FPS on the Tabletop: The Halo Flashpoint Review

Peter talks about the new Halo: Flashpoint game from Mantic - including showing you the miniatures painted!

I've done 11 Deadzone videos, here are just a few:

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[sitrucsimian]

Time to download your halo and bellboy reference sheets. Your a gaming lifesaver.

[peterixon]

Pete, as usual, you don't just deliver a great review, you go give us game assistance products that make playing easier. Thanks mate. Your efforts are much appreciated. Good job painting them so quickly too. Nice components with th game and I do like the insert. Interesting the change to 'survive test'. Something else caught my ear; 'crouch' in Deadzone works similar to 'avoid' in Test of Honour.

[brence]

This seems like an easy enough IP for non-tabletoppers to get into while the FPS feel (picking up upgrades, weapons spawning etc.) is different enough from say games like Killteam and the likes. Especially when you look at the Halo IP and what could be done with it.

[ERBarratt]

Great video. I've played it (a lot) already and it's right up there with Deadzone which is amazing by itself. Captures the feel of multiplayer brilliantly and the models are proper chunky bois.

[mordecaitoth]

I'm super excited to get my hands on the Spartan edition. The Oddball scenario looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and making reference cards!

[iceniwargames]

having played this a couple of times 100% agree on the lack of reference sheets, will try yours out next play.

[chickbowdrie]

They’re called Spartans :-) Thanks for the rules references!

[MikeysPropshop]

Mantic games make great games and have good components. I like their Hellboy and the walking dead games.

[maxxon]

Thanks for the reference sheet, I was just looking for one…

[DarkLadyMarie]

Fun fact! They never stopped making Halo games! You should check out the RTS games that got made

[tomfreeman]

As a big Deadzone fan this game had me skeptical - would it kill the better skirmish game because of a flashy IP, but I have to say I have been proven wrong. It plays a lot differently because the Spartans are a lot harder to kill, and with respawns the game is much more focused on the objectives, like capture the flag and oddball. I played Oddball yesterday and it was tonne of fun! He dragged the oddball near his respawn point and so everytime I picked it up he respawned and stabbed me in the face. It plays different, more like a videogame multiplayer, but well designed and a lot of fun.

[tj]

Great review! I'm very interested in this game and the only skirmish game I have played is heroclix and that was over 10 years ago. I like that this is a complete game as is. It's not just a squad, terrain, and dice. You don't have to buy your team, find someone who also has a team. Then put your collection together to play a game or two. It's all in the box. I can buy this and play with someone who has never even heard of the game before. It's a really good hybrid of a typical board game and a miniatures skirmish game.

[SirJamesIGamerfuzion]

thats a nice shade of blue which contrast blue did you use ?

[eaglesfly]

Well it ties in nicely with the newish TV series.

[Sheepdog]

Great Video! Vanguard Terrain on MMF has a few sets of 3d printable terrain that fit the 3x3 squares perfectly.

[tablesaltgames]

I don’t see this holding the attention of the market outside of the older players that grew up with Halo.

[dreadknot]

Love the review but your overhead cam jiggle is giving me vertigo. :)

[CityRoastGames]

FYI - I dont think the video you linked on painting the terrain is useful for this. HF uses cardboard terrain. Not sure how it will take paint. Appreciate the video you did for DZ terrain...but I dont think it can be used in this case.

If you end up painting the cardboard....let me know. I would be interested to see how the cardboard holds up.

[logiclust]

This took 15 years too long to come out

[Nazgullk]

Soooo... its a 4 man mirror match with preassembled identical pieces for each player? I dont see this game going anywhere. At all. Just you opening the box had me bored, and the games demos Ive seen havent inspired much confidence either.

They could have done SO much with this.. and they literally did the absolute bare minimum.