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March 20, 2024 at 6:17 pm #1868722

sundancer

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What I took away from the video was mostly what I already had decided for myself: if you have to buy extra books and rules for every new release in a game just to know all the rules and be aware of certain “traps” or synergies then it’s not for me as a casual player. Example: Blood Bowl has so many “extra rules” that are only in White Dwarf or the supplements that you’re shit out of luck playing someone who has enough time and money to buy all of it and read it. Battletech on the other hand you buy one big tome of all the rules and that’s it. All rules are in there. And everything works the same.

I get his frustration that wanting to play but lacking the time to get a grasp of the rules before the new shiny version is pushed.

G’Wullu games more and more feel like “buy to win”. And that’s just meh.

Other than that: if there are rules for cover and you choose to ignore those for the sake of cinematic gaming and you don’t mind loosing (which he doesn’t) than that’s a choice I can support. It’s a Waaagh after all.