|
|
Post by TTGuilds on May 13, 2019 13:04:20 GMT
Hello everyone,
I played Warmachine up to Prime Remix and Hordes a lot with buddies but took a break from all war games about 7 or 8 years ago. About 2 months ago my youngest son asked me about playing some miniature games so we dug out some of my old stuff to give us a chance to play some games.
My question is I heard we can download cards from PP for free to get the most up to date cards is that correct or do I need to buy the rules and cards for the forces?
Going to make another post with the models I have and make sure we can make some nice lists. Also get some feedback on what to buy next.
Stephen
|
|
bacon
Junior Strategist
Posts: 134 
|
Post by bacon on May 13, 2019 13:09:27 GMT
All of the cards are available for free on the card database, just select what you want, print them out, and put them in card protectors. Just to make sure you know, warmachine is now in its third edition, so you will want a copy of the rule book, though if I recall right it is also available for free online, but will drain your phone batteries if you use it too long.
|
|
|
|
Post by Gamingdevil on May 13, 2019 13:10:06 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Soul Samurai on May 13, 2019 13:12:30 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by TTGuilds on May 13, 2019 13:38:26 GMT
Thanks for the info everyone. I will grab the cards and rules and try to get a demo game for us this week.
I posted the minis we have to start with and asked for suggestions on units to get next.
Thanks again for the quick feedback.
|
|
|
|
Post by GumbaFish on May 13, 2019 14:55:54 GMT
One thing worth mentioning is just download the .pdf rules for now and do not buy the rulebook. The rulebook they sold, as well as the small ones released in the new battle boxes, have undergone several erratas and no longer contain the most up to date rules. I believe as part of some upcoming releases they have an updated rulebook they will be making.
|
|
|
|
Post by TTGuilds on May 13, 2019 16:44:39 GMT
That is very good to know thank you Gumbafish. Hate to pay $60 for a book that is wrong
|
|
|
|
Post by elladan52 on May 13, 2019 17:37:07 GMT
To be fair, the core rules of the game are still the same, so I would keep the pocket rulebook from a starter set around. But paying $60 for a hardcover just isn't worth it.
|
|
bacon
Junior Strategist
Posts: 134
|
Post by bacon on May 13, 2019 21:02:14 GMT
Yea, about 95% of the rules are the same, most of the errata are clarifications. You can just print out a copy of the errata to go with your book. I would not invest in the big one, it doesnt really have any new lore in it and the rules are otherwise the same. You can probably find the small rules only one that comes in the battle boxes pretty cheaply.
|
|
|
|
Post by dirtyharrypotter on May 14, 2019 6:14:16 GMT
On a sidenote, when you print from the database you can add models from all factions, and add them multiple times. Really handy if you have duplicate beasts or minion/merc models.
|
|
Munindk
Junior Strategist
Posts: 210
|
Post by Munindk on May 14, 2019 7:11:07 GMT
The warroom app has a lot of bugs and its expensive, which is why a lot of people use this free armybuilder. |
|
|
|
Post by Gamingdevil on May 14, 2019 7:19:57 GMT
The warroom app has a lot of bugs and its expensive, which is why a lot of people use this free armybuilder. It's honestly not that bad and if you stick to 1 faction, also not that expensive. There's no arguing that ConflictChamber is awesome though. |
|
|
|
Post by beardmonk on May 14, 2019 7:37:48 GMT
Im a big advocate of the WarRoom2 app. TBH, its not the cheapest app in the store but I have got so much value out of it. What you pay for is every card in your collection (or the whole of WM/H, depending on what bundle you buy), updated when CID's or rules updates hit, for the entire length of the edition. Now that WM/H is doing iterative development I think it will be a while before another "edition" is released. Most people have a smart phone or tablet of some kind.
Just my 2p's worth
|
|
|
|
Post by dirtyharrypotter on May 14, 2019 8:36:51 GMT
I guess it's nice if you like to use it during games, but since I prefer to have cards during play anyway I see no use for a 600mb app that apparently is buggy.
|
|
Munindk
Junior Strategist
Posts: 210
|
Post by Munindk on May 14, 2019 9:16:40 GMT
The warroom app has a lot of bugs and its expensive, which is why a lot of people use this free armybuilder. It's honestly not that bad and if you stick to 1 faction, also not that expensive. There's no arguing that ConflictChamber is awesome though. For something with that many bugs and a poor track record of fixing them in a timely manner, I think its expensive even for 1 faction. Last I heard all the merc themes were bugged apart from one on the android version and that had been the case for months. |
|
