Fun and Frolics in the Deadzone

Hello fellow carbon based lifeforms and welcome to another Deadzone post! I have been playing some more solo missions in the Deadzone this week and trying out a new randomized activation for the ‘opposition’, using counters drawn from a cup. It has worked rather well at creating suspense, not knowing which enemy model will activate

Deadzone ‘Survival of the fittest’ Mission 4

I finally managed to play the last mission of my solo Deadzone campaign ‘Survival of the fittest’ recently. With the original strike team of 14 troops being whittled down to 3, brother sergeant Edwine, terminator-suited brother Bartholemu and master sniper Larkin make their way to the extraction coordinates. I found a rather cool app for

Deadzone: Survival of the fittest Part 3

Mission #3 – Slip the Noose ‘You have no choice now but to trust that your message got through. The inexorable press of the zombies is slowly closing in around your position. The only hope you now have is to punch a gap through them and escape to the extraction point. As the noose tightens,

Deadzone: Survival of the fittest Part 2

I had some time during the week to setup and play the second scenario of my solo campaign, and if I thought the first battle was nail-biting then I was certainly in for a shock second time around! Mission #2 – Beacon of hope ‘You now know what you’re up against, and the scale of

Deadzone: Survival of the Fittest

Nexus PSI solo campaign This Sunday I embarked upon a new solo campaign from the Deadzone supplement Nexus PSI. ‘Survival of the fittest’ is a single player campaign in which a strike team are cut off from command during the first wave of the plague infection. Rather than using A.I (artificial intelligence) to control the

Getting to grips with my Airbrush

Following on from my last post, I have been determined to get on with the last bits and pieces of my Deadzone terrain. The main buildings are painted and weathered so now its time to get the railings, walk-ways, connectors and scatter terrain. Last year I received a gift voucher from my father-in-law for my

Containment protocols in effect: Deadzone

I have recently been playing a lot of Deadzone by Mantic Games. I bought the first version of the boxed set last year and decided at the time to stick with the original ruleset, however, after reading the version 2 ruleset I have decided to upgrade to the new and improved version. To help me