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August 21, 2021 at 11:58 am #1672178

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I don’t agree with you in regards to ManOWar, Gorkamorka or, particularly, Epic.

The advent of 3d printing made it so it’s extremely easy to get into Epic, especially given that the rules for it are freely and legally available on the web, for at least 2 of the editions (2nd and 4th).

In regards to Gorkamorka, not only can you easily find the rules, but the use of current Ork models makes it a breeze to get into.

In my particular case, I’ve had the Epic’s different systems as my main go to game since the release of Epic Armageddon at least, and I built up a large collection even before it went the way of the dodo in GW’s and FW’s webstores. Then came forumware models, which were mostly better than GW’s own original offerings and probably alongside with Blood Bowl in community led support in it’s early inception, and 3rd party producers like Vanguard, Troublemaker, Trolls under the Bridge and Onslaught Minis brought in even more great models. So, no it’s not hard at all to get into Epic and, I’d wager, significantly less expensive than most current games. I’ve got a pretty large collection myself, over 200k points strong, of which 54k points are painted up.

There are a lot of Patreon offerings nowadays for STL files of Warmaster compatible miniatures, as well as BFG, and updated community maintained rulebooks as well, so…