No flame taken. I meant "GW hobby" in that I now pursue the crafts
involved in the set up of more than 1 GW product. By new to the hobby I
meant, new to GW products. I've been gaming for over 25 years now. And
I've waited until the last year to finally pick up a GW product.
(Although, they do list in the ad copy for a couple of their game
products as being "a hobby in a box."<g>)
This has nothing to do with "one upmanship." The guys down at the shop
have been friends for some time. I merely want to participate in the
large scale campaign games. E40k is fairly simple compared to some of
the board and miniature wargames I've played, so learning the system
hasn't been a hurdle to overcome. These games tend to take place on
several 3x8 tables put together and end to end. Generally there are more
than 2 armies in these campaign games, more like 3-5 on average.They may
not use a full 10,000 pt army, but at times everyone needs to field
close to that amount. I did trade away my orks for another set of
marines with someone else what wanted to trade them away from their E40k
box.
Thanks for the ending suggestion though. That was helpful information.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Brain [SMTP:aebrain_at_...]
>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 1997 8:35 PM
>To: space-marine_at_...
>Subject: Re: [Epic] Just how big is a 10,000 point army
>
>Mark Leaman wrote:
>>
>> I'm new to the entire GW hobby.
>
>
>AGH! It's Wargaming, Dammit, not a GW Hobby!
>Sorry, no flame intended, I just see one poor benighted soul being
>convinced that GW = Wargaming just as MacDonalds = Food to some.
>
>> I merely hope to build up a 10,000 point force of my own, to join in
>>the fun.
>
>ERK!
>And you've just started. May this wizened old codger be allowed to
>state
>his senile opinion? Thank you.
>
>10,000 pts in E40K is too much for one novice to handle, UNLESS a lot
>of
>it is in Titans. 10K in E40K is about the same as 15K in SM2. It's
>quite
>a lot. You really need at least a table-tennis table (8x4) and
>preferrably 2 of them for a game this big. More to the point, with a
>huge number of units to use, you are bound to forget some, or slow the
>game to a crawl, or both. It's not the points, it's the sheer number of
>units!
>
>> points. I'm on my way. I've got 3 thunderhawks, and one of each Space
>> Marine metal blister (new ones), and one extra sprue of Space Marines in
>> addition to the armor units and infantry units that came in the box. The
>> trouble is, I fall short being able to only muster about 5,000 more
>> points of troops. Should I make up the difference in more Warlords, or
>> go for more of the blisters? If so, which do you recommend and what
>> combinations?
>
>Is money a concern? Without knowing a budget, I can't give too much
>advice.
>Are you out to WIN or just have fun? Again, this will change the
>advice..
>
>Assuming unlimited budget and winning is everything, get 10
>Thunderhawks,
>plus 5 more sprues of SMs, WD 210, and paint everything Space Wolf
>Grey.
>And when they come out, add another 20 Marauders and Thunderbolts.
>
>Assuming limited budget, and you want to learn how to play well, I'd
>prowl around trying to get 2nd hand Titans. You definitely need more
>packs, I'd recommend 2 of SM Infantry and 2 of vehicles. Try to get
>some
>more Rhinos too, maybe by buying 2nd hand an old Space Marine set
>(which
>had dozens of em and hundreds of infantry).
>
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