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So as it turns out, Betrayal At Calth isn't just a starter set of 30k miniatures, it's actually a game. And as we've been discovering, really quite a good one:

https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/bargain-at-calth-or-30k-for-under-5-yes-we-can

I recommend this approach for anyone who wants to get a little extra "bang for buck" with their model collections, there are a good few eBay sellers who buy the game for the minis and sell the rest on for a pittance. You get a good fun game, and if you don't need the minis, you get a bargain!

Agreed. See also:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/753701.page

There's also a guy on Board Game Geek who's made stat info and cards for non-SM forces.

 privateer4hire wrote:
Agreed. See also:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/753701.page

There's also a guy on Board Game Geek who's made stat info and cards for non-SM forces.

Awesome! I'll check that out

I use the same bargain basement Dark Vengeance Chaos and Dark Angel marines purchased from ebay for Betrayal at Calth, Prospero, and Assassinorum. All three game components from ebay for a pittance, each. Plus, the models from the games were/are cheap on ebay (except assassins, which I already owned from way back when). I'm not cheap, but it was easy to do.

 Gobbla wrote:
I use the same bargain basement Dark Vengeance Chaos and Dark Angel marines purchased from ebay for Betrayal at Calth, Prospero, and Assassinorum. All three game components from ebay for a pittance, each. Plus, the models from the games were/are cheap on ebay (except assassins, which I already owned from way back when). I'm not cheap, but it was easy to do.

I AM cheap, and I'm planning to do exactly the same thing :-)