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I am new to wargaming, when I mean that I mean I have never played any. I think killteam sounds interesting; so how do I get into it?

Step 1: Buy all the models you need (thankfully Kill Team doesn’t require a lot of models)
Step 2: Paint said models
Step 3: Find people near you who already play Kill Team
Step 4: Profit

Your question is very broad, especially if you don’t have experience in war gaming. You want help with the rules? Help with choosing a faction? Help with assembling / painting models? Help with finding opponents? Something else?

I'd probably watch a tutorial or battle report on YT first before committing to a purchase.

Heavily depends on where you live. If you have a store locally playing kill team, go there, buy models, build/paint them, and ask the players there to help you learn the game. If you don't, you're going to be playing a lot of sadhammer on the kitchen table or trying to con the wife into a plastic crack addiction so you have an opponent.

First step before you even begin thinking about anything else is to find a play area, aka a miniature gaming club. Without it you wont have anyone like minded to play against, and trying to convince you social circle to jump on rarely works.

So you have to jump on the web or fb and search for local gaming clubs, or as a backup plan go to a GW store(i do not recommend the latter as thouse shops are usualy very agressive in trying to sell you stuff)
When you have found a club, contact them and ask if they could run a few demo games of killteam. This is where you will find out if the game or the hobby in general is to your liking.
If it is, then you can begin talking to them about how to get into the hobby.

Toofast wrote:
Heavily depends on where you live. If you have a store locally playing kill team, go there, buy models, build/paint them, and ask the players there to help you learn the game. If you don't, you're going to be playing a lot of sadhammer on the kitchen table or trying to con the wife into a plastic crack addiction so you have an opponent.

But there are also people who have friends and play with said friends, shockingly, so it's a false dichotomy between "play random people at the store" and "play with yourself".

Actually, starting the game with a friendly group of other newbies is the best way to play any wargame (and most other games) IMO, as you develop your skills at similar pace.

You don't really need more than one other person to start and enjoy the game with. With how easy it is to build and paint a team you can get plenty of variety even with the same opponent.

If you already have a gaming group of sorts, like a board gaming or RPG one, it should be pretty easy to sell the game to someone, considering how cool it looks.

Just buy a starter set, sharing the cost and check wahapedia for up to date rules (paper rulebooks for this game are unfortunately a quickly outdated nuisance). Watch a "how to play" video or two (especially something on Line Of Sight as, for some reason, pretty explicitly written rules are not enough for many players to graspthe concept). Enjoy and watch other people queue to join you when they see the awesome spectacle of a painted miniatures wargame in progress

I recommend you either split the current KillTeam starter with a friend, or wait a bit until the next Season of KillTeam begins later this year, as the launch boxes for every season have previously also came with the rulebook and are usually great value boxes with all new models and terrain. In fact, if you are entirely new to wargaming, waiting for the next season launch box is probably the best way to start, since it will be a self contained affair (meaning that the new missions that come with the box use the included terrain)

If you need to get a friend involved with killteam, just say "its like playing the Xcom computer game on the tabletop". Any Xcom fan should be into Killteam AFAIK

If there isn't a suitable venue near you, then Blackstone Fortress(£105) is a damn good alternative "dungeon crawl" experience. After a few solo expeditions, you can include friends and family by taking control of the hostiles and guiding them through the rules.

Its worth noting that BSF comes with so many models that they'll find use in other games, most notably skirmish games like Kill Team. Also, skirmish games can sometimes leverage the maps from BSF for some indoor combat.

Otherwise the Kill Team starter is great value for £65, and while it doesn't come with the full competitive rules for the two included teams, you'll likely find other players who already own a copy of Octarius as it was included in the launch box and as a singular release shortly after.

First off. Welcome to this new and exciting world!

To help better answer your question, how did you find out about wargaming and Kill Team to begin with?

Did you see an advert? Play a video game? Wander into a game store and see people playing it?

How and where you were exposed to wargaming can change how to "get into it". As you may know, as a beginner wargaming is a 2+ person hobby to participate in. Therefore, it is best not to get into it alone. You will want some like minded folks to go on this journey of discovery with you. The social aspect of wargaming is part of the fun! Therefore, where and how you can find a partner (or more) is an important first step.

Wargaming is not always easy to get into, but it can be a life-long experience once you are there. PM me and I will be happy to give you more detailed beginner information.

Once again, WELCOME!

I saw some youtube videos about warhammer, i looked into it and found that kill team seemed cooler. Thanks for all the replies!

Hey there Chevalier,

The “Lite Rules” for Kill Team are available as a free download on the Warhammer Community website. These are streamlined rules for introductory play, but will get you started with how the game works.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ekD0GG2pTHlYba0G.pdf

After that, pick a faction, grab a box of troops, and get building and painting. How to choose a faction? There are lots of bespoke faction boxes and their rules available on the Warhammer store website, just look under the Boxed Games/Kill Team tab. The Kill Team Compendium has rules for most of the basic factions, but lots of the bespoke team rules are in a variety of different rule books, now individually available, which were originally released within the various box sets.

The KT starter set is good value, but you would still need the Core Book (for full game rules) and the Compendium (for faction rules). The starter has 2 teams, with their rules, a basic rulebook, a board and some scatter terrain. Not a bad deal, but as others have said, a new “season” of KT is due to launch later this year. Such boxes generally include the Core Rules, 2 specific Kill Teams (YMMV depending on what you are into), a game board and some terrain. They can sell out fast, so look out.

If you want to “try before you buy”, there is a website called wahapedia that has a dedicated KT section.

Above all, enjoy!

Baltika wrote:
Hey there Chevalier,

The KT starter set is good value, but you would still need the Core Book (for full game rules) and the Compendium (for faction rules). The starter has 2 teams, with their rules, a basic rulebook, a board and some scatter terrain. Not a bad deal, but as others have said, a new “season” of KT is due to launch later this year. Such boxes generally include the Core Rules, 2 specific Kill Teams (YMMV depending on what you are into), a game board and some terrain. They can sell out fast, so look out.

Wasn't the rule book included in the starter set the same as the standard one, but with just the fluff removed?

thank you I will check that out. I've done some research and the pathfinders look cool.