We're now eligible for a couple of offers from Warlord Games and Mantic Games, essentially allowing us to choose a free starter set from each range for use within the club.
The choices are:
Warlord Games:- Hail Caesar
- Pike & Shotte
- Black Powder
- Bolt Action
Mantic Games:- Kings of War
- Warpath
- Dreadball
Let me know if you have a strong preference. My thinking would be perhaps Dreadball and either Hail Caesar or Bolt Action.
(31-01-2013, 04:31 PM)Stuart Wrote: [ -> ]My thinking would be perhaps Dreadball and either Hail Caesar or Bolt Action.
I will second the dread ball. I want to see it play.
Dreadball Sounds good to me, looks fun from what i saw of it Sunday
I would go Dreadball and can't decide between Hail Caeser or Bolt Action
I concur with previous comments, on going for a Dreadball. Having a game for use at the club, possibly for new walk ups to try would be very useful.
However I would for a second game, pick either Pike and Shotte, or Black Powder. Hail Ceaser is already being played by some folks at the club, even if sporadically. Bolt Action whilst a game from a more popular era, is a WWII game, an would likely be played anyway. The other two, are time periods none of our current members other than Steve touch. Having a rules set for members to look over, may well cause someone to possibly look to a different time period than normal.
(31-01-2013, 08:02 PM)Gareth Wrote: [ -> ]However I would for a second game, pick either Pike and Shotte, or Black Powder. Hail Ceaser is already being played by some folks at the club, even if sporadically. Bolt Action whilst a game from a more popular era, is a WWII game, an would likely be played anyway. The other two, are time periods none of our current members other than Steve touch. Having a rules set for members to look over, may well cause someone to possibly look to a different time period than normal.
I'll go with that
I'm going to get these sets ordered over the weekend.
I'm going to sound out Steve (our current de-facto historical dept. representative) on the Warlord options, but current thinking is that unless anyone has strong objections I'm erring towards Hail Caesar as reading around there seems to be a lot more scope with regard to choice of forces. From what I can gauge there seems to be some degree of interest in this era among the group, and therefore less chance of this particular game gathering dust. I think Sam (and Joe?) have a minimal number of figures and have played a couple of small games against each other at the club, but have been seeking other interested parties for a while.
Any volunteers to paint these sets? We'll also need to give some thought to storage.
I like black powder, however, dont think we do have any Ancient rules? So hail ceasar sounds good
Tom bought some Hail Ceasar troops already. Having played and enjoyed it.
I got the impression you could have a decent skirmish game in a night for a relatively low outlay - which makes sense for a 'club set'.