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September 25, 2021 at 9:49 pm #1682779

limburger

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saturday … time to watch Doctor Who (BBC Entertainment) and of course none of the things I wanted to do got done.
I did get distracted by the mantic website, because I just had to see what Deadzone 3 is going to be like.

Must admit that I’m not blown away by the minis, but I am starting to like the rules and overall gameplay mechanics.
I can see why the guys thought it can compete with Killzone.

The problem I see with that is looks matter more than people are willing to admit.
GW’s products always look good. They may be expensive, but they look the part and you know what you’re getting.
Mantic really aren’t on the same level.
Part of that appears to be a design feature as the ‘line of sight’ mechanics in their previous versions forced them to give all units the same sort of pose …
The re-designed rules appear to fix this, which may mean we get more dynamic looking minis in the future.

So yeah … instead of finally getting some time to focus on one of my many projects that I have in my head I find myself tempted by new shiny. Probably could limit the ‘damage’ by using proxies (the Ork commando’s may make suitable replacements for DZ Mauraders), but no matter what I do there’s one more project idea that can go into my backlog.

I really need to find a way to focus my hobby energy and stop it from evaporating as I get distracted by new shiny or delays in delivery.