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| Author: | Yuber Okami [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | WH Fantasy alternatives? |
I have a lot of friends who stopped playing WH Fantasy because of GW's politics. Anyway, they have kept their old armies, so i was wondering: is there any fantasy wargame which could be used as an alternative to WHF, using WHF miniatures and basings? |
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| Author: | loofnick [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:46 pm ] |
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Have you tried this site, for free rules. Since they are free, many are also generic. http://www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/ then be beholden to noone. |
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| Author: | Morg [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:21 pm ] |
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Give Armies of Arcana a try - http://thanesgames.com/aoa.htm |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:54 pm ] |
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Armies of Arcana is the natural follow on to WHFB. It appears to have the same kind of feel to the game, and includes a full stats/points calculation for all units. |
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| Author: | Yuber Okami [ Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:17 pm ] |
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Has anyone tried it? Does it have a decent campaign system? Is it true that you can devise even your own races using the point system? WH40k also had at one point a "create your own stuff" system, which makes me think: will it evolve the same way as WH? (non letting people to use their home-made army lists in competitions, changing edition once and again...) |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:10 pm ] |
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I have not tried it, so this is just what I have heard. The points system allows you to calculate any creature for any race. I dont think that it has much of a campaign system, if any. I dont think that there is any danger of it becoming the exclusive game that WHFB is. Thanes Games have been around for a while, and I think that this is the second edition, and updates were posted for free on the web site and the ability to use any minis remains. |
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| Author: | Mojarn Piett [ Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:05 pm ] |
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There's no campaign system. The unit/race construction system is one of the best (if not the best) I've seen. The game has a Yahoo! group Thane himself frequents. I would recommend giving it a try. Another possibility would be No Quarter by Wargmes Unlimited (it's free). |
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| Author: | Yuber Okami [ Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:09 pm ] |
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Thanks for the info! Some people in my city are getting excited with the idea of an alternative wargame. I think we will try AoA after all... |
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| Author: | fairoaks024 [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:53 pm ] |
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another vote for armies of arcana, you won't regret it! regards jim |
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| Author: | CyberShadow [ Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm ] |
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There is also a new edition due out very shortly. |
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| Author: | fairoaks024 [ Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:59 am ] |
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the new edition of AoA has been released, just picked mine up from terrain warehouse. very nicely produced, full colour, and a few things tidied up and updated. looking forward to trying it out soon. regards jim |
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