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The biggest issue with narrative is each player bringing the correct armies. You need to find specific players with specific armys who can play at specific numbers of models or points values to get narrative going to recreate battles from the fluff. It sounds neat. But that mostly means Space Marines are needed to play a narrative game.

 Lance845 wrote:
The biggest issue with narrative is each player bringing the correct armies. You need to find specific players with specific armys who can play at specific numbers of models or points values to get narrative going to recreate battles from the fluff. It sounds neat. But that mostly means Space Marines are needed to play a narrative game.

No, it doesn't. Narrative just includes missions with attackers and defenders with special ways to spend command points.

The campaign books will have those specific missions, but narrative games just have a built in storyline.

Same I have been playing for years. Narrative.


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 Lance845 wrote:
The biggest issue with narrative is each player bringing the correct armies. You need to find specific players with specific armys who can play at specific numbers of models or points values to get narrative going to recreate battles from the fluff. It sounds neat. But that mostly means Space Marines are needed to play a narrative game.

Ummm...Woot? I have been playing narrative games for years. Have yet to buy book from GW for that.

I'll be playing matched mostly. I'll play narrative occasionally too, depending on the full rules for it. Ideally, I'd have matched play with a full campaign mode to play with a group.

I would say the poll results have turned out exactly as I expected, except didn't expect anyone to be sticking with 7th. Eldar/Tau players I guess?


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I chose Matched, can still have narrative battles, it's just more even... Well hypothetically

 Rippy wrote:
I would say the poll results have turned out exactly as I expected, except didn't expect anyone to be sticking with 7th. Eldar/Tau players I guess?


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I chose Matched, can still have narrative battles, it's just more even... Well hypothetically

Actually narrative is the one where you can get closest to the theoretical perfect balance. Matched has to make compromises. Narrative you have everything in control.

Mostly matched, but I'll also probably play some narrative games once in a while.

And still play some 7th during a transition period.

Matched mostly with Narrative from time to time.