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I am a rather amateur Wargamer, and I'm thinking of getting into Age of Sigmar. I was looking on the Games Workshop website to see if there as a particular army I wanted to pick, and I saw the Kharadron Overlords. I used to play 40K and when I saw the sky-dwarves that reminded me of the God-Level Squats and I thought that was really neat. With my birthday coming up I wanted to put some stuff on my birthday list to friends and family to help start me off with Sigmar, and I was wondering whether the Overlords were a good pick.

Oh yeah, they're a great army. Lots of mobility and firepower.

They even have a start collecting set now so certainly a bonus reason. All you need is to purchase some of the crewmen for battleline troops (needed core units for matched play) and you should be good to go.

The Facebook made this post about the start collecting set as well.

https://m.facebook.com/GWWarhammerAgeofSigmar/photos/a.452227281640737.1073741828.452117934985005/756680364528759/?type=3&source=54

Although i'm not sure about the battleline. Does anyone know if that's only for narrative or does the Start collecting allow it in matched play?

 MorviltheWizard wrote:
I am a rather amateur Wargamer, and I'm thinking of getting into Age of Sigmar. I was looking on the Games Workshop website to see if there as a particular army I wanted to pick, and I saw the Kharadron Overlords. I used to play 40K and when I saw the sky-dwarves that reminded me of the God-Level Squats and I thought that was really neat. With my birthday coming up I wanted to put some stuff on my birthday list to friends and family to help start me off with Sigmar, and I was wondering whether the Overlords were a good pick.

As has been mentioned, the Start Collecting is a good pick.

If you've got friends and family who are willing to put in the money for it, the Battleforce is also not a bad pick.

Beyond that, it might not hurt to give people ideas for non-model related things if it's your first foray into Sigmar or you "want to know more" about the Overlords. The free Age of Sigmar app will have all of the unit rules but none of the Battalion rules or things like that, so putting the Battletome onto your list isn't a bad idea.
If you've got your heart set on Overlords and you know someone who might not want to buy you models?
I cannot suggest these enough. They don't really give you anything that the Battletome would not give you but they make it a lot easier to have certain things handy at a moment's notice.

ALSO AN IMPORTANT NOTE!
The Thunderers unit received an errata in the General's Handbook 2017. The digital version has it properly fixed right now but physical versions will not have that. Take this into consideration when assembling them!


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Baron Klatz wrote:
The Facebook made this post about the start collecting set as well.

https://m.facebook.com/GWWarhammerAgeofSigmar/photos/a.452227281640737.1073741828.452117934985005/756680364528759/?type=3&source=54

Although i'm not sure about the battleline. Does anyone know if that's only for narrative or does the Start collecting allow it in matched play?

Start Collecting sets don't get point values or anything for Matched Play, so I'd say it's basically just for narrative play.

I have found them to be one of the few things about AoS I do actually like. they have been fun to fiddle with.

They have an amazing Alpha Strike capability [1st turn hard hit], and can be tricky to keep pinned down.

However, the Frigate and Gunhauler only have a 5+ save; proves to be a problem where, given their 18" weapon range, they have to be in your opponent's threat range to get any shots off, syurren that losing the turn 2 Initiative roll is a bit of a death-sentence, unless you use Arkanaut companies to stand in front as a barrier.

- Nothing can retreat and then shoot, unless stated [like Grundstok Thunderers].
- Ships need to be free to move about and shoot; don't want them in close combat.
- If the ships do get into CC, a Navigator is really good for getting them away far enough.*
- The Admiral is an abosolute god of a character, especially with the right Command traits and artefacts. [Rerollable 1's on armour saves, with a 5+ FnP after? Yes, please].

*The Ironclad's base is so large, that if it gets completely surrounded, it really needs a Navigator in order to pull off a retreat; have to get more than 3" away from an enemy when doing it, see.
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The Skyfleet makes sense for getting the core of the army down. Comes in at 860/880 points.
The Start Collecting box has a bigger saving on it, though; best in terms of monetary efficiency.

Also, the Arkanaut kit has equipment for 20 guys, but has 10 bodies. If you're not massively super fussed on maintaining a tight aesthetic, 2 Arkanaut boxes with a box of Dispossed warriors will yield you 40 Arkanauts for £75, rather than £110 out of 4 Arkanaut boxes.
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I'd say you should get to grips with their rules, and let that tell you how you want to go about building them up. See what takes your fancy.

And as another note, not wanting to spook you or anything:
I've got a 0% winrate over 10 or so with the Skyfleet set.
I'm a Clan Skryre player first and foremost. I'm going to fumble a whiff and say that there's a golden tactica approach to the sky stumpies that I ain't pulled off yet.

As it seems, I guess with them being Order, mainting Order in the ranks and have everything work together as a comprehensive whole is the way to go.
Skaven stuff just does stupid that works.