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I've been playing Warhammer for about two and a half year now and think it's kind of fun. I began with Warhammer 40k and made a little Space Ork army (1000 - 1500 point). As most of the other WH players in the area played Fantasy, I decided to begin with that instead, without having played much with the Orks. For this new army I chose the race that differs most from me, the Ogre Kingdom. These brutes pretty much just march across the battlefield crushing whatever comes in their way, however they don't gave much ranged/magic attacks. I still haven't glued together everything and haven't even begun painting the Ogres (yeah, I'm lazy).
What I like better with Fantasy than 40k, is that there are more humour in it (more panic tests and miscast!). The weapons and stuff may not be so cool (no chainsawaxes), but the "gameplay" is generally more entertaining from what I've seen.
So is there anyone else here playing? And if so, what army?
Nice wall of text, Phobos.
Unfortunately he was talking about the Tabletop game, not Dawn of War, thus your entire post has just gone to waste.
If anything cool is ever going on Skype me up under the name "blarghle"
I used to play 40k a few years ago, had a 2500 point Eldar Iyanden force. This was back with the 3rd Edition Eldar Codex + the Craftworld Eldar expansion. Wrathlords and Wraithguard as troops, was fucking OP.
All up, i had a Farseer with 4 Warlocks for HQ, 3 Squads of Wraithguard, 2 Wraithlords, 2 Guardian Defender squads, 2 Wind Serpents (Converted myself before they released an official model), A Fire Prism, Storm Guardian and a attack bike squad.
Stopped a few year ago because it was too expensive ><
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Hm, I used to play quite often, played an eldar army with the new rules for quite a while last year, and they're fantastic. The new fire prisms are actually worth taking, and wraithguard did get a nice boost to 6 toughness.
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The last unit I got for my Space Marine army was a Land Raider. That thing was beastly, but then my brother went off to college, and as he was the only one I played with, I lost interest in the game. Besides that, I probably spent like $1,000 on that army over the years.
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I've thought about getting a Land Raider as Looted Vehicle for my Orks, but after some thinking, an Imperial Hellhound or something like that would be better as those I know that plays have lots of small units that can be burned =)
Sorry to crash the party... I just have some issues with the game in general.
Cost
Ridiculous. I can buy Memoir 44 and get a bunch of nice looking plastic figures that feel great for $50, or I can pay twice or more for a bunch of plastic figures that I have to glue myself, with designs from 1999. You need so much stuff to get a game going, figures, glue, paint, some decent terrain... cumbersome.
Employees
My friend said he doesn't like Warhammer 40k (though he likes WH Fantasy) to the guy twice. And the employee said, "Are you sure? I think you're not sure." OF COURSE HE IS SURE. YOU AREN'T A PSYCHIC. They are so unnaturally enthusiastic and rather than give you a neutral, unbiased comment, they talk as if Games Workshop brainwashed them. I like employees who will point out flaws in their own company, not be some die-hard, loyal slave. I like honesty.
Opponents
It's harder to find opponents of this other than going to a games workshop store. I can find MTG players at school! This problem is directly proportional to the next problem which is the...
Learning Curve
The problem is that even if I try to introduce WH to new people, first off, they need to spend hours learning the rules and they wouldn't even have their own army. It's the combination of the skill and learning curve that makes this hard with new players.
My friend plays the game and is even getting the online game. I guess the draw of WH is making and painting your own armies. I never really had much passion for that. I prefer board games where it's cheaper and you already have everything you need for a 4-5 player game.
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