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From: Craig Lytton <polecat_at_...>
To: space-marine_at_... <space-marine@...>
Date: Thursday, December 25, 1997 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Epic] off topic: Why so ticked?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Harlequin Master <harlequin_at_...>
>To: space-marine_at_... <space-marine@...>
>Date: Thursday, December 25, 1997 10:10 AM
>Subject: Re: [Epic] off topic: Why so ticked?
>
>
>>Here are my comments for posterity...
>>
>>
>>
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>>And yes, Tim, GW games do have a nice simplicity about them....simplicity
>>with a hefty price tag!! Rogue Trader cost 10 when I bought it new in the
>>80's, 40k now costs 50 new from the stores!!! The actual rule books are
>>getting smaller but the price tag keeps rising!! Couple with the fact that
>>the race of your choice now has to start with a 15 Codex/Armybook before
>>buying any minis!!
>
>As an older gamer who has read the Rouge Trader rules and most of the
>old 40k books, I have to say that the newer version is far better in game
>play,
>and remember that for the 50 you pay, you get a decent set of plastic
>miniatures
>as well as dice, ect. All other things aside, I have no complaints
>whatsoever
>with any of the GW boxed games I have purchased, especially EPIC 40k.
>
>I was thinking of playing EPIC years ago, but you had to buy the Space
>Marine
>box, which did not really have a good variety of miniatures, plus another
>$35
>box for your army(s). I recently picked up Epic 40k, and was very
satisfied
>with
>the contents of the box vs price. You get a great variety of nicely
>detailed plastic
>miniatures, enough to make a standard marine company (6 tac, 2 assault, and
>2 dev
>squads plus Rhinos to ride in...very nice).
>
>The newer simplified and cleaned-up rules are great IMHO. The older rules,
>from the bit that I had seen at least, had a very patched-togather
>complicated feel.
>IMHO at the Epic/micro-armor type scale, all those details are only
>cumbersome
>and time consuming. DISCLAIMER: I never saw the Titan Legions version of
>the rules at all, so I'm not sure if they cleaned them up any then.
>
>With the new army lists, if I bought 1 land speeder, for example, or
>obtained
>1 squad of space marines, I can use them... without having to have a
minimum
>of 5 miniatures like 40k or a whole company. Now I might not want to
>game-wise, but you have the option.
>
>I don't know why everyone is concerned about GWs attitude so much. Many
>other companies display far worse attitudes. As far as alternative
>miniatures,
>there's nothing wrong with that, but personally, I feel that the GW
>miniatures,
>especially the EPIC 40k minis are far higher quality that any others on the
>market.
>I'm looking right now at several Basilisks for EPIC that are all
>different... camo
>nets and all...very nice. When I go to buy clothes, I could buy a pair of
>khakis from
>Wal-mart for $18, but I buy Dockers because they are much nicer and higher
>quality.
>
>I'm not flaming you Harliquin, its just that I have also been puzzled by
>this attitude
>towards GW. I am getting into golf, and even for the price of a cheap set
>of clubs,
>I could buy a couple of decent EPIC armies...and I will probably receive
far
>less
>enjoyment from this highly frustrating sport. :) And I could care less
>what the golf
>club company's attitude towards me is.
>
>-craig
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Received on Fri Dec 26 1997 - 00:48:58 UTC