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So everyone's playing house rules points per model right? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works to c/warhammer40k@lemmy.world
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I don't love free wargear (because there will inevitably better or worse options when everything is a straight swap whereas with points cost you can balance finely), but I can see that it makes life easier.

Fixed unit sizes, however, are supremely shit. All in all totally ripped the variety out of list building, which was one of my favourite things about the game. Lists now will look mostly identical.

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[–] tirodactyl@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone getting back into the game after a 20yr hiatus I can see why they're doing this, but also remember enjoying the process of tweaking my list more finely back in 3rd Ed.

I have to imagine most folks will do points per model outside of tournament play, so that'll help make things a bit different. With war gear free that also means you'd take 2x squads of 5 over 1x of 10 if that means e.g. you get 2 special weapons for free... I wonder if they'll find problems with this and backtrack it halfway through the edition or smthg.

[–] fearofthedark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got into things again after not playing since 3rd, I looked at the 9th rules and just thought nah.

Managed to get every single 3rd edition book from various places over the course of a year for not a lot of money. (My best deal was a mint condition 3rd rulebook with slipcase for 8 quid). I also found it really easy to convince people to give it a go and they loved it, they were particularly amazed that the rulebook has the army lists included, so you really only need that to play.

3rd edition is best edition for a fun game!

[–] tirodactyl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting! I'll have to dig through my boxes and see if I can find those 3e books... :)