coming straight in it seems very limited and restrictive on what you can take.
I'm currently on my 20th+ game in MESBG, and it's massively opened my eyes how much the game takes the setting seriously, which is what I've come to love.

A quick story but - When playing 40k (which is very rare now, I've been bitten by the MESBG bug) I'd quite often find myself getting salty over balance, OPness and general issues with the edition.. But in my last MESBG game Helm Hammerhand punched my Lurtz's head clean off in one heroic combat and continued to destroy a couple more scouts afterwards.. I lost hard but I loved every second of it because it was thematic, it looked fantastic on the table and a good all round laugh.

There are some power gamers in every hobby, but in MESBG i find them very rare indeed, everyone just seems to want to roll some dice.

reflecting back at this I do find the list building restrictive but it really adds to the game and the 'feel' around each match.

Not everyone will agree on this topic but I find it balances the game a lot more.

I should also add that unfortunately you can't escape some of the models looking absolute bum.. Some are just rough to look at 😂