nadin wrote:First, we are not going back to
40K. This ruleset feels more like the
40K we used to love and play. and I do not mean the bloat of 7th, we did not get a game in. Nor can we afford to stay on the
GW treadmill. We barely got games in during 8th and I fear we were going down the same path for 9th. So I am glad somebody recommended the rules, before that post went poof on a Facebook page.
Where the game shines is in solo play (I wish I discovered these during the lockdown, would have made the time pass somewhat faster. These days literally getting a game in during the afternoon, after writing and reading all day.)
I have been doing a short campaign of Firefight, and it is a fun little exercise. If you want a game that literally can be played in an afternoon, or less, with friends, or yourself. I am glad I found it
Yes, it is far more lethal than anything
GW has ever produced. It is the probability curve. There are fewer dice events, DUH.
We are also NOT going to get
AoS 3.0, where the bloat is back. We have a ruleset that literally uses the same engine (for the most part, there are a few differences, but they are minor). We are happy to play
AoS 2.0, or quite frankly use Fantasy for the armies that are quite unplayable in
AoS, because they are nerfed from the git go.
Do the lists have some issues? Sure...home rule the living daylights out of it, and you can contact the
Dev, and they will listen. We all know
GW does not. Are some lists all but balanced when facing another list? Sure. But so does
GW bloat. So there is that.
And I am waiting for my first Nurgle 3D printed alternative that is far, far, far, far superior to anything
GW is putting out. It is a chaos model, and damn it, it is properly dark. Of course, it might not be kid-safe and kids are literally the target audience at this point. I stopped being the target for
GW some years back and I can live with that.
Another thing we like about Grimdark, is that a Kult of Speed behaves like one. Now to come up with the points for the stompa and the weapons and all that. The points calculator will be useful for that.