Cathie wants the kids to get into Warmachine and Hordes instead of Warhammer for several reasons. She decided to surprise me with a "Gift" although I already noticed the charge is on
my credit card!
Now, we have both of the brand new battleboxes coming our way. (Arriving by 8:00 Monday) She was hoping that we would just be able to use what was in the battleboxes and not have to keep buying more books and models. (Trust me, I know better) We are also much closer to a store that plays these two games. (Something that might appeal to me when I can get out of the house again.) The funny thing is that I was looking at buying the old Hordes battlebox because I wanted to try Circle, and the old Warmachines one because I wanted to paint the really cool looking Khador and Menoth models in it. They used up the good factions on the first sets. If I end up playing either of these games in the long run, it will probably be with Khador and Circle...
A few related questions;
Do the core rulebooks in the battleboxes cover the whole game like the starter set rulebooks in Warhammer do. (Whole rulebook shrunk down and printed on thin paper) or will I need to go out and buy the Primal MkIII rules for both games? Are the rules in the game sets limited to the two included factions?
If I do end up buying the older battleboxes, will I be able to use the models with MkIII, or will I need to get new stat cards? I don't quite know how Privateer does this.
If I have the two rulebooks and whatever stat cards come with any models I buy, is that all I need to fully play the game? Do the stat cards come with the miniatures? Do I need to buy a separate book for every faction I play? I always thought one of the advantages of these games was the ability to dabble in more factions than you can in Warhammer without going bankrupt. Do the Stat cards basically function like the codex entries in Warhammer? I am excited to try out a new game, but I want to know what I have just gotten into. They might go right up on Ebay so that I can finish up my Warhammer
CSM army instead.
Privateer's website has a lot of neat eye candy, but trying to find out any answers about the game is tough. I might be looking in the wrong area, but I couldn't even find out what factions were in the boxes Cathie ordered until I watched an unboxing video on Youtube. Even that didn't show enough to tell me if the rulebook was full or abridged.
Thanks in advance for you answers. I watched a couple of Battle reports on Youtube last night and today. The game looks like a lot of fun, and the people playing seem to really enjoy it. If I can dive in without going totally insane, I will make a couple of little armies and we will have some skirmishes. Otherwise, I will just stay with Warhammer
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