GMG Reviews - Blaster VOL 5 - DEAD BY LEAD by Electi Studios

Blaster Volume 5 is out in a new format, digital and physical editions and featuring a full game each issue. Vol. 5 has DEAD BY LEAD, a complete Old West skirmish game for us to check out. Let's dive in!
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[@agrayday7816]

Alex C van Allen also did "Nightfall" a skirmish game available on Exalted Funeral

[@GaryArkham]

Really excited for a Dead By Lead let's play. I'm always interested in new cowboy miniature games. With Great Escape, Black Scorpion and WWExodus we have a ton of cool miniature to choose from.

[@NinetaleHobbies]

Excited to see this played more in depth. Been waffling on it since I saw the quick play video.

[@Kevin.Mitchell]

Yee haw! Looking forward to seeing you and Jay playing this. I've played Dead Man's Hand and What a Cowboy, always good to see a new set of rules to add into the mix.

[@marekjurko4548]

After reading through it, I have to say that a year or two ago I would be completely enamored with it. Good, concise and elegant game with no weird weird west steampunk stuff (which I personally hate with a burning passion)? And plenty of flavor and involved campaign and... That all sounds great. But now, after seeing how spotting and activation mechanisms of What a Cowboy! changed my expectations of skirmish wargames, I even doubt it'll make it to the table. I don't think there's a turning back.

[@rutherfordappraisal258]

Looks over at box of western Zombicide with all add-ons and stretch goals. Looks back over at video. Steeples fingers ala Montgomery Burns, “excellent.”

[@rutherfordappraisal258]

Oh wait, I also have both of the base boxes for Shadows of Brimstone kicking around here somewhere as well.

[@kaldorf]

A periodic indie gaming magazine sounds great. Also this is the second Weatern style game Inhave stumbled onto within 24 hours. Blackwater Glutch was the other. Mini agnostic is my favorite two word adjective. Thanks for introducing me to Blasted.

[@KrisHyre]

Glad to see Blaster is back, but I have to admit I miss the anthology format. I liked picking them up for content for games I was interested in already, and getting exposed to stuff I probably wouldn't have seen otherwise. As I'm not really into Old West games, I'm probably gonna skip #5, but I'll keep an eye on the later issues.

[@SamBalducci]

I am using my miniatures from Shadows of Brimestone boardgame. THe game is fun can't wait to see your playthough videos.

[@mjinoz1677]

My copy is sitting next to me ready to read, so this was well timed!! It sounds absolutely fantastic, and I always love some Wild West campaign action (all the moreso with Jay involved and his incredible names! 😂). Definitely keen to see a let’s play and the campaign soon!!

[@worlds-in-conflict]

TIME FOR A WHUPPIN' BOY!

[@euansmith3699]

This looks like a neat product. Next Issue; THE Gav Thorpe and Andy Chambers 😲😄

[@chetchisholm9313]

Very cool. The injury system reminds me of Escape from Tarkov. You finish a round and escape in that game and your arms are broken, you're bleeding from your stomach and you're half starved.

[@ghostwood9174]

This looks so dope. Looking forward to the Let’s Play.

[@mevl4822]

Great video, this game looks fun.

[@JC-gv6sq]

That's awesome that Blaster is still being made, I'll need to pickup the newest issue and look into getting the future releases.

[@thomaswilliams5005]

I am looking forward to the game play video on this one.

[@Riven.illhook]

I have loved playing this game. Can't wait to see your playthrough!

[@tommyglisten6501]

This game looks so fun!

[@Hundmathr]

Sweet a new old west game. Long live the new Blaster.

[@Wildboy789789]

YES

[@cityonahillterrain]

Gonna use zombicide undead or alive minis for this

[@bartdevuyst]

Looking forward to a playthrough. This is a lovely system!

[@allenforbes8108]

Came here looking for a Gaslands update to their Blaster book, got the theme from SyFy's "Alice", the one where they call the sheriff "tinman" and AMC's Dan Fogerty (autocorrect) cop shows. Arsenal? Isn't that a video game of the same theme? *Don Knotts...and this why autocorrect is bad.

[@thatblastedsamophlange]

Looks like an interesting game - as someone trying to make a game, I think this is a very good resource, and maybe in the near future, I'll be able to do a submission!

[@jakec5550]

Arrgh!!! I am missing Volume 3 and 4. I can't find them on drive thru. I meant to grab them (I have 1 and 2) but, didn't get around to it. Great vid. Looking forward to picking this one up.

[@SciFiPorkChop28]

you can't buy them anymore... missed the boat sadly ... something weird happened with licensing?... it's sort of unclear and I feel like there was not enough "hey, this is HAPPENING" and you should get the old issues asap if you want them... or at least i never saw that info. Womp womp.

[@TheByteknight]

No solo/coop rules it looks like and no logical ending to a campaign. If it's just you and one or two of your buddies, it will be just you and your buddy's gang fighting over and over.

[@agrayday7816]

Thanks Ash! Are the old issues of Blaster Available in Print somewhere, or will they be available on POD?

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

They’ve been retired as the ownership of the title is fully Greg’s now, so the old content needs to be split up to be made available again. I’m looking at how that would work for the future for my parts!

[@KrisHyre]

@@GuerrillaMiniatureGames oh this reminds me, did you ever come out with an "Age of Iron" timeline for Last Days, or are you aware of a decent fanmade one? I've been thinking of adjusting the Old West timeline from Blaster #1 to go back further, but didn't want to reinvent the wheel if someone already did the effort writing and playtesting one.

[@marccaron6008]

WOW!

[@xenoserum]

Do you know if there are psyical copies avilable in the UK? digital is awesome but love having hard copies of stuff.

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

You should be able to get any of these shipped to you from drive thru

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

@@SciFiPorkChop28 You should just be able to go to either site and get it. My link is just for whatever one my browser is natively redirecting me to.

[@SciFiPorkChop28]

"any of these" or just Issue 5? I didn't think Issues 1-4 were available anywhere anymore... @@GuerrillaMiniatureGames

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

@@SciFiPorkChop28 They have been retired.

[@lincolnwargamer7582]

is there much difference between this and Dead Man's Hand or the GW Old West Game?

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

Combat is a lot crunchier would be the first thing I’d say!

[@ancientmerlin8684]

Can I still get the expansion packs for the last days??

[@NikiGothBunneh]

I also would like to know if we can get the content still?

[@GuerrillaMiniatureGames]

I’m looking into how that will resurface now that Blaster 1-4 are retired

[@ancientmerlin8684]

@@GuerrillaMiniatureGames maybe do it as it's oun stand lonely book

[@bludragon77]

Why playing cards that’s , there should just be a rule or universal modifer. It adds another complexity that is not needed.

[@Vorpal_Wit]

If I'm being honest, I was very disappointed to get Blaster 5 and find that pretty much entire issue was dedicated to a single, needlessly complicated, sub-par western rule-set - a genre that I literally have a dozen other rule-sets for. I cherish the first 4 Blaster issues. The end to that run came too quickly.