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If you’re looking to bring someone in to Blood Bowl with a quicker version of the game with slightly less to think about, sevens is a good option. Each game takes about an hour at most, and the lack of rerolls means that it’s a good intro to the risk management aspect of the game.
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drat I am hype for pirate ogre and his little poo poo squad. edit: 
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Oct 30, 2021 15:19
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:drat I am hype for pirate ogre and his little poo poo squad. That monkey is going to be a sought-after model! We played what will probably be the penultimate game of our Necromunda campaign today. A Delaque gang and my Orlocks had both got fighters inside the vault during our previous game of Archaeo-Hunters. The arbitrator intended that to be us entering the vault where the Men of Iron were slumbering. So we played using the Blackstone Fortress tiles, our remaining fighters (4 for me, 2+ his 2 pets for him) both started inside, having had the opportunity to plunder archaeotech, and had to survive to escape again. The complicating factor to this was, we had to get past the arbitrator's Van Saar (7 fighters, including his Arachni-Rig Brute, plus one pet). And then his Men of Iron models (mostly epic-scale knights, and some chaos androids, and one BSF Man of Iron as the leader) started coming out of the doors placed around the tile map, and started attacking everyone. Basically my leader, who is 980 credits of lethality, stormed through the Van Saar gang single-handed. I played both my tactics cards on him, Violent-Minded and Showboating, to move into charge range, charge and take out his Arachni-Rig, then charge again into two Augmeks simultaneously and take them out as well. Gutted his force in one activation. The game continued with the Men of Iron emerging in force and swarming my other models. My leader took out the Van Saar leader as well. The Delaque player got his other fighter out, and it ended up with our two leaders both within range of the exit door. The Van Saar were all dead or fled. The Delaque leader was between my leader and the door, so after clarifying that I could consolidate off the board, I charged him, did 13 damage with my Power Fist, pulverised him and got away. Rolled his lasting injury . . . 66, killed him stone dead. Really climactic moment to end the game on, we were all astounded. As the next game will be the campaign finale (Van Saar attempt to detonate a nuke to keep the Men of Iron from over-running the hive; other gangs try to stop them) we are all looking forward to a huge punch-up.
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Oct 30, 2021 15:50
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 got a box of these for cheap, gonna use them as a Harlequin kill team proxy list. The style and builds line up pretty well 
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Oct 30, 2021 22:15
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Got the grot squad of the Kunnin' Krew done, now on to the boyz! I had a lot of fun painting the hobgrot, but the idea of doing a block of 30 of them is giving me the vapours.
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Oct 30, 2021 22:33
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Got the grot squad of the Kunnin' Krew done, now on to the boyz! These look great. I've got this ordered but GW doesn't seem like it's in any rush to ship it.
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Oct 30, 2021 22:35
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fallingdownjoe posted:If you’re looking to bring someone in to Blood Bowl with a quicker version of the game with slightly less to think about, sevens is a good option. Each game takes about an hour at most, and the lack of rerolls means that it’s a good intro to the risk management aspect of the game. How about Dungeon Bowl?
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Oct 31, 2021 08:49
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Dungeon Bowl looks really good oh my god.
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Oct 31, 2021 09:51
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:How about Dungeon Bowl? Dungeon Bowl is probably not a great place to start, to my recollection the games can take a very long time But yes it looks excellent and is without question a 10:01am preorder for me Although Dwarf and Ogre team? Good Lord no
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Oct 31, 2021 12:34
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cross postin' 10mm Trebuchet machine and crew sculpted by forest dragon. i made the base         
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How did you make the base/mini as a whole?
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Oct 31, 2021 18:20
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Crushed the hated Eyes of the Nine 2 for 2, leading Thundrik’s Profiteers to victory!
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Oct 31, 2021 18:26
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Randalor posted:How did you make the base/mini as a whole? the base is made with slots for the trebuchet and crew. just insert and gap fill!   i have a bunch of base designs for warmaster and 10mm gaming on thingiverse:https://www.thingiverse.com/porblegames/designs
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Oct 31, 2021 18:56
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Painting the eyes on warmaster figures, that's pretty insane (and awesome)
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Nebalebadingdong posted:the base is made with slots for the trebuchet and crew. just insert and gap fill! This fills me with joy
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Squibsy posted:Dungeon Bowl is probably not a great place to start, to my recollection the games can take a very long time dont forget apparently greenskin. what the gently caress
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Nov 1, 2021 09:26
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:dont forget apparently greenskin. what the gently caress They're gnoblars, it's fine. TheDiceMustRoll posted:How about Dungeon Bowl? Dungeonbowl is not a good starter for someone getting into BB - it's got rules where balls bounce off walls, multi-ball, exploding chests, teleporting, and weird mixed teams. If you want a legit, clean entry into BB, just play BB. Sevens would be better, but unless you're willing to mark up a pitch or pay almost one hundred frigging dollars for a board and Death Zone (WTF GW,) you likely already have a BB pitch and rules, so go with that.
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Nov 1, 2021 12:54
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berzerkmonkey posted:They're gnoblars, it's fine. Amazing life hack - mark up the reverse side of your main box board for 7s. I've got some fancy neoprene 7s pitches and I'm still considering this as the folding boards are so easily portable.
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I think I'm going to take a spare board and just use a white paint pen to mark a 7s pitch. Not everyone has a spare pitch, so I didn't think this idea was really worth throwing out. But yeah, I've thought about neoprene, but the hard boards are way more convenient when it comes to fitting in my dedicated BB case. Another alternative would be to print out one of the 7s pitches that are online - print onto label paper and apply to the back of your stock BB pitch. If you're really crafty, you could use some photo mat board and gaffers tape and make yourself a high-speed folding board, but meh.
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Nov 1, 2021 19:11
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I missed out on the last time GW did a good value bundle for AT, is there any chance that we might see something like it closer to Christmas, or was the best chance for that with the new book, which is releasing alongside another Warmaster?
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Randalor posted:I missed out on the last time GW did a good value bundle for AT, is there any chance that we might see something like it closer to Christmas, or was the best chance for that with the new book, which is releasing alongside another Warmaster? I mean, what are you looking for? The current starter is a very good deal, especially if you can get it for under MSRP - you're looking at $220 worth of titans for $150, plus a softcover rulebook, perfect for spiral-binding. It's tough to say if they are going to do a weird bundle deal - this current one is out of left field, because GW never does sales.
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berzerkmonkey posted:I mean, what are you looking for? The current starter is a very good deal, especially if you can get it for under MSRP - you're looking at $220 worth of titans for $150, plus a softcover rulebook, perfect for spiral-binding. It's tough to say if they are going to do a weird bundle deal - this current one is out of left field, because GW never does sales. I have the starter, I just missed out on the bundle they had at the start of the year that gave you... I think a Warlord, Warhound and Reaver for a ridiculously good price. I need to get some terrain for the game still.
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Randalor posted:I have the starter, I just missed out on the bundle they had at the start of the year that gave you... I think a Warlord, Warhound and Reaver for a ridiculously good price. I need to get some terrain for the game still. I'd say if you're not in a rush, go ahead and wait to see if they do a holiday bundle. They tend to lean toward 40K and AoS for the battleforce deals, but who knows? As for terrain, as much as I like the AT stuff, it's way overpriced. If you're in the UK, look at the TT Combat MDF stuff - it's pretty nice and they sometimes have a city bundle deal (maybe Black Friday?) There was also a 3D printed AT-compatible kickstarter that was launched recently which would be good https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imperialterrain/cendre-prime
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Randalor posted:I have the starter, I just missed out on the bundle they had at the start of the year that gave you... I think a Warlord, Warhound and Reaver for a ridiculously good price. I need to get some terrain for the game still.
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Electric Hobo posted:The Precept Maniple Battleforce? Amazon Canada says some Canadian store has a couple. Can... can you please provide a link? When I checked Amazon.ca, they only listed the standard kits, and for more than GW themselves (which is an impressive feat).
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Randalor posted:Can... can you please provide a link? When I checked Amazon.ca, they only listed the standard kits, and for more than GW themselves (which is an impressive feat). https://www.amazon.ca/Adeptus-Titanicus-Precept-Maniple-Battleforce/dp/B0924S55KX
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Oh awesome, thank you very much. That was not coming up no matter what I tried searching for.
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They've done an AT Christmas box the last two Christmas's before last Christmas (Maniple and Knight Household) then the Precept Maniple this year (possibly delayed from Christmas). So we'll see what happens this year. A reprint of the Precept would be great.
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What's AT like? How does it play?
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:What's AT like? How does it play? far less granular than battletech classic but much more expensive. Other than that, your best choices are going to be of the "find a group before you buy" because I have never met someone who plays AT.
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Curious if you decided to tweak the army at all or get in any practice games?? Would love to hear about it Finally had my game. I did alter the list a little, replacing one of the rough riders with thunderbolts (who failed two activations). The chimera mounted stormtroopers fared very well. They broke a unit of terminators, won a coordinated assault by marines (killing the entire assaulting unit), and finally moving to save my blitz on turn 4. My opponent never even fired on the warlord titan, but I made him really pay for that, it vaporized his other unit of terminators, broke a tactical detachment in one go, destroyed his warhound, and finished the game holding an objective. Yes, my opponent brought two units of terminators, and of course teleported them in. I lost my supreme commander and his whole mechanized company in one go. I figured he was going to go after my titan with them, so I had moved it to be mutually covered by stormtroopers. I ended up winning based on points. All I had unbroken at the end of turn four was my warlord, half my stormtroopers, half an infantry company, and my thunderbolts. My opponent had his whirlwinds, a beat up thunderhawk, and some scouts. I never truly needed the stormtroopers to have skimmers. The close in firepower of the chimera was an acceptable replacement for the valks, working well enough to do the job. Undeniably the valks offer superior firepower, but saving 50 points for a hydra was so worth it.
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:What's AT like? How does it play? It's a very good game, and level pegging with Necromunda as the best selling Specialist game. A lot of stuff happens at events, and Covid massively disrupted that. What country are you in? Finding other players in the UK isn't too hard between clubs and the event circuit.
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:What's AT like? How does it play? The models are amazing and will make any Battletech model (even the new and 3d printed ones) look like garbage. Oh and the game's supposed to be pretty good too.
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Z the IVth posted:The models are amazing and will make any Battletech model (even the new and 3d printed ones) look like garbage. Like they need help. Cheap trash with tons of QA issues, warped and melted guns, its the saddest thing, man! Edit: i dont think its fair to compare miniature production from a company that has to pay the chinese to make it versus people with their own machines TheDiceMustRoll fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Nov 2, 2021 |
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I'm in the US, but I have children of gaming age.
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:Like they need help. Cheap trash with tons of QA issues, warped and melted guns, its the saddest thing, man! To be honest unless you want to go all Kingdom Death on Chinese manufacturing that's what you're gonna get. I don't know how KD does it but their stuff (subject matter aside) has good QA. 3D printing for Battletech seems the way to go though. There's loads of nice models out there and you don't need more than 1 or two of any given mech (usually). The worst is really IWM. (Bad) Designs from the 80s coupled with GW-level pricing.
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Battletech minis also don't pretend to compete with GW. They're not multi part kits for the most part and they're quite small as well.
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Nov 2, 2021 12:40
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:I'm in the US, but I have children of gaming age. You should find someone to give you a couple learning games - that's probably the easiest way to get into AT, since it can get a bit crunchy. However, picking up the starter is a decent way as well, since it gives you two each knights, Warhounds, and Reavers, so you can have a match on relatively equal footing (weapons are a bit different) without getting too far into the weeds with Warlords and the larger titans. And the good news is that the starter contents are a better starting force that what was in the far more expensive GME that originally came out - add a Warlord with weapon options and you have a solid starter force for a good price. If you decide you like the game it's kind of a good time for you, since the Legion rules from the different books got collected into the Loyalist and Traitor Legios books, so that makes things a bit cheaper if you want to go all out. I forgot to mention in my previous terrain post that if you can find the Dropzone Cityscape, you'll be all set for terrain for AT for under $30 USD.
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:I'm in the US, but I have children of gaming age. You'd get more for your money if you got them into Epic and the big robot rules aren't as complicated, esp if you use second or third edition rules. If you really want to go cheap with AT, buy the rule book and then check out Vanguard Miniatures 3mm line- they have titans there you can pick up and use for the game. https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/product-category/defeat-in-detail-3mm/3mm-cybershadows/
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berzerkmonkey posted:If you decide you like the game it's kind of a good time for you, since the Legion rules from the different books got collected into the Loyalist and Traitor Legios books, so that makes things a bit cheaper if you want to go all out. So do the Loyalist and Traitor books fully replace the other expansion books, or are those still worth picking up alongside the two new books? I figured with the bonus voucher offer this month, it may be time to pick up the non-core books.
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