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Reply To: Have GW just killed Warhammer Undergrounds for the casual player?

September 8, 2019 at 9:48 pm #1433865

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I disagree @phaidknott. If you want to be completionist then yes it is expensive, as are most games. Bolt action and all their books during first edition, Mantic with Dreadball and all the teams they released etc.

Necromunda can at its minimum be played with the 1 rulebook and then one of the gangs with free rules online, or if not one of those then the Gangs of the Underhive book. Cards aren’t a necessity in 40k either. Not that I’ve played it often, but I’ve never used any of the decks of cards and there are a multitude of scenarios in the books you can still play. The cards are most of the time a make life easier thing for their other games.

With regards to the original question, I think you sort of answer it yourself @spud75. If you’re a casual player then you can play with whatever you want, the card rotation only affects tournament play. If you’ve got a friend or group that just enjoy the game as it is now then there’s nothing stopping you from using the current cards. It wouldn’t surprise me to see some formats done by independent events similar to the current MTG setup where you’ll see a more casual “use everything in the range and go wild” kind of thing. I’ve seen a couple.of local events that have already been mixing up the Underworlds format, mixed warbands and whatnot as some fun casual tournaments.