Chainmail Game
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Green Knight
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Uh ... huh.
Anyway, I'm playing it (Thalos), like it a lot, and a league has recently started in a local game store. I thought it was closed for Memorial Day, so I missed the first game, but I'll be there for the rest. Great game. You should try it, if you're the sort who likes miniature war games.
Anyway, I'm playing it (Thalos), like it a lot, and a league has recently started in a local game store. I thought it was closed for Memorial Day, so I missed the first game, but I'll be there for the rest. Great game. You should try it, if you're the sort who likes miniature war games.
Regdar said:
No, I really enjoy the game, and I play it all the time. Chainmail was the first miniatures game I ever tried, and I immediately got hooked.
Chainmail is a fast paced game with a lot of strategic elements. Because of the size of the warbands you play with (3 to 12 or so figures), the gameplay is quick and exciting. Most games I have played have been complete in under an hour.
Furthermore, because it takes relatively few models to field a strong warband, you aren't forced to spend a lot of money to get involved. There is also a comprehensive rules document available for free download, so you don't even have to buy the starter set if you don't want to.
Recently, WOTC released the Chainmail Ghostwind Campaign. The Idea of the campaign is that your warband is questing after a legendary magical weapon, used by Stratis, the god of war. As you search for the weapon, your warband leader can level up and you can gain magical weapons.
As far as how well the game is doing, I don't know. The Wizards people say that it is doing well--selling beyond their initial expectations. My local store seems to be selling a lot of the minis as well. Others speculate that Chainmail is doomed to failure, though I think these folks tend to be the "sky is falling" types.
And, of course, the minis are really cool (IMO).
So, in summation, Chainmail is an excellent miniatures game; you should try it and see if you like it.
WinnipegDragon
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So, basically, it's just like Mordeim from Games Workshop, but they stripped the campaign rules? Yikes!
The problem, IMHO, with miniatures games, is that there are less people who play them, so it's harder to get games going, let alone campaigns. They are also not particularly portable when it gets to things like large armies and terrain.
Having said that, I love mini games. I just rarely play them.
The problem, IMHO, with miniatures games, is that there are less people who play them, so it's harder to get games going, let alone campaigns. They are also not particularly portable when it gets to things like large armies and terrain.
Having said that, I love mini games. I just rarely play them.
DarkCrisis
Let her cook.
I play it. I want a Drow faction though but right now there are only 2 and they are Mercs... Just picked up the Limited Ed Ogre Merc.. he is NASTY.
WinnipegDragon said:
Well, as I said, Chainmail does have campaign rules. Granted, the campaign is not the default paradigm, but the rules are available if you want to use them.
I don't know that its just like Mordheim as you say, because I've never played Mordheim, but Chainmail does have the advantage of being currently in production.
Crypt King
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Actually there are three drow figures, a male and female drow warrior (female available in the Dark Spawn (name) boxed set- Come with two grimlocks and an Otayugh (spelling)) and the drow archer.
Rumor has it that Chainmail is on it's way out, that they are going to release all the product they have to clear it out, and once it's done, that's it. Once again that's rumor from multiple sources.
I like most of the figs, and notice that a lot of them are single sculpt now, i.e. one piece. Granted they are expensive as hell, compared to say reaper but I'm not a reaper fan.
Supposedly there is a hard back book coming out in a couple of months for the game, a source book of sorts. Hopefully it will have background info for running it in a D&D campaign, which I would like to do (Shield Mothers domains and such.)
The PDF with D&D stats is based on the 25 point attribute (some are actually 27 points, like the Aasimar Cleric) breakdown.
Rumor has it that Chainmail is on it's way out, that they are going to release all the product they have to clear it out, and once it's done, that's it. Once again that's rumor from multiple sources.
I like most of the figs, and notice that a lot of them are single sculpt now, i.e. one piece. Granted they are expensive as hell, compared to say reaper but I'm not a reaper fan.
Supposedly there is a hard back book coming out in a couple of months for the game, a source book of sorts. Hopefully it will have background info for running it in a D&D campaign, which I would like to do (Shield Mothers domains and such.)
The PDF with D&D stats is based on the 25 point attribute (some are actually 27 points, like the Aasimar Cleric) breakdown.
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