From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 14:29:55 +0100
Subject: [OT] Void - quickie review.....
Picked up a copy of the Void rules from new (ish...see below!) company i-Kore at Salute yesterday, and have just been taking a look through it. An interesting little skirmish/small action SF set, which at first glance seems to be a mix (rule-wise) of bits from Vor, Warzone, Kryomek and Stargrunt (unsurprisingly, since Kryomek was based on Stargrunt in the first place). Alternating squad activation, individual shots but casualties randomly allocated, all D10 based. There are army lists and points values for their own lines, but no points system to rate your own figures. The background is quite detailed, though I can't comment further on it as I haven't had the time to read it. Nice colour "catalogue" pages in the middle of the rulebook, and some good colour battle shots in the inside covers. The crew behind i-Kore are largely ex-Target Games bods, but this is perhaps a bit misleading - when you actually look at the names, it is mainly The Two Johns (Robertson and Grant) and is thus much more of a third incarnation of Fantasy Forge and Grendel than it is of Target/Heartbreaker. There is a nice looking figure range attached to it all (plus a couple of resin walker vehicles and some scenic bits), with all the figures appearing to be GW size 28mm+; what's out so far include some snakelike aliens and a bunch of humans looking not dissimilar to the old Kryomek marines and penal troops (Cyclos), plus some armoured marines that I suspect may have the denizens of GW's Legal and IP Protection departments rubbing their scaly little lawyerish claws in anticipation..... ;-) I don't know how much they're charging for the rulebook, because at Salute they were giving it away free if you bought ANY item from their stall. It'll be interesting to see how this works out; The Two Johns have a long (if rather mixed) track record in the industry, and the product line has high production values, but from what I've seen many shops still have an awful lot of Fantasy Forge, Grendel, Kryomek and Target stuff gathering dust on the shelves or in the bargain bin after all this time......