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  1. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Chris Montgomery said:

    $30 was too much for me, and I'm a minis gamer.  $25 is acceptable. 

    My issue is (was) that this is a new game --...

    good post well thought out and I can't really find anything to say in the negative... My biggest thing to point out is that FFG has stated there plan is to make the minis more pose-able in the future...and I feel that they are possibly coming close to the detail that is in the sculpts of warmahordes...I'm interested to do a comparison once i get my hands on the game.

     

  4. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Oloh said:

    I know its sometimes hard to find good products on the Internets, so I took a leap of faith and ordered a 3x6 mat just for Runewars from http://www.deepcutstudio.com/.  Most of their 3x6 mats are space themed for Armada, but you can get any of their textures in a custom size for an affordable price.  

    They make their mats in three materials, but I would recommend the "mouse pad" version.  It is a thin, mouse pad like material that rolls up very nicely and has high definition texture.  I bought the pad last month and have been working on my basing techniques for my terrain and test miniatures to match the texture on it, so that I can have a cool set up at home for this game.   

    It took a while to get in, because it is overseas for the U.S., but overall I was pleased with the experience and the mat quality is really good.  If you want something special for the start of the runewars game, I recommend checking them out.  It can also give you ideas as to how to base your figures.

    http://www.deepcutstudio.com/

     

    what did that mat end up running you?

     

  5. Posted

    17 minutes ago, Elrad said:

    And I.... .... .....

    -_-

    :huh: ... ... What ? Are you waiting for something ? 

     

    -_-Zzzzzzz zzzzz.... :blink: Oh wait, I have to answer... the nap can wait a little longer : GET UP, ELRAD, Just get the f...up....!!!!:angry:

     

    Ok never mind, I'm on my own little trip to hit the wall of madness.... So yes, I'm not completely decided whether or not to blindly buy 2 core sets. The thing is that I won't share it with anybody in particular, I'm used to play left-handed and like to have multiple armies at hand to learn the rules, trying to master the basics of a game and so on. After this big purchase, I will wait. If ther's one faction that I like the most among those two, then I'll buy expansion packs and find a store where people play that game (but I'm always intimidated by guys in games stores, always find myself a bit uneasy don't know why...). So yes, basically and I reserve my decision for when the rules and content are released, I'm totally in for two core sets...yes....-_-Zzzzzz (had a hard day today ^^)

    I do always enjoy deciphering these post Elrad keeping being you ^_^

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  6. Posted

    25 minutes ago, SirWillibald said:

    Thanks guys for all your tips! Took a look at my own Leoric and the photo above, I would estimate the trays to be about 6x6 cm. Since we're planning to build a bridge shown at HirstArts.com that's perfect, since it has a 3inch opening... Should be enough to comfortably move one tray over it (yes, I know, units can be two or more trays wide, but I'm sure we can house-rule that).

    I love hirst art stuff I just wish I had the time to make them and that my 50lb bucket of dental stone hadn't been stolen off my porch (albeit that was pretty impressive)

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  8. Posted · Edited by jek

    That was my original issue but the price point of the expansions so far has shown that it will most likely still be a better deal...4 cav for $25 8 Archers $25 we can probably speculate that 16 infantry of either faction won't be LESS than $25 so we have already hit our breakeven without even addressing the carrion rider or rune golem.  The duplicate heroes I'll probably just give to the guy that does painting tutorials at my LGS for people to use when they are learning.

  9. Posted

    I'm reviving this thread because now I can't decide on what to do...I don't know if I want to buy two, or get one then buy someones models for the faction they don't want, or trade one core faction with someone for the full 200 pt army of one faction.  It's pretty clear to me the best option when building up the units that are part of the core is to get one of the boosters for the new upgrades then use cores to get more models as long as someone in an opposing faction wants to do the same. 

  11. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Budgernaut said:

    Just to be clear, the purpose behind my response above was not for the purpose of arguing over whether this game is expensive or not. Rather, I'm disappointed in posts like the one below that are attacking other posters for not being logical. I'm demonstrating that we don't have to be knowledgeable about other miniatures games we have absolutely no interest in to participate in this conversation and to have an opinion on relative cost of the game. We can still use numbers to justify our positions even if we're clueless about other games. I just don't like seeing concealed jabs like this in our community.

    And on that note I want to be clear that I'm not trying to attack anyone with what I have been saying I am just trying to make a logical argument for Runewars and the decisions in its creation and pricing vs the current options in Wargaming. So if any of my posts upset anyone I'm sorry for that it is not my intention, just a side effect of an increased frustration at some of the arguments against this game.  I understand that from a board game stand point this is more expensive in the long run.

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  12. Posted

    By that argument you should be against Descent, Imperial Assault, Mansions of Madness, and any other major board game to come out since then, but those are board games and this is a miniature game, they are different types of games complete with different army building/squad building mechanics.  If you look at this and compare its cost to a board game then sure I can accept that argument, but in the end it is not a board game so that comparison is flawed.  But once again I am not talking about the people who look at this price compared to board games, purely from a miniature game standpoint my argument this is not as expensive as MOST miniature games especially those of 28mm scale.

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  13. Posted

    4 hours ago, costi said:

    And objectively more expensive than others, like By Fire and Sword, which is also a very good rank-and-file game, albeit not fantasy.

     

    BTW. "still not as expensive as others" does not mean it isn't expensive.

    I looked at BF&S's website, and don't you have to but the rule book and army book for that game? Because those things were very pricey at $75/$40.  Also the starter boxes I saw were sitting around $100 maybe it is that I don't know about the game enough and that is definitely true but if you do need to get the books, then that easily knocks this out of the realm of cheaper than Runewars making it AT LEAST as costly. 

     

    In regards to the second "not as expensive" comment, that is the more valid comparison because whether something is expensive is an opinion, as expensive as others is verifiable and can be compared.  As a whole a starter set being around $100 is standard and comparatively inexpensive by comparison when you look at everything that are including, templates, tokens, models, rules, etc. The kits of upgrades sitting around $25, ($20-22 at most stores possible less online) is a good price point, for a 28mm scale miniature game. If you don't like the materials and don't want to work with them for the hobby aspect then don't.  If you don't like that scale because it doesn't feel big but then argue in favor or a smaller scale game where each miniature REPRESENTS 10 or 20 guys in a battle while the miniature count on the table itself is similar to the game you are arguing against I am just confused to the point of frustration.  If you are so against the various aspects of this game that make it a unique entity then don't play it.

  14. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Feldwebel_Francis said:

    I haven't and won't, no desire to get the game, but I have yet to have a PVC mini that I didn't hate working on.

    Now, maybe these minis will be fantastic, which would be great, but I am not jumping in on release date. I want to see the figs in hand before I decide to buy.

    That's reasonable...no hate no rage just caution about the quality of the components, I can get behind that as a reason not to jump into the hype (I scream out the window of the caboose of the hype train lol I am super excited for this game...have I mentioned that before?)

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  15. Posted

    1 hour ago, Toenail said:

    That doesn't change anything about them being outrageous or not. This is such a lame response to legitimate outrage (though $25 is much better).

    How is it legitimate outrage though? The price (especially now) is the exact same if not cheaper than Imperial Assault not to mention the overall startup price is the same or cheaper than the LOWEST PRICED competitors...and with the game system by FFG I'm 99.9% sure this system is going to be fun and streamlined...

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  16. Posted

    2 hours ago, Elrad said:

    . Moreover, entire websites outside on the web use cards scans to build databases of LCG so come on, we aren't talking about making business by reselling classified information hu ? :D

    That's what I'm talking about, all the 3rd party sites post full cards and it always seems FFG doesn't care which is awesome, I remember using battle college for warmachine and they barely posted any information or would give summaries of info from cards.  I doubt it was needed I just wanted to put the request out there.

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  17. Posted

    Just now, Dosiere said:

    True, the gameplay is super quick.  The movement phase in particular is shockingly superior to WFB imo.  I was referring to the scale of the game though, regarding the number of miniatures.  I really wanted to start a new army for KoW, but just couldn't bring myself to do it as it was roughly on par with what. WFB army is.  In my case I was looking at about 140 minis to paint, and I just couldn't get myself motivated to plow through it.  

    I'm sure eventually we will all reach the point of having 150+ models and possibly running ridiculous pt games but it is nice to only have 50ish models to paint to have a tourney army...

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  19. Posted

    I agree that lore should be a separate entity especially if it already exists as a wiki, other than the little lore fluff that will inevitably be about each of the expansions, I would say that should be put with each expansions page.  I'm assuming this will not step on anyone at FFG's toes posting full card details and such, since every FFG game I play has deck or squad builders that have all the info on the cards there too, but It would be cool if FFG were to post somewhere here saying yay or nay... 

  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, costi said:

    So they are reusing minis, making them in sh*tty plastic and charging $30 per pack?

    I won't comment on the material because I wish it were different but reusing minis? no they are all resculpts, the world is already created though so there will be similarities in style and appearance but on top of being resculpted they do look to be more detailed from the pictures and comparing them to descent 1st ed. models...could just be a progression of modeling quality since then though.

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  22. Posted

    Going on the original idea of this post I really don't get the whole complaint, every miniature game you will see played has a sliding scale of game size and then a STANDARD size for tournament play.  I like that FFG is sticking to a lower point size, though I could easily see it increasing like Armada did once they have more than the starter box units released, because it means game time will be kept down and thereby tournament time will be kept down.  Fast brutal action with devastating results is far more fun to me than several hour long games where each action I roll 40 dice then you roll 20 then 10 then 5 then 2 models are removed.  

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