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Hi!

I've been offered a rulebook from the Open fire!-box, but as I'm new in the hobby, I can't figure out if it's v. 3 (the latest, right?) or not, do anyone know if it's a good buy now?

Open Fire! is the V2 starter set ACHTUNG! is the V3.

Unless it is a free gitt, don't take it.

CainTheHunter wrote:Unless it is a free gitt, don't take it.

Not unless your a Dumbass like me and are buying up multiple copies for the swag that is in it. Anyone need a rulebook? Sorry the dice and models i can not turn down buying for when i get them for a discount.

col. krazy kenny wrote:

CainTheHunter wrote:Unless it is a free gitt, don't take it.

Not unless your a Dumbass like me and are buying up multiple copies for the swag that is in it. Anyone need a rulebook? Sorry the dice and models i can not turn down buying for when i get them for a discount.

And exactly where are You getting them at discount? Last time I checked e-bay the price was ridiculously the same...

I would also stay away from the softback rulebook in Achtung!, unless they have fixed the extremely poor bindings the pages will fallout as soon as you open the damn thing.

The soft cover rule book from Actung (same one you get for bringing in your 2nd edition hard covers) works just fine if you get it coil bound at a office/printing store.

In an ideal world you wouldn't have to do that but for a few dollars the coil binding (and a plastic cover) will make your relatively cheap rulebook last a lot longer.

$5 at FedEx/Staples/etc for coil binding will make your small book last forever. Yes it is an extra $5, but I will take the small book to carry around over a big book anyday.

Palindrome wrote:I would also stay away from the softback rulebook in Achtung!, unless they have fixed the extremely poor bindings the pages will fallout as soon as you open the damn thing.

It is funny, but I still use my freebie mini rulebook that I got months ago for regular games and it is still completely intact. I leave it open upside down on the table all the time and haven't had any problems. I am really quite amused by it at this point. A lot of the other regular league players have gotten their books spiral bound due to the gluing problems. I guess I got all the glue from my batch of books.

Skriker

Skriker wrote:

Palindrome wrote:I would also stay away from the softback rulebook in Achtung!, unless they have fixed the extremely poor bindings the pages will fallout as soon as you open the damn thing.

It is funny, but I still use my freebie mini rulebook that I got months ago for regular games and it is still completely intact. I leave it open upside down on the table all the time and haven't had any problems. I am really quite amused by it at this point. A lot of the other regular league players have gotten their books spiral bound due to the gluing problems. I guess I got all the glue from my batch of books.

Skriker

My book has also shown no signs of breaking, and I too have been using it since I got it. It does seem that there was at least one good batch of the mini rulebooks in the first run.