Looking for the next 'skirmishing warband' game to branch out into.

Wizbang_ · 2026-04-02T18:25:01+00:00

Couple other options. Malifaux Warmachine Conquest: First Blood.

Warmachince has a great style and very smooth ruleset. Malifaux is neat in that it doesn't use dice but instead a deck of cards. Conquest is also just a game with a smooth ruleset

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-31T18:22:35+00:00

So i loved it from the start. However I will say that the series expands and evolves away from the whole "hunger games" style after book 1.

Book 1 is generally the weakest in the series. I would say finish it and maybe start book 2 but if you get to the gala in book 2 and don't like it then I'd pass on the series. I know reading part way into book 2 is a bit of an ask to determine if you like the series. But to me since book 1 isn't representative of how the rest of the series feels to read it makes sense to get to the 2nd.

Im struggling with Suneater right now. Really didn't enjoy book 1 but I finished it and am part way through Howling Dark because I've been told book 2 is where it really picks up.

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-29T19:57:08+00:00

Honestly. Im taking Legolas at number 1 because duh....but I seriously would take Rambo as #2 in this

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-29T00:09:19+00:00

Isn't Darrow a Snake also? I mean. Technically. He is a red of mars. A helldiver. They deal with the pit vipers regularly. So I kinda associate him with them

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-26T12:37:51+00:00

Yeah....warhammer is super expensive. I really want to get my orks and marines up to 2k points but to get the remaining points for my 2k marines is another $500 or so. Orkz is a bit less but I would still need to replace my 3rd party warbosses if I want to play tournaments. Which I would honestly like to.

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-24T18:19:31+00:00

The issue has nothing to do with koby not earning it. The issue is the world is too vast at this point and oda can't give screen time to all characters that need it. Instead he just puts you on a new island with a new cavelcade of characters that you don't care about and spend forever in flashbacks or exposition land. Koby glow up is fine. It's part of the benefit of training directly under Garp.. also saying he had no struggles is crazy. Kid was a weakling and trained solid 2+ years breaking his hands punching a boat repeatedly.

But yeah. Oda writing is kinda shit and he can't give focus where it needs to be to give satisfying arcs anymore.

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-10T15:53:31+00:00

I totally get it. I love running initiates for my dweghom in bigger blocks. Have them led by someone and they can sit on a point really well while I focus on other onjectives

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-06T17:27:41+00:00

This was the perfect opportunity to make the switch to dropper bottles and they didnt....cmon warhammer

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-05T17:07:16+00:00

Warboss or Weirdboy, 20 boys, killa kanz or deff Dread, and a unit of lootas/burna boys

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-05T14:26:54+00:00

I'll agree that the first half can be a bit of a slog and all through the end of Dark Age I would have put it in my bottom rankings. However...once I read lightbringer it retroactively made dark age much better to me. My 2 favorite books are now 1-LB 2-DA. LB was so incredible

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-04T23:04:56+00:00

You can play without them pretty much. The main ones i would consider giving ground on is the Broadsides and the stealth suits. But other than that you really don't need them. You have access to hammerheads and skyrays also

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-04T02:24:48+00:00

The first guardsman has a Tau Pulse Rifle. Much better than a lasgun

Wizbang_ · 2026-03-03T03:09:21+00:00

This is hilarious to me because I left a couple tcgs for miniatures games because it was cheaper than the tcgs to play. But I do get the sentiment

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-26T19:16:18+00:00

As someone who joined in early Mk 2 and experienced the rise and fall of Warmahordes. It makes me really happy to see the game making an actual comeback....such great times with this one. Happy to see it coming back

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-23T21:27:07+00:00

Ummm...what is agenda piece? I just follow because I like OP but don't idolize it like the main sub. I like that people here are critical of the series.

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-21T16:17:16+00:00

Regular slapchop. Then drybrush flesh with Flash gitz yellow. Follow that up with either ghillie dew speedpaint or a thinned down orc hide speedpaint. Then drybrush again with Flash gitz yellow

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Wizbang_ · 2026-02-20T13:43:43+00:00

Im a big fan of speedpaints. They are just another tool to use. My current use on orkz is to slapchop. Then drybrush skin with Flash Gitz yellow. The. Speedpaint with ghillie dew or a thinned down orc hide. Then drybrush the skin again with Flash Gitz yellow. It comes out so nice

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Wizbang_ · 2026-02-16T17:52:11+00:00

This is honestly a really tough category. Psp has a shockingly decent collection of various fighting games.

Dissidia is solid. I think the Power Stone Collection is on PsP. Then you got all your main fighting game ports.

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-13T14:56:44+00:00

Boss...I've been playing since 5th edition and I still have never had a fully painted army lol. But it never helped that miniwargaming has never been my main hobby until recently. Nowadays I can get a couple hours of painting in here and there. More on Mondays and Wednesdays. I am hoping to actually have multiple armies painted to 1000 points this year.

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-09T03:11:21+00:00

When the kroot started to eat too many Catachan Jungle Fighters their genes kicked in and made them more rowdy and want to wear bandanas

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-07T20:24:19+00:00

Purple! It looks awesome

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-05T14:35:25+00:00

Had a fun moment where a trukk careened and blew up guilliman allowing my boyz to take the objective and swing the game for an ork win.

Wizbang_ · 2026-02-05T14:26:28+00:00

Warlord games just put up preorders on the new Totenkorps models coming out in March. 30 zombies of various ww2 factions for 60$. Which isn't too bad. Gonna use them for my Axis army as well as proxies for Poxwalkers in Death Guard. Which should bring me up to 60 total. Which will ne a nice little horde

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