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Going to be jumping in on this with a buddy who got in on the Kickstarter. He'll be playing a "bad guy" faction, he said, so I'll take Dorfs. I have some store credit haning about in my LGS. Is the Dwarf Battaltion box a good buy? (This is the one I'm looking at: http://www.miniaturemarket.com/kings-of-war-dwarf-battalion-85-2-wm-newarrival.html)
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Necrofamicom posted:
Are we not (short) men? I may have to give them all red hats.
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Swagger Dagger posted:I hate to totally necro this thread, but have people been getting their first shipments? Nothing is assembled. 
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Xarlaxas posted:It depends on if the models that you've not gotten yet are the ones they've not made yet, I got my rulebook, dice, and wound counters, but I won't be seeing any of my models until first-third quarter 2013 because it's all the stuff they're sculpting right now. Got my Enforcer box set in! An army of Iron Man, here I come!
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Is this where we can talk about Dreadball? I'd like to see some other people's opinions on that.
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The extra teams don't come with the hex bases? Yikes.
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That's a real shame. It's not like Hex bases are real common in wargames, and places like Dragon Forge don't make them (yet, I guess!)
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Bought the dwarf Dreadball team, and all hex bases. Nice models, but small, even for dwarfs.
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Big Willy Style posted:Are Mantic planning on replacing a heap of their plastics and metals? They have so much stuff on special in their discontinued section of the online store. Something's changing with the new Kings of War, I just can't tell what.
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Cross posting as it's relevant, but Mantic's new kickstarter is up for Deadzone. Any interested in Warpath but not such a big level should get in on it.
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Thundercloud posted:Dead Zone kickstarter has now beaten $500,000 and the strike ($150 level) pledge nets you between 58 and 66 models plus seven scenery sprues and a deluxe 2 by 2 mat. Amen. I've found with KoW, WP, and Dreadball that on the surfacw it looks like a GW rip, but underneath is a nice and smooth system that only mocks GW in form but not function. I recommend trying at least Dreadball out. Deadzone is a stupid good deal even if it's just for the terrain.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:I can't tell if this is childish or clever. Can't it be both?
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Anyone in here getting their copy from Mantic's event? I need an unboxing bad, baby. So looking forward to what I have been calling "Necromunda 2.0"
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Phoon posted:Pretty tempted to get a christmas crazy box for myself. Although I'd rather not have another duplicate giant. But who knows, maybe I'll get a dozer. Hopefully they have them on sale at the open day I'm tempted too, but no one out here really plays KoW, Warpath, and only a bit of Dreadball. I'm hoping deadzone makes them change!
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moths posted:Are you guys in Europe? Most people reporting shipping notices have confirmed with me that they are Brits. Haven't heard of an American or other European gamer getting a notice (to say nothing for the poor Aussies.)
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NTRabbit posted:So much for them doing it in reverse order of distance so that people in To be fair, we are not sure if Mantic is purposely treating their countrymen better or if it's UPS. A weak argument, but just trying to be kind.
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VoodooXT posted:Looks like I got my first shipping notice (and tracking number) from Mantic, though the delivery date (tomorrow) seems a little too optimistic. It seems fedex generates a tracking # based on when mantic preps your shipping label, not when it's out the door. Trust no dates until fedex's tracker says something like in tranist.
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I spent about $150 on this, and now I see that wasn't nearly enough.
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I get my poo poo ta-marrow! Yes! My wife told me I can't go into work late to wait for it.
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NTRabbit posted:So aside from the special alternate sculpts for the $400 and $500 pledges (getting both I know at least the survivor model is ks exclusive. Pre order guys get him, but a different sculpt, and you can get that via mantic points.
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), and for courier backers, are there any special characters considered rare? Are the four "kickstarter exclusives" really going to be that, and hence short in produced numbers?
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Half the marauders and one baggie of plague are assembled, a building is half done. Holy moly, there's a lot of cleaning on the figs, and getting some of the connectors to work has been Hell on my fingers.
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Woo boy. I warn you, the terrain is not as snap-together/ lego like as I thought. I tried to build a simple 2x3 1 story building Saturday. I am still on it. I can't tell if I use too many or too few connectors. They rarely fit nicely. I scrounged around and found a screwdriver bit that fits to help make the fit happier. I still like the game and don't want to say anything negative about Mantic, but jeez this has been frustrating. This has been the most trying build in my 7 years of minis gaming.
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Going to try salt weathering tonight and maybe get a game or two in I f I'm lucky.
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So, is any one playing? I took Marauders in my local group, looking to start playing New Year's Day. God drat but the Gobbo Sniper looks hilarious.
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How are you DZ dudes dealing with mass Frag weapons? Plague can bring a ton of dogs and then grenade launcher dudes and just pin the world.
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DZ is pretty complete. The box set is everything you need*. There's a theme campaign soon, I believe, and apart from boosters, other factions, scenery, and the little things like tokens, you can play almost indefinitely. God knows you'll buy new stuff once you play. Then play 4-mat games. Then sweeping campaigns. You only stop when you either die or your friends stop talking to you after a drunken brawl over Frag weapons.
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Playing a ton of DZ, and second survey due out this week! I have been trading for Marauder staters just for more dogs and snipers. 6 dogs, 2 snipers, a captain and a grunt is fun as poo poo. Does anyone want Warpath Enforcers? I got a bunch of em, and they look just like the DZ generic grunts.
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Deadleh, any truth to the rumors of making a KoW equivalent of DZ? I really think you all hit the sweet spot for people like me on DZ, and I'd love to see a fantasy slant to it.
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Hey, LumberingTroll! I'm watching the kickstarter, and I'm wondering if you would/could make Deadzone floor tiles. All we need is 3" lines in them, right?
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LumberingTroll posted:Which Kickstarter is that? Could've sworn you're running https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firebucketgames/t5-tactical-topographical-table-top-terrain-tile-c?ref=banner This KS for MDF terrain... sorry.
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Goddamn, I just ran through the survey again, I think I will be plunking down like $200.
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Winson_Paine posted:It's in cover if it is in a square with cover in it/a square designated as cover. This includes most buildings. It is in LOS cover or whatever it is called if the model is obscured. The squares are pretty binary tho, either cover or no. Pretty much. you and your opponent can determine what's "inside" beforehand, but mechaniically, if there something in it, there's cover. At first, that wierded me out. I mean, if cover's so frequent, why not make open squares get a penalty and make the cover bonus the standard, right? Then you realize Blaze Away actually hurts your saves when you're in cover, and pin those motherfuckers to the ground before you toss a frag weapon in and *boop* now they pinned or suppressed, and may in an open square! GO TIME.
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Here's a blurb on the factions and how I have come to see them played: Enforcers Very focused on taking a point and securing it. Most of your missions will revolve around securing objectives, and it's a good thing, since you have the best Survive states army wide. The basic trooper doesn't seem to do much else particularly well, but your specialists are excellent in their field. Their Sniper is the best Sniper currently in the game, the Engineer brings the frankly brutal Sentry Guns, and the Rocket Luancher Enforcer looks at a square to declares it "hosed." The Enforcer Captain is expensive, yes, but there are only two or three models that are hardier in the game. He's also one of the two best Leaders in the game. I suggest these guys if you like withstanding enemy fire, and being able to identify and pick off key models from your opponent's forces. Plague The other army in the starter, Plague are mean and vicious. Some have said that the extra random mutations can work against you, but honestly, that's why you bring a lousy 3 point Plague Hound with you. Most of your missions are Infiltrate, meaning you have to move from your deployment zone to your opponent's and off the board. This means to be successful, entrenched combat is not what you want. Many of your models are Fast, so they can quickly move about the board, and they also have access to two very solid Frag weapons, which are useful in Supressing and Pinning models so that you can sneak some infected past to score some scenario points. The Plague can be tempted to skew their lists, but if they draw missions that aren't suited to that skew, they can feel very hampered. Your Leader, the Stage 1A, is the other best leader in the game. It's a shame that he is afflicted by Slow. Granted, he will destroy anything he's in melee with, but getting him there can prove a challenge. I suggest Plague if you like playing bigger model-counts, and like being a bit sneaky and underhanded. Rebels The Rebs are by far the most varied force, but their issue is they rely on the equipment purchases a lot. Many of your missions revolve around scavenging item crates and getting that equipment off the board. Much like the Plague, they do not want to stand around for drug-out slugfest. They want to get in, get their things, and get out. This faction is a greater challenege to play, in that every move and every action matters more, as they typically don't bring the numbers the Plague can, the raw survivability the Enforcers can, or the combat prowess the Marauders can. I would hesitate letting first-time wargamers play this, mainly because the faction doesn't want to sit there and shoot back, and the ease that some of these models can get picked off can make it seem like they are very underpowered. However, Rebs offer some very interesting tactical choices, and they can bring Tetratons, which are hands down some of the beefiest, toughest, "oh crap what I am going to do about that"-iest models in the game. A solid Armor value combined with Really Tough means even AP weapons can struggle to wound them. Rebs are very rewarding to tactically-oriented people who understand discretion is sometimes the better part of valor...but the rest of the time we should let a turtle punch them. Marauders Marauders are a really solid force. This faction is the one I have the most experience with, because once I saw Fu Dogs with chainsaws in their mouths (and sometimes bombs!) and I was sold. The Marauders are a slightly goofier force, given their armored suit with the Gun Crazy rule, but overall can really do well using Blaze Away and combined shots to coordinate attacks. In my area, the Goblin Sniper and Non-Bomb Dogs are the mascots of the force, as they have racked up some impressive kills, and the dogs turned into poster children for "why tripling sucks." Most missions are about securing one of the three objective markers, but there are a fair number of "just kill stuff" missions in there as well. I recommend Marauders for players who like the idea of Enforcers, but want something a bit more flexible.
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A goon lurker bro pointed out that Enforcers love to blaze away, too. Props to Eli on that.
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SquadronROE posted:So tempted to get into Deadzone after picking up and reading through the core rules today. Is the terrain that comes in the starter set pre painted or have decals? No to either, unfortunately. However, as a result, there are lots of places going over terrain effects right now, like hairspray weathering and the like. Frankly, I've always been of the opinion that terrain need to only look OK, not great. Great terrain is super nice, of course, but basically so long as it doesn't look like an eyesore next to a painted force, it's doing it's job.
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As soon as PP's Lock and Load is done, I am looking forward to digging Deadzone out in time for wave 2! Anyone ran a campaign yet, and any tips?
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I don't get the stuntbot for Marauders. He's just as expensive as the other striders, worse melee and ranged attack skills, same armor...the goblin stuntbot just looks strictly worse than the other factions'.
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God drat, there is going to be a third survey. Backers are just getting every opportunity to get in on the KS deals. That is, frankly, excellent. It's nice for me, who got a faction sight unseen, played a few games, and THEN figured out what I wanted from it.
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Daedleh posted:Third Deadzone survey is up! I didn't get a link to the third survey.
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