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Starting this thread for Mantic's Firefight. I've ordered some kits and the starter. A group from our
local LGS is interested. I intend to do some demos, and I already know my son wants to give it a go.

Let's discuss our experiences, thoughts, and share pics about this game here.

Really think this should be in the Mantic Sub Forum.

 Theophony wrote:
Really think this should be in the Mantic Sub Forum.

Totally forgot about that -- a MOD moved it already, thanks.

my Starter Set is still "on the way" and I just hope the store I ordered from did not mess his stocks up (the stand alone rulebook is already listed as sold out there)

My plan for now is to use some old, still on sprue resin minis from Raging Heroes from their 2nd Kickstarter for the first army (along with the Marauders from the Starter as opponent), simply to show what is possible with the game/force lists and that people don't have to think narrowly when they try to get into it or want to use existing armies

 kodos wrote:
my Starter Set is still "on the way" and I just hope the store I ordered from did not mess his stocks up (the stand alone rulebook is already listed as sold out there)

My plan for now is to use some old, still on sprue resin minis from Raging Heroes from their 2nd Kickstarter for the first army (along with the Marauders from the Starter as opponent), simply to show what is possible with the game/force lists and that people don't have to think narrowly when they try to get into it or want to use existing armies

That's a cool idea about the demonstration of system flexibility.
I'm nervous about my starter too --- it is still in pre-order status.

I recently got my 2 player starter set. Already have assembled the Enforcers side and now in the middle of the Marauder's side. I'm really excited about this edition. I have 1st edition just never got a chance to play.

got the shipping confirmation, so everything should arrive end of next week

the hype is real

Painted up a couple of boxes of Stargrave troopers as a GCPS force, and my Dreamforge Eisenkern will do as Enforcers (although I have enough Cadians to proxy my proxies...) plus enough vehicles and walkers to fill out both armies. Can do something similar with Asterians and Eldar, and my Space Marines can do double duty as Forge Fathers. Looking forward to this, as I'm trying the game out with friends, along with Grimdark Future.

Been reading through the rulebook, everything seems clearly explained. One thing for you @kodos or anyone else who participated in the beta:

The terrain placement guidelines on page 48 of the rules say you should use 1 piece of 6" by 6" terrain in each 12" square of the gameboard, plus 1 extra. Same for linear obstacles.

On a 4ft by 4 ft board, that's 17 pieces of terrain and the same for obstacles. Which is a lot. The example in the next paragraph the example given is 5 pieces of terrain and 5 linear obstacles on a 4ft by 4ft board. Should the rules say one terrain piece in each 24" square?

Got my starter set, rules seem pretty clear, but yes, same question as above.

I miss having a little bit of fluff for each different unit, but I realize these are more gaming books than fluff books, which is fine.

 Momotaro wrote:
Been reading through the rulebook, everything seems clearly explained. One thing for you @kodos or anyone else who participated in the beta:

The terrain placement guidelines on page 48 of the rules say you should use 1 piece of 6" by 6" terrain in each 12" square of the gameboard, plus 1 extra. Same for linear obstacles.

On a 4ft by 4 ft board, that's 17 pieces of terrain and the same for obstacles. Which is a lot. The example in the next paragraph the example given is 5 pieces of terrain and 5 linear obstacles on a 4ft by 4ft board. Should the rules say one terrain piece in each 24" square?

Sounds like what they mean is that 25% of the board should be covered in terrain. I'd guess most pieces of terrain are bigger than 6x6 inches.

 Momotaro wrote:

The terrain placement guidelines on page 48 of the rules say you should use 1 piece of 6" by 6" terrain in each 12" square of the gameboard, plus 1 extra. Same for linear obstacles.

On a 4ft by 4 ft board, that's 17 pieces of terrain and the same for obstacles. Which is a lot. The example in the next paragraph the example given is 5 pieces of terrain and 5 linear obstacles on a 4ft by 4ft board. Should the rules say one terrain piece in each 24" square?

Terrain rules are the one thing that changed most from the beta, (and I am a metric guy)
but I think it should be one large terrain piece per 24"/60cm (or one Deadzone board) as this is also what they used in the promo videos
also it was said that you can use the terrain from Deadzone for Firefight, not just the same model line but the amount you would use on 60x60 for Deadzone spread out on 120x120 for Firefight



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PS:
My plan for the Raging Heroes models:

Faction: Asterians, 1000 points

Overseer [Command] Points: 100
1 x Overseer
1 x Drone (Shuuvatar)

Kalyshi Deathstrike [Command] Points: 40
1 x Kalyshi Deathstrike

Black Talons [Specialist] Points: 180 (360)
5 x Black Talons

2x Kalyshi [Troop] Points: 90 (180)
5 x Kalyshi

2x Cyphers [Troop] Points: 160 (320)
4 x Cyphers
1 x Cyphers (Fission Beamer)


elite/low model force, everything non-living gets helmets as remote controlled drones, which fits the skinny armoured design of the models

Gotcha. Makes sense too, with more vehicles and the like to manoeuvre around the table.

Thanks for that kodos!

Received my Enforcer army box, and some separate Marauder kits, with their army box arriving soon. Disappointed to see they these large box sets still do not contain assembly instructions.

Yeah, that's a ongoing issue for mantic. The instructions in the starter set are basic but still quite helpful. Extending that to the whole range would be really worthwhile.

 krijthebold wrote:
Yeah, that's a ongoing issue for mantic. The instructions in the starter set are basic but still quite helpful. Extending that to the whole range would be really worthwhile.

That is good news -- I have a starter on its way as well. I'll take any help I can get. Cheers and thanks.

Mantic has uploaded videos for building the vehicles
Enforcer Pathfindern and Forge Fathers Steel Warriors are around the web, the other Enforcer units and Marauders are in the 2 Player Set.

need to scan those when my box arrives and make a collection of available instructions, the only ones really missing are Veer-Myn and Plague

 kodos wrote:
Mantic has uploaded videos for building the vehicles
Enforcer Pathfindern and Forge Fathers Steel Warriors are around the web, the other Enforcer units and Marauders are in the 2 Player Set.

need to scan those when my box arrives and make a collection of available instructions, the only ones really missing are Veer-Myn and Plague

That would be helpful for a lot of people Kudos.

Getting my army box assembled; this is a Maccrage blue over black primer.

It will be the foundation for my Enforcer color scheme, mixed with gold or grey additional details and metallic weaponry.

Yes to more instructions!

That sounds like a nifty color scheme too.

I'll share my purple enforcers on here at some point.

 krijthebold wrote:
Yes to more instructions!

That sounds like a nifty color scheme too.

I'll share my purple enforcers on here at some point.

Purple is my fav color, would absolutely love to see a few pics of them when time permits.

I'm really enjoying Firefight, along with my spawn who's playing Asterians. I have a fair sized Veer-myn Deadzone force, but mixed up the starter Enforcers with some stuff lying around the house:

More in me P&m

 inmygravenimage wrote:
I'm really enjoying Firefight, along with my spawn who's playing Asterians. I have a fair sized Veer-myn Deadzone force, but mixed up the starter Enforcers with some stuff lying around the house:

More in me P&m

Nice work! I'm going to be trying Firefight with my spawn as well.

I love the red effect on those blades -- may I ask how you did them?

Many thanks, super easy: prime white, yellow ink, drybrush Vallejo flame orange, drybrush edges Vallejo scarlet red. Glow on armour is just the orange and red. Easy as pie!

 Shrapnelsmile wrote:

 krijthebold wrote:
Yes to more instructions!

That sounds like a nifty color scheme too.

I'll share my purple enforcers on here at some point.

Purple is my fav color, would absolutely love to see a few pics of them when time permits.

I'm not very good but here are some of my purple guys:

^Ace!
Pathfinders (and some DZ scatter) done:

Very happy with the Pathfinder squads. I suspect I'll run them as two teams of 5 with DOGGs and assign the Snipers to the Forward Observer to make a truly lethal sniper team.

Really like how those dogs turned out.

Robo puppies are the best, especially with some lasers involved.

Very excited for the game, but will be pressing many GW minis into service as the thought of starting a new army fills me with existential dread.

But the thought of buying a stupid amount of minis for my old armies?

Now yer talkin!

here is a collection of the current available assembly instructions

https://www.reddit.com/r/warpath/wiki/instructions

 kodos wrote:
here is a collection of the current available assembly instructions

https://www.reddit.com/r/warpath/wiki/instructions

Very excellent! Especially the weapon pictures for people who don't have access to those. Figuring out which weapon is which can be a bit tricky in some of those kits.

I’m still assembling the models. Hope to play a learning game sometime this weekend. Anyone else playing any games recently? Any other thoughts about the rules overall?

Been following the FB group and it seems like mostly positive impressions of the gameplay (though it’s obviously a bit biased).

Also, is anyone in a gaming group that is planning on spending their money for the new 30K box instead of Firefight? It seems the timing of this release was a bit unfortunate (though Firefight looks much more fun to play than 30K).

cpugeek13 wrote:
I’m still assembling the models. Hope to play a learning game sometime this weekend. Anyone else playing any games recently? Any other thoughts about the rules overall?

Been following the FB group and it seems like mostly positive impressions of the gameplay (though it’s obviously a bit biased).

Also, is anyone in a gaming group that is planning on spending their money for the new 30K box instead of Firefight? It seems the timing of this release was a bit unfortunate (though Firefight looks much more fun to play than 30K).

I'm in a similar place -- thankfully my Enforcers have hit the painting stage! I have a game lined up after I get back in town.

A Facebook group helped me locate another player neraby, who has three Firefight armies in progress and is experienced with the system.
Facebook is excellent for finding opponents. As for the "Firefight Fanatics" Group, they may be biased, but the members seems to have a lot of positive experiences
to back up their enthusiasm.

One could say the timing with 30K is not ideal, but GW is pumping out a lot of product, so I'm not sure what other time to launch would be any better.
Had they waited until right after Horus Heresy, that could of been unfortunate.

I was very conflicted about Firefight vs. Horus. It is easy to get swept up in the enthusiasm, but I've decided to play Firefight and give it a real go before buying anything for 30K. I get the impression I will not be picking up Heresy at all -- although the lore is excellent and the models absolutely amazing.
game-play really needs to take precedence for me this time.
I want a new Sci Fi game table-top experience my life, and I simply love what I am seeing about Firefight's rules. I was never a fan of 7th Edition 40K, and it is not easy to
put lipstick on a pig.




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 inmygravenimage wrote:
^Ace!
Pathfinders (and some DZ scatter) done:

Very happy with the Pathfinder squads. I suspect I'll run them as two teams of 5 with DOGGs and assign the Snipers to the Forward Observer to make a truly lethal sniper team.

These looks good man! I dig the gritty urban feel. I'm not sure how all the rules for these specialist units for Enforcers work just yet, but I'm looking
forward to experimenting with them.


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These paint up fairly well.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/1142154-Firefight%2C%20Mantic%2C%20Enforcer%20Peacekeepers%20.ht