(Star) Saga of a Deadzone
Star Saga...or Mazon labs?
About 18 months ago I came across a bargain copy of Star Saga, which is a sci-fi dungeon crawler that I have had an eye on for ages. At the time I was also having some thoughts about trying Deadzone 2nd edition out as I kept hearing it was a good refinement on the 1st edition which I basically demoed but never got around to buying into.
I had also heard that all of the minis in Star Saga now had rules for Deadzone and that the enemy minions & bosses formed a playable Mazon Labs list. Great, I thought, this is an easy entry point and a complete board game too!
So naturally I bought it, read the rules then put it in a cupboard because it was 2020 and I had no prospect of actually getting it to a table.
But now Deadzone 3rd edition is out, I have met some local players and tournaments are coming back! Hell yeah, let’s paint this!
The blue minis on the left are the heroes and not part of Mazon labs. I'll be doing them last.
that’s nice … I think I’ve got Star Saga somewhere in my pile of opportunity.
I had totally forgotten that Mazon Labs was in there, which means I’ve got a potential 3rd army for Deadzone.
Star Saga is a really fun game in and of itself, but the fact that it (and indeed all of the expansions) comes with enough miniatures to also play a Deadzone faction makes it a really good purchase. The Star Saga miniatures aren’t the greatest, but they’re passable and respond quite well to speed painting methods.
I really like the character miniatures though. Despite some of the cast quality issues, they are such interesting characters
Oh yes Deadzone! The best game ever. You have chosen… wisely.