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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 3116479" data-attributes="member: 1154">I'm hooked.Here's the thing... It's not a miniatures combat game. I mean, yeah, it uses minis, and there's lots of combat, but it's not like DDM or Warhammer or any of those...It's a collectible board game!And the game design is, frankly, phenomenal. Simple choices and deep strategies. Easy to get into and play right away, since there's no pointing out warbands. Just grab 16 minis.The thing that amazes me most is that the concensus on Board Game Geek is very, very good. And collectible games are anathema to them. Pretty much everyone says either "I'd totally play this if it weren't collectible" or "I play this even though it is collectible."Don't let the collectibility get in your way. It is well balanced, and the "money rares" (I think there's only actually one real money rare) aren't really more powerful so much as they just expand your options. In any case, if you're not going to play competitively it's irrelevant. If you just buy a starter and a few boosters, you can play just fine, you AND a friend.Oh, and the designs are, imho, fantastic as well. I totally dig the weirdness of it all, which was my primary draw.Only downside is that those damn bases are so big... Would totally love to have used some fo them for D&D. Of course, I still can as long as the critter in question is larger or bigger...</blockquote>