we've enjoyed it!

Don't worry, more participation game IS coming...

Justin, since he's filming, has decided to try and sneak in his own personal piece of kit onto the battlefield.

I wonder how Ronnie is going to respond to that? On top of that there's utter chaos breaking out across the board.

Ronnie Renton is a pinnacle of gaming excellence and would never use his powers for evil...or would he?

Let's see how he behaves as a GM during this particular phase of the game.

With all of this undead mayhem happening it makes sense that one of us got turned into a Walker!

Sometimes in the heat of madness our GMs forget what's going on...or entirely misconstrued the outcome of dice.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to see a sad Ronnie Renton? It's also safe to say you should NEVER diss your GM.

It looks like Dawn, controlling Negan, has managed to find the keys and now he just has to make it to the chopper and escape with the gas too.

It seems somewhat apt that there is utter chaos erupting and the GM's are using their powers for both good and evil.

We stop in with Ronnie again and see how his swings in mood are changing the fates of the survivors!

It's time to see just how catastrophic a molotov is going to be against waves and waves of Walkers coming the Survivors way.

We do like the smell of burning walkers in the morning...well, late night.

Clambering atop the tractor Abraham has managed to snap up the fuel and will be trying to make it to the chopper without getting smashed up by Negan!

Will he be able to make it?

Negan decides to smash in a few heads and then make his way towards the climb and the Helicopter at the top!

With Carl dying...that has to earn a code for some goodies from Mantic Games.

When you think about it, it was destined to happen!

We get stuck into some more giveaway goodness and hand out more codes as people start to die left, right and centre.

It's time to see how the goodies are being given out and what the state of play is right now...

And that is the end of that! We're going to call it for the night and a mid-season break.

How will the climax turn out? We may come back to this in the morning!