This looks really good, very useful for 40K. Lots less skulls.

I like the ramps, and the scatter terrain, and to a lesser extent, all the gubbins attached to the buildings.

However, I’m not sure on the buildings themselves; they just seem to be “slabs” that block los, and don’t seem to add say any verticality to the proceedings

That said, I’ve no idea on Deadzone’s rules, so perhaps this is an unfair criticism when looking through the scope of other games which benefit from being able to put troops on higher positions; eg: Infinity.

looks great & more adaptable to make unique terrain.

I backed this on Kickstarter so got it early and recently assembled it. Here are my thoughts.

I’m going to start with the bad, that way if you read the whole post you will still feel positive when you get to the end.

Assembling this stuff is a royal pain in the arse. The clips, that are supposed to make it modular, and presumably reconfigurable, actually make the whole process very difficult. Some of the panels are mis-cast which causes two problems; the sockets for the clips used to connect pannels are either slightly enlarged, causing clips not to stay connected, or mis-shapen causing clips not to fit at all. If you discover one of these panels and you have already connected it to another panel, the pressure required to add more clips or the work required to clean up the panel means that in all likelihood the pieces you have assembled will likely come apart. It’s also very difficult to tell whether or not the sockets need and clean-up just by looking at them, you have to try a clip in them to check. Most of the clips however fit well, if a little tightly, so once you have clipped them together you will need a tool to separate them – if you pull them out by hand you will snap them. Using a tool to separate them is a sure fire way of scratching any paint work so the kits definitely aren’t re-configurable; once you have built something it pretty much has to stay that way. All in all the clips make assembling this more difficult but do not actually add any benefit. The kits would be better if they had flat surfaces and were intended to be permanently glued together. I’ve found I’ve had to glue everything together with poly cement to prevent the models from disintegrating under the pressure required to attach clips and accessories to panels.

Also, be prepared to get a box of components with no instructions. This might sound a little weird given that the intention is that it’s modular and you can build what you like and on the surface it is quite straightforward. You insert the clips into the sockets on the panels and connect panels, you will probably have a few fall apart on so you will rebuild and then glue the clips in place. Then you will decide to add some accessories such as computer terminals, pipes and security lights only to realise that these accessories are intended to be used instead of clips, the clips you just had to glue in place and now can’t separate. When the author of the article compares it to Lego, he forgets to also compare it to Buckaroo – tnis stuff will spring apart on you at the worst possible moment if you don’t glue it.

One final point. The large pipe way comes legs you can use to raise it up off the ground that don’t actually work unless you cut a lot of plastic off them. This is really a design flaw, there should be more feet so you don’t have to trim the bottom and the pieces that connect to the pipe are simply not the right shape.

Now onto the good. Assuming that you have struggled through the assembly process the final product looks great. It’s very versatile and would suit many sci-fi games such as Infinity and 40k as well as the Mantic games. You also get a lot for your money – I combined my set with an Urban District kit (which cost me £25) and the result is enough scenery to fairly densely cover a 2’x3′ area, including walkways and some fairly decent height and it is highly likely I will buy more.

They seem to have made a lot of improvement