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So you wanna do Warhammer 40k, huh? Read this first.

Started by Crüesader, August 13, 2016, 02:00:39 AM

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Crüesader

#45
August 28, 2016, 07:59:36 PM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;915903So you'll still need codexes, then?

I don't know.  

I mean, there's... ways you can get what you need, if you know what I'm saying.

Ratman_tf

#46
August 29, 2016, 12:28:04 AM
Kill Team lists this as part of the box set.

" a small-format softback copy of Warhammer 40,000: The Rules, providing the basic groundwork that Kill Team expands upon."

So it potentially MIGHT have a condensed section for the factions. That's speculation on my part, though, and it would probably be Kill Team focused.
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Simlasa

#47
August 29, 2016, 11:07:55 AM
Quote from: TristramEvans;915644In my area, 5150 Star Army is the rules system alternative of choice for most 40K gamers.
I like 5150 a lot, but it's a hard sell because you don't get perfect control of your army... they're likely to do things you can't foresee... which is part of what I like about those rules, and other games where command and control are real factors.

yosemitemike

#48
August 29, 2016, 07:43:45 PM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;915903So you'll still need codexes, then?

According to reviews, it comes with rules for the space marines and fire warriors that come in the box but that's all.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
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Ratman_tf

#49
August 30, 2016, 01:28:24 PM
Quote from: yosemitemike;916077According to reviews, it comes with rules for the space marines and fire warriors that come in the box but that's all.

Nevermind...
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

Spinachcat

#50
August 31, 2016, 04:29:59 AM
Quote from: K Peterson;915716How do you go recommend going about finding other players that aren't dicks, don't play just for the win and don't smell like a dumpster?

Local conventions.
FLGS game days.
Meetup groups.


Quote from: K Peterson;915716The only time I've started my own wargaming club was with some friends back in 2011. I'd picked up some discounted AT-43 minis in 2010, and was really excited about the game.

I loved AT-43!!

Buy the old stuff off those breeders and introduce new friends to the game. Its pretty easy to get people to play a new wargame if they just have to show up and you have all the bling.


Quote from: K Peterson;915716It was confusing, and rules-laden, and not what I expected at all.

I highly suggest checking out Necromunda and Mordheim.


Quote from: Crüesader;915908I mean, there's... ways you can get what you need, if you know what I'm saying.

Gas, ass or grass?

Crüesader

#51
August 31, 2016, 04:31:54 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;916341Gas, ass or grass?

More like... 'the internet is a magical place'.

K Peterson

#52
August 31, 2016, 12:28:44 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;916341I loved AT-43!!

Buy the old stuff off those breeders and introduce new friends to the game. Its pretty easy to get people to play a new wargame if they just have to show up and you have all the bling.
That's not a bad idea at all. I see them about once a year now, so perhaps the next time we meet up I can suggest taking them off their hands for a bit of cash.

QuoteI highly suggest checking out Necromunda and Mordheim.
Are those games even available any more? Would I need to trawl eBay to find copies of the boxed sets, or could I get by with buying a rulebook and then gathering some terrain and warbands piece by piece?

(Sorry to the OP if I'm dragging this thread off-course. I can start another thread about this topic if it's a distraction).

yosemitemike

#53
August 31, 2016, 05:19:02 PM
I liked AT-43 too but the AT-43 scene died where I live off years ago.  I still have all my stuff.  I still have Therian, UNA and Space Russian armies for it.  Maybe I will do some demos of it.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
Another former RPGnet member permanently banned for calling out the staff there on their abdication of their responsibilities as moderators and admins and their abject surrender to the whims of the shrillest and most self-righteous members of the community.

Crüesader

#54
August 31, 2016, 06:53:07 PM
Quote from: K Peterson;916397(Sorry to the OP if I'm dragging this thread off-course. I can start another thread about this topic if it's a distraction).

No, by all means.  I'm cool with this kind of chatter.

Spinachcat

#55
September 01, 2016, 04:22:52 AM
Quote from: K Peterson;916397Are those games even available any more? Would I need to trawl eBay to find copies of the boxed sets, or could I get by with buying a rulebook and then gathering some terrain and warbands piece by piece?

I've seen rules for both online. Don't know if they have official GW PDFs for sale.

What I like about both are how you can used regular 40k figs to make warbands. You don't have to buy the specialty figs to start. Half my Mordheim players only used figs out of their Fantasy armies.

yosemitemike

#56
September 01, 2016, 06:29:31 PM
Not endorsing piracy or anything but it's trivially easy to find PDF copies of the 40k codices online.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
Another former RPGnet member permanently banned for calling out the staff there on their abdication of their responsibilities as moderators and admins and their abject surrender to the whims of the shrillest and most self-righteous members of the community.

K Peterson

#57
September 01, 2016, 06:38:58 PM
I found a pdf copy of the Mordheim rulebook online - a fan version with most of the fluff removed. Not sure of the legality of it. Will have to give it a read-through.

I'm not sure about edition, but I've always seen loads of 40k codices at Half Priced Books. Shelf-fulls at each store.

Tod13

#58
September 02, 2016, 09:30:37 AM
Quote from: K Peterson;916668I'm not sure about edition, but I've always seen loads of 40k codices at Half Priced Books. Shelf-fulls at each store.

For those of you in the States, Half Price is having a sale this weekend.

Crüesader

#59
September 05, 2016, 01:18:46 PM
Updated original post.
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