I hope they nail this way to play. I would definitely pick up a couple of those boxes as painting projects but if they can see play as well that would be great. What does give me a bit of pause is the combination of that starter box probably going to cost a lot and their inability to keep cards in stock otherwise. For anyone not buying the starter, the availability of the card decks will be key to this game mode.
Yeah it's one of those modes of play which you'd hope they'd support well and make nice and replayable too. I am crossing my fingers and whilst I'm quietly confident, Combat Patrol wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped. We shall see.
That Launch box is going to be quite hefty as in another article WarCom have also said it will include the 2024/25 General's Handbook. in the past, haven't the latter also contained the core rules? Will be interesting to see what is included in which book.
Yeah it will be intriguing. I will be getting my hands on it as it seems like a very "complete" product compared to some of the previous offerings. Even Leviathan was lacking in a way as it didn't have terrain.
@@BecauseOfDragons It really depends on what one expects from a launch box and who it is aimed at. In the past, GW has said that a launch box is aimed at existing players, who could be expected to already have terrain and boards to play one. They differenciate starter boxes by having dice and some sort of measuring tape or stick, which new gamers can't be expected to have, but they leave out paint and other hobby products.
The 30" by 22.4" board is only 0.4" larger than a single Warcry board - if it is, indeed, larger - used the RAVAGED LANDS: SCALES OF TALAXIS box contents listing to check the size. If Warcry and Kill Team were intended to be entry points for AoS and 40K respectively, I think Combat Patrol and, to a greater extent, Spearhead are replacing those games in that function. Given GW's production issues --they are: * even closing the warehouses around the world to orders for a week starting 27th May * stopping new releases for both flavours of Horus Heresy for six months(ish) I do think that Warcry and Kill Team may hit a pause or be removed from the product line going forward.
I will be able to break out my Nightmare Quest board then to use that (alongside the one from the launch box). Yeah - I think there might be a bit of a halt to make sure AoS goes off without a hitch
I hope they nail this way to play. I would definitely pick up a couple of those boxes as painting projects but if they can see play as well that would be great. What does give me a bit of pause is the combination of that starter box probably going to cost a lot and their inability to keep cards in stock otherwise. For anyone not buying the starter, the availability of the card decks will be key to this game mode.
Yeah it's one of those modes of play which you'd hope they'd support well and make nice and replayable too. I am crossing my fingers and whilst I'm quietly confident, Combat Patrol wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped. We shall see.
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That Launch box is going to be quite hefty as in another article WarCom have also said it will include the 2024/25 General's Handbook. in the past, haven't the latter also contained the core rules? Will be interesting to see what is included in which book.
Yeah it will be intriguing. I will be getting my hands on it as it seems like a very "complete" product compared to some of the previous offerings. Even Leviathan was lacking in a way as it didn't have terrain.
@@BecauseOfDragons It really depends on what one expects from a launch box and who it is aimed at.
In the past, GW has said that a launch box is aimed at existing players, who could be expected to already have terrain and boards to play one.
They differenciate starter boxes by having dice and some sort of measuring tape or stick, which new gamers can't be expected to have, but they leave out paint and other hobby products.
The 30" by 22.4" board is only 0.4" larger than a single Warcry board - if it is, indeed, larger - used the RAVAGED LANDS: SCALES OF TALAXIS box contents listing to check the size.
If Warcry and Kill Team were intended to be entry points for AoS and 40K respectively, I think Combat Patrol and, to a greater extent, Spearhead are replacing those games in that function.
Given GW's production issues --they are:
* even closing the warehouses around the world to orders for a week starting 27th May
* stopping new releases for both flavours of Horus Heresy for six months(ish)
I do think that Warcry and Kill Team may hit a pause or be removed from the product line going forward.
I will be able to break out my Nightmare Quest board then to use that (alongside the one from the launch box). Yeah - I think there might be a bit of a halt to make sure AoS goes off without a hitch