tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post8590668806553177858..comments2024-02-12T05:24:22.186-08:00Comments on Always Board Never Boring: Review - Warhammer 40,000 (First Strike)Carbon Copyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-18033107027357259792017-08-07T06:47:31.578-07:002017-08-07T06:47:31.578-07:00Yeah, in all versions the core rules are identical...Yeah, in all versions the core rules are identical. <br /><br />This starter set is really neat, because like I said in the review, they haven't cut out rules (they are complete), but they have avoided including anything that needs certain rules. So, you don't get heroes, you don't get psychic users, you don't get flyers or vehicles... It means that even though you have the complete rules set, you can actually ignore whole chunks of it.<br /><br />If you go to Know No Fear, you get the exact same rules set, but now you also get models for vehicles, heroes, and flyers. But still no psychic users or transports. It really does feel like a well thought-out incremental process for getting people in.<br /><br />I think the theory with the Dark Imperium boxed set was that they wanted to include a little copy of the rules you could take to clubs, or have out on the table without having to lug the massive hardback around. <br /><br />At the moment, my only complaint is with Know No Fear, where the unit datacards are printed in the back of a 96-page A4 book. It's not very convenient.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-29375108254973689952017-08-07T06:41:06.287-07:002017-08-07T06:41:06.287-07:00Ah yes, the rules is what I meant, rather than the...Ah yes, the rules is what I meant, rather than the format.<br /><br />It's interesting that <i>DI</i> has both the core rules and the full rulebook, as the core rules are in the rulebook and in the exact same format! It's always useful to have multiple copies of the rules, so perhaps it's deliberate.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-85435037054668568952017-08-07T06:32:44.521-07:002017-08-07T06:32:44.521-07:00It's all different actually (although the rule...It's all different actually (although the rules are identical). <br /><br />First Strike has two books. The first is the core rules, which is 24 pages with a nice limpback cover. It has all the same rules as the free core rules download, but it doesn't include any examples, and because it's not A4, the page layout is different. The second book is a "Read This First" book, which is 54 pages long. It has some background fluff, painting guides, and the four learning missions (which is why there aren't any examples in the rules book).<br /><br />In Know No Fear, there is only a single 96 page A4 book. It has a lot more fluff in it, six learning scenarios, then the core rules (which again, are the same as the download), and then all the data cards for the included units.<br /><br />Dark Imperium has the full hardback rules, plus a little "cheat sheet" of the core rules, which appears to be identical to the download.<br /><br />I'm doing a lot of video coverage for these boxed sets on YouTube at the moment. My unboxing of Know No Fear will be published soon(ish).<br />Carbon Copyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155710832017131015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350611440505059146.post-15799535694474299342017-08-07T05:44:21.232-07:002017-08-07T05:44:21.232-07:00For what it's worth, the core rules document f...For what it's worth, the core rules document for <i>40K8</i> is tiny and <a href="https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/40k/warhammer_40000_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">free</a>. I don't know what the rulebook is like that's getting put in this and <i>Know No Fear</i> but I'd be very surprised if it's not identical to the free rulebook.<br /><br />The best thing is that the fifteen-page booklet is the whole game, and you don't need anything else to play. The big hardback rulebook has extra missions and variant play styles, but no actual extra rules. The new edition is a super lean system, and that caught me by surprise; I was expecting the free rules to be a basic version of the game and the actual rulebook to be an "advanced" version with lots of fiddly exceptions, but they are both the same.<br /><br />The army books aren't free, of course. I'm a little disappointed that GW didn't put out free transitional army books like it did when <i>Age of Sigmar</i> launched, but the books it did release are good value at least.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com