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After reading, and reading and reading, I finally got a chance to play Warmachine for the first time today and got in three games.

Game One [vs PoM] Loss
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Had no clue what I was doing. Mangled Metal with me fielding terminus, death jack, and a slayer (I think that was it?) It was over in twenty minutes (15 point) as I got terminus too close and he died in one combat turn.

Game Two [vs PoM] Win
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Same forces for each of us, and I won, this time duoing death jack and terminus into an exposed warcaster (lured with a suicide slayer run)

Game Three [vs Khador] Win
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Still 15 points, fielded goreshade, nightmare, 2 helldivers, pistol wraith, and skarlock. Nightmare wrecked face, and I was a "bastard" by summoning in those extra 6 bane thralls in with Goreshade's feet. Though it slowed down a wee bit at the end as I forgot to boost the helldivers, for the most part Khador got whipped.

Had a total blast, and never desire to play 40k ever again.

Hmm, well, glad to see you're enjoying the game!

Just for the curious amongst us, could you perhaps go into more depth about how you felt about the game mechanics themselves?

I like that the game is straightforward. I didn't have a lot of time to go over the rules, but I was still very comfortable by game three. I player 40k for months before I even started to have a clue as to what was going on. The learning seems to be more about learning about your units and THEIR rules, and not as much of the core rules. I like the depth to the game and HITBOXES (No more high point dreadnoughts being instantly killed in one shot by a single sniper with a lucky roll). No unit is worthless, and in kind no situation is hopeless. I watched game as I prepared for my third of Khador vs. Cryx, and the khador player wiped out everything the Cryx guy had but denegra and an arc node while still having most of his forces. The Cryx player still managed to win.

The miniatures are far better sculpted and better made. The powers and abilities are clearer and much more fun to use. The pacing is leaps and bounds better. This game of course has some luck to it at times, but is no where near the fishbowl 'o dice rolling game that 40k is.

You can target individual units, change targets, and move away from battle if you are willing to take the penalty smack or can avoid it. In 40k you shoot at a unit meaning that devastating solos can so easily hide in plain site, you cannot ever spread out fire, and cannot move out of battle. If you have units stuck against an immobilized walker with no weapons but can't finish it off, that unit is dead in the water the whole game. Is is mind-bogglingly impossible for troops to walk away from a stationary no-threat target in that game.

I found myself chuckling and cheering instead of getting frustrated and distraught as many a time with 40k.

It wasn't just me either, our group picked up around five new members yesterday alone based solely on warmachine. 40k and many other games were in play, but it was warmachine that drew a crowd based on visual appeal and play style.

This one's a winner.

I'm glad you are enjoying it, though I do not have the same 'never desire' reaction, it is close .

It's a much smaller scale. I'd personally wouldn't say which would be better, but I'll settle for calling them very different.

As for learning rules, winning with less, killing with a lucky shot, these all exist in both games.
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On a different note, I hope to see some pics and some more bat reps

Leaving Deneghra and an arc node is a mistake

malfred wrote:Leaving Deneghra and an arc node is a mistake

That's pretty much all she ever needs to win.
Especially if the node is within 8 inches before anything activates.