How to Wargame for CHEAP (not Warhammer)
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For comparison: You can give a rulebook and a full team of Stargrave or Frostgrave to two of your friends (as well as yourself) for less than the starting price of Necromunda. If you use a Perry box, you might be able to stretch it to 4.
Also plastic historicals tend to be cheaper than plastic fantasy / sci fi because of the competition.
playing is expensive, collecting requires some cash and painting requires anyway, you must spend something
One Page Rules for wargaming and GURPS for RPGs. Enjoy freedom.
Dropping scale can also be an interesting way to save some cash! Khurushan and similar companies have HUGE ranges of 15mm for Scifi, fantasy, and historical. You can play a skirmish game in 15mm on an 18"x18" board and it's super easy!
Cost of living crises really helps convince people
WHY DIDNT YOU TALK ABOUT WARHAMMER and 40K!!!!?? just kidding.. great advice
The problem with Ebay for a lot of miniatures is the shipping. If you're lucky and grab some kind of large set that doesn't get swarmed, it might be worth it. But I find the shipping that gets added to it really kills any kind of 'deal' you might find there.
Warhammer is only popular because people play what others are already playing, as you said its difficult to get people to invest into a new system and models. That is why I like "ONE PAGE RULES", because you can use your GW armies in their rule set.
Gaslands....Use matchbox/Hotwheels cars and "madmax" it. Scenery is cheap from the 2 dollar stores, then kitbash with spare parts/random bits and bobs. It's a massively underrated game.🤘👽🤘
“Miniature agnostic” = the way things were everywhere before WH .
Having branched away from 40k in recent months, I have been directed towards indie games. Thanks to Uncle Atom I have discoveres awesome games like "Space Weirdos, Zona Alfa and of course Reign in Hell."
Glad to see indie systems being given some spotlight! GW's stuff is great but they shouldn't be the entire hobby.
I love the game rulesets by OnePageRules. They have made their own miniature agnostic ruleset for a Grimdark future and Age of Fantasy (yes very similar to another name brand). They also sell minis or STL's for you to print your own but you don't need to use their models.
I play ASOIAF & I took your advice and I provide everything so it's easy for others to play. All they have to do is sit down & play.
For 5 Parsecs, you can get by on about 18 enemy minis and 6 for your crew. If you are selective about the minis you buy, they can be multiple different enemy encounter types (although tbh my mini collection keeps expanding the more I play the game)
I found a local game shop that luckily also does printing for you. Might try them next time for minis.
A veritable cornucopia of options for every taste. Excellent.
Six months ago or more I was one of the many that asked about getting into Kill Team. Uncle Atom sez, "Get the core book and two boxes of minis". He was right then, but gee dubs put the kibosh on that and released v. 2.
I’ve looked at Reign in Hell, got the PDF and I want to do a force for every faction. It is so much fun, the possibilities are endless. Thank you Adam and Vince. Just one question will you be looking at expanding this game?