Start Laying Down The Law With Warlord’s Judge Dredd
November 18, 2013 by brennon
Warlord Games have now released the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game Starter Set and you can get your hands on both a squad of Judges and Gangers fighting for control of the streets...
The set comes with, as I mentioned, two gangs which also includes an exclusive miniature for each side too. On top of that you also get that epic looking rulebook and the training guide to get you started in Mega City One.
It looks like a good set to get you going, much like some of the other sets from Warlord Games. It also includes two gangs that I would be happy playing as, although saying that I prefer the Judges over almost all of the others. I don't imagine that's just me!
Will you be heading in to lay down the law with this boxed set?
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This rekindled my interest in Dredd. The street gang doesn’t really look that interesting, but it’s basically free with this set.
Ironically, the old Foundry JD figures are now actually cheaper… I sure wish I had bought JD back when Citadel was doing it in the 80’s…
I think this would actually work better as an asymmetric game with most players playing judges with the perps controlled by the GM or some AI system.
I’ll be honest but polite. I find some 80’s content just can get out of that old campy feeling and look. Judge Dredd is one of them. Many things manage to re-image themselves to fit into today’s style but some get so caught in the old that image that it will take time to reshape them. Think of old 80’s rock bands. Nobody would be caught dead at the old spandex and bright colored hair band events. But take that band and make them look up to date and you got something people will pay to see.
I agree that nostalgia does play a significant part in this.
I think the new Dredd movie was a successful reimaging, I quite liked it.
But I do also like the old comic imagery, possibly because I never took JD too seriously. It was over the top and tongue in cheek already back then.
Unfortnate that too many juve’s remember the Stallone one !!
Assuming the rulebook is the same as the one Mongoose released, I agree but for entirely different reasons. I don’t think Dredd has dated as much as glam rock and have no problem with the look of the game. The rules, however, read like the last 15 years never happened. Skirmish gaming has come on leaps and bounds in that time but JD seems to aspire to the likes of Necromunda. Hugely disappointing.
At least this time around you can also play as Judges. I got the previous attempt at JD, and those rules left me cold. What’s the point of playing JD if you can’t play a Judge? That was straight up Necromunda thrown into Mega-City… And that’s also why I don’t think forcing this into “tournament format” really works. If you want to play in Mega-City, the odds are you want to play a Judge — and blue-on-blue in that environment feels really weird. I feel this setting just works so much better for co-operative play. Personally, I’m happy the minis… Read more »
Looks interesting. Judge Dredd certainly provides a great setting.
Loved the 80’s citadel mini’s (they started me into wargaming and RPG’s) and I love the warlord stuff , the fatties still rock , just unfortunate that I need a belliwheel myself these days !!
I kind of have a love/hate relationship with the rules for this one , it’s a pain unless you game with someone else who is heavy into it , otherwise you just talk about the rules and bore the life out of the competition .
Fun to paint though , buy it now or it will be 6 months in an isocube for you perps .
I’m not sure about the minis, but that those terrain pieces on the website look pretty sweet!