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I'll take Deadzone-lite with a Halo reskin, sign me up. It's funny seeing this called "Deadzone from Wish", considering Deadzone v1 Enforcers were just cheap Spartan/Iron Man knockoffs. This looks a lot better than I had feared. And I'm perfectly happy with them being PVC, Mantic has imrpved their PVC figures tremendously. The PVC Dungeon Saga Origins figures were excellent, almost as good as CMON figs

I'm certainly not the ravening Halo Fanboi that I was 10 years ago, but it remains one of my favorite settings. Also, I'm SUPER happy that it isn't focused on Master Chief, I'm kind of tired of him at this point. Spartan fireteams vs other Spartan fireteams vs Elites fireteams is perfect

Oh man, that looks brilliant. I'm still very curious about the scale (Can I use Spartans with my Mantic Enforcers, now? Please?) but given that this is a Deadzone type game, that's almost an auto-buy. The BolS article claims they're "similar" to Deadzone scale, so that's encouraging! Hmm, but what is Spartan vs. Recon edition?

I agree that Deadzone is one of the best, if not the best, skirmish out there.

I would be tempted to play a Deadzone Halo game, if the entry point was the right size and price.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
I would be tempted to play a Deadzone Halo game, if the entry point was the right size and price.

I love Deadzone, but this, with the flatpack card terrain will make transport for a game round a mate's house much easier. I just hope they keep the price of both boxes well under the £100 mark.

 kodos wrote:

Thanks for posting that. I don't know why it never occurred to me but I really wasn't expecting them to make a skirmish game that mimics the vs multiplayer modes of Halo as opposed to a small scale skirmish from the story mode. My days of playing Halo both on the xbox as well as tabletop are likely over with but I wish them good fortune in the wars to come!

this might be part of the license as well to limit them to certain parts of the current games


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Website with pre-orders is online
https://haloflashpoint.com/

Seems really good value given it's a licensed game. Hoping this will serve as a good gateway game for mates who are in to board gaming but not wargaming, with the deadzone cube measurement and the Halo trappings on top.

 kodos wrote:
this might be part of the license as well to limit them to certain parts of the current games


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Website with pre-orders is online
https://haloflashpoint.com/

Are others able to get the link to work? I'm not, I get a 'privacy error' that I'm unable to click through...

 pancakeonions wrote:

 kodos wrote:
this might be part of the license as well to limit them to certain parts of the current games


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Website with pre-orders is online
https://haloflashpoint.com/

Are others able to get the link to work? I'm not, I get a 'privacy error' that I'm unable to click through...

It worked for me when i just tried it.

Can anyone at Adepticon please tell me if Halo is available for sale there? I'm contemplating getting it and would love to pick it up tomorrow if I can... thanks!

GoodOleBoy wrote:
Can anyone at Adepticon please tell me if Halo is available for sale there? I'm contemplating getting it and would love to pick it up tomorrow if I can... thanks!

It's available to play, but is not on sale. It goes on sale later this year.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
I would be tempted to play a Deadzone Halo game, if the entry point was the right size and price.

I love Deadzone, but this, with the flatpack card terrain will make transport for a game round a mate's house much easier. I just hope they keep the price of both boxes well under the £100 mark.

You're sort of in luck mate -

Recon - £60

Spartan - £100

Deluxe Terrain - £80.00 (just repackaged hard plastic Deadzone tiles)

Get your 20% off 3rd party retailers, sorted.

 mattjgilbert wrote:

GoodOleBoy wrote:
Can anyone at Adepticon please tell me if Halo is available for sale there? I'm contemplating getting it and would love to pick it up tomorrow if I can... thanks!

It's available to play, but is not on sale. It goes on sale later this year.

Thank you!!!

Good word of mouth/buzz around Halo, and strong demos have done wonders for Deadzone interest locally too.

I have a few locals asking for DZ demos in anticipation of Halo specifically, and several already jumped on preorders as well.

As I kind of figured, this game succeeding is going to likewise raise DZ's standing, visibility, and hopefully support, which I love!

 Tabletop_Magpie wrote:


Deluxe Terrain - £80.00 (just repackaged hard plastic Deadzone tiles)

DZ stuff mixed with new Halo specific tiles and features.

Oh man... I just realized DZ Plague rules would make for an EASY Flood faction as Halo expands. Yummy!

The more thought I give it, the more I love the idea of Halo and Deadzone being sibling games!

Yea, I will definitely be picking up lots of figures, factions. Plenty of cross pollination opportunities!


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 Original Timmy wrote:

 pancakeonions wrote:

 kodos wrote:
this might be part of the license as well to limit them to certain parts of the current games


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Website with pre-orders is online
https://haloflashpoint.com/

Are others able to get the link to work? I'm not, I get a 'privacy error' that I'm unable to click through...

It worked for me when i just tried it.

Works now, something got fixed (or maybe just a weird quirk with my computer)

Hmmm, Plague as Flood you say...

Since these are straight up DZ3 stats the crossover potential is significant, even if it's completely unofficial. I do love the idea of a Spartan fireteam taking down a bunch of Veermyn or Marauders.

And I know I said I'm kinda sick of Master Chief at this point, but that promo image for the paint set is amazing!

 Kalamadea wrote:
Hmmm, Plague as Flood you say...

Since these are straight up DZ3 stats the crossover potential is significant, even if it's completely unofficial. I do love the idea of a Spartan fireteam taking down a bunch of Veermyn or Marauders.

I've been thinking about this a lot, and the sole trick will be figuring out how Matt and Co value shields/respawning as it pertains to point costs. Once it is out, if we can reverse engineer that, you'll be able to properly cross-over both games!

gameplay demo

Oh why did it have to be that channel. :-p I know beggars can't be choosers, and that Deadzone only has a few content creators... but I REALLY dislike "Coach" and as a result, half of that channels content.

I'm eagerly awaiting a proper full game played and recorded by Mantic, as their Epic Warpath stuff was awesome during the Kickstarter.

Sorry if I've missed this, but are these Halo miniatures going to be 28mm/32mm scale, or something else?

 Malika2 wrote:
Sorry if I've missed this, but are these Halo miniatures going to be 28mm/32mm scale, or something else?

So it's 28mm scale, BUT Spartans (appropriately) will be about 40mm tall as they're augmented.

I suspect the eventual UNSC soldiers/ODST etc will be closer to 28mm as they're "normal" humans.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Oh why did it have to be that channel. :-p I know beggars can't be choosers, and that Deadzone only has a few content creators... but I REALLY dislike "Coach" and as a result, half of that channels content.

I'm eagerly awaiting a proper full game played and recorded by Mantic, as their Epic Warpath stuff was awesome during the Kickstarter.

here is another one from Adepticon, the next "official" ones should come on tuesday

Thanks for the link kodos, I will start that video shortly. Tried the first video linked here since it popped up on my YouTube feed... and I couldn't make it more than 20 seconds in.

This game is definitely getting some traction in places beyond the normal board/miniature game circles (features in PC Gamer etc) and looks like a fun set of rules. Lovely looking minis too, hopefully it will do well.

 mattjgilbert wrote:

 Tabletop_Magpie wrote:


Deluxe Terrain - £80.00 (just repackaged hard plastic Deadzone tiles)

DZ stuff mixed with new Halo specific tiles and features.

Oh terrific, thanks for the correction Matt

Small heads up, but Mantic just announced that they sold through the 1000 Spartan Editions w/free Master Chief, but will honor the promotion through tomorrow. So if you do want the cool freebies you still have 24-ish hours.

Of course preorders without MC are still guaranteed through April 29th.