How To Play Deadzone, and Kick Plague Ass!
January 31, 2014 by warzan
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I think we've all missed the goodness that is Warren and James having a game of something. Now, they get to settle down and play an epic demo game of Deadzone!
So far it's looking like a fantastic box filled with sneaky tactics and great depth and scope for more. In short, this is a game you need to be picking up.
Don't forget the quick start rules!
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Definitely swinging me in the direction to get a copy!
The game looks great. I got a starter set of marauders just need to get the main game now.
Please sir. Can I have some more?
When your nose touchs the board you know that you are playing a freaking awesome game!
Man… i wish customs didn’t ruin my xMas 🙁 , hope to receive it in a few month when i leave this place -.-
This is a game that, if your not careful will slide under your radar. And having played it, its mechanics have clicked together so smoothly you would think the universe had demanded its creation lol
Simple, deep, awesome action that I cannot wait to play again. definitely one to watch, I only hope they can scale this without destroying it!
Hey Warren, I bumped into you in the elevator at last years gamesday, I was the idiot who just said hi as I couldn’t remember the name of the web show that you did. Now I know so much better, and it’s so much more than a web show. If it wasn’t for your unboxing vid I would not have ordered Deadzone, which arrived today, I’m in geek heaven thank you so much for introducing me to this awesome game, love the gameplay vid hope to see much more on this in the next few months. Thanks to GW I’m… Read more »
James got some stuff wrong – it’s +2 dice for a clear shot and the HMG stage 3 was in cover against that first shot as he was at a higher level than the shooter
If that’s all I got wrong: yay!
Not sure, I stopped watching after that point! Nothing personal, just didn’t have an hour free to watch the whole thing!
By the way, please make a Deadzone Training Camp Series!
So good, I’ve been waiting for this one.
Great demo guys! Warren rolls like a fiend again!!
I have been waiting for this, my copy of the game is on it’s way, I don’t think the game needs to be on a bigger scale as that’s the whole point, keep it a skirmish game with more models.
One of 40k’s problems is the ever increasing amount of rules, everything about this game looks awesome.
When I say scale, I just mean MORE TABLE and MORE AWESOME TERRAIN – shouting to ensure mantic hear me 😉
Have to try it on 4 mats …
Since Warpath had some trouble because they tried to reuse the rules from KoW, with a few meaningful changes, i think it will be great they used Deadzone rules for big battles but adding movement since there will be no squares. Please no unit coherency or stuff like that, is a sci-fi almost all factions have ways to communicate everything remotely in short distance ( yep, Plague = Pheromones ).
So J&J (+ testers) created the best game of all times ? 😀
great demo.
I’m afraid the true LoS kills it for me but the game has a very good look. I have no doubt this one will pull more than a few people into the hobby.
The LoS rules work brilliantly. You’re never left arguing whether one mini has LoS to another. Either the mini is in a cover cube or he is not, and either all of the mini can be seen (including the base) or it cannot. Incredibly simple, incredibly effective, incredibly tactical. Which is pretty much the designer’s signature.
Yeah, one of the big problmes with Necromunda was constant arguments of LoS. If the person you were playing against was a bit of a James Blunt, you might end up arguing over every single shot. It sometimes felt like the nastiest gamer could win the game, simply by arguing the game to death. I look forward to seeing the LoS rules in action.
That’s where the laser pointer comes in handy.
I’d really recommend you give it a go before you write it off 🙂
I’m always willing to demo a game, but I’m not rushing out to buy a copy until I try it myself. True LOS tends to be a game mechanic that I don’t get along with but I can see how spraying down a cube could be a strong substitute when LOS to a model is disputed. In my experience, abstract LOS rules lead to cleaner interactions and fewer arguments.
I just started painting my Marauder figs, I’ve only had one game, but so far I’m loving Deadzone and hope to see great things from it!
Looks pretty interesting, different from what I imagined it’d be like, though not in a bad way. Planning to try out some of the Deadzone stuff in my upcoming hobby purchases so I was wondering, with the plans for more Deadzone content and all, if it were perhaps possible we might see some painting tutorials for Deadzone? Or are there already some good ones somewhere? Perhaos from Mantic theirselves? Specifically I’m interested in how to paint the Enforcers to look like the official ones, I’d like to get that sme white and clean looking style to mine but I’m not… Read more »
Great Video guys, loved it.
As I’ve been saying since I bought this thing at Christmas, best game I’ve played for a long time.
£54 for that box is probably the best value in miniature gaming right now, not as much stuff as Open Fire or Dropzone Commander starters, but I’m sure there are more hours of gameplay in the box contents by themselves than anything else.
Enjoyed the video so much I ordered Deadzone and Dreadball today. Need to find someone to play them with now 🙂
I backed Deadzone on Kickstarter because of the rule and mechanical simplicity, but with tactical depth and that terrain – this demo game was on what some refer to as a paintball set-up whereas others prefer to go the whole hog. Yet another wonderful video demo – James is marvellous, Warren is most entertaining and enthusiastic, and about the only thing missing was the combat-cam that was used with Bolt Action and Dropzone Commander – get that into the next game guys. Two other points: via the KS, and since then, Mantic and Jake Thornton involved THOUSANDS of people in… Read more »
Aww, you ain’t so bad yourself 😉
I backed the kickstarter and am gluing as we speak, and now the second survey has just come out!
this game deserves a spot in the limelight as a great game in its own right, because the people I show it too just seem to say ‘wow the game looks great! I must buy the terrain for infinity’
@warzan you missed out the “All of the above” in the vote 😉
Now what to get in the 2nd survey … more, more, MORE!
Deadzone is the game of the year without a doubt. Amazing stuff – thanks for the vid!
Mantic should have Jake do Warpath 3.0, this guy designs great fun games.
^THIS
Great video guys! I second the call for a training academy series like you have done with DreadBall (which I hope will continue). Let’s see a full game next time out, with sneaky mission cam to boot!
I would like to see a more in depth video series that tells you more of the special rules and how they interact with the game, the mission cards and the sneakiness of counting points. I received my copy of Deadzone and have enjoyed playing around with the models and the terrain. I have a small gripe about the connectors for the terrain, but other than that I can see this being a run away success for a game for its models, rules and the terrain. I can’t wait to see what comes out in the future. I have my… Read more »
You buggers are ruining my bank account. Was um’ing and ah’ing about the collectors edition, now I have to buy it.
This game looks so much fun to play. Now, I’m a big fan of the 40k setting but not the 40k rules. There are already people out there developing unofficial “Deadzone 40k” so I am very tempted to pick up a box and give it a try.
I went in on the kickstarter, sad to admit I haven’t had a chance to get it out yet though. I’m really waiting for my Iron Father stuff later this spring to get all hyped up about the game. Everything in the game as far as components, minis, etc. etc. is really nice. Certainly a great value for your money (even the non KS versions). My only remaining concern is the “grid” thing about the game. I worry that its going to be a perma-board game and not so much a traditional tabletop minis game. I wish they’d just make… Read more »
You don’t need them to write any special rules, if you don’t want to use a grid (and to be honest, there is no reason not to) just use a tape, 1 cube = 3″ that’s all you need to do.
As i’ve said at every opportunity, a 4 turn demo game of this game has got me counting the days until i get paid and get buy my copy. me and the friend i played it with INSTANTLY fell in love with this and dreadball, in less than 2 hours we had decided what teams and forces we wanted and which we were getting first.
This is one of maybe two or three games where the ruleset has been one of the things that excited me rather than just the miniatures.