Deadzone

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Mantic games are doing a kickstarter on a new skirmish game. Scifi and with zombies! A planet is infected with the plague and people turns into zombiemonsters with a thirst for blood. Well...I am a backer!

The apha rules are out which means anubody can be a playtester and give their views on the game control. Thus helping making it into a game for gamers made by gamers. That is pretty cool in my book! They have already made their goal and seceral stretchgoals as well. Which means loads of free stuff in the package!

So I decided to make a board so we could test the rules and get on with it. It is set up in squares meaning you will not need a measuretape when playing. Also exploding dice! If you roll an 8 (on an 8 sided dice which they use for this game) you can roll another die! It is about getting a certain number that counts as a succes often compared to how many success your opponent gets. 

 Enough talk....Here is my work so far:

Lone my girlfriend helped me make the ground for this. She is quite artistic and I love how this turned out!

These are made with Necromunda plastic bulk heads and thick card. They do ofcourse need a bit of paint. Thinking of doing the rust effect on the bulkheads like the 2 barricades also in the pictures here. They are from Ramshackle games.

Now to find some miniatures that can be used for the PLAGUE (zombiemonster) and the ENFORCERS (human special team).

Back to DEAR DIARY

This was like living in a prison. The city. 5 years had gone by and we managed to stay alive. Rumours are plentifull about what is "outside" in the wasteland as it is known now. Zombies still roam, gangs, cannibals and mutants. So it may sound weird that Chloe and I had decided to try our luck outside of the walls. Well if you have lived under tyranny and opression then you would know what we felt!

We prepared for a long time for this. Learning survival and growing the land. Chloe managed to get hold of different seeds. I got hold of a waterpurifier. And I had access to guns. Our target was the inn that we had holed up in before coming to the city. So it was...That we set of together with a group going to another city. After we parted ways with them we were actually surprised of how peacefull it seemed. No zombies trying to jump us. No Mad Max biker gangs chasing us. Sun, good weather (that was kind of weird here in England) and our hopes were getting up.

That was when we heard the gunshots!

We had the advantage of being up on a hill. As we came closer we could see it was  what looked like 2 gangs facing of. I remembered having seen one of them when we were at the highway 5 years ago. They had taken something from an ambulance and droven of again. This time it looked like they had left their bikes behind.  Chloe spotted the zombies in the middle, it seemed they had a ....snack. Might be one of the former gangers.

So...Gangs...And zombies..... Well it was too late turning back now. But we were not getting into this fight. Let them handle it!

It seemed they were both trying to take the zombies out, but as soon as some of them had gone down they started to shoot at each other. And shooting rather poorly I might add. Just when they began moving closer to each other the gunfire had attracted several other zombies! Thankfully not near us!!

3 groups of deadheads had appeared. One of them really close to what I take to be the leader of the other gang. (That might be the Daisies) We could not warn him, being that we were too far away and also would have gotten the unwanted attention of everybody!

The gangers had trouble with their firearms. It looked like they jammed a lot! And there were now a lot more zombies coming!  A group appeared in the middle but that was taken care of rather quickly! Though the ones from behind...Still came on!

And then it became close! At the last second The Daisies noticed the problem and began blazing away! Felling all but one...That almost raced into close combat with their leader! Could not see clearly but it looked more like a brawl...When suddenly he managed to get his gun under the chin of the zombie and pulled the trigger! We decided to get away while we could. Did not want to get entangled in that mess down there.

We still heard some shots being fired for a while but they were not getting closer to us and so far we had avoided the zombies as well!! What a welcome to the wastelands!

Now this was mostly in order to test the rules and tweak them a bit to fit my needs. And they do. I use Nuclear Rennaiccanse rules but bend them a little. Instead of having the zombies as one gang I paid some points in order for them to come in during the game. They needed to pass a roll of the die and then I decided randomly where they would pop up. They need to be bigger groups in order to really be a threat. My gods I rolled poorly with shooting! Oh well...Crappy marksmen!!!!   

I had intended to play more with this but time ran out on me. I then left the table to play the next evening. Obviously one of my pugs decided he wanted to join! Lone (my girl) told me that he had jumped up on one of the chairs and then proceeded to knock the miniatures and terrain about! Not chewing on anything just making a bit of a mess!!!

I was one of the playtesters for Nuclear Ren. and yet I still needed to check up on some of the rules. It is a fun game and gives you a bit more freedom in the games. Rules for riding a bike, car, ramming your car into another car or another person...Yes those rules are covered as well!

This was a good start to this next part of my Gravesend zombie campaign.

Good news and sad news

These are leopard geckoes. Male in front and female at the back. At the time of this photo being taken both were shedding skin. Sadly my female have passed away. She got to be past 11 years, I am not entirely sure of her age but I have had her for 10 years. Well time and life goes by, you better enjoy the moment before it is gone. 

Now on to some better news. I have read up on the rules for Nuclear reannaicanse made by Ramshackle Games of which I have been a playtester. It is a post apocalyptic gameand have recently expanded so they now have zombies as well! That would fit me quite well for my new adventurers. To get back in the game style I decided to make 2 parties with no vehichles to clash in the wasteland. Took me no time to think of who they would be... The Bacon Buttys VS The Daisies. These are the two biker gangs from Gravesend.  Really easy to make characters for them as you can buy them abilities as well as equipment. Oh and the zombies.....They can be made a bit special as well. Paying a bit more points you can make them appear at random in the game! Brilliant! When you injure them....The get a bit slower but keeps on coming! Hard to take down!

Here is the battlefield. Oh....Please do not mind the TV remote! That will not be part of the terrain! Not sure about the red porche, it might be taken off too....

Oh you thought you were getting the battle report now? Mwahahahaahah!!!! The sun has finally come to Denmark so I am using some time in our garden and enjoying the D-vitamin from the sun! But rest assured that the next blogpost WILL be the battle report!

Yeah I am a tease...:And you bloody like it! ;-)

A new beginning....

As you know I will try to advance my zombie gaming a bit and put it in an apocalyptic setting. And I think I have the background story for it now. Chloe and Johnny will still be my main characters. Here is what has happened.

The zombie apocalypse was devastating and it has not been controlled or stopped, no matter what others tell you! Some cities managed to hold out and have fortified themselves. (Think in the ways of Land of the dead) Most land and cities are without laws and almost a deathsentence to be alone in. That does not stop some people doing it. Gangs roam in what is called the wastelands. (Mad Max) and as mentioned some cities still hold out, so does some military installations. Most have gone freelance. Several secret cities have shown themselves. ONLY for the rich and powerfull to find a haven. These are called Diamond cities and are all below ground. Some small communities have survived in the wastelands.

So taking the story from the last battle report.... The party went to the hospital only to see a convoy of black trucks driving away. Not only was it devastated but they found out that the hospital had another section underground. Looked to be laboratory of some kind but everything had been taken away... They stayed at the inn for about a month. Zombie attacks were getting worse so they took of to one of the fortified cities. And stayed for 5 years. Johnny worked as watchman at the edge of the city as he was a marksman. Cosmo the pug did of old age. Ross went his own way in the city. So why did they not stay there? More strict than the old DDR republic. Just enough to live by but nothing else. Hard laws and people were kept in tight reins. If you complained...You disapeared. Riots....Were met by bullets.

How bad could it be outside the walls? Most of the news are sure to be propaganda. Nuclear stations blown up, zombies, mutants and cannibals being the only things moving outside of the city. No electricity or clean water anywhere.

Time to return to Gravesend.........

New survivors

Through a friend of mine I got hold of these Necromunda Orlocks. When the game first came out I was a fierce Orlock! Sadly I sold my guys when new games appeared. Quite happy to get hold of these guys again. Though they look decent the paint is chipped in several places. They will need to be stripped and repainted. They may bcome members of BBC or The Daysies? Who knows? They are great models that will serve as survivors in the zombie apocalypse for sure!

I think I might do another battle report. Been a while. But the crew will be located forwards in time. A bit more post apocalyptic. Not plain desert and rocks! But some 10 years after power went out. Now that could be interresting. 

We had a bit of a rumble in my club. A game of warhammer 40.000 with 5000 points on each side. I took my Spacemarine chapter and teamed up with Dark Angels and Dark Eldar against Orkses. Fun game though my side lost the mission.

 

Part of my Spacemarine force.

And here is an aerial view of the gaming table. 

There are still elements held in reserve at this point.

And my two adorable lazy pugs!!!! 

Have a nice weekend and take care!

Oh look! Zombies!

As you know I do play other games without zombies, but zombies are close to my heart! (Brain?) Thus it was that I brought along my Zombiecide game to a day of beer,mead and games with a couple of really good friends! And we actually won the game! I really need to paint more of the zombiecide zombies, it really looks that much better!

I am in the corner wearing red. Good gaming, good food and good friends! That resulted in me getting home at 5 the next morning!

I finally got hold of RedBoxGames zombies. Really like the twisted feel of these. So far just a single base colour and start of the flesh. Just wanted to show them of now. I also got some of the chaosknights. Not the best of casting as some of the shields are paperthin, weaponsprue neds a lot of cleaning and some models have bubbles. Oh well...Zombies were good!

There is a necromancer as well amongst these zombies. Right now he blends in with the rest. Not to worry as I plan some osl on his crystalball that he cradles in front of him. That will surely mark him out.

Some stuff from Ramshackle games that I have been working on. For use in my Post Apocalyptic games as well as my chaos armies of warhammer 40.000. Really looking forward to using these!

Zombie head beermugs and icecups!

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What is not to like about this? They will make these as icecream cups as shown above here but also as beermugs. The beermugs will hold about 1 1/2 beer in them. And the icecream cups can ofcourse hold your peanuts instead. 

And the brainshaped candles, stickers, fridgemagnets, t-shirts......

Now then...I like zombies. This was a nobrainer for me to get stuck into!  They are simply great! I really like the cartoony expression on the mugs. There is an option to buy one you can paint yourself. Pretty tempted by that one too. This is a great idea in my opinion and that is why I back this project. Being a nerd and loving zombie movies, zombie games and zombie miniatures this is a must have for me.

The zombie aspect, the zombie apocalypse is riding on a big wave at the moment. Land of the walking dead tv series. It has been more acceptable now to say "I like zombies!" Though some will still reach for a gun when you say that in public. More games have arrived with zombies in them. Computer games as well as board games. This is a golden era for zombie genre lovers.

And I am loving it!