Necromunda: Underhive with TinkerTurf
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Today we'll be talking a little bit about miniatures gaming, taking a look at some fantastic terrain called TinkerTurf and then featuring some highlight footage from one of our favorite miniatures games, Necromunda Underhive!
Check out the Kickstarter for TinkerTurf here! - goo.gl/9ovDav
In this series you'll be joining our group of friends for a post-game discussion. We'll be giving our impressions of the game as well as highlighting exciting moments from our session.
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Thanks so much!
Hey Matt. Great video! I ended up backing this after hearing you, Jamie Keagy, and Joel Eddy talk about it. Now I just need to get into mini gaming :-) I've wanted to dip my toe into mini gaming for a while, but the modeling and painting have always been a barrier given my already very limited gaming time. Being a newb, would you recommend I start with a First Strike box or diving straight into Necromunda (given how much fun you're having with it) or another system like Deadzone? Thanks!
Tom, that's really cool! Getting into minis gaming has been a really nice extension to the "board game" hobby for me :). As for where to start it's really going to depend on what you're willing to spend in both money and time. First Strike is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to start with minis gaming I think. Warhammer 40k is a huge game with lots of rules and different factions to play but the First Strike box really gives you an easy introduction to it all. You'll need some hobby clippers and an X-Acto knife to clip the pieces and clean the edges a bit, but aside from that the models go together nicely without any glue. I think I put a few drops on some spots on mine but you don't really need it. The box has 15 minis (pre-colored with all blue or green), a map to play on, a small piece of terrain, dice, a ruler, and nice books with both flavor and learn to play guides. There's enough content in the box to actually play and experience the game with 2 players and the price is $40 MSRP ($32 online). It's not the "full" experience but it'll certainly give you a taste without a major investment. From there if you like the game you could always buy some more small model packs and expand the armies a bit too. That said, the terrain is a little limited so it could get a little old playing with just that one piece, heh.
As for Necromunda it's a much bigger animal. It has "basic" rules to get you started but it'll be several hours of building models before you're ready to play. Now, these models are still Games Workshop models so even though they're more involved than the "easy to build" First Strike stuff they still go together nicely (you'll definitely need some plastic glue). If you're a first time model builder you'll probably be spending anywhere from 5-10 hours putting those first 20 models together. It's also $125 MSRP ($111 online) so you're jumping in pretty hard right there! The thing is though, Necromunda as a boxed game is very much a "full" experience in itself. What you get in there is 2 different gangs, 10 models each, 9 double sided tiles, lots of single-level terrain and obstacles, full rules, dice, tactics cards, etc. What comes in that box I think could be sunk into and enjoyed for quite some time. The intended experience for a Necromunda game is basically a small model count with a variety of weapons and gadgets on each ganger...Generally no more than those 10 models on each side and that's what you get. 40k can definitely be enjoyed with a few models, but it really shines with lots of terrain and a variety of models.
So yeah that's my quick thoughts on it. I'm by no means an expert on the subject I'm just going off of my own experience so far. I've gone pretty deep into buying minis for both Deathguard and Space Marines for 40k at this point and I just find it a lot hard to get played than just setting up a game of Necromunda and saying "Ok we each get 6 models and about 1000 points". Of course, your mileage may vary. I also think the most important thing is going with whatever your gaming partner is going to want to play with you. If you don't have someone that's excited with you to learn some crunchy (and sometimes clunky) rules, you won't get very far :)
Thanks for getting back Matt! I've got a few other questions re: 40K / Necromunda - is there an email address that I can hit you up at?
sure, Tom! Use info(at)bgreplay(dot)com
Thanks Matt!
Is that two sets?
Everything here was just one set.
is that a board or a mat on your table? is it included in the game?
That’s a mat on the table. It doesn’t come with Necromunda, it’s just sort of a generic “mechanical” territory type game mat. Necromunda actually does come with tiles to play on that look similar quite similar to this though!
i have the one from battle system.
Oh, very nice. I just took a peek at that stuff and it looks great too! How is the game that goes along with it? I'll have to look into it myself!
More miniatures
Necromunda? As in the Games Workshop Necromunda? How do you afford that?
Yes, Games Workshop but this isn’t the original game from 90s. This is a new edition that just came out in November of 2017. :)
Games Workshop is still a money sink
Well, sure I think any game (but especially minis games) can be a money sink if you choose to go all in for them. As a mentioned here though I've just been dipping my toes into minis games and getting a taste of them without the massive commitment of multi-thousand point armies. With the new products that GW has put out as well as other games like Gaslands, Arena Rex or even Shadespire, they're making that barrier for entry much lower and giving you fully fleshed out game systems that don't require a full commitment as it's own hobby. I think especially 40k First Strike and Necromunda: Underhive are much closer to board game style product than the usual "Starter kits" from GW.